the karaiskakis stadium is the current (since 2004) and traditional home of olympiacos. with a capacity of 32,115, it is the largest football-only stadium and the second largest football stadium in greece. it was built in 1895 as neo phaliron velodrome, to host the cycling events for the 1896 summer olympics in athens. olympiacos started using it since its foundation in 1925. in 1964 it was renovated and was given its current name after georgios karaiskakis a military commander of the greek war of independence, with an athletics track around the pitch.