Aris Thessaloniki F.C.

ARIS

File:Aris Thessaloniki FC logo.png
Full name	Aris Club
Founded	1914
Ground	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
Capacity	28,000
Manager	Manuel Machado
League	Super League Greece
2011–12	Super League Greece, 9th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Aris Football Club (Greek: Π.Α.Ε. Άρης) is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki. Aris remains undefeated in European competitions since 1968, maintaining thus a quite extraordinary record given that teams of the calibre of Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Roma and Benfica have failed to take a win in Thessaloniki. Aris fans are widely known for their passionate and spectacular support. Aris F.C. is part of the Greek sports club Aris Thessaloniki, that is also home to one of the most legendary basketball teams in European history.

Aris was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association and the Hellenic Football Federation, and competes in the Superleague Greece, the top tier of the Greek professional football system. The colors of the team are yellow and black, the club is named after Ares, the Greek God of war.

Facilities

Stadium

A view inside the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

Name: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

Location: Charilaou district, Thessaloniki, Greece

Year Built: 1951 (Last time rebuilt in 2004, due to the 2004 Summer Olympics, hosted in Greece, Athens.)

Capacity: 23.000 seats

Ownership:

Training facilities

Since the late '70, Aris FC has created its own training grounds covering three hectares and including fottball fields, hosting area with gym, pool and sauna, press room, offices, restaurant and locker rooms. The facilities were rebuilt in September 2010 after a demand placed by manager Héctor Cúper.

Shirt and sponsors history

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
1980–89	Adidas
1989–90	Asics
1990–91		Coplam
1991–92	Diadora	Coplam
1992–93		SPANOS
1993–94		Bronx Shoes
1994–95		Ioniki Zois
1995–96	Kappa	Propo
1996–97	Umbro
1997–98	Puma	Puma
1998–99		Megacard
1999–02		Interamerican
2002–03	Lotto	MORITZ
2003–04	Le Coq Sportif	DEPA
2004–05	Adidas	Enimex
2005–06		OPAP
2006–07		Lampsi
2007–08		EKO
2008–10	Reebok
2010–12	Under Armour	OPAP

Current squad

As of 9 September 2012

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GRE	Markos Vellidis
3	DF	GRE	Michalis Giannitsis
4	DF	GRE	Grigoris Papazaharias
5	DF	GRE	Nikos Pantidos
6	MF	GRE	Mpampis Oikonomopoulos
7	MF	GRE	Kostas Kasnaferis
8	FW	GRE	Vassilis Triantafyllakos
9	FW	ESP	David Aganzo
10	MF	GRE	Kostas Kapetanos
11	FW	GRE	Nikos Aggeloudis
13	GK	GRE	Sokratis Dioudis
14	FW	GRE	Giannis Gesios
15	DF	GRE	Dimitris Kotsonis
16	MF	GRE	Alexandros Gioris
17	MF	GRE	Manolis Papasterianos

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	GRE	Pantelis Pozidis
19	DF	ESP	Rubén Pulido
20	FW	GRE	Giannis Gianniotas
21	DF	GRE	Giorgos Margaritis
22	FW	GRE	Thanasis Kanoulas
24	MF	GRE	Dimitris Sounas
27	MF	GRE	Pantelis Antoniadis
30	DF	GRE	Erotokritos Ntamarlis
32	MF	GRE	Dimitris Aslanidis
33	FW	GRE	Alexandros Karagiannis
35	MF	GRE	Stelios Tsoukanis
36	DF	GRE	Nikos Psychogios
44	DF	GRE	Andreas Iraklis
66	MF	POR	Nuno Coelho
91	GK	GEO	Petr Gusev

For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2012.

See also: 2012–13 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

International players

• Markos Vellidis Men's
• Giannis Gianniotas U21
• Sokratis Dioudis U21
• Erotokritos Damarlis U21
• Dimitris Sounas U19
• Pantelis Antoniadis U19

Honours and achievements

Honours

Aris Thessaloniki's honours and achievements include the following:

Greek Football League

• Panhellenic Championship / Alpha Ethniki / Super League Greece (national level 1)
  • Champions (3): 1927–28, 1931–32, 1945–46
  • Runners up (3): 1929–30, 1932–33, 1979–80

Domestic cup competition

• Greek Cup
  • Winners (1): 1969–70
  • Finalists (8): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1939–40, 1949–50, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10

Regional honours

• Macedonian Football Clubs Association Championship (local level 1 until 1959) ^[C]
  • Winners (13): 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1958–59
  • Runners up (6): 1938–39, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57

• Northern Greece Championship (regional level 1 in 1932–35, 1938–40) ^[C]
  • Winners (2): 1932–33, 1934–35
  • Runners up (2): 1933–34, 1938–39

• Football Cup of Greater Greece
  • Winners (1): 1971

A. ^ Macedonian Football Clubs Association Championship, which was formally organized in 1924, was the top tier competition for soccer teams in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki until 1959 with its winners (and sometimes lower placed teams) participating in the Panhellenic Championship, which was held from 1927–28 till 1958–59. However, in 1928–29, 1934–35, 1940–41 to 1944–45, 1949–50 and 1951–52 the Panhellenic Championship was not held, and in 1959–60 it was replaced with Alpha Ethniki. In 1924–25 the Macedonian Football Clubs Association Championship was not held, in 1931–32 the regional championship had 2nd level status and Aris participated in the combined regions' national championship, in 1932–33 the Northern Greece Championship was held instead of the Macedonian Football Clubs Association Championship, whereas in 1933–34 both championships were held and the Northern Greece Championship's winner (Iraklis) participated in the Panhellenic Championship play-off against the Southern Greece Championship's winner. In 1934–35 only the Northern Greece Championship was held instead of the Macedonian Football Clubs Association Championship, while in 1935–36 only a combined regions national championship was held. In 1936-37 and 1937-38 only the Macedonian Football Clubs Association Championship, and not the Northern Greece Championship, was held, while in 1938-39 and 1939-40 both championships were held and the Northern Greece Championship's winner participated in the Panhellenic Championship play-off against the Southern Greece Championship's winner. Also, in 1939-40 the Northern Greece Championship was played in two groups, with its winner being determined in play-off matches between the two group winners. The 1940–41 regional championship never finished, and the national one wasn't held, while, during 1941–45 the regional championship, along with the national one, was not held because of World War II. After 1939-1940, the Northern Greece Championship was not held again. Instead, a Northern inter-regional Championship was established in 1953-54 (for regions other than Thessaloniki, Athens and Piraeus), being the predecessor of Beta Ethniki, and securing National Championship places for regional teams since then.

Aris F.C. in Europe

Aris boasts a remarkable statistic in European football; the club has not lost a home game in European competitions in 42 years, having gone 26 home games undefeated.

Year	Competition	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1964	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Roma	0-0	0-3	0-3
1965	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Koln	2-1	0-2	2-3
1966	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Juventus	0-2	0-5	0-7
1968	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Hibernians F.C.	1-0	6-0	7-0
1968	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Ujpest	1-2	1-9	2-11
1969	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Cagliari	1-1	0-3	1-4
1970	Cup Winners' Cup	Chelsea	1-1	1-5	2-6
1974	UEFA Cup	Rapid Wien	1-0	1-3	2-3
1979	UEFA Cup	Benfica	3-1	1-2	4-3
1979	UEFA Cup	Perugia	1-1	3-0	4-1
1979	UEFA Cup	Saint-Etienne	3-3	1-4	4-7
1980	UEFA Cup	Ipswich Town	3-1	1-5	4-6
1981	UEFA Cup	Sliema	4-0	4-2	8-2
1981	UEFA Cup	Lokeren	1-1	0-4	1-5
1994	UEFA Cup	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3-1	2-1	5-2
1994	UEFA Cup	Katowice	1-0	0-1	1-1
1999	UEFA Cup	Servette	1-1	1-2	2-3
1999	UEFA Cup	Celta	2-2	0-2	2-4
2003	UEFA Cup	Zimbru	2-1	1-1	3-2
2003	UEFA Cup	Perugia	1-1	0-2	1-3
2005	UEFA Cup	Roma	0-0	1-5	1-5
2007	UEFA Cup	Zaragoza	1-0	1-2	2-2
2007	UEFA Cup	Red Star	3-0	Single Match	3-0
2007	UEFA Cup	Bolton	Single Match	1-1	1-1
2007	UEFA Cup	Braga	1-1	Single Match	1-1
2007	UEFA Cup	Bayern Munich	Single Match	0-6	0-6
2009	UEFA Cup	Slaven Belupo	1-0	0-2	1-2
2010	UEFA Europa League	Jagiellonia Bialystok	2-2	2-1	4-3
2010	UEFA Europa League	Austria Wien	1-0	1-1	2-1
2010	UEFA Europa League	Atletico Madrid	1-0	3-2	4-2
2010	UEFA Europa League	Bayer Leverkusen	0-0	0-1	0-1
2010	UEFA Europa League	Rosenborg	2-0	1-2	3-2
2011	UEFA Europa League	Manchester City	0-0	0-3	0-3

Performance

Main article: List of Aris F.C. seasons

Aris have been champions of Greece three times, having been placed 2nd four times and 3rd eight times. They have also won the Greek Cup once, having been finalists eight times and eliminated in the Semi-finals five times. They have also played in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup on many occasions and the furthest the club has progressed is to the Third Round of the 1979–80 UEFA Cup.

Club officials

Board of Directors

Chairman	Antonios Zabetas
Director of football	Giannis Michalitsos
Executive Director	Stavros Labriakos
Managing Director	Alekos Katsiaounis
Member	Panagiotis Stefanidis
Sports' club representative	Christos Grollios
General Manager	Georgios Koltsidas

Source: [1]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Makis Katsavakis
Assistant manager	Kostas Papadopoulos
Fitness Coach	Giannis Papakostas
Fitness Coach	Giannis Gioris
Physio	Konstantinos Syggounas
Goalkeeping Coach	Thoedoros Kantas
Scout	Leonidas Vosdou

Last updated: 27 August 2012
Source: arisfc.gr

Members' Society board

Position	Staff
President	Angelos Grollios
Vice President	Panagiotis Zoubouridis
Secretary General	Tasos Desypris
Head of Public Relations	Panagiotis Alexandridis
Treasurer	Aris Naoum
Members	Labros Skordas
Members	Nikitas Matthaiou

Last updated: 27 August 2012
Source: arisfc.gr

Managerial history

Name Nat. Years Grigoris Vlachopoulos 1914–22 Kostas Vikelidis 1922–27 Thomas Kössler 1927–29 De Valer 1929–32 Kostas Vikelidis 1932 Gyula Antal 1932–34 Kostas Vikelidis 1934–40 Dionysis Kaltekis 1945–49 Iakovos Yakumis 1949–50 Nikolaos Aggelakis 1950–53 Kleanthis Vikelidis 1953–55 Kiril Simonovski 1955 Ernst Netuka 1955 Alexander Petrović 1955–56 Mladen Kašanin 1956 Ivan Stefovič 1956–57 Kleanthis Vikelidis 1957 Ivan Stefovič 1957–58 Dionysis Kaltekis 1958 Carl Panagl 1958 Kleanthis Vikelidis 1958–59 Svetislav Glišović 1959–61 Kleanthis Vikelidis 1961 Kostas Velliadis 1961 Ljubiša Spajić 1961–62 Vasilis Grigoriadis 1962 Ettore Trevisan 1962 Bela Palfi 1962–66 Svetislav Glišović 1966–67 Severiano Correia 1967–69 Nikolaos Aggelakis 1969 Milovan Ćirić 1969–70 Michalis Baltatzis 1970 Milovan Ćirić 1970–71 Michalis Baltatzis 1971

Name Nat. Years Les Allen 1971 Wilf McGuinness 1971–73 Branko Stanković 1973–75 Alketas Panagoulias 1975 Dobromir Zhechev 1975–76 Alketas Panagoulias 1976–77 Panagiotis Patsidis 1977 Carl-Heinz Rühl 1977 Panagiotis Patsidis 1977–78 Milovan Ćirić 1978 Apostol Čačevski 1978–79 José Sasía 1979–80 Frank Blunstone 1980 Michal Vičan 1980–81 Giannis Nalbantis 1981 Dettmar Cramer 1981–82 Antonis Georgiadis 1982–84 Kostas Chatzikostas 1984 Thijs Libregts 1984–86 Giannis Venos 1986 Gojko Zec 1986–87 Klimis Gounaris 1987 Gerd Prokop 1987–88 Alketas Panagoulias 1988–90 Kostas Tsilios 1990 Jacek Gmoch 1990–91 Kostas Tsilios 1991 Ivan Vutsov 1991–92 Giorgos Foiros 1992–96 Giannis Tzifopoulos 1996 Jozef Jarabinský 1996 Stavros Diamantopoulos 1996–97 Giorgos Semertzidis Giorgos Pantziaras 1997 Juan Ramón Rocha 1997

Name Nat. Years Giorgos Foiros 1997–98 Georgios Paraschos 1998 Alketas Panagoulias 1998–99 Ilija Petković 1999–00 Giorgos Semertzidis Giannis Michalitsos 2000 Babis Tennes 2000–01 Henri Michel 2001 Richard Tardy Nov 2001–Feb 02 Giannis Tzifopoulos 2001 Bernd Krauss Feb 2002–June 2 Giorgos Foiros July 2002–June 3 Giannis Michalitsos 2003 Giorgos Pantziaras 2003 Ole Skouboe 2003 Makis Katsavakis 2003–04 Giorgos Chatzaras July 2004–June 5 Martti Kuusela 2005 Nikos Anastopoulos 2005–06 Guillermo Ángel Hoyos July 2006–Jan 07 Nikos Passialis 2006 Quique Hernández 2006–07 Juan Oliva July 2007–Sept 07 Dušan Bajević Sept 2007–July 8 Quique Hernández July 2008–Jan 09 Mazinho Jan 2009–Nov 09 Dimitris Bugiuklis 2009 Héctor Cúper Nov 2009–Jan 11 Giannis Michalitsos 2011 Sakis Tsiolis March 2011–Oct 11 Michał Probierz Nov 2011–Jan 12 Giorgos Semertzidis Giannis Michalitsos 2011–12 Manuel Machado Jan 2012–June 12 Makis Katsavakis July 2012–

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Notable former players

For details on former players, see Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Template:Famous players

Nikolaos Aggelakis Alexandros Alexiades Daniel Batista Angelos Charisteas Traianos Dellas Giorgos Foiros Leonidas Kampantais Fanis Katergiannakis Savvas Kofidis Kostas Kolomitrousis Georgios Koltsidas Dinos Kouis Stavros Labriakos Takis Loukanidis Dimitris Mavrogenidis Alketas Panagoulias Giorgos Pantziaras Avraam Papadopoulos

Stelios Papafloratos Michalis Sifakis Nikos Tsiantakis Kleanthis Vikelidis Kristi Vangjeli Raúl Bobadilla Leandro Gracian Cristian Nasuti Javier Umbides Fernando Sanjurjo Gilbert Prilasnig Ronald García Nikola Nikic Marcio Amoroso Paulo Andrioli Ronaldo Guiaro Valentin Ignatov Joël Epalle

Dorge Kouemaha Gilles Domoraud Mario Caceres Ole Skouboe Ricardo Faty Camel Meriem Patrick Valéry Njogu Demba-Nyrén Carlos Ruiz Nery Castillo Salaheddine Bassir Said Chiba Talal El Karkouri Richard Knopper Emmanuel Ekwueme Carlos Flores Maciej Murawski Danilo Pereira

Paulo Costa Oleg Veretennikov Ismail Ba Ilija Ivić Zoran Lončar Ljubisa Milojevic Juraj Bucek Nasief Morris Rubén Palazuelos Sergio Koke Toni Calvo Mehdi Nafti Sebastian Abreu Alejandro Lembo Freddy Adu Eddie Johnson Kennedy Nagoli

League top scorers

Player	Goals
Dinos Kouis	141
Alexandros Alexiades	127
Kostas Papaioannou	65
Kostas Drampis	48
Giorgos Zindros	46

Most league appearances

Player	Matches
Dinos Kouis	473
Theodoros Pallas	368
Giannis Nalbantis	303
Giorgos Foiros	303
Giannis Venos	303

See also

• Aris Thessaloniki
• Aris BC
• Aris Volleyball Club

External links

• Official football website (in Greek and English)
• aris FC uefa.com
• Club-owned Radio Station
• Aris Members' Society website