2016–17 Veria F.C. season

Season 2016–17 is the 17th of Veria in Super League Greece. Veria will compete in the following competitions Super League and Greek Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Veria
2016–17 season
OwnerKonstantinos Papadopoulos (93.53%)
ChairmanKonstantinos Papadopoulos
ManagerAlekos Vosniadis (7 July 2016–23 Sept 2016)
Thomas Grafas (24 Sept 2016–26 Jan 2017)
Ratko Dostanić (13 Feb 2017–30 Jun 2017)
StadiumVeria Stadium, Veria
Super League16th (relegated)
Greek CupGroup stage

Players

Squad information

No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Note(s)
Goalkeepers
1 Georgios Kantimiris GK 19 September 1982 (31) Fokikos
30 Theodoros Venetikidis GK 20 February 2001 (15) Youth system
55 Jonathan López GK 16 April 1981 (35) Getafe
Defenders
2 Stavros Vasilantonopoulos RB/RM 28 January 1992 (24) AEK On loan until 30 June 2017
3 Mark Asigba RB/CB 7 July 1990 (26) Olympiacos On loan until 30 June 2017
4 Christos Melissis CB 1 December 1982 (33) Panthrakikos
5 Stelios Marangos CB/DM 4 May 1989 (27) Kerkyra
6 Mohamadou Sissoko CB 8 August 1988 (28) Giresunspor
16 Sofoklis Radis CB 21 February 1998 (18) Youth system
18 Iván Malón RB 26 August 1986 (30) Mirandés
21 Cyril Kali CB/RB 21 January 1984 (32) Panetolikos
88 Giorgi Navalovski LB 28 June 1986 (30) SKA-Khabarovsk
95 Giannis Charontakis LB 7 August 1995 (21) Trikala
Midfielders
7 Toni Calvo L/RW 28 March 1987 (29) Anorthosis
8 Antonio Tomás CM 19 January 1985 (31) Numancia
10 Pedro Arce CM/AM 25 November 1991 (25) Veria
11 Kristijan Miljević LW 15 July 1992 (age 24) Lamia
14 Sisinio L/RW/AM 22 April 1986 (30) Lech Poznań
17 Jeffrey Sarpong RW 3 August 1988 (28) Wellington Phoenix
19 Yiannis Papadopoulos CM 9 March 1989 (27) Hapoel Kfar Saba
21 Panagiotis Linardos AM 7 August 1991 (25) Panegialios
24 Alexandros Doris AM 10 July 1999 (17) Youth system
25 Sotiris Balafas DM 19 August 1986 (28) Hoverla
26 Terry Antonis CM 26 November 1993 (23) PAOK On loan until 30 June 2017
71 Manolis Papasterianos DM/CB 15 August 1987 (29) Xanthi
Forwards
9 Pantelis Kapetanos CF 8 June 1983 (33) Xanthi
20 Dimitris Melikiotis RW/CF 10 July 1996 (19) Youth system
23 Ioakeim Zyngeridis CF 20 January 1999 (17) Youth system
28 Pablo Vitti ST 9 July 1985 (31) Ratchaburi
99 Billy Konstantinidis CF 21 April 1986 (30) Aris

Summer Transfers

Winter Transfers

Technical and medical staff

Technical staff
Head coach Ratko Dostanić
Assistant coach TBA
Goalkeeping coach Dimitris Kottaridis
Fitness coach TBA
Goran Guzijan
Team Manager Aris Veniopoulos
Interpreter King Ferreira
Caregiver Thanasis Voulgaris
Kosmas Rozintsis
Scouting staff
Scout N/A
Medical staff
Physio TBA
Masseur Fotis Konstantakos
Dimitris Lamprinidis
Charis Pantelidis
Pathologist Georgios Avramopoulos
Orthopedist Nikolaos Dimou
Urologist Georgios Minas
Surgeon Prodromos Isaakidis
Dentist Despοina Karvouna
Νutritionist Athanasios Topis

Veria Academy

Academy staff
Technical Director Nikos Karabiberis
General Manager Georgia Tsiamoura
U20 coach Apostolis Terzis
Assistant coach Germanos Safarikas
Goalkeeping coach Dimitris Kottaridis
U17 coach Dimitris Christoforidis
U15 coach Giannis Kapsaliaris

Season Milestones

  • Veria will compete in the 2016–17 Super League Greece for 6th consecutive season. This is the first time ever to happen in her history.
  • On May 8, 2016, Karipidis stated in an interview for "Real News" that he's very close to seal a deal with a Chinese company on selling Veria's shares.[1]
  • Konstantinos Papadopoulos is the new major shareholder of Veria.
  • Zisis Vryzas quit his post on 3 July 2016.
  • Following Vryzas' departure, Eleftheropoulos quit his manager position along with Venetidis on 6 July 2016.
  • Alekos Vosniadis was appointed as the new club manager on 8 July 2016.
  • On 8 September 2016, Committee of Professional Sports didn't allow the transfer of the club's shares from Theodoros Karipidis to Konstantinos Papadopoulos, as a result Veria wasn't grant a permission of participation to the 2016–17 Super League Greece championship and they are facing a relegation penalty to Football League or even a ban from all the professional football championships.[2]
  • On 22 September 2016, Committee of Professional Sports granted to Veria, the permission of participating to 2016–17 Super League Greece as well as they approved the transfer shares of 93,53% from Theodoros Karipidis to Konstantinos Papadopoulos. Veria was fined €15,000 for their incomplete file on their first attempt.[3]
  • On 23 September 2016, Alekos Vosniadis left the club.
  • On 24 September 2016, Thomas Grafas was appointed as the new club manager.

Fixtures & Results

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Super League Greece Regular season TBP TBP 10 September 2016 April 2017
Greek Cup Second Round TBP TBP October 2016 TBA

Last updated: 17 April 2016
Source: Competitions

Pre-season Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

16 July 2016 Exhibition game Veria 1 – 1 Xanthi Veria
18:30 (UTG+3) Melikiotis  29' Report Ranos  58' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: D. Karantonis
19 July 2016 Exhibition game Veria 1 – 0 Kerkyra Naoussa
18:30 (UTG+3) Alba  92' (pen) Report Stadium: Koutsoufliani Training Center
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
31 July 2016 Exhibition game Veria 0 – 1 Apollon Smyrni Veria
19:00 (UTG+3) Report Diamantopoulos  43' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: N/A
2 August 2016 Exhibition game Olympiacos Volou 1 – 1 Veria Volos
19:00 (UTG+3) Da Costa  25' (pen) Report T. Papadopoulos  2' Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
6 August 2016 Exhibition game Xanthi 0 – 0 Veria Xanthi
19:00 (UTG+3) Report Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
9 August 2016 Exhibition game PAOK 3 – 0 Veria Thessaloniki
20:00 (UTG+3) Pereyra  29'  35'
Biseswar  62'
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
13 August 2016 Exhibition game Kerkyra 1 – 1 Veria Corfu
18:30 (UTG+3) Kontos  4' Report Sissoko  11' Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
21 August 2016 Exhibition game Pas Giannina 0 – 0 Veria Ioannina
18:30 (UTG+3) Report Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: C. Mitsios
27 August 2016 Exhibition game Niki Volou 2 – 3 Veria Volos
18:00 (UTG+3) Koretas  38'
Metsi  93'
Report Miljević  27'
Vitti  70'
Arce  88'
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
1 September 2016 Exhibition game Veria 2 – 2 PAOK Veria
20:00 (UTG+3) Kapetanos  52'
Papadopoulos  56'
Report Campos  27'
Athanasiadis  32'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: D. Karantonis
3 September 2016 Exhibition game Kerkyra 2 – 1 Veria Corfu
18:15 (UTG+3) Thuram  68' (pen)
Adilehou  78'
Vitti  pen' (25) Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: K. Tompros
5 September 2016 Exhibition game Aiginiakos 4 – 0 Veria Aiginio
17:30 (UTG+3) Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Aiginio

Mid-season Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Fixtures

Postponed 1 Larisa v Veria Larissa
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Referee: TBA
Postponed 2 Veria v Iraklis Veria
TBA (UTG+3) Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: TBA
11 September 2016 3 Olympiacos 6 – 1 Veria Piraeus
20:30 (UTG+3) Ideye  25'  61'  89'
Sebá  27'
Elyounoussi  41'
Milivojević  49'
Report Marangos  10'
Kapetanos  74'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,213
Referee: I. Delfakis
Man of the Match: Brown Ideye
17 September 2016 4 Veria 0 – 2 AEK Veria
20:30 (UTG+3) Navalovski  45' Report Bakasetas  18'
Vargas  76'  87'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Ch. Kalogeropoulos
Man of the Match: Anastasios Bakasetas
24 September 2016 5 Panionios 1 – 2 Veria Athens
18:15 (UTG+3) Siopis  45'
N'Gog  74',  81'
Report Vitti  17',  28'  45'
Arce  26'
Melikiotis  42'
Navalovski  80'
López  90+1'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 1,508
Referee: G Foukakis
Man of the Match: Pablo Vitti
2 October 2016 6 Veria 0 – 0 PAOK Veria
16:00 (UTG+3) Arce  52' Report Athanasiadis  45+4'
Cimirot  79'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: TBA
Referee: A. Evangelou
Man of the Match: Stelios Marangos
16 October 2016 7 Atromitos v Veria Athens
18:15 (UTG+3) Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
24 October 2016 8 Veria v Panathinaikos Veria
19:30 (UTG+3) Stadium: Veria Stadium
30 October 2016 9 Veria v Platanias Veria
19:30 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
6 November 2016 10 Kerkyra v Veria Corfu
17:15 (UTG+2) Stadium: Kerkyra Municipal Stadium
19 November 2016 11 Veria v Levadiakos Veria
17:15 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
26 November 2016 12 PAS Giannina v Veria Ioannina
15:00 (UTG+2) Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
3 December 2016 13 Veria v Panetolikos Veria
15:00 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
17 December 2016 15 Veria v Xanthi Veria
15:00 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium

Last updated: 3 October 2016
Source: Superleague Greece

Tickets

Updated to games played on August 2016, as published on superleaguegreece.net.[4] Games are counted without games played behind closed gates.
Fixture Team Tickets Average
2 Iraklis TBA
4 AEK 3,111
6 PAOK TBA
8 Panathinaikos TBA
9 Platanias TBA
11 Levadiakos TBA
13 Panetolikos TBA
15 Xanthi TBA
Overall 15 TBA TBA

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Asteras Tripolis 30 6 10 14 34 49 15 28[lower-alpha 1]
13 Larissa 30 6 10 14 23 42 19 28[lower-alpha 1]
14 Levadiakos 30 6 8 16 27 49 22 26
15 Iraklis[lower-alpha 2] (R) 30 6 11 13 28 39 11 29 Relegation to the Football League
16 Veria (R) 30 5 7 18 23 56 33 22
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
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); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Asteras Tripolis ahead of Larissa on head-to-head record; Asteras Tripolis–Larissa 1–1, Larissa–Asteras Tripolis 1–4.
  2. Iraklis relegated due financial problems.[5]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 5 7 18 23 56  −33 22 4 5 6 17 18  −1 1 2 12 6 38  −32

Last updated: 2 October 2016.
Source: Superleague Greece

Results by matchday

Matchday123456
GroundAHAHAH
ResultPPLLWD
Position12131211
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2016. Source: Superleague Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Greek Cup

Second round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Asteras Tripoli 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
2 Aris 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5
3 Aiginiakos 3 1 0 2 2 7 5 3
4 Veria 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 1
Source:

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

25 October 2016 1 Asteras Tripolis 1 – 0 Veria Tripoli
TBA (UTG+3) Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
29 November 2016 2 Veria 0 – 1 Aiginiakos Veria
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
13 December 2016 3 Aris 0 – 0 Veria Thessaloniki
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

Last updated: 3 October 2016
Source: HFF

Players Statistics

Overall

Updated as of 18 September 2016.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Play-Offs Total Discipline
Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start
Goalkeepers
1GK Georgios Kantimiris 3100000000000000
30GK Theodoros Venetikidis 1500000000000000
96GK Jonathan López 3520000000020200
Defenders
2DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos 2410000000010100
3DF Mark Nyaaba Asigba 2600000000000000
4DF Christos Melissis 3310000000010100
5DF Stelios Marangos(c) 2620000000020210
6DF Mohamadou Sissoko 2800000000000000
16DF Sofoklis Radis 1800000000000000
18DF Iván Malón 2920000000020200
21DF Cyril Kali 3100000000000000
88DF Giorgi Navalovski 301 (1)0000000020110
Midfielders
7MF Toni Calvo 291 (1)0000000020100
8MF Antonio Tomás 3100000000000000
10MF Pedro Arce 251 (1)0000000020100
11MF Kristijan Miljević 240 (1)0000000010000
14MF Sisinio 3020000000020200
17MF Jeffrey Sarpong 2820000000020200
19MF Yiannis Papadopoulos 2720000000020200
21MF Panagiotis Linardos 2500000000000000
24MF Alexandros Doris 2500000000000000
25MF Sotiris Balafas 3010000000010100
26MF Terry Antonis 2300000000000000
71MF Manolis Papasterianos 2910000000010100
Forwards
9FW Pantelis Kapetanos 3321000000021200
20FW Dimitris Melikiotis 2000000000000000
23FW Ioakeim Zyngeridis 1700000000000000
28FW Pablo Vitti 310 (2)0000000020000
99FW Billy Konstantinidis 3000000000000000

Source: Superleague Greece

Goals

R Player Position Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
1 Pablo Vitti FW 2 0 2
2 Pantelis Kapetanos FW 1 0 1

Last updated: 28 September 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
0 shown as blank

Assists

R Player Position Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
1 Giorgi Navalovski DF 2 0 2
2 Pedro Arce MF 1 0 1

Last updated: 28 September 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
0 shown as blank

Best goal and MVP awards and nominees

Day Opponent H / A Name for Status
3 Olympiacos A Pantelis Kapetanos Best goal Nominated
5 Paninios A Pablo Vitti MVP & Best goal Nominated

Source: Best of Superleague 2016–2017

References

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