# 2009–10 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The members of Lesxi Filon Ari elected Thanasis Athanasiadis as the new president of Aris Thessaloniki in the elections that took place in May.
The club finished 5th in regular season of Super League and 4th after playoffs. Also, the club reached in the final of Greek Cup where lost by Panathinaikos. Aris Thessaloniki's fans made the biggest movement of fans in Greece for the final.
Aris Thessaloniki started the season with Iomar Mazinho. In November Mazinho removed and Héctor Cúper was the manager for the rest of the season.

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Michalis Sifakis | | GK | (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 25) | OFI Crete |
| 28 | Michal Peškovič | | GK | (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 28) | Polonia Bytom |
| 40 | Stivi Frashëri | | GK | (1990-08-29)29 August 1990 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 86 | Renato Piovezan | / | GK | (1986-04-24)24 April 1986 (aged 24) | Prato |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | | RB / RW | (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 29) | Santos |
| 3 | Carlos Arano | / | LB / LM | (1980-05-06)6 May 1980 (aged 30) | Huracán |
| 4 | Efthymis Kouloucheris (vice-captain) | | CB / DM | (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 29) | Olympiacos |
| 5 | Ronaldo Guiaro | / | CB | (1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 36) | Santos |
| 15 | Cristian Nasuti | / | CB | (1982-09-06)6 September 1982 (aged 27) | River Plate |
| 22 | Thomas Grekos | | RB / RM | (1991-04-18)18 April 1991 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 25 | César Ortiz | | CB | (1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 21) | Atlético Madrid B |
| 27 | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | | CB / DM | (1991-01-09)9 January 1991 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 29 | Giannis Agtzidis | | LB | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 17) | Club's Academy |
| 32 | Kristi Vangjeli | | CB / RB / LB | (1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 24) | Club's Academy |
| 47 | Mavroudis Bougaidis | | CB / LB / DM | (1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 16) | Club's Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Mehdi Nafti | / | DM | (1978-11-28)28 November 1978 (aged 31) | Birmingham City |
| 8 | Nacho García | | CM / DM | (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 (aged 29) | Oriente Petrolero |
| 9 | Darío Fernández | / | CM / AM / LM | (1978-09-24)24 September 1978 (aged 31) | Beitar Jerusalem |
| 11 | Freddy Adu | / | AM / LM / RM | (1989-06-02)2 June 1989 (aged 20) | Benfica |
| 17 | Camel Meriem | / | AM / RW / LW | (1979-10-18)18 October 1979 (aged 30) | Free Agent |
| 55 | Sakis Prittas | | CM / DM | (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 31) | Iraklis |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Toni Calvo | | RW / LW | (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 23) | Barcelona B |
| 10 | Sergio Koke (captain) | | ST / SS | (1983-04-27)27 April 1983 (aged 27) | Olympique de Marseille |
| 14 | Eddie Johnson | | ST / LW | (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 26) | Fulham |
| 18 | Javier Cámpora | | ST | (1980-01-07)7 January 1980 (aged 30) | Chiapas |
| 20 | Javito Peral | | LW / RW | (1983-11-04)4 November 1983 (aged 26) | Barcelona B |
| 23 | Christos Aravidis | | ST / LW / RW | (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 23) | Panionios |
| 33 | Stavros Labriakos | | ST | (1975-11-30)30 November 1975 (aged 34) | Skoda Xanthi |
| 99 | Ian Daly | / | ST | (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 20) | Manchester City U18 |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| June 2009 | MF | 6 | / Mehdi Nafti | Birmingham City | Free |
| June 2009 | FW | 13 | Sebastián Abreu | River Plate | Free |
| June 2009 | DF | 3 | / Carlos Arano | Huracán | Free |
| June 2009 | FW | 99 | / Ian Daly | Manchester City U18 | Free |
| July 2009 | FW | 23 | Christos Aravidis | Panionios | Free |
| July 2009 | MF | 12 | Vasilios Rovas | Atromitos | Free |
| July 2009 | DF | 25 | / Flávio Pinto | Asteras Tripolis | Free |
| July 2009 | GK | 28 | Michal Peškovič | Polonia Bytom | Free |
| August 2009 | MF | 19 | Pitu Garcia | Free Agent | Free |
| August 2009 | GK | 86 | / Renato Piovezan | Prato | Free |
| February 2010 | MF | 17 | / Camel Meriem | Free Agent | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2009 | FW | 19 | Thanasis Papazoglou | PAOK | Released |
| June 2009 | DF | 15 | Nikos Karabelas | AEK Athens | Released |
| July 2009 | FW | 12 | / Mario Regueiro | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2009 | DF | 4 | / Alejandro Lembo | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2009 | GK | 31 | Dimitrios Karatziovalis | Doxa Drama | Released |
| July 2009 | MF | 9 | / Thiago Gentil | Coritiba | Released |
| July 2009 | FW | 14 | Felipe Sanchón | Udinese | Released |
| August 2009 | FW | 17 | Piotr Włodarczyk | Free Agent | Released |
| August 2009 | MF | 11 | Diogo Siston | Free Agent | Released |
| August 2009 | DF | 26 | / Sanel Jahić | AEK Athens | 590.000 € |
| November 2009 | DF | 25 | / Flávio Pinto | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2010 | FW | 13 | Sebastián Abreu | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2010 | DF | 21 | Valentin Roberge | Free Agent | Released |
| February 2010 | MF | 19 | Pitu Garcia | Free Agent | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| June 2009 | January 2010 | MF | 11 | Leandro Gracián | Boca Juniors | 250.000 € | [25] [26] |
| June 2009 | End of season | DF | 15 | / Cristian Nasuti | River Plate | None | |
| August 2009 | End of season | MF | 9 | / Darío Fernández | Beitar Jerusalem | 150.000 € | |
| January 2010 | End of season | FW | 14 | Eddie Johnson | Fulham | None | |
| January 2010 | May 2011 | MF | 11 | / Freddy Adu | Benfica | None | |
| February 2010 | End of season | DF | 25 | César Ortiz | Atlético Madrid B | None | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| August 2009 | End of season | MF | 30 | Roberto Battión | Banfield | None | |
| January 2010 | End of season | MF | 12 | Vasilios Rovas | PAS Giannina | None | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 22 August 2009 | 19 May 2010 |
| Regular Season | Matchday 1 | — | 5th | 22 August 2009 | 18 April 2010 |
| Play-offs | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 28 April 2010 | 19 May 2010 |
| Greek Cup | Fourth round | — | Finalist | 28 October 2009 | 24 April 2010 |
Updated to match played 19 May 2010 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 038.89 |
| Greek Cup | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 057.14 |
| Total | 43 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 041.86 |
| Super League | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Super League | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Regular Season | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 040.00 |
| Play-offs | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 038.89 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | PAOK | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Aris | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 46 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 6 | Kavala | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 39 | |
| 7 | Atromitos | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 38 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 April 2010. Source: Super League

##### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

##### Matches
#### Play-offs

Team that finished fifth in Regular Season started Play-offs with 0 points. Every other team's points is the difference from fifth placed team divided with 5.
The teams started Play-offs with the following points:
* Olympiacos – 4 points [(64–46) / 5 = 3.6, rounded to 4]
* PAOK – 3 points [(62–46) / 5 = 3.2, rounded to 3]
* AEK Athens – 1 point [(53–46) / 5 = 1.4, rounded to 1]
* Aris Thessaloniki – 0 points [(46–46) / 5 = 0]

##### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | PAOK | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 16 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Aris Thessaloniki | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Aris–Olympiacos 2–0, Olympiacos–Aris 0–0.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2010. Source: Super League

##### Matches
### Greek Football Cup
#### Final

The 68th Greek Cup Final was played at Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" on Saturday, April 24, 2010.
PANATHINAIKOS: :
| GK | 27 | Alexandros Tzorvas |
| DF | 24 | Loukas Vintra |
| DF | 31 | Nikos Spiropoulos | 30' |
| DF | 8 | Cédric Kanté |
| MF | 29 | Kostas Katsouranis |
| MF | 15 | Gilberto Silva (c) |
| MF | 23 | Simão Mate Junior | 59' |
| MF | 7 | Sotiris Ninis | | 66' |
| MF | 11 | Sebastián Leto | 40' | 78' |
| FW | 5 | Dimitris Salpingidis | | 62' |
| FW | 9 | Djibril Cissé |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | 22 | Stergos Marinos | | 66' |
| MF | 26 | Giorgos Karagounis | | 62' |
| MF | 17 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | | 78' |
| Manager: ||||
| Nikos Nioplias ||||
ARIS: :
| GK | 1 | Michalis Sifakis |
| DF | 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto |
| DF | 32 | Kristi Vangjeli |
| DF | 15 | Cristian Nasuti |
| DF | 5 | Ronaldo Guiaro |
| MF | 55 | Thanasis Prittas | 47' |
| MF | 6 | Mehdi Nafti | | 74' |
| MF | 7 | Toni Calvo | 12' | 83' |
| MF | 17 | Camel Meriem | | 66' |
| FW | 18 | Javier Cámpora |
| FW | 10 | Sergio Koke (c) |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | 9 | Dario Fernandez | | 74' |
| MF | 20 | Javito | | 66' |
| FW | 11 | Freddy Adu | | 83' |
| Manager: ||||
| Héctor Cúper ||||

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of match played 19 May 2010
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Michalis Sifakis | 30 | 6 | 36 |
| 2 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 31 | 6 | 37 |
| 3 | DF | / | Carlos Arano | 29 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | DF | | Efthymis Kouloucheris | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | DF | / | Ronaldo Guiaro | 27 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | MF | / | Mehdi Nafti | 24 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | FW | | Toni Calvo | 31 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | MF | | Nacho García | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | MF | / | Darío Fernández | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | FW | | Sergio Koke | 32 | 7 | 39 |
| 11 | MF | / | Freddy Adu | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | FW | | Eddie Johnson | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| 15 | DF | / | Cristian Nasuti | 28 | 6 | 34 |
| 17 | MF | / | Camel Meriem | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 18 | FW | | Javier Cámpora | 30 | 6 | 36 |
| 20 | FW | | Javito Peral | 30 | 7 | 37 |
| 22 | DF | | Thomas Grekos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | | Christos Aravidis | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 | DF | | César Ortiz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | GK | | Michal Peškovič | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 32 | DF | | Kristi Vangjeli | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 33 | FW | | Stavros Labriakos | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 55 | MF | | Sakis Prittas | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 99 | FW | / | Ian Daly | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Players who left the club during this season |||||||
| | DF | / | Flávio Pinto | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| | FW | | Sebastián Abreu | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| | MF | | Leandro Gracián | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| | DF | | Valentin Roberge | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| | MF | | Vasilios Rovas | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| | MF | | Pitu Garcia | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 7 | 43 |

### Goals

    As of match played 19 May 2010
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Javier Cámpora | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | | Sergio Koke | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | Toni Calvo | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | Eddie Johnson | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | | Sebastián Abreu | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | / | Mehdi Nafti | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | | Javito Peral | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | / | Freddy Adu | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | / | Cristian Nasuti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | / | Ronaldo Guiaro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | / | Flávio Pinto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Sakis Prittas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | / | Pitu Garcia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 14 | 57 |
* ↑ included goals for Play-Offs

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 19 May 2010
| # | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | | Michalis Sifakis | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 28 | | Michal Peškovič | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 15 | 2 | 17 |
* ↑ In Matchday 24 against AEL, where Aris Thessaloniki won with 2-0, in the second half Michalis Sifakis were substitutioned out from Michal Peškovič. Both goalkeepers claimed the clean sheet.