# 2009–10 PAS Giannina F.C. season

The 2009–10 season is PAS Giannina F.C.'s 16th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 1st season in the Superleague Greece, and 44th year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup.

## Players

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Place of birth | Date of birth | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | Nikos Zafeiropoulos | GK | Patras, Greece | 8 January 1974 | Levadiakos | |
| 30 | Georgios Sikalias | GK | Athens, Greece | 25 March 1986 | Ethnikos Piraeus | |
| 33 | Dimitris Eleftheropoulos (VC2) | GK | Piraeus, Greece | 7 August 1976 | Siena | |
| | Panagiotis Lolas | GK | | 26 June 1992 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Georgios Dasios (C) | RB | Ioannina, Greece | 12 May 1983 | - | |
| 3 | Giannis Stathis | RB | Athens, Greece | 20 May 1987 | Panathinaikos | |
| 4 | Georgios Kousas (VC) | CB | Thessaloniki, Greece | 12 August 1982 | Apollon Kalamarias | |
| 5 | Ilias Kotsios (VC3) | CB | Larissa, Greece | 25 April 1977 | AEL | |
| 6 | Petros Kanakoudis | LB | Thessaloniki, Greece | 16 April 1984 | Asteras Tripolis | |
| 19 | Ivica Majstorović | CB | Munich, West Germany | 20 September 1981 | Panionios | |
| 27 | Vanderson Scardovelli | LB | Dracena, Brazil | 27 September 1984 | Treviso | |
| 32 | Pavlos Vartziotis | CB | Ioannina, Greece | 27 January 1981 | Kerkyra | |
| 77 | Lefteris Vatsis | CB | Andravida, Greece | 11 January 1992 | AE Achaiki | |
| | Kostas Louboutis | LB | Thessaloniki, Greece | 10 June 1979 | Levadiakos | |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 7 | Ilias Michalopoulos | ML | Athens, Greece | 15 October 1985 | Atromitos U-21 | |
| 8 | Kostas Mendrinos | CM | Piraeus, Greece | 28 May 1985 | Olympiacos | |
| 14 | Kostas Pappas | CM | Ioannina, Greece | 30 November 1991 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| 16 | Paraskevas Andralas | DM / CB | Piraeus, Greece | 2 December 1978 | Levadiakos | |
| 17 | Kostantinos Kaznaferis | RW | Arta, Greece | 22 June 1987 | Pyrsos Grevena | |
| 18 | Esteban Buján | DM | Capital Federal, Argentina | 13 July 1979 | CA Banfield | |
| 21 | Lambros Vangelis | CM | Neochori, Greece | 10 February 1982 | PAOK | |
| 28 | Nicolás Schenone | DM | Montevideo, Uruguay | 24 April 1986 | Cerro Largo | |
| 66 | Vasilios Rovas | DM | Karditsa, Greece | 6 January 1984 | Aris Thessaloniki | Loan |
| 81 | Mirnes Šišić | RW | Celje, SFR Yugoslavia | 8 August 1981 | Free | |
| 82 | Salim Arrache | LW | Marseille, France | 14 July 1982 | Bastia | |
| - | Panagiotis Christovasilis | CM | | 14 April 1987 | - | |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Giorgos Saitiotis | FW | Chalkidiki, Greece | 25 July 1981 | Niki Volos | |
| 11 | Evangelos Kontogoulidis | ST | Proastio, Kozani, Greece | 13 July 1981 | Kozani | |
| 20 | Ibrahima Bakayoko | FW | Séguéla, Ivory Coast | 31 December 1976 | PAOK | |
| 22 | Christos Tzanis | FW | Parapotamos, Greece | 22 April 1985 | Anagennisi Arta | |
| 23 | Patrick Dimbala | FW | Kinshasa, Zaire | 20 September 1982 | Levadiakos | |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window ||||||||
| | Spyros Gogolos | CB | Kerkyra, Greece | 11 August 1978 | Aris Thessaloniki | |
| 13 | Sotiris Balafas | DM | Arta, Greece | 19 August 1986 | PAOK | Loan |
| 88 | Nikolaos Georgiadis | RB | Toronto, Canada | 23 March 1983 | Kozani | |
| | Evripidis Giakos | CM / CF | Ioannina, Greece | 9 April 1991 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| 25 | Alexios Michail | CB | Ioannina, Greece | 18 August 1986 | Lamia | |
| | Christos Koutsospyros | FW | Agrinio, Greece | 14 October 1981 | Panachaiki | |
| 15 | Tomas De Vincenti | CM | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 9 February 1989 | Excursionistas | |
| 12 | Jean Marie Sylla | ML | Conakry, Guinea | 22 April 1983 | Apollon Kalamarias | |
| 10 | Dimitris Sialmas | FW | Athens, Greece | 19 June 1986 | Ethnikos Piraeus | |
| | Giorgos Kolios | DF | | 28 April 1990 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| 91 | Giorgos Margaritis | LB | Thessaloniki, Greece | 20 June 1991 | Agrotikos Asteras | |

### International players

| Ibrahima Bakayoko (men's) Dimitris Eleftheropoulos (men's) Kostas Louboutis (men's) Mirnes Šišić (men's) Salim Arrache (men's) Georgios Sikalias (U-21) | Lambros Vangelis (U-21) Georgios Kousas (U-21) Petros Kanakoudis (U-21) Kostas Mendrinos (U-21) Sotiris Balafas (U-21) Patrick Dimbala (U-21) |

### Foreign players

| EU Nationals Mirnes Šišić | EU Nationals (Dual Citizenship) Vanderson Scardovelli Ivica Majstorović Patrick Dimbala | Non-EU Nationals Esteban Buján Tomas De Vincenti Nicolás Schenone Salim Arrache Ibrahima Bakayoko Jean Marie Sylla |

## Personnel
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Majority Owner | Giorgos Christovasilis |
| President and CEO | Giorgos Christovasilis |
| Director of Football | Thalis Tsirimokos (until 7 September 2009) Giorgos Theodoris (From 9 September 2009) |
| Head of Ticket Department | Alekos Potsis |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Giorgos Paraschos (Until 6 December 2009) Thimios Georgoulis (From 7 December 2009 until 14 January 2010) Nikos Anastopoulos (From 14 January 2010) |
| Assistant coach | Thimios Georgoulis (Until 6 December 2009) |
| Fitness coach | Tasos Sideridis (Until 31 December 2009) Thomas Giannitopoulos (From 1 January 2010 until 16 January 2010) Thanasis Mourtziapis (From 16 January 2010 until 29 April 2010) |
| Goalkeepers Coach | Panagiotis Maliaritsis |
| Scout and Technical Director | Thimios Georgoulis |

### Medical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head doctor | Spyros Siaravas |
| Physio | Filipos Skordos |

### Academy

| Position | Name |
| Head of Youth Development | Thimios Georgoulis (From 14 January 2010) |

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

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 8 | CM | Kostas Mendrinos | Olympiacos | - | 27 May 2009 |
| 23 | FW | Patrick Dimbala | Levadiakos | - | 27 May 2009 |
| 16 | DM / CB | Paraskevas Andralas | Levadiakos | - | 27 May 2009 |
| 33 | GK | Dimitris Eleftheropoulos | Siena | - | 30 May 2009 |
| 21 | CM | Lambros Vangelis | PAOK | - | 31 May 2009 |
| 19 | CB | Ivica Majstorović | Panionios | - | 11 June 2009 |
| 10 | FW | Dimitris Sialmas | Ethnikos Piraeus | - | 11 June 2009 |
| 91 | LB | Giorgos Margaritis | Agrotikos Asteras | Undisclosed | 16 June 2009 |
| 5 | CB | Ilias Kotsios | AEL | - | 18 June 2009 |
| 6 | LB | Petros Kanakoudis | Asteras Tripolis | - | 27 June 2009 |
| 28 | DM | Nicolás Schenone | Cerro Largo | - | 27 June 2009 |
| 17 | RW | Kostantinos Kaznaferis | Pyrsos Grevena | Loan return | 30 June 2009 |
| | FW | Christos Koutsospyros | Panachaiki | Loan return | 30 June 2009 |
| | RB | Giannis Samaras | Pyrsos Grevena | Loan return | 30 June 2009 |
| | CB | Apostolos Avramidis | Ethnikos Filippiada | Loan return | 30 June 2009 |
| 20 | CM | Kostas Diamantidis | Fostiras | Loan return | 30 June 2009 |
| | CM | Tomas De Vincenti | Excursionistas | - | 4 July 2009 |
| 13 | DM | Sotiris Balafas | PAOK | Loan | 16 July 2009 |
| 20 | FW | Ibrahima Bakayoko | PAOK | - | 24 July 2009 |
| 27 | LB | Vanderson Scardovelli | Treviso | - | 30 July 2009 |
| 77 | CB | Lefteris Vatsis | Achaiki | - | |

#### Out

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | ST | Georgios Gougoulias | Pierikos | Released | 27 June 2009 |
| 77 | FW | Ilias Solakis | Diagoras | End of contract | 30 June 2009 |
| 29 | CM | Lucas Rimoldi | Panserraikos | End of contract | 30 June 2009 |
| | ML | Federico Ariel García | Atletico de Rafaela | End of loan | 30 June 2009 |
| | CM | Lucas Scaglia | Panserraikos | End of contract | 30 June 2009 |
| 21 | DM | David Meza | Atromitos | End of loan | 30 June 2009 |
| | DM | César Castro | Panserraikos | End of contract | 30 June 2009 |
| 24 | CB | Giorgos Karakostas | Ethnikos Piraeus | Loan | 4 July 2009 |
| 8 | CM | Luciano | Skoda Xanthi | End of contract | 4 July 2009 |
| 34 | GK | Athanasios Kouventaris | Doxa Kranoula | Loan | 5 July 2009 |
| 19 | RB | Giannis Samaras | Grevena Aerata | Released | 8 July 2009 |
| 3 | LB | Kostas Pagonis | Ethnikos Piraeus | Loan | 22 July 2009 |
| | CB | Panagiotis Tzimas | Ethnikos Filippiada | Loan | 28 August 2009 |
| | RW | Giorgos Lappas | Ethnikos Filippiada | Loan | |
| | CB | Apostolos Avramidis | AO Pera Club | | |
| 20 | CM | Kostas Diamantidis | PAO Dioikitiriou | | |

### Winter
#### In

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 81 | RW | Mirnes Šišić | - | - | 28 December 2009 |
| 82 | LW | Salim Arrache | Bastia | - | 13 January 2010 |
| 66 | DM | Vasilios Rovas | Aris Thessaloniki | Loan | 29 January 2010 |

#### Out

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | CB | Spyros Gogolos | Ermis Aradippou | Released | 22 December 2009 |
| 13 | DM | Sotiris Balafas | PAOK | Loan termination | 13 January 2010 |
| | RB | Nikolaos Georgiadis | Diagoras | Released | 13 January 2010 |
| | CM / CF | Evripidis Giakos | Doxa Kranoula | Loan | |
| 25 | CB | Alexios Michail | Panserraikos | Loan | 14 January 2010 |
| | FW | Christos Koutsospyros | Kalamata | Loan | 27 January 2010 |
| 15 | CM | Tomas De Vincenti | Kalamata | Loan | 27 January 2010 |
| 12 | ML | Jean Marie Sylla | Kalamata | Loan | 27 January 2010 |
| 10 | FW | Dimitris Sialmas | Olympiakos Volos | Loan | 27 January 2010 |
| | DF | Giorgos Kolios | Anagennisi Arta | Loan | |
| 91 | LB | Giorgos Margaritis | Agrotikos Asteras | Loan | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

## Competitions
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 | |
| 13 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 35 | |
| 14 | Levadiakos (R) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 34 | Relegation to the Football League |
| 15 | PAS Giannina (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 28 | Relegation to the Football League |
| 16 | Panthrakikos (R) | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 62 | −41 | 12 | Relegation to the Football League |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Ergotelis 6, Asteras Tripolis 0.

#### 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 Upcoming fixture

### Greek cup
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Greek Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Apps | Apps |
| 1 | GK | | Nikos Zafeiropoulos | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | RB | | Georgios Dasios | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 3 | RB | | Giannis Stathis | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | CB | | Georgios Kousas | 23 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | CB | | Ilias Kotsios | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | LB | | Petros Kanakoudis | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | ML | | Ilias Michalopoulos | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | CM | | Kostas Mendrinos | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | FW | | Giorgos Saitiotis | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | FW | | Dimitris Sialmas | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | ST | | Evangelos Kontogoulidis | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | ML | | Jean Marie Sylla | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DM | | Sotiris Balafas | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | CM | | Kostas Pappas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | CM | | Tomas De Vincenti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DM / CB | | Paraskevas Andralas | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 17 | RW | | Kostantinos Kaznaferis | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 18 | DM | | Esteban Buján | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 19 | CB | | Ivica Majstorović | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| 20 | FW | | Ibrahima Bakayoko | 24 | 3 | 27 |
| 21 | CM | | Lambros Vangelis | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | FW | | Christos Tzanis | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 23 | FW | | Patrick Dimbala | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 25 | CB | | Alexios Michail | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | LB | | Vanderson Scardovelli | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 28 | DM | | Nicolás Schenone | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | GK | | Georgios Sikalias | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 32 | CB | | Pavlos Vartziotis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | GK | | Dimitris Eleftheropoulos | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 66 | DM | | Vasilios Rovas | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 77 | CB | | Lefteris Vatsis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | RW | | Mirnes Šišić | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 82 | LW | | Salim Arrache | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 88 | RB | | Nikolaos Georgiadis | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 91 | LB | | Giorgos Margaritis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | | Panagiotis Lolas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | LB | | Kostas Louboutis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | CM | | Panagiotis Christovasilis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | CB | | Spyros Gogolos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | CM / CF | | Evripidis Giakos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Christos Koutsospyros | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | | Giorgos Kolios | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | | Panagiotis Tzimas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Super League Greece

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Greek Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Goals | Goals | Goals |
| 9 | FW | | Giorgos Saitiotis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | FW | | Christos Tzanis | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | FW | | Patrick Dimbala | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | FW | | Ibrahima Bakayoko | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | CB | | Georgios Kousas | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | CM | | Kostas Mendrinos | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 81 | RW | | Mirnes Šišić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | Dimitris Sialmas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | ST | | Evangelos Kontogoulidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DM / CB | | Paraskevas Andralas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | ML | | Ilias Michalopoulos | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | CB | | Ilias Kotsios | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 | LW | | Salim Arrache | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| - | - | - | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Super League Greece

### Clean sheets

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Greek Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CS | CS | CS |
| 1 | GK | | Nikos Zafeiropoulos | (1) 8 | 2 (3) | 11 |
| 30 | GK | | Georgios Sikalias | (2) 9 | 2 (2) | 11 |
| 33 | GK | | Dimitris Eleftheropoulos | (3) 16 | 0 (0) | 16 |
| | GK | | Panagiotis Lolas | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |

### Disciplinary record

| S | P | Name | Super League | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Nikos Zafeiropoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RB | Georgios Dasios | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | RB | Giannis Stathis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | CB | Georgios Kousas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | CB | Ilias Kotsios | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | LB | Petros Kanakoudis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | ML | Ilias Michalopoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | CM | Kostas Mendrinos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Giorgos Saitiotis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dimitris Sialmas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | ST | Evangelos Kontogoulidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DM | Sotiris Balafas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DM / CB | Paraskevas Andralas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | RW | Kostantinos Kaznaferis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DM | Esteban Buján | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | CB | Ivica Majstorović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Ibrahima Bakayoko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Christos Tzanis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Patrick Dimbala | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | LB | Vanderson Scardovelli | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DM | Nicolás Schenone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Georgios Sikalias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Dimitris Eleftheropoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DM | Vasilios Rovas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | RW | Mirnes Šišić | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | LW | Salim Arrache | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | RB | Nikolaos Georgiadis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |