# 2024–25 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 111th season in the existence of Aris Thessaloniki F.C. and the club's 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football since their return there. In addition to the Super League 1, Aris are participating in this season's editions of the Greek Cup.
Akis Mantzios remained as Manager from the previous season.
In the Super League 1, Aris Thessaloniki played two away games in first two fixtures. Results was 1 draw and 1 win. After a defeat from OFI Crete in Crete, Aris Thessaloniki won Olympiacos in Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium and PAOK in Toumba Stadium. With 4 wins in a row, Aris Thessaloniki reached in top of the league after eight games. A draw in Athens with Panathinaikos in 9th matchday and Aris Thessaloniki is staying alone in 1st place.
In the Greek Cup Aris Thessaloniki entered in Fourth Round due to the 5th place in Super League the last season. Aris Thessaloniki won in a single game with 1-0 and eliminated Ethnikos Piraeus.The Round of 16 draw took place took place on 2 October and Aris Thessaloniki were drawn to face AEK Athens

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 20 | Filip Sidklev | | GK | (2005-03-12) 12 March 2005 (age 19) | Brommapojkarna |
| 23 | Julián Cuesta (captain) | | GK | (1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 33) | Wisła Kraków |
| 31 | Konstantinos Kyriazis | | GK | (2004-03-04) 4 March 2004 (age 20) | Club's Academy |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Fabiano Leismann | | CB / RB | (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 33) | Denizlispor |
| 4 | Fran Vélez | | CB / DM | (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 33) | Al Fateh |
| 14 | Jakub Brabec (vice-captain) | | CB | (1992-08-06) 6 August 1992 (age 32) | Viktoria Plzeň |
| 17 | Martin Frýdek | | LB / LM / CM | (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 32) | Luzern |
| 18 | Valentino Fattore | / | RB / CB | (2001-08-10) 10 August 2001 (age 23) | Sevilla Atlético |
| 22 | Hugo Mallo | | RB | (1991-06-22) 22 June 1991 (age 33) | Internacional |
| 27 | Juankar Pérez | | LB / LM / LW | (1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 (age 34) | Panathinaikos |
| 33 | Martín Montoya | | RB / LB | (1991-04-14) 14 April 1991 (age 33) | Real Betis |
| 92 | Lindsay Rose | / | CB / RB | (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 33) | Legia Warsaw |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | José Cifuentes | | CM / DM / AM | (1999-03-12) 12 March 1999 (age 25) | Rangers |
| 6 | Manu García | | AM / CM | (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 27) | Sporting Gijón |
| 8 | Monchu Rodríguez | | CM / DM | (1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 25) | Real Valladolid |
| 16 | Vladimír Darida | | CM / AM / DM | (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 34) | Hertha BSC |
| 21 | Rubén Pardo | | CM / AM / DM | (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 32) | Leganés |
| 30 | Jean Jules | | DM / CM | (1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 26) | Górnik Zabrze |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Pione Sisto | / | LW / RW / AM | (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 30) | Alanyaspor |
| 9 | Álvaro Zamora | | LW / RW / ST | (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22) | Saprissa |
| 10 | Giannis Fetfatzidis | | LW / RW / AM | (1990-12-21) 21 December 1990 (age 34) | APOEL |
| 11 | Kike Saverio | / | LW / RW | (1999-06-19) 19 June 1999 (age 25) | Deportivo de La Coruña |
| 19 | Robin Quaison | / | ST / SS / LW | (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 31) | Free Agent |
| 41 | Theodoros Agorastos | | ST | (2005-11-30) 30 November 2005 (age 19) | Club's Academy |
| 77 | Michalis Panagidis | | LW / RW / AM | (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 21) | Club's Academy |
| 80 | Loren Morón | | ST | (1993-12-30) 30 December 1993 (age 31) | Real Betis |
| 93 | Shapi Suleymanov | | RW / LW / ST | (1999-12-16) 16 December 1999 (age 25) | Krasnodar |
| 99 | Clayton Diandy | / | LW / RW / ST | (2006-07-29) 29 July 2006 (age 18) | Espoirs de Guédiawaye |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| July 2024 | FW | 93 | Shapi Suleymanov | Krasnodar | 1.000.000 € |
| July 2024 | FW | 7 | / Pione Sisto | Alanyaspor | Free |
| July 2024 | FW | 99 | / Clayton Diandy | Espoirs de Guédiawaye | Free |
| July 2024 | DF | 22 | Hugo Mallo | Internacional | Free |
| August 2024 | MF | 8 | Monchu Rodríguez | Real Valladolid | 3.600.000 € |
| August 2024 | FW | - | Georgios Pamlidis | PAS Giannina | Free |
| August 2024 | GK | 20 | Filip Sidklev | Brommapojkarna | 600.000 € |
| August 2024 | DF | 17 | Martin Frýdek | Luzern | Free |
| September 2024 | DF | 27 | Juankar Pérez | Panathinaikos | Free |
| September 2024 | FW | 19 | / Robin Quaison | Free Agent | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2024 | GK | 94 | Lefteris Choutesiotis | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2024 | GK | - | Maksym Koval | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2024 | DF | 13 | Rónald Matarrita | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2024 | MF | 8 | / Cheick Doukouré | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2024 | MF | 10 | Lukas Rupp | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2024 | FW | 7 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2024 | FW | 17 | Karim Ansarifard | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2024 | MF | 28 | Birger Verstraete | OH Leuven | 200.000 € |
| July 2024 | DF | 22 | / Moses Odubajo | AEK Athens | 1.000.000 € |
| July 2024 | MF | 20 | Neven Đurasek | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2024 | DF | 5 | Georgios Delizisis | Retired | Retired |
| August 2024 | DF | 3 | / Franco Ferrari | Free Agent | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| August 2024 | June 2025 | MF | 5 | José Cifuentes | Rangers | None | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| August 2024 | June 2025 | FW | - | Georgios Pamlidis | Kalamata | None | |
| September 2024 | June 2025 | MF | 24 | Domagoj Pavičić | FK Sarajevo | None | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League 1 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 18 August 2024 | May 2025 |
| Regular Season | Matchday 1 | 1st | 18 August 2024 | March 2025 |
| Play-off/Play-out Round | Matchday 1 | — | March 2025 | May 2025 |
| Greek Cup | Fourth Round | Round of 16 | 29 September 2024 | |
Updated to match played 3 November 2024 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 060.00 |
| Greek Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 058.33 |
| Super League 1 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Super League 1 | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Regular Season | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 060.00 |
| Play-off/Play-out Round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 060.00 |

### Super League Greece
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Panathinaikos (X) | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 46 | Qualification for the Championship Play-Offs |
| 4 | PAOK (X) | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship Play-Offs |
| 5 | Aris (X) | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for the Europe Play-Offs |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis (Z) | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 35 | Qualification for the Europe Play-Offs |
| 7 | OFI (Z) | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 33 | Qualification for the Europe Play-Offs |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 February 2025. Source: Super League Greece

##### Results by matchday

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

##### Matches
### Greek Cup

Aris Thessaloniki fineshed in 5th place in Super League 1 the last season. So the team entered in Fourth Round. The draw was held on 17 September 2024 and the games was single.

#### Round of 16

The Round of 16 draw took place took place on 2 October 2024 and Aris Thessaloniki were drawn to AEK Athens.
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs. The away goals rule was not applied.

## Squad statistics
### Goals

    As of match played 3 November 2024
| Ranking | Pos. | Nat. | Player | SL 1 | GC | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Loren Morón | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | | Manu García | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | José Cifuentes | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Jakub Brabec | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | | Shapi Suleymanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | | Monchu Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | | Vladimír Darida | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 1 | 17 |

### Clean Sheets

    As of match played 3 November 2024
| # | Nat. | Player | SL 1 | GC | Total |
| 23 | | Julián Cuesta | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |

## Players' awards
### Best Goal (Super League 1)

| Matchday | Player |
| Regular Season ||||
| 2nd | José Cifuentes |
| 5th | Manu García |
| 6th | Manu García |
| 9th | Loren Morón |

### Player of the Month (Super League 1)

| Month | Nat. | Player | Ref |
| September | | Manu García | |
| October | | Loren Morón | |