# 2017–18 Ergotelis F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Ergotelis' 88th season in existence and eleventh overall in the Football League, the second tier of the Greek football league system. It was the first season of the club in the competition since the club's latest promotion as champions of the 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Group 4, and the first season under the ownership of Egyptian businessman Maged Samy. The content of this article covers club activities from 1 July 2017 until 31 May 2018.
After hiring controversial Greek manager Takis Gonias in August 2017, the team struggled early on to earn points on the Table and became relegation contenders at an early stage during the tournament. Ergotelis' squad significantly improved and maintained an impressive good form during the second round of the competition, winning several key matches, scoring many goals, maintaining ball possession rates close to 60%-70% and eventually battling their way out of the relegation zone, mainly due to the impressive 22-goal season performance of arriving Belgian striker Hugo Cuypers.
The club also participated in the Greek Cup for the first time since its relegation to the Gamma Ethniki, exiting the competition during the group stage having suffered three consecutive losses.

## Players

Summer acquisition  Winter acquisition
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 18 | Georgios Chaniotakis | GK | 23 January 1995 (23) | Youth system | |
| 33 | Panagiotis Ladas | GK | 26 August 1994 (23) | KFC Oosterzonen | |
| 97 | Dimitrios Katsimitros | GK | 12 June 1997 (20) | Anorthosis Famagusta | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | CB | 1 May 1997 (21) | Lierse | |
| 3 | Apostolos Doulgerakis | CB | 15 May 1998 (20) | Youth system | |
| 5 | Christos Batzios (C) | CB | 15 October 1991 (26) | Kavala | |
| 22 | Nikolaos Patas | CB | 19 January 1997 (21) | Kallithea | |
| 31 | Konstantinos Ikonomou | CB | 16 March 1996 (22) | Free agent | |
| 4 | Konstantinos Kyriakidis | CB / RB | 1 October 1993 (24) | Agrotikos Asteras | |
| 12 | Stelios Labakis | RB | 12 June 1992 (25) | Trikala | |
| 13 | Manolis Nikolakakis | RB | 19 February 1991 (27) | Akropolis IF | |
| 11 | James Stamopoulos (3rd VC) | LB | 24 June 1991 (26) | Kallithea | |
| 99 | Athanasios Kyrialanis | LB | 9 August 1999 (18) | PAOK | On loan |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 15 | Albert Bruce | CM | 30 December 1993 (24) | Panegialios | |
| 16 | Vasilis Bouzas | CM | 30 June 1993 (24) | Panegialios | |
| 23 | Giannis Boutsakis | CM | 8 February 1994 (24) | Atsalenios | |
| 6 | Vasilios Vogiatzis | DM | 10 January 1996 (22) | Youth system | |
| 21 | Zani Kurti | DM | 6 December 1993 (24) | Ermis Zoniana | |
| 70 | Georgios Angelopoulos | DM | 25 February 1997 (21) | Panathinaikos | On loan |
| 8 | Antonis Bourselis (VC) | AM | 6 July 1994 (23) | OFI | |
| 20 | Giannis Iatroudis | AM | 2 February 1999 (19) | Youth system | |
| 38 | Ilias Tselios | AM | 6 October 1997 (20) | AEK | On loan |
| Forwards |||||||
| 14 | Manolis Rovithis (2nd VC) | LW | 16 September 1992 (25) | Sparti | ACL rupture Source |
| 10 | Nikolaos Stamatakos | RW | 1 January 1992 (26) | Kallithea | |
| 7 | Georgios Manousakis | CF | 10 April 1998 (20) | Youth system | |
| 9 | Joseph Efford | CF | 29 August 1996 (21) | Free agent | |
| 19 | Hugo Cuypers | CF | 7 February 1997 (21) | Standard Liège | |

### The following players have departed in mid-season

| 88 | Ibrahima Ndiaye | RW | 6 July 1998 (19) | Wadi Degla | Loan return. |
| 17 | Georgios Lydakis | CF / RW | 9 January 1997 (21) | ← Neoi Ergoteli | Loaned out |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Takis Gonias | Christos Batzios | Lotto | Be My Hero (4 December 2017 −) |

## Transfers

Winter Transfer Window

## In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 2 | DF | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | Lierse | Free | 22 August 2017 |
| 33 | GK | Panagiotis Ladas | KFC Oosterzonen | Free | 22 August 2017 |
| 4 | DF | Konstantinos Kyriakidis | Agrotikos Asteras | Free | 22 August 2017 |
| 22 | DF | Nikolaos Patas | Kallithea | Free | 23 August 2017 |
| 11 | DF | James Stamopoulos | Kallithea | Free | 23 August 2017 |
| 17 | FW | Georgios Lydakis | Neoi Ergoteli | Return | 23 August 2017 |
| 21 | MF | Zani Kurti | Ermis Zoniana | Free | 25 August 2017 |
| 10 | FW | Nikolaos Stamatakos | Kallithea | Free | 25 August 2017 |
| 70 | MF | Georgios Angelopoulos | Panathinaikos | Loan | 25 August 2017 |
| 99 | DF | Athanasios Kyrialanis | PAOK | Loan | 29 August 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Vasilis Bouzas | Panegialios | Free | 29 August 2017 |
| 12 | DF | Stelios Labakis | Trikala | Free | 30 August 2017 |
| 23 | MF | Giannis Boutsakis | Atsalenios | Undisclosed | 31 August 2017 |
| 88 | FW | Ibrahima Ndiaye | Wadi Degla | Loan | 31 August 2017 |
| 19 | FW | Hugo Cuypers | Standard Liège | Undisclosed | 31 August 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Antonis Bourselis | OFI | Free | 10 September 2017 |
| 97 | GK | Dimitrios Katsimitros | Anorthosis Famagusta | Free | 10 September 2017 |
| 14 | FW | Manolis Rovithis | Sparti | Free | 10 September 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Joseph Efford | Free agent | Free | 10 September 2017 |
| 38 | MF | Ilias Tselios | AEK | Loan | 10 January 2018 |
| 13 | DF | Manolis Nikolakakis | Akropolis IF | Free | 10 January 2018 |
| 31 | DF | Konstantinos Ikonomou | Free agent | Free | 11 January 2018 |
| 15 | MF | Albert Bruce | Panegialios | Free | 7 February 2018 |

### Promoted from youth system

| Squad # | Position | Player | Date | Signed Until |
| 3 | DF | Apostolos Doulgerakis | TBA | 30 June 2021 |
| 20 | MF | Giannis Iatroudis | TBA | 30 June 2021 |
Total spending: Undisclosed

## Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| FW | Nikos Katsikokeris | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free | 7 July 2017 |
| DF | Minas Tzanis | Atsalenios | Free | 7 July 2017 |
| DF | Georgios Papapanagiotou | Aris Petroupoli | Free | 7 July 2017 |
| FW | Fotis Kaimakamoudis | Kifisia | Free | 7 July 2017 |
| FW | Sergio Leal | OFI | Free | 7 July 2017 |
| MF | Serginho | Rodos | Free | 10 July 2017 |
| DF | Stamatis Karras | Tamynaikos | Free | 11 July 2017 |
| MF | Anastasios Rousakis | Aittitos Spata | Free | 11 July 2017 |
| GK | Alexandros Leco | Aittitos Spata | Free | 12 July 2017 |
| FW | Alexandros Bracjani | PAEEK | Free | 12 July 2017 |
| GK | Georgios Vasiliadis | Doxa Drama | Free | 14 July 2017 |
| FW | Periklis Vellinis | Diagoras Rhodes | Free | 14 July 2017 |
| MF | Giannis Gotsoulias | Paniliakos | Free | 14 July 2017 |
| DF | Thomas Garaklidis | Free agent | Free | 14 July 2017 |
| DF | Manolis Nikolakakis | Akropolis IF | Free | 19 July 2017 |
| MF | Christos Niaros | Sparti | Free | 19 July 2017 |
| MF | Christos Mingas | Elpis Skoutari | Free | 19 July 2017 |
| MF | Micheel | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free | 29 July 2017 |
| FW | Ibrahima Ndiaye | Wadi Degla | Loan return | 29 January 2018 |
| FW | Georgios Lydakis | Atsalenios | Loan | 30 January 2018 |
Total income: €0.0
Expenditure: Undisclosed

## Managerial changes

| Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Soulis Papadopoulos | Contract expired. | 29 July 2017 | -- | Takis Gonias | 21 August 2017 |
| Takis Gonias | Contract expired. | 29 May 2018 | 9th | Nikki Papavasiliou | 29 May 2018 |

## Kit
### 2017–February 2018

Supplier: Lotto Sponsor(s): Be My Hero
| Home | Away |
Source: ergotelis.gr

### February – May

Supplier: Lotto Sponsor(s): Be My Hero
| Home | Away |
Source: ergotelis.gr

### Friendlies

Supplier: Lotto Sponsor(s): None
* Friendlies
Source: ergotelis.gr

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Mid-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss
    1.^ 70-minute friendly.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Football League Greece | 1 | 9th / 34 | 9th / 34 | 29 October 2017 | 25 May 2018 |
| Greek Football Cup | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | 19 September 2017 | 30 November 2017 |
Last updated: 25 May 2018

## Football League Greece
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Apollon Pontus | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 53 |
| 8 | A.E. Karaiskakis | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 48 |
| 9 | Ergotelis | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 46 |
| 10 | Apollon Larissa | 34 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 43 |
| 11 | Aiginiakos | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 37 |
* ↑ Panegialios, Kallithea, Panserraikos, Sparti, Apollon Larissa, Anagennisi Karditsa were deducted six points, after their failure to pass the first stage of surveillance twice.
* ↑ Aiginiakos were deducted three points , after their failure to pass the first stage of surveillance

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2018. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
    1.^ Matchdays 11 and 28 vs. Acharnaikos were awarded to Ergotelis (3−0), due to Acharnaikos being expelled from the league.
    2.^ Matchday 29 vs. Veria was awarded to Ergotelis (3−0), due to Veria having withdrawn from the league.

## Greek Cup
### Group stage
#### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | XAN | PNE | PNS | ERG |
| 1 | Xanthi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Round of 16 | | 2–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Panetolikos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Round of 16 | — | | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Panserraikos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Ergotelis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | | 2–4 | 0–5 | — | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 25 May 2018
Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.
| No. | No. | Name | Football League | Football League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 18 | 18 | Georgios Chaniotakis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | 33 | Panagiotis Ladas | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 97 | 97 | Dimitrios Katsimitros | 14 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 (1) | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | 18 (3) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 20 (4) | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Apostolos Doulgerakis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Konstantinos Kyriakidis | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | Christos Batzios | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | James Stamopoulos | 30 | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 32 (1) | 1 |
| 12 | 12 | Stelios Labakis | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | Manolis Nikolakakis | 20 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (1) | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | Nikolaos Patas | 14 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 (3) | 1 |
| 31 | 31 | Konstantinos Ikonomou | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 |
| 99 | 99 | Athanasios Kyrialanis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Vasilios Vogiatzis | 13 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 (5) | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Antonis Bourselis | 24 (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 (2) | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Albert Bruce | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | Vasilis Bouzas | 21 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 22 (3) | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | Giannis Iatroudis | 3 (19) | 3 | 2 (1) | 0 | 5 (20) | 3 |
| 21 | 21 | Zani Kurti | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | Giannis Boutsakis | 28 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 (1) | 0 |
| 38 | 38 | Ilias Tselios | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| 70 | 70 | Georgios Angelopoulos | 3 (14) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 (14) | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Georgios Manousakis | 1 (8) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (8) | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | Joseph Efford | 20 (4) | 7 | 1 (1) | 1 | 21 (5) | 8 |
| 10 | 10 | Nikolaos Stamatakos | 27 (3) | 7 | 1 (1) | 0 | 28 (4) | 7 |
| 14 | 14 | Manolis Rovithis | 4 (7) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 5 (8) | 1 |
| 19 | 19 | Hugo Cuypers | 28 | 22 | 1 (1) | 0 | 29 (1) | 22 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season |||||||||
| 17 | 17 | Georgios Lydakis | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 88 | 88 | Ibrahima Ndiaye | 6 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 (4) | 1 |

### Goal scorers

Player has departed in mid-season
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Greek Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 19 | FW | | Hugo Cuypers | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | FW | | Joseph Efford | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | | Nikolaos Stamatakos | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | MF | | Giannis Iatroudis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | Antonis Bourselis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | MF | | Ilias Tselios | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | FW | | Ibrahima Ndiaye | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | James Stamopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 70 | MF | | Georgios Angelopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Nikolaos Patas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | Manolis Rovithis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| - | - | - | Awarded (w/o) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 56 | 2 | 58 |
Last updated: 25 May 2018 Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| S | P | N | Name | Football League | Football League | Football League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 10 | FW | | Nikolaos Stamatakos | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | GK | | Panagiotis Ladas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Vasilios Vogiatzis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | | Hugo Cuypers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Nikolaos Patas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Christos Batzios | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | | James Stamopoulos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Vasilis Bouzas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Giannis Boutsakis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Manolis Nikolakakis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Antonis Bourselis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | | Ibrahima Ndiaye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | | Ilias Tselios | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Giannis Iatroudis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | ΜF | | Georgios Angelopoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Joseph Efford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Albert Bruce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | | Dimitrios Katsimitros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 65 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 5 |
Last updated: 25 May 2018 Source: Competitive matches Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

### Injury record

| N | P | Name | Type | Source | Match | Inj. Date | Ret. Date |
| 4 | DF | Konstantinos Kyriakidis | Knee injury (right leg) | Ergotelis.gr | vs Ermis Zoniana | 24 September 2017 | 22 November 2017 |
| 12 | DF | Stelios Labakis | ACL rupture | Ergotelis.gr | vs Xanthi | 25 October 2017 | 23 May 2018 |
| 14 | FW | Manolis Rovithis | Partial ACL rupture | Ergotelis.gr | vs Kallithea | 29 October 2017 | 17 December 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Antonis Bourselis | Femoral bicep rupture (right leg) | Ergotelis.gr | vs Panetolikos | 30 November 2017 | 30 December 2017 |
| 14 | FW | Manolis Rovithis | ACL rupture | Ergotelis.gr | vs Aris | 12 March 2018 | September 2018 |
| 11 | DF | James Stamopoulos | Hematoma (right leg) | Ergotelis.gr | vs Aiginiakos | 20 May 2018 | TBD |
- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury Last updated: 24 May 2018 Source: Ergotelis FC