2013–14 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki

2013–14 season
Chairman	Dimitris Iliadis
Manager	Giannis Chatzinikolaou
Super League	18th
Greek Cup	Third Round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Aris F.C. competes in the Greek topflight. They started their Greek campaign after finishing 13th in last season's league and will enter the Greek Football Cup in the fourth round. After the elections in Aris Members' Society, a new chairman, Dimitris Iliadis was appointed^[1] with the hope to face club's serious financial problems. Due to lack of appropriate licence from the Hellenic Football Federation Aris for the 2013–14 season can only sign three players being above 24 years old.

Overview

Competition	Result
Superleague Greece
Greek Cup

Events

• 8 June: Manager Giannis Chatzinikolaou signs for Aris.^[2]
• 25 June: Defender Michalis Kyrgias signs a two-year contract.^[3]
• 26 June: Midfielder Charalambos Economopoulos signs a new two-year contract.^[4]
• 27 June: Midfielder Giannis Papadopoulos signs a one-year contract.^[5]
• 28 June: Midfielder Rok Elsner signs a two-year contract.^[6]
• 30 June: Striker Michalis Manias signs a three-year contract.^[7]
• 2 July: Midfielder Nikos Golias signs a three-year contract.^[8]
• 3 July: Goalkeerer Dean Bouzanis signs a three-year contract.^[9]
• 15 July: Midfielder Chigozie Udoji signs a two-year contract.^[10]
• 26 July: Midfielder Andreas Tatos signs a one-year contract.^[11]
• 29 July: Defender Nikos Tsoumanis signs a two-year contract.^[12]
• 31 July: Midfielder John Ibeh signs a two-year contract.^[13]
• 8 August: Defender Aristotelis Karasalidis signs a two-year contract.^[14]

Players

Squad information

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Dean Bouzanis		GK	2 October 1990 (23)	Oldham Athletic
13	Sokratis Dioudis		GK	3 February 1993 (19)	Youth system
32	Marios Gelis		GK	9 October 1994 (19)	Panserraikos
25	Anastasios Karadais		GK	10 April 1993 (19)	Youth system
Defenders
5	Rubén Pulido		CB	2 February 1979 (34)	Asteras Tripolis
2	Michalis Kyrgias		CB	14 October 1989 (23)	Apollon Smyrni
3	Michalis Giannitsis		CB	6 February 1992 (21)	Youth system
44	Aristotelis Karassalidis		CB	3 May 1991 (22)	Panserraikos
44	Andreas Iraklis		CB/RB	16 May 1989 (24)	Kallithea
14	Nikolaos Golias		CB/DM	29 July 1993 (19)	AO Karditsa
36	Nikos Psychogios		RB	25 February 1989 (24)	Doxa Dramas
24	Kaloudis Lemonis		DM/RB	11 November 1995 (17)	Youth system
21	Giorgos Margaritis		LB	20 June 1991 (22)	Agrotikos Asteras
18	Nikos Tsoumanis		LB	8 June 1990 (24)	Kerkyra
Midfielders
86	Rok Elsner		DM/CB	25 January 1986 (27)	Śląsk Wrocław
6	Charalambos Economopoulos		DM	9 January 1991 (22)	Youth system
30	Erotokritos Damarlis		DM	13 May 1992 (21)	Youth system
27	Pantelis Antoniadis		DM	23 March 1994 (19)	Youth system
12	Kostas Kotsaridis		CM	18 August 1992 (21)	AEK Athens
19	Giannis Papadopoulos		CM	9 March 1989 (24)	Dynamo Dresden
10	Andreas Tatos		AM	11 May 1989 (24)	Olympiakos
8	Vassilis Triantafyllakos		CM/AM	16 July 1991 (22)	Odysseas Anagennisis
7	Dimitris Sounas		AM/RW/LW	12 August 1994 (18)	Youth system
77	Andi Renja		RW	1 June 1993 (20)	Youth system
29	Ilias Stavropoulos		RW	6 April 1995 (18)	Youth system
15	Chigozie Udoji		RW/LW	16 July 1986 (26)	Atromitos
	John Ibeh		LW	16 April 1986 (27)	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
93	Alexandros Karagiannis		LW	25 October 1993 (19)	Youth system
35	Stelios Tsoukanis		LM/LB	27 February 1990 (23)	Anagennisi Epanomis
Forwards
9	David Aganzo		CF	10 January 1981 (32)	Hércules
33	Michalis Manias		CF	20 February 1990 (23)	Apollon Smyrni
11	Nikos Aggeloudis		CF	14 May 1991 (22)	Youth system

Last updated: 10 July 2013
Source: Squad at Aris FC official website

Transfers

Summer Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Michalis Kyrgias (from Apollon Smyrni) MF Giannis Papadopoulos (from Dynamo Dresden) MF Rok Elsner (from Śląsk Wrocław) FW Michalis Manias (from Apollon Smyrni) MF Nikolaos Golias (from AO Karditsa) GK Dean Bouzanis (from Oldham Athletic) MF Chigozie Udoji (from Atromitos) MF Andreas Tatos (from Olympiakos) DF Nikos Tsoumanis (from Kerkyra) MF John Ibeh (from Pandurii Târgu Jiu) DF Aristotelis Karassalidis (from Panserraikos)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player FW Dimitris Diamantakos (loan return to Olympiakos F.C.) DF Giannis Zaradoukas (loan return to Olympiakos F.C.) MF Andreas Tatos (loan return to Olympiakos F.C.) MF Konstantinos Kasnaferis (released) GK Michalis Vellidis (released) MF Giannis Gianniotas (transferred to Fortuna Düsseldorf) DF Grigoris Papazaharias (released) MF Emmanouil Papasterianos (released)

Club

Staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Zoran Milinkovic
Assistant Coach	Dimitris Bougiouklis
Fitness Coach	Radivoje Radakovic
Fitness Coach	Nikos Vlachos
Goalkeeping Coach	Theodoros Kantas
Team manager	Konstantinos Drampis
General manager	Georgios Koltsidas
Head doctor	Vaggelis Pantazis
Physio	Giannis Gioris
Physio	Giannis Mpontas
Youth team General manager	Konstantinos Economidis
Scout	Leonidas Vosdou

Last updated: 15 June 2013
Source:

Kit

Supplier: Under Armour
Sponsor(s): Kino

Home Colours

Away Colours

Third Colours

Goalkeeper's Home Colours

Goalkeeper's Away Colours

Source:

Friendly matches

Pirin v Aris

10 July 2013	Pirin	0 – 4	Aris	Pravets
18:30			19',  29' Manias  55' Nikos Aggeloudis  72' Robert Stambolziev

Litex Lovech v Aris

13 July 2013	Litex Lovech	0 – 0	Aris	Lovech Stadium
19:00

Botev Vratsa v Aris

16 July 2013	Botev Vratsa	0 – 3	Aris	Pravets
18:00			1' Aggeloudis  69' Renja  75' Tsoukanis

Ethnikos Gazorou v Aris

21 July 2013	Ethnikos Gazorou	1 – 3	Aris	Serres
18.00 UTC +2			60',  66',  77' Udoji

Aris v Roma

26 July 2013	Aris	1 – 2	Roma	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
21.00 UTC +2				Referee: TBA

Aris v PAS Giannina

31 July 2013	Aris	2 – 0	PAS Giannina	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
20.00 UTC +2				Referee: TBA

Aris v Veria

5 August 2013	Aris	0 – 0	Veria	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
20.30 UTC +2				Referee: TBA

Aris v Episkopi

7 August 2013	Aris	3 – 1	Episkopi	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
18.00 UTC +2				Referee: TBA

Superleague

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
11	AEL Kalloni	8	3	0	5	7	11	−4	9
12	Aris	8	2	2	4	5	10	−5	8
13	Levadiakos	8	2	2	4	7	17	−10	8

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matches

Aris

Apollon Symrnis v Aris

18 August 2013 Matchday 1	Apollon Symrnis	2 - 1	Aris	Georgios Kamaras Stadium
19:15	Korbos 13 Petropoulos 63	[]	Aggeloudis 68	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Georgios Kominis

Aris v Kalloni

25 August 2013 Matchday 2	Aris	0 - 2	Kalloni	Kleanthis Vikelidis
19:15			Anastasiadis 11 Jonan Garcia 90	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos

Atromitos v Aris

2 September 2013 Matchday 3	Atromitos	2 - 0	Aris	Peristeri Stadium
19:15	Udoji 22 Napoleoni 38			Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Konstantinos Ioannidis

Aris v Levadiakos

15 September 2013 Matchday 4	Aris	1 - 1	Levadiakos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
16:00	Tsoumanis  29' Elsner  46' Udoji  58' Triantafyllakos  59' Ilias Stavropoulos  84'	Summary	Ioannidis  25' Manuel Martínez Lara  45' Kapo  53' Koné  74' Mantzios  84'	Attendance: 7,379 Referee: Ilias Spathas

Skoda Xanthi v Aris

23 September 2013 Matchday 5	Skoda Xanthi	2 - 0	Aris	Skoda Xanthi Arena
19:30	Mantalos  23' Solari  62' Fliskas  73'	Summary	Iraklis  35' Elsner  50'	Attendance: 1,541 Referee: Stefanos Mandakis

Aris v Panetolikos

29 September 2013 Matchday 6	Aris	0 - 0	Panetolikos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
16:00	David Aganzo  89'	Summary	Rafael Bracalli  80'	Attendance: 7,241 Referee: Ioannis Topouzis

Panionios v Aris

5 October 2013 Matchday 7	Panionios	1 - 2	Aris	Nea Smyrni Stadium
20:30	Kampantais  8'  58' Mitropoulos  48' Kolovos  57' Nikos Giannakopoulos  60' Kouros  90+4'	Summary	David Aganzo  62' Udoji  88'	Referee: D.Styliaras

Veria v Aris

20 October 2013 Matchday 8	Veria	0 - 1	Aris	Veria Stadium
16:00	Kaltsas  37' Siontis  43' Ostojić  48' Georgiadis  80' Anastasopoulos  90+3'	Summary	Iraklis  10' Tatos  13' Economopoulos  13' Udoji  61' Kyrgias  73' Elsner  77' Rubén Pulido  77' David Aganzo  80'	Attendance: 1,845 Referee: Mihail Voskakis

Aris v Platanias

27 October 2013 Matchday 9	Aris	1 - 2	Platanias	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
15:00	Udoji  72'  82'	Summary	Vasco Faísca  14' Toni Moral  18' David Torres  43' Dimitris  61' Stoller  75' Goundoulakis  83' Emídio Rafael  88' Georgallides  90+2'	Attendance: 8,205 Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis

OFI v Aris

3 November 2013 Matchday 10	OFI	2 - 0	Aris	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
19:30	Kalajdžić  14' Carlos Milhazes  47' Koutsianikoulis  53' Ibeh  71' (o.g.)	Summary	Elsner  3' Rubén Pulido  55' Dioudis  56'	Attendance: 4,497 Referee: Ilias Spathas

Aris v Panathinaikos

9 November 2013 Matchday 11	Aris	0 - 2	Panathinaikos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
19:30	Stavropoulos  25' Margaritis  53' Kyrgias  77' Psychogios  83'	summary	Abeid  9' Klonaridis  43', 69'  72' Koutroubis  90+1'	Attendance: 9,041 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

PAOK v Aris

24 November 2013 Matchday 12	PAOK	3 - 1	Aris	Toumba Stadium
19:30	Kitsiou  41' Salpingidis  42' Tzavellas  54' Lucas  72' Athanasiadis  80' Vukić  90'	Summary	Udoji  18'  59' Damarlis  45+2' Iraklis  54'	Attendance: 19,440 Referee: A.Sidiropoulos

Aris v Panthrakikos

1 December 2013 Matchday 13	Aris	2 - 2	Panthrakikos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
15:00	Manias  23' Economopoulos  32' Tsoumanis  62'  73'	Summary	José María Cases  6', 27' Tzanis  30' Jordão Diogo  84' Seremet  90+3'	Attendance: 5,859 Referee: Georgios Kominis

Ergotelis v Aris

7 December 2013 Matchday 14	Ergotelis	3 - 3	Aris	Pankritio Stadium
15:00	Chrysovalantis Kozoronis  58' Badibanga  62', 90+5'  63' Pelé  65'  87'	Summary	Kyrgias  64' Tatos  69', 80'  87' Damarlis  71' Iraklis  73'	Attendance: 1,396 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

Aris v Olympiakos

15 December 2013 Matchday 15	Aris	0 - 2	Olympiakos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
19:30	Economopoulos  17'	Summary	Domínguez  6' Siovas  23' Weiss  27'  41'	Attendance: 7,692 Referee: Andreas Pappas

Aris v Asteras Tripolis

19 December 2013 Matchday 16	Aris	1 - 1	Asteras Tripolis	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
19:30	David Aganzo  65' Kyrgias  77'	Summary	Setti  27' Kontoes  60' Pol  73' Juanma  89'	Attendance: 5,868 Referee: Stavros Mantalos

PAS Giannina v Aris

23 December 2013 Matchday 17	PAS Giannina	2 - 1	Aris	Zosimades Stadium
19:30	De Vincenti  23'  51' (pen.) Dasios  44' Lila  73'	Summary	Tatos  44' David Aganzo  45' Papadopoulos  50' Iraklis  50' Manias  53'  56' Dioudis  90+4'	Attendance: 1,999 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Aris v Apollon Smyrnis

6 January 2014 Matchday 18	Aris	0 - 2	Apollon Smyrnis	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
19:30	Karagounis  80'	Summary	Christos Mingas  2' Chatzizisis  20' Athanasios Panteliadis  28' Petropoulos  59' Alvarez  61' Barkoglou  90+4'	Attendance: 6,919 Referee: Alexander Aretopoulos

Kalloni v Aris

13 January 2014 Matchday 19	Kalloni	3 - 1	Aris	Olympic Stadium
19:30	Zakuani  34' Manousos  49' Marcelo Goianira  86' Leozinho  87'	Summary	Iraklis  5' Manias  14' Tatos  35' Rubén Pulido  85'	Attendance: 413 Referee: Ioannis Kabaxis

Aris v Atromitos

19 January 2014 Matchday 20	Aris	0 - 0	Atromitos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
15:00	Iraklis  51' Sounas  65' Tsoumanis  85'	Summary	Karamanos  30' Giannoulis  55' Tavlaridis  58' Nastos  90+1' Ballas  90+2'	Attendance: 6,398 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Levadiakos v Aris

26 January 2014 Matchday 21	Levadiakos	4 - 3	Aris	Levadia Municipal Stadium
15:00	Rogério  32' Kotsios  64', 86' Kapo  67' Pedro Sass  79' Intzidis  84' Varela  90+5'	Summary	Bougaidis  13' David Aganzo  24' Bakasetas  30', 48' Giannitsis  51' Sounas  69' Vlachos  70' Manias  82'  83' Stefanos Gounaridis  90+3'	Attendance: 1,257 Referee: Konstantinos Ioannidis

Aris v Skoda Xanthi

1 February 2014 Matchday 22	Aris	1 - 1	Skoda Xanthi	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
17:15	Vlachos  42' Tsoumanis  55' Bakasetas  68'	Summary	García  29' Soltani  42' Mantalos  52' Josemi  65'	Attendance: 8,136 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Panetolikos v Aris

6 February 2014 Matchday 23	Panetolikos	0 - 0	Aris	Panetolikos Stadium
19:30	Júnior  90+5'	Summary	Vangjeli  26' Giannitsis  62' Kyrgias  90' Sounas  90+2'	Attendance: 1,533 Referee: Athanasios Giachos

Aris v Panionios

10 February 2014 Matchday 24	Aris	1 - 0	Panionios	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
19:30	Tsiaras  54' Aganzo  58' Stefanos Gounaridis  67' Economopoulos  85'	Summary		Attendance: 7,937 Referee: Ioannis Topouzis

Aris v Veria

16 February 2014 Matchday 25	Aris	0 - 0	Veria	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
17:15	Tsiaras  65' Aganzo  68'	Summary	Ostojić  58' Siontis  90'	Attendance: 11,429 Referee: Christos Mitsios

Platanias v Aris

23 February 2014 Matchday 26	Platanias	2 - 1	Aris	Perivolia Municipal Stadium
17:15	David Arenas Torres  45+1' Faísca  77'	Summary	Aganzo  48' Manias  68' Vangjeli  72' Dioudis  83' Bougaidis  83' Tatos  83' Bakasetas  83' Papadopoulos  88'	Attendance: 1,806 Referee: Stavros Mantalos

Aris v OFI

1 March 2014 Matchday 27	Aris	0 - 0	OFI	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
19:30	Kousidis  77' Vangjeli  90+1'	Summary	Zé Eduardo  63' Stathis  68' Zoro  73' Konstantinos Banousis  90+2'	Attendance: 6,038 Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras

Panathinaikos v Aris

8 March 2014 Matchday 28	Panathinaikos	4 - 1	Aris	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
19:30	Berg  26'  37'  56'  74' Klonaridis  45'	Summary	Tsiaras  39' Manias  40' Vlachos  43' Tatos  52' Kygrias  70'	Attendance: 11,187 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos

Aris v PAOK

16 March 2014 Matchday 29	Aris	1 - 1	PAOK	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
19:30	Petros Kaminiotis  13' Tatos  23'  24' Economopoulos  45+8' David Aganzo  45+8' Vangjeli  72' Aggeloudis  81'	Summary	Economopoulos  45' (o.g.) Athanasiadis  45+8' Kaçe  45+8' Natkho  51' Tzavellas  52' Glykos  70'	Attendance: 10,154 Referee: Georgios Kominis

Panthrakikos v Aris

22 March 2014 Matchday 30	Panthrakikos	2 - 1	Aris	Komotini Municipal Stadium
17:15	Romeu  13' Ladakis  38' Sergio Molina Rivero  72' Igor  90'	Summary	Tsiaras  15' Kyrgias  36' Manias  64' Iraklis  69'	Attendance: 1,494 Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

Aris v Ergotelis

26 March 2014 Matchday 31	Aris	0 - 2	Ergotelis	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
17:15		Summary	Bouchalakis  6' Sarris  28' Diamantakos  30' Tzankakis  32' Stojković  87'	Attendance: 2,731 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos

Olympiakos v Aris

30 March 2014 Matchday 32	Olympiakos	1 - 0	Aris	Karaiskakis Stadium
19:30	Papadopoulos  81' Valdez  84'	Summary	Sounas  30' Dioudis  62' Iraklis  85'	Attendance: 12,194 Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

Asteras Tripolis v Aris

6 April 2014 Matchday 33	Asteras Tripolis	2 - 2	Aris	Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
19:00	Carrasco  21'  52' N'Daw  73'	Summary	Vasilios Triantafyllakos  53' (pen.) Manias  68' Tsiaras  78'	Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis

Aris v PAS Giannina

13 April 2014 Matchday 34	Aris	0 - 0	PAS Giannina	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
19:00	Vlachos  87'	Summary	Berios  35'	Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Apostolos Amparkiolis

Greek Cup

Olympiacos Volou v Aris

26 September 2013 2nd round	Olympiacos Volou	1 - 0	Aris	Volos Municipal Stadium
18:30	Katsikis  74'			Attendance: 2,000

Player Statistics

Starting 11

Dioudis

Tsoumanis

Rubén Pulido

Elsner

Psychogios

Tatos

Economopoulos

Papadopoulos

Ibeh

Udoji

Aganzo

Goals

R	Player	Position	Super League	Greek Cup	Total	Notes
1	Chigozie Udoji	RW	3		3
2	Nikos Aggeloudis	CF	1		1
3	David Aganzo	CF	1		1

Last updated: 20 October 2013
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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Assists

R	Player	Position	Super League	Greek Cup	Total	Notes
1	Andreas Tatos	AM	2		2
2	Chigozie Udoji	RW	1		1

Last updated: 20 October 2013
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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External links

• Aris Thessaloniki F.C. official website
• Aris Thessaloniki FC on Superleaguegreece.net