2009–10 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. competes in the Greek topflight after finishing sixth last 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: Javier Cámpora (13) All: Javier Cámpora (15)
Home colours Away colours

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GRE Michalis Sifakis 2 DF  BRA Darcy Dolce Neto 3 DF  ARG Carlos Arano 4 DF  GRE Efthimios Kouloucheris (vice-captain) 5 DF  POR Ronaldo Guiaro 6 MF  TUN Mehdi Nafti 7 MF  ESP Toni Calvo 8 MF  BOL Nacho García 9 MF  ARG Dario Fernandez 10 FW  ESP Sergio Koke (captain) 11 FW  USA Freddy Adu (on loan from Benfica) 12 DF  BRA Marco Aurelio 14 FW  USA Eddie Johnson (on loan from Fulham) 15 DF  ARG Cristian Nasuti 16 FW  ESP Felipe Sanchón Huerta 17 MF  FRA Camel Meriem

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ARG Javier Cámpora 20 MF  ESP Javito 22 DF  GRE Thomas Graikos 23 FW  GRE Christos Aravidis 25 DF  ESP César Ortiz 27 MF  GRE Charalambos Economopoulos 28 GK  SVK Michal Peškovič 29 DF  GRE Giannis Agtzidis 32 DF  ALB Kristi Vangjeli 33 FW  GRE Stavros Labriakos 40 GK  ALB Stivi Frasheri 44 MF  AUS Sakis Theodoropoulos (on loan from Panionios) 47 DF  GRE Mavroudis Bougaidis 55 MF  GRE Athanassios Prittas 86 GK  ITA Renato Piovezan 99 FW  EIR 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.

EU Nationals Toni Calvo Sergio Koke Javito Ian Daly Valentin Roberge

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Kristi Vangjeli Sakis Theodoropoulos Darcy Dolce Neto Ronaldo Guiaro Mehdi Nafti Carlos Arano Cristian Nasuti

Non-EU Nationals Nacho García Freddy Adu Eddie Johnson Javier Cámpora

International players

Michalis Sifakis Athanassios Prittas Christos Aravidis Sakis Theodoropoulos Ronaldo Guiaro Freddy Adu

Eddie Johnson Nacho García Mehdi Nafti Toni Calvo Javito Ian Daly

Squad changes

In:

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
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
44	MF		Theodoropoulos	24	EU	Panionios	Loan	Summer	2012	Free
12	MF		Rovas	25	EU	Atromitos	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	arisfc.gr

Total spending: $250K

Out:

N	Pos.	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

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

Competition	Result
Super League Greece	4th position
Greek Cup	Runner-up

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	PAOK	30	19	5	6	41	16	+25	62	Qualification for the UEFA play-offs
4	AEK Athens	30	15	8	7	43	31	+12	53
5	Aris	30	12	10	8	35	28	+7	46
6	Kavala	30	10	9	11	31	32	−1	39
7	Atromitos	30	10	8	12	34	36	−2	38

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match

Play-Offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAK	AEK	ARI	OLY
2	PAOK	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	16	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round			1–0	2–0	1–0
3	AEK Athens	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	9	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]		0–0		4–2	2–1
4	Aris	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]		3–2	1–1		2–0
5	Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	8[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]		0–1	2–1	0–0

Source: Standings and Schedule
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.
Notes:

1. Since Aris lost the 2009–10 Greek Football Cup Final against Champions League-qualified Panathinaikos, all Europa League spots will be determined by the play-off group positions.
2. Head-to-head record: Aris–Olympiacos 2–0, Olympiacos–Aris 0–0.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	14	12	10	0	0	0	54	11	5	2	0	0	0	3	7	8	0	0	0

Last updated: 17 June.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	L

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Greek Cup Final

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

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

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: K. Dallas D. Tatsis Fourth official: M. Koukoulakis

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Squad statistics

Goals

As of match played 19 May 2010

Ranking	Position	Nat.	Player	Super League [upper-alpha 1]	Greek Cup	Total
1	FW		Javier Cámpora	13	2	15
2	FW		Sergio Koke	3	4	7
3	FW		Toni Calvo	5	1	6
4	FW		Eddie Johnson	5	0	5
	FW		Sebastián Abreu	3	2	5
6	MF	/	Mehdi Nafti	4	0	4
	DF		Darcy Dolce Neto	3	1	4
8	FW		Javito Peral	1	2	3
9	MF	/	Freddy Adu	1	1	2
10	DF	/	Cristian Nasuti	1	0	1
	DF	/	Ronaldo Guiaro	1	0	1
	DF	/	Flávio Pinto	1	0	1
	MF		Sakis Prittas	1	0	1
	MF	/	Pitu Garcia	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Total				43	14	57

1. inluded goals for Play-Offs

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External links

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