# 2017–18 PAS Giannina F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is PAS Giannina F.C.'s 23rd competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 8th season in the Super League Greece, and 52nd year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup.

## Players

Updated:12 February 2018
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Place of birth | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 12 | Kostas Peristeridis | GK | Chania, Crete, Greece | 24 January 1991 (26) | Platanias | |
| 16 | Thodoris Venetikidis | GK | Veria, Greece | 20 February 2001 (16) | Veria | |
| 39 | Markos Vellidis | GK | Kastoria, Greece | 4 April 1987 (30) | Free | |
| 40 | Serafeim Giannikoglou | GK | Kavala, Greece | 25 March 1993 (24) | Iraklis Thessaloniki | |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Michalis Boukouvalas | RB | Agrinio, Greece | 14 January 1988 (29) | Iraklis Thessaloniki | |
| 4 | Thodoris Berios | CB | Athens, Greece | 21 March 1989 (28) | Čáslav | |
| 5 | Giorgos Gogos | CB | Ioannina, Greece | 11 July 2001 (16) | PAS Giannina U-20 | |
| 6 | Alexios Michail (C) | CB | Ioannina, Greece | 18 August 1986 (31) | Panserraikos | |
| 8 | Themistoklis Tzimopoulos (VC2) | CB | Kozani, Greece | 20 November 1985 (30) | Ethnikos Asteras | |
| 11 | Mite Cikarski | LB | Strumica, North Macedonia | 6 January 1993 (25) | Ethnikos Achna | |
| 20 | Nikos Karanikas | RB | Larissa, Greece | 4 March 1992 (25) | Larissa | |
| 26 | Vasilis Zogos | CB | Athens, Greece | 29 July 1999 (18) | Ifaistos Peristeriou | |
| 44 | Apostolos Skondras | CB | Athens, Greece | 29 December 1988 (28) | Larissa | |
| 77 | Alexis Apostolopoulos | RB | Zakynthos, Greece | 7 November 1991 (25) | Platanias | |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 3 | Andi Lila (VC2) | DM | Kavajë, Albania | 12 February 1986 (31) | KF Tirana | |
| 7 | Evripidis Giakos | CM / CF | Ioannina, Greece | 9 April 1991 (26) | Doxa Kranoula | |
| 21 | Iraklis Garoufalias | DM / CM | Athens, Greece | 1 May 1993 (24) | Fostiras | |
| 22 | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | CM | Ioannina, Greece | 8 August 2000 (17) | PAS Giannina U-20 | |
| 23 | Lampros Zacharos | CM | Athens, Greece | 6 June 1998 (19) | Acharnaikos | |
| 27 | Giorgos Manthatis | RW | Sofia, Bulgaria | 11 May 1997 (20) | Olympiacos | Loan |
| 80 | Angelos Liasos | CM | Florina, Greece | 26 May 2000 (17) | PAS Giannina U-20 | |
| 88 | Alexandros Nikolias | CM / RLW | Kymi, Euboea, Greece | 23 July 1994 (23) | Olympiacos Volos | |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Pedro Pérez Conde | CF | Villafranca de Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain | 26 July 1988 (29) | Mérida AD | |
| 10 | Bruno Chalkiadakis | CF | Viçosa do Ceará, Brazil | 7 April 1993 (24) | Cascavel | |
| 14 | Philip Hellquist | CF | Stockholm, Sweden | 21 May 1991 (26) | Kalmar FF | |
| 17 | Karim Soltani | W / CF | Brest, Brittany, France | 29 August 1984 (33) | Xanthi F.C. | |
| 33 | Higor Vidal | CF / RW / CM | Campo Largo, Paraná, Brazil | 26 September 1996 (20) | Londrina Esporte Clube | |
| 55 | Enes Dolovac | CF / RLW | Novi Pazar,Serbia | 1 February 1999 (18) | Novi Pazar Academy | |
| 64 | Franck Betra | CF / RLW | Paris, France | 18 December 1996 (20) | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | |
| Left during Winter Transfer window ||||||||
| 11 | David López Nadales | LB | Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain | 22 January 1986 (31) | Săgeata Năvodari | |
| 42 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | CB | Athens, Greece | 11 December 1997 (19) | Apollon Smyrni Academy | |
| 22 | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | CM | Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 3 August 1992 (25) | Ergotelis | |
| 14 | Jonathan Rodríguez | CF | Marcos Juárez, Argentina | 30 March 1994 (23) | Chacarita Juniors | |
| | Edelino Ié | CM | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | 1 May 1994 (23) | Braga B | Canceled |

### International players

* Andi Lila
* Michalis Boukouvalas
* Markos Vellidis
* Kostas Peristeridis (Men's & U-19)
* Mite Cikarski
* Philip Hellquist (U-21 & U-19 & U-17)
* Konstantinos Mavropanos (U-21)
* Alexis Apostolopoulos (U-21 & U-19)
* Giorgos Manthatis (U-21 & U-19 & U-17)
* Lampros Zacharos (U-19)
* Bruno Chalkiadakis (U-19)
* Serafeim Giannikoglou (U-17)
* Giorgos Gogos (U-17)
* Themistoklis Tzimopoulos
* Enes Dolovac (U-17)

### Foreign players

| EU Nationals David López Nadales Pedro Pérez Conde Franck Betra Philip Hellquist | EU Nationals (Dual Citizenship) Themistoklis Tzimopoulos Bruno Chalkiadakis Karim Soltani Franck Betra Edelino Ié | Non-EU Nationals Andi Lila Enes Dolovac Higor Vidal Jonathan Rodríguez Mite Cikarski |

## Personnel
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Majority Owner | Giorgos Christovasilis |
| President and CEO | Giorgos Christovasilis |
| Director of Football | Dimitris Niarchakos |
| Director of Office | Alekos Potsis |
| Head of Ticket Department | Andreas Potsis |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Giannis Petrakis |
| Assistant coach | Giannis Taousianis |
| Fitness coach | Vasilis Alexiou |
| Goalkeepers Coach | Christos Tseliopoulos |
| Analyst | Nikolaos Gortzis |

### medical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head doctor | Stavros Restanis |
| Physio | Filippos Skordos |

### Academy

| Position | Name |
| Head of Youth Development | Dimitrios Terezopoulos |
| Head coach U-20 | Christos Agelis |
| Head coach U-17 | Nikos Badimas |
| Head coach U-15 | Anastasios Anthimiadis |

## Transfers
### Summer
#### Ιn

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 39 | GK | Markos Vellidis | Free | - | 28 June 2017 |
| 10 | FW | Bruno Chalkiadakis | Cascavel | - | 13 July 2017 |
| 77 | DF | Alexis Apostolopoulos | Platanias | - | 24 July 2017 |
| 23 | MF | Lampros Zacharos | Acharnaikos | - | 24 July 2017 |
| 64 | FW | Franck Betra | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | - | 1 August 2017 |
| 14 | FW | Jonathan Rodríguez | Chacarita Juniors | - | 4 August 2017 |
| 16 | GK | Thodoris Venetikidis | Veria | - | 4 August 2017 |
| 40 | GK | Serafeim Giannikoglou | Iraklis | - | 10 August 2017 |
| 26 | DF | Vasilis Zogos | Ifaistos Peristeriou | - | - |
| 17 | W | Karim Soltani | Xanthi F.C. | - | 30 August 2017 |
| 27 | W | Giorgos Manthatis | Olympiacos | - | 31 August 2017 |

#### Out

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 23 | DF | Leonardo Koutris | Olympiakos | €600,000 | 28 April 2017 |
| 10 | FW | Jairo | PAOK–FC Sheriff | End of loan | 1 July 2017 |
| 33 | MF | Nikos Korovesis | PAOK–Platanias | End of loan | 1 July 2017 |
| 11 | MF | Noé Acosta | Lamia | End of contract | 1 July 2017 |
| 98 | MF | Alexandros Masouras | An. Karditsas | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 13 | GK | Nikos Koliofoukas | Kilkisiakos | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 1 | GK | Alexandros Paschalakis | PAOK | Free | 1 August 2017 |
| 93 | CF | Christopher Maboulou | Free | Free | - |
For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2017

### Winter
#### In

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 15 | CM | Edelino Ié | Braga B | Free | 16 January 2018 |
| 11 | LB | Mite Cikarski | Ethnikos Achna | Free | 22 January 2018 |
| 22 | CM | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | PAS Giannina U-20 | - | 20 January 2018 |
| 80 | CM | Angelos Liasos | PAS Giannina U-20 | - | 27 January 2018 |
| 5 | CB | Giorgos Gogos | PAS Giannina U-20 | - | 3 February 2018 |
| 14 | CF | Philip Hellquist | Kalmar FF | - | 9 February 2018 |

#### Out

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 14 | FW | Jonathan Rodríguez | Released free | - | 19 December 2017 |
| 22 | CM | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | Released free | - | 19 December 2017 |
| 11 | LB | David López Nadales | Released free | - | 4 January 2018 |
| 42 | CB | Konstantinos Mavropanos | Arsenal | €2,150,000 | 4 January 2018 |
| | CM | Edelino Ié | Free | (Canceled) | 28 January 2018 |
For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers winter 2017–18

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Competitions
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Panionios | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 40 |
| 8 | Panetolikos | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 35 |
| 9 | PAS Giannina | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 34 |
| 10 | Levadiakos | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 34 |
| 11 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 32 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Levadiakos 2, PAS Giannina 2.
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 2 points due to crowd behavior against PAOK in a play-off match during the 2016–17 season. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points for financial reasons on 11 April 2018. On 23 April 2018 another 3 points were deducted for the same occasion.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAS | PGSS | ARIS | PNG |
| 1 | PAS Giannina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Round of 16 | | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Panionios | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Round of 16 | 1–1 | | — | — |
| 3 | Aris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | — |
| 4 | Panegialios | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Greek Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Apps | Apps |
| 2 | RB | | Michalis Boukouvalas | 25 | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | DM | | Andi Lila | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | CB | | Thodoris Berios | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | CB | | Giorgos Gogos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | CB | | Alexios Michail | 29 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | CM / CF | | Evripidis Giakos | 28 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | CB | | Themistoklis Tzimopoulos | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | CF | | Pedro Pérez Conde | 26 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | CF | | Bruno Chalkiadakis | 25 | 6 | 31 |
| 11 | LB | | Mite Cikarski | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | LB | | David López Nadales | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | GK | | Kostas Peristeridis | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | CF | | Philip Hellquist | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | CF | | Jonathan Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | | Thodoris Venetikidis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | W / CF | | Karim Soltani | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 20 | RB | | Nikos Karanikas | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 21 | DM / CM | | Iraklis Garoufalias | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 22 | CM | | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | CM | | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 23 | CM | | Lampros Zacharos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | CB | | Vasilis Zogos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | RW | | Giorgos Manthatis | 27 | 7 | 34 |
| 33 | CF / RW / CM | | Higor Vidal | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 39 | GK | | Markos Vellidis | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| 40 | GK | | Serafeim Giannikoglou | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 42 | CB | | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 44 | CB | | Apostolos Skondras | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 55 | CF / RLW | | Enes Dolovac | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 64 | CF / RLW | | Franck Betra | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 77 | RB | | Alexis Apostolopoulos | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 80 | CM | | Angelos Liasos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | CM / RLW | | Alexandros Nikolias | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| - | CM | | Edelino Ié | - | - | - |
Super League Greece

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Greek Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Goals | Goals | Goals |
| 9 | CF | | Pedro Pérez Conde | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | CB | | Themistoklis Tzimopoulos | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | CF | | Bruno Chalkiadakis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | CB | | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | W / CF | | Karim Soltani | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | CM / CF | | Evripidis Giakos | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | DM / CM | | Iraklis Garoufalias | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | CB | | Apostolos Skondras | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | LB | | David López Nadales | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | CB | | Thodoris Berios | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | CF / RW / CM | | Higor Vidal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 64 | CF / RLW | | Franck Betra | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | CM / RLW | | Alexandros Nikolias | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Super League Greece

### Clean sheets

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Greek Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CS | CS | CS |
| 12 | GK | | Kostas Peristeridis | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
| 16 | GK | | Thodoris Venetikidis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 39 | GK | | Markos Vellidis | 7 (26) | 0 (0) | 7 (26) |
| 40 | GK | | Serafeim Giannikoglou | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 2 (8) |

### Best goal and MVP awards winners

| MD | MVP award | Best goal award |
| 7 | - | Bruno Chalkiadakis (PAS Giannina) |
| 21 | Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) | Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) |
| 22 | - | Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) |
| 24 | - | Apostolos Skondras (PAS Giannina) |
| 30 | Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) | Pedro Conde (PAS Giannina) |

### Disciplinary record

| S | P | Name | Super League | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | RB | Michalis Boukouvalas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DM | Andi Lila | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | CB | Thodoris Berios | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | CB | Alexios Michail | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | CM / CF | Evripidis Giakos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | CB | Themistoklis Tzimopoulos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | CF | Pedro Pérez Conde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | CF | Bruno Chalkiadakis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | LB | Mite Cikarski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | LB | David López Nadales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | W / CF | Karim Soltani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | RB | Nikos Karanikas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | DM / CM | Iraklis Garoufalias | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | CF / RW / CM | Higor Vidal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Serafeim Giannikoglou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | CB | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | CB | Apostolos Skondras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | CF / RLW | Franck Betra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | RB | Alexis Apostolopoulos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |