2015–16 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki
President	Theodoros A. Karipidis
Manager	Nikos Anastopoulos
Stadium	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Gamma Ethniki	1st
Gamma Ethniki Cup	Not Held
EPSM Cup	Phase E
Top goalscorer	League: ; Antonis Kapnidis (21); All: ; Antonis Kapnidis (21)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2015–16 season was Aris Thessaloniki the second in Gamma Ethniki (3rd level). The team finished 1st with a 21-point difference from the second club and was promoted to Football League, the greek second division.

They was also compete in the Macedonia Football Clubs Association Cup with its U17 team, where eliminated in the Phase E by Niki Mesimeri.

On 17 September 2015, Nikos Anastopoulos appointed as manager.[1]

First-team squad

Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
Xavi Ginard		GK	(1986-10-11)October 11, 1986 (aged 29)	Veria
Giannis Siderakis		GK	(1987-11-16)November 16, 1987 (aged 28)	AEL Kalloni
Petros Baimakis		GK	(1990-01-16)January 16, 1990 (aged 26)	Aiginiakos
Defenders
Dimitris Samaras		CB	(1987-06-03)June 3, 1987 (aged 28)	Tyrnavos 2005
Kyriakos Mazoulouxis		CB / RB	(1997-05-01)May 1, 1997 (aged 19)	Club's Academy
Nikolaos Georgiadis	/	RB / DM	(1983-03-23)March 23, 1983 (aged 33)	Levadiakos
Christos Intzidis		CB / LB	(1993-01-09)January 9, 1993 (aged 23)	Panachaiki
Raúl Bravo		CB / LB	(1981-04-14)April 14, 1981 (aged 35)	Veria
Paschalis Melissas		CB / LB	(1982-03-09)March 9, 1982 (aged 34)	AEL
Nikos Tsoumanis		LB	(1990-06-08)June 8, 1990 (aged 25)	PAE Kerkyra
Konstantinos Samaropoulos		CB	(1991-01-24)January 24, 1991 (aged 25)	Apollon Pontou
Midfielders
Andreas Tatos		AM / CM	(1989-05-11)May 11, 1989 (aged 27)	Veria
Alexandros Kalogeris		DM / CM	(1986-05-14)May 14, 1986 (aged 30)	Panetolikos
Charalampos Pavlidis		AM / CM	(1991-05-06)May 6, 1991 (aged 25)	Veria
Vasilios Rovas		DM / CB	(1984-01-06)January 6, 1984 (aged 32)	AEK Athens
Konstantinos Kaznaferis		DM	(1987-06-22)June 22, 1987 (aged 28)	Ergotelis
Forwards
Sergio Koke		ST / SS	(1983-04-27)April 27, 1983 (aged 33)	Veria
Mauro Poy	/	RW / LW	(1981-07-02)July 2, 1981 (aged 34)	Panetolikos
Markos Dounis		RW / LW	(1992-05-09)May 9, 1992 (aged 24)	AEK Athens
Leonidas Kyvelidis		ST	(1986-02-08)February 8, 1986 (aged 30)	Panachaiki
Antonis Kapnidis		ST	(1992-08-15)August 15, 1992 (aged 23)	Kavala
Gaël N'Lundulu	/	LW / SS / RW	(1992-04-29)April 29, 1992 (aged 24)	Lokomotiv Sofia
Stefanos Dogos		LW / RW	(1994-05-05)May 5, 1994 (aged 22)	Veria
Vasilis Konstantinidis	/	ST / RW	(1986-04-21)April 21, 1986 (aged 30)	Doxa Drama
Paschalis Voutsias		RW	(1990-03-23)March 23, 1990 (aged 26)	Free Agent
Dimitrios Andreakos		LW	(1999-04-14)April 14, 1999 (aged 17)	Club's Academy
Ilias Boulgouridis		ST	(1999-01-29)January 29, 1999 (aged 17)	Club's Academy

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Gamma Ethniki	Matchday 2	—	1st	3 October 2015	15 May 2016
Gamma Ethniki Cup¹	—	—
EPSM Cup²	Phase E	—	Phase E	9 December 2015	9 December 2015

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

¹ The Gamma Ethniki Cup did not hold that season
² In the EPSM Cup Aris Thessaloniki used the U17 team (players and manager)

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Gamma Ethniki	32	28	3	1	76	17	+59	087.50
Gamma Ethniki Cup¹	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EPSM Cup²	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total	33	28	3	2	77	19	+58	084.85

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

¹ The Gamma Ethniki Cup did not hold that season
² In the EPSM Cup Aris Thessaloniki used the U17 team (players and manager)

Gamma Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aris (C, P)	32	28	3	1	76	17	+59	87	Promotion to 2016–17 Football League
2	Nestos Chrysoupoli	32	21	3	8	66	35	+31	66
3	Doxa Dramas	32	18	9	5	47	24	+23	63
4	Kavala	32	16	10	6	53	24	+29	58
5	Apollon Kalamaria	32	16	5	11	46	29	+17	53

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
32	28	3	1	76	17	+59	87	15	1	0	44	7	+37	13	2	1	32	10	+22

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
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	31	32	33	34
Ground	NG	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	NG	A	H	Α	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	NG	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	NG	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	10	5	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; NG = No Game

Matches

27 September 2015 1

No Game

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 2	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Apollon Krya Vrysi	Thessaloniki
	Antonis Kapnidis 46' Markos Dounis 90+1'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

11 October 2015 (2015-10-11) 3	Kavala	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Kavala
		(in Greek) Report	Antonis Kapnidis 62' Mauro Poy 83'	Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium

14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) 4	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0	Iraklis Ampelokipoi	Thessaloniki
	Antonis Kapnidis 6' Charalampos Pavlidis 15' Konstantinos Barbas 37' (o.g.)	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 5	Ethnikos Neo Agioneri	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Kilkis
		(in Greek) Report	Markos Dounis 34' Leonidas Kyvelidis 76'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kilkis

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 6	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	APE Langadas	Thessaloniki
	Antonis Kapnidis 33' (pen.) Markos Dounis 36'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 7	Nestos Chrysoupoli	1 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Chrysoupoli
		(in Greek) Report	Antonis Kapnidis 75'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chrysoupoli

4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) 8	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 1	Apollon Pontou	Thessaloniki
	Andreas Tatos 22' Markos Dounis 55' Gaël N'Lundulu 85'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 9	Kozani	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Kozani
		(in Greek) Report	Gaël N'Lundulu 73'	Stadium: Kozani Stadium

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15) 10	Serres	2 – 3	Aris Thessaloniki	Serres
		(in Greek) Report	Antonis Kapnidis 26', 85' Andreas Tatos 67'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 11	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	Thessaloniki
	Antonis Kapnidis 35', 71' Leonidas Kyvelidis 90'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) 12	Eordaikos	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Ptolemaida
		(in Greek) Report	Andreas Tatos 14' (pen.) Markos Dounis 45'	Stadium: Municipal Ptolemaida Stadium

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 13	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 1	Kampaniakos	Thessaloniki
	Antonis Kapnidis 43' Andreas Tatos 84'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 14	Vyzantio Kokkinochoma	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Kavala
		(in Greek) Report	Christos Intzidis 33'	Stadium: Kokkinochoma Stadium

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) 15	Aris Thessaloniki	4 – 1	Thyella Filotas	Thessaloniki
	Andreas Tatos 20' Sergio Koke 45' Markos Dounis 48' Christos Intzidis 69'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

16 December 2015 (2015-12-16) 16	Doxa Drama	1 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Drama
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) 17	Aris Thessaloniki	5 – 0	Evros Soufli	Thessaloniki
	Sergio Koke 19' Leonidas Kyvelidis 34' Andreas Tatos 38' Mauro Poy 76' Vasilis Konstantinidis 86'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

10 January 2016 18

No Game

17 January 2016 (2016-01-17) 19	Apollon Krya Vrysi	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Krya Vrysi
		(in Greek) Report	Antonis Kapnidis 2' Markos Dounis 33'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium "Ioannis Tserkezidis"

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) 20	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0	Kavala	Thessaloniki
	Andreas Tatos 38' (pen.) Markos Dounis 45' Vasilios Rovas 64'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21	Iraklis Ampelokipoi	0 – 3	Aris Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki
		(in Greek) Report	Christos Intzidis 5' Leonidas Kyvelidis 12' Alexandros Kalogeris 71'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Ampelokipoi

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 22	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 0	Ethnikos Neo Agioneri	Thessaloniki
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 23	APE Langadas	2 – 3	Aris Thessaloniki	Langadas
		(in Greek) Report	Andreas Tatos 46' Antonis Kapnidis 68' Leonidas Kyvelidis 87'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Langadas

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 24	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Nestos Chrysoupoli	Thessaloniki
	Andreas Tatos 41' (pen.) Antonis Kapnidis 78'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 25	Apollon Pontou	0 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki
		(in Greek) Report	Antonis Kapnidis 58' Markos Dounis 64'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16) 26	Aris Thessaloniki	5 – 1	Kozani	Thessaloniki
	Sergio Koke 4' Antonis Kapnidis 6', 34' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Gaël N'Lundulu 45'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 27	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 0 w/o	Serres
		(in Greek) Report

27 March 2016 (2016-03-27) 28	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Alexandroupoli
		(in Greek) Report	Mauro Poy 60'	Stadium: Fotis Kosmas Stadium

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 29	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 2	Eordaikos	Thessaloniki
	Paschalis Melissas 14' Andreas Tatos 21' Antonis Kapnidis 44' (pen.)	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 30	Kampaniakos	0 – 3	Aris Thessaloniki	Chalastra
		(in Greek) Report	Gaël N'Lundulu 34' Antonis Kapnidis 42' Markos Dounis 78'	Stadium: Kampaniakos Stadium

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 31	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Vyzantio Kokkinochoma	Thessaloniki
	Leonidas Kyvelidis 21', 90+2'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 32	Thyella Filotas	0 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Florina
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Florina Municipal Stadium

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 33	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 1	Doxa Drama	Thessaloniki
	Mauro Poy 55' Leonidas Kyvelidis 90+4'	(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 34	Evros Soufli	0 – 6	Aris Thessaloniki	Soufli
		(in Greek) Report		Stadium: Dimitris Bakirtzis Municipal Stadium

Gamma Ethniki Cup

The 2015-16 season the Gamma Ethniki Cup did not hold

EPSM Cup

Aris Thessaloniki qualified from the Phase D[2] without game. In Phase E the club played with Niki Mesimeri and used the U17 players and manager.[3]

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) Phase E	Niki Mesimeri	2 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Mesimeri
		(in Greek) Report	Spyros Karvounis 75' (pen.)

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 15 May 2016

Position	Nat.	Player	Gamma Ethniki		EPSM Cup		Total
Position	Nat.	Player	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
GK		Giannis Siderakis	18	18	0	0	18	18
GK		Xavi Ginard	13	13	0	0	13	13
DF		Nikos Tsoumanis	22	22	0	0	22	22
DF		Paschalis Melissas	22	20	0	0	22	20
DF		Christos Intzidis	21	21	0	0	21	21
DF		Nikolaos Georgiadis	19	19	0	0	19	19
DF		Dimitris Samaras	17	15	0	0	17	15
DF		Raúl Bravo	10	10	0	0	10	10
DF		Kyriakos Mazoulouxis	2	2	0	0	2	2
DF		Konstantinos Samaropoulos	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF		Andreas Tatos	28	26	0	0	28	26
MF		Vasilios Rovas	24	23	0	0	24	23
MF		Konstantinos Kaznaferis	24	22	0	0	24	22
MF		Alexandros Kalogeris	22	14	0	0	22	14
MF		Charalampos Pavlidis	6	4	0	0	6	4
FW		Antonis Kapnidis	29	27	0	0	29	27
FW		Markos Dounis	28	21	0	0	28	21
FW	/	Gaël N'Lundulu	28	14	0	0	28	14
FW	/	Mauro Poy	27	21	0	0	27	21
FW		Leonidas Kyvelidis	24	7	0	0	24	7
FW		Sergio Koke	18	13	0	0	18	13
FW		Paschalis Voutsias	12	5	0	0	12	5
FW	/	Vasilis Konstantinidis	9	3	0	0	9	3
FW		Stefanos Dogos	5	1	0	0	5	1
FW		Dimitrios Andreakos	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW		Ilias Boulgouridis	1	0	0	0	1	0
11 players from U17 team			0	0	1	1	1	1
Total			31		1		32

Goals

As of match played 15 May 2016

Ranking	Position	Nat.	Player	Gamma Ethniki	EPSM Cup	Total
1	FW		Antonis Kapnidis	21	0	21
2	FW		Markos Dounis	12	0	12
3	MF		Andreas Tatos	10	0	10
4	FW		Leonidas Kyvelidis	9	0	9
5	FW	/	Gaël N'Lundulu	4	0	4
5	FW	/	Mauro Poy	4	0	4
7	FW		Sergio Koke	3	0	3
7	DF		Christos Intzidis	3	0	3
9	FW	/	Vasilis Konstantinidis	2	0	2
10	MF		Vasilios Rovas	1	0	1
	DF		Paschalis Melissas	1	0	1
	MF		Alexandros Kalogeris	1	0	1
	MF		Charalampos Pavlidis	1	0	1
	FW		Spyros Karvounis¹	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Awarded by League				3	0	3
Total				76	1	77

¹ Player from U17 team

Clean sheets

As of match played 15 May 2016

Nat.	Player	Gamma Ethniki	Total
	Giannis Siderakis	11	11
	Xavi Ginard	6	6
Total		17	17

References

Επίσημα στον Αρη ο Αναστόπουλος gazzetta.gr (in Greek)
Χωρίς αγώνα ο Άρης, οι αντίπαλοι των ομάδων της Γ Εθνικής sportsup.gr (in Greek)
Οι αντίπαλοι των Άρη και των άλλων ομάδων της ΕΠΣ Μακεδονίας στο Κύπελλο sportsup.gr (in Greek)

External links

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. official website

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[1] Επίσημα στον Αρη ο Αναστόπουλος gazzetta.gr (in Greek)

[2] Χωρίς αγώνα ο Άρης, οι αντίπαλοι των ομάδων της Γ Εθνικής sportsup.gr (in Greek)

[3] Οι αντίπαλοι των Άρη και των άλλων ομάδων της ΕΠΣ Μακεδονίας στο Κύπελλο sportsup.gr (in Greek)