2021–22 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season explained

Club:	Aris Thessaloniki
Manager:	Akis Mantzios Apostolos Terzis Germán Burgos
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Theodoros A. Karipidis
Stadium:	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
League:	Super League 1
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup2 Result:	Second qualifying round
League Topscorer:	Aboubakar Kamara (8)
Season Topscorer:	Aboubakar Kamara (10)
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Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23

The 2021–22 season was the 108th season in the existence of Aris Thessaloniki F.C. and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football since their return there. In addition to the Super League 1, Aris were participating in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and the inaugural edition of UEFA Europa Conference League.

First-team squad

	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Denis César		GK	May 31, 2022	Gil Vicente
23	Julián Cuesta		GK	May 31, 2022	Wisła Kraków
99	Marios Siampanis		GK	May 31, 2022	Olympiacos
Defenders
2	Salem Mbakata	/	RB	May 31, 2022	Free Agent
3	Lumor Agbenyenu		LB / LM	May 31, 2022	Sporting CP
4			CB / RB	May 31, 2022	Denizlispor
5	Georgios Delizisis (captain)		CB	May 31, 2022	Apollon Smyrni
14	Jakub Brabec		CB	May 31, 2022	Viktoria Plzeň
21	Daniel Sundgren		RB / RM / DM	May 31, 2022	AIK Fotboll
22	Cristian Ganea	/	LB / LM / LW	May 31, 2022	Athletic Bilbao
25	Christos Marmaridis		RB	May 31, 2022	Club's Academy
27	Panagiotis Sengiergis		LB	May 31, 2022	Club's Academy
29	Yohan Benalouane	/	CB / RB / LB	May 31, 2022	Free Agent
44	Kyriakos Aslanidis		CB	May 31, 2022	Club's Academy
66			RB / RM / DM	May 31, 2022	Sturm Graz
Midfielders
8	Lerin Duarte	/	CM / AM	May 31, 2022	Heracles Almelo
13	Cheick Doukouré	/	DM / CM	May 31, 2022	Leganés
17	Badou Ndiaye		CM / DM / AM	May 31, 2022	Stoke City
26	Javier Matilla (vice-captain)		CM / DM	May 31, 2022	Gimnàstic de Tarragona
35	Zisis Saliaris		CM	May 31, 2022	Club's Academy
88	Lucas Sasha	/	DM / LB / RB	May 31, 2022	Ludogorets Razgrad
Forwards
7	Daniel Mancini	/	RW / LW / SS	May 31, 2022	Girondins de Bordeaux
9			ST / SS / RW	May 31, 2022	Olympiacos
10	Mateo García	/	RW / LW	May 31, 2022	Red Star Belgrade
11	Kostas Mitroglou		ST	May 31, 2022	Olympique de Marseille
12	Mohanad Ali		ST	May 31, 2022	Al-Duhail
15		/	LW / RW / SS	May 31, 2022	UNAM Pumas
16	Bruno Gama		RW / LW / SS	May 31, 2022	Alcorcón
18	Facundo Bertoglio	/	LW / RW / SS	May 31, 2022	Aldosivi
19			ST	May 31, 2022	Las Palmas
20		/	LW / RW / AM	May 31, 2022	Dinamo Zagreb
47		/	ST / RW / LW	May 31, 2022	Fulham
50			LW / ST / AM	May 31, 2022	Vida

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
June 2021	FW	20	/ Izet Hajrović	Dinamo Zagreb	Free	^[1]
July 2021	GK	1	Denis César	Gil Vicente	Free	^[2]
July 2021	DF	4	Fabiano Leismann	Denizlispor	Free	^[3]
July 2021	MF	17	Badou Ndiaye	Stoke City	Free	^[4]
July 2021	DF	3	Lumor Agbenyenu	Sporting CP	Free	^[5]
August 2021	FW	15	/ Juan Iturbe	UNAM Pumas	Free	^[6]
August 2021	FW	47	/ Aboubakar Kamara	Fulham	3.500.000 €	^[7]
August 2021	DF	14	Jakub Brabec	Viktoria Plzeň	Free	^[8]
January 2022	FW	50	Luis Palma	Vida	200.000 €	^[9]
January 2022	MF	13	/ Cheick Doukouré	Leganés	Free	^[10]
February 2022	DF	2	/ Salem Mbakata	Free Agent	Free	^[11]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
June 2021	DF	4	Toni Datković	Real Salt Lake	120.000 €	^[12]
June 2021	GK	30	Zacharie Boucher	Free Agent	Released	^[13]
June 2021	MF	20	Ergys Kaçe	Free Agent	Released	^[14]
June 2021	DF	92	/ Lindsay Rose	Legia Warsaw	600.000 €	^[15]
June 2021	DF	40	Petros Bagalianis	Free Agent	Released	^[16]
June 2021	MF	38	Petros Bakoutsis	Free Agent	Released
August 2021	DF	3	Apostolos Martinis	Panathinaikos B	Released	^[17]
August 2021	FW	77	Bruno Felipe	Sheriff Tiraspol	Released	^[18]
January 2022	FW	33	Konstantinos Chatzipirpiridis	Iraklis	Released	^[19]
January 2022	MF	6	/ James Jeggo	Eupen	Released	^[20]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
January 2021	December 2021	MF	34	Ali Adem	Shkupi	None	^[22]
August 2021	June 2022	DF	31	Panagiotis Tsagalidis	Kalamata	None	^[23]
August 2021	December 2021	DF	44	Kyriakos Aslanidis	Olympiacos Volos	None
August 2021	December 2021	FW	33	Konstantinos Chatzipirpiridis	Olympiacos Volos	None
January 2022	June 2022	MF	34	Ali Adem	Veria	None	^[24]

Transfer summary

Spending

Summer: 3.500.000 €

Winter: 200.000 €

Total: 3.700.000 €

Income

Summer: 720.000 €

Winter: 0 €

Total: 720.000 €

Net Expenditure

Summer: 2.780.000 €

Winter: 200.000 €

Total: 2.980.000 €

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Super League 1
Greek Cup
UEFA Europa Conference League
Total Super League 1 Record Regular Season Play-off Round Total Managers' Overview Akis Mantzios Competition Record Super League 1 Greek Cup UEFA Europa Conference League Total Apostolos Terzis Competition Record Super League 1 Greek Cup UEFA Europa Conference League Total Germán Burgos Competition Record Super League 1 Greek Cup UEFA Europa Conference League Total Super League 1 See main article: 2021–22 Super League Greece. Regular season Matches Play-off Round League table Matches Greek Football Cup See main article: 2021–22 Greek Football Cup. Quarter-finals UEFA Europa Conference League See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League. Second qualifying round Squad statistics Appearances Position Nat. Player Super League 1 Greek Cup UECL Total Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts 1 GK Denis César 4 4 2 1 2 2 8 7 2 DF / Salem Mbakata 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 8 3 DF Lumor Agbenyenu 10 5 3 1 0 0 13 6 4 DF Fabiano Leismann 32 32 4 4 1 1 37 37 5 DF Georgios Delizisis 7 2 0 0 1 1 8 3 7 FW / Daniel Mancini 31 26 3 2 2 2 36 30 8 MF / Lerin Duarte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 FW Dimitris Manos 19 2 3 1 2 1 24 4 10 FW / Mateo García 30 12 3 2 2 1 35 15 11 FW Kostas Mitroglou 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 FW Mohanad Ali 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 MF / Cheick Doukouré 10 6 0 0 0 0 10 6 14 DF Jakub Brabec 35 35 4 4 0 0 39 39 15 FW / Juan Iturbe 33 18 4 1 0 0 37 19 16 FW Bruno Gama 27 15 4 3 2 2 33 20 17 MF Badou Ndiaye 31 24 4 3 0 0 35 27 18 FW / Facundo Bertoglio 23 14 2 2 2 2 27 18 19 FW Cristian López 7 1 2 0 0 0 9 1 20 FW / Izet Hajrović 9 1 0 0 2 0 11 1 21 DF Daniel Sundgren 27 23 4 4 1 1 32 28 22 DF / Cristian Ganea 31 28 3 3 1 1 35 32 23 GK Julián Cuesta 27 27 2 2 0 0 29 29 25 DF Christos Marmaridis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 MF Javier Matilla 29 20 3 0 2 2 34 22 27 DF Panagiotis Sengergis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 DF / Yohan Benalouane 6 3 1 0 2 2 9 5 35 MF Zisis Saliaris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 DF Kyriakos Aslanidis 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 47 FW / Aboubakar Kamara 32 31 3 3 0 0 35 34 50 FW Luis Palma 11 4 0 0 0 0 11 4 66 DF Emanuel Šakić 18 9 0 0 2 2 20 11 88 MF / Lucas Sasha 30 26 4 4 2 2 36 32 99 GK Marios Siampanis 5 5 1 1 0 0 6 6 Players who left the club during this season FW Bruno Felipe 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 MF / James Jeggo 15 14 3 3 2 0 20 17 Total 36 4 2 42 Goals height=50 Ranking height=50 Position height=50 Nat. width=150 Player height=50 Super League 1 height=50 Greek Cup height=50 UECL height=50 Total 1 FW / 8 2 0 10 2 FW 5 2 0 7 3 FW / 5 0 0 5 4 MF 4 0 0 4 FW / 4 0 0 4 6 MF / 2 0 1 3 7 FW 2 0 0 2 FW / 1 1 0 2 9 DF 1 0 0 1 FW / 1 0 0 1 DF 1 0 0 1 MF 1 0 0 1 DF 1 0 0 1 MF / 1 0 0 1 DF 1 0 0 1 DF / 1 0 0 1 FW 0 0 1 1 Total 39 5 2 46 Clean Sheets height=50 width=10 Nat. width=150 Player height=50 Super League 1 height=50 Greek Cup height=50 UECL width=100 Total 23 14 2 0 16 1 2 1 0 3 99 2 0 0 2 Total 18 2 0 20 Players' awards Interwetten Best Goal (Super League 1) Matchday width=60 Nat. width=200 Player Ref Regular Season 17th / Juan Iturbe ^[25] 25th / Lucas Sasha ^[26] Play-Off / Play-Out 1st/2nd Badou Ndiaye ^[27] 7th/8th / Aboubakar Kamara ^[28] Interwetten Player of the Month (Super League 1) Month width=60 Nat. width=200 Player Ref October Daniel Sundgren ^[29] April Fabiano Leismann ^[30] NIVEA MEN Player of the Club width=60 Nat. width=200 Player Ref Daniel Mancini ^[31] External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ο Izet Hajrovic στον ΑΡΗ . arisfc.com.gr . 29 June 2021.
2. Web site: Ο Denis Cesar de Matos στον ΑΡΗ . arisfc.com.gr . 2 July 2021.
3. Web site: O Fabiano Leismann στον ΑΡΗ . arisfc.com.gr . 15 July 2021.
4. Web site: O Papa Alioune Ndiaye στον ΑΡΗ! . arisfc.com.gr . 22 July 2021.
5. Web site: Ο Lumor Agbenyenu στον ΑΡΗ . arisfc.com.gr . 30 July 2021.
6. Web site: Ο Juan Iturbe στον ΑΡΗ! . arisfc.com.gr . 7 August 2021.
7. Web site: O Aboubakar Kamara στον ΑΡΗ! . arisfc.com.gr . 17 August 2021.
8. Web site: O JAKUB BRABEC ΣΤΟΝ ΑΡΗ!. arisfc.com.gr . 31 August 2021.
9. Web site: Ο Luis Palma στον ΑΡΗ!. arisfc.com.gr . 19 January 2022.
10. Web site: Ο Cheick Doukoure στον ΑΡΗ. arisfc.com.gr . 29 January 2022.
11. Web site: Ο Salem M’Bakata στον ΑΡΗ. arisfc.com.gr . 4 February 2022.
12. Web site: Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ . arisfc.com.gr . 2 June 2021.
13. Web site: Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ . arisfc.com.gr . 12 June 2021.
14. Web site: Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ . arisfc.com.gr . 29 June 2021.
15. Web site: Lindsay Rose w Warszawie . legia.com . 30 June 2021.
16. Web site: Και τυπικά παρελθόν Μπαγκαλιάνης-Μπακούτσης, δεν προσκλήθηκαν στην προετοιμασία. pressaris.gr. 17 June 2021.
17. Web site: Προπόνηση στο Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης (* Η ΠΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ ευχαριστεί τον Απόστολο Μαρτίνη και του εύχεται καλή επιτυχία στον επόμενο σταθμό της καριέρας του) . arisfc.com.gr . 18 August 2021.
18. Web site: Απογευματινή προπόνηση στο «Δασυγένειο» (* Η ΠΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ ευχαριστεί τον Βραζιλιάνο μέσο, Bruno Felipe και του εύχεται καλή επιτυχία στον επόμενο σταθμό της καριέρας του) . arisfc.com.gr . 19 August 2021.
19. Web site: Από τον Άρη στον Ηρακλή ο Χατζηπιρπιρίδης . fws.gr . 22 January 2022.
20. Web site: Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ . arisfc.com.gr . 31 January 2022.
21. News: O MOHANAD ALI ΣΤΟΝ ΑΡΗ!. arisfc.com.gr . 1 September 2021.
22. News: Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ . arisfc.com.gr . 1 February 2021.
23. Web site: Η ΠΡΩΙΝΗ ΠΡΟΠΟΝΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΣ(* Οι Κυριάκος Ασλανίδης και Κώστας Χατζηπιρπιρίδης παραχωρήθηκαν με τη μορφή δανεισμού στον Ολυμπιακό Βόλου μέχρι το τέλος της τρέχουσας αγωνιστικής περιόδου, ενώ ο Παναγιώτης Τσαγκαλίδης παραχωρήθηκε στην Καλαμάτα –επίσης- με τη μορφή δανεισμού μέχρι το τέλος της τρέχουσας αγωνιστικής περιόδου.). arisfc.com.gr . 1 September 2021.
24. News: Βέροια: Απέκτησε τον Αλί Αντέμ ως δανεικό από τον Άρη . sport24.gr . 11 January 2022.
25. News: Interwetten Best Goal της 17ης αγωνιστικής ο Χουάν Ιτούρμπε . slgr.gr . 8 March 2022.
26. News: Interwetten Best Goal της 25ης αγωνιστικής ο Λούκας Σάσα . slgr.gr . 4 March 2022.
27. News: Interwetten Best Goal 1ης-2ης αγωνιστικής Playoffs και 1ης Playouts o Μπαντού Εντιαγέ . slgr.gr . 28 March 2022.
28. News: Interwetten Best Goal 7ης & 8ης αγωνιστικής Playoffs και 6ης Playouts ο Αμπουμπακάρ Καμαρά . slgr.gr . 16 May 2022.
29. News: Interwetten Player of the Month του Οκτωβρίου o Ντάνιελ Σούντγκρεν . slgr.gr . 15 November 2021.
30. News: Interwetten Player of the Month του Απριλίου ο Φαμπιάνο . slgr.gr . 29 April 2022.
31. Web site: 2022-06-15 . Άρης: Παίκτης της χρονιάς ο Μαντσίνι! (pic) . 2022-12-07 . SDNA . el.