2017–18 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season explained

Club:	Aris Thessaloniki
Manager:	Dimitrios Spanos
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Theodoros A. Karipidis
Stadium:	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
League:	Football League
League Result:	2nd (promoted)
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Group Stage
League Topscorer:	Dimitris Diamantopoulos (16)
Season Topscorer:	Dimitris Diamantopoulos (16)
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Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

The 2017–18 season Aris participated in Football League, finished in the second place and were promoted to Super League. The club also competed in the Greek Cup and were eliminated in Group Stage.

First-team squad

	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Alexandros Anagnostopoulos		GK	May 31, 2018	Panathinaikos
13	Giannis Mantzaris		GK	May 31, 2018	APE Langadas
22	Giorgos Kantimiris		GK	May 31, 2018	Veria
Defenders
2	Darcy Dolce Neto		RB / RW	May 31, 2018	Veria
3	Hugo Sousa		CB / RB	May 31, 2018	Free agent
4	Stelios Marangos		CB / DM	May 31, 2018	Platanias
5	Georgios Delizisis (captain)		CB	May 31, 2018	Apollon Smyrni
15	Giorgos Valerianos		LB / LM / RB	May 31, 2018	Apollon Smyrni
18	Nikos Tsoumanis		LB / LM	May 31, 2018	Veria
27	Manolis Tzanakakis		RB / RM / LB	May 31, 2018	Olympiacos
28			RB / RM	May 31, 2018	Free agent
66			LB / LM	May 31, 2018	Inter Turku
Midfielders
6	Houssein Moumin		DM / CM	May 31, 2018	Trikala
8	Lefteris Intzoglou		DM / CM	May 31, 2018	Iraklis
10	Dimitris Anakoglou		AM / CM	May 31, 2018	AEK Athens
14			AM / CM / LM	May 31, 2018	Veria
80			DM / CM	May 31, 2018	Club's Academy
83		/	DM / CM	May 31, 2018	Veria
Forwards
7	Markos Dounis		RW / LW / AM	May 31, 2018	AEK Athens
9	Michalis Bastakos		ST	May 31, 2018	Atromitos
11	Kenan Bargan (vice-captain)		LW / SS	May 31, 2018	Panionios
16			AM / LW / RW	May 31, 2018	Platanias
17	Vangelis Platellas		RW / LW / AM	May 31, 2018	Atromitos
19	Dimitris Diamantopoulos		ST / RW	May 31, 2018	Apollon Smyrni
20	Paschalis Kassos		RW / LW	May 31, 2018	Apollon Smyrni
21	Giannis Pasas		LW / RW / AM	May 31, 2018	Iraklis
33	Aristidis Lottas		LW / RW / AM	May 31, 2018	Sparti
99	Jone Pinto		ST	May 31, 2018	Free agent

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee
July 2017	DF	15	Giorgos Valerianos	Apollon Smyrni	Free
July 2017	FW	19	Dimitris Diamantopoulos	Apollon Smyrni	Free
July 2017	MF	6	Hussein Mumin	Trikala	Free
July 2017	MF	83	/ Branislav Nikic		Free
July 2017	MF	8	Lefteris Intzoglou	Iraklis	Free
July 2017	DF	4	Stelios Marangos	Platanias	Free
July 2017	GK	22	Giorgos Kantimiris	Veria	Free
July 2017	DF	5	Giorgos Delizisis	Apollon Smyrni	Free
July 2017	FW	33	Aristidis Lottas	Sparta	Free
July 2017	MF	55	Ljubomir Stevanović	Trikala	Free
July 2017	FW	21	Giannis Pasas	Iraklis	Free
July 2017	FW	20	Paschalis Kassos	Apollon Smyrni	Free
July 2017	FW	99	Jone Pinto	Free agent	Free
September 2017	FW	17	Vangelis Platellas	Atromitos	Free
January 2018	FW	89	/ Angelos Chanti	OFI	Free
January 2018	DF	66	Petros Kanakoudis	Inter Turku	Free
January 2018	FW	9	Michalis Bastakos	Atromitos	Free

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
July 2017	MF	77	/ Gaius Makouta	Sporting da Covilhã	Released
July 2017	MF	26	Pitu Garcia	Volos	Released
July 2017	FW	14	/ Rafik Djebbour	Free agent	Released
July 2017	MF	10	Andreas Tatos	Elazığspor	85.000 €	^[1]
July 2017	FW	19	Brana Ilić		Released
August 2017	GK	13	Sokratis Dioudis		150.000 €	^[2]
August 2017	MF	4	Vasilios Rovas		Released
August 2017	DF	39	Christos Intzidis	Panegialios	Released
September 2017	FW	17	Stefanos Dogos	Aiginiakos	Released
January 2018	MF	55	Ljubomir Stevanović	Doxa Drama	Released
January 2018	FW	9	Antonis Kapnidis	Doxa Drama	Released	^[3]

Transfer summary

Spending

Summer: 0 €

Winter: 0 €

Total: 0 €

Income

Summer: 235.000 €

Winter: 0 €

Total: 235.000 €

Net Expenditure

Summer: 235.000 €

Winter: 0 €

Total: 235.000 €

Competitions

Overview

Competition

Record

Football League

Greek Cup

Total

Football League

See main article: 2017–18 Football League (Greece).

Matches

Greek Cup

See main article: 2017–18 Greek Football Cup.

Aris Thessaloniki entered the competition in the Group Stage, as a club from Football League.

Group stage

Matches

Squad statistics

Appearances

	Position	Nat.	Player	Football League		Greek Cup		Total
	Position	Nat.	Player	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Alexandros Anagnostopoulos	12	11	2	2	14	13
2	DF		Darcy Dolce Neto	1	1	0	0	1	1
3	DF		Hugo Sousa	28	28	3	3	31	31
4	DF		Stelios Marangos	10	4	1	1	11	5
5	DF		Giorgos Delizisis	29	29	2	2	31	31
6	MF		Hussein Mumin	28	26	2	2	30	28
7	FW		Markos Dounis	21	11	0	0	21	11
8	MF		Lefteris Intzoglou	27	26	2	2	29	28
9	FW		Michalis Bastakos	9	4	0	0	9	4
10	MF		Dimitris Anakoglou	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Kenan Bargan	20	10	2	1	22	11
13	GK		Giannis Mantzaris	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Charalampos Pavlidis	21	12	3	2	24	14
15	DF		Giorgos Valerianos	25	24	2	2	27	26
16	FW		Luka Milunović	9	1	2	1	11	2
17	FW		Vangelis Platellas	27	26	3	1	30	28
18	DF		Nikos Tsoumanis	2	1	1	1	3	2
19	FW		Dimitris Diamantopoulos	26	24		1	1	27	25
20	FW		Paschalis Kassos	19	14		3	3	22	17
21	FW		Giannis Pasas	26	17	2	2	28	19
22	GK		Giorgos Kantimiris	20	20	1	1	21	21
27	DF		Manolis Tzanakakis	21	20	1	1	22	21
28	DF		Christos Bourbos	19	14	3	2	22	16
33	FW		Aristidis Lottas	3	1	1	1	4	2
66	DF		Petros Kanakoudis	5	3	0	0	5	3
80	MF		Dimitris Klingopoulos	1	0	0	0	1	0
83	MF	/	Branislav Nikic	11	7	2	1	13	8
89	FW	/	Angelos Chanti	9	5	0	0	9	5
99	FW		Jone Pinto	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during this season
	MF		Ljubomir Stevanović	0	0	2	1	2	1
	FW		Antonis Kapnidis	5	1	1	0	6	1
Total				31		3		34

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

Goals

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1	FW			16	0	16
2	FW			9	1	10
3	FW			5	1	6
4	FW			4	0	4
4	MF			4	0	4
6	DF			3	0	3
	DF			3	0	3
	FW			3	0	3
	FW			3	0	3
10	FW			1	1	2
11	DF			1	0	1
	FW	/		1	0	1
	FW			1	0	1
	DF			1	0	1
	MF			1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Awarded by League				9	0	9
Total				65	3	68

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets

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22		16	0	16
1		8	1	9
Total		24	1	25

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Τέλειωσε του Τάτου στην Ελάζιγκσπορ . sport24.gr . 22 July 2017.
Web site: Ανακοίνωσε Διούδη ο Παναθηναϊκός . sport24.gr . 8 August 2017.
Web site: Τέλος και επίσημα ο Καπνίδης . gazzetta.gr . 30 January 2018.