2017–18 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2017–18 season Aris participated in Football League, finished in the second place and were promoted to Super League. The club also competed in the Greek Cup and were eliminated in Group Stage.

Aris Thessaloniki
PresidentTheodoros A. Karipidis
ManagerDimitrios Spanos
StadiumKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Football League2nd (promoted)
Greek CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Dimitris Diamantopoulos (16)

All:
Dimitris Diamantopoulos (16)

First-team squad edit

# Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed From
Goalkeepers
1 Alexandros Anagnostopoulos   GK (1994-08-18)18 August 1994 (aged 23)   Panathinaikos
13 Giannis Mantzaris   GK (1996-04-15)15 April 1996 (aged 22)   APE Langadas
22 Giorgos Kantimiris   GK (1982-09-19)19 September 1982 (aged 35)   Veria
Defenders
2 Darcy Dolce Neto   RB / RW (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 37)   Veria
3 Hugo Sousa   CB / RB (1992-06-04)4 June 1992 (aged 25) Free agent
4 Stelios Marangos   CB / DM (1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (aged 29)   Platanias
5 Georgios Delizisis (captain)   CB (1987-12-01)1 December 1987 (aged 30)   Apollon Smyrni
15 Giorgos Valerianos   LB / LM / RB (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 26)   Apollon Smyrni
18 Nikos Tsoumanis   LB / LM (1990-06-08)8 June 1990 (aged 27)   Veria
27 Manolis Tzanakakis   RB / RM / LB (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 26)   Olympiacos
28 Christos Bourbos   RB / RM (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 34) Free agent
66 Petros Kanakoudis   LB / LM (1984-04-16)16 April 1984 (aged 34)   Inter Turku
Midfielders
6 Houssein Moumin   DM / CM (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 31)   Trikala
8 Lefteris Intzoglou   DM / CM (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 31)   Iraklis
10 Dimitris Anakoglou   AM / CM (1991-09-06)6 September 1991 (aged 26)   AEK Athens
14 Charalampos Pavlidis   AM / CM / LM (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 27)   Veria
80 Dimitris Klingopoulos   DM / CM (1998-03-09)9 March 1998 (aged 20) Club's Academy
83 Branislav Nikic   /   DM / CM (1983-08-15)15 August 1983 (aged 34)   Veria
Forwards
7 Markos Dounis   RW / LW / AM (1992-05-09)9 May 1992 (aged 26)   AEK Athens
9 Michalis Bastakos   ST (1996-07-27)27 July 1996 (aged 21)   Atromitos
11 Kenan Bargan (vice-captain)   LW / SS (1988-10-25)25 October 1988 (aged 29)   Panionios
16 Luka Milunović   AM / LW / RW (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 25)   Platanias
17 Vangelis Platellas   RW / LW / AM (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 29)   Atromitos
19 Dimitris Diamantopoulos   ST / RW (1988-11-18)18 November 1988 (aged 29)   Apollon Smyrni
20 Paschalis Kassos   RW / LW (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 26)   Apollon Smyrni
21 Giannis Pasas   LW / RW / AM (1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 27)   Iraklis
33 Aristidis Lottas   LW / RW / AM (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 29)   Sparti
99 Jone Pinto   ST (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 26) Free agent

Transfers and loans edit

Transfers in edit

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
July 2017 DF 15   Giorgos Valerianos   Apollon Smyrni Free
July 2017 FW 19   Dimitris Diamantopoulos   Apollon Smyrni Free
July 2017 MF 6   Hussein Mumin   Trikala Free
July 2017 MF 83   /   Branislav Nikic   AOK Kerkyra Free
July 2017 MF 8   Lefteris Intzoglou   Iraklis Free
July 2017 DF 4   Stelios Marangos   Platanias Free
July 2017 GK 22   Giorgos Kantimiris   Veria Free
July 2017 DF 5   Giorgos Delizisis   Apollon Smyrni Free
July 2017 FW 33   Aristidis Lottas   Sparta Free
July 2017 MF 55   Ljubomir Stevanović   Trikala Free
July 2017 FW 21   Giannis Pasas   Iraklis Free
July 2017 FW 20   Paschalis Kassos   Apollon Smyrni Free
July 2017 FW 99   Jone Pinto Free agent Free
September 2017 FW 17   Vangelis Platellas   Atromitos Free
January 2018 FW 89   /   Angelos Chanti   OFI Free
January 2018 DF 66   Petros Kanakoudis   Inter Turku Free
January 2018 FW 9   Michalis Bastakos   Atromitos Free

Transfers out edit

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
July 2017 MF 77   /   Gaius Makouta   Sporting da Covilhã Released
July 2017 MF 26   Pitu Garcia   Volos Released
July 2017 FW 14   /   Rafik Djebbour Free agent Released
July 2017 MF 10   Andreas Tatos   Elazığspor 85.000 € [1]
July 2017 FW 19   Brana Ilić   Kisvárda FC Released
August 2017 GK 13   Sokratis Dioudis   Panathinaikos 150.000 € [2]
August 2017 MF 4   Vasilios Rovas   Asteras Amaliadas Released
August 2017 DF 39   Christos Intzidis   Panegialios Released
September 2017 FW 17   Stefanos Dogos   Aiginiakos Released
January 2018 MF 55   Ljubomir Stevanović   Doxa Drama Released
January 2018 FW 9   Antonis Kapnidis   Doxa Drama Released [3]

Transfer summary edit

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Football League Matchday 1 2nd 28 October 2017 27 May 2018
Greek Cup Group stage Group stage 21 September 2017 28 November 2017

Updated to match played 27 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Overview edit

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 34 26 7 1 65 13 +52 076.47
Greek Cup 3 1 1 1 3 3 +0 033.33
Total 37 27 8 2 68 13 +55 072.97

Updated to match played 27 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Football League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 OFI (C, P) 34 27 5 2 86 14 +72 86 Promotion to Super League
2 Aris Thessaloniki (P) 34 26 7 1 65 13 +52 85
3 Panachaiki 34 22 7 5 50 21 +29 73
4 AO Chania − Kissamikos 34 19 7 8 64 32 +32 64
5 Doxa Drama 34 18 9 7 57 25 +32 63
Source: Soccerway and Football League News
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground, only used if needed to decide teams for promotion or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 26 7 1 65 13  +52 85 14 3 0 36 3  +33 12 4 1 29 10  +19

Last updated: 27 May 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Results by matchday edit

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Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2018. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches edit

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 1 Aris Thessaloniki 5 – 0 Aiginiakos Thessaloniki
15:00 Vangelis Platellas   19'
Giannis Pasas   24'
Paschalis Kassos   31'
Antonis Kapnidis   74'
Kenan Bargan   90+3'
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Ananias Fotiadis
5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) 2 Trikala 0 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Trikala
15:00 Report Charalampos Pavlidis   90' Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Fotias
12 November 2017 (2017-11-12) 3 Aris Thessaloniki 2 – 0 Kallithea Thessaloniki
15:00 Dimitris Diamantopoulos   41',   77' Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Dimitris Karatergios
19 November 2017 (2017-11-19) 4 Ergotelis 2 – 3 Aris Thessaloniki Heraklion
15:00 Hugo Cuypers   14'
Nikolaos Stamatakos   23'
Report Markos Dounis   53'
Dimitris Diamantopoulos   72'
Vangelis Platellas   88'
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Labrou
25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 5 Aris Thessaloniki 2 – 1 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
15:00 Vangelis Platellas   45+1'
Giorgos Delizisis   76'
Report Panagiotis Moraitis   7' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Foukakis
3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 6 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 0 AO Chania – Kissamikos Thessaloniki
15:00 Kenan Bargan   45' Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Konstantinos Panitsidis
10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) 7 Doxa Drama 1 – 2 Aris Thessaloniki Drama
15:00 Konstantinos Markopoulos   28' Report Dimitris Diamantopoulos   64'
Charalampos Pavlidis   77'
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis
17 December 2017 (2017-12-17) 8 Aris Thessaloniki 0 – 0 OFI Thessaloniki
17:00 Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Fotios Fotiadis
20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 9 Panegialios 0 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Aigio
15:00 Report Stadium: Aigio National Stadium
Referee: Nikos Poulimas
7 January 2018 (2018-01-07) 10 Aris Thessaloniki 2 – 0 Apollon Pontou Thessaloniki
15:00 Vangelis Platellas   14'
Markos Dounis   45'
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Emmanouil Kiritsis
14 January 2018 (2018-01-14) 11 Apollon Larissa 0 – 2 Aris Thessaloniki Larissa
15:00 Report Markos Dounis   39'
Dimitris Diamantopoulos   90'
Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Referee: Konstantinos Antoniou
20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 12 Aris Thessaloniki 0 – 0 Karaiskakis Thessaloniki
15:00 Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Kounalakis
27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) 13 Acharnaikos 0 – 3 w/o Aris Thessaloniki
Report
31 January 2018 (2018-01-31) 14 Veria 0 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Veria
17:00 Report Giannis Pasas   89' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: Evangelos Kiotzenis
4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 15 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 0 Sparti Thessaloniki
15:00 Giorgos Delizisis   73' Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Apostolos Tzoumalakis
10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 16 Panserraikos 1 – 3 Aris Thessaloniki Serres
15:00 Stergios Tsimikas   77' Report Hugo Sousa   58'
Dimitris Diamantopoulos   89'
Manolis Tzanakakis   90+4'
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Foukakis
18 February 2018 (2018-02-18) 17 Aris Thessaloniki 3 – 0 Anagennisi Karditsa Thessaloniki
15:00 Hugo Sousa   46'
Vangelis Platellas   63' (pen.)
Luka Milunović   90+2'
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Panagiotis Koukoulas
25 February 2018 (2018-02-25) 18 Aiginiakos 1 – 4 Aris Thessaloniki Aiginio
15:00 Nikos Zourkos   84' Report Dimitris Diamantopoulos   5' (pen.),   70'
Vangelis Platellas   13'
Charalampos Pavlidis   64'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Aiginio
Referee: Konstantinos Balatsoukas
4 March 2018 (2018-03-04) 19 Aris Thessaloniki 0 – 0 Trikala Thessaloniki
17:00 Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Tassis
7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) 20 Kallithea 0 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Athens
15:00 Report Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Blounas
12 March 2018 (2018-03-12) 21 Aris Thessaloniki 3 – 0 Ergotelis Thessaloniki
15:00 Vangelis Platellas   54' (pen.)
Paschalis Kassos   76'
Angelos Chanti   90+5'
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Dimitris Roussis
18 March 2018 (2018-03-18) 22 Panachaiki 1 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Patras
15:00 Christos Eleftheriadis   43' Report Markos Dounis   88' Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Labrou
24 March 2018 (2018-03-24) 23 AO Chania – Kissamikos 2 – 3 Aris Thessaloniki Chania
15:00 Jean-Baptiste Léo   17',   62' Report Dimitris Diamantopoulos   25',   43'
Giannis Pasas   85'
Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Angelos Zaravinos
1 April 2018 (2018-04-01) 24 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 0 Doxa Drama Thessaloniki
17:00 Giorgos Delizisis   5' Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Vreskas
4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) 25 OFI 2 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Heraklion
15:00 Dimitris Manos   45'
Dijilly Vouho   48'
Report Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Referee: Nikolaos Ratsiatos
15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) 26 Aris Thessaloniki 5 – 2 Panegialios Thessaloniki
17:00 Vangelis Platellas   25'
Dimitris Diamantopoulos   50',   67'
Kenan Bargan   56'
Petros Kanakoudis   89'
Report Andreas Stamatis   44'
Aristidis Kokkoris   59'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Konstantinos Sidiropoulos
22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 27 Apollon Pontou 0 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Thessaloniki
17:00 Report Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Referee: Aggelos Aggelakis
25 April 2018 (2018-04-25) 28 Aris Thessaloniki 3 – 0 Apollon Larissa Thessaloniki
17:00 Dimitris Diamantopoulos   22',   72'
Vangelis Platellas   52'
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Nikolaos Theodoropoulos
29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) 29 Karaiskakis 0 – 2 Aris Thessaloniki Arta
17:00 Report Paschalis Kassos   13'
Hugo Sousa   42'
Stadium: Municipal Agioi Anargiroi Stadium
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos
6 May 2018 (2018-05-06) 30 Aris Thessaloniki 3 – 0 w/o Acharnaikos
Report
13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) 31 Aris Thessaloniki 3 – 0 w/o Veria
Report
16 May 2018 (2018-05-16) 32 Sparti 0 – 3 Aris Thessaloniki Sparta
17:00 Report Dimitris Diamantopoulos   45+2' (pen.),   76'
Giannis Pasas   63'
Stadium: Sparta Municipal Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Markantonatos
20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) 33 Aris Thessaloniki 2 – 0 Panserraikos Thessaloniki
17:00 Giannis Pasas   57'
Charalampos Pavlidis   81'
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Tassis
27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) 34 Anagennisi Karditsa 0 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Karditsa
17:00 Report Aristidis Lottas   90+2' (pen.) Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa
Referee: Konstantinos Antoniou

Greek Cup edit

Aris Thessaloniki entered the competition in the Group Stage, as a club from Football League.

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 PAS Giannina 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5 Qualification for the Round of 16
2 Panionios 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Aris Thessaloniki 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 Panegialios 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored
Matches edit
21 September 2017 (2017-09-21) 1 Panegialios 0 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Aigio
20:30 Report Vangelis Platellas   68' Stadium: Aigio National Stadium
Referee: Angelos Adamopoulos
25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) 2 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 2 Panionios Thessaloniki
21:30 Giannis Pasas   74' Report Lazaros Lamprou   39'
Samed Yeşil   90+3'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis
28 November 2017 (2017-11-28) 3 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 1 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
19:30 Luka Milunović   60' Report Karim Soltani   72' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

# Position Nat. Player Football League Greek Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
1 GK   Alexandros Anagnostopoulos 12 11 2 2 14 13
2 DF   Darcy Dolce Neto 1 1 0 0 1 1
3 DF   Hugo Sousa 28 28 3 3 31 31
4 DF   Stelios Marangos 10 4 1 1 11 5
5 DF   Giorgos Delizisis 29 29 2 2 31 31
6 MF   Hussein Mumin 28 26 2 2 30 28
7 FW   Markos Dounis 21 11 0 0 21 11
8 MF   Lefteris Intzoglou 27 26 2 2 29 28
9 FW   Michalis Bastakos 9 4 0 0 9 4
10 MF   Dimitris Anakoglou 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Kenan Bargan 20 10 2 1 22 11
13 GK   Giannis Mantzaris 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Charalampos Pavlidis 21 12 3 2 24 14
15 DF   Giorgos Valerianos 25 24 2 2 27 26
16 FW   Luka Milunović 9 1 2 1 11 2
17 FW   Vangelis Platellas 27 26 3 1 30 28
18 DF   Nikos Tsoumanis 2 1 1 1 3 2
19 FW   Dimitris Diamantopoulos 26 24 1 1 27 25
20 FW   Paschalis Kassos 19 14 3 3 22 17
21 FW   Giannis Pasas 26 17 2 2 28 19
22 GK   Giorgos Kantimiris 20 20 1 1 21 21
27 DF   Manolis Tzanakakis 21 20 1 1 22 21
28 DF   Christos Bourbos 19 14 3 2 22 16
33 FW   Aristidis Lottas 3 1 1 1 4 2
66 DF   Petros Kanakoudis 5 3 0 0 5 3
80 MF   Dimitris Klingopoulos 1 0 0 0 1 0
83 MF   /   Branislav Nikic 11 7 2 1 13 8
89 FW   /   Angelos Chanti 9 5 0 0 9 5
99 FW   Jone Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during this season
MF   Ljubomir Stevanović 0 0 2 1 2 1
FW   Antonis Kapnidis 5 1 1 0 6 1
Total 31 3 34

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

Goals edit

Ranking Position Nat. Player Football League Greek Cup Total
1 FW   Dimitris Diamantopoulos 16 0 16
2 FW   Vangelis Platellas 9 1 10
3 FW   Giannis Pasas 5 1 6
4 FW   Markos Dounis 4 0 4
MF   Charalampos Pavlidis 4 0 4
6 DF   Georgios Delizisis 3 0 3
DF   Hugo Sousa 3 0 3
FW   Paschalis Kassos 3 0 3
FW   Kenan Bargan 3 0 3
10 FW   Luka Milunović 1 1 2
11 DF   Manolis Tzanakakis 1 0 1
FW   /   Angelos Chanti 1 0 1
FW   Antonis Kapnidis [A] 1 0 1
DF   Petros Kanakoudis 1 0 1
MF   Aristidis Lottas 1 0 1
Own Goals 0 0 0
Awarded by League 9 0 9
Total 65 3 68
  1. ^ Players who left the club during this season

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets edit

# Nat. Player Football League Greek Cup Total
22   Giorgos Kantimiris 16 0 16
1   Alexandros Anagnostopoulos 8 1 9
Total 24 1 25

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

References edit

  1. ^ "Τέλειωσε του Τάτου στην Ελάζιγκσπορ". sport24.gr. 22 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Ανακοίνωσε Διούδη ο Παναθηναϊκός". sport24.gr. 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Τέλος και επίσημα ο Καπνίδης". gazzetta.gr. 30 January 2018.

External links edit