# 2015–16 Veria F.C. season

Season 2015–16 is the 16th 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 | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Georgios Kantimiris | GK | 19 September 1982 (31) | Fokikos | 30 June 2016 |
| 55 | Jonathan López | GK | 16 April 1981 (34) | Getafe | 30 June 2017 |
| 96 | Giorgos Vasileiadis | GK | 10 June 1996 (19) | Youth system | 30 June 2019 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 31 | Dimitris Giannoulis | LB/LM | 17 October 1996 (18) | PAOK | 30 June 2016 |
| 2 | Darcy Neto | RB | 7 February 1981 (34) | Veria | 30 June 2016 |
| 18 | Iván Malón | RB | 26 August 1986 (28) | Mirandés | 30 June 2016 |
| 28 | Vaggelis Nastos | RB/CB | 13 September 1980 (34) | Atromitos | 30 June 2016 |
| 3 | Cyril Kali | CB/RB | 21 January 1984 (30) | Panetolikos | 30 June 2017 |
| 5 | Stelios Marangos | CB | 4 May 1989 (25) | Kerkyra | 30 June 2016 |
| 23 | William Edjenguélé | CB | 7 May 1987 (28) | Panetolikos | 30 June 2017 |
| 44 | Achilleas Poungouras | CB | 13 December 1995 (19) | PAOK | 30 June 2016 |
| 19 | Anestis Karakostas | CB/DM | 15 June 1991 (24) | Iraklis | 30 June 2018 |
| 4 | Raúl Bravo | LB/CB | 14 April 1981 (34) | Aris | 30 June 2016 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Roberto Battión | DM | 1 March 1982 (32) | Independiente | 30 June 2016 |
| 8 | Branko Ostojić | DM | 3 January 1984 (31) | Javor | 30 June 2016 |
| 25 | Sotiris Balafas | DM | 19 August 1986 (28) | Hoverla | 30 June 2017 |
| 24 | Abdisalam Ibrahim | DM | 1 May 1991 (24) | Olympiacos | 30 June 2017 |
| 22 | Stefanos Siontis | DM/RB | 4 September 1987 (27) | Kerkyra | 30 June 2016 |
| 21 | Alexandros Vergonis | CM | 1 December 1985 (28) | Rodos | 30 June 2016 |
| 86 | Radosław Majewski | CM/AM | 15 December 1986 (28) | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2017 |
| 13 | Mohamed Youssouf | LW | 26 March 1988 (27) | Ergotelis | 30 June 2017 |
| 20 | Dimitris Melikiotis | RW/CF | 10 July 1996 (19) | Youth system | 30 June 2019 |
| 7 | Giorgos Georgiadis | LW/RW | 14 November 1987 (26) | PAOK | 30 June 2016 |
| 93 | Djamel Abdoun | LW/RW | 14 February 1986 (29) | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2017 |
| 11 | Giorgi Merebashvili | AM/LW/RW | 15 August 1986 (28) | OFI Crete | 30 June 2017 |
| 15 | Pedro Arce | AM | 25 November 1991 (24) | Kavala | 30 June 2016 |
| -- | Giorgos Bouzoukis | CM | 26 July 1993 (22) | Chania | 30 June 2018 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Thomas Nazlidis | CF | 23 October 1987 (27) | Platanias | 30 June 2016 |
| 14 | Rodgers Kola | CF | 4 July 1989 (26) | Gent | 30 June 2016 |
| 77 | Saša Kajkut | CF | 7 July 1984 (31) | Kerkyra | 30 June 2017 |
| 80 | Panagiotis Xoblios | CF | 27 February 1996 (19) | Youth system | 30 June 2019 |
| 33 | Dimitrios Manos | CF | 16 September 1994 (21) | Ergotelis | 30 June 2019 |

### Transfers
#### Summer Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ALG | Djamel Abdoun (from Nottingham Forest) |
| — | FW | BIH | Saša Kajkut (from Kerkyra) |
| — | DF | BRA | Darcy Neto (returned to club after being released by it) |
| — | MF | COM | Mohamed Youssouf (from Ergotelis) |
| — | GK | ESP | Jonathan López (from Getafe) |
| — | FW | ESP | Koke (from NorthEast United) |
| — | DF | FRA | William Edjenguélé (from Panetolikos) |
| — | MF | GEO | Giorgi Merebashvili (from OFI) |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Tsoumanis (from Panthrakikos) |
| — | DF | GRE | Vaggelis Nastos (from Atromitos) |
| — | MF | GRE | Stefanos Siontis (from Kerkyra) |
| — | MF | GRE | Marios Papadopoulos (loan return from Aris) |
| — | MF | GRE | Anestis Karakostas (from Iraklis) |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Bouzoukis (from Pierikos) |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Giannoulis (on loan from P.A.O.K.) |
| — | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim (from Olympiacos) |
| — | MF | POL | Radosław Majewski (from Nottingham Forest) |
| — | FW | ZAM | Rodgers Kola (on loan from Gent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Javier Cámpora (released) |
| — | FW | AUS | Theo Markelis (to Hume City) |
| — | DF | BRA | Neto (released) |
| — | MF | CMR | Cédric Mandjeck (to CF Pobla de Mafumet) |
| — | FW | COM | Ben (to Olympiacos) |
| — | GK | ESP | Xavi Ginard (tο Aris) |
| — | DF | ESP | José Catalá (released) |
| — | DF | ESP | Raúl Bravo (tο Aris) |
| — | MF | ESP | Carlos Caballero (loan return to Córdoba). |
| — | MF | ESP | Jokin Esparza (released) |
| — | MF | ESP | David Vázquez (released) |
| — | FW | ESP | Koke (to Aris) |
| — | GK | GRE | Dimitris Chomsioglou (released) |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Amarantidis (released) |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Tsoumanis (tο Aris) |
| — | DF | GRE | Angelos Vertzos (to Larissa) |
| — | MF | GRE | Kenan Bargan (released) |
| — | MF | GRE | Nikos Kaltsas (to Panathinaikos) |
| — | MF | GRE | Marios Papadopoulos (to Aris) |
| — | MF | GRE | Andreas Tatos (tο Aris) |
| — | MF | GRE | Charalampos Pavlidis (tο Aris) |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Bouzoukis (on loan to Chania) |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Manos (on loan to Ergotelis) |
| — | FW | GRE | Stefanos Dogos (released) |
| — | FW | ITA | Nicolao Dumitru (loan return to Napoli) |
| — | FW | PAN | Julio Segundo (released) |

#### Winter Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Raúl Bravo (on loan from Aris) |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Bouzoukis (loan return from Chania) |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Manos (loan return from Ergotelis) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GEO | Giorgi Merebashvili (to Levadiakos) |
| — | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim (released) |

## Season Milestones

* On 20 May 2015, Super League's court found Veria innocent as she was accused for fixing the game against Olympiacos F.C. in 2013.
* On 21 May 2015, Cyril Kali expanded his contract with the club for two more years while Branko Ostojić expanded his contract until 31 June 2016.
* On 25 May 2015, Pedro Arce signed a one-year contract expansion.
* On 26 May 2015, Javier Campora and Jose Catala mutually terminated their contracts with the club.
* On 29 May 2015, Sotiris Balafas signed his new contract which is set to expire on 31 June 2017.
* On 2 June 2015, Alexandros Vergonis renewed his contract with the club until 31 June 2016.
* On 18 June 2015, Veria F.C. board announced a major upgrade of their training facilities in Tagarochori.
* Veria's pre-season preparation will take place at Golden Tulip, in Arnhem, Netherlands.
* Veria's first training of the season took place on 6 June 2015 at Tagarochori Training Center.
* On 8 July 2015 Veria was judged as innocent for the suspected fixed match against Olympiacos, on 6 January 2013, by the appeal committee of Hellenic Football Federation and they will remain in Super League for fourth consecutive year, a record for the club as they never before survived for more than three seasons at the top tier of Greek football.
* On 3 August 2015 Levadiakos' appeal at Referee's Football Court of Hellenic Football Federation was turned down and Veria permanently secured her position in the Super League.
* On 30 August 2015, Theodoros Karipidis confirmed the interest of a Chinese group of businessmen to buy club's partly or whole shares package. They arranged an appointment in Milan, Italy which will take place on 2 September 2015.
* On 31 August 2015, Stefanos Dogos was released on a free transfer by the club while Dimitris Manos was given on loan to Ergotelis in Football League.
* On 2 September 2015, Asterios Merkousis who was a young goalkeeper of Veria U20 youth squad that the club was expecting a lot to come from his talent, during the evening training of the same day with the first team squad died as he suffered from a heart attack. An ambulance brought him to Veria's hospital but doctors didn't make it to keep him alive.
* On 19 January 2016, Georgios Georgiadis was fired by the club after several disappointing results.
* Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos was appointed as Veria's new manager on 26 January 2016. His assistant will be Stylianos Venetidis.
* Veria finished 14th in the Super League Greece championship, securing a position for the next season.

## Fixtures & Results
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League Greece | Regular season | 14th | 14th | 23 August 2015 | 17 April 2016 |
| Greek Cup | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | 28 October 2015 | 13 January 2016 |
Last updated: 17 April 2016 Source: Competitions

### Pre-season Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Fixtures

Last updated: 17 April 2016 Source: Superleague Greece 1.^ Matches of Matchday 4 originally were scheduled to be held in 19/20/21 September 2015, but due to the Elections to be held on 20 September 2015 Superleague Greece, decided the Matchday 4 to be held 22/23 September 2015.

### Tickets

    Updated to games played on 28 September 2015, as published on superleaguegreece.net. Games are counted without games played behind closed gates.
| Fixture | Team | Tickets | Average |
| 1 | PAS Giannina | 827 |
| 3 | PAOK | 3,557 |
| 5 | AEK | 3,348 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 602 |
| 9 | Olympiacos | 2,451 |
| 11 | Iraklis | 1,385 |
| 13 | Panathinaikos | 1,035 |
| 15 | Asteras Tripolis | 586 |
| 17 | Panthrakikos | 530 |
| 19 | Panetolikos | 648 |
| 21 | Kalloni | 714 |
| 23 | Panionios | 634 |
| 25 | Levadiakos | 500 |
| 27 | Platanias | 605 |
| 29 | Skoda Xanthi | 587 |
| Overall | 15 | 18,014 | 1,201 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 15 | Panthrakikos (R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 58 | −40 | 17 | Relegation to the Football League |
| 16 | AEL Kalloni (R) | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 16 | Relegation to the Football League |
* ↑ 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: 29 January 2016. Source: Superleague Greece

### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

## Greek Cup
### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atromitos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Veria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Kallithea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Lamia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Third round

Last updated: 19 December 2015 Source: HFF

## Players Statistics
### Overall

Updated as of 25 January 2016, 13:12 UTC.
| 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 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | Jonathan López | 34 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | Giorgos Vasileiadis | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Darcy Neto | 34 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Cyril Kali | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Raúl Bravo | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stelios Marangos | 25 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Iván Malón | 28 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | William Edjenguélé | 28 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Vaggelis Nastos | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Achilleas Poungouras | 19 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Roberto Battión | 32 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Giorgos Georgiadis | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Branko Ostojić | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Giorgi Merebashvili | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Mohamed Youssouf | 27 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Pedro Arce | 22 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Anestis Karakostas | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Dimitris Melikiotis | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Alexandros Vergonis(c) | 28 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Stefanos Siontis | 27 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Sotiris Balafas | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Dimitris Giannoulis | 19 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | Radosław Majewski | 29 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | Djamel Abdoun | 29 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Thomas Nazlidis | 27 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Rodgers Kola | 26 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Dimitris Melikiotis | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Saša Kajkut | 31 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | Panagiotis Xoblios | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Superleague Greece

### Goals

| R | Player | Position | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | Thomas Nazlidis | FW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Radosław Majewski | MF | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Djamel Abdoun | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Dimitris Anakoglou | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 17 April 2016 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches 0 shown as blank

### Assists

| R | Player | Position | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | Radosław Majewski | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Thomas Nazlidis | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Rodgers Kola | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 17 April 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 |
| 1 | PAS Giannina | H | Thomas Nazlidis | MVP | Nominated |
| 2 | Panthrakikos | A | Djamel Abdoun | MVP | Nominated |
| 5 | A.E.K. | H | Neto | Best goal | Nominated |
| 6 | AEL Kalloni | A | Djamel Abdoun | MVP | Nominated |
| 8 | Panionios | A | Thomas Nazlidis | MVP | Nominated |
Source: Best of Superleague 2015–2016