# 2016–17 Veria F.C. season

Season 2016–17 is the 17th of Veria in Super League Greece. Veria will compete in the following competitions Super League and Greek Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Note(s) |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Georgios Kantimiris | GK | 19 September 1982 (31) | Fokikos |
| 30 | Theodoros Venetikidis | GK | 20 February 2001 (15) | Youth system |
| 55 | Jonathan López | GK | 16 April 1981 (35) | Getafe |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | RB/RM | 28 January 1992 (24) | AEK | On loan until 30 June 2017 |
| 3 | Mark Asigba | RB/CB | 7 July 1990 (26) | Olympiacos | On loan until 30 June 2017 |
| 4 | Christos Melissis | CB | 1 December 1982 (33) | Panthrakikos |
| 5 | Stelios Marangos | CB/DM | 4 May 1989 (27) | Kerkyra |
| 6 | Mohamadou Sissoko | CB | 8 August 1988 (28) | Giresunspor |
| 16 | Sofoklis Radis | CB | 21 February 1998 (18) | Youth system |
| 18 | Iván Malón | RB | 26 August 1986 (30) | Mirandés |
| 21 | Cyril Kali | CB/RB | 21 January 1984 (32) | Panetolikos |
| 88 | Giorgi Navalovski | LB | 28 June 1986 (30) | SKA-Khabarovsk |
| 95 | Giannis Charontakis | LB | 7 August 1995 (21) | Trikala |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Toni Calvo | L/RW | 28 March 1987 (29) | Anorthosis |
| 8 | Antonio Tomás | CM | 19 January 1985 (31) | Numancia |
| 10 | Pedro Arce | CM/AM | 25 November 1991 (25) | Veria |
| 11 | Kristijan Miljević | LW | 15 July 1992 (age 24) | Lamia |
| 14 | Sisinio | L/RW/AM | 22 April 1986 (30) | Lech Poznań |
| 17 | Jeffrey Sarpong | RW | 3 August 1988 (28) | Wellington Phoenix |
| 19 | Yiannis Papadopoulos | CM | 9 March 1989 (27) | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| 21 | Panagiotis Linardos | AM | 7 August 1991 (25) | Panegialios |
| 24 | Alexandros Doris | AM | 10 July 1999 (17) | Youth system |
| 25 | Sotiris Balafas | DM | 19 August 1986 (28) | Hoverla |
| 26 | Terry Antonis | CM | 26 November 1993 (23) | PAOK | On loan until 30 June 2017 |
| 71 | Manolis Papasterianos | DM/CB | 15 August 1987 (29) | Xanthi |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Pantelis Kapetanos | CF | 8 June 1983 (33) | Xanthi |
| 20 | Dimitris Melikiotis | RW/CF | 10 July 1996 (19) | Youth system |
| 23 | Ioakeim Zyngeridis | CF | 20 January 1999 (17) | Youth system |
| 28 | Pablo Vitti | ST | 9 July 1985 (31) | Ratchaburi |
| 99 | Billy Konstantinidis | CF | 21 April 1986 (30) | Aris |

### Transfers
#### Summer Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Miguel Alba (from Pafos) |
| — | FW | ARG | Pablo Vitti (from Ratchaburi) |
| — | MF | AUS | Terry Antonis (on loan from PAOK) |
| — | FW | AUS | Billy Konstantinidis (from Aris) |
| — | DF | BRA | Bruno Bertucci (from Caldense) |
| — | MF | ESP | Toni Calvo (from Anorthosis) |
| — | MF | ESP | Antonio Tomás (from Numancia) |
| — | MF | ESP | Sisinio González Martínez (from Lech Poznań) |
| — | DF | FRA | Mohamadou Sissoko (from Giresunspor) |
| — | DF | GHA | Mark Asigba (on loan from Olympiacos) |
| — | DF | GEO | Giorgi Navalovski (from Khabarovsk) |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Charontakis (from Trikala) |
| — | DF | GRE | Christos Melissis (from Panthrakikos) |
| — | DF | GRE | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos (on loan from AEK) |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Mavrias (from Anagennisi Karditsa) |
| — | MF | GRE | Yiannis Papadopoulos (from Hapoel Kfar Saba) |
| — | MF | GRE | Manolis Papasterianos (from Skoda Xanthi) |
| — | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Linardos (from Panegialios) |
| — | FW | GRE | Pantelis Kapetanos (from Skoda Xanthi) |
| — | MF | NED | Jeffrey Sarpong (from Wellington Phoenix) |
| — | MF | NED | Alvin Fortes (from Boluspor) |
| — | MF | SRB | Kristijan Miljević (from Lamia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ALG | Djamel Abdoun (released) |
| — | MF | ARG | Roberto Battión (released) |
| — | FW | ARG | Miguel Alba (released) |
| — | DF | BRA | Neto (to Aris) |
| — | DF | BRA | Bruno Bertucci (released) |
| — | MF | COM | Mohamed Youssouf (released) |
| — | DF | ESP | Raúl Bravo (loan return to Aris) |
| — | DF | FRA | William Edjenguélé (released) |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitris Giannoulis (loan return to PAOK) |
| — | DF | GRE | Achilleas Poungouras (loan return to PAOK) |
| — | DF | GRE | Vasilis Argiropoulos (released) |
| — | DF | GRE | Vasilis Giannopoulos (released) |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Papageorgiou (released) |
| — | MF | GRE | Anestis Karakostas (released) |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Anakoglou (loan return to AEK) |
| — | FW | GRE | Panagiotis Xoblios (released) |
| — | FW | GRE | Thomas Nazlidis (to Larissa) |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Manos (to OFI) |
| — | MF | NED | Alvin Fortes (released) |
| — | MF | POL | Radosław Majewski (to Lech Poznań) |
| — | FW | ZAM | Rodgers Kola (loan return to Gent) |
| — | MF | SRB | Branko Ostojić (to OFI) |

#### Winter Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Technical and medical staff

Technical staff :
| Head coach | Ratko Dostanić |
| Assistant coach | TBA |
| Goalkeeping coach | Dimitris Kottaridis |
| Fitness coach | TBA |
| Fitness coach | Goran Guzijan |
| Team Manager | Aris Veniopoulos |
| Interpreter | King Ferreira |
| Caregiver | Thanasis Voulgaris |
| Caregiver | Kosmas Rozintsis |
| Scouting staff ||
| Scout | N/A |
| Medical staff ||
| Physio | TBA |
| Masseur | Fotis Konstantakos |
| Masseur | Dimitris Lamprinidis |
| Masseur | Charis Pantelidis |
| Pathologist | Georgios Avramopoulos |
| Orthopedist | Nikolaos Dimou |
| Urologist | Georgios Minas |
| Surgeon | Prodromos Isaakidis |
| Dentist | Despοina Karvouna |
| Νutritionist | Athanasios Topis |

### Veria Academy

Academy staff :
| Technical Director | Nikos Karabiberis |
| General Manager | Georgia Tsiamoura |
| U20 coach | Apostolis Terzis |
| Assistant coach | Germanos Safarikas |
| Goalkeeping coach | Dimitris Kottaridis |
| U17 coach | Dimitris Christoforidis |
| U15 coach | Giannis Kapsaliaris |

## Season Milestones

* Veria will compete in the 2016–17 Super League Greece for 6th consecutive season. This is the first time ever to happen in her history.
* On May 8, 2016, Karipidis stated in an interview for "Real News" that he's very close to seal a deal with a Chinese company on selling Veria's shares.
* Konstantinos Papadopoulos is the new major shareholder of Veria.
* Zisis Vryzas quit his post on 3 July 2016.
* Following Vryzas' departure, Eleftheropoulos quit his manager position along with Venetidis on 6 July 2016.
* Alekos Vosniadis was appointed as the new club manager on 8 July 2016.
* On 8 September 2016, Committee of Professional Sports didn't allow the transfer of the club's shares from Theodoros Karipidis to Konstantinos Papadopoulos, as a result Veria wasn't grant a permission of participation to the 2016–17 Super League Greece championship and they are facing a relegation penalty to Football League or even a ban from all the professional football championships.
* On 22 September 2016, Committee of Professional Sports granted to Veria, the permission of participating to 2016–17 Super League Greece as well as they approved the transfer shares of 93,53% from Theodoros Karipidis to Konstantinos Papadopoulos. Veria was fined €15,000 for their incomplete file on their first attempt.
* On 23 September 2016, Alekos Vosniadis left the club.
* On 24 September 2016, Thomas Grafas was appointed as the new club manager.

## Fixtures & Results
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League Greece | Regular season | TBP | TBP | 10 September 2016 | April 2017 |
| Greek Cup | Second Round | TBP | TBP | October 2016 | TBA |
Last updated: 17 April 2016 Source: Competitions

### Pre-season Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Mid-season Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Fixtures

Last updated: 3 October 2016 Source: Superleague Greece

### Tickets

    Updated to games played in August 2016, as published on superleaguegreece.net. Games are counted without games played behind closed gates.
| Fixture | Team | Tickets | Average |
| 2 | Iraklis | TBA |
| 4 | AEK | 3,111 |
| 6 | PAOK | TBA |
| 8 | Panathinaikos | TBA |
| 9 | Platanias | TBA |
| 11 | Levadiakos | TBA |
| 13 | Panetolikos | TBA |
| 15 | Xanthi | TBA |
| Overall | 15 | TBA | TBA |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 28 | |
| 13 | AEL | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 28 | |
| 14 | Levadiakos | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 26 | |
| 15 | Iraklis (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 29 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
| 16 | Veria (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 22 | Relegation to Football League |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 4, AEL 1.
* ↑ Iraklis were initially relegated to Football League due to the financial problems. However, the team decided not to participate in the second tier Football League, and play in the third tier Gamma Ethniki instead with the amateur team.

### 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 October 2016. Source: Superleague Greece

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | P | P | L | L | W | D |
| Position | | | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 |

## Greek Cup
### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Asteras Tripolis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Aris | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Aiginiakos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Veria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
Last updated: 3 October 2016 Source: HFF

## Players Statistics
### Overall

Updated as of 18 September 2016.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Play-Offs | Play-Offs | Play-Offs | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Start | Apps | Goals | Start | Apps | Goals | Start | Apps | Goals | Start | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Georgios Kantimiris | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Theodoros Venetikidis | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | Jonathan López | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mark Nyaaba Asigba | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Christos Melissis | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stelios Marangos(c) | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Mohamadou Sissoko | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Sofoklis Radis | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Iván Malón | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Cyril Kali | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Giorgi Navalovski | 30 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Toni Calvo | 29 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Antonio Tomás | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Pedro Arce | 25 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kristijan Miljević | 24 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Sisinio | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Jeffrey Sarpong | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Yiannis Papadopoulos | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Panagiotis Linardos | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Alexandros Doris | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Sotiris Balafas | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Terry Antonis | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | Manolis Papasterianos | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Pantelis Kapetanos | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Dimitris Melikiotis | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ioakeim Zyngeridis | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Pablo Vitti | 31 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Billy Konstantinidis | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Superleague Greece

### Goals

| R | Player | Position | Super League | Greek Cup | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Pablo Vitti | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Pantelis Kapetanos | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 28 September 2016 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches 0 shown as blank

### Assists

| R | Player | Position | Super League | Greek Cup | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Giorgi Navalovski | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Pedro Arce | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 28 September 2016 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches 0 shown as blank

### Best goal and MVP awards and nominees

| Day | Opponent | H / A | Name | for | Status |
| 3 | Olympiacos | A | Pantelis Kapetanos | Best goal | Nominated |
| 5 | Paninios | A | Pablo Vitti | MVP & Best goal | Nominated |
Source: Best of Superleague 2016–2017