# 2016–17 AEL Kalloni F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was AEL Kalloni's first season in the Football League following their relegation from the Super League Greece last season. Along with the Football League, the club also competed in the Greek Cup. The club was expelled from the league on 24 May 2017, due to unpaid debts to its former footballers Kostas Dafkos and Alexandros Chintaseli, and relegated to Gamma Ethniki.

## Club
### Other information

| Chairman | Nikos Michalakis |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Mytilene Municipal Stadium (3,000 / 102×65 metres) |
Last updated: 1 July 2016 Source: AEL Kalloni F.C.

## Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| 9 August 2016 | Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion | A | 0 – 1 | |
| 12 August 2016 | AEL Limassol | A | 0 – 1 | |
| 3 September 2016 | OFI | A | 0 – 2 | |
| 11 September 2016 | Kallithea | H | 3 – 3 | Stefanović (2) 47', 70', Lambrakis 88' |
| 14 September 2016 | Panserraikos | H | 1 – 0 | Paraíba 45+' |
| 17 September 2016 | Kallithea | A | 3 – 1 | Keri 46', Frangos 60', Stefanović 75' |
Last updated: 17 September 2016 Source: AEL Kalloni F.C.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Football League | — | 17th | — | 30 October 2016 | 21 May 2017$^1$ |
| Greek Cup | Group stage | — | Group stage | 25 October 2016 | 15 December 2016 |
Last updated: 24 May 2017 Source: Competitions
$^1$On 24 May 2017, the club was expelled from the league.

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Football League | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 75 | −54 | 011.76 |
| Greek Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Total | 37 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 010.81 |
Updated to match played 24 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Football League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 14 | Kallithea | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 33 | |
| 15 | Panelefsiniakos (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 28 | Relegation to FCA Championships |
| 16 | AEL Kalloni (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 75 | −54 | 7 | Relegation to FCA Championships |
| 17 | AO Chania | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 5 | |
| 18 | Panthrakikos (R) | 34 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 81 | −74 | −6 | Relegation to FCA Championships |
* 1 2 Panelefsiniakos, AEL Kalloni, Chania and Panthrakikos were all relegated to Gamma Ethniki initially, but decided to withdraw before the league started because of financial problems, ultimately starting next season in the respective local FCA Championships.
* ↑ Kalloni were expelled from the league at 24 May 2017 and they were deducted 12 points.
* ↑ AO Chania deducted 33 points from Hellenic Football Federation because playing games without a certificate of participation. At the end of the season, Chania merged with Kissamikos and formed AO Chania — Kissamikos, continuing in the same division.
* ↑ Panthrakikos withdrew from the league at 26 January 2017 and they were deducted 18 points.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 May 2017. Source: Football League

#### Results by matchday

| 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | — | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | — | — | — |
| Result | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The fixtures were announced on 5 September.
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
    a.^ Panthrakikos retired from the league.
    b.^ AEL Kalloni were expelled from the league.
Last updated: 24 May 2017 Source: Football League

### Greek Cup
#### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | PAS Giannina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Xanthi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Agrotikos Asteras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kalloni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
Last updated: 15 December 2016 Source: HFF

## Players
### Squad statistics
#### Appearances and goals
##### Key

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    As of 24 May 2017
| No. | Pos. | Name | Football League | Football League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | MF | Dimitris Zouliotis (c) | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Lazaros Tzelidis | 7 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 (3) | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Zisis Naoum | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Giorgos-Rafail Eleftheriadis | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Milan Svojić | 6 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mahamane Cissé | 12 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 (1) | 2 |
| 12 | FW | Aris Lambrakis | 17 (10) | 3 | 2 (1) | 0 | 19 (11) | 3 |
| 16 | DF | Kyriakos Evaggelidakis | 25 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 (1) | 3 |
| 17 | GK | Fotis Papazoglou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Giorgos Sofianis | 17 (8) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 18 (9) | 2 |
| 20 | DF | Antonis Karageorgis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Giorgos Agrimakis | 5 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (11) | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Giannis Giorgou | 14 (6) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 16 (7) | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Giannis Savva | 25 (2) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 26 (4) | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Giorgos Dikaiopoulos | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Thanasis Repetsas | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Rafail Gioukaris | 21 (3) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 22 (4) | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Patroklos Krotsidas | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Dimitris Litainas | 23 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 23 (1) | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Giorgos Mexis | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Lambros Triantafyllou | 4 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 4 (6) | 1 |
| 40 | GK | Nikos Mallis | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| 44 | GK | Panagiotis Papadopoulos | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Amir Azmy | 6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (2) | 0 |
| 87 | GK | Kostas Maniatis | 16 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 (1) | 0 |
| — | GK | Dimitris Tairis † | 6 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (1) | 0 |
| — | DF | Spyros Apostolou † | 16 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 (5) | 0 |
| — | DF | Panagiotis Arnaoutoglou † | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | Stelios Pozatzidis † | 6 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 (1) | 0 |
| — | MF | Alexis Dallas † | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | MF | Andreas Dambos † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Stefan Stefanović † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Lucian Burdujan † | 5 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 (1) | 1 |
| — | FW | Alexandros Chintaseli † | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | Michalis Frangos † | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 |
| — | FW | Efthimis Gkamagkas † | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| — | FW | Florenc Keri † | 3 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 |
| — | FW | Anderson Paraíba † | 8 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (1) | 0 |
| — | – | Own goals | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
Source: AEL Kalloni

#### Top scorers

    As of 24 May 2017
| Place | Position | Nationality | Number | Name | Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | — | Michalis Frangos † | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | 12 | Aris Lambrakis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | | 16 | Kyriakos Evaggelidakis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | 2 | Dimitris Zouliotis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | 11 | Mahamane Cissé | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | 19 | Giorgos Sofianis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | 25 | Thanasis Repetsas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 26 | Rafail Gioukaris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 37 | Lambros Triantafyllou | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | — | Lucian Burdujan † | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 18 | 3 | 21 |
Source: Superleague Greece

#### Suspended players

| Date | Pos. | Name | Reason | Out for | Return date |
| 5 December 2016 | DF | Thanasis Repetsas | vs. Aris (MD 4) | 1 match | 18 December 2016 |
| 22 December 2016 | DF | Thanasis Repetsas | Insult against referee vs. Sparti (MD 6) | 4 matches | 18 January 2017 |
| 22 January 2017 | MF | Rafail Gioukaris | Four yellow cards | 1 match | 29 January 2017 |
| 22 February 2017 | DF | Spyros Apostolou | Four yellow cards | 1 match | 26 February 2017 |
| 12 March 2017 | MF | Dimitris Zouliotis | Four yellow cards | 1 match | 19 March 2017 |
| 19 March 2017 | DF | Amir Azmy | vs. Lamia (MD 20) | 1 match | 26 March 2017 |
| 12 April 2017 | MF | Milan Svojić | Four yellow cards | 1 match | 23 April 2017 |
| 7 May 2017 | DF | Thanasis Repetsas | Four yellow cards | 1 match | 12 May 2017 |
| 7 May 2017 | MF | Rafail Gioukaris | Four yellow cards | 1 match | 21 May 2017 |
Source: AEL Kalloni F.C.

#### Injuries

Players in bold are still out from their injuries. Players listed will/have miss(ed) at least one competitive game (missing from whole matchday squad).
| Date | Pos. | Name | Recovery time | Return date* |
| 24 October 2016 | MF | Lazaros Tzelidis | 14 days | 6 November 2016 |
| 25 October 2016 | FW | Lucian Burdujan | 12 days | 6 November 2016 |
| 25 November 2016 | DF | Stelios Pozatzidis | 5 days | 1 December 2016 |
| 20 December 2016 | DF | Stelios Pozatzidis | approx. 10 days | 4 January 2017 |
| 3 January 2017 | FW | Lucian Burdujan | – | – |
| 3 January 2017 | FW | Aris Lambrakis | 3 days | 8 January 2017 |
| 14 January 2017 | DF | Spyros Apostolou | 2 days | 18 January 2017 |
| 17 January 2017 | DF | Stelios Pozatzidis | – | – |
| 4 February 2017 | MF | Lazaros Tzelidis | 1.5-month | 19 March 2017 |
| 4 February 2017 | FW | Giorgos Dikaiopoulos | 1.5-month | 19 March 2017 |
| 22 February 2017 | GK | Kostas Maniatis | 1.5-month | 9 April 2017 |
| 4 March 2017 | MF | Giannis Giorgou | 35 days | 9 April 2017 |
| 1 April 2017 | MF | Dimitris Zouliotis | 1 week | 9 April 2017 |
| 1 April 2017 | DF | Spyros Apostolou | 1 week | 9 April 2017 |
| 9 April 2017 | GK | Panagiotis Papadopoulos | – | – |
* 'Return date' is date that player returned to matchday squad. Source: Kalloni F.C.

### Transfers
#### Summer
##### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 24 July 2016 | GK | Dimitris Tairis | Apollon Smyrni | Unknown |
| 24 July 2016 | DF | Spyros Apostolou | Zakynthos | Unknown |
| 24 July 2016 | DF | Thanasis Repetsas | Acharnaikos | Unknown |
| 24 July 2016 | MF | Dimitris Zouliotis | Lamia | Unknown |
| 24 July 2016 | FW | Dimitris Litainas | Tyrnavos 2005 | Unknown |
| 26 July 2016 | FW | Michalis Frangos | Kallithea | Unknown |
| 26 July 2016 | FW | Florenc Keri | Aiolikos | Free |
| 6 August 2016 | DF | Panagiotis Arnaoutoglou | Apollon Smyrni | Unknown |
| 7 August 2016 | FW | Anderson Paraíba | Salgueiro | Unknown |
| 8 August 2016 | MF | Lazaros Tzelidis | Youth system | Free |
| 19 August 2016 | DF | Giannis Savva | Pafos FC | Unknown |
| 19 August 2016 | FW | Lucian Burdujan | Europa | Unknown |
| 23 August 2016 | GK | Kostas Maniatis | Panelefsiniakos | Unknown |
| 23 August 2016 | MF | Alexis Dallas | Fostiras | Unknown |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Lambros Triantafyllou | Youth system | Free |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Giorgos Agrimakis | Youth system | Free |
| 27 August 2016 | MF | Andreas Dambos | Kanaris Nenita | Free |
| 30 August 2016 | DF | Stelios Pozatzidis | Panionios | Unknown |
| 30 August 2016 | GK | Fotis Papazoglou | Youth system | Free |
| 6 September 2016 | MF | Patroklos Krotsidas | Youth system | Free |
| 9 September 2016 | MF | Stefan Stefanović | Sutjeska Nikšić | Free |

##### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Duration |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Antonis Karageorgis | Olympiacos | 1 year |

##### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 23 May 2016 | MF | Savvas Tsabouris | Nea Salamis Famagusta | Free |
| 27 May 2016 | GK | Kostas Dafkos | OFI | Free |
| 8 June 2016 | FW | Giorgos Manousos | Platanias | Free |
| 17 June 2016 | GK | Kiriakos Stratilatis | Alki Oroklini | Unknown |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Vasilis Golias | Trikala | Free |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Stratis Vallios | Lamia | Free |
| 30 June 2016 | FW | Dimitris Bourous | Aiolikos | Free |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Aggelos Giazitzoglou | Unattached (Released) | Unattached (Released) |
| 30 June 2016 | FW | Miroslav Marković | Slovan Liberec | Free |
| 30 June 2016 | FW | Braulio Nóbrega | Caudal Deportivo | Free |
| 6 July 2016 | MF | Fotis Georgiou | PAE Kerkyra | Free |
| 9 July 2016 | DF | Ugo Ukah | Selangor | Free |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Antonis Karageorgis | Olympiacos | Unknown |
| 20 July 2016 | DF | Anestis Anastasiadis | Lamia | Free |
| 20 July 2016 | DF | Panagiotis Spyropoulos | Lamia | Free |
| 21 July 2015 | DF | Dimitris Oungialidis | Agrotikos Asteras | Free |
| 26 July 2016 | MF | Nikos Kaltsas | Levadiakos | Unknown |
| 28 July 2016 | MF | Marko Blažić | Lamia | Unknown |
| 30 July 2016 | MF | Alexander Fioretos | Helsingør | Free |
| 2 August 2016 | DF | Nikola Mikić | OFI | Unknown |
| 18 August 2016 | MF | Paul Were | Acharnaikos | Unknown |
| 19 August 2016 | MF | Michalis Chatzidimitriou | Panserraikos | Unknown |
| 7 September 2016 | DF | Raúl Llorente | Platanias | Free |

#### Winter
##### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 31 January 2017 | DF | Amir Azmy | Free agent | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Milan Svojić | Novi Pazar | Unknown |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Zisis Naoum | Panelefsiniakos | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Giorgos-Rafail Eleftheriadis | Sparti | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Giorgos Dikaiopoulos | Free agent | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Giorgos Mexis | Panelefsiniakos | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Mahamane Cissé | Free agent | Free |
| 10 February 2017 | GK | Panagiotis Papadopoulos | Trikala | Free |

##### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 2 January 2017 | DF | Panagiotis Arnaoutoglou | Panelefsiniakos | Free |
| 2 January 2017 | MF | Alexis Dallas | Proodeftiki | Free |
| 2 January 2017 | MF | Andreas Dambos | Aiolikos | Free |
| 2 January 2017 | FW | Florenc Keri | Olympiacos Volou 1937 | Free |
| 5 January 2017 | FW | Lucian Burdujan | Aiginiakos | Free |
| 12 January 2017 | FW | Alexandros Chintaseli | AO Kardia | Free |
| 19 January 2017 | GK | Dimitris Tairis | Apollon Smyrni | Free |
| 19 January 2017 | FW | Anderson Paraíba | EC Passo Fundo | Free |
| 20 January 2017 | DF | Stelios Pozatzidis | Lamia | Free |
| 24 January 2017 | FW | Efthimis Gkamagkas | PAE Kerkyra | Free |
| 25 January 2017 | MF | Stefan Stefanović | Kallithea | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Michalis Frangos | Sparti | Free |
| 8 May 2017 | DF | Spyros Apostolou | Unattached (Released) | Unattached (Released) |