2015–16 Iraklis F.C. season explained

Club:	Iraklis 1908
Season:	2015–16
Chairman:	Spiros Papathanasakis
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Stadium:	Kaftanzoglio Stadium
League:	Super League Greece
League Result:	9th
Cup1:	Greek Football Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third Round
League Topscorer:	Apostolos Vellios (9)
Season Topscorer:	Apostolos Vellios (9)
Highest Attendance:	18.043 vs PAOK (18 October 2015)
Lowest Attendance:	1.713 vs Skoda Xanthi (26 September 2015)
Average Attendance:	4.321
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Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17

The 2015–16 season is Iraklis first season in the Super League since 2011 and 52nd in total.

Players

The following list contains Iraklis' squad, as it was after the conclusion of the summer transfer window.

First team

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Huanderson		GK	July 1, 2015	Rio Ave	2012	91	0
30	Dušan Perniš		GK	July 1, 2015	Slovan Bratislava	2015	0	0
40	Serafeim Giannikoglou		GK	July 1, 2015	Fokikos	2015	2	0
–	Panagiotis Ladas		GK	July 1, 2015	Asteras Tripoli	2014	0	0
–	Spyros Papathanasiou		GK	July 1, 2015	Ethnikos Gazoros	2014	0	0
Defenders
2	Michalis Boukouvalas		RB	July 1, 2015	Kerkyra	2013	64	1
3	Giorgos Saramantas		LB	July 1, 2015	Paniliakos	2014	25	0
4	Aristotelis Karasalidis		CB	July 1, 2015	Niki Volos	2015	12	1
22	Sebastián Bartolini		CB	July 1, 2015	Asteras Tripoli	2014	25	1
23	Carlitos		LB/RB	July 1, 2015	AEL Limassol	2015	0	0
26	Asterios Mouchalis		RB	July 1, 2015	Youth system	2014	0	0
33	Nikos Ziabaris		CB	July 1, 2015	Fostiras	2014	30	1
Midfielders
5	Dimitris Stamou		DM/CB	July 1, 2015		2014	17	0
6	Paschalis Kassos		RW	July 1, 2015	Doxa Drama	2014	21	4
8	Lefteris Intzoglou		AM	July 1, 2015	Doxa Drama	2013	61	1
10	Diego Romano		CM	July 1, 2015	Ergotelis	2014	27	2
11	Nikos Pourtoulidis (Captain)		DM	July 1, 2015	Niki Volos	2013	68	12
14	Giannis Pasas		LM	July 1, 2015	Panetolikos	2014	26	2
15	Costin Lazăr		DM	July 1, 2015	Panetolikos	2015	0	0
19	Pavlos Kyriakidis		AM	July 1, 2015	Zakynthos	2014	26	2
20	Emmanuel Zambazis		CM	July 1, 2015	Vaughan Soccer Club	2014	0	0
21	Angelos Chanti		AM	July 1, 2015	Ergotelis	2015	0	0
54	Georgios Makris		DM	July 1, 2015	OFI Crete	2015	0	0
Forwards
7	Kosmas Tsilianidis		RW/LW	July 1, 2015	Youth system	2011	70	10
9	Emanuel Perrone		FW	July 1, 2015	Kalloni	2014	22	5
25	Giannis Loukinas		FW	July 1, 2015	Chania	2014	29	15
39	Apostolos Vellios		FW	July 1, 2015		2015	22	4
99	Kerem Bulut		FW	July 1, 2015	Western Sydney Wanderers	2015	0	0

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Player	From	Fee	Source
25 June 2015			10Free	^[1]
26 June 2015			10Free	^[2]
29 June 2015			10Free	^[3]
3 July 2015			10Free	^[4]
15 July 2015			10Free	^[5]
18 July 2015			10Free	^[6]
24 July 2015			10Free	^[7]

Out

Summer

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
18 June 2015			10Free	^[8]
1 July 2015			10Free	^[9] ^[10]
2 July 2015			10Free	^[11]
8 July 2015			10Free	^[12] ^[13]
10 July 2015			10Free	^[14]
13 July 2015			10Free	^[15]
3 August 2015			10Free	^[16]
12 August 2015			10Free	^[17]

Club

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Pre-season and friendlies

During pre-season Iraklis trained in Karpenisi and arranged friendly matches versus PAS Giannina, Panetolikos and Levadiakos.^[18] Iraklis agreed to play a friendly match with Italian Serie A club Fiorentina.^[19] The match was agreed to be held at Stadio Mariotti in Montecatini Terme on 15 August.

Super League Greece

See main article: 2015–16 Super League Greece.

League table

Matches

Greek Cup

See main article: 2015–16 Greek Football Cup.

Third round

Statistics

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=150	Name	width=90	Super League	width=80	Greek Cup	width=80	Total
1	39	FW		Apostolos Vellios	9	0	9
2	9	FW		Emanuel Perrone	1	3	4
3	10	MF		Diego Romano	2	0	2
4	4	DF		Aristotelis Karassalidis	0	1	1
=	14	MF		Giannis Pasas	0	1	1
=	19	MF		Pavlos Kyriakidis	1	0	1
=	21	MF		Angelos Chanti	0	1	1
=	22	DF		Sebastián Bartolini	1	0	1
=	25	FW		Giannis Loukinas	0	1	1
=	54	MF		Georgios Makris	1	0	1
=	99	MF		Kerem Bulut	1	0	1
				TOTAL	16	7	23

Top assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=150	Name	width=90	Super League	width=80	Greek Cup	width=80	Total
1	7	FW		Kosmas Tsilianidis	2	1	3
2	2	DF		Michalis Boukouvalas	1	1	2
=	14	MF		Giannis Pasas	2	0	2
4	8	MF		Lefteris Intzoglou	0	1	1
=	9	FW		Emanuel Perrone	1	0	1
=	11	MF		Nikos Pourtoulidis	0	1	1
=	15	MF		Costin Lazăr	1	0	1
=	19	MF		Pavlos Kyriakidis	1	0	1
=	21	MF		Angelos Chanti	0	1	1
=	33	DF		Nikos Ziabaris	0	1	1
=	39	FW		Apostolos Vellios	1	0	1
=	99	MF		Kerem Bulut	1	0	1
				TOTAL	10	6	16

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.

				Name	Super League			Greek Cup			Total
1	15	MF		Costin Lazăr	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	5	DF		Dimitris Stamou	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
=	7	FW		Kosmas Tsilianidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
=	8	MF		Lefteris Intzoglou	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
=	9	FW		Emanuel Perrone	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
=	10	MF		Diego Romano	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
=	22	DF		Sebastián Bartolini	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
				TOTAL	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ανακοίνωση απόκτησης Κοστίν Λαζάρ . Iraklis FC . 25 June 2015 . 25 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701234513/http://fciraklis.gr/anakinosi-apoktisis-kostin-lazar/ . 1 July 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Ανακοίνωση απόκτησης Χαντί . Iraklis FC . 26 June 2015 . 1 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627050536/http://fciraklis.gr/anakinosi-apoktisis-chanti/ . 27 June 2015 . dead .
3. Web site: Ανακοίνωση απόκτησης Kerem Bulut . Iraklis FC . 29 June 2015 . 1 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701234454/http://fciraklis.gr/anakinosi-apoktisis-kerem-bulut/ . 1 July 2015 . dead .
4. Web site: Ανακοίνωση απόκτησης Καρλίτος . Iraklis FC . 3 July 2015 . 14 July 2015 . Greek . https://web.archive.org/web/20150707223250/http://fciraklis.gr/anakinosi-apoktisis-karlitos/ . 7 July 2015 . dead .
5. Web site: Υπέγραψε ο Βέλλιος (Vellios signed) . Iraklis FC . 15 July 2015 . 15 July 2015 . Greek . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132156/http://fciraklis.gr/ipegrapse-o-vellios/ . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
6. Web site: Υπέγραψε ο Πέρνις (Perniš signed) . Iraklis FC . 18 July 2015 . 18 July 2015 . Greek . https://web.archive.org/web/20150720225202/http://fciraklis.gr/ipegrapse-o-pernis/ . 20 July 2015 . dead .
7. Web site: Υπέγραψε ο Μακρής (Makris signed) . Iraklis FC . 24 July 2015 . 24 July 2015 . Greek . https://web.archive.org/web/20150724205745/http://fciraklis.gr/ipegrapse-o-makris/ . 24 July 2015 . dead .
8. Web site: Λύση συμβολαίου για Τόσκα . Iraklis FC . 18 June 2015 . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619020152/http://fciraklis.gr/lisi-simvoleou-gia-toska/ . 19 June 2015 . dead .
9. Web site: Λύση συνεργασίας με Κώστα Ρουγκάλα . Iraklis FC . 1 July 2015 . 1 July 2015 . Greek . https://web.archive.org/web/20150702032602/http://fciraklis.gr/lisi-sinergasias-me-kosta-rougkala/ . 2 July 2015 . dead .
10. Web site: OHL vindt defensieve versterking in buitenland . OH Leuven . 2 July 2015 . 14 July 2015 . Dutch . https://web.archive.org/web/20150715094506/http://www.ohl.be/heren/nieuws/berichten/8418 . 15 July 2015 . dead .
11. Web site: Oριστικά παρελθόν ο Σιατραβάνης. Bluearena.gr . 2 July 2015 . 11 July 2015 . Greek.
12. Web site: Αποχώρησε ο Σμίλτος. Bluearena.gr . 8 July 2015 . 11 July 2015 . Greek.
13. Web site: Συνεχίζουν με το "δελφίνι" στο στήθος! . Kissamikos FC . 5 August 2015 . 10 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185734/http://www.kissamikos.gr/el/news/categories/agonistika/954-synexizoun-me-to-delfini-sto-stithos . 4 March 2016 .
14. Web site: Λύση συμβολαίου με Στεφανίδη. Bluearena.gr . 10 July 2015 . 11 July 2015 . Greek.
15. Web site: Για τρία χρόνια ο Ανέστης Καρακώστας. Veria FC. 13 July 2015. 14 July 2015. Greek. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714162653/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/758-gia-3-xronia-o-anestis-karakwstas. 14 July 2015. dead.
16. Web site: Λύθηκε το συμβόλαιο του Αγγελούδη. Iraklis FC. 3 August 2015. 6 August 2015. Greek. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185437/http://fciraklis.gr/lithike-to-simvoleo-tou-angeloudi/. 4 March 2016. dead.
17. Web site: Παίκτης του Απόλλωνα και ο Βαλεριάνος . Apollon Smyrni FC . 12 August 2015 . 23 August 2015 . Greek . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030238/http://www.fcapollon.gr/news/genika-nea/39/%402465.aspx?returnpage=%2Fnews%2Fgenika-nea%2F39.aspx%3Fpage%3D0 . 4 March 2016 .
18. Web site: Λεβαδειακός αντί Λαμία . Bluearena.gr . 16 July 2015 . 16 July 2015 . Greek.
19. Web site: Φιλικό με Φιορεντίνα ο Ηρακλής . Iraklis FC . 3 August 2015 . 6 August 2015 . Greek . https://web.archive.org/web/20150808073138/http://fciraklis.gr/filiko-me-fiorentina-o-iraklis/ . 8 August 2015 . dead .