2013–14 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season
# 2013–14 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki competed in the Super League. They started their Greek campaign after finishing 13th in last season's league and will enter the Greek Football Cup in the fourth round.

After the elections in Aris Members' Society, a new chairman, Dimitris Iliadis was appointed with the hope to face club's serious financial problems. Due to lack of appropriate licence from the Hellenic Football Federation Aris for the 2013–14 season could only sign three players being above 24 years old. Dimitris Iliadis resigned in December after the rumors that there was interest from an investor. Old president Lampros Skordas returned temporarily as president and eventually stayed until the end of the season.

About the manager, Aris Thessaloniki started the season with Giannis Chatzinikolaou. After the three defeats in the first three league games Giannis Chatzinikolaou left and was replaced by serbian Zoran Milinković. Along with the change of president, the team also changed its manager. Soulis Papadopoulos arrived in December. With confirmation of relegation Soulis Papadopoulos resigned. The season finished with Foris Kakoglou as manager and Giorgos Foiros, Dimitris Bougiouklis and Nikos Papadopoulos as assistants

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 13 | Sokratis Dioudis | | GK | (1993-02-03)February 3, 1993 (aged 21) | Club's Academy |
| 32 | Marios Gelis | | GK | (1994-10-09)October 9, 1994 (aged 19) | Panserraikos |
| 99 | Stefanos Gounaridis | | GK | (1990-06-15)June 15, 1990 (aged 23) | Free Agent |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Michalis Kyrgias | | CB | 14 October 1989 (23) | Apollon Smyrni |
| 3 | Michalis Giannitsis | | CB / RB | 6 February 1992 (21) | Club's Academy |
| 5 | Rubén Pulido | | CB / D | 2 February 1979 (34) | Asteras Tripolis |
| 6 | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | | CB / DM | 9 January 1991 (22) | Club's Academy |
| 14 | Nikos Golias | | CB / DM | 29 July 1993 (19) | AO Karditsa |
| 18 | Nikos Tsoumanis | | LB | 8 June 1990 (24) | Kerkyra |
| 21 | Giorgos Margaritis | | LB | 20 June 1991 (22) | Agrotikos Asteras |
| 24 | Kaloudis Lemonis | | RB | 11 November 1995 (17) | Club's Academy |
| 32 | Kristi Vangjeli | | LB | 5 September 1985 (28) | FC Chornomorets Odesa |
| 36 | Nikos Psychogios | | RB | 25 February 1989 (24) | Doxa Dramas |
| 37 | Valentinos Vlachos | | RB | (1992-02-14)February 14, 1992 (aged 22) | Club Brugge |
| 44 | Andreas Iraklis | | CB / RB | 16 May 1989 (24) | Kallithea |
| 47 | Mavroudis Bougaidis | | CB | (1993-06-01)June 1, 1993 (aged 20) | Granada B |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Vasilios Karagounis | | CM | (1994-01-18)January 18, 1994 (aged 20) | Olympiacos |
| 7 | Dimitris Sounas | | CM / AM | 12 August 1994 (18) | Club's Academy |
| 8 | Vassilis Triantafyllakos | | CM / AM | 16 July 1991 (22) | Odysseas Anagennisis |
| 10 | Andreas Tatos | | CM / AM | 11 May 1989 (24) | Olympiacos |
| 12 | Kostas Kotsaridis | | CM | 18 August 1992 (21) | AEK Athens |
| 19 | Giannis Papadopoulos | | CM | 9 March 1989 (24) | Dynamo Dresden |
| 28 | Petros Kaminiotis | | CM | (1989-05-13)May 13, 1989 (aged 25) | Glyfada |
| 30 | Erotokritos Damarlis | | DM | 13 May 1992 (21) | Club's Academy |
| 80 | Antonis Tsiaras | | DM | (1993-09-07)September 7, 1993 (aged 20) | Free Agent |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | David Aganzo | | ST | 10 January 1981 (32) | Hércules |
| 11 | Nikos Angeloudis | | ST | 14 May 1991 (22) | Club's Academy |
| 25 | Tasos Bakasetas | | SS | (1993-06-28)June 28, 1993 (aged 20) | Asteras Tripolis |
| 29 | Ilias Stavropoulos | | RW / LW / SS | 6 April 1995 (18) | Club's Academy |
| 33 | Michalis Manias | | ST | 20 February 1990 (23) | Apollon Smyrni |
| 35 | Nikos Kousidis | | RW / LW | (1993-01-03)January 3, 1993 (aged 21) | Panathinaikos |
| 77 | Andi Renja | / | RW | 1 June 1993 (20) | Club's Academy |
| 93 | Alexandros Karagiannis | | LW | 25 October 1993 (19) | Club's Academy |

## Transfers and loans

### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| June 2013 | DF | 2 | Michalis Kyrgias | Apollon Smyrnis | Free |
| June 2013 | MF | 19 | Giannis Papadopoulos | Dynamo Dresden | Free |
| June 2013 | MF | 86 | / Rok Elsner | Śląsk Wrocław | Free |
| June 2013 | GK | 1 | / Dean Bouzanis | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| June 2013 | FW | 33 | Michalis Manias | Apollon Smyrnis | Free |
| July 2013 | DF | 14 | Nikos Golias | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free |
| July 2013 | FW | 15 | / Chigozie Udoji | Atromitos | Free |
| July 2013 | DF | 18 | Nikos Tsoumanis | Kerkyra | Free |
| July 2013 | FW | 26 | / John Ibeh | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Free |
| August 2013 | DF | 22 | Aristotelis Karasalidis | Panserraikos | Free |
| January 2014 | GK | 99 | Stefanos Gounaridis | Free Agent | Free |
| January 2014 | FW | 35 | Nikos Kousidis | Panathinaikos | Free |
| January 2014 | MF | 28 | Petros Kaminiotis | Glyfada | Free |
| January 2014 | DF | 31 | Kristi Vangjeli | Chornomorets Odesa | Free |
| January 2014 | MF | 80 | Antonis Tsiaras | Free Agent | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| June 2013 | FW | 20 | Giannis Gianniotas | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 500.000 € |
| July 2013 | GK | 1 | Markos Vellidis | PAS Giannina | Released |
| August 2013 | DF | 4 | Grigoris Papazaharias | Apollon Smyrnis | Released |
| August 2013 | MF | 7 | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Released |
| September 2013 | MF | 17 | Manolis Papasterianos | Concordia Chiajna | Released |
| December 2013 | FW | 15 | / Chigozie Udoji | Free Agent | Released |
| December 2013 | FW | 26 | / John Ibeh | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2014 | MF | 86 | / Rok Elsner | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2014 | DF | 20 | Stelios Tsoukanis | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2014 | GK | 1 | / Dean Bouzanis | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2014 | DF | 22 | Aristotelis Karasalidis | Paniliakos | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| July 2013 | End of season | MF | 10 | Andreas Tatos | Olympiacos | None |
| August 2013 | End of season | MF | 4 | Vasilios Karagounis | Olympiacos | None |
| January 2014 | End of season | DF | 37 | Valentinos Vlachos | Club Brugge | None |
| January 2014 | End of season | DF | 47 | Mavroudis Bougaidis | Granada B | None |
| January 2014 | End of season | FW | 25 | Tasos Bakasetas | Asteras Tripolis | None |

## Staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Manager | Foris Kakoglou |
| Assistant Coach | Giorgos Foiros |
| Assistant Coach | Dimitris Bougiouklis |
| Assistant Coach | Nikos Papadopoulos |
| Fitness Coach | Stavros Pantelidis |
| Fitness Coach | Radivoje Radakovic |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Theodoros Kantas |
| Team manager | Konstantinos Drampis |
| General manager | Georgios Koltsidas |
| Head doctor | Vaggelis Pantazis |
| Physio | Giannis Gioris |
| Physio | Giannis Mpontas |
| Youth team General manager | Konstantinos Economidis |
| Scout | Leonidas Vosdou |

Last updated: 26 March 2013 Source:

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Super League | Matchday 1 | — | 18th | 18 August 2013 | 13 April 2014 |
| Greek Football Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 32 | 26 September 2013 | 31 October 2013 |

Updated to match played 13 April 2014 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 34 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 008.82 |
| Greek Football Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 36 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 008.33 |

Updated to match played 13 April 2014 Source: Competitions

### Super League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Platanias | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 38 | |
| 15 | Veria | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 38 | |
| 16 | Skoda Xanthi | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 38 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 17 | Apollon Smyrnis (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 36 | Relegation to the Football League |
| 18 | Aris (R) | 34 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 22 | Relegation to the Football League |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Platanias 8, Veria 5, Skoda Xanthi 3.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 13 April 2014. Source: Super League

**Results by matchday**

| 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

### Greek Football Cup

All the 18 teams of Super League entered in the Round of 32

## Player statistics

### Appearances

    As of match played 13 April 2014

| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 2 | DF | | Michalis Kyrgias | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18 |
| 3 | DF | | Michalis Giannitsis | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 |
| 4 | MF | | Vasilios Karagounis | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
| 5 | DF | | Rubén Pulido | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 |
| 6 | DF | | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 19 |
| 7 | MF | | Dimitris Sounas | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 |
| 8 | MF | | Vasilis Triantafyllakos | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
| 9 | FW | | David Aganzo | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 16 |
| 10 | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 30 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 29 |
| 11 | FW | | Nikos Angeloudis | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 |
| 12 | MF | | Kostas Kotsaridis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Sokratis Dioudis | 32 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 33 |
| 14 | DF | | Nikos Golias | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | | Nikos Tsoumanis | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| 19 | MF | | Giannis Papadopoulos | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 |
| 21 | DF | | Giorgos Margaritis | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 |
| 22 | DF | | Aristotelis Karasalidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Tasos Bakasetas | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 28 | MF | | Petros Kaminiotis | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 29 | FW | | Ilias Stavropoulos | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 |
| 30 | MF | | Erotokritos Damarlis | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 |
| 31 | DF | | Kristi Vangjeli | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 32 | GK | | Marios Gelis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Michalis Manias | 31 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 25 |
| 35 | FW | | Nikos Kousidis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 36 | DF | | Nikos Psychogios | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| 37 | DF | | Valentinos Vlachos | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 44 | DF | | Andreas Iraklis | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 |
| 47 | DF | | Mavroudis Bougaidis | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 77 | FW | / | Andi Renja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | | Antonis Tsiaras | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 93 | FW | | Alexandros Karagiannis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 99 | GK | | Stefanos Gounaridis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||
| | FW | / | Chigozie Udoji | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| | FW | / | John Ibeh | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| | MF | / | Rok Elsner | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| | DF | | Stelios Tsoukanis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | / | Dean Bouzanis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 36 |

### Goals

    As of match played 13 April 2014

| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | Michalis Manias | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | / | Chigozie Udoji | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | | David Aganzo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | | Tasos Bakasetas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | Nikos Angeloudis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Michalis Kyrgias | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Erotokritos Damarlis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Nikos Tsoumanis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Vasilis Triantafyllakos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 0 | 26 |

### Assists

    As of match played 13 April 2014

| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | / | Chigozie Udoji | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | Michalis Manias | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | | Nikos Angeloudis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | | Petros Kaminiotis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Mavroudis Bougaidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | | David Aganzo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 0 | 16 |

## Kit

Supplier: Under Armour Sponsor(s): Kino

| Home Colours | Away Colours | Third Colours | Goalkeeper's Home Colours | Goalkeeper's Away Colours |
| - | - | - | - | - |

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