# 2011–12 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki finished in the 9th place of Super League and did not qualifie the Play-offs. In Greek Cup Aris Thessaloniki eliminated in fifth round by Atromitos.
The club changed its manager three times. The season started with Sakis Tsiolis but he left the club on October. Michał Probierz was the next manager until January 2012 when Giannis Michalitsos hired as caretaker. Aris Thessaloniki finished the season with Manuel Machado as manager.

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Markos Vellidis | | GK | (1987-04-04)4 April 1987 (aged 25) | Diagoras Rodou |
| 13 | Michalis Sifakis (captain) | | GK | (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 27) | OFI Crete |
| 25 | Sokratis Dioudis | | GK | (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 84 | Eldin Jakupović | / | GK | (1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 27) | Olympiacos Volos |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | | RB / RW | (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 31) | Santos |
| 4 | Grigoris Papazaharias | | LB / RB / DM | (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 27) | Iraklis |
| 6 | Michel Pereira | / | LB / DM | (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 30) | Vila Nova |
| 15 | Michalis Giannitsis | | CB / RB | (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 16 | Francis Dickoh | / | CB | (1982-12-13)13 December 1982 (aged 29) | Hibernian |
| 19 | Khalifa Sankaré | | CB | (1984-08-15)15 August 1984 (aged 27) | Olympiacos Volos |
| 24 | Nikos Lazaridis (vice-captain) | | CB | (1979-07-12)12 July 1979 (aged 32) | Asteras Tripolis |
| 30 | Dimitris Kotsonis | | CB / RB / DM | (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 23) | Paniliakos |
| 35 | Stelios Tsoukanis | | LB / LW | (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 22) | Anagennisi Epanomi |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | Manolis Papasterianos | | CM / DM | (1987-08-15)15 August 1987 (aged 24) | Iraklis |
| 8 | Juan Carlos Toja | | AM / CM | (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 27) | Steaua București |
| 12 | Giorgos Katidis | | AM / CM | (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 14 | Ricardo Faty | / | DM / CM | (1986-08-04)4 August 1986 (aged 25) | Roma |
| 17 | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | | DM / RB / LB | (1987-06-22)22 June 1987 (aged 24) | PAS Giannina |
| 21 | Kostas Kapetanos | | LM / CM / AM | (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 27) | Olympiacos Volos |
| 28 | Vassilis Triantafyllakos | | CM / DM / AM | (1991-07-16)16 July 1991 (aged 20) | Odysseas Anagennisi |
| 33 | Javier Umbides | | CM / DM / AM | (1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 30) | Olympiacos Volos |
| 55 | Sakis Prittas | | CM / DM | (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 33) | Iraklis |
| 88 | Nacho García | | CM / DM | (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 (aged 31) | Oriente Petrolero |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Karim Soltani | / | RW / LW / ST | (1984-08-29)29 August 1984 (aged 27) | Iraklis |
| 10 | Nery Castillo | / | RW / LW / ST | (1984-06-13)13 June 1984 (aged 27) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 20 | Giannis Gianniotas | | RW / LW / SS | (1993-04-29)29 April 1993 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 22 | Thanasis Kanoulas | | ST | (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 20) | Anagennisi Epanomi |
| 77 | Noé Acosta | | LW / AM | (1983-12-10)10 December 1983 (aged 28) | Olympiacos Volos |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| June 2011 | FW | 22 | Thanasis Kanoulas | Anagennisi Epanomi | Free |
| June 2011 | FW | 7 | / Karim Soltani | Iraklis | Free |
| June 2011 | FW | 10 | / Nery Castillo | Shakhtar Donetsk | Free |
| July 2011 | DF | 30 | Dimitris Kotsonis | Paniliakos | Free |
| July 2011 | MF | 21 | Kostas Kapetanos | Olympiacos Volos | Free |
| July 2011 | MF | 28 | Vasilis Triantafyllakos | Odysseas Anagennisi | Free |
| July 2011 | MF | 5 | Manolis Papasterianos | Iraklis | Free |
| July 2011 | DF | 35 | Stelios Tsoukanis | Anagennisi Epanomi | Free |
| August 2011 | DF | 16 | / Francis Dickoh | Hibernian | Free |
| August 2011 | FW | 29 | Victoraș Iacob | Iraklis | Free |
| September 2011 | MF | 11 | Jurica Vranješ | Werder Bremen | Free |
| September 2011 | DF | 19 | Khalifa Sankaré | Olympiacos Volos | Free |
| September 2011 | MF | 33 | Javier Umbides | Olympiacos Volos | Free |
| September 2011 | GK | 84 | / Eldin Jakupović | Olympiacos Volos | Free |
| September 2011 | FW | 77 | Noé Acosta | Olympiacos Volos | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2010 | DF | 5 | / Ronaldo Guiaro | Retired | Retired |
| June 2011 | DF | 47 | Mavroudis Bougaidis | AEK Athens | Released |
| July 2011 | GK | 25 | Juanma Barrero | Cartagena | Released |
| July 2011 | DF | 3 | Oriol Lozano | Free agent | Released |
| July 2011 | DF | 33 | Deividas Česnauskis | Free agent | Released |
| July 2011 | FW | 7 | Toni Calvo | Levski Sofia | Released |
| July 2011 | MF | 19 | Kostas Mendrinos | Free agent | Released |
| July 2011 | DF | 22 | Thomas Grekos | A.P.S. Zakynthos | Released |
| August 2011 | FW | 88 | Daisuke Sakata | Free agent | Released |
| August 2011 | DF | 32 | Kristi Vangjeli | Chornomorets Odesa | 300.000 € |
| August 2011 | FW | 23 | Christos Aravidis | Free agent | Released |
| December 2011 | FW | 29 | Victoraș Iacob | Free agent | Released |
| January 2012 | MF | 11 | Jurica Vranješ | Free agent | Released |
| January 2012 | MF | 18 | Cristian Portilla | Free agent | Released |
| January 2012 | FW | 9 | Danijel Cesarec | Free agent | Released |
| January 2012 | DF | 3 | Giannis Agtzidis | Free agent | Released |
| January 2012 | DF | 44 | Efthymis Kouloucheris | Free agent | Released |
| March 2012 | FW | 34 | Thanasis Topouzis | Free agent | Released |

### Loans Out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| November 2011 | End of season | FW | 99 | Nikos Angeloudis | Doxa Drama | None | |
| January 2012 | End of season | DF | 27 | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | Vyzas Megara | None | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League | Matchday 1 | — | 9th | 27 August 2011 | 22 April 2012 |
| Greek Cup | Fourth Round | — | Fifth Round | 22 December 2011 | 12 January 2012 |
Updated to match played 22 April 2012 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League 1 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Greek Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 034.38 |
Updated to match played 22 April 2012 Source: Competitions
* ↑ It is included the home game against Asteras Tripolis which Aris Thessaloniki lost 0-3 with w/o

#### Managers' overview
### Super League
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Levadiakos | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 39 |
| 8 | PAS Giannina | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 38 |
| 9 | Aris | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 37 |
| 10 | OFI | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 37 |
| 11 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 36 |
* ↑ Aris was docked three points following an object thrown into the field during a match against Asteras Tripolis and lost the game 0–3.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Aris 6, OFI 0.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 April 2012. Source: Super League
* ↑ The club finished with 37 points because it was docked three points and lost 0–3 the home game against Asteras Tripolis with w/o

##### Matches
### Greek Cup

Aris Thessaloniki entered in fourth round like all teams of Super League

#### Fifth Round
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 22 April 2012
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 1 | GK | | Markos Vellidis | 26 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 27 |
| 2 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 26 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 23 |
| 4 | DF | | Grigoris Papazaharias | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| 5 | MG | | Manolis Papasterianos | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 6 | DF | / | Michel Pereira | 27 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 28 |
| 7 | FW | / | Karim Soltani | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 |
| 8 | MF | | Juan Carlos Toja | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 |
| 10 | FW | / | Nery Castillo | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 19 |
| 12 | MF | | Giorgos Katidis | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | GK | | Michalis Sifakis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | / | Ricardo Faty | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 25 |
| 15 | DF | | Michalis Giannitsis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | / | Francis Dickoh | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 |
| 17 | MF | | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 20 |
| 19 | DF | | Khalifa Sankaré | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 |
| 20 | FW | | Giannis Gianniotas | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 |
| 21 | MF | | Kostas Kapetanos | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 15 |
| 22 | FW | | Thanasis Kanoulas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Nikos Lazaridis | 24 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 23 |
| 25 | GK | | Sokratis Dioudis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Vassilis Triantafyllakos | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| 30 | DF | | Dimitris Kotsonis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | | Javier Umbides | 25 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 27 |
| 35 | DF | | Stelios Tsoukanis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 55 | MF | | Sakis Prittas | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 77 | FW | | Noé Acosta | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 |
| 84 | GK | / | Eldin Jakupović | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | | Nacho García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||
| | DF | | Kristi Vangjeli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | | Nikos Angeloudis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | | Victoraș Iacob | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| | MF | | Jurica Vranješ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | | Cristian Portilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | | Danijel Cesarec | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| | DF | | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | | Thanasis Topouzis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 32 |

### Goals

    As of match played 22 April 2012
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | / | Nery Castillo | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | DF | | Nikos Lazaridis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | | Javier Umbides | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | | Noé Acosta | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | | Giannis Gianniotas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | Danijel Cesarec | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | / | Ricardo Faty | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | Juan Toja | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | | Kostas Kapetanos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | / | Francis Dickoh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | Khalifa Sankaré | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | | Vasilis Triantafyllakos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | / | Karim Soltani | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | / | Michel Pereira | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 3 | 32 |

### Clean sheets

If a goalkeeper was substituted and he did not conceded a goal while he was in the game but the team conceded a goal after him, the goalkeeper would not claim the clean sheet.
    As of match played 22 April 2012
| # | Nat. | Player | Super League 1 | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | | Markos Vellidis | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | | Michalis Sifakis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |

## Kit

Supplier: Under Armour Sponsor(s): Kino
| Home Colours | Away Colours | Third Colours | Goalkeeper's Home Colours | Goalkeeper's Away Colours |
Source: arisfc.gr