2013–14 Veria F.C. season

Veria
2013–14 season
Chairman	Georgios Arvanitidis
Manager	Goran Stevanović (7 July 2013–27 Aug 2013); Ton Caanen (1 Sept 2013–29 Sept 2013); Ștefan Stoica (8 Oct 2013–31 Oct 2017); Ratko Dostanić (16 Nov 2013–30 Jun 2014)
Stadium	Veria Stadium, Veria
Super League	15th
Greek Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ben Nabouhane (15 goals); All: Ben Nabouhane (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,401 (vs PAOK)
Lowest home attendance	514 (vs OFI)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Veria will compete in the following competitions Super League Greece and Greek Cup.

Players

Squad information

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Georgios Kantimiris	GK	19 September 1982 (31)	Fokikos
30	Dimitris Kottaridis	GK	29 May 1981 (32)	Kozani
55	Jonathan López	GK	16 April 1981 (32)	Burgos
79	Nikolaos Anastasopoulos	GK	5 August 1979 (34)	Kerkyra
Defenders
4	Nikos Tzimogiannis	CB	17 November 1987 (26)	Youth system
6	Konstantinos Barbas	CB/DM	22 April 1983 (30)	Agrotikos Asteras
23	Dimitrios Amarantidis	LB	27 July 1986 (27)	AEK
25	Alexandros Apostolopoulos	RB	7 November 1991 (22)	PAOK
74	Angelos Vertzos	LB/CB	27 May 1983 (30)	Apollon Smyrnis
77	Nikolaos Georgiadis	RB	23 March 1983 (30)	AO Diagoras
88	Mohamadou Sissoko	CB	8 August 1988 (25)	Kilmarnock
Midfielders
5	Guillermo	CM/AM	11 January 1987 (27)	Sporting de Gijón
7	Nikos Kaltsas	RW/AM/CF	3 May 1990 (23)	Youth system
8	Branko Ostojić	DM/CM	3 January 1984 (30)	Javor
10	Pavel Komolov	AM	10 March 1989 (24)	Žalgiris Vilnius
11	Kenan Bargan	LW/AM/CF	25 October 1988 (25)	Odysseas Anagennisi
15	Stefanos Siontis	DM	4 September 1987 (26)	Doxa Katokopias
16	Petr Trapp	DM	6 December 1985 (28)	Viktoria Plzeň
18	Julio Segundo	RW	26 September 1993 (20)	Skonto
19	Alexandros Vergonis	CM	1 December 1985 (28)	Rodos
24	Esmaël Gonçalves	LW/RW/CF	25 June 1991 (22)	APOEL
32	Charalampos Pavlidis	AM	6 May 1991 (22)	Youth system
39	Ben Nabouhane	AM/CF	10 June 1989 (24)	Vannes
90	Zézinho	AM	12 August 1994 (18)	Sporting CP
Forwards
17	Stefanos Ntogos	CF	5 May 1994 (19)	Youth system
20	Panagiotis Plavoukos	CF	21 October 1994 (19)	Thrasyvoulos
33	Dimitris Manos	CF	16 September 1994 (19)	Youth system
--	Dimitris Melikiotis	CF	10 July 1996 (17)	Youth system

Last updated: 13 January 2014
Source: Squad at Veria FC official website

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	SRB	Miljan Mrdaković (from Enosis Neon Paralimni)
—	MF	SRB	Branko Ostojić (from Javor)
—	MF	PAN	Julio Segundo (from Skonto)
—	FW	FRA	El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (from Vannes OC)
—	DF	FRA	Mohamadou Sissoko (from Kilmarnock)
—	MF	CZE	Petr Trapp (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň)
—	MF	POR	Filipe da Costa (from Panserraikos)
—	MF	GNB	Zézinho (on loan from Sporting CP)
—	GK	GRE	Nikolaos Anastasopoulos (from Kerkyra)
—	DF	GRE	Alexandros Apostolopoulos (On loan from PAOK)
—	DF	GRE	Stefanos Siontis (from Doxa Katokopias)
—	DF	GRE	Evangelos Ikonomou (from Ross County)
—	DF	GRE	Giannis Sentementes (from Rouvas)
—	FW	GRE	Panagiotis Plavoukos (from Thrasyvoulos)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GRE	Iosif Daskalakis (to OFI)
—	DF	GRE	Nikolaos Georgeas (to AEK)
—	MF	GRE	Alexandros Kalogeris (to Panetolikos)
—	FW	GRE	Ilias Ioannou (to Panetolikos)
—	MF	GRE	Pantelis Kafes (released)
—	FW	GRE	Giorgos Skatharoudis (released)
—	DF	GRE	Evangelos Ikonomou (released)
—	DF	FRA	Cyril Kali (to Panetolikos)
—	FW	NGA	Michael Olaitan (to Olympiacos)
—	FW	HON	Carlo Costly (to Guizhou Zhicheng)
—	MF	ESP	Carlinos (released)
—	DF	ARG	David Reano (released)
—	MF	ARG	Aldo Duscher (released)
—	DF	HAI	Frantz Bertin (released)
—	FW	CMR	Marcus Mokaké (released)
—	FW	MEX	Pedro Arce (released)
—	DF	BRA	Everton Santos Bezerra (released)

Winter 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
—	DF	GRE	Angelos Vertzos (from Apollon Smyrnis)
—	FW	POR	Esmaël Gonçalves (on loan from Rio Ave)
—	MF	RUS	Pavel Komolov (on loan from Žalgiris Vilnius)
—	MF	GHA	Albert Bruce (on trial from Asante Kotoko)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GRE	Giannis Sentementes (released)
—	DF	GRE	Evangelos Ikonomou (to Ross County)
—	MF	POR	Filipe da Costa (to Panachaiki)
—	FW	SRB	Miljan Mrdaković (released)
—	DF	BRA	Orestes (to Al-Arabi)
—	FW	GRE	Panagiotis Plavoukos (On loan to Asteras Magoulas)
—	MF	PAN	Julio Segundo (On loan to Independiente)

Super League Greece

17 August 2013 Match 1	Platanias	2 – 2	Veria	Platanias
19:15	Thomas Nazlidis 29' Goundoulakis 42' Stoller 60' Emídio Rafael 79'	Summary	Apostolopoulos 12' Alexandros Vergonis 13' Mrdaković 62', 85' Trapp 80'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,121 Referee: Georgios Daskalopoulos

24 August 2013 Match 2	Veria	2 – 0	OFI	Veria
19:15	Konstantinos Barbas 4' El Fardou Ben Nabouhane 67' Orestes 76' Mrdaković 82'	Summary	Zvasiya 6' Galletti 83'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 514 Referee: Andreas Pappas

31 August 2013 Match 3	Panathinaikos	1 – 1	Veria	Athens
21:30	Zeca 25' Abeid 44' Marinakis 90' Triantafyllopoulos 90+4'	Summary	Georgiadis 39' Ben Nabouhane 54' Ostojić 58'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,615 Referee: Christos Mitsios

14 September 2013 Match 4	Veria	1 – 2	PAOK	Veria
18:15	Dimitrios Amarantidis 21' Mrdaković 29' 83' Georgiadis 54' Anastasopoulos 67'	Summary	Miguel Vítor 18' Jacobo 29' Tziolis 42' Katsouranis 47' Lucas 50' Stoch 66'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 5,401 Referee: Alexander Aretopoulos

22 September 2013 Match 5	Panthrakikos	1 – 0	Veria	Komotini
18:15	Igor 42' Ladakis 64'	Summary	Amarantidis 8' Bargan 65' Barbas 69'	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,730 Referee: Georgis Kizas

28 September 2013 Match 6	Veria	0 – 1	Ergotelis	Veria
18:15	Kaltsas 25' Georgiadis 37' Orestes 51' Barbas 75'	Summary	Tzanakakis 13' Chrysovalantis Kozoronis 43' Chanti 51' (pen.) 90+2' Pelé 74'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 620 Referee: Ilias Spathas

6 October 2013 Match 7	Olympiacos	6 – 0	Veria	Piraeus
16:00	Mitroglou 8', 20', 81' 85' Maniatis 36' 71' Campbell 63', 82'	Summary	Barbas 68'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 17,003 Referee: Ioannis Kabaxis

20 October 2013 Match 8	Veria	0 – 1	Aris	Veria
16:00	Kaltsas 37' Siontis 43' Ostojić 48' Georgiadis 80' Anastasopoulos 90+3'	Summary	Iraklis 10' Tatos 13' Economopoulos 13' Udoji 61'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Referee: Milhail Voskakis

27 October 2013 Match 9	Veria	2 – 2	PAS Giannina	Veria
17:15	Mrdaković 19' Kaltsas 32' Bargan 39' Manos 90+4'	Summary	Ilić 5' Korovesis 15' 29' Tzimopoulos 33' Michail 44' Lila 48' Dasios 87'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Stavros Mantalos

3 November 2013 Match 10	Apollon Smyrni	0 – 0	Veria	Athens
17:15	Christos Mingas 10' Delizisis 48' Korbos 53' Paolo Farinola 83'	Summary	Sissoko 48' Amarantidis 61' Ostojić 69' Bargan 90+1' Jonathan López 90+3'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 885 Referee: Ioannis Kabaxis

10 November 2013 Match 11	Veria	0 – 3	Kalloni	Veria
17:15	Bargan 45+1' Georgiadis 60' Zézinho 75'	Summary	Jonan García 6' Podaný 27' Anastasiadis 32' Manousos 53' Hugo Faria 60' Hogg 68' Leozinho 79'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,310 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou

23 November 2013 Match 12	Atromitos	1 – 0	Veria	Peristeri
17:15	Thanasis Karagounis 43' Stathis Tavlaridis 86'	Summary	Bargan 45+1' Dimitrios Amarantidis 74' Nikos Tzimogiannis 83' Mohamadou Sissoko 89'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 1,395 Referee: Marios Labropoulos

1 December 2013 Match 13	Veria	4 – 3	Levadiakos	Veria
17:15	Miljan Mrdaković 51' Nikolaos Kaltsas 63' Pedro Sass Petrazzi 70' (o.g.) Ben Nabouhane 79' Charalampos Pavlidis 83' Petr Trapp 87' Nikolaos Georgiadis 90+4'	Summary	Rodrigo Sanguinetti 3' Armiche Ortega 60' Pedro Sass Petrazzi 65' Rogério Gonçalves Martins 88' Olivier Kapo 90+1'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,232 Referee: Andreas Pappas

8 December 2013 Match 14	Skoda Xanthi	3 – 0	Veria	Xanthi
17:15	Triadis 1' Fliskas 43' Baxevanidis 61' Solari 76' (pen.) Dié 82' Mantalos 84'	Summary	Orestes 35' Georgiadis 41'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Referee: Georgios Kominis

15 December 2013 Match 15	Veria	1 – 0	Panetolikos	Veria
17:15	Amarantidis 43' Ben Nabouhane 71' Trapp 77' Siontis 80' Georgiadis 89'	Summary	Bellón 37' Rafael Bracalli 62' Papoutsogiannopoulos 63'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,242 Referee: Konstantinos Ioannidis

19 December 2013 Match 16	Panionios	2 – 1	Veria	Nea Smyrni
17:15	Aravidis 22', 84' Kampantais 45+1' Avlonitis 88'	Summary	Sissoko 26' Ben Nabouhane 45+2' (pen.) 90+2' Kaltsas 59' Siontis 72'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 590 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

22 December 2013 Match 17	Asteras Tripoli	0 – 0	Veria	Tripoli, Greece
17:15	Zisopoulos 56' Zaradoukas 87'	Summary	Ostojić 81' Kantimiris 82' Barbas 90+4'	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Georgios Daskalopoulos

5 January 2014 Match 18	Veria	2 – 2	Platanias	Veria
17:15	Barbas 8' 76' Ben Nabouhane 22' Ostojić 45+1' Amarantidis 57'	Summary	Dimitris 4' Katai 44' David Arenas Torres 66' Mendrinos 84' Intzidis 90+4'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Andreas Pappas

11 January 2014 Match 19	OFI Crete	0 – 1	Veria	Heraklion
15:00	Bourbos 73' Moniakis 79' Zoro 81' Konstantinos Banousis 87'	Summary	Georgiadis 38' Ben Nabouhane 85' Zézinho 86'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,030 Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

19 January 2014 Match 20	Veria	1 – 3	Panathinaikos	Veria
19:30	Ben Nabouhane 10' (pen.) Barbas 52' Kaltsas 80'	Summary	Klonaridis 2' 58' Kapino 8' Ajagun 34' Berg 40' 68'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,161 Referee: Georgios Liahoudis

26 January 2014 Match 21	PAOK	4 – 1	Veria	Thessaloniki
17:15	Oliseh 1' Maduro 5' 22' Salpingidis 13', 66' Katsouranis 68'	Summary	Bargan 40' Esmaël Gonçalves 56' Amarantidis 59' Ben Nabouhane 87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 5,268 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

2 February 2014 Match 22	Veria	0 – 0	Panthrakikos	Veria
17:15	Amarantidis 40' Pavlidis 64'	Summary	Alexandros Paschalakis 4' Papageorgiou 43' Giorgos Athanasiadis 66'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 991 Referee: Alexander Aretopoulos

5 February 2014 Match 23	Ergotelis	2 – 0	Veria	Heraklion
15:00	Diamantakos 56' Cardozo 79' Badibanga 86' Chrysovalantis Kozoronis 90'	Summary	Esmaël Gonçalves 61'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos

8 February 2014 Match 24	Veria	0 – 5	Olympiacos	Veria
19:30		Summary	Domínguez 59' Pérez 69' Olaitan 70', 90+2' Maniatis 85' Iván Marcano 90'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 2,282 Referee: Apostolos Amparkiolis

16 February 2014 Match 25	Aris	0 – 0	Veria	Thessaloniki
17:15	Tsiaras 65' David Aganzo 68'	Summary	Ostojić 58' Siontis 90'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 11,429 Referee: Christos Mitsios

23 February 2014 Match 26	PAS Giannina	0 – 1	Veria	Ioannina
17:15	Michail 81' Berios 90+3'	Summary	Georgiadis 56' Amarantidis 56' Vertzos 60' Bargan 74' Ben Nabouhane 90+1'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Georgios Daskalopoulos

1 March 2014 Match 27	Veria	1 – 1	Apollon Smyrni	Veria
17:15	Kaltsas 24' Ben Nabouhane 43' Vertzos 77'	Summary	Söderberg 49' Delizisis 55' Petropoulos 63' Tsokanis 75' Chatzizisis 78'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 963 Referee: Georgios Kominis

10 March 2014 Match 28	Kalloni	0 – 3	Veria	Mytilene
19:30	Marcelo Goianira 43' Keita 60' Fourlanos 78' Hogg 84' Raúl Llorente 87'	Summary	Sissoko 14' Ben Nabouhane 43', 86' 85' (pen.) Kaltsas 46' Barbas 90+3'	Attendance: 66 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

15 March 2014 Match 29	Veria	1 – 1	Atromitos	Veria
15:00	Amarantidis 14' Ben Nabouhane 90' (pen.)	Summary	Umbides 14' (pen.) Papadopoulos 19' Pitu 90+5'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 964 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

23 March 2014 Match 30	Levadiakos	2 – 0	Veria	Livadeia
17:15	Koné 55' 56' Pedro Sass Petrazzi 85' Charalambous 90+4' Mantzios 90+6'	Summary	Kaltsas 16' Ben Nabouhane 35' Barbas 85'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Alexander Aretopoulos

26 March 2014 Match 31	Veria	3 – 2	Skoda Xanthi	Veria
15:00	Ostojić 5' 67' Vergonis 50' Bargan 58' Pavlidis 70' Amarantidis 78'	Summary	Vasilakakis 5' 33' Triadis 22' Josemi 74' Marin 79' Nakas 90+4'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 717 Referee: Ilias Spathas

29 March 2014 Match 32	Panetolikos	0 – 0	Veria	Agrinio
15:00	Camara 32' Kousas 55'	Summary		Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos

6 April 2014 Match 33	Veria	2 – 1	Panionios	Veria
19:00	Amarantidis 17' Ben Nabouhane 37' Ostojić 50' Esmaël Gonçalves 54' Bargan 64' Vertzos 72'	Summary	Aravidis 33' 73' (pen.) Kouloucheris 68' Mitropoulos 69'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Konstantinos Ioannidis

13 April 2014 Match 34	Veria	1 – 0	Asteras Tripoli	Veria
19:00	Vergonis 78' Ntogos 88' Kantimiris 90+1' Ben Nabouhane 90+3'	Summary	Caffa 88' N'Daw 90+2'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,196 Referee: Andreas Pappas

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Panionios	34	10	9	15	33	42	−9	39^[a]
14	Platanias	34	10	8	16	39	48	−9	38^[b]
15	Veria	34	9	11	14	31	51	−20	38^[b]
16	Skoda Xanthi	34	11	5	18	44	54	−10	38^[b]	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Apollon Smyrnis (R)	34	9	9	16	43	54	−11	36	Relegation to Football League

Source: Super League Greece
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).
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 5, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated.^[1] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw.^[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Head-to-head points: AEL Kalloni 4, Panionios 1.
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Platanias 8, Veria 5, Skoda Xanthi 3.

Greek Cup

25 September 2013 Round 2 First Leg	Iraklis Psachna	3 – 1	Veria	Psachna
15:30	Kritikos 37' (pen.) 54' Dimitris Kollias 84'	Summary	Manos 72'	Stadium: Psachna Municipal Stadium Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos

31 October 2013 Round 2 Second Leg	Veria	2 – 1 (3 – 4 agg.)	Iraklis Psachna	Veria
15:30	Mrdaković 13' Kaltsas 87'	Summary	Orestis Nikolopoulos 33'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Referee: Alexander Aretopoulos

Player statistics

Goals

R	Player	Position	Super League	Greek Cup	Total
1	Ben Nabouhane	AM/CF	15	-	15
2	Miljan Mrdaković	CF	5	1	6
3	Nikos Kaltsas	RW/AM/CF	2	1	3

Last updated: 18 April 2014
Source:,^[3]^[4]

Assists

R	Player	Position	Super League	Greek Cup	Total	Notes
1	Nikos Kaltsas	RW/AM/CF	5	-	5
2	Ben Nabouhane	AM/CF	3	-	3

Last updated: 18 April 2014
Source:^[5]

References

^ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 4, 8 (in Greek)
^ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 16a (in Greek)
^ "ΒΕΡΟΙΑ | Superleague Ελλάδα". www.superleaguegreece.net. Archived from the original on 2013-07-18.
^ "Veria vs. Iraklis Psachna - 31 October 2013 - Soccerway".
^ "ΒΕΡΟΙΑ | Superleague Ελλάδα". www.superleaguegreece.net. Archived from the original on 2013-07-18.

[table_hth_KAL0.72903467981565-1] Head-to-head points: AEL Kalloni 4, Panionios 1.

[table_hth_PLA0.72903467981565-2] Head-to-head points: Platanias 8, Veria 5, Skoda Xanthi 3.

[3] "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 4, 8 (in Greek)

[4] "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 16a (in Greek)

[5] "ΒΕΡΟΙΑ | Superleague Ελλάδα". www.superleaguegreece.net. Archived from the original on 2013-07-18.

[6] "Veria vs. Iraklis Psachna - 31 October 2013 - Soccerway".

[7] "ΒΕΡΟΙΑ | Superleague Ελλάδα". www.superleaguegreece.net. Archived from the original on 2013-07-18.

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