2016–17 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki
President	Theodoros A. Karipidis
Manager	Nikos Anastopoulos; (until 24 February 2017); Paschalis Melissas; (from 24 February 2017 ; until 28 February 2017); Nikos Kostenoglou; (from 28 February 2017)
Stadium	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Football League	3rd
Greek Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andreas Tatos (11); All: ; Andreas Tatos (9) ; Antonis Kapnidis (9)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016-17 season was Aris Thessaloniki FC's 3rd season in Football League. They were also competing in the Greek Cup.

First team

#	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Alexandros Anagnostopoulos		GK	(1994-08-18)August 18, 1994 (aged 22)	Panathinaikos
13	Sokratis Dioudis (vice-captain)		GK	(1993-02-03)February 3, 1993 (aged 24)	Club Brugge KV
25	Giannis Mantzaris		GK	(1996-04-15)April 15, 1996 (aged 21)	Club's Academy
Defenders
2	Darcy Dolce Neto		RB / RW	(1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 36)	Veria
3	Hugo Sousa		CB / RB	(1992-06-04)4 June 1992 (aged 24)	Free Agent
5	Stathis Tavlaridis		CB / RB	(1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 37)	Panathinaikos
6	Raúl Bravo		CB / LB	(1981-04-14)14 April 1981 (aged 36)	Veria
15	Nikolaos Karabelas		LB / LM	(1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 32)	Real Valladolid
18	Nikos Tsoumanis		LB / LM	(1990-06-08)8 June 1990 (aged 26)	Veria
21	Madjid Bougherra	/	CB / RB	(1982-10-07)7 October 1982 (aged 34)	Free Agent
24	Lazaros Haritonidis		CB	(1989-12-18)18 December 1989 (aged 27)	Doxa Drama
27	Manolis Tzanakakis		RB / RM / LB	(1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 25)	Olympiacos
28	Christos Bourbos		RB / RM	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 33)	Free Agent
39	Christos Intzidis		CB / DM / LB	(1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 24)	Panachaiki
Midfielders
4	Vasilios Rovas		DM / CB	(1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 33)	AEK Athens
8	Charalampos Pavlidis		AM / CM / LM	(1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 26)	Veria
10	Andreas Tatos (captain)		AM / CM	(1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 28)	Veria
20	Spyros Karvounis		AM	(1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 17)	Club's Academy
22	Andreu Guerao		CM / DM	(1983-06-17)17 June 1983 (aged 33)	Western Sydney Wanderers
26	Pitu Garcia		CM / AM	(1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 33)	Seongnam FC
77	Gaius Makouta	/	DM / CM	(1997-07-25)25 July 1997 (aged 19)	Longford Town
88	Dimitris Anakoglou		AM / CM	(1991-09-06)6 September 1991 (aged 25)	AEK Athens
Forwards
7	Markos Dounis		RW / LW / AM	(1992-05-09)9 May 1992 (aged 25)	AEK Athens
9	Antonis Kapnidis		ST	(1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 24)	Kavala
11	Kenan Bargan		LW / SS	(1988-10-25)25 October 1988 (aged 28)	Panionios
14	Rafik Djebbour	/	ST / LW / RW	(1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 33)	AEK Athens
16	Luka Milunović		AM / LW / RW	(1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 24)	Platanias
17	Stefanos Dogos		LW / RW / LB	(1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 23)	Veria
19	Brana Ilić		ST / LW / RW	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 32)	PAS Giannina
36	Paschalis Voutsias		RW / RB	(1990-03-23)23 March 1990 (aged 27)	Free Agent

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Football League	Matchday 1	—	3rd	1 November 2016	11 June 2017
Greek Cup	Group stage	—	Round of 16	25 October 2016	2 February 2017

Updated to match played 11 June 2017
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Football League	34	23	8	3	58	17	+41	067.65
Greek Cup	5	1	3	1	7	6	+1	020.00
Total	39	24	11	4	65	23	+42	061.54

Updated to match played 11 June 2017
Source: Competitions

Managers' Overview

Manager	Nat.	From	Until	Record
Manager	Nat.	From	Until	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Nikos Anastopoulos		Start of Season	24 February 2017	22	11	8	3	38	20	+18	050.00^[A]
Paschalis Melissas		24 February 2017	28 February 2017	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Nikos Kostenoglou		28 February 2017	End of Season	16	12	3	1	24	3	+21	075.00^[B]

Updated to match played 11 June 2017
Source: Competitions

^ It is included game against Panthrakikos which awarded with 3-0 w/o
^ It is included game against Panthrakikos which awarded with 0-3 w/o

Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Apollon Smyrnis (C, P)	34	25	8	1	61	14	+47	83	Promotion to Super League
2	Lamia (P)	34	25	5	4	55	11	+44	80	Promotion to Super League
3	Aris	34	23	8	3	58	17	+41	77
4	OFI	34	22	6	6	68	20	+48	72
5	Trikala	34	22	5	7	65	19	+46	71

Source: Football League and footballleaguenews.gr^[1]
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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	23	8	3	58	17	+41	77	15	2	0	39	6	+33	8	6	3	19	11	+8

Last updated: 11 June 2017.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

1 November 2016 (2016-11-01) 1	Anagennisi Karditsa	1 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Karditsa
15:00	Xenofon Fetsis 49'	Report	Raúl Bravo 71'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 2	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 1	Aiginiakos	Thessaloniki
15:00	Andreas Tatos 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Bogdan Rangelov 87'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Vasilis Fotias

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 3	AO Chania – Kissamikos	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Chania
16:00		Report	Antonis Kapnidis 51'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis

5 December 2016 (2016-12-05) 4	Aris Thessaloniki	5 – 0	AEL Kalloni	Thessaloniki
15:00	Lazaros Tzelidis 12' (o.g.) Andreas Tatos 74', 88' Antonis Kapnidis 76' Kenan Bargan 80'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Apostolos Simaiakis

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 5	Panelefsiniakos	1 – 3	Aris Thessaloniki	Elefsina
15:00	Nikos Aggeloudis 14'	Report	Darcy Dolce Neto 33' Kenan Bargan 40' Luka Milunović 70'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Eleusina Referee: Ioannis Neofitiadis

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) 6	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 2	Trikala	Thessaloniki
17:00	Kenan Bargan 52' Brana Ilić 62', 82'	Report	Nikos Kouskounas 49' Nikos Giannitsanis 71'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Giorgos Vreskas

22 December 2016 (2016-12-22) 7	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 1	AO Chania	Thessaloniki
17:00	Andreas Tatos 40' Antonis Kapnidis 90+1'	Report	Alexandros Zeris 19'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Ioannis Gougoudis

3 January 2017 (2017-01-03) 8	Kallithea	2 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Athens
15:00	Andreas Tsipras 66', 77'	Report		Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Referee: Giorgos Foukakis

8 January 2017 (2017-01-08) 9	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 1	Panegialios	Thessaloniki
17:00	Nikos Karabelas 30' Luka Milunović 67'	Report	Apostolos Stikas 42'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Andreas Karaliolios

18 January 2017 (2017-01-18) 11	Aris Thessaloniki	4 – 0	Panserraikos	Thessaloniki
17:00	Markos Dounis 21', 29' Christos Intzidis 24' Luka Milunović 89'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Evangelos Kiotzenis

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 12	Acharnaikos	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Athens
14:00	Alexandros Tsemperidis 45+2'	Report	Kenan Bargan 10' Brana Ilić 32'	Stadium: Acharnes Stadium Referee: Manolis Skoulas

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 13	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	OFI	Thessaloniki
15:00	Luka Milunović 11'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 14	Lamia	1 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Lamia
15:00	Andreas Vasilogiannis 66'	Report		Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 15	Apollon Smyrni	2 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Athens
15:00	Christos Albanis 53' Georgios Dasios 90+1'	Report	Brana Ilić 14' Markos Dounis 32'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Referee: Stavros Mantalos

15 February 2017 (2017-02-15) 10 ^[A]	Agrotikos Asteras	1 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki
15:00	Jonathan Phillippe 86'	Report	Brana Ilić 52'	Stadium: Agrotikos Asteras Stadium Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19) 16	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0 w/o	Panthrakikos
		Report

22 February 2017 (2017-02-22) 17	Sparti	0 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Sparta
15:00		Report		Stadium: Sparta Municipal Stadium Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26) 18	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0	Anagennisi Karditsa	Thessaloniki
15:00	Markos Dounis 1' Charalampos Pavlidis 33', 55'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Konstantinos Kotsanis

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05) 19	Aiginiakos	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Aiginio
15:00		Report	Andreas Tatos 3'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Aiginio Referee: Thanasis Tzilos

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12) 20	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	AO Chania – Kissamikos	Thessaloniki
15:00	Pitu Garcia 31'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Fotios Fotiadis

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19) 21	AEL Kalloni	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Mytilene
15:00		Report	Brana Ilić 90+5'	Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium Referee: Spiros Michelis

22 March 2017 (2017-03-22) 22	Aris Thessaloniki	4 – 0	Panelefsiniakos	Thessaloniki
15:00	Andreas Tatos 51' Brana Ilić 56' Antonis Kapnidis 76' (pen.) Stathis Tavlaridis 83'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Dimitris Dragatis

26 March 2017 (2017-03-26) 23	Trikala	1 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Trikala
15:00	Javier Balboa 33'	Report		Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Referee: Manolis Skoulas

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) 24	AO Chania	0 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Chania
15:00		Report	Antonis Kapnidis 63' Andreas Tatos 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) 25	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0	Kallithea	Thessaloniki
16:00	Markos Dounis 8' Manolis Tzanakakis 53' Hugo Sousa 77'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Apostolos Tzoumalakis

13 April 2017 (2017-04-13) 26	Panegialios	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Aigio
15:00		Report	Antonis Kapnidis 53'	Stadium: Aigio National Stadium Referee: Georgios Markantonatos

23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) 27	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Agrotikos Asteras	Thessaloniki
15:00	Andreas Tatos 24' Brana Ilić 30'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30) 28	Panserraikos	0 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Serres
17:00		Report		Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Referee: Fotios Fotiadis

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07) 29	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Acharnaikos	Thessaloniki
17:00	Markos Dounis 49' Andreas Tatos 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Labros Papargiriou

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) 30	OFI	1 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Heraklion
17:00	Vladan Milosavljev 29'	Report	Antonis Kapnidis 73'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Dimitrios Thanos

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 31	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 0	Lamia	Thessaloniki
17:00		Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Giorgos Foukakis

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28) 32	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	Apollon Smyrni	Thessaloniki
17:00	Antonis Kapnidis 72'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis

4 June 2017 (2017-06-04) 33	Panthrakikos	0 – 3 w/o	Aris Thessaloniki
		Report

11 June 2017 (2017-06-11) 34	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 1	Sparti	Thessaloniki
17:00	Antonis Kapnidis 50' Darcy Dolce Neto 85'	Report	Ilias Anastasakos 36'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Engin Kigintzis

^ Τhe Game was scheduled on 14 January 2017 and was postponed due to bad weather

Greek Cup

Aris Thessaloniki entered the competition in the Group Stage, as a club from Football League.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Asteras Tripoli	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Qualification for the Round of 16
2	Aris Thessaloniki	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5	Qualification for the Round of 16
3	Aiginiakos	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Veria	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

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

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) 1	Aiginiakos	0 – 3	Aris Thessaloniki	Veria
15:00		Report	Antonis Kapnidis 19' Luka Milunović 71', 82'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis

29 November 2016 (2016-11-29) 2	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 3	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
17:15	Kenan Bargan 25' Andreas Tatos 85' (pen.), 87'	Report	Pablo Mazza 14' Nikolaos Ioannidis 29' Kosmas Tsilianidis 72'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13) 3	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 0	Veria	Thessaloniki
15:00		Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Dionisis Zougras

Round of 16

25 January 2017 (2017-01-25) First leg	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Luka Milunović 13'	Report	Karim Ansarifard 81'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Triandafillos Tikas

2 February 2017 (2017-02-02) Second leg	Olympiacos	2 – 0 (3–1 agg.)	Aris Thessaloniki	Piraeus
19:30	Aly Cissokho 50' Dimitris Nikolaou 86'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Spyros Selimos

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 11 June 2017

#	Position	Nat.	Player	Football League		Greek Cup		Total
#	Position	Nat.	Player	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Alexandros Anagnostopoulos	1	1	2	2	3	3
2	DF		Darcy Dolce Neto	15	4	3	2	18	6
3	DF		Hugo Sousa	18	18	2	2	20	20
4	MF		Vasilios Rovas	22	17	4	4	26	21
5	DF		Stathis Tavlaridis	15	14	0	0	15	14
6	DF		Raúl Bravo	15	13	2	2	17	15
7	FW		Markos Dounis	23	17	4	4	27	21
8	MF		Charalampos Pavlidis	28	25	5	1	33	26
9	FW		Antonis Kapnidis	28	7	5	5	33	12
10	MF		Andreas Tatos	28	27	2	2	30	29
11	FW		Kenan Bargan	23	16	3	2	26	18
13	GK		Sokratis Dioudis	31	31	3	3	34	34
14	FW	/	Rafik Djebbour	5	1	0	0	5	1
15	DF		Nikolaos Karabelas	27	23	2	2	29	25
16	FW		Luka Milunović	25	17	4	2	29	19
17	FW		Stefanos Dogos	6	3	1	1	7	4
18	DF		Nikos Tsoumanis	5	4	4	4	9	8
19	FW		Brana Ilić	31	29	0	0	31	29
20	FW		Spyros Karvounis	0	0	2	0	2	0
24	DF		Lazaros Haritonidis	7	6	1	1	8	7
25	GK		Giannis Mantzaris	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Pitu Garcia	20	18	2	1	22	19
27	DF		Manolis Tzanakakis	22	18	5	4	27	22
28	DF		Christos Bourbos	18	17	1	1	19	18
39	DF		Christos Intzidis	15	13	4	3	19	16
77	MF	/	Gaius Makouta	5	1	1	1	6	2
88	MF		Dimitris Anakoglou	13	10	4	3	17	13
Players who left the club during this season
	DF	/	Madjid Bougherra	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Andreu Guerao	2	2	3	2	5	4
	FW		Paschalis Voutsias	0	0	1	1	1	1
Total				32		5		37

Goals

As of match played 11 June 2017

Ranking	Position	Player	Football League	Greek Cup	Total
1	MF	Andreas Tatos	9	2	11
2	FW	Antonis Kapnidis	9	1	10
3	FW	Brana Ilić	8	0	8
4	FW	Luka Milunović	4	3	7
5	FW	Markos Dounis	6	0	6
6	FW	Kenan Bargan	4	1	5
7	MF	Charalampos Pavlidis	2	0	2
7	DF	Darcy Dolce Neto	2	0	2
9	DF	Nikolaos Karabelas	1	0	1
	DF	Manolis Tzanakakis	1	0	1
	MF	Pitu Garcia	1	0	1
	DF	Hugo Sousa	1	0	1
	DF	Christos Intzidis	1	0	1
	DF	Raúl Bravo	1	0	1
	DF	Stathis Tavlaridis	1	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	1
Awarded by League			6	0	6
Total			58	7	65

Clean sheets

As of match played 11 June 2017

#	Player	Football League	Greek Cup	Total
13	Sokratis Dioudis	18	1	19
1	Alexandros Anagnostopoulos	0	1	1
Total		18	2	20

References

^ "Βαθμολογίες: STOIXIMAN.GR FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2016-17".

External links

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. official website

[1] It is included game against Panthrakikos which awarded with 3-0 w/o

[2] It is included game against Panthrakikos which awarded with 0-3 w/o

[fnleft-4] Τhe Game was scheduled on 14 January 2017 and was postponed due to bad weather

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