Olympiacos 2–1 Lyon: UEFA Champions League, 20 September 2000

The match

Olympiacos and Lyon finished 2–1 in the UEFA Champions League on 20 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Athens.

Olympiacos won the match by 1 goal.

Goals and key incidents

Peter Ofori-Quaye scored in minute 19 (Olympiacos). Giovanni scored in minute 34 (Olympiacos). Marc-Vivien Foé scored in minute 88 (Lyon).

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 7 November 2000, when Lyon finished 1–0 against Olympiacos. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.

The fixture was played in Group C of the first group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 2000/01 season.

Venue and attendance

The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spyros Louis", Athens.

The recorded attendance was 69,048 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Olympiacos came into this fixture after a Valencia 2–1 Olympiacos result on 12 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Olympiacos 2–0 Heerenveen on 27 September 2000.

Lyon came into this fixture after a Lyon 3–1 Heerenveen result on 12 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Valencia 1–0 Lyon on 27 September 2000.