# 2008–09 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2008-09 season was the 95th season in Aris Thessaloniki F.C.'s existence. The club finished 6th in the Super League.
Aris Thessaloniki was eliminated on penalties in the fifth round of Greek Football Cup by PAOK. On the UEFA Cup, the croatian Slaven Koprivnica eliminated Aris Thessaloniki in the Second qualifying round.
Dušan Bajević removed from manager's position in July. Quique Hernández came after him. In January, Quique Hernández replaced by Iomar Mazinho and his assistant Donato Gama
Aris Thessaloniki hired Giorgos Koltsidas as technical director after his retirement as player.

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 13 | Michalis Sifakis | | GK | (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 24) | OFI Crete |
| 31 | Dimitrios Karatziovalis | | GK | (1975-07-22)22 July 1975 (aged 33) | Apollon Kalamarias |
| 40 | Stivi Frashëri | | GK | (1990-08-29)29 August 1990 (aged 18) | Club's Academy |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | | RB / RW | (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 28) | Santos |
| 3 | Efthymis Kouloucheris | | CB / DM | (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 28) | Olympiacos |
| 4 | Alejandro Lembo | / | CB | (1978-02-15)15 February 1978 (aged 31) | Danubio |
| 5 | Ronaldo Guiaro | / | CB | (1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 35) | Santos |
| 15 | Nikos Karabelas | | LB / LM | (1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 24) | Paniliakos |
| 21 | Valentin Roberge | | CB / LB | (1987-06-09)9 June 1987 (aged 21) | Paris Saint-Germain B |
| 26 | Sanel Jahić | / | CB / RB / DM | (1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 27) | Željezničar |
| 32 | Kristi Vangjeli | | CB / RB / LB | (1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 23) | Club's Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | Nacho García (captain) | | CM / DM | (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 (aged 28) | Oriente Petrolero |
| 9 | Thiago Gentil | / | AM / SS / LW | (1980-04-08)8 April 1980 (aged 29) | Figueirense |
| 11 | Diogo Siston | | AM | (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 28) | Santa Clara |
| 24 | Víctor Vitolo | | CM | (1983-09-09)9 September 1983 (aged 25) | Racing de Santander |
| 29 | Sakis Prittas | | CM / DM | (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 30) | Iraklis |
| 30 | Roberto Battión | | CM / DM | (1982-03-01)1 March 1982 (aged 27) | Argentinos Juniors |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Toni Calvo | | RW / LW | (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 22) | Barcelona B |
| 10 | Sergio Koke (vice-captain) | | ST / SS | (1983-04-27)27 April 1983 (aged 26) | Olympique de Marseille |
| 12 | Mario Regueiro | / | LW / SS / AM | (1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 30) | Valencia |
| 17 | Piotr Włodarczyk | | ST | (1977-05-04)4 May 1977 (aged 32) | Zagłębie Lubin |
| 18 | Javier Cámpora | | ST | (1980-01-07)7 January 1980 (aged 29) | Chiapas |
| 19 | Thanasis Papazoglou | | ST | (1988-03-30)30 March 1988 (aged 21) | Club's Academy |
| 20 | Javito Peral | | LW / RW | (1983-11-04)4 November 1983 (aged 25) | Barcelona B |
| 33 | Stavros Labriakos | | ST | (1975-11-30)30 November 1975 (aged 33) | Skoda Xanthi |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| June 2008 | MF | 30 | Roberto Battión | Argentinos Juniors | Free |
| June 2008 | FW | 17 | Piotr Włodarczyk | Zagłębie Lubin | Free |
| July 2008 | DF | 4 | / Alejandro Lembo | Danubio | Free |
| July 2008 | FW | 99 | / Alejandro Delorte | Argentinos Juniors | Free |
| July 2008 | FW | 12 | / Mario Regueiro | Valencia | 100.000 € |
| July 2008 | GK | 13 | Michalis Sifakis | OFI Crete | 300.000 € |
| July 2008 | DF | 21 | Valentin Roberge | Paris Saint-Germain B | Free |
| January 2009 | FW | 33 | Stavros Labriakos | Skoda Xanthi | Free |
| January 2009 | FW | 18 | Javier Cámpora | Chiapas | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2008 | DF | 23 | Giorgos Koltsidas | Retired | Retired |
| July 2008 | DF | 4 | / Avraam Papadopoulos | Olympiacos | 2.500.000 € |
| July 2008 | GK | 1 | Kostas Chalkias | PAOK | Released |
| July 2008 | GK | 38 | Kyriakos Stratilatis | Levadiakos | Released |
| July 2008 | DF | 13 | Theodoros Papadopoulos | Apollon Kalamarias | Released |
| July 2008 | MF | 18 | Vladimir Ivić | PAOK | Released |
| July 2008 | FW | 17 | Giannis Gesios | PAONE | Released |
| September 2008 | FW | 30 | / Márcio Amoroso | Free Agent | Released |
| October 2008 | DF | 22 | / Marco Aurélio | Free Agent | Released |
| December 2008 | FW | 99 | / Alejandro Delorte | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2009 | MF | 6 | Konstantinos Nebegleras | Atromitos | Released |
| January 2009 | GK | 1 | Marián Kelemen | Free Agent | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| September 2008 | End of season | MF | 24 | Víctor Vitolo | Racing de Santander | None | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| January 2009 | End of season | FW | 14 | Felipe Sanchón | Girona | None | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League | Matchday 1 | — | 6th | 31 August 2008 | 26 April 2009 |
| Greek Cup | Fourth round | — | Fifth round | 12 November 2008 | 28 January 2009 |
| UEFA Cup | Second qualifying round | — | Second qualifying round | 14 August 2008 | 28 August 2008 |
Updated to match played 26 April 2009 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 043.33 |
| Greek Cup | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 042.86 |
Updated to match played 26 April 2009 Source: Competitions

### Super League
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | AEL | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 49 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 6 | Aris | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 47 | |
| 7 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 38 | |
| 8 | Panionios | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 37 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 April 2009. Source: Super League

##### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Second qualifying round
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of match played 26 April 2009
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 27 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
| 3 | DF | | Efthymis Kouloucheris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | / | Alejandro Lembo | 19 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | DF | / | Ronaldo Guiaro | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | FW | | Toni Calvo | 25 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | MF | | Nacho García | 24 | 3 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | MF | / | Thiago Gentil | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | FW | | Sergio Koke | 27 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | MF | | Diogo Siston | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | FW | / | Mario Regueiro | 23 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | GK | | Michalis Sifakis | 24 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | DF | | Nikos Karabelas | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 17 | FW | | Piotr Włodarczyk | 18 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 18 | FW | | Javier Cámpora | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 19 | FW | | Thanasis Papazoglou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | | Javito Peral | 29 | 3 | 2 | 34 |
| 21 | DF | | Valentin Roberge | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 24 | MF | | Víctor Vitolo | 21 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| 26 | DF | / | Sanel Jahić | 16 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 29 | MF | | Sakis Prittas | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 30 | MF | | Roberto Battión | 20 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 31 | GK | | Dimitrios Karatziovalis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | DF | | Kristi Vangjeli | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 33 | FW | | Stavros Labriakos | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||
| | DF | / | Marco Aurélio | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| | FW | / | Alejandro Delorte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | FW | | Felipe Sanchón | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| | MF | | Konstantinos Nebegleras | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| | GK | | Marián Kelemen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 3 | 2 | 35 |

### Goals

    As of match played 26 April 2009
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | UEFA | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Sergio Koke | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | | Javito Peral | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | Javier Cámpora | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | | Toni Calvo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | / | Mario Regueiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | Piotr Włodarczyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | / | Sanel Jahić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Roberto Battión | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | / | Alejandro Lembo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Sakis Prittas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 2 | 1 | 33 |

### 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 26 April 2009
| # | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 13 | | Michalis Sifakis | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| | | Marián Kelemen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 |