his second spell with Olympiacos, leading the way to a second away victory in Champions League away game against SS Lazio, a home win of 3–0 against Bremen (6–1 tally in favor of Olympiakos between the two teams), and a dominant 4–0 win against Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup eighth-finals. As coach of Olympiacos, Lemonis has achieved a great amount in both their domestic and UEFA Champions League campaigns. He achieved Olympiacos' greatest margin of victory in the competition by defeating Bayer Leverkusen 6–2 in 2002–03. In his second reign as coach, Lemonis gave Olympiacos their first away win in the competition against SV Werder Bremen, and a trip to the Round of 16 for only the second time in their history in 2007–08. On 12 November 2008, Lemonis signed a contract for rest of the 2008–09 season and replaced Ewald Lienen as the head coach of Panionios. He finally resigned on 3 December 2008 after the refuse of the Panionio's board to accept his request to dismiss three members of Panionio's coaching and management staff. On 17 March 2009, he signed a two-year contract with Omonia. In 2010, Lemonis led Omonoia to its 20th Championship. He returned to Greece coaching Levadiakos, Panetolikos and Panionios. On 23 March 2017, Lemonis returned to Olympiacos for a third managerial stint, signing a contract until the end of the season. He won his fifth championship with Olympiacos. On 25 September 2017, Lemonis returned to Olympiacos for a fourth managerial stint, after Besnik Hasi was released from Olympiacos. Despite being credited with conducting the team from 5th place to the lead in the Superleague league table before Christmas, he was relieved of his duties on 4 January 2018, while being offered the opportunity to remain at the club through an alternative staff role; alleged reasons for his dismissal were his difficulties in handling the dressing room and employing well-defined tactical plans, as well as his passive Champions League mentality with an objective of not recording heavy losses rather than being competitive against stronger opposition. Managerial statistics Honours Player Olympiacos Greek Championship: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987 Greek Cup: 1981 Manager Olympiacos Greek Championship: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2017 Greek Cup: Runner-up: 2001, 2002 Greek Super Cup: 2007 Omonia Cypriot Championship: 2010 Cyprus FA Shield: 2010 References 1960 births Living people Footballers from Athens Greek footballers Association football midfielders Greek football managers Olympiacos F.C. players Levadiakos F.C.