2017–18 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki
President	Theodoros A. Karipidis
Manager	Dimitrios Spanos
Stadium	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Football League	2nd (promoted)
Greek Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dimitris Diamantopoulos (16); All: ; Dimitris Diamantopoulos (16)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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.

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
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]

Spending

Summer: 0 €

Winter: 0 €

Total: 0 €

Income

Summer: 235.000 €

Winter: 0 €

Total: 235.000 €

Net Expenditure

Summer: 235.000 €

Winter: 0 €

Total: 235.000 €

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
Competition	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 v t e	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	Promotion to Super League
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]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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	Qualification for the Round of 16
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
#	Position	Nat.	Player	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
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

^ Players who left the club during this season

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets[edit]

#	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]

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

External links[edit]

Official website

[fnleft-4] Players who left the club during this season

[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.

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