2008–09 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2008-09 season was the 95th season in Aris Thessaloniki F.C.'s existence. The club finished 6th in the Super League.

Aris Thessaloniki
PresidentLambros Skordas
ManagerQuique Hernández
(until 20 January 2009)
Iomar Mazinho
(from 21 January 2009)
StadiumKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Super League6th
Greek CupFifth round
UEFA CupSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Javito Peral
Sergio Koke
Javier Cámpora (5)

All:
Javito Peral
Sergio Koke (6)

Aris Thessaloniki was eliminated on penalties in the fifth round of Greek Football Cup by PAOK. On the UEFA Cup, the croatian Slaven Koprivnica eliminated Aris Thessaloniki in the Second qualifying round.

Dušan Bajević removed from manager's position in July.[1] Quique Hernández came after him.[2] In January, Quique Hernández replaced by Iomar Mazinho and his assistant Donato Gama[3]

Aris Thessaloniki hired Giorgos Koltsidas as technical director after his retirement as player.[4]

First-team squad

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# Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed From
Goalkeepers
13 Michalis Sifakis   GK (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 24)   OFI Crete
31 Dimitrios Karatziovalis   GK (1975-07-22)22 July 1975 (aged 33)   Apollon Kalamarias
40 Stivi Frashëri   GK (1990-08-29)29 August 1990 (aged 18) Club's Academy
Defenders
2 Darcy Dolce Neto   RB / RW (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 28)   Santos
3 Efthymis Kouloucheris   CB / DM (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 28)   Olympiacos
4 Alejandro Lembo   /   CB (1978-02-15)15 February 1978 (aged 31)   Danubio
5 Ronaldo Guiaro   /   CB (1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 35)   Santos
15 Nikos Karabelas   LB / LM (1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 24)   Paniliakos
21 Valentin Roberge   CB / LB (1987-06-09)9 June 1987 (aged 21)   Paris Saint-Germain B
26 Sanel Jahić   /   CB / RB / DM (1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 27)   Željezničar
32 Kristi Vangjeli   CB / RB / LB (1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 23) Club's Academy
Midfielders
8 Nacho García (captain)   CM / DM (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 (aged 28)   Oriente Petrolero
9 Thiago Gentil   /   AM / SS / LW (1980-04-08)8 April 1980 (aged 29)   Figueirense
11 Diogo Siston   AM (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 28)   Santa Clara
24 Víctor Vitolo   CM (1983-09-09)9 September 1983 (aged 25)   Racing de Santander
29 Sakis Prittas   CM / DM (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 30)   Iraklis
30 Roberto Battión   CM / DM (1982-03-01)1 March 1982 (aged 27)   Argentinos Juniors
Forwards
7 Toni Calvo   RW / LW (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 22)   Barcelona B
10 Sergio Koke (vice-captain)   ST / SS (1983-04-27)27 April 1983 (aged 26)   Olympique de Marseille
12 Mario Regueiro   /   LW / SS / AM (1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 30)   Valencia
17 Piotr Włodarczyk   ST (1977-05-04)4 May 1977 (aged 32)   Zagłębie Lubin
18 Javier Cámpora   ST (1980-01-07)7 January 1980 (aged 29)   Chiapas
19 Thanasis Papazoglou   ST (1988-03-30)30 March 1988 (aged 21) Club's Academy
20 Javito Peral   LW / RW (1983-11-04)4 November 1983 (aged 25)   Barcelona B
33 Stavros Labriakos   ST (1975-11-30)30 November 1975 (aged 33)   Skoda Xanthi

Transfers and loans

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Transfers in

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Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
June 2008 MF 30   Roberto Battión   Argentinos Juniors Free [5]
June 2008 FW 17   Piotr Włodarczyk   Zagłębie Lubin Free [6]
July 2008 DF 4   /   Alejandro Lembo   Danubio Free [7]
July 2008 FW 99   /   Alejandro Delorte   Argentinos Juniors Free
July 2008 FW 12   /   Mario Regueiro   Valencia 100.000 € [8]
July 2008 GK 13   Michalis Sifakis   OFI Crete 300.000 € [9]
July 2008 DF 21   Valentin Roberge   Paris Saint-Germain B Free
January 2009 FW 33   Stavros Labriakos   Skoda Xanthi Free [10]
January 2009 FW 18   Javier Cámpora   Chiapas Free [11]

Transfers out

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Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
June 2008 DF 23   Giorgos Koltsidas Retired
July 2008 DF 4   /   Avraam Papadopoulos   Olympiacos 2.500.000 € [12]
July 2008 GK 1   Kostas Chalkias   PAOK Released
July 2008 GK 38   Kyriakos Stratilatis   Levadiakos Released
July 2008 DF 13   Theodoros Papadopoulos   Apollon Kalamarias Released
July 2008 MF 18   Vladimir Ivić   PAOK Released
July 2008 FW 17   Giannis Gesios   PAONE Released
September 2008 FW 30   /   Márcio Amoroso Free Agent Released [13]
October 2008 DF 22   /   Marco Aurélio Free Agent Released [14]
December 2008 FW 99   /   Alejandro Delorte Free Agent Released [15]
January 2009 MF 6   Konstantinos Nebegleras   Atromitos Released [16]
January 2009 GK 1   Marián Kelemen Free Agent Released [17]

Loans in

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Start date End date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
September 2008 End of season MF 24   Víctor Vitolo   Racing de Santander None [18]

Loans out

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Start date End date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
January 2009 End of season FW 14   Felipe Sanchón   Girona None [19]

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Super League Matchday 1 6th 31 August 2008 26 April 2009
Greek Cup Fourth round Fifth round 12 November 2008 28 January 2009
UEFA Cup Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 14 August 2008 28 August 2008

Updated to match played 26 April 2009
Source: Competitions

Overview

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Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 30 13 8 9 30 31 −1 043.33
Greek Cup 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 033.33
UEFA Cup 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00
Total 35 15 10 10 33 34 −1 042.86

Updated to match played 26 April 2009
Source: Competitions

Super League

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Regular season

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League table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 AEK Athens 30 14 13 3 40 24 +16 55 Qualification for the Play-offs
5 AEL 30 12 13 5 36 26 +10 49
6 Aris 30 13 8 9 30 31 −1 47
7 Skoda Xanthi 30 9 11 10 25 21 +4 38
8 Panionios 30 10 7 13 40 40 0 37
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[20]
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 13 8 9 30 31  −1 47 8 5 2 19 9  +10 5 3 7 11 22  −11

Last updated: 26 April 2009.
Source: Super League

Matches
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31 August 2008 (2008-08-31) 1 Aris Thessaloniki 2 – 0 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
17:00 Javito Peral   66'
Piotr Włodarczyk   78'
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
14 September 2008 (2008-09-14) 2 Ergotelis 3 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Heraklion
17:00 Mario Budimir   24'
Patrick Ogunsoto   31',   39'
Report Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos
20 September 2008 (2008-09-20) 3 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 2 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
17:00 Javito Peral   10' Report Silva Cleyton   19'
Andreas Ivanschitz   26'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
28 September 2008 (2008-09-28) 4 PAOK 1 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Thessaloniki
19:15 Pablo Contreras   68' Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Lazaros Polatian
4 October 2008 (2008-10-04) 5 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 0 Iraklis Thessaloniki
17:00 Alejandro Lembo   90' Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos
18 October 2008 (2008-10-18) 6 Panionios 2 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Athens
17:00 Giannis Maniatis   64'
Anderson Gonzaga   77'
Report Javito Peral   2' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Referee: Michail Dakos
26 October 2008 (2008-10-26) 7 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
17:00 Javito Peral   18' Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Vasileios Paboridis
1 November 2008 (2008-11-01) 8 Aris Thessaloniki 0 – 0 AEL Thessaloniki
17:00 Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Michail Dakos
9 November 2008 (2008-11-09) 9 Thrasyvoulos 1 – 2 Aris Thessaloniki Athens
13:00 Stathis Rokas   48' Report Sergio Koke   66' (pen.)
Mario Regueiro   84'
Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium
Referee: Michalis Germanakos
15 November 2008 (2008-11-15) 10 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 1 Asteras Tripolis Thessaloniki
17:00 Sergio Koke   27' Report Lucio Filomeno   13' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Marios Labropoulos
23 November 2008 (2008-11-23) 11 Skoda Xanthi 1 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Xanthi
17:00 Victor Agali   54' Report Toni Calvo   22' Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Referee: Ilias Spathas
30 November 2008 (2008-11-30) 12 Aris Thessaloniki 2 – 0 Panserraikos Thessaloniki
13:00 Sergio Koke   80'
Mario Regueiro   90+4'
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
6 December 2008 (2008-12-06) 13 OFI Crete 0 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Heraklion
14:45 Report Toni Calvo   90+1' Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Referee: Marios Labropoulos
14 December 2008 (2008-12-14) 14 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 Toni Calvo   39' Report Edinho   71' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
21 December 2008 (2008-12-21) 15 Panthrakikos 0 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Komotini
13:00 Report Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium
Referee: Michail Koukoulakis
4 January 2009 (2009-01-04) 16 Levadiakos 2 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Livadeia
14:45 Leonardo Pereira   58',   72' Report Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Georgios Giannopoulos
11 January 2009 (2009-01-11) 17 Aris Thessaloniki 0 – 0 Ergotelis Thessaloniki
17:00 Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos
18 January 2009 (2009-01-18) 18 Panathinaikos 4 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Athens
17:00 Giorgos Karagounis   46' (pen.),   56'
Ante Rukavina   59'
Silva Cleyton   71'
Report Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Referee: Michail Dakos
25 January 2009 (2009-01-25) 19 Aris Thessaloniki 0 – 0 PAOK Thessaloniki
17:00 Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos
31 January 2009 (2009-01-31) 20 Iraklis 0 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Thessaloniki
17:00 Report Roberto Battión   78' Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Petros Konstantineas
7 February 2009 (2009-02-07) 21 Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 0 Panionios Thessaloniki
17:00 Sanel Jahić   78' Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
14 February 2009 (2009-02-14) 22 Olympiacos 2 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Piraeus
17:00 Predrag Đorđević   23'
Luciano Galletti   75'
Report Vasilis Torosidis   90' (o.g.) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis
22 February 2009 (2009-02-22) 23 AEL 1 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Larissa
14:45 Maciej Żurawski   77' Report Sergio Koke   88' Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Referee: Vasileios Paboridis
28 February 2009 (2009-02-28) 24 Aris Thessaloniki 2 – 1 Thrasyvoulos Thessaloniki
17:00 Javier Cámpora   35' (pen.)
Piotr Włodarczyk   90+1'
Report Sakis Prittas   3' (o.g.) Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Giannopoulos
7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) 25 Asteras Tripolis 4 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Tripoli
14:45 Adrián Bastía   14'
Marcelão   55'
Vangelis Kaounos   78'
Horacio Cardozo   90+3'
Report Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos
14 March 2009 (2009-03-14) 26 Aris Thessaloniki 0 – 1 Skoda Xanthi Thessaloniki
17:00 Report Victor Agali   80' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
22 March 2009 (2009-03-22) 27 Panserraikos 1 – 2 Aris Thessaloniki Serres
18:00 Giorgos Georgiadis   3' Report Javier Cámpora   60'
Mario Regueiro   78'
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
5 April 2009 (2009-04-05) 28 Aris Thessaloniki 4 – 1 OFI Crete Thessaloniki
17:00 Javito Peral   11'
Frantz Bertin   57' (o.g.)
Javier Cámpora   65'
Sanel Jahić   68'
Report Stelios Sfakianakis   24' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
12 April 2009 (2009-04-12) 29 AEK Athens 0 – 1 Aris Thessaloniki Athens
17:00 Report Sergio Koke   23' Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
26 April 2009 (2009-04-26) 30 Aris Thessaloniki 3 – 2 Panthrakikos Thessaloniki
17:00 Sakis Prittas   63'
Javier Cámpora   90+2',   90+4'
Report Sergio Ponce   28'
Xenofon Gittas   45+1'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Greek Football Cup

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Fourth round

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12 November 2008 (2008-11-12) Fourth round Atromitos 1 – 2 Aris Thessaloniki Athens
15:50 Michalis Kripintiris   88' Report Toni Calvo   55' (pen.)
Javito Peral   80'
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Evangelos Katsidonis

Fifth round

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14 January 2009 (2009-01-14) Fifth round PAOK 0 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Thessaloniki
20:10 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Fifth round replay

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UEFA Cup

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Second qualifying round

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14 August 2008 (2008-08-14) First leg Aris Thessaloniki   1 – 0   Slaven Koprivnica Thessaloniki
20:00 Sergio Koke   55' Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez (Spain)
28 August 2008 (2008-08-28) Second leg Slaven Koprivnica   2 – 0
(2–1 agg.)
  Aris Thessaloniki Koprivnica
18:30 Bojan Vručina   14',   65' Report Stadium: Ivan Kušek-Apaš City Stadium
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 26 April 2009
# Position Nat. Player Super League Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
2 DF   Darcy Dolce Neto 27 3 2 32
3 DF   Efthymis Kouloucheris 4 0 0 4
4 DF   /   Alejandro Lembo 19 3 1 23
5 DF   /   Ronaldo Guiaro 12 1 1 14
7 FW   Toni Calvo 25 2 2 29
8 MF   Nacho García 24 3 2 29
9 MF   /   Thiago Gentil 16 0 2 18
10 FW   Sergio Koke 27 3 2 32
11 MF   Diogo Siston 13 2 0 15
12 FW   /   Mario Regueiro 23 3 2 28
13 GK   Michalis Sifakis 24 3 0 27
15 DF   Nikos Karabelas 19 3 0 22
17 FW   Piotr Włodarczyk 18 1 1 20
18 FW   Javier Cámpora 9 1 0 10
19 FW   Thanasis Papazoglou 2 0 0 2
20 FW   Javito Peral 29 3 2 34
21 DF   Valentin Roberge 20 1 0 21
24 MF   Víctor Vitolo 21 3 0 24
26 DF   /   Sanel Jahić 16 2 2 20
29 MF   Sakis Prittas 7 1 1 9
30 MF   Roberto Battión 20 2 1 23
31 GK   Dimitrios Karatziovalis 2 0 0 2
32 DF   Kristi Vangjeli 8 0 2 10
33 FW   Stavros Labriakos 7 2 0 9
Players who left the club during this season
DF   /   Marco Aurélio 4 0 2 6
FW   /   Alejandro Delorte 4 0 0 4
FW   Felipe Sanchón 4 0 1 5
MF   Konstantinos Nebegleras 8 0 0 8
GK   Marián Kelemen 5 0 2 7
Total 30 3 2 35

Goals

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As of match played 26 April 2009
Ranking Position Nat. Player Super League Greek Cup UEFA Total
1 FW   Sergio Koke 5 0 1 6
FW   Javito Peral 5 1 0 6
3 FW   Javier Cámpora 5 0 0 5
4 FW   Toni Calvo 3 1 0 4
5 FW   /   Mario Regueiro 3 0 0 3
6 FW   Piotr Włodarczyk 2 0 0 2
DF   /   Sanel Jahić 2 0 0 2
8 MF   Roberto Battión 1 0 0 1
DF   /   Alejandro Lembo 1 0 0 1
MF   Sakis Prittas 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 2
Total 30 2 1 33

Clean sheets

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If a goalkeeper was substituted and he did not conceded a goal while he was in the game but the team conceded a goal after him, the goalkeeper would not claim the clean sheet.

As of match played 26 April 2009
# Nat. Player Super League Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
13   Michalis Sifakis 10 2 0 12
  Marián Kelemen 2 0 1 3
Total 12 2 1 15

References

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