2011–12 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki
2011–12 season
Chairman	Thanasis Athanasiadis
Manager	Manuel Machado
Super League	6th
Greek Cup	Fifth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Nery Castillo (5); All: Nery Castillo (6)
Highest home attendance	12.320 (vs PAOK)
Lowest home attendance	6.584 (vs Levadiakos)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. competes in the Greek topflight. They started their Greek campaign after finishing sixth in last season's league.

Events

16 June: Forward Athanassios Kanoulas agrees to join Aris from Epanomi ^[1]
21 June: Winger Karim Soltani agrees to join Aris from Iraklis ^[2]
21 June: Winger Nery Castillo agrees to join Aris from Shakhtar Donetsk ^[3]
5 July: Defender Oriol Lozano released.^[4]
5 July: Winger Deividas Česnauskis is released.^[5]
5 July: Midfielder Kostas Kapetanos agrees to join Aris from Olympiakos Volos ^[6]
5 July: Defender Dimitris Kotsonis agrees to join Aris from Paniliakos ^[7]
12 July: Winger Toni Calvo is released.^[8]
27 July: Midfielder Konstantinos Mendrinos is released.^[9]
27 July: Midfielder Manolis Papasterianos agrees to join Aris from Iraklis^[10]
9 August: Midfielder Daisuke Sakata is released.^[11]
18 August: Defender Francis Dickoh agrees to join Aris.^[11]
30 August: Forward Victoras Iacob agrees to join Aris in one-year deal.^[11]
30 August: Defender Kristi Vangjeli released after a €300,000 deal with Chornomorets Odesa.^[12]
30 September: Defender Khalifa Sankare agrees to join Aris in three years deal.
30 September: Winger Javier Umbides agrees to join Aris in three years deal.
30 September: Goalkeeper Eldin Jakupović agrees to join Aris in a two-year deal.
30 September: Midfielder Noé Acosta agrees to join Aris in a one-year deal.
4 November: Michal Probierz is appointed as manager.
21 December: Forward Victoraș Iacob is released.
5 January: Manager Michał Probierz is released.
10 January: Midfielder Jurica Vranješ is released.
15 January: Manuel Machado is appointed as manager.
20 January: Defender Giannis Agtzidis is released.
27 January: Forward Danijel Cesarec is released.
28 January: Midfielder Charalambos Economopoulos joined Vyzas on loan.
28 March: Forward Thanasis Topouzis is released.

Current squad

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
13	GK	Sifakis (c)	39	EU	2008	80	0	2012	€50,000
1	GK	Vellidis	37	EU	2010	26	0	2013	free
84	GK	Jakupović	39	EU	2011	1	0	2012	free
25	GK	Dioudis	31	EU	2011	0	0	2015	Youth system
2	RB	Neto	43	Non-EU	2007	118	12	2012	€200,000
16	LB	Michel	42	EU	2010	50	0	2012	free	Second nationality: Italy
24	CB	Lazaridis (vc)	44	EU	2010	48	4	2012	free
16	CB	Dickoh	41	EU	2011	7	1	2013	free	Second nationality: Denmark
15	CB	Giannitsis	32	EU	2011	0	0	2015	Youth system
4	CB	Papazaharias	39	EU	2010	8	0	2013	free
19	CB	Sankaré	39	Non-EU	2011	13	1	2014	free
30	CB	Kotsonis	35	EU	2010	0	0	2014	free
14	DM	Faty	37	EU	2010	21	1	2013	free	Second nationality: Senegal
8	CM	Toja	39	Non-EU	2010	24	0	2013	€200,000
5	CM	Papasterianos	36	EU	2011	0	0	2013	free
55	DM	Prittas	45	EU	2007	73	1	2012	free
88	DM	Nacho García	43	Non-EU	2005	0	0	2012	free
12	CM	Katidis	31	EU	2010	3	0	2013	Youth system
7	RW	Soltani	39	EU	2011	0	0	2012	free	Second nationality: France
10	LW	Castillo (vc)	39	EU	2011	10	2	2013	free	Second nationality: Greece
19	AM	Kapetanos	39	EU	2010	0	0	2013	free
17	RW	Kasnaferis	36	EU	2010	11	0	2013	free
33	RW	Umbides	42	Non-EU	2011	5	0	2013	free
77	LW	Acosta	40	EU	2011	5	0	2013	free
20	RW	Gianniotas	31	EU	2011	2	1	2014	Youth system
28	AM	Triantafyllakos	32	EU	2011	0	0	2014	€100,000
99	CF	Aggeloudis	33	EU	2011	1	0	2015	Youth system
22	CF	Kanoulas	32	EU	2011	0	0	2014	€100,000

Last updated: 11 September 2010
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Ordered by position on pitch.

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GRE	Thanassis Kanoulas (from Anagennisi Epanomi)
—	MF	MEX	Nery Castillo (from Shakhtar Donetsk)
—	MF	ALG	Karim Soltani (from Iraklis)
—	MF	GRE	Kostas Kapetanos (from Olympiakos Volos)
—	DF	GRE	Dimitris Kotsonis (from Paniliakos)
—	MF	GRE	Vassilis Triantafyllakos (from Odysseas Anagennisi)
—	MF	GRE	Emmanouil Papasterianos (from Iraklis)
—	DF	GHA	Francis Dickoh (from Hibernian)
—	FW	ROU	Victoraș Iacob (from Iraklis)
—	DF	SEN	Khalifa Sankaré (from Olympiakos Volos)
—	MF	ARG	Javier Umbides (from Olympiakos Volos)
—	GK	SUI	Eldin Jakupović (from Olympiakos Volos)
—	MF	ESP	Noé Acosta (from Olympiakos Volos)

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Juanma (released)
5	DF	BRA	Ronaldo Guiaro (released)
3	DF	ESP	Oriol Lozano (free transfer to Real Murcia)
33	MF	LTU	Deividas Česnauskis (free transfer to Baku)
7	MF	ESP	Toni Calvo (released)
19	MF	GRE	Konstantinos Mendrinos (released)
88	MF	JPN	Daisuke Sakata (released)
32	DF	ALB	Kristi Vangjeli (€300,000 transfer to Chornomorets Odesa)

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Manuel Machado
Assistant manager	Bazilho Fernandes Marques
Fitness Coach	Giannis Gioris
Fitness Coach	José Augusto Arauzo
Physio	Vaggelis Pantazis
Goalkeeping Coach	Giannis Plavoukos
Scout	Leonidas Vosdou

Last updated: 30 August 2010
Source: arisfc.gr

Kit

Supplier: Under Armour
Sponsor(s): Kino

Home
Colours

Away
Colours

Third
Colours

Goalkeeper's Home Colours

Goalkeeper's Away Colours

Source: arisfc.gr

Board of Directors

Chairman	Thanasis Athanasiadis
Director of football	Giannis Michalitsos
Executive Director	Giannis Kontis
Managing Director	Antonios Zabetas
A Vice	Dimitris Sarris
B Vice	Ilias Poppis
C Vice	Themistoklis Bekiaris
Member	Dimis Papaioannou
Member	Stratos Eugeniou
Member	Agapitos Valogiorgis
Member	Tasos Orfanidis
Member	Christos Grollios
Commercial Director	Georgios Eleftheroudes
Press Officer	Chryssanthos Tsaltides
General Manager	Georgios Koltsidas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (22,800 / 120x80 m)

Source: ^[13]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Result
Superleague Greece	9th position
Greek Cup	Excluded on 5th round

Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

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Home/Away


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	10	10	10	29	33	−4	40	7	5	3	19	14	+5	3	5	7	10	19	−9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Win Draw Loss

27 August 2011 (2011-08-27) Matchday 1	PAS Giannina	0 – 0	Aris	Zosimades Stadium, Ioannina
21:30 EEST		report		Attendance: 3578 Referee: Tritsonis Stavros

11 September 2011 (2011-09-11) Matchday 2	Aris	0 – 1	Atromitos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
18:15 EEST		report	Mitroglou 19'	Attendance: 8551 Referee: Spathas Ilias

2 October 2011 (2011-10-02) Matchday 5	Aris	0 – 0	Skoda Xanthi	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
16:00 EEST				Attendance: 9322 Referee: Styliaras Dimitris

16 October 2011 (2011-10-16) Matchday 6	Ergotelis	1 – 1	Aris	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
18:15 EEST	Budimir 90'		Sankaré 45'	Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Thanos Dimitris

23 October 2011 (2011-10-23) Matchday 7	Aris	1 – 1	PAOK	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST	Lazaridis 3'		Papazoglou 48'	Attendance: 12,320 Referee: Giahos Thanasis

30 October 2011 (2011-10-30) Matchday 8	AEK	3 – 0	Aris	Olympic Stadium, Athens
17:30 EET	Lazaridis 10' (o.g.) Liberopoulos 39' Cala 78'			Attendance: 6,379 Referee: Kakkos Tasos

5 November 2011 (2011-11-05) Matchday 9	Aris	2 – 3	Olympiacos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Toja 77' Faty 85'		Djebbour 7' Modesto 28' Makoun 83'	Attendance: 7,776 Referee: Sidiropoulos Tasos

20 November 2011 (2011-11-20) Matchday 10	OFI	0 – 1	Aris	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion
17:15 EET		Report	Gianniotas 31'	Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Mitsios Christos

27 November 2011 (2011-11-27) Matchday 11	Panionios	2 – 1	Aris	Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
17:15 EET	Schembri 39' Kuqi 58'		Cesarec 73'	Attendance: 1684 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

4 December 2011 (2011-12-04) Matchday 12	Aris	3 – 1	Panathinaikos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Cesarec 12' Dickoh 44' Neto 48'	Report	Boumsong 38'	Attendance: 8,954 Referee: Ilias Spathas

11 December 2011 (2011-12-11) Matchday 13	Asteras Tripolis	1 – 0	Aris	Asteras Tripolis Stadium, Tripoli
15:00 EET	Usero 31'	Report		Attendance: 1,906 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos

18 December 2011 (2011-12-18) Matchday 14	Aris	0 – 0	Panetolikos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
17:15 EET		Report		Attendance: 7,362 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

28 December 2011 (2011-12-28) Matchday 3	Aris	2 – 0	Doxa Drama	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Umbides 13' Kapetanos 79'	Report		Attendance: 6,901 Referee: Mihail Voskakis

4 January 2012 (2012-01-04) Matchday 15	Kerkyra	1 – 0	Aris	Kerkyra Stadium, Kerkyra
15:00 EET	Martin 48'	Report		Attendance: 1,067 Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras

8 January 2012 (2012-01-08) Matchday 16	Aris	1 – 0	PAS Giannina	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
15:00 EET	Castillo 12'	Summary		Attendance: 6,742 Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos

15 January 2012 (2012-01-15) Matchday 17	Atromitos	0 – 0	Aris	Peristeri Stadium, Athens
15:00 EET		Summary		Attendance: 2,174 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

18 January 2012 (2012-01-18) Matchday 4	Levadiakos	1 – 1	Aris	Livadeia Municipal Stadium, Livadeia
17:15 EET	Favalli 54'	Summary	Gianniotas 36'	Attendance: 589 Referee: Georgios Kominis

22 January 2012 (2012-01-22) Matchday 18	Doxa Drama	1 – 3	Aris	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
15:00 EET	Papadopoulos 19'	Summary	Acosta 20' Castillo 30', 86'	Attendance: 1,165 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

29 January 2012 (2012-01-29) Matchday 19	Aris	2 – 1	Levadiakos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Castillo 50', 89'	Summary	Chumbinho 4'	Attendance: 6,584 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos

5 February 2012 (2012-02-05) Matchday 20	Skoda Xanthi	0 – 2	Aris	Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi
19:30 EET		Summary	Umbides 58' Castillo 67'	Attendance: 1,218 Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos

11 February 2012 (2012-02-11) Matchday 21	Aris	1 – 1	Ergotelis	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Acosta 18'	Summary	Katsikokeris 32'	Attendance: 6,748 Referee: Giorgos Daskalopoulos

19 February 2012 (2012-02-19) Matchday 22	PAOK	0 – 0	Aris	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	García 14' Athanasiadis 18' Krešić 63'	Summary	Kaznaferis 5' Lazaridis 18' Faty 36' Umbides 68' Triantafyllakos 90'	Attendance: 16,041 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

3 March 2012 (2012-03-03) Matchday 23	Aris	1 – 0	AEK	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Lazaridis 79'	[12]		Attendance: 8,641 Referee: Anastassios Kakkos

3 March 2012 (2012-03-03) Matchday 24	Olympiacos	3 – 0	Aris	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
19:30 EET	Marcano 18' Holebas 45' Mirallas 69'	[13]		Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Athanasios Giachos

10 March 2012 (2012-03-10) Matchday 25	Aris	1 – 0	OFI	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Lazaridis 73'	[14]		Attendance: 6,985 Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras

17 March 2012 (2012-03-17) Matchday 26	Aris	4 – 2	Panionios	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Faty 33' Umbides 73' Triantafyllakos 76' Neto 79'	[15]	Kuqi 39', 63'	Attendance: 7,295 Referee: Anastassios Kakkos

1 April 2012 (2012-04-01) Matchday 27	Panathinaikos	1 – 0	Aris	Olympic Stadium, Athens
19:00 EET	Rudolf 82'	[16]		Attendance: - Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos

8 April 2012 (2012-04-08) Matchday 28	Aris	0 – 1	Asteras Tripoli	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:00 EET		[17]	Rayo 35'	Attendance: 8,293 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

18 April 2012 (2012-04-18) Matchday 29	Panetolikos	5 – 1	Aris	Panetolikos Stadium, Agrinio
19:00 EET	Pasas 13' Camara 45' Charisteas 49' Sankaré 53' (o.g.) Fernandes 76'	[18]	Gianniotas 74'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Michalis Voskakis

22 April 2012 (2012-04-22) Matchday 30	Aris	1 – 1	Kerkyra	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:00 EET	Acosta 37'	Report	Ioannou 24'(pen.)	Attendance: - Referee: Andreas Pappas

Goalscorers

Nery Castillo

Greek Cup

Fourth Round

22 December 2011	Panthrakikos	1 – 2	Aris	Komotini Municipal Stadium
17:00	Balu 32'	Summary	Soltani 49' Michel 74'	Referee: Andreas Pappas

Fifth Round

12 January 2012	Atromitos	2 – 1	Aris	Peristeri Stadium
18:00	Fytanidis 79' Mitroglou 90'	Summary	Castillo 46'	Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

UEFA rankings

Rank	Team	Points
88	1. FC Nürnberg	22.137
89	Deportivo La Coruña	21.922
90	Aris	21.140
91	Rosenborg	20.935
92	Austria Wien	20.765

As of 15 December 2011^[14]

Friendlies

15 July 2011	Aris	1 – 0	Atromitos	Karpenisi
18:50 EEST	Soltani 11'

19 July 2011	Aris	1 – 1	Kerkyra	Karpenisi
19:00 EEST	Castillo 21'		Giantsis 25'

21 July 2011	Aris	3 – 1	Panetolikos	Karpenisi
18:50 EEST	Castillo 7' Aggeloudis 84' Toja 86' (pen.)		Rocha 26' (pen.)

26 July 2011	Aris	1 – 2	Peñarol	Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki
21:30 EEST	Soltani 40'		Pérez 21' Corujo 71' (pen.)	Referee: Christos Mitsios

31 July 2011	Aris	4 – 1	PAS Giannina	Seefeld
19:00 EEST	Sakata 41' Soltani 48' Topouzis 68' Neto 71' (pen.)		Cuevas 64' (pen.)

2 August 2011	Aris	0 – 1	EN Paralimni	Wörgl
19:00 EEST			Roushias 89'

4 August 2011	Aris	2 – 3	Al-Hilal	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
18:00 EEST	Cesarec 45' Soltani 84'		Yoo 31' Qahtani 70' Shafi 80'

7 August 2011	Lazio	2 – 0	Aris	Rieti
22:00 EEST	Rocchi 21' Cissé 33'

9 August 2011	Cagliari	1 – 1	Aris	Stadio Bruno Nespoli, Olbia
21:30 EEST	Ariaudo 19'		Soltani 49'

17 August 2011	Pierikos	0 – 0	Aris	Municipal Stadium of Katerini, Katerini
20:00 EEST

20 August 2011	Kerkyra	1 – 1	Aris	Kerkyra Stadium, Corfu
20:30 EEST	Kalantzis 33'		Neto 51'

3 September 2011	Aris	1 – 1	Doxa Drama	Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki
18:20 EEST	Kapetanos 88'		Vertzos 24'

4 September 2011	Anagennisi Epanomi	2 – 1	Aris	Kalamaria Stadium, Thessaloniki
17:30 EEST	Georgiadis 69' Deinopapas 83'		Cesarec 64'

21 September 2011	Apollon Kalamarias	0 – 2	Aris	Kalamaria Stadium, Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST			Gianniotas 43' Kapetanos 56'

25 February 2012	Aris	1 – 1	Lovech	Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki
15:00 EEST	Lazaridis 39'		Ivanov 23'

Source: ^[15] ^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19]

Top goalscorers and assists

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Nery Castillo	7
2	Javier Umbides	3
3	Giannis Gianniotas	3
4	Nikolaos Lazaridis	3
5	Noé Acosta	3

Top assists

Rank	Name	Assists
1	Javier Umbides	7
2	Michel	3
3	Konstantinos Kasnaferis	2
4	Kostas Kapetanos	2
5	Khalifa Sankaré	2

References

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