# 2014–15 Iraklis F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Iraklis third consecutive season in the Football League and fourth overall. In the league the club finished first in the North Group and gained entrance to the promotion playoffs. In the playoffs, Iraklis finished in the second position, gaining promotion to the Super League, after 4 years in the lower divisions. In the Greek Cup Iraklis was eliminated by Skoda Xanthi in the semi-finals.
Giannis Loukinas was Iraklis' topscorer in the league and overall, with 15 goals. Diego Romano and Pavlos Kyriakidis led the club's scoring in the cup, with 2 goals each. Huanderson had the most league appearances for Iraklis, starting all 32 league matches he played. Diego Romano and Nikos Pourtoulidis played in all 11 cup matches of the club. Huanderson and Pourtoulidis were tied for most overall appearances in the season, making 41 each.

## Players
### First team

| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Huanderson Junior da Silva Santos | GK | (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 30) | Rio Ave | 2012 | 59 | 0 |
| 13 | Panagiotis Ladas | GK | (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 19) | Asteras Tripoli | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Spyros Papathanasiou | GK | (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 22) | Ethnikos Gazoros | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Michalis Boukouvalas | RB | (1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 26) | Kerkyra | 2013 | 34 | 1 |
| 3 | Giorgos Saramantas | LB | (1992-01-29)29 January 1992 (aged 22) | Paniliakos | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nikos Ziabaris | CB | (1991-02-18)18 February 1991 (aged 23) | Fostiras | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Dimitris Toskas | CB | (1991-03-13)13 March 1991 (aged 23) | Panionios | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Giorgos Smiltos | CB | (1992-10-07)7 October 1992 (aged 21) | Panetolikos | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Giorgos Valerianos | LB | (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 22) | Kavala | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Sebastián Bartolini | CB | (1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 32) | Asteras Tripoli | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Asterios Mouchalis | RB | (1997-02-04)4 February 1997 (aged 17) | Iraklis academy | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | Dimitris Stamou | DM/CB | (1991-04-27)27 April 1991 (aged 23) | PAOK | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Hassoma Bino Bamba | DM | (1990-12-21)21 December 1990 (aged 23) | | 2013 | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | Lefteris Intzoglou | AM | (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 27) | Doxa Drama | 2013 | 32 | 1 |
| 10 | Diego Romano | CM | (1980-03-11)11 March 1980 (aged 34) | Ergotelis | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nikos Pourtoulidis (Captain) | DM | (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 30) | Niki Volos | 2013 | 38 | 7 |
| 12 | Savvas Siatravanis | AM | (1992-11-24)24 November 1992 (aged 21) | AEL 1964 | 2013 | 47 | 7 |
| 14 | Giannis Pasas | LM | (1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 23) | Panetolikos | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Emmanuel Zambazis | CM | (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 17) | Vaughan Soccer Club | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Miltos Stefanidis | MF | (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 22) | Iraklis academy | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Pavlos Kyriakidis | AM | (1991-09-03)3 September 1991 (aged 22) | Zakynthos | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Paschalis Kassos | RW | (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 22) | Doxa Drama | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Kosmas Tsilianidis | RW/LW | (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 20) | Iraklis Academy | 2011 | 44 | 7 |
| 9 | Emanuel Perrone | FW | (1983-06-14)14 June 1983 (aged 31) | Kalloni | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Giannis Loukinas | FW | (1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 22) | Chania | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Nikos Aggeloudis | FW | (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 23) | Aris | 2014 | 0 | 0 |

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

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2014 | Asterios Mouchalis | Iraklis academy | 10– |
| 9 July 2014 | Giorgos Smiltos | Panetolikos | 10Free |
| 10 July 2014 | Giannis Pasas | Panetolikos | 10Free |
| 10 July 2014 | Giorgos Saramantas | Paniliakos | 10Free |
| 10 July 2014 | Giannis Loukinas | Chania | 10Free |
| 14 July 2014 | Nikos Ziabaris | Fostiras | 10Free |
| 15 July 2014 | Emanuel Perrone | Kalloni | 10Free |
| 21 July 2014 | Diego Romano | Ergotelis | 10Free |
| 22 July 2014 | Giorgos Valerianos | Kavala | 10Free |
| 22 July 2014 | Pavlos Kyriakidis | Zakynthos | 10Free |
| 29 July 2014 | Dimitris Stamou | PAOK | 10Free |
| 29 July 2014 | Spyros Papathanasiou | Ethnikos Gazoros | 10Free |
| 1 August 2014 | Emmanuel Zambazis | Vaughan Soccer Club | 10Free |
| 1 August 2014 | Sebastián Bartolini | Asteras Tripolis | 10Free |
| 7 August 2014 | Dimitris Toskas | Panionios | 10Free |
| 19 August 2014 | Paschalis Kassos | Doxa Drama | 10Free |
| 19 August 2014 | Panagiotis Ladas | Asteras Tripolis | 10Free |
| 19 August 2014 | Miltos Stefanidis | Iraklis academy | 10– |
| 23 August 2014 | Nikos Aggeloudis | Aris | 10Free |

#### Winter

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 30 December 2014 | Serafeim Giannikoglou | Fokikos | 10Free |
| 8 January 2015 | Ilias Tsiliggiris | AEL | 10Free |
| 26 January 2015 | Aristotelis Karasalidis | Niki Volou | 10Free |
| 4 February 2015 | Anestis Karakostas | Niki Volou | 10Free |
| 9 February 2015 | Konstantinos Rougalas | Olympiakos | 10Free |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2014 | Theofilos Kouroupis | Apollon Kalamarias | 10Free |
| 1 July 2014 | Dario Zahora | – | 10Free |
| 1 July 2014 | Enea Koliqi | Olympiakos Volou | 10Free |
| 1 July 2014 | Enzo Scorza | – | 10Free |
| 1 July 2014 | Fotis Kipouros | Kampaniakos | 10Free |
| 1 July 2014 | Giorgos Paligiorgos | Tyrnavos | 10Free |
| 3 July 2014 | Benjamin Onwuachi | Oțelul Galați | 10Free |
| 9 July 2014 | Georgios Apostolidis | Kampaniakos | 10Free |
| 9 July 2014 | Dimitris Kontodimos | AEL | 10Free |
| 11 July 2014 | Petros Konteon | Chania | 10Free |
| 15 July 2014 | Lefteris Matsoukas | Fostiras | 10Free |
| 23 July 2014 | Vítor Lima | Famalicão | 10Free |
| 30 July 2014 | Tai | Napredak Kruševac | 10Free |
| 6 August 2014 | Charalambos Sarafoglou | Iraklis Ambelokipi | 10Free |
| 6 August 2014 | Stefanos Kragiopoulos | Iraklis Ambelokipi | 10Free |
| 10 September 2014 | Giorgos Chionidis | Iraklis Ambelokipi | 10Free |
| 12 September 2014 | Angelos Papasterianos | Apollon Kalamarias | 10Free |

#### Winter

| Date | Player | To | Fee | Source |
| 2 February 2015 | Giorgos Smiltos | Kissamikos | 10Loan | |
| 4 February 2015 | Hassoma Bino Bamba | Apollon Kalamarias | 10Free | |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Nikos Papadopoulos |
| Assistant coach | |
| General manager | Giorgos Karaiskos |
| Technical director | Pavlos Miroforidis |
| Physical trainer | Vassilis Kalapotharakos |
| Goalkeeper trainer | Fotios Gizelis |
| Doctor | Manolis Papakostas |
| Physiotherapist | Konstantinos Tsiolakidis |
| Care taker | Georgios Siagas |
| Youth team manager | Pagonis Vakalopoulos |
| Academy director | Savvas Kofidis |
Last updated: August 2014 Source:

### Other information

| Chairman | Spiros Papathanasakis |
| Vice President | |
| Team Director | |
| Marketing Director | Nikos Gramenos |
| Press Secretary | Theodoros Papadopoulos |
| Secretary | Eva Galanopoulou |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Kaftanzoglio Stadium (28,028 / 68x105 m) |
| Training ground | Mikra Training Center |
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### Kit

Supplier: Blue Line Sponsor(s): OPAP
| Home | Away | Third kit |
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## Football League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Iraklis Thessaloniki (Q) | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 8 | +26 | 57 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | AEL (Q) | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 45 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Olympiacos Volos (Q) | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 45 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Lamia | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 43 | |
| 5 | Zakynthos (Q) | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 39 | Qualification to relegation 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: 5 April 2015. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | — | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | — | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | — | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | — | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Promotion play-offs
#### Matches
## Greek Cup
### Second Round (Group D)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEV | IRA | PLA | ETH |
| 1 | Levadiakos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Round of 16 | | — | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Iraklis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Round of 16 | 1–1 | | — | — |
| 3 | Platanias | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | — | — | | 3–1 |
| 4 | Ethnikos Gazoros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | |

### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Football League | Football League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Huanderson | 41 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Michalis Boukouvalas | 40 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Saramantas | 33 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Aristotelis Karassalidis | 14 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Stamou | 22 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Kosmas Tsilianidis | 32 | 3 | 19+7 | 3 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Lefteris Intzoglou | 38 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Emanuel Perrone | 31 | 6 | 16+6 | 5 | 9+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Diego Romano | 38 | 4 | 23+4 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Nikos Pourtoulidis | 41 | 5 | 30+0 | 5 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | GRE | Savvas Siatravanis | 28 | 3 | 15+8 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | GRE | Spyros Papathanasiou | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GRE | Giannis Pasas | 32 | 3 | 16+10 | 2 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Emmanuel Zambazis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Toskas | 8 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | GRE | Miltos Stefanidis | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GRE | Ilias Kalfountzos | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Pavlos Kyriakidis | 33 | 4 | 19+7 | 2 | 7+0 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Valerianos | 18 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Sebastián Bartolini | 32 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GRE | Paschalis Kassos | 28 | 4 | 12+9 | 4 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | GRE | Giannis Loukinas | 35 | 15 | 18+11 | 15 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GRE | Asterios Mouchalis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GRE | Panagiotis Ladas | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GRE | Nikos Ziabaris | 39 | 1 | 27+3 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GRE | Serafeim Giannikoglou | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Rougalas | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | GRE | Ilias Tsiliggiris | 14 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Giannis Tsotras | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | GRE | Nikos Aggeloudis | 12 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in-season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CIV | Hassoma Bino Bamba | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Smiltos | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 June 2015 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### Top scorers

As of 10 June 2015
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | 25 | FW | Giannis Loukinas | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Emanuel Perrone | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Nikos Pourtoulidis | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | Diego Romano | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| = | 19 | MF | Pavlos Kyriakidis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| = | 23 | MF | Paschalis Kassos | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | Kosmas Tsilianidis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 12 | MF | Savvas Siatravanis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| = | 14 | MF | Giannis Pasas | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | DF | Aristotelis Karassalidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 16 | DF | Dimitris Toskas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 22 | DF | Sebastián Bartolini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 33 | DF | Nikos Ziabaris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 70 | MF | Ilias Tsiliggiris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTAL | 44 | 9 | 53 |

### Top assists

As of 10 June 2015
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Emanuel Perrone | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | Kosmas Tsilianidis | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| = | 10 | MF | Diego Romano | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | Lefteris Intzoglou | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 11 | MF | Nikos Pourtoulidis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| = | 14 | FW | Giannis Pasas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 19 | MF | Pavlos Kyriakidis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | Paschalis Kassos | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | Giorgos Saramantas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 12 | MF | Savvas Siatravanis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 44 | DF | Konstantinos Rougalas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 91 | FW | Nikos Aggeloudis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTAL | 28 | 6 | 34 |

### Disciplinary record

As of 5 January 2015
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Football League | Football League | Football League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Diego Romano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 22 | DF | Sebastián Bartolini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Emanuel Perrone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | DF | Michalis Boukouvalas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 3 | DF | Giorgos Saramantas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 5 | DF | Dimitris Stamou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 8 | MF | Lefteris Intzoglou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 11 | MF | Nikos Pourtoulidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 14 | FW | Giannis Pasas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 16 | DF | Dimitris Toskas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 12 | FW | Savvas Siatravanis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | GK | Huanderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 13 | GK | Panagiotis Ladas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 21 | DF | Giorgos Valerianos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 7 | FW | Kosmas Tsilianidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | 91 | FW | Nikos Aggeloudis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTAL | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 |