2014–15 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki
President	Giorgos Galanos
Manager	Dimitris Kalaitzidis; (until 19 October 2014); Dimitrios Bougiouklis; (from 20 October 2014 ; until 2 November 2014); Paulo Campos; (from 3 November 2014 ; until 22 January 2015); Siniša Dobrašinović; (from 23 January 2015 ; until 2 March 2015); Dimitris Kalaitzidis; (from 3 March 2015)
Stadium	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Gamma Ethniki	2nd
Gamma Ethniki Cup	Quarterfinals
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

At the beginning of 2014–15 season, Aris Thessaloniki was going to play in Football League Greece as a result of the finish into the last season in the bottom of league table and the relegation. Although the team chose to play in Gamma Ethniki relieving from the huge debts it had accumulated in recent years.^[1]

Aris Thessaloniki was also going to compete in the Greek Football Cup. The draw was made and the team would play with Apollon Kalamaria. Owing to withdrawal from the Football League Greece the team lost both leg games of the First round with 3 – 0 (w/o). Finally Aris Thessaloniki competed in the Gamma Ethniki Cup.

The club changed manager four times during the season. The season started with Dimitris Kalaitzidis as the manager of the club but he was dismissed after the draw against Iraklis Ampelokipoi in 19 October 2014.^[2] Dimitrios Bougiouklis was the caretaker until the club hired the Brazilian Paulo Campos.^[3] Paulo Campos left the club due to the HFF's rules, which do not allow non-European managers to Gamma Ethniki's teams,^[4] and replaced by Siniša Dobrašinović.^[5] The season finished with the return of Dimitris Kalaitzidis as manager, Siniša Dobrašinović as his assistant and the club's legend Dinos Kouis as Sporting director.^[6]

First-team squad[]

Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
		GK	(1990-01-16)January 16, 1990 (aged 25)	Aiginiakos
Dimitrios Karatziovalis		GK	(1975-07-22)July 22, 1975 (aged 39)	Apollon Pontou
Giannis Fysekis		GK	(1985-10-10)October 10, 1985 (aged 29)	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli
Defenders
Vasco Fernandes		CB / RB / LB	(1986-11-12)November 12, 1986 (aged 28)	Platanias
Michalis Giannitsis		CB / RB	(1992-02-06)February 6, 1992 (aged 23)	Club's Academy
Nikos Golias		CB / DM	(1993-07-29)July 29, 1993 (aged 21)	Anagennisi Karditsa
		LB / LM	(1991-12-07)December 7, 1991 (aged 23)	Kalamata
Nikos Psychogios		RB / RM	(1989-02-25)February 25, 1989 (aged 26)	Doxa Drama
Miltiadis Lionis		LB / LM	(1990-01-13)January 13, 1990 (aged 25)	Apollon Pontou
Kyriakos Mazoulouxis		CB / RB	(1997-05-01)May 1, 1997 (aged 18)	Club's Academy
		RB / LB	(1997-05-26)May 26, 1997 (aged 18)	Club's Academy
Dimitris Samaras		CB	(1987-06-03)June 3, 1987 (aged 27)	Tyrnavos 2005
Nikolaos Georgiadis	/	RB / DM	(1983-03-23)March 23, 1983 (aged 32)	Levadiakos
Midfielders
Kaloudis Lemonis		DM / RM / RB	(1995-11-11)November 11, 1995 (aged 19)	Club's Academy
Dimitris Sounas		CM / AM	(1994-08-12)August 12, 1994 (aged 20)	Club's Academy
Klodian Gino	/	DM / CM	(1994-02-13)February 13, 1994 (aged 21)	Olympiacos
		CM	(1983-07-30)July 30, 1983 (aged 31)	Apollon Pontou
		CM	(1996-02-04)February 4, 1996 (aged 19)	Club's Academy
		AM	(1994-02-16)February 16, 1994 (aged 21)	Doxa Drama
Alexandros Kalogeris		DM / CM	(1986-05-14)May 14, 1986 (aged 29)	Panetolikos
Sidy Sagna		DM / CM	(1990-02-04)February 4, 1990 (aged 25)	Free Agent
Forwards
Ilias Stavropoulos		RW / LW / SS	(1995-05-06)May 6, 1995 (aged 20)	Club's Academy
Andi Renja	/	RW	(1993-01-06)January 6, 1993 (aged 22)	Club's Academy
	/	LW / ST	(1995-01-10)January 10, 1995 (aged 20)	Club's Academy
		LW / RW	(1997-08-12)August 12, 1997 (aged 17)	Club's Academy
		RW / AM	(1986-10-22)October 22, 1986 (aged 28)	Panegialios
Mauro Poy	/	RW / LW	(1981-07-02)July 2, 1981 (aged 33)	Panetolikos
Marios Papadopoulos		ST / LW / AM	(1992-12-10)December 10, 1992 (aged 22)	Veria
Antonis Kapnidis		ST	(1992-08-15)August 15, 1992 (aged 22)	Kavala
Gaël N'Lundulu	/	LW / SS / RW	(1992-04-29)April 29, 1992 (aged 23)	Lokomotiv Sofia
Vasilis Konstantinidis	/	ST / RW	(1986-04-21)April 21, 1986 (aged 29)	Doxa Drama
Stelios Nakas		LW / SS / RW	(1994-01-29)January 29, 1994 (aged 21)	Skoda Xanthi

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Gamma Ethniki	Matchday 1	—	2nd	14 September 2014	17 May 2015
Gamma Ethniki Cup	First round	—	Quarterfinals	28 September 2014	14 January 2015

Updated to match played 17 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Gamma Ethniki	30	22	5	3	51	12	+39	073.33
Gamma Ethniki Cup	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	075.00
Total	34	25	5	4	59	16	+43	073.53

Updated to match played 17 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Managers' overview[]

Dimitris Kalaitzidis[]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Gamma Ethniki	14	11	2	1	26	5	+21	078.57
Gamma Ethniki Cup	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total	15	12	2	1	28	6	+22	080.00

Updated to match played 17 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Dimitrios Bougiouklis[]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Gamma Ethniki	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Gamma Ethniki Cup	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Total	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00

Updated to match played 2 November 2014
Source: Competitions

Paulo Campos[]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Gamma Ethniki	9	6	3	0	15	4	+11	066.67
Gamma Ethniki Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total	11	7	3	1	17	6	+11	063.64

Updated to match played 22 January 2015
Source: Competitions

Siniša Dobrašinović[]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Gamma Ethniki	6	5	0	1	10	2	+8	083.33
Gamma Ethniki Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	6	5	0	1	10	2	+8	083.33

Updated to match played 2 March 2015
Source: Competitions

Gamma Ethniki[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Panserraikos (C, P)	30	23	5	2	52	15	+37	74	Promotion to Football League
2	Aris	30	22	5	3	51	12	+39	71
3	Kavala	30	20	7	3	54	16	+38	67
4	Doxa Dramas	30	15	7	8	43	26	+17	52
5	Kampaniakos	30	13	8	9	53	34	+19	47

Source: Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champion; (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
30	22	5	3	51	12	+39	71	13	1	1	32	6	+26	9	4	2	19	6	+13

Last updated: 17 May 2015.
Source: Soccerway

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	3	9	6	7	7	5	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2015. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[]

14 September 2014 (2014-09-14) 1	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 1	Kastoria	showThessaloniki
	Michalis Giannitsis 4' Nikos Golias 52', 61'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

21 September 2014 (2014-09-21) 2	Kampaniakos	3 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	showThessaloniki
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium

12 October 2014 (2014-10-12) 3	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 1	Ethnikos Neo Agioneri	showThessaloniki
	Marios Papadopoulos 18' Mauro Poy 82' 90'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

19 October 2014 (2014-10-19) 4	Iraklis Ampelokipoi	0 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	showThessaloniki
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Ampelokipi "Konstantinos Karamanlis"

2 November 2014 (2014-11-02) 5	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 1	Doxa Drama	showThessaloniki
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

10 November 2014 (2014-11-10) 6	Aris Akropotamos	0 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	showKavala
		(in Greek) Report	Dimitris Sounas 24', 82'	Stadium: Eleftheroupoli Stadium

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16) 7	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0		showThessaloniki
	56'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

30 November 2014 (2014-11-30) 8	Vyzantio Kokkinochoma	0 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	showKavala
		(in Greek) Report	Mauro Poy 23' Antonis Kapnidis 43'	Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium

7 December 2014 (2014-12-07) 9	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 1	Apollon Arnaia	showThessaloniki
	Nikos Golias 6' Mauro Poy 23'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

14 December 2014 (2014-12-14) 10	Panserraikos	2 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	showSerres
		(in Greek) Report	16' Mauro Poy 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium

17 December 2014 (2014-12-17) 11	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Thyella Filotas	showThessaloniki
	Mauro Poy 35' (pen.), 64' (pen.)	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

21 December 2014 (2014-12-21) 12	Evros Soufli	0 – 3	Aris Thessaloniki	showSoufli
		(in Greek) Report	Antonis Kapnidis 55', 73' Mauro Poy 85'	Stadium: Dimitris Bakirtzis Municipal Stadium

11 January 2015 (2015-01-11) 13	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 1	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	showThessaloniki
	Antonis Kapnidis 90+1'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

18 January 2015 (2015-01-18) 14	Kavala	0 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	showKavala
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium

28 January 2015 (2015-01-28) 15	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 1	Orfeas Eleftheroupoli	showThessaloniki
	Mauro Poy 3' Antonis Kapnidis 39' Gaël N'Lundulu 69'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

1 February 2015 (2015-02-01) 16	Kastoria	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	showKastoria
		(in Greek) Report	Marios Papadopoulos 3'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria

9 February 2015 (2015-02-09) 17	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Kampaniakos	showThessaloniki
	Marios Papadopoulos 22' Mauro Poy 80'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

15 February 2015 (2015-02-15) 18	Ethnikos Neo Agioneri	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	showKilkis
		(in Greek) Report	Vasco Fernandes 77'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kilkis

21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 19	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0	Iraklis Ampelokipoi	showThessaloniki
	Vasco Fernandes 60' Antonis Kapnidis 66' Mauro Poy 84'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

1 March 2015 (2015-03-01) 20	Doxa Drama	1 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	showDrama
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium

7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 21	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Aris Akropotamos	showThessaloniki
	Antonis Kapnidis 26' Vasilis Konstantinidis 88'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

15 March 2015 (2015-03-15) 22		0 – 4	Aris Thessaloniki	showGiannitsa
		(in Greek) Report	Dimitris Samaras 39' Gaël N'Lundulu 55' Stelios Nakas 74' Dimitris Sounas 88'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Giannitsa

22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) 23	Aris Thessaloniki	5 – 0	Vyzantio Kokkinochoma	showThessaloniki
	Mauro Poy 32', 49', 64' Antonis Kapnidis 66' Stelios Nakas 90'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

29 March 2015 (2015-03-29) 24	Apollon Arnaia	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	showArnaia
		(in Greek) Report	Dimitris Samaras 84'	Stadium: Arnaia Stadium "Apollon"

4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 25	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	Panserraikos	showThessaloniki
	Nikos Golias 50'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

19 April 2015 (2015-04-19) 26	Thyella Filotas	0 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	showFlorina
		(in Greek) Report	Antonis Kapnidis 16' Gaël N'Lundulu 33'	Stadium: Florina Municipal Stadium

26 April 2015 (2015-04-26) 27	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0	Evros Soufli	showThessaloniki
	Antonis Kapnidis 41' Dimitris Samaras 45+2' Gaël N'Lundulu 90'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

3 May 2015 (2015-05-03) 28	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	showAlexandroupoli
		(in Greek) Report	Gaël N'Lundulu 40'	Stadium: Fotis Kosmas Stadium

10 May 2015 (2015-05-10) 29	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	Kavala	showThessaloniki
	Vasilis Konstantinidis 89'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) 30	Orfeas Eleftheroupoli	0 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	showEleftheroupoli
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Eleftheroupoli Stadium

Gamma Ethniki Cup[]

First round[]

In first round of the competition, the clubs in each Group competed against each other in single matches (overtime and penalties applied) until two clubs were declared Group winners. The competing pairs were selected as a result of random drawing that took place on 5 September 2014. The match days of the First Round were set on 28 September 2014 for Match-Day 1, 26 October 2014 for Match-Day 2 and 10 December 2014 for Match-Day 3.

Match-day 1[]

28 September 2014 (2014-09-28) Match-day 1	Thyella Filotas	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	showFlorina
		(in Greek) Report	Dimitris Sounas 18' Antonis Kapnidis 86'	Stadium: Florina Municipal Stadium

Match-day 2[]

25 October 2014 (2014-10-25) Match-day 2	Aris Thessaloniki	4 – 1	Kastoria	showThessaloniki
	48' Antonis Kapnidis 56' Dimitris Sounas 80' 86'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

Match-day 3[]

10 December 2014 (2014-12-10) Match-day 3	Panserraikos	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	showSerres
		(in Greek) Report	8' Andi Renja 20'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium

Quarterfinals[]

In the Second Round of the competition (Quarterfinals), the 8 Group winners competed against each other in single knock-out matches at the home ground of the club favored by the draw. All matches were held on 14 January 2015.

14 January 2015 (2015-01-14) Quarterfinal	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 1	Dotieas Agia	showThessaloniki
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

Squad statistics[]

Appearances[]

As of match played 17 May 2015

Position	Nat.	Player	Gamma Ethniki	Gamma Ethniki Cup	Total
GK			3	3	6
GK		Dimitrios Karatziovalis	13	1	14
GK		Giannis Fysekis	16	0	16
DF		Vasco Fernandes	24	3	27
DF		Michalis Giannitsis	10	2	12
DF		Nikos Golias	23	3	26
DF			24	3	27
DF		Nikos Psychogios	7	2	9
DF		Miltiadis Lionis	15	3	18
DF		Kyriakos Mazoulouxis	1	0	1
DF			0	2	2
DF		Dimitris Samaras	16	0	16
DF	/	Nikolaos Georgiadis	10	0	10
MF		Kaloudis Lemonis	10	2	12
MF		Dimitris Sounas	25	3	28
MF	/	Klodian Gino	12	2	14
MF			12	1	13
MF			3	2	5
MF			8	4	12
MF		Alexandros Kalogeris	14	0	14
MF		Sidy Sagna	12	0	12
FW		Ilias Stavropoulos	11	4	15
FW	/	Andi Renja	11	3	14
FW	/		5	3	8
FW			0	2	2
FW			8	1	9
FW	/	Mauro Poy	27	2	29
FW		Marios Papadopoulos	20	2	22
FW		Antonis Kapnidis	30	2	32
FW	/	Gaël N'Lundulu	15	0	15
FW	/	Vasilis Konstantinidis	9	0	9
FW		Stelios Nakas	14	0	14
Total			30	4	34

Goals[]

As of match played 17 May 2015

Ranking	Position	Nat.	Player	Gamma Ethniki	Gamma Ethniki Cup	Total
1	FW	/	Mauro Poy	13	0	13
2	FW		Antonis Kapnidis	10	2	12
3	FW	/	Gaël N'Lundulu	5	0	5
3	MF		Dimitris Sounas	3	2	5
5	DF		Nikos Golias	4	0	4
6	DF		Dimitris Samaras	3	0	3
	FW		Marios Papadopoulos	3	0	3
	MF			1	2	3
9	FW			2	0	2
	DF		Vasco Fernandes	2	0	2
	FW	/	Vasilis Konstantinidis	2	0	2
	FW		Stelios Nakas	2	0	2
13	DF		Michalis Giannitsis	1	0	1
	MF			0	1	1
	MF		Andi Renja	0	1	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Total				51	8	59