Olympiacos files dual complaints against Panathinaikos owner Giannakopoulos

Olympiacos has filed two official complaints, one with EuroLeague and one with the Greek basketball federation ESAKE, against Panathinaikos and its owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos. The complaints concern offensive banners and chants by Panathinaikos fans during the October 22 game against Baskonia at the OAKA arena, as well as social media posts by Giannakopoulos.

Olympiacos describes the content as offensive and defamatory toward the club and its coach Giorgos Bartzokas. The club is requesting disciplinary proceedings and the application of expected sanctions.

“They attacked the dignity of our team.”

The EuroLeague complaint focuses on a banner held by hundreds of Panathinaikos fans that was captured by the television broadcast. The banner contained offensive text, with the word Piraeus written in red, which Olympiacos says shows it was directed at the club based in Piraeus.

Fans also chanted a slogan during the display of the banner. Olympiacos says Giannakopoulos later published photos and videos of the incidents on his personal Instagram account, which uses the username dpg7000 and has more than 647,000 followers.

Enikos reports that Olympiacos considers some of Giannakopoulos's references to constitute threats against the Greek coach and links the club to a case under investigation by the Justice Ministry. This specific claim appears only in Enikos.

Olympiacos announced the move through an official statement and is seeking sanctions from both governing bodies.