# 2016–17 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2016-17 season was Aris Thessaloniki FC's 3rd season in Football League. They were also competing in the Greek Cup.

## First team

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Alexandros Anagnostopoulos | | GK | (1994-08-18)August 18, 1994 (aged 22) | Panathinaikos |
| 13 | Sokratis Dioudis (vice-captain) | | GK | (1993-02-03)February 3, 1993 (aged 24) | Club Brugge KV |
| 25 | Giannis Mantzaris | | GK | (1996-04-15)April 15, 1996 (aged 21) | Club's Academy |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | | RB / RW | (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 36) | Veria |
| 3 | Hugo Sousa | | CB / RB | (1992-06-04)4 June 1992 (aged 24) | Free Agent |
| 5 | Stathis Tavlaridis | | CB / RB | (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 37) | Panathinaikos |
| 6 | Raúl Bravo | | CB / LB | (1981-04-14)14 April 1981 (aged 36) | Veria |
| 15 | Nikolaos Karabelas | | LB / LM | (1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 32) | Real Valladolid |
| 18 | Nikos Tsoumanis | | LB / LM | (1990-06-08)8 June 1990 (aged 26) | Veria |
| 21 | Madjid Bougherra | / | CB / RB | (1982-10-07)7 October 1982 (aged 34) | Free Agent |
| 24 | Lazaros Haritonidis | | CB | (1989-12-18)18 December 1989 (aged 27) | Doxa Drama |
| 27 | Manolis Tzanakakis | | RB / RM / LB | (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 25) | Olympiacos |
| 28 | Christos Bourbos | | RB / RM | (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 33) | Free Agent |
| 39 | Christos Intzidis | | CB / DM / LB | (1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 24) | Panachaiki |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Vasilios Rovas | | DM / CB | (1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 33) | AEK Athens |
| 8 | Charalampos Pavlidis | | AM / CM / LM | (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 26) | Veria |
| 10 | Andreas Tatos (captain) | | AM / CM | (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 28) | Veria |
| 20 | Spyros Karvounis | | AM | (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 17) | Club's Academy |
| 22 | Andreu Guerao | | CM / DM | (1983-06-17)17 June 1983 (aged 33) | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 26 | Pitu Garcia | | CM / AM | (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 33) | Seongnam FC |
| 77 | Gaius Makouta | / | DM / CM | (1997-07-25)25 July 1997 (aged 19) | Longford Town |
| 88 | Dimitris Anakoglou | | AM / CM | (1991-09-06)6 September 1991 (aged 25) | AEK Athens |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Markos Dounis | | RW / LW / AM | (1992-05-09)9 May 1992 (aged 25) | AEK Athens |
| 9 | Antonis Kapnidis | | ST | (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 24) | Kavala |
| 11 | Kenan Bargan | | LW / SS | (1988-10-25)25 October 1988 (aged 28) | Panionios |
| 14 | Rafik Djebbour | / | ST / LW / RW | (1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 33) | AEK Athens |
| 16 | Luka Milunović | | AM / LW / RW | (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 24) | Platanias |
| 17 | Stefanos Dogos | | LW / RW / LB | (1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 23) | Veria |
| 19 | Brana Ilić | | ST / LW / RW | (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 32) | PAS Giannina |
| 36 | Paschalis Voutsias | | RW / RB | (1990-03-23)23 March 1990 (aged 27) | Free Agent |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Football League | Matchday 1 | — | 3rd | 1 November 2016 | 11 June 2017 |
| Greek Cup | Group stage | — | Round of 16 | 25 October 2016 | 2 February 2017 |
Updated to match played 11 June 2017 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Football League | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 067.65 |
| Greek Cup | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 020.00 |
| Total | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 061.54 |
Updated to match played 11 June 2017 Source: Competitions

#### Managers' Overview

| Manager | Nat. | From | Until | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Manager | Nat. | From | Until | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Nikos Anastopoulos | | Start of Season | 24 February 2017 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 050.00 |
| Paschalis Melissas | | 24 February 2017 | 28 February 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Nikos Kostenoglou | | 28 February 2017 | End of Season | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 075.00 |
Updated to match played 11 June 2017 Source: Competitions
* ↑ It is included game against Panthrakikos which awarded with 3-0 w/o
* ↑ It is included game against Panthrakikos which awarded with 0-3 w/o

### Football League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Apollon Smyrnis (C, P) | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 61 | 14 | +47 | 83 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Lamia (P) | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 11 | +44 | 80 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 77 | |
| 4 | OFI | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 72 | |
| 5 | Trikala | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 19 | +46 | 71 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 June 2017. Source: Soccerway

#### Matches

* ↑ Τhe Game was scheduled on 14 January 2017 and was postponed due to bad weather

### Greek Cup

Aris Thessaloniki entered the competition in the Group Stage, as a club from Football League.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Asteras Tripoli | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Qualification for the Round of 16 |
| 2 | Aris Thessaloniki | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Qualification for the Round of 16 |
| 3 | Aiginiakos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Veria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |

##### Matches
#### Round of 16
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 11 June 2017
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Football League | Football League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 1 | GK | | Alexandros Anagnostopoulos | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | | Hugo Sousa | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | MF | | Vasilios Rovas | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 |
| 5 | DF | | Stathis Tavlaridis | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 |
| 6 | DF | | Raúl Bravo | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 |
| 7 | FW | | Markos Dounis | 23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 |
| 8 | MF | | Charalampos Pavlidis | 28 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 26 |
| 9 | FW | | Antonis Kapnidis | 28 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 12 |
| 10 | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 28 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 29 |
| 11 | FW | | Kenan Bargan | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 |
| 13 | GK | | Sokratis Dioudis | 31 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 34 |
| 14 | FW | / | Rafik Djebbour | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Nikolaos Karabelas | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 25 |
| 16 | FW | | Luka Milunović | 25 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 19 |
| 17 | FW | | Stefanos Dogos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 18 | DF | | Nikos Tsoumanis | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 19 | FW | | Brana Ilić | 31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 29 |
| 20 | FW | | Spyros Karvounis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Lazaros Haritonidis | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 25 | GK | | Giannis Mantzaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Pitu Garcia | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 19 |
| 27 | DF | | Manolis Tzanakakis | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 |
| 28 | DF | | Christos Bourbos | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 18 |
| 39 | DF | | Christos Intzidis | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 |
| 77 | MF | / | Gaius Makouta | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 88 | MF | | Dimitris Anakoglou | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||
| | DF | / | Madjid Bougherra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Andreu Guerao | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| | FW | | Paschalis Voutsias | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 37 |

### Goals

    As of match played 11 June 2017
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | | Antonis Kapnidis | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | | Brana Ilić | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | | Luka Milunović | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | | Markos Dounis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | | Kenan Bargan | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | | Charalampos Pavlidis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | Nikolaos Karabelas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | Manolis Tzanakakis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | | Pitu Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | Hugo Sousa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | Christos Intzidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | Raúl Bravo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | Stathis Tavlaridis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Awarded by League | Awarded by League | Awarded by League | Awarded by League | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 7 | 65 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 11 June 2017
| # | Nat. | Player | Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 13 | | Sokratis Dioudis | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 1 | | Alexandros Anagnostopoulos | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 18 | 2 | 20 |