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The '''Karaiskaki Stadium''' is located in the [[PiraeusNeo Faliro]] suburb of , [[Neo FaliroPiraeus]]. It is the home ground for the [[football (soccer)|football]] section of the [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] sports club. The stadium is named after [[Georgios Karaiskakis]], hero of the [[Greek Revolution]] of [[1821]] for national independence.
It was used during the [[1896 Summer Olympics]] as a velodrome where Frenchman Paul Masson took the three track cycling gold medalsand was known as the "Velodrome" ("Podilatodromio") until [[1939]] when it received its present name.
The Stadium was renovated during in [[1964]] and again in [[2004]] into a 33,334 capacity all seater stadium ready for the football competition of the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].
==External link==
*[http://www.athens2004.com/en/Venues/venues?oid=ac0802b31af59f00VgnVCMServer28130b0aRCRD Athens 2004 website]
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[[Category:Football venues in Greece]]
[[Category:Stadia]]
