Twenty-six goals, none conceded: Olympiacos women's football is dominating its division — but the bigger challenge lies ahead
Olympiacos women's football continued its extraordinary start to the season with a 12–0 victory over Elpides Irodotou in Crete. Tasos Fleggas' team has now won all three of its opening matches, scoring 26 goals without conceding. The numbers demonstrate overwhelming early superiority, but the real significance lies in what this start could mean for the club's long-term ambitions in women's football.
Olympiacos women's football is making an emphatic statement in the opening weeks of its campaign.
Three matches. Three victories. Twenty-six goals scored. None conceded.
Sunday's 12–0 victory over Elpides Irodotou in Crete was the latest demonstration of a team operating at a substantially higher level than its early opponents. Tasos Fleggas' players scored six times before halftime and another six afterward. Seven different Olympiacos players found the net. Four scored twice. By the final whistle, Olympiacos had recorded another comprehensive victory and extended its perfect start to the Greek Women's Second Division.
For a club attempting to build a sustainable presence in women's football, the opening weeks are providing encouraging evidence of competitive strength. The next challenge is turning that strength into long-term progress.
A match decided before halftime
Olympiacos required only 12 minutes to establish its advantage. Veniamin opened the scoring.
Six minutes later, Giannou doubled the lead. Logou made it 3–0 after half an hour. An own goal extended the advantage before Larson and Veniamin completed a dominant first-half performance. At the interval, Olympiacos led 6–0. The contest had effectively been decided.
Xylouri scored immediately after the restart. Larson added another in the 52nd minute. Logou scored four minutes later. Georgoula brought the total into double figures after an hour. Atako then completed the scoring with goals in the 67th and 75th minutes. The final result was 12–0.
The consistency of the scoring was notable. Olympiacos produced six goals in each half, rather than relying on one particularly productive period.
The significance of seven different scorers
One of the most encouraging aspects of the performance was the distribution of goals. Veniamin scored twice.
Larson scored twice. Logou scored twice. Atako scored twice. Giannou, Xylouri and Georgoula also contributed.
A team dependent on one prolific forward can become predictable. Opponents may attempt to limit the primary goalscorer and force other players to assume responsibility. Olympiacos demonstrated that several members of its squad can contribute directly to the scoreboard. The pattern is particularly encouraging within a developing team. Attacking responsibility appears to be shared across multiple players.
The next examination will come against opponents capable of restricting space and applying greater defensive pressure. Scoring freely against overmatched opposition is encouraging. Creating chances consistently against stronger teams is a different challenge.
The numbers are extraordinary
After three matches, Olympiacos has scored 26 goals. That represents an average of 8.67 goals per game. The team has also maintained three consecutive clean sheets. Those numbers illustrate the scale of its early dominance.
A three-match sample is small. The quality of opposition matters and a substantial difference in resources or squad strength can produce extreme results in the opening rounds of a competition.
Olympiacos' performances should therefore be evaluated carefully. The club has demonstrated that it is considerably stronger than the opponents encountered so far. It has not yet established how it will perform against the most competitive teams in its group.
Defensive consistency deserves attention
But the defensive record may be equally important. Olympiacos has not conceded. Three consecutive clean sheets indicate that its opponents have been unable to convert opportunities into goals.
Nevertheless, the absence of goals conceded does not necessarily establish that the defensive organization has been consistently tested. A team dominating possession and territory may face relatively few defensive situations. Its defenders and goalkeeper could therefore encounter more demanding challenges later in the season. The coaching staff will want to ensure that defensive concentration remains high even during comfortable victories.
When a team spends extended periods attacking, defenders may become less involved. Maintaining positional discipline and awareness becomes essential. Those qualities will matter when Olympiacos eventually encounters opponents capable of threatening its goal more frequently.
The importance of building a winning culture
For Tasos Fleggas, the early results provide an opportunity to establish expectations. A developing team needs more than individual quality. It requires shared standards. Players must understand the importance of preparation, tactical discipline and consistent performance. Winning comfortably can contribute to confidence.
But it can also create challenges.
When victories become routine, maintaining intensity may become more difficult. The coaching staff must ensure that the players continue improving rather than measuring progress exclusively through final scores.
That means evaluating technical execution, movement, defensive organization and decision-making. A 12–0 victory can still contain areas requiring improvement. Recognizing those areas is essential for long-term development.
Why the promotion objective matters
Olympiacos' women's football department represents an important part of the wider club's sporting development. The organization has established major traditions across numerous sports. Its women's football project now has an opportunity to strengthen its position within the domestic game. Promotion would represent a meaningful step.
It could provide access to stronger competition and increase the department's visibility. But sustainable progress requires more than winning promotion. The club must also develop the infrastructure necessary to compete effectively at higher levels. That includes recruitment, coaching, player development and long-term squad planning. The opening three victories provide a strong foundation.
The challenge of uneven competition
Sunday's result also illustrates a broader issue within developing football competitions. Large differences in team strength can produce one-sided matches. Those fixtures are useful for accumulating points and building confidence, but they may offer limited preparation for more competitive encounters.
Olympiacos must therefore find ways to maintain its development standards even when the scoreboard becomes comfortable. The coaching staff can use such matches to evaluate combinations, improve collective movement and provide opportunities to different players.
Those objectives can help ensure that comfortable victories contribute to longer-term progress. The danger would be allowing extraordinary scorelines to create unrealistic expectations. A successful promotion campaign will require consistency across the entire season.
Seven scorers and the value of squad depth
The distribution of goals also suggests that Olympiacos possesses useful attacking depth. Atako contributed twice after entering the match. Georgoula also scored after being introduced. Those contributions are encouraging because successful teams require more than an effective starting eleven. Substitutes must be capable of maintaining performance levels. They must also remain motivated despite potentially receiving fewer minutes. Sunday's match demonstrated that players outside the starting lineup can contribute directly.
That may become increasingly important as the season progresses. Injuries, suspensions and changes in form can alter selection decisions. A squad with multiple reliable attacking options is better positioned to manage those challenges.
The next phase will provide clearer answers
Olympiacos has made an exceptional start. The team has collected all nine available points. It has scored at an extraordinary rate and it has not conceded since its inception in summer of 2025.
Those achievements deserve recognition, but the season remains young. The most important questions have not yet been answered. Can Olympiacos maintain its attacking effectiveness against stronger defensive opponents? Will its defensive organization remain reliable under sustained pressure? Can Fleggas maintain squad motivation throughout a potentially demanding promotion campaign? And will the club continue investing in the structures required for long-term success? Those questions will determine how this opening sequence is remembered.
The bigger picture
Olympiacos women's football is doing precisely what a promotion contender should aim to do during the opening rounds. It is winning. It is establishing substantial advantages and it is demonstrating that multiple players can influence matches.
Sunday's 12–0 victory over Elpides Irodotou provided the latest evidence, but the most important development is not simply the number of goals. It is the possibility that Olympiacos is establishing the competitive foundations for a more ambitious future in women's football.
Twenty-six goals without conceding represents a remarkable beginning. The true measure of this team will be whether it can translate that early dominance into promotion and sustained success at a higher level.
For now, the numbers speak for themselves. Three matches. Three victories. Twenty-six goals. Zero conceded.
Olympiacos could hardly have asked for a more emphatic start.
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