2010–11 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season explained

Club:	Aris Thessaloniki
Manager:	Héctor Cúper Giannis Michalitsos Sakis Tsiolis
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
League:	Super League
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth Round
Cup2:	UEFA Europa League
Cup2 Result:	Round of 32
League Topscorer:	Darcy Dolce Neto (8)
Season Topscorer:	Darcy Dolce Neto (8)
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Prevseason:	2009–10
Nextseason:	2011–12

Aris Thessaloniki finished in the 6th position of Super League and did not enter in to Play-offs. Trikala eliminated Aris in fourth round of Greek Cup on penalties.

The club started its european campaign from the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League after finishing fourth in previous season's playoffs. The team advanced to Round of 32 where was eliminated by Manchester City

Events

• 18 January: Héctor Cúper resigned^[1]
• 19 January: Giannis Michalitsos hired as caretaker manager^[2]
• 7 March: Giannis Michalitsos sacked^[3]
• 9 March: Sakis Tsiolis agreed.^[4]

First-team squad

	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Markos Vellidis		GK	May 31, 2011	Diagoras Rodou
13	Michalis Sifakis (captain)		GK	May 31, 2011	OFI Crete
25	Juanma Barrero		GK	May 31, 2011	AD Alcorcón
Defenders
2	Darcy Dolce Neto		RB / RW	May 31, 2011	Santos
3	Oriol Lozano		CB	May 31, 2011
4	Efthymis Kouloucheris		CB / DM	May 31, 2011
5	Ronaldo Guiaro (vice-captain)	/	CB	May 31, 2011	Santos
16	Michel Pereira	/	LB / DM	May 31, 2011	Vila Nova
21	Grigoris Papazaharias		LB / RB / DM	May 31, 2011	Iraklis
24	Nikos Lazaridis		CB	May 31, 2011	Asteras Tripolis
27			CB / DM	May 31, 2011	Club's Academy
29			LB	May 31, 2011	Club's Academy
32			CB / RB / LB	May 31, 2011	Club's Academy
33			RB / RM	May 31, 2011	Ergotelis
47	Mavroudis Bougaidis		CB / LB / DM	May 31, 2011	Club's Academy
Midfielders
8	Juan Carlos Toja		AM / CM	May 31, 2011	Steaua București
12	Giorgos Katidis		AM / CM	May 31, 2011	Club's Academy
14	Ricardo Faty	/	DM / CM	May 31, 2011	Roma
17	Konstantinos Kaznaferis		DM / RB / LB	May 31, 2011	PAS Giannina
18	Cristian Portilla		CM / DM	May 31, 2011	Sporting Gijón
19	Kostas Mendrinos		CM / DM	May 31, 2011	PAS Giannina
26	Danilo Pereira	/	DM / CB	May 31, 2011	Parma
55	Sakis Prittas		CM / DM	May 31, 2011	Iraklis
Forwards
7	Toni Calvo		RW / LW	May 31, 2011	Barcelona B
9	Danijel Cesarec		ST	May 31, 2011	Asteras Tripoli
22	Raúl Bobadilla		ST / RW / LW	May 31, 2011	Borussia Mönchengladbach
23	Christos Aravidis		ST / RW / LW	May 31, 2011	Panionios
77	Nery Castillo	/	RW / LW / ST	May 31, 2011	Shakhtar Donetsk
88	Daisuke Sakata		SS / RW / LW	May 31, 2011	Yokohama F. Marinos
99	Nikos Angeloudis		ST	May 31, 2011	Iraklis

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
June 2010	DF	33	Deividas Česnauskis	Ergotelis	Free	^[5]
June 2010	DF	24	Nikos Lazaridis	Asteras Tripoli	Free	^[6]
June 2010	DF	19	Kostas Mendrinos	PAS Giannina	Free	^[7]
June 2010	GK	1	Markos Vellidis	Diagoras Rodou	Free	^[8]
June 2010	DF	3	Oriol Lozano	Racing de Santander	Free	^[9]
June 2010	DF	16	/ Michel Pereira	Vila Nova	Free	^[10]
June 2010	FW	9	Danijel Cesarec	Asteras Tripoli	Free	^[11]
July 2010	GK	25	Juanma Barrero	AD Alcorcón	Free	^[12]
July 2010	DF	17	Konstantinos Kaznaferis	PAS Giannina	Free	^[13]
July 2010	FW	11	Carlos Ruiz	Puebla	Free	^[14]
July 2010	DF	21	Grigoris Papazaharias	Iraklis	Free	^[15]
July 2010	FW	99	Nikos Angeloudis	Iraklis	Free
July 2010	MF	8	Juan Carlos Toja	Steaua București	500.000 €	^[16]
August 2010	MF	14	/ Ricardo Faty	Roma	Free	^[17]
September 2010	FW	15	Álvaro Portilla	Atlético Madrid B	Free	^[18]
September 2010	FW	28	Fabiano de Lima	Rapid Wien	Free	^[19]
January 2011	MF	18	Cristian Portilla	Sporting de Gijón	Free	^[20]
January 2011	FW	88	Daisuke Sakata	Yokohama F. Marinos	Free	^[21]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
June 2010	FW	33	Stavros Labriakos	Retired		^[22]
June 2010	DF	3	/ Carlos Arano	River Plate	145.000 €	^[23]
June 2010	FW	18	Javier Cámpora	Free agent	Released	^[24]
July 2010	GK	86	/ Renato Piovezan	Free agent	Released
July 2010	MF	30	Roberto Battión	Independiente	Released
July 2010	MF	17	/ Camel Meriem	Arles	Released
July 2010	GK	40	Stivi Frashëri	Bylis	Released
July 2010	FW	99	/ Ian Daly	Cádiz	Released
August 2010	MF	12	Vasilios Rovas	Free agent	Released	^[25]
January 2011	GK	-	Michal Peškovič	Ruch Chorzów	Released
January 2011	FW	20	Javito Peral	Olympiacos	Released	^[26]
January 2011	FW	15	Álvaro Portilla	Rayo Majadahonda	Released
January 2011	MF	6	/ Mehdi Nafti	Free agent	Released	^[27]
February 2011	FW	11	Carlos Ruiz	Philadelphia Union	Released	^[28]
March 2011	FW	28	Fabiano de Lima	FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	Released
April 2011	FW	10	Sergio Koke	Houston Dynamo	Released	^[29]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
January 2011	End of season	FW	77	/ Nery Castillo	Shakhtar Donetsk	None	^[30]
January 2011	End of season	MF	26	/ Danilo Pereira	Parma	None	^[31]
January 2011	End of season	FW	22	Raúl Bobadilla	Borussia Mönchengladbach	None	^[32]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
January 2010	December 2010	MF	11	/ Freddy Adu	Benfica	None
July 2010	End of season	DF	22	Thomas Grekos	Makedonikos	None
July 2010	December 2010	MF	8	Nacho García	Anorthosis Famagusta	None
January 2011	End of season	MF	8	Nacho García	Club Bolívar	None	^[33]
January 2011	End of season	FW	7	Toni Calvo	Parma	None

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Super League
Greek Cup
Europa League
Total Managers' overview Héctor Cúper Competition Record Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total Giannis Michalitsos Competition Record Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total Sakis Tsiolis Competition Record Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total Super League See main article: 2010–11 Super League Greece. Regular season Matches Greek Football Cup See main article: 2010–11 Greek Football Cup. Fourth Round UEFA Europa League See main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Group stage Matches Knockout phase Round of 32 Squad statistics Appearances Position Nat. Player Super League Greek Cup UEL Total Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts 1 GK Markos Vellidis 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 DF Darcy Dolce Neto 25 25 1 0 6 6 32 31 3 DF Oriol Lozano 8 8 0 0 2 2 10 10 4 DF Efthymis Kouloucheris 7 7 0 0 2 1 9 8 5 DF / Ronaldo Guiaro 16 16 1 1 10 10 27 27 8 MF Juan Carlos Toja 24 20 1 0 11 10 36 30 9 FW Danijel Cesarec 23 15 0 0 8 5 31 20 12 MF Giorgos Katidis 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 GK Michalis Sifakis 22 22 1 1 12 12 35 35 14 MF / Ricardo Faty 21 15 0 0 8 7 29 22 16 DF / Michel Pereira 25 25 1 1 12 12 38 38 17 MF Konstantinos Kaznaferis 11 4 0 0 6 0 17 4 18 MF Cristian Portilla 10 6 0 0 0 0 10 6 19 MF Kostas Mendrinos 20 11 0 0 6 3 26 14 21 DF Grigoris Papazaharias 3 2 0 0 3 2 3 2 22 FW Raúl Bobadilla 7 7 0 0 2 2 9 9 23 FW Christos Aravidis 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 24 DF Nikos Lazaridis 28 28 1 1 11 11 40 40 25 GK Juanma Barrero 5 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 26 MF / Danilo Pereira 5 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 27 DF Charalampos Oikonomopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 DF Giannis Agtzidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 DF Kristi Vangjeli 22 22 1 1 8 8 31 31 33 DF 9 2 0 0 6 1 15 3 47 MF Mavroudis Bougaidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 MF Sakis Prittas 15 13 1 1 11 5 27 19 77 FW / Nery Castillo 10 5 0 0 1 0 11 5 88 FW Daisuke Sakata 6 3 0 0 2 2 8 5 Players who left the club during this season FW Javito Peral 19 16 1 1 10 10 30 27 FW Álvaro Portilla 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 MF / Mehdi Nafti 10 9 1 1 4 4 15 14 FW Carlos Ruiz 16 11 1 1 8 5 25 17 FW Fabiano de Lima 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 FW Sergio Koke 20 17 1 1 11 10 32 28 Total 30 1 14 43 Goals height=50 Ranking height=50 Position height=50 Nat. width=150 Player height=50 Super League height=50 Greek Cup height=50 UEL height=50 Total 1 DF 8 0 0 8 2 DF 4 0 1 5 FW 2 0 3 5 4 FW 2 0 2 4 FW 1 0 3 4 6 FW 2 0 1 3 7 FW 2 0 0 2 DF / 2 0 0 2 FW / 2 0 0 2 MF / 1 0 1 2 FW 0 0 2 2 12 DF 1 0 0 1 FW 1 0 0 1 MF 1 0 0 1 DF / 0 1 0 1 Own Goals 0 0 0 0 Total 29 1 13 43 Clean sheets If a goalkeeper was substituted and he did not conceded a goal while he was in the game but the team conceded a goal after him, the goalkeeper would not claim the clean sheet. height=50 width=10 Nat. width=150 Player height=50 Super League 1 height=50 Greek Cup height=50 UEL width=100 Total 13 8 0 5 13 1 1 0 0 1 23 1 0 0 1 Total 10 0 5 15 Kit External links Aris Thessaloniki F.C. official website Aris Thessaloniki FC on Superleaguegreece.net

Notes and References

1. Web site: Παραιτήθηκε ο Κούπερ! . gazzetta.gr . 18 January 2011.
2. Web site: Μιχαλίτσος μέχρι να βρουν τον διάδοχο . gazzetta.gr . 19 January 2011.
3. Web site: Τέλος ο Μιχαλήτσος! . gazzetta.gr . 7 March 2011.
4. Web site: Στον Άρη ο Τσιώλης! . gazzetta.gr . 9 March 2011.
5. Web site: Και με τη βούλα Τσεσνάουσκις . gazzetta.gr . 7 June 2010.
6. Web site: Ο Αρης ανακοίνωσε Λαζαρίδη . gazzetta.gr . 11 June 2010.
7. Web site: "Αρειανοί" Μενδρινος και Βελλίδης . gazzetta.gr . 15 June 2010.
8. Web site: "Αρειανοί" Μενδρινος και Βελλίδης . gazzetta.gr . 15 June 2010.
9. Web site: Υπέγραψε και ο Οριόλ . gazzetta.gr . 19 June 2010.
10. Web site: Ανακοίνωσε Περέιρα ο Άρης . gazzetta.gr . 23 June 2010.
11. Web site: Τσέζαρεκ για τρία χρόνια στον Άρη . gazzetta.gr . 24 June 2010.
12. Web site: Στον Άρη ο Χουάνμα! . gazzetta.gr . 10 July 2010.
13. Web site: Πήρε Καζναφέρη ο Άρης . gazzetta.gr . 10 July 2010.
14. Web site: Δυναμώνει επιθετικά με Γκουτιέρες . gazzetta.gr . 12 July 2010.
15. Web site: Ανακοίνωσε Παπαζαχαρία ο Άρης . gazzetta.gr . 15 July 2010.
16. Web site: Τόχα και επίσημα! . gazzetta.gr . 21 July 2010.
17. Web site: Υπέγραψε ο Φατί . gazzetta.gr . 27 August 2010.
18. Web site: "Κίτρινος" ο Πορτίγια . gazzetta.gr . 6 September 2010.
19. Web site: Ανακοινώνει Λίμα ο Άρης . gazzetta.gr . 10 September 2010.
20. Web site: Ανακοίνωσε Πορτίγια ο Άρης . gazzetta.gr . 5 January 2011.
21. Web site: Aρειανός και ο Σακάτα! . gazzetta.gr . 20 January 2011.
22. Web site: Τέλος εποχής για Λαμπριάκο . gazzetta.gr . 14 June 2010.
23. Web site: Τίτλου τέλους για Αράνο . gazzetta.gr . 15 June 2010.
24. Web site: "Βόμβα" Κάμπορα στον Αρη! . gazzetta.gr . 22 June 2010.
25. Web site: Αποχωρεί ο Ρόβας . gazzetta.gr . 10 August 2010.
26. Web site: Στα ερυθρόλευκα ο Χαβίτο . sport24.gr . 8 January 2011.
27. Web site: Βγήκε το "διαζύγιο" Άρη - Ναφτί . gazzetta.gr . 27 January 2011.
28. Web site: Union Sign Forward Carlos Ruiz . philadelphiaunion.com . 22 February 2011.
29. Web site: Houston, We Have a Koke...and a Watson . dynamotheory.com . 15 April 2011.
30. News: Και επίσημα στα κίτρινα ο Νέρι . gazzetta.gr . 19 January 2011.
31. News: Ανακοίνωσε και Περέϊρα . gazzetta.gr . 20 January 2011.
32. News: "Μπόμπα" και επισήμως! . gazzetta.gr . 24 January 2011.
33. News: Στην Μπολιβάρ ο Γκαρσία . gazzetta.gr . 20 January 2011.