2009–10 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki

2009–10 season
Chairman	Thanasis Athanasiadis
Manager	Mazinho Héctor Cúper
Super League	4th (5th in regular season)
Greek Cup	Finalists
Top goalscorer	League: Cámpora (11) All: Cámpora (13)
Home colours Away colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. competes in the Greek topflight after finishing sixth last season.

Events

Transfers

• 3 June: Midfielder Leandro Gracián agrees to join Aris from Boca Juniors^[1]
• 10 June: Midfielder Mehdi Nafti agrees to join Aris from Birmingham City^[2]
• 11 June: Midfielder Athanassios Prittas agrees to extend for three years his contract with Aris^[3]
• 13 June: Forward Sebastián Abreu agrees to join Aris from Real Sociedad^[4]
• 13 June: Defender Efthimios Koulouheris agrees to extend for three years his contract with Aris^[5]
• 17 June: Defender Carlos Arano agrees to join Aris from Huracán^[6]
• 21 June: Midfielder Ian Daly agrees to join Aris from Manchester City^[7]
• 26 June: Defender Cristian Nasuti agrees to join Aris from River Plate^[8]
• 1 July: Forward Christos Aravidis agrees to join Aris from Panionios^[9]
• 6 July: Midfielder Vasilios Rovas agrees to join Aris from Atromitos^[10]
• 7 July: Defender Kristi Vangjeli agrees to extend for three years his contract with Aris^[11]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Michalis Sifakis 2 DF Darcy Dolce Neto 3 DF Carlos Arano 4 DF Efthimios Kouloucheris (vice-captain) 5 DF Ronaldo Guiaro 6 MF Mehdi Nafti 7 MF Toni Calvo 8 MF Nacho García 9 MF Dario Fernandez 10 FW Sergio Koke (captain) 11 FW Freddy Adu (on loan from Benfica) 12 DF Marco Aurelio 14 FW Eddie Johnson (on loan from Fulham) 15 DF Cristian Nasuti 16 FW Felipe Sanchón Huerta 17 MF Camel Meriem 18 FW Javier Cámpora

No. Position Player 20 MF Javito 22 DF Thomas Graikos 23 FW Christos Aravidis 25 DF César Ortiz 27 MF Charalambos Economopoulos 28 GK Michal Peškovič 29 DF Giannis Agtzidis 32 DF Kristi Vangjeli 33 FW Stavros Labriakos 40 GK Renato Piovezan 47 DF Mavroudis Bougaidis 55 MF Athanassios Prittas 86 GK Stivi Frasheri 99 FW Ian Daly

Foreign players

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Greek Super league. Non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Greek citizenship after playing in Greece for 5 years.

International players

Squad changes

In:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
11	MF		Gracián	26	Non-EU	Boca Juniors	Loan	Summer	2010	$250K	arisfc.gr
6	MF		Nafti	30	EU	Birmingham City	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	arisfc.gr
13	FW		Abreu	32	Non-EU	Real Sociedad	Transfer	Summer	2010	Free	arisfc.gr
3	DF		Arano	29	EU	Huracán	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	arisfc.gr
99	MF		Daly	19	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	arisfc.gr
15	DF		Nasuti	26	EU	River Plate	Loan	Summer	2010	Free	arisfc.gr
23	FW		Aravidis	22	EU	Panionios	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	arisfc.gr
12	MF		Rovas	25	EU	Atromitos	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	arisfc.gr

Total spending: $250K

Out:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
0	GK		Kelemen	29	EU	Numancia	End of contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	GK		Karatziovalis	33	EU	Doxa Drama	End of contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	DF		Aurélio	26	Non-EU	Racing Santander	Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	DF		Karabelas	24	EU	AEK Athens	End of contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Vitolo	25	EU	P.A.O.K.	End of Loan	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Siston	28	Non-EU		Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Regueiro	30	EU	Nacional	Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Gentil	29	EU	Coritiba	End of contract	Summer	Free	[ ]
0	FW		Włodarczyk	32	EU		Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	MF		Battión	27	Non-EU	Banfield	Loan	Summer	Loan	[]
0	FW		Papazoglou	21	EU	P.A.O.K.	End of contract	Summer	Free	[]
0	DF		Lembo	31	Non-EU		Release Contract	Summer	Free	[]

Total income: €0

Last updated: 2009-06-24

Squad stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League Greece		Greek Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Michalis Sifakis	36	0	30	0	6	0
2	DF		Darcy Dolce Neto	38	4	31	3	7	1
3	DF		Carlos Arano	34	0	29	0	5	0
5	DF		Ronaldo Guiaro	34	1	27	1	7	0
6	MF		Mehdi Nafti	30	4	24	4	6	0
7	MF		Toni Calvo	36	7	31	5	5	2
8	MF		Nacho García	22	0	18	0	4	0
9	MF		Darío Fernández	28	0	24	0	4	0
10	FW		Sergio Koke	39	7	32	3	7	4
11	MF		Leandro Gracián	13	0	12	0	1	0
11	MF		Freddy Adu	11	2	9	1	2	1
12	MF		Vasilios Rovas	6	0	5	0	1	0
13	FW		Sebastian Abreu	9	5	8	3	1	2
14	FW		Eddie Johnson	19	5	14	5	5	0
15	DF		Cristian Nasuti	35	1	28	1	7	0
17	MF		Camel Meriem	13	0	9	0	4	0
18	FW		Javier Cámpora	35	15	30	13	5	2
20	MF		Javito	37	3	30	1	7	2
21	DF		Valentin Roberge	6	0	5	0	1	0
22	DF		Thomas Graikos	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW		Christos Aravidis	9	0	9	0	0	0
25	DF		Flavio	10	1	9	1	1	0
25	DF		César Ortiz	2	0	2	0	0	0
27	MF		Charalambos Economopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Michal Peškovič	8	0	7	0	1	0
31	DF		Efthimios Koulouheris	18	0	18	0	0	0
32	DF		Kristi Vangjeli	12	0	11	0	1	0
33	FW		Stavros Labriakos	12	0	11	0	1	0
55	MF		Athanassios Prittas	26	1	19	1	7	0
84	MF		Pitu Garcia	11	1	10	0	1	1
86	GK		Renato Piovezan	10	0	10	0	0	0
99	MF		Ian Daly	8	0	7	0	1	0

Players in italics have left during the season.

Captains

1. Sergio Koke
2. Efthimios Koulouheris

Source: arisfc.gr

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Héctor Cúper
Assistant manager	Hose Carlos Fandagushi
Fitness Coach	David Rodriguez
Coach	Xavi Tamarit
Goalkeeping Coach	Ribeiro Diaz Wellerson
Youth Team Coach	Anastassios Theos

Last updated: 13 June 2009
Source: arisfc.gr

Kit

Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): EKO

Home

Away

Source: arisfc.gr

Other information

Chairman	Thanasis Athanasiadis
Director of football	Georgios Koltsidas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (18,800 / 120x80 m)

Source:

Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
				P	W	D	L	F	A	%W
Mazinho		August 20, 2009	October 30, 2009	9	3	5	1	10	8	–	–
Héctor Cúper		October 30, 2009	End of season	9	11	7	9	33	29	–	–

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.

Competitions

Overview

Super League Greece

Standings

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Play-Offs

Source: http://www.superleaguegreece.net/standings/#playoff
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
Since Aris lost the 2009–10 Greek Cup Final against Champions League-qualified Panathinaikos, all Europa League spots will be determined by the play-off group positions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Last updated: 17 June.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Last updated: June 26, 2010.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Greek Cup

Greek Cup Final

The 68th Greek Cup Final was played at Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

Panathinaikos v Aris

24 April 2010 20:30

Panathinaikos	1 – 0	Aris
Leto  63'

Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu)

Panathinaikos

Aris

PANATHINAIKOS: GK 27 Alexandros Tzorvas DF 24 Loukas Vintra DF 31 Nikos Spiropoulos  30' DF 8 Cédric Kanté MF 29 Kostas Katsouranis MF 15 Gilberto Silva (c) MF 23 Simão Mate Junior  59' MF 7 Sotiris Ninis  66' MF 11 Sebastián Leto  40'  78' FW 5 Dimitris Salpingidis  62' FW 9 Djibril Cissé Substitutes: DF 22 Stergos Marinos  66' MF 26 Giorgos Karagounis  62' MF 17 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  78' Manager: Nikos Nioplias

ARIS: GK 1 Michalis Sifakis DF 2 Darcy Dolce Neto DF 32 Kristi Vangjeli DF 15 Cristian Nasuti DF 5 Ronaldo Guiaro MF 55 Thanasis Prittas  47' MF 6 Mehdi Nafti  74' MF 7 Toni Calvo  12'  83' MF 17 Camel Meriem  66' FW 18 Javier Cámpora FW 10 Sergio Koke (c) Substitutes: MF 9 Dario Fernandez  74' MF 20 Javito  66' FW 11 Freddy Adu  83' Manager: Héctor Cúper

References

External links

• Aris Thessaloniki F.C. official website
• Aris Thessaloniki FC on Superleaguegreece.net