 Olympiacos under the leading of Takis Lemonis won the championship with 12 points difference in 2001 and beat AEK in a match practically final of the championship with a 4–3 in an impressive match in April 2002.He also won AEK 6–1 and Panathinaikos 1–4 in Leoforos, Panathinaikos' historical castle, which together with this season's 4–0 against Panathinaicos again are the biggest domestic victories a Greek team has ever achieved during the last 20 years.Those victories gave him the nickname sir takis.