2015–16 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season explained

Club:	Aris Thessaloniki
Manager:	Nikos Anastopoulos
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Theodoros A. Karipidis
Stadium:	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
League:	Gamma Ethniki
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Gamma Ethniki Cup
Cup1 Result:	Not Held
Cup2:	EPSM Cup
Cup2 Result:	Phase E
League Topscorer:	Antonis Kapnidis (21)
Season Topscorer:	Antonis Kapnidis (21)
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Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17

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	May 31, 2016	Veria
Giannis Siderakis		GK	May 31, 2016	AEL Kalloni
Petros Baimakis		GK	May 31, 2016	Aiginiakos
Defenders
Dimitris Samaras		CB	May 31, 2016	Tyrnavos 2005
Kyriakos Mazoulouxis		CB / RB	May 31, 2016	Club's Academy
Nikolaos Georgiadis	/	RB / DM	May 31, 2016	Levadiakos
Christos Intzidis		CB / LB	May 31, 2016	Panachaiki
Raúl Bravo		CB / LB	May 31, 2016	Veria
Paschalis Melissas		CB / LB	May 31, 2016	AEL
Nikos Tsoumanis		LB	May 31, 2016	PAE Kerkyra
Konstantinos Samaropoulos		CB	May 31, 2016	Apollon Pontou
Midfielders
Andreas Tatos		AM / CM	May 31, 2016	Veria
Alexandros Kalogeris		DM / CM	May 31, 2016	Panetolikos
Charalampos Pavlidis		AM / CM	May 31, 2016	Veria
Vasilios Rovas		DM / CB	May 31, 2016	AEK Athens
Konstantinos Kaznaferis		DM	May 31, 2016	Ergotelis
Forwards
Sergio Koke		ST / SS	May 31, 2016	Veria
Mauro Poy	/	RW / LW	May 31, 2016	Panetolikos
Markos Dounis		RW / LW	May 31, 2016	AEK Athens
Leonidas Kyvelidis		ST	May 31, 2016	Panachaiki
Antonis Kapnidis		ST	May 31, 2016	Kavala
Gaël N'Lundulu	/	LW / SS / RW	May 31, 2016	Lokomotiv Sofia
Stefanos Dogos		LW / RW	May 31, 2016	Veria
Vasilis Konstantinidis	/	ST / RW	May 31, 2016	Doxa Drama
Paschalis Voutsias		RW	May 31, 2016	Free Agent
Dimitrios Andreakos		LW	May 31, 2016	Club's Academy
Ilias Boulgouridis		ST	May 31, 2016	Club's Academy

Competitions

Overall

• 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
Gamma Ethniki
Gamma Ethniki Cup^1
EPSM Cup^2
Total ^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 See main article: 2015–16 Gamma Ethniki. Matches Gamma Ethniki Cup See main article: Gamma Ethniki Cup. The 2015-16 season the Gamma Ethniki Cup did not hold EPSM Cup See main article: Macedonia Football Clubs Association. 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] Squad statistics Appearances Position Nat. Player Gamma Ethniki EPSM Cup Total 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 height=50 Ranking height=50 Position height=50 Nat. width=150 Player height=50 Gamma Ethniki height=50 EPSM Cup height=50 Total 1 FW 21 0 21 2 FW 12 0 12 3 MF 10 0 10 4 FW 9 0 9 5 FW / 4 0 4 FW / 4 0 4 7 FW 3 0 3 DF 3 0 3 9 FW / 2 0 2 10 MF 1 0 1 DF 1 0 1 MF 1 0 1 MF 1 0 1 FW Spyros Karvounis^1 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 width=10 Nat. width=150 Player height=50 Gamma Ethniki height=50 EPSM Cup width=100 Total 11 0 11 6 0 6 Total 17 0 17 External links Aris Thessaloniki F.C. official website

Notes and References

1. http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/article/802844/episima-ston-ari-o-anastopoylos Επίσημα στον Αρη ο Αναστόπουλος
2. https://sportsup.gr/2015/11/05/kipello-eps-makedonias-choris-agona-o-aris-i-antipali-ton-omadon-tis-g-ethnikis/ Χωρίς αγώνα ο Άρης, οι αντίπαλοι των ομάδων της Γ Εθνικής
3. https://sportsup.gr/2015/11/23/g-ethniki-i-antipali-ton-ari-ke-ton-allon-omadon-tis-eps-makedonias-sto-kipello/ Οι αντίπαλοι των Άρη και των άλλων ομάδων της ΕΠΣ Μακεδονίας στο Κύπελλο