# 2015–16 Iraklis F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Iraklis first season in the Super League since 2011 and 52nd in total.

## Players

The following list contains Iraklis' squad, as it was after the conclusion of the summer transfer window.

### First team

| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Huanderson | GK | (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 31) | Rio Ave | 2012 | 91 | 0 |
| 30 | Dušan Perniš | GK | (1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 30) | Slovan Bratislava | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Serafeim Giannikoglou | GK | (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 22) | Fokikos | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| – | Panagiotis Ladas | GK | (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 20) | Asteras Tripoli | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| – | Spyros Papathanasiou | GK | (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 23) | Ethnikos Gazoros | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Michalis Boukouvalas | RB | (1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 27) | Kerkyra | 2013 | 64 | 1 |
| 3 | Giorgos Saramantas | LB | (1992-01-29)29 January 1992 (aged 23) | Paniliakos | 2014 | 25 | 0 |
| 4 | Aristotelis Karasalidis | CB | (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 24) | Niki Volos | 2015 | 12 | 1 |
| 22 | Sebastián Bartolini | CB | (1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 33) | Asteras Tripoli | 2014 | 25 | 1 |
| 23 | Carlitos | LB/RB | (1985-04-23)23 April 1985 (aged 30) | AEL Limassol | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Asterios Mouchalis | RB | (1997-02-04)4 February 1997 (aged 18) | Youth system | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Nikos Ziabaris | CB | (1991-02-18)18 February 1991 (aged 24) | Fostiras | 2014 | 30 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | Dimitris Stamou | DM/CB | (1991-04-27)27 April 1991 (aged 24) | PAOK | 2014 | 17 | 0 |
| 6 | Paschalis Kassos | RW | (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 23) | Doxa Drama | 2014 | 21 | 4 |
| 8 | Lefteris Intzoglou | AM | (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 28) | Doxa Drama | 2013 | 61 | 1 |
| 10 | Diego Romano | CM | (1980-03-11)11 March 1980 (aged 35) | Ergotelis | 2014 | 27 | 2 |
| 11 | Nikos Pourtoulidis (Captain) | DM | (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 31) | Niki Volos | 2013 | 68 | 12 |
| 14 | Giannis Pasas | LM | (1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 24) | Panetolikos | 2014 | 26 | 2 |
| 15 | Costin Lazăr | DM | (1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 34) | Panetolikos | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Pavlos Kyriakidis | AM | (1991-09-03)3 September 1991 (aged 23) | Zakynthos | 2014 | 26 | 2 |
| 20 | Emmanuel Zambazis | CM | (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 18) | Vaughan Soccer Club | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Angelos Chanti | AM | (1989-09-07)7 September 1989 (aged 25) | Ergotelis | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Georgios Makris | DM | (1984-11-15)15 November 1984 (aged 30) | OFI Crete | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Kosmas Tsilianidis | RW/LW | (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 21) | Youth system | 2011 | 70 | 10 |
| 9 | Emanuel Perrone | FW | (1983-06-14)14 June 1983 (aged 32) | Kalloni | 2014 | 22 | 5 |
| 25 | Giannis Loukinas | FW | (1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 23) | Chania | 2014 | 29 | 15 |
| 39 | Apostolos Vellios | FW | (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 23) | Lierse | 2015 | 22 | 4 |
| 99 | Kerem Bulut | FW | (1992-02-03)3 February 1992 (aged 23) | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
* 1 2 Originally from Iraklis' youth system

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

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 25 June 2015 | Costin Lazăr | Panetolikos | 10Free |
| 26 June 2015 | Angelos Chanti | Ergotelis | 10Free |
| 29 June 2015 | Kerem Bulut | Western Sydney Wanderers | 10Free |
| 3 July 2015 | Carlitos | AEL Limassol | 10Free |
| 15 July 2015 | Apostolos Vellios | Lierse | 10Free |
| 18 July 2015 | Dušan Perniš | Slovan Bratislava | 10Free |
| 24 July 2015 | Georgios Makris | OFI Crete | 10Free |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 18 June 2015 | Dimitris Toskas | Lamia | 10Free |
| 1 July 2015 | Konstantinos Rougalas | OH Leuven | 10Free |
| 2 July 2015 | Savvas Siatravanis | Panachaiki | 10Free |
| 8 July 2015 | Giorgos Smiltos | Kissamikos | 10Free |
| 10 July 2015 | Miltos Stefanidis | | 10Free |
| 13 July 2015 | Anestis Karakostas | Veria | 10Free |
| 3 August 2015 | Nikos Aggeloudis | Panserraikos | 10Free |
| 12 August 2015 | Giorgos Valerianos | Apollon Smyrni | 10Free |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Nikos Papadopoulos |
| Assistant coach | Nikos Amanatidis |
| General manager | |
| Technical director | |
| Physical trainer | |
| Goalkeeper trainer | Fotios Gizelis |
| Doctor | Manolis Papakostas |
| Physiotherapist | Konstantinos Tsiolakidis |
| Care taker | Georgios Siagas |
| Youth team manager | |
| Academy director | |
Last updated: June 2015 Source:

### Other information

| Chairman | Spiros Papathanasakis |
| Vice President | Theodoros Papadopoulos |
| Team Director | |
| Marketing Director | Nikos Gramenos |
| Press Secretary | Theodoros Papadopoulos |
| Security manager | Makis Sarlis |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Kaftanzoglio Stadium (28,028 / 68x105 m) |
| Training ground | Mikra Training Center |
Source:

### Kit

Supplier: Blue Line Sponsor(s): OPAP
| Home | Away | Third kit |
Source: sport24.gr

## Pre-season and friendlies

During pre-season Iraklis trained in Karpenisi and arranged friendly matches versus PAS Giannina, Panetolikos and Levadiakos. Iraklis agreed to play a friendly match with Italian Serie A club Fiorentina. The match was agreed to be held at Stadio Mariotti in Montecatini Terme on 15 August.

## Super League Greece
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Levadiakos | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 37 |
| 11 | Panetolikos | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 35 |
| 12 | Iraklis | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 35 |
| 13 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 33 |
| 14 | Veria | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 27 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Panetolikos 4, Iraklis 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 January 2016. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches
## Greek Cup
### Second Round (Group A)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iraklis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | PAS Giannina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Acharnaikos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | |

### Third round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Huanderson | 11 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Michalis Boukouvalas | 16 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Saramantas | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Aristotelis Karassalidis | 9 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Stamou | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Paschalis Kassos | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Kosmas Tsilianidis | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Lefteris Intzoglou | 15 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Emanuel Perrone | 11 | 4 | 6+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Diego Romano | 13 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Nikos Pourtoulidis | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GRE | Giannis Pasas | 15 | 1 | 11+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ROU | Costin Lazăr | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Ilias Kalfountzos | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Pavlos Kyriakidis | 16 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CAN | Emmanuel Zambazis | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GRE | Angelos Chanti | 9 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Sebastián Bartolini | 13 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CPV | Carlitos | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | GRE | Giannis Loukinas | 7 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | GRE | Asterios Mouchalis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SVK | Dušan Perniš | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GRE | Nikos Ziabaris | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | GRE | Apostolos Vellios | 14 | 6 | 11+2 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GRE | Serafeim Giannikoglou | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Avramidis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | GRE | Georgios Makris | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Giannis Tsotras | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | GRE | Ilias Kotsiaridis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | GRE | Vassilis Amarantidis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | AUS | Kerem Bulut | 9 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
Last updated: 29 December 2015 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### Top scorers

As of 2 January 2016
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | 39 | FW | Apostolos Vellios | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Emanuel Perrone | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | Diego Romano | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | Aristotelis Karassalidis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 14 | MF | Giannis Pasas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 19 | MF | Pavlos Kyriakidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 21 | MF | Angelos Chanti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 22 | DF | Sebastián Bartolini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 25 | FW | Giannis Loukinas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 54 | MF | Georgios Makris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 99 | MF | Kerem Bulut | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTAL | 16 | 7 | 23 |

### Top assists

As of 2 January 2016
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | Kosmas Tsilianidis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | Michalis Boukouvalas | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| = | 14 | MF | Giannis Pasas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | Lefteris Intzoglou | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 9 | FW | Emanuel Perrone | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 11 | MF | Nikos Pourtoulidis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 15 | MF | Costin Lazăr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 19 | MF | Pavlos Kyriakidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 21 | MF | Angelos Chanti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 33 | DF | Nikos Ziabaris | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 39 | FW | Apostolos Vellios | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 99 | MF | Kerem Bulut | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTAL | 10 | 6 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

As of 20 September 2015
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Super League | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 15 | MF | Costin Lazăr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | Dimitris Stamou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 7 | FW | Kosmas Tsilianidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 8 | MF | Lefteris Intzoglou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 9 | FW | Emanuel Perrone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 10 | MF | Diego Romano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 22 | DF | Sebastián Bartolini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTAL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |