2011–12 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season explained

Club:	Aris Thessaloniki
Manager:	Sakis Tsiolis Michał Probierz Giannis Michalitsos Manuel Machado
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Thanasis Athanasiadis
Stadium:	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
League:	Super League
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fifth Round
League Topscorer:	Nery Castillo (6)
Season Topscorer:	Nery Castillo (7)
Highest Attendance:	12.320 (vs PAOK)
Lowest Attendance:	6.584 (vs Levadiakos)
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Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

Aris Thessaloniki finished in the 9th place of Super League and did not qualifie the Play-offs. In Greek Cup Aris Thessaloniki eliminated in fifth round by Atromitos.

The club changed its manager three times. The season started with Sakis Tsiolis but he left the club on October.^[1] Michał Probierz was the next manager^[2] until January 2012^[3] when Giannis Michalitsos hired as caretaker. Aris Thessaloniki finished the season with Manuel Machado as manager.^[4]

First-team squad

	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Markos Vellidis		GK	May 31, 2012	Diagoras Rodou
13	Michalis Sifakis (captain)		GK	May 31, 2012	OFI Crete
25	Sokratis Dioudis		GK	May 31, 2012	Club's Academy
84	Eldin Jakupović	/	GK	May 31, 2012	Olympiacos Volos
Defenders
2	Darcy Dolce Neto		RB / RW	May 31, 2012	Santos
4	Grigoris Papazaharias		LB / RB / DM	May 31, 2012	Iraklis
6	Michel Pereira	/	LB / DM	May 31, 2012	Vila Nova
15	Michalis Giannitsis		CB / RB	May 31, 2012	Club's Academy
16	Francis Dickoh	/	CB	May 31, 2012	Hibernian
19	Khalifa Sankaré		CB	May 31, 2012	Olympiacos Volos
24	Nikos Lazaridis (vice-captain)		CB	May 31, 2012	Asteras Tripolis
30			CB / RB / DM	May 31, 2012	Paniliakos
35			LB / LW	May 31, 2012	Anagennisi Epanomi
Midfielders
5	Manolis Papasterianos		CM / DM	May 31, 2012	Iraklis
8	Juan Carlos Toja		AM / CM	May 31, 2012	Steaua București
12	Giorgos Katidis		AM / CM	May 31, 2012	Club's Academy
14	Ricardo Faty	/	DM / CM	May 31, 2012	Roma
17	Konstantinos Kaznaferis		DM / RB / LB	May 31, 2012	PAS Giannina
21	Kostas Kapetanos		LM / CM / AM	May 31, 2012	Olympiacos Volos
28	Vassilis Triantafyllakos		CM / DM / AM	May 31, 2012	Odysseas Anagennisi
33	Javier Umbides		CM / DM / AM	May 31, 2012	Olympiacos Volos
55	Sakis Prittas		CM / DM	May 31, 2012	Iraklis
88	Nacho García		CM / DM	May 31, 2012	Oriente Petrolero
Forwards
7	Karim Soltani	/	RW / LW / ST	May 31, 2012	Iraklis
10	Nery Castillo	/	RW / LW / ST	May 31, 2012	Shakhtar Donetsk
20	Giannis Gianniotas		RW / LW / SS	May 31, 2012	Club's Academy
22	Thanasis Kanoulas		ST	May 31, 2012	Anagennisi Epanomi
77	Noé Acosta		LW / AM	May 31, 2012	Olympiacos Volos

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
June 2011	FW	22	Thanasis Kanoulas	Anagennisi Epanomi	Free	^[5]
June 2011	FW	7	/ Karim Soltani	Iraklis	Free	^[6]
June 2011	FW	10	/ Nery Castillo	Shakhtar Donetsk	Free	^[7]
July 2011	DF	30	Dimitris Kotsonis	Paniliakos	Free	^[8]
July 2011	MF	21	Kostas Kapetanos	Olympiacos Volos	Free	^[9]
July 2011	MF	28	Vasilis Triantafyllakos	Odysseas Anagennisi	Free	^[10]
July 2011	MF	5	Manolis Papasterianos	Iraklis	Free	^[11]
July 2011	DF	35	Stelios Tsoukanis	Anagennisi Epanomi	Free
August 2011	DF	16	/ Francis Dickoh	Hibernian	Free	^[12]
August 2011	FW	29	Victoraș Iacob	Iraklis	Free	^[13]
September 2011	MF	11	Jurica Vranješ	Werder Bremen	Free	^[14]
September 2011	DF	19	Khalifa Sankaré	Olympiacos Volos	Free	^[15]
September 2011	MF	33	Javier Umbides	Olympiacos Volos	Free
September 2011	GK	84	/ Eldin Jakupović	Olympiacos Volos	Free
September 2011	FW	77	Noé Acosta	Olympiacos Volos	Free

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
June 2010	DF	5	/ Ronaldo Guiaro	Retired
June 2011	DF	47	Mavroudis Bougaidis	AEK Athens	Released	^[16]
July 2011	GK	25	Juanma Barrero	Cartagena	Released	^[17]
July 2011	DF	3	Oriol Lozano	Free agent	Released	^[18]
July 2011	DF	33	Deividas Česnauskis	Free agent	Released	^[18]
July 2011	FW	7	Toni Calvo	Levski Sofia	Released	^[19]
July 2011	MF	19	Kostas Mendrinos	Free agent	Released	^[20]
July 2011	DF	22	Thomas Grekos	A.P.S. Zakynthos	Released
August 2011	FW	88	Daisuke Sakata	Free agent	Released	^[21]
August 2011	DF	32	Kristi Vangjeli		300.000 €	^[22]
August 2011	FW	23	Christos Aravidis	Free agent	Released	^[23]
December 2011	FW	29	Victoraș Iacob	Free agent	Released	^[24]
January 2012	MF	11	Jurica Vranješ	Free agent	Released	^[25]
January 2012	MF	18	Cristian Portilla	Free agent	Released	^[26]
January 2012	FW	9	Danijel Cesarec	Free agent	Released	^[27]
January 2012	DF	3	Giannis Agtzidis	Free agent	Released
January 2012	DF	44	Efthymis Kouloucheris	Free agent	Released
March 2012	FW	34	Thanasis Topouzis	Free agent	Released	^[28]

Loans Out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
November 2011	End of season	FW	99	Nikos Angeloudis	Doxa Drama	None	^[29]
January 2012	End of season	DF	27	Charalampos Oikonomopoulos	Vyzas Megara	None	^[30]

Competitions

Overview

Competition

See main article: 2011–12 Super League Greece.

Regular season

Matches

Greek Cup

See main article: 2011–12 Greek Football Cup.

Aris Thessaloniki entered in fourth round like all teams of Super League

Fifth Round

Squad statistics

Appearances

	Position	Nat.	Player	Super League		Greek Cup		Total
	Position	Nat.	Player	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Markos Vellidis	26	25	2	2	28	27
2	DF		Darcy Dolce Neto	26	21	2	2	28	23
4	DF		Grigoris Papazaharias	14	10	1	0	15	10
5	MG		Manolis Papasterianos	9	8	1	1	10	9
6	DF	/	Michel Pereira	27	26	2	2	29	28
7	FW	/	Karim Soltani	15	11	2	0	17	11
8	MF		Juan Carlos Toja	13	10	1	1	14	11
10	FW	/	Nery Castillo	20	18	1	1	21	19
12	MF		Giorgos Katidis	12	12	1	1	13	13
13	GK		Michalis Sifakis	4	4	0	0	4	4
14	MF	/	Ricardo Faty	26	24	1	1	27	25
15	DF		Michalis Giannitsis	0	0		0	0	0	0
16	DF	/	Francis Dickoh	15	15	2	2	17	17
17	MF		Konstantinos Kaznaferis	19	18	2	2	21	20
19	DF		Khalifa Sankaré	23	22	0	0	23	22
20	FW		Giannis Gianniotas	19	10	1	1	20	11
21	MF		Kostas Kapetanos	23	15	1	0	24	15
22	FW		Thanasis Kanoulas	5	1	0	0	5	1
24	DF		Nikos Lazaridis	24	22	2	1	26	23
25	GK		Sokratis Dioudis	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Vassilis Triantafyllakos	13	5		0	0	13	5
30	DF		Dimitris Kotsonis	1	1	0	0	1	1
33	MF		Javier Umbides	25	25	2	2	27	27
35	DF		Stelios Tsoukanis	6	4	0	0	6	4
55	MF		Sakis Prittas	10	6	1	0	11	6
77	FW		Noé Acosta	19	13	0	0	19	13
84	GK	/	Eldin Jakupović	1	1	0	0	1	1
88	MF		Nacho García	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during this season
	DF		Kristi Vangjeli	1	1	0	0	1	1
	FW		Nikos Angeloudis	1	0		0	0	1	0
	FW		Victoraș Iacob	8	4	0	0	8	4
	MF		Jurica Vranješ	2	1	0	0	2	1
	MF		Cristian Portilla	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Danijel Cesarec	8	7	1	1	9	8
	DF		Charalampos Oikonomopoulos	0	0	1	1	1	1
	FW		Thanasis Topouzis	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total				30		2		32

Goals

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1	FW	/		6	1	7
2	DF			3	0	3
	MF			3	0	3
	FW			3	0	3
	FW			3	0	3
6	FW			2	0	2
	MF	/		2	0	2
	DF			2	0	2
9	MF			1	0	1
	MF			1	0	1
	DF	/		1	0	1
	DF			1	0	1
	MF			1	0	1
	FW	/		0	1	1
	DF	/		0	1	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Total				29	3	32

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.

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1		10	0	10
13		1	0	1
Total		11	0	11

Kit

External links

Notes and References

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Web site: Και επίσημα τέλος ο Πρόμπιερζ . sport24.gr . 5 January 2012.
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Web site: Παίκτης του Αρη επισήμως ο Καρίμ Σολτάνι . tovima.gr . 21 June 2011.
Web site: Και με τη... βούλα Καστίγιο! . gazzetta.gr . 30 June 2011.
Web site: «Κίτρινος» ο Κοτσώνης . gazzetta.gr . 3 July 2011.
Web site: Aνακοίνωσε Καπετάνο και Κοτσώνη . gazzetta.gr . 5 July 2011.
Web site: Ανακοίνωσε Τριανταφυλλάκο . gazzetta.gr . 12 July 2011.
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Web site: Ο Ντίκο στον Άρη . gazzetta.gr . 18 August 2011.
Web site: «Αρειανός» και με υπογραφή! . gazzetta.gr . 30 August 2011.
Web site: Ανακοίνωσε Βράνιες . gazzetta.gr . 12 September 2011.
Web site: Ανακοίνωσε τους «4» ο Άρης! . gazzetta.gr . 28 September 2011.
Web site: Έκλεισε Μπουγαΐδη . gazzetta.gr . 29 May 2011.
Web site: Επαναπατρισμός για Χουάνμα . gazzetta.gr . 3 July 2011.
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Web site: «Έκλεισε» στη Λέφσκι ο Κάλβο . gazzetta.gr . 19 July 2011.
Web site: Παρελθόν ο Μενδρινός . gazzetta.gr . 27 July 2011.
Web site: Σακάτα ήταν και πάει... . gazzetta.gr . 9 August 2011.
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Web site: Τέλος ο Αραβίδης . gazzetta.gr . 31 August 2011.
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Web site: Τέλος ο Πορτίγια . sport24.gr . 19 January 2012.
Web site: Τέλος και επίσημα ο Τσέζαρεκ! . gazzetta.gr . 27 January 2012.
Web site: Τέλος ο Τοπούζης . novasports.gr . 28 March 2012.
Web site: Δανεικός στην Δόξα Δράμας ο Αγγελούδης . voria.gr . 5 November 2011.
Web site: Δανεικός στον Β. Μεγάρων ο Οικονομόπουλος . voria.gr . 27 January 2012.