2010–11 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki

2010–11 season
Chairman	Thanasis Athanasiadis
Manager	Sakis Tsiolis
Super League Greece	6th
Greek Cup	Fourth Round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	Neto (8)
Home colours Away colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. competes in the Greek topflight. They will start their European campaign in the UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round after finishing fourth in last season's playoffs.

Events

• 7 June: Midfielder Deividas Cesnauskis agrees to join Aris from Ergotelis^[1]
• 11 June: Defender Nikolaos Lazaridis agrees to join Aris from Asteras Tripoli^[2]
• 14 June: Forward Stavros Labriakos retires^[3]
• 15 June: Defender Carlos Arano was released^[4]
• 15 June: Midfielder Konstantinos Mendrinos agrees to join Aris from PAS Giannina^[5]
• 15 June: Goalkeeper Markos Vellidis agrees to join Aris from Diagoras^[6]
• 19 June: Spanish central defender Oriol agrees to join Aris from Racing de Santander^[7]
• 24 June: Brazilian left defender Michel Garbini Pereira agrees to join Aris^[8]
• 24 June: Croatian Forward Danijel Cesarec agrees to join Aris^[9]
• 6 July: Bolivian Midfielder Ronald García agrees to join Anorthosis Famagusta for one-year loan^[10]
• 10 July: Spanish goalkeeper Juanma agrees to join Aris from Alcorcon^[11]
• 10 July: Greek midfielder Konstantinos Kasnaferis agrees to join Aris from PAS Giannina F.C.^[12]
• 12 July: Guatemalan striker Carlos Ruiz agrees to join Aris from Puebla^[13]
• 15 July: Greek defender Grigoris Papazaharias agrees to join Aris from Iraklis F.C.^[14]
• 17 July: Colombian midfielder Juan Carlos Toja agrees to join Aris from FC Steaua Bucureşti^[15]
• 27 August: French midfielder Ricardo Faty agrees to join Aris from Roma^[16]
• 6 September: Spanish midfielder Alvaro Portilla agrees to join Aris from Atlético Madrid B^[17]
• 21 December: Brazilian forward Lima released^[18]
• 25 December: Spanish midfielder Toni Calvo agrees to join Parma on loan^[19]
• 5 January: Spanish midfielder Cristian Portilla agrees to join Aris from Sporting de Gijón^[20]
• 10 January: Spanish midfielder Álvaro Portilla released^[21]
• 18 January: Manager Héctor Cúper resigns^[22]
• 19 January: Mexican midfielder Nery Castillo agrees to join Aris from Shakhtar Donetsk on loan^[23]
• 19 January: Japanese midfielder Daisuke Sakata agrees to join Aris^[24]
• 19 January: Portuguese midfielder Danilo Pereira agrees to join Aris on loan from Parma^[25]
• 13 March: Manager Michalitsos sacked, Sakis Tsiolis agrees to sign for one and half years as head coach.

Current squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Vellidis	29	EU	2010	4	0	2014	free
2	RB		Neto	95	EU	2007	118	12	2012	€0.2M	Second nationality: Italy
3	CB		Oriol	35	EU	2010	10	1	2013	free
4	CB		Kouloucheris (vc)	35	EU	2006	73	1	2012	free
5	CB		Ronaldo	42	EU	2007	86	3	2011	free	Second nationality: Portugal
6	DM		Nafti	38	EU	2009	38	4	2011	free	Second nationality: France
8	LM		Toja	31	Non-EU	2010	24	0	2013	€0.2M
9	CF		Cesarec	33	Non-EU	2010	23	2	2013	free
10	SS		Koke (c)	33	EU	2006	137	28	2013	free
11	CF		Ruiz	37	Non-EU	2010	15	2	2011	free
13	GK		Sifakis (vc)	32	EU	2008	80	0	2012	0.05M
14	DM		Faty	30	EU	2010	21	1	2013	free
15	LW		Portilla	30	EU	2010	3	1	2011	free
16	LB		Michel	35	EU	2010	25	0	2011	free	Second nationality: Italy
17	CM		Kasnaferis	29	EU	2010	11	0	2013	free
19	CM		Mendrinos	31	EU	2010	20	0	2013	free
20	RW		Javito	33	EU	2006	137	30	2012	free
21	CB		Papazaharias	31	EU	2010	3	0	2013	free
23	SS		Aravidis	29	EU	2009	13	0	2012	free
24	CB		Lazaridis	37	EU	2010	24	4	2013	free
25	GK		Juanma	36	EU	2010	5	0	2011	free
26	CM		Danilo Pereira	25	EU	2011	5	1	2011	loan
32	RB		Vangjeli	31	EU	2003	53	0	2012	Youth system	Second nationality: Greece
33	RW		Česnauskis	35	EU	2010	9	0	2013	free
55	CM		Prittas	23	EU	2007	73	1	2012	free
77	LW		Castillo	32	EU	2011	10	2	2011	free	Second nationality: Greece
88	LW		Sakata	33	EU	2011	6	0	2012	free
27	DM		Economopoulos	25	EU	2009	1	0	2014	Youth system
12	AM		Katidis	23	EU	2010	3	0	2015	Youth system

Foreign players

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Greek Super league. Non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Greek citizenship after playing in Greece for 5 years.

EU Nationals Sergio Koke Javito Cristian Portilla Oriol Lozano Juanma Deividas Česnauskis Ricardo Faty

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Kristi Vangjeli Ronaldo Guiaro Michel Nery Castillo Ricardo Faty

Non-EU Nationals Darcy Dolce Neto Danijel Cesarec Juan Toja Daisuke Sakata Raúl Bobadilla

International players

Michalis Sifakis Athanassios Prittas Christos Aravidis Ronaldo Guiaro

Nacho García Deividas Česnauskis Toja

Squad changes

In:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
33	MF		Česnauskis	28	EU	Ergotelis !Ergotelis	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
24	DF		Lazaridis	30	EU	Asteras Tripoli !Asteras Tripoli	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
19	MF		Mendrinos	25	EU	PAS Giannina !PAS Giannina	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
3	DF		Oriol	29	EU	Racing Santander !Racing Santander	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free
16	DF		Michel	29	EU	Vila Nova	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free
9	FW		Cesarec	27	Non-EU	Asteras Tripoli !Asteras Tripoli	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free
12	GK		Juanma	29	EU	Alcorcón !Alcorcón	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free
17	MF		Kasnaferis	22	EU	PAS Giannina !PAS Giannina	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free
19	FW		Carlos Ruiz	30	Non-EU	Puebla !Puebla	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free
21	DF		Papazaharias	25	EU	Iraklis Thessaloniki !Iraklis Thessaloniki	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
14	MF		Faty	24	EU	Roma !Roma	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
15	MF		Alvaro Portilla	24	EU	Atlético Madrid !Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
28	FW		Fabiano Lima	24	EU	Rapid Wien !Rapid Wien	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free
18	MF		Cristian Portilla	22	EU	Sporting Gijón !Sporting Gijón	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
26	MF		Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira	20	EU	Parma !Parma	Loan	Summer	2011	Free
77	MF		Nery Castillo	27	EU	Shakhtar Donetsk !Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan	Summer	2011	Free
88	MF		Daisuke Sakata	28	EU	Yokohama Marinos !Yokohama Marinos	Loan	Summer	2012	Free
22	MF		Bobadilla	27	EU	Shakhtar Donetsk !Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan	Summer	2012	Free

Total spending: €0

Out:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
0	FW		Labriakos	34	EU		Retirement	Summer	Free	[]
0	DF		Arano	29	Non-EU		Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	FW		Cámpora	30	Non-EU		Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	DF		Ortiz	21	EU	Atlético Madrid	End of Loan	Summer	Free	[]
0	GK		Peškovič	28	EU		Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Meriem	30	EU	Arles-Avignon	Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Fernández	31	EU	Beitar Jerusalem	End of loan	Summer	Free	[]
0	FW		Johnson	25	EU	Fulham	End of loan	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Battión	28	Non-EU	Banfield	Loan	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Garcia	28	Non-EU	Anorthosis Famagusta	Loan	Summer	Loan	[]
0	GK		Frasheri	19	EU		Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	FW		Daly	20	EU	Cádiz	Free	Summer	Free	[]
0	DF		Graikos	19	EU	Makedonikos	Loan	Summer	Loan	[]
0	FW		Lima	25	EU		Release Contract	Winter	Free
0	MF		Calvo	23	EU	Parma	Loan	Winter	Loan
0	FW		Alvaro Portilla	24	EU		Release Contract	Winter	Free

Total income: €0

Last updated: 2010-06-24

Squad stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League Greece		Greek Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Michalis Vellidis	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Darcy Dolce Neto	30	8	25	8	1	0	4	0
3	DF		Oriol Lozano	10	1	8	1	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Efthimios Koulouheris	9	0	7	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Ronaldo Guiaro	24	0	16	0	0	0	8	0
6	MF		Mehdi Nafti	15	0	10	0	1	0	4	0
7	MF		Toni Calvo	13	2	9	0	0	0	4	2
8	MF		Toja	34	0	24	0	1	0	9	0
9	FW		Danijel Cesarec	30	6	23	2	0	0	7	4
10	FW		Sergio Koke	30	4	20	2	0	0	10	2
11	FW		Carlos Ruiz	25	4	16	1	0	0	9	3
12	MF		Giorgos Katidis	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Michalis Sifakis	33	0	22	0	1	0	10	0
14	MF		Ricardo Faty	28	2	21	1	0	0	7	1
15	MF		Alvaro Portilla	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Michel	36	0	25	0	1	0	10	0
17	MF		Konstantinos Kasnaferis	17	0	11	0	0	0	6	0
19	MF		Konstantinos Mendrinos	26	0	20	0	0	0	6	0
20	MF		Javito	29	3	19	2	0	0	10	1
21	DF		Grigoris Papazaharias	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Christos Aravidis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Raúl Bobadilla	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Nikolaos Lazaridis	34	4	24	4	0	0	10	0
25	GK		Juanma	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Danilo Pereira	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Charalambos Economopoulos	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Fabiano Lima	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Giannis Agtzidis	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Kristi Vangjeli	29	0	22	0	0	0	7	0
33	MF		Deividas Česnauskis	12	0	6	0	0	0	6	0
47	DF		Mavroudis Bougaidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF		Athanassios Prittas	23	0	15	0	0	0	8	0
77	MF		Nery Castillo	10	2	10	2	0	0	0	0
88	MF		Daisuke Sakata	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0

Players in italics have left during the season.

Disciplinary record

Last updated on 25 December

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
1	GK		Vellidis	1
2	DF		Neto	4
3	DF		Oriol	3
4	DF		Kouloucheris	4
5	DF		Guiaro	6
6	MF		Nafti	5		1
7	MF		Calvo	1
8	MF		Toja	4
9	FW		Cesarec	4
10	FW		Koke	1
11	FW		Ruiz	2
12	MF		Katidis
13	GK		Sifakis	2
14	MF		Faty	10
15	MF		Alvaro Portilla
16	MF		Michel	4	1	1
17	MF		Kasnaferis	2
19	MF		Mendrinos	2
20	MF		Javito	2
21	DF		Papazaharias
23	FW		Aravidis
24	DF		Lazaridis	2
25	GK		Juanma
27	MF		Economopoulos
28	MF		Fabiano Lima
29	DF		Agtzidis
32	DF		Vangjeli	8		1
33	MF		Česnauskis	2
47	DF		Bougaidis
55	MF		Prittas	4
77	MF		Nery Castillo	2	1
88	MF		Daisuke Sakata	1
55	MF		Danilo Pereira	4
22	FW		Raúl Bobadilla	2
??	MF		Adu

Last updated: 31 August
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Captains

1. Sergio Koke
2. Michalis Sifakis
3. Efthimios Koulouheris

Source: arisfc.gr

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
24	4-4-2	10 Europa League 14 Superleague Greece
10	4-5-1	10 Superleague Greece
6	4-2-3-1	6 Superleague Greece

Last updated: 29 August
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 13 GK Sifakis 24 2 DF Neto 25 Vangjeli has 15 starts 3 DF Guiaro 16 Oriol has 8 starts 24 DF Lazaridis 24 16 DF Michel 25 21 MF Faty 11 Prittas has 9 starts 8 MF Toja 22 Nafti has 10 starts 20 MF Javito 15 77 MF Castillo 11 Sakata has 6 starts 10 FW Koke 21 Cesarecchas 13 starts 22 FW Bobadilla 15 Carlos Ruiz has 15 starts

Sifakis Vangjeli Lazaridis Guiaro Michel Neto Faty Toja Castillo Koke Bobadilla

Last updated: 2010-08-29
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Club

Board of Directors

Chairman	Thanasis Athanasiadis
Director of football	Antonio Calzado
Executive Director	Giannis Kontis
Managing Director	Antonios Zabetas
Director of football	Antonio Calzado
Commercial Director	Georgios Eleftheroudes
Press Officer	Chryssanthos Tsaltides
General Manager	Georgios Koltsidas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (22,800 / 120x80 m)

Source:

Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
				P	W	D	L	F	A	%W
Héctor Cúper		July 29, 2010	January 19, 2011	24	12	6	10	24	24	–	–
Giannis Michalitsios		January 19, 2011	March 13, 2011	08	1	5	2	5	6	–	–
Sakis Tsiolis		March 13, 2011		05	5	0	0	13	7	–	–

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.

UEFA rankings

Rank	Country	Team	Points
93		Maccabi Haifa FC	21.400
94		S.S.C. Napoli	20.996
95		Aris FC	20.793
96		NK Dinamo Zagreb	20.224
97		CFR 1907 Cluj	20.164

As of February 24, 2011.^[26][27]

UEFA country ranking

Rank 10-11	Mvmt	Rank 09-10	League	Coeff.
9	+1	10	Netherlands	38.796
10	+4	11	Turkey	35.050
11	+1	12	Greece	34.166
12	+3	15	Denmark	30.350
13	+1	14	Belgium	27.000

As of 24 February 2011.^[28]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Result
Superleague Greece	6th position
Greek Cup	Excluded on 4th round
Europa League	Round of 32

Super League Greece

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Olympiacos !Olympiacos (C)	30	24	1	5	65	18	+47	73	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Panathinaikos !Panathinaikos	30	18	6	6	47	26	+21	60	Qualification for European Playoffs
3	AEK Athens !AEK Athens	30	15	5	10	46	37	+9	50
4	PAOK !PAOK	30	14	6	10	32	29	+3	48
5	Olympiakos Volou !Olympiakos Volou	30	12	11	7	34	28	+6	47
6	Aris !Aris	30	13	6	11	29	29	0	45
7	Kavala !Kavala	30	10	10	10	29	27	+2	40
8	Ergotelis !Ergotelis	30	11	6	13	32	38	−6	39
9	Xanthi !Xanthi	30	9	9	12	29	35	−6	36
10	Panionios !Panionios	30	8	11	11	25	35	−10	35
11	Atromitos !Atromitos	30	7	13	10	30	34	−4	34
12	Kerkyra !Kerkyra	30	9	6	15	30	40	−10	33
13	Asteras Tripoli !Asteras Tripoli	30	7	10	13	21	29	−8	31
14	Larissa !Larissa (R)	30	5	10	15	29	47	−18	25	Relegation to 2011–12 Football League
15	Panserraikos !Panserraikos (R)	30	6	6	18	22	48	−26	24
16	Iraklis Thessaloniki !Iraklis Thessaloniki (R)	30	7	14	9	22	28	−6	35

Updated to games played on 17 April 2011.
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Regular season

Time at EET

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Greek Cup

Fourth round

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jagiellonia Białystok	3 - 4	Aris	1 - 2	2 - 2

Source: UEFA Europa League

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Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Austria Wien	1 - 2	Aris	0 - 1	1-1

Source: UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 September 2010	Atlético Madrid	H	1-0	22,000	Javito
30 September 2010	Rosenborg	A	1-2		Ruiz - Moldskred, Prica
21 October 2010	Bayer Leverkusen	H	0-0	22,000	-
4 November 2010	Bayer Leverkusen	A	0-1	17,000	Vidal
1 December 2010	Atlético Madrid	A	3-2		Koke (2x), Lazaridis - Forlán, Agüero
16 December 2010	Rosenborg	H	2-0	22,000	Cesarec, Faty

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6	12
Aris	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
Atlético Madrid	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8
Rosenborg	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	3

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Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aris	0-3	Manchester City	0-0	0-3

References

External links

• Aris Thessaloniki F.C. official website
• Aris Thessaloniki FC on Superleaguegreece.net