Olympiacos F.C. , also known simply as
Olympiacos,
Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as
Olympiacos C.F.P. (, transliterated "Olympiakós Sýndesmos Filáthlo_n Peiraió_s",
Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus), are a
Greek professional
football club, part of the major
multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, based in
Piraeus. Their name was inspired from the
Ancient Olympic Games and along with the club's emblem, the laurel-crowned adolescent
Olympic winner, encompass and symbolize the morality, the honour, the vying, the splendor, the sportsmanship and the fair play value of the
Olympic ideal of
Ancient Greece.