# 2018–19 Ergotelis F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Ergotelis' 89th season in existence and 12th overall in the Football League, the second tier of the Greek football league system. It is the second consecutive season of the club in the competition since the club's latest promotion from the Gamma Ethniki. The club also participates in the Greek Cup, entering the competition in the Third Round. The contents of this article cover club activities from 1 June 2018 until 18 May 2019.
Following the departure of Takis Gonias for Wadi Degla at the end of the previous season and his replacement with Cypriot manager Nikki Papavasiliou, Ergotelis impressed with their performance in the Greek Cup, where they managed to advance to the Round of 16 despite being drawn in the same group with Super League powerhouses PAOK and Aris. They went on to eliminate local Super League rival OFI in the knock-out phase to eventually make it to the quarter-finals for the first time since 1986, matching the club's best-ever performance in the competition.

## Players

Summer acquisition  Winter acquisition
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Dimitrios Katsimitros | GK | 12 June 1997 (21) | Anorthosis Famagusta | |
| 31 | Manolis Kalogerakis | GK | 12 March 1992 (27) | Apollon Pontus | |
| 40 | Giorgos Tzelepis | GK | 12 November 1999 (19) | Xanthi | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 4 | Konstantinos Oikonomou | CB | 16 March 1996 (23) | Free agent | |
| 5 | Christos Batzios (C) | CB | 15 October 1991 (27) | Kavala | |
| 8 | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | CB | 1 May 1997 (22) | Lierse | |
| 15 | Dimitris Voutsas | CB / LB | 20 May 2000 (19) | PAOK U−20 | |
| 22 | Patrick Bahanack | CB | 3 August 1997 (21) | Reims | On loan |
| 2 | Konstantinos Provydakis | RB | 21 May 1996 (23) | Irodotos | |
| 12 | Stelios Labakis | RB | 12 June 1992 (26) | Trikala | |
| 33 | Giannis Kiliaras | LB | 9 June 1988 (30) | OFI | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 21 | Albert Bruce | CM | 30 December 1993 (25) | Panegialios | |
| 23 | Giannis Boutsakis | CM | 8 February 1994 (25) | Atsalenios | |
| 99 | Konstantinos Chatzidimpas | CM | 12 May 1999 (20) | PAOK U−20 | |
| 10 | Antonis Bourselis (VC) | AM | 6 July 1994 (24) | OFI | |
| 17 | Oresti Kacurri | AM | 25 February 1998 (21) | Youth system | |
| 38 | Ilias Tselios | AM | 6 October 1997 (21) | AEK Athens | On loan |
| 88 | Dimitris Grontis | AM | 21 August 1994 (24) | Aittitos Spata | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 11 | Manolis Rovithis (2nd VC) | LW | 16 September 1992 (26) | Sparti | |
| 27 | Charles Kwateng | RW | 27 May 1997 (22) | Lierse | |
| 7 | Giorgos Manousakis | CF | 10 April 1998 (21) | Youth system | |
| 9 | Joseph Efford | CF | 29 August 1996 (22) | Free agent | |
| 19 | Antonis Stathopoulos | CF | 23 February 1998 (21) | PAOK U−20 | |
| 20 | Giannis Iatroudis | CF / AM | 2 February 1999 (20) | Youth system | |
| 29 | Antonis Kapnidis | CF | 15 August 1992 (26) | Doxa Drama | |

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

| 44 | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | DM | 3 August 1992 (26) | Free agent | Released. |
| 18 | Georgios Chaniotakis | GK | 23 January 1995 (24) | Youth system | Released. |
| 77 | Christos Antoniou | LW | 14 February 1998 (21) | AEK Athens | Loan return. |
| – | Georgios Lydakis | CF / RW | 9 January 1997 (22) | Atsalenios | Released. |
| 14 | Issahaku Yakubu | LB | 17 June 1994 (24) | Lierse | Transferred out. |
| 6 | Vasilis Vogiatzis | DM | 10 January 1996 (23) | Youth system | Loaned out. |
| 22 | Nikolaos Patas | CB | 19 January 1997 (22) | Kallithea | Released. |

### Out of team

| Hugo Cuypers | CF | 7 February 1997 (22) | Standard Liège | AWOL since 17 July 2018. |
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 |
| Nikki Papavasiliou | Christos Batzios | Capelli Sport | Vitex |

## Transfers

Winter Transfer Window

### In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| − | FW | Georgios Lydakis | Atsalenios | Loan return | 1 June 2018 |
| 19 | FW | Antonis Stathopoulos | PAOK U−20 | Free | 29 June 2018 |
| 14 | DF | Issahaku Yakubu | Lierse | Free | 6 July 2018 |
| 31 | GK | Manolis Kalogerakis | Apollon Pontus | Free | 9 July 2018 |
| 15 | DF | Dimitris Voutsas | PAOK U−20 | Free | 11 July 2018 |
| 29 | FW | Antonis Kapnidis | Doxa Drama | Free | 23 July 2018 |
| 38 | MF | Ilias Tselios | AEK Athens | Loan extension | 25 July 2018 |
| 77 | FW | Christos Antoniou | AEK Athens | Loan | 25 July 2018 |
| 27 | FW | Charles Kwateng | Lierse | Free | 27 July 2018 |
| 99 | MF | Konstantinos Chatzidimpas | PAOK U−20 | Free | 31 August 2018 |
| 44 | MF | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | Free agent | Free | 13 September 2018 |
| 88 | MF | Dimitris Grontis | Aittitos Spata | Free | 4 January 2018 |
| 40 | GK | Giorgos Tzelepis | Xanthi | Free | 10 January 2018 |
| 2 | DF | Konstantinos Provydakis | Irodotos | Free | 11 January 2018 |
| 33 | DF | Giannis Kiliaras | OFI | Free | 18 January 2018 |
| 22 | DF | Patrick Bahanack | Reims | Loan | 31 January 2018 |

#### Promoted from youth system

| Squad # | Position | Player | Date | Signed Until | Ref |
| 17 | MF | Oresti Kacurri | 15 June 2018 | 30 June 2023 | |
Total spending: €0

### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| DF | Manolis Nikolakakis | Kallithea | Free | 18 June 2018 |
| MF | Georgios Angelopoulos | Panathinaikos | Loan return | 20 June 2018 |
| MF | Zani Kurti | Episkopi | Free | 20 June 2018 |
| DF | Athanasios Kyrialanis | Niki Volos | Free | 20 June 2018 |
| DF | Konstantinos Kyriakidis | Almopos Aridaea | Free | 20 June 2018 |
| GK | Panagiotis Ladas | Kallithea | Free | 20 June 2018 |
| FW | Nikolaos Stamatakos | Trikala | Free | 20 June 2018 |
| DF | James Stamopoulos | Panachaiki | Free | 20 June 2018 |
| MF | Vasilis Bouzas | Wadi Degla | Undisclosed | 30 June 2018 |
| MF | Ilias Tselios | AEK Athens | Loan return | 30 June 2018 |
| DF | Apostolos Doulgerakis | Irodotos | Free | 3 July 2018 |
| MF | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | Petrolul | Free | 4 January 2019 |
| GK | Georgios Chaniotakis | Episkopi | Free | 4 January 2019 |
| FW | Christos Antoniou | AEK Athens | Loan return | 7 January 2019 |
| FW | Georgios Lydakis | Poros | Free | 10 January 2019 |
| DF | Issahaku Yakubu | Wadi Degla | Undisclosed | 11 January 2019 |
| MF | Vasilis Vogiatzis | O.F. Ierapetra | Loan | 21 January 2019 |
| DF | Nikolaos Patas | Apollon Pontou | Free | 28 January 2019 |
Total income: Undisclosed Expenditure: Undisclosed

## Kit
### 2018−19

Supplier: Capelli Sponsor(s): Vitex
| Home | Away | Third |
Source: ergotelisfc.gr

### Variations

Supplier: Capelli Sponsor(s): Vitex
* Away
Source: ergotelisfc.gr

### Friendlies

Supplier: Capelli Sponsor(s): No
| Friendlies #1 | Friendlies #2 | Friendlies #3 |
Source: ergotelis.gr

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

Win  Draw  Loss

### Mid-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Football League Greece | 1 | 4th / 30 | 4th / 30 | 28 October 2018 | 5 May 2019 |
| Greek Football Cup | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 16 September 2018 | 27 February 2019 |
Last updated: 5 May 2019

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 2 | Platanias | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 55 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
| 3 | Apollon Larissa | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 54 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 4 | Ergotelis | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 48 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 5 | Panachaiki | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 48 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
| 6 | Chania | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 46 | Eligibility for Super League 2 |
* ↑ Apollon Larissa were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.
* ↑ Ergotelis were deducted three points for failing to pass the economic oversight process of the HFF.

## Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
    1.^ On 3 May 2019, the club was deducted three points for delayed transfer registration, thus failing to meet all criteria of the HFF financial oversight process.
Last updated: 5 May 2019. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
    1.^ Matchdays 18 vs. Sparti was awarded to Ergotelis (3−0), due to Sparti fielding six foreign players at once during the match.
    2.^ Matchdays 28 vs. Aittitos Spata was awarded to Ergotelis (3−0), due to Aittitos Spata being expelled from the League.

## Greek Cup
### Third Round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Ermis Amyntaio | 0–3 | Ergotelis (Q) |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Group stage
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAOK | ERG | ARIS | AIT |
| 1 | PAOK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Round of 16 | | — | 1–1 | — |
| 2 | Ergotelis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Round of 16 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | — |
| 3 | Aris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | | — | — | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Aittitos Spata | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | | 0–6 | 1–1 | — | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ergotelis (Q) | 2–2 | OFI | 1–1 | 1−1 |
* ^ Ergotelis won 3–4 on penalties.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ergotelis | 1–5 | Asteras Tripolis (Q) | 0−1 | 1–4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Goal scorers

Player has departed in mid-season
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Greek Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 9 | FW | | Joseph Efford | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 20 | FW | | Giannis Iatroudis | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 | FW | | Manolis Rovithis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 38 | MF | | Ilias Tselios | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | FW | | Charles Kwateng | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Georgios Manousakis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | Antonis Bourselis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | | Antonis Kapnidis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | | Giannis Boutsakis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Christos Batzios | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Albert Bruce | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Patrick Bahanack | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | Issahaku Yakubu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | - | - | Opponent's own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | - | - | Awarded | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 48 | 11 | 59 |
    1.^ Goal scored vs. Sparti, match was awarded to Ergotelis (3−0), due to Sparti fielding six foreign players at once during the match.
Last updated: 5 May 2019 Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| S | P | N | Name | Football League | Football League | Football League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 8 | DF | | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Giannis Boutsakis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Christos Batzios | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Giannis Kiliaras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Albert Bruce | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | | Ilias Tselios | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Giannis Iatroudis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Joseph Efford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Patrick Bahanack | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Antonis Bourselis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Konstantinos Oikonomou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Manolis Rovithis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Konstantinos Provydakis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Manolis Kalogerakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Antonis Kapnidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Issahaku Yakubu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | | Dimitrios Katsimitros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Charles Kwateng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Dimitris Grontis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Georgios Manousakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Dimitris Voutsas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Oresti Kacurri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Stelios Labakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 54 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 0 |
Last updated: 5 May 2019 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 |
| 14 | FW | Manolis Rovithis | ACL rupture | Ergotelis.gr | vs Aris (2017–18) | 12 March 2018 | 6 September 2018 |
| 14 | FW | Manolis Rovithis | Knee injury | Ergotelisfc.gr | vs PAOK | 14 November 2018 | 19 January 2019 |
| 29 | FW | Antonis Kapnidis | Bicep pull | Ergotelisfc.gr | vs Volos | 21 November 2018 | 2 December 2018 |
| 10 | MF | Antonis Bourselis | Knee injury | Ergotelisfc.gr | vs Volos | 21 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| 14 | DF | Issahaku Yakubu | Bicep strain | Ergotelisfc.gr | vs Irodotos | 2 December 2018 | 8 December 2018 |
| 8 | DF | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | Quadricep strain | Ergotelisfc.gr | Training | 21 February 2018 | 17 March 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Antonis Bourselis | Ankle injury | Ergotelisfc.gr | vs Karaiskakis | 22 April 2019 | 5 May 2019 |
- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury Last updated: 5 May 2019 Source: Ergotelis FC