# 2020–21 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the club's 107th season in existence and the third consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, Aris Thessaloniki participate in the Greek Football Cup and in the UEFA Europa League, from which they were eliminated in the second qualifying round by Ukrainian club Kolos Kovalivka.
Aris changed managers in September, following the elimination in the Europa League, hiring Akis Mantzios

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 23 | Julián Cuesta | | GK | (1991-03-28)March 28, 1991 (aged 30) | Wisła Kraków |
| 30 | Zacharie Boucher | | GK | (1992-03-07)March 7, 1992 (aged 29) | Auxerre |
| 99 | Marios Siampanis | | GK | (1999-09-28)September 28, 1999 (aged 21) | Olympiacos |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Apostolos Martinis | | LB / LM | (2001-01-08)January 8, 2001 (aged 20) | Olympiacos |
| 5 | Georgios Delizisis (captain) | | CB | (1987-12-01)December 1, 1987 (aged 33) | Apollon Smyrni |
| 21 | Daniel Sundgren | | RB / RM / DM | (1990-11-22)November 22, 1990 (aged 30) | AIK Fotboll |
| 22 | Cristian Ganea | / | LB / LM / LW | (1992-05-24)May 24, 1992 (aged 29) | Athletic Bilbao |
| 25 | Christos Marmaridis | | RB | (2002-05-25)May 25, 2002 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 29 | Yohan Benalouane | / | CB / RB / LB | (1987-03-28)March 28, 1987 (aged 34) | Free Agent |
| 40 | Petros Bagalianis | | CB | (2001-02-06)February 6, 2001 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 44 | Nicholas Ioannou | / | LB / CB | (1995-11-11)November 11, 1995 (aged 25) | Nottingham Forest |
| 66 | Emanuel Šakić | | RB / RM / DM | (1991-01-25)January 25, 1991 (aged 30) | Sturm Graz |
| 92 | Lindsay Rose | / | CB / RB | (1992-02-08)February 8, 1992 (aged 29) | Lorient |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | James Jeggo | / | DM / CM | (1992-02-12)February 12, 1992 (aged 29) | Austria Wien |
| 8 | Lerin Duarte | / | CM / AM | (1990-08-11)August 11, 1990 (aged 30) | Heracles Almelo |
| 20 | Ergys Kaçe | | DM / CM | (1993-07-08)July 8, 1993 (aged 27) | PAOK |
| 26 | Javier Matilla (vice-captain) | | CM / DM | (1988-08-16)August 16, 1988 (aged 32) | Gimnàstic de Tarragona |
| 38 | Petros Bakoutsis | | CM / DM / AM | (2001-06-29)June 29, 2001 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 88 | Lucas Sasha | / | DM / LB / RB | (1990-03-01)March 1, 1990 (aged 31) | Ludogorets Razgrad |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Daniel Mancini | / | RW / LW / SS | (1996-11-11)November 11, 1996 (aged 24) | Girondins de Bordeaux |
| 9 | Dimitris Manos | | ST / SS / RW | (1994-09-16)September 16, 1994 (aged 26) | Olympiacos |
| 10 | Mateo García | / | RW / LW | (1996-09-10)September 10, 1996 (aged 24) | Red Star Belgrade |
| 14 | Kostas Mitroglou | | ST | (1988-03-12)March 12, 1988 (aged 33) | Olympique de Marseille |
| 16 | Bruno Gama | | RW / LW / SS | (1987-11-15)November 15, 1987 (aged 33) | Alcorcón |
| 17 | Xande Silva | / | RW / LW / ST | (1997-03-16)March 16, 1997 (aged 24) | West Ham United |
| 18 | Facundo Bertoglio | / | LW / RW / SS | (1990-06-30)June 30, 1990 (aged 30) | Aldosivi |
| 77 | Bruno Felipe | | RW / LW / SS | (1994-05-26)May 26, 1994 (aged 27) | Olympiacos |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| August 2020 | DF | 66 | Emanuel Šakić | Sturm Graz | Free |
| August 2020 | FW | 18 | / Facundo Bertoglio | Aldosivi | Free |
| August 2020 | FW | 9 | Dimitris Manos | Olympiacos | Free |
| August 2020 | DF | 22 | / Cristian Ganea | Athletic Bilbao | Free |
| August 2020 | MF | 6 | / James Jeggo | Austria Wien | Free |
| August 2020 | DF | 4 | Toni Datković | Lokomotiva | 160.000 € |
| August 2020 | FW | 11 | Cristian López | Las Palmas | Free |
| August 2020 | MF | 34 | Ali Adem | Vardar Skopje | Free |
| September 2020 | GK | 30 | Zacharie Boucher | Auxerre | Free |
| October 2020 | FW | 10 | / Mateo García | Red Star Belgrade | 1.300.000 € |
| October 2020 | DF | 3 | Apostolos Martinis | Olympiacos | Free |
| October 2020 | MF | 20 | Ergys Kaçe | PAOK | Free |
| October 2020 | GK | 99 | Marios Siampanis | Olympiacos | Free |
| October 2020 | DF | 29 | / Yohan Benalouane | Free Agent | Free |
| January 2021 | FW | 14 | Kostas Mitroglou | Olympique de Marseille | Free |
| January 2021 | FW | 77 | Bruno Felipe | Olympiacos | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2020 | DF | 3 | Hugo Sousa | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2020 | FW | 9 | Dimitris Diamantopoulos | Free Agent | Released |
| September 2020 | MF | 12 | / Nicolás Martínez | Volos | Released |
| October 2020 | FW | 10 | Giannis Fetfatzidis | Al-Khor SC | 1.100.000 € |
| December 2020 | GK | 1 | Fabian Ehmann | Free Agent | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| October 2020 | End of season | FW | 17 | / Xande Silva | West Ham United | None | |
| January 2021 | End of season | DF | 44 | / Nicholas Ioannou | Nottingham Forest | None | |

### Loans Out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| January 2021 | End of season | DF | 4 | Toni Datković | Cartagena | None |
| January 2021 | End of season | FW | 11 | Cristian López | Cartagena | None |
| January 2021 | December 2021 | MF | 34 | Ali Adem | Shkupi | None |
| January 2021 | End of season | FW | 33 | Konstantinos Chatzipirpiridis | O.F. Ierapetra | None |
| February 2021 | End of season | DF | 31 | Panagiotis Tsagalidis | Olympiacos Volos | None |
| March 2021 | End of season | DF | 27 | Panagiotis Sengergis | Triglia | None |

### Transfer summary
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League 1 | Matchday 1 | — | 3rd | 11 September 2020 | 16 May 2021 |
| Regular Season | Matchday 1 | — | 2nd | 11 September 2020 | 14 March 2021 |
| Play-off Round | Matchday 1 | — | 3rd | 21 March 2021 | 16 May 2021 |
| Greek Cup | First Round | — | Quarter-finals | 20 January 2021 | 3 March 2021 |
| Europa League | Second qualifying round | — | Second qualifying round | 17 September 2020 | 17 September 2020 |
Updated to match played 16 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League 1 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 047.22 |
| Greek Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 41 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 046.34 |
| Super League 1 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Super League 1 | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Regular Season | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 057.69 |
| Play-off Round | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 020.00 |
| Total | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 047.22 |

#### Managers' overview
##### Akis Mantzios

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League 1 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 044.12 |
| Greek Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 044.74 |
Updated to match played 16 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Super League 1
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 13 | +51 | 67 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 2 | Aris | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 47 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-off round |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 March 2021. Source: Super League

##### Results by matchday

In this table the position of team is updated after every matchday. Results of postponed matches are not included in the round which they were originally scheduled, but the position is being updated at the round where the match was played chronologically. For example, the match against AEL for 6th round postponed and reprogrammed between round 10 and round 11 so the position (after the win) was updated in 10th round
| Matchday | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

##### Matches
#### Play-off Round
##### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 19 | +63 | 90 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | PAOK | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aris Thessaloniki | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 53 | |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 51 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2021. Source: Super League

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League

Aris Thessaloniki finished 5th in the 2019–20 Super League Greece and entered the competition in the Second qualifying round. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all qualifying matches were played as single leg matches, hosted by one of the teams decided by draw, and were played behind closed doors.

#### Second qualifying round
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 16 May 2021
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League 1 | Super League 1 | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEL | UEL | Total | Total |
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 3 | DF | | Apostolos Martinis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Georgios Delizisis | 23 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 6 | MF | / | James Jeggo | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 27 |
| 7 | FW | / | Daniel Mancini | 32 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 20 |
| 8 | MF | / | Lerin Duarte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Dimitris Manos | 35 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 23 |
| 10 | FW | / | Mateo García | 29 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22 |
| 14 | FW | | Kostas Mitroglou | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 16 | FW | | Bruno Gama | 33 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 35 |
| 17 | FW | / | Xande Silva | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 14 |
| 18 | FW | / | Facundo Bertoglio | 32 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 30 |
| 20 | MF | | Ergys Kaçe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | | Daniel Sundgren | 31 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 29 |
| 22 | DF | / | Cristian Ganea | 22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 19 |
| 23 | GK | | Julián Cuesta | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22 |
| 25 | DF | | Christos Marmaridis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Javier Matilla | 27 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 21 |
| 29 | DF | / | Yohan Benalouane | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 |
| 30 | GK | | Zacharie Boucher | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 38 | MF | | Petros Bakoutsis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | | Petros Bagalianis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | / | Nicholas Ioannou | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| 66 | DF | | Emanuel Šakić | 31 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 28 |
| 77 | FW | | Bruno Felipe | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 88 | MF | / | Lucas Sasha | 35 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 36 |
| 92 | DF | / | Lindsay Rose | 34 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 38 |
| 99 | GK | | Marios Siampanis | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||||
| | FW | | Giannis Fetfatzidis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| | GK | | Fabian Ehmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | | Toni Datković | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| | FW | | Cristian López | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 |
| | MF | | Ali Adem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Konstantinos Chatzipirpiridis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | | Panagiotis Tsagalidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | | Panagiotis Sengergis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 41 |

### Goals

    As of match played 16 May 2021
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League 1 | Greek Cup | UEL | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Dimitris Manos | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | / | Facundo Bertoglio | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | | Bruno Gama | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | / | Xande Silva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | / | Daniel Mancini | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | / | Lucas Sasha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Javier Matilla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | / | Lindsay Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | Kostas Mitroglou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | / | Mateo García | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | Cristian López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Giannis Fetfatzidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Ergys Kaçe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | / | Nicholas Ioannou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | / | Cristian Ganea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 6 | 1 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 16 May 2021
| # | Nat. | Player | Super League 1 | Greek Cup | UEL | Total |
| 23 | | Julián Cuesta | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 30 | | Zacharie Boucher | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 99 | | Marios Siampanis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | 19 | 2 | 0 | 21 |