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Hello. The link below shows a summary of a knockout match of the old Champions Cup 1982-83, between Olympiakos and Hamburg, result 4-0 for the Germans then winners of the competition. The images are not of good quality, the scoreboard then never being framed. But is it possible that the team names and scorers were written on the scoreboard in English, and not in Greek, as this competition (like others of this calibre) was international? Thank you very much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01gAnZ3KMg&t=52s 2.32.203.113 (talk) 15:46, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The venue of Olympiacos F.C. is Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (rebuilt in 2004), Piraeus. The videoed game in 1982 followed a crowding tragedy with 21 victims in 1981. I have not found an image of the old stadium scoreboard of 1982 but would expect that the game was relayed via the Eurovision (network) to other countries e.g. Germany where names and scores could be superimposed by a local broadcaster. Philvoids (talk) 21:58, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me that the question is about the physical scoreboard in the stadium; what did people see who were present in the stadium? --Lambiam 22:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was a match of the old Champions Cup (today's European Champions League) played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. Yes, the question is about the scoreboard: I think that since it was an international match, the names of the teams and the scorers were transcribed on the scoreboard in English language.

There may have been enough room for displaying the name in both the Greek and the Latin alphabet:

HAMBURG OLYMPIAKOS

1 : 0

ΑΜΒΟΥΡΓΟ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ

--Lambiam --Lambiam 12:57, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think the OPs wording "team names and scorers asks to see the names both of the teams and of individual scoring players. Updating a display of so much information, probably also showing match time, referee calls and timeouts is the work of a dedicated commentator and would be limited by the display technology of 40 years ago, probably paid for by prominent advertising. Philvoids (talk) 13:41, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was just the time when such technology became available; see Scoreboard § Technology. --Lambiam 23:19, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]