# 2010–11 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki finished in the 6th position of Super League and did not enter in to Play-offs. Trikala eliminated Aris in fourth round of Greek Cup on penalties.
The club started its european campaign from the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League after finishing fourth in previous season's playoffs. The team advanced to Round of 32 where was eliminated by Manchester City

## Events

* 18 January: Héctor Cúper resigned
* 19 January: Giannis Michalitsos hired as caretaker manager
* 7 March: Giannis Michalitsos sacked
* 9 March: Sakis Tsiolis agreed.

## 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 24) | Diagoras Rodou |
| 13 | Michalis Sifakis (captain) | | GK | (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 26) | OFI Crete |
| 25 | Juanma Barrero | | GK | (1980-06-27)27 June 1980 (aged 30) | AD Alcorcón |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | | RB / RW | (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 30) | Santos |
| 3 | Oriol Lozano | | CB | (1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 30) | Racing de Santander |
| 4 | Efthymis Kouloucheris | | CB / DM | (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 30) | Olympiacos |
| 5 | Ronaldo Guiaro (vice-captain) | / | CB | (1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 37) | Santos |
| 16 | Michel Pereira | / | LB / DM | (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 29) | Vila Nova |
| 21 | Grigoris Papazaharias | | LB / RB / DM | (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 26) | Iraklis |
| 24 | Nikos Lazaridis | | CB | (1979-07-12)12 July 1979 (aged 31) | Asteras Tripolis |
| 27 | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | | CB / DM | (1991-01-09)9 January 1991 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 29 | Giannis Agtzidis | | LB | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 18) | Club's Academy |
| 32 | Kristi Vangjeli | | CB / RB / LB | (1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 25) | Club's Academy |
| 33 | Deividas Česnauskis | | RB / RM | (1981-06-30)30 June 1981 (aged 29) | Ergotelis |
| 47 | Mavroudis Bougaidis | | CB / LB / DM | (1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 17) | Club's Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | Juan Carlos Toja | | AM / CM | (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 26) | Steaua București |
| 12 | Giorgos Katidis | | AM / CM | (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 (aged 18) | Club's Academy |
| 14 | Ricardo Faty | / | DM / CM | (1986-08-04)4 August 1986 (aged 24) | Roma |
| 17 | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | | DM / RB / LB | (1987-06-22)22 June 1987 (aged 23) | PAS Giannina |
| 18 | Cristian Portilla | | CM / DM | (1988-08-28)28 August 1988 (aged 22) | Sporting Gijón |
| 19 | Kostas Mendrinos | | CM / DM | (1985-05-28)28 May 1985 (aged 26) | PAS Giannina |
| 26 | Danilo Pereira | / | DM / CB | (1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 19) | Parma |
| 55 | Sakis Prittas | | CM / DM | (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 32) | Iraklis |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Toni Calvo | | RW / LW | (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 24) | Barcelona B |
| 9 | Danijel Cesarec | | ST | (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 28) | Asteras Tripoli |
| 22 | Raúl Bobadilla | | ST / RW / LW | (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 23) | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 23 | Christos Aravidis | | ST / RW / LW | (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 24) | Panionios |
| 77 | Nery Castillo | / | RW / LW / ST | (1984-06-13)13 June 1984 (aged 26) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 88 | Daisuke Sakata | | SS / RW / LW | (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 28) | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| 99 | Nikos Angeloudis | | ST | (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 20) | Iraklis |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| June 2010 | DF | 33 | Deividas Česnauskis | Ergotelis | Free |
| June 2010 | DF | 24 | Nikos Lazaridis | Asteras Tripoli | Free |
| June 2010 | DF | 19 | Kostas Mendrinos | PAS Giannina | Free |
| June 2010 | GK | 1 | Markos Vellidis | Diagoras Rodou | Free |
| June 2010 | DF | 3 | Oriol Lozano | Racing de Santander | Free |
| June 2010 | DF | 16 | / Michel Pereira | Vila Nova | Free |
| June 2010 | FW | 9 | Danijel Cesarec | Asteras Tripoli | Free |
| July 2010 | GK | 25 | Juanma Barrero | AD Alcorcón | Free |
| July 2010 | DF | 17 | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | PAS Giannina | Free |
| July 2010 | FW | 11 | Carlos Ruiz | Puebla | Free |
| July 2010 | DF | 21 | Grigoris Papazaharias | Iraklis | Free |
| July 2010 | FW | 99 | Nikos Angeloudis | Iraklis | Free |
| July 2010 | MF | 8 | Juan Carlos Toja | Steaua București | 500.000 € |
| August 2010 | MF | 14 | / Ricardo Faty | Roma | Free |
| September 2010 | FW | 15 | Álvaro Portilla | Atlético Madrid B | Free |
| September 2010 | FW | 28 | Fabiano de Lima | Rapid Wien | Free |
| January 2011 | MF | 18 | Cristian Portilla | Sporting de Gijón | Free |
| January 2011 | FW | 88 | Daisuke Sakata | Yokohama F. Marinos | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2010 | FW | 33 | Stavros Labriakos | Retired | Retired |
| June 2010 | DF | 3 | / Carlos Arano | River Plate | 145.000 € |
| June 2010 | FW | 18 | Javier Cámpora | Free agent | Released |
| July 2010 | GK | 86 | / Renato Piovezan | Free agent | Released |
| July 2010 | MF | 30 | Roberto Battión | Independiente | Released |
| July 2010 | MF | 17 | / Camel Meriem | Arles | Released |
| July 2010 | GK | 40 | Stivi Frashëri | Bylis | Released |
| July 2010 | FW | 99 | / Ian Daly | Cádiz | Released |
| August 2010 | MF | 12 | Vasilios Rovas | Free agent | Released |
| January 2011 | GK | - | Michal Peškovič | Ruch Chorzów | Released |
| January 2011 | FW | 20 | Javito Peral | Olympiacos | Released |
| January 2011 | FW | 15 | Álvaro Portilla | Rayo Majadahonda | Released |
| January 2011 | MF | 6 | / Mehdi Nafti | Free agent | Released |
| February 2011 | FW | 11 | Carlos Ruiz | Philadelphia Union | Released |
| March 2011 | FW | 28 | Fabiano de Lima | FC Metalurh Zaporizhya | Released |
| April 2011 | FW | 10 | Sergio Koke | Houston Dynamo | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| January 2011 | End of season | FW | 77 | / Nery Castillo | Shakhtar Donetsk | None |
| January 2011 | End of season | MF | 26 | / Danilo Pereira | Parma | None |
| January 2011 | End of season | FW | 22 | Raúl Bobadilla | Borussia Mönchengladbach | None |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| January 2010 | December 2010 | MF | 11 | / Freddy Adu | Benfica | None |
| July 2010 | End of season | DF | 22 | Thomas Grekos | Makedonikos | None |
| July 2010 | December 2010 | MF | 8 | Nacho García | Anorthosis Famagusta | None |
| January 2011 | End of season | MF | 8 | Nacho García | Club Bolívar | None |
| January 2011 | End of season | FW | 7 | Toni Calvo | Parma | None |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League 1 | Matchday 1 | — | 6th | 29 August 2010 | 10 April 2011 |
| Greek Cup | Fourth Round | — | Fourth Round | 27 October 2010 | 27 October 2010 |
| Europa League | Third qualifying round | — | Round of 32 | 29 July 2010 | 24 February 2011 |
Updated to match played 10 April 2011 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 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 29 | +0 | 043.33 |
| Greek Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 041.67 |
| Total | 43 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 041.86 |
Updated to match played 10 April 2011 Source: Competitions

#### Managers' overview
##### Sakis Tsiolis

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 100.00 |
| Greek Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Europa League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 100.00 |
Updated to match played 10 April 2011 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | PAOK | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 48 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Olympiacos Volos (D) | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 47 | Play-offs and relegation to the Delta Ethniki |
| 6 | Aris | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 45 | |
| 7 | Kavala (D) | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 40 | Relegation to the Delta Ethniki |
| 8 | Ergotelis | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 39 | |
* 1 2 On 28 July 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Olympiacos Volos and Kavala guilty of match-fixing. Therefore the clubs were automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League. The decision, however, was lifted on 10 August 2011 after both appealed. Instead of that Olympiacos Volos had 10 points deducted and Kavala 8 for the 2011-2012 season. On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiacos Volos of their professional licence, due to their chairmen's involvement in the match fixing scandal.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 April 2011. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage
##### Group table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Aris Thessaloniki | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 | |

##### Matches
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 10 April 2011
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEL | UEL | Total | Total |
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 1 | GK | | Markos Vellidis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 31 |
| 3 | DF | | Oriol Lozano | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | DF | | Efthymis Kouloucheris | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | DF | / | Ronaldo Guiaro | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 27 |
| 8 | MF | | Juan Carlos Toja | 24 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 30 |
| 9 | FW | | Danijel Cesarec | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 20 |
| 12 | MF | | Giorgos Katidis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | | Michalis Sifakis | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 35 |
| 14 | MF | / | Ricardo Faty | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 22 |
| 16 | DF | / | Michel Pereira | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 38 |
| 17 | MF | | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | | Cristian Portilla | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 19 | MF | | Kostas Mendrinos | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 |
| 21 | DF | | Grigoris Papazaharias | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | | Raúl Bobadilla | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 23 | FW | | Christos Aravidis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Nikos Lazaridis | 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 40 |
| 25 | GK | | Juanma Barrero | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 26 | MF | / | Danilo Pereira | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 27 | DF | | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Giannis Agtzidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Kristi Vangjeli | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 31 |
| 33 | DF | | Deividas Česnauskis | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| 47 | MF | | Mavroudis Bougaidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | | Sakis Prittas | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 19 |
| 77 | FW | / | Nery Castillo | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 88 | FW | | Daisuke Sakata | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||||
| | FW | | Javito Peral | 19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 27 |
| | FW | | Álvaro Portilla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | / | Mehdi Nafti | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 |
| | FW | | Carlos Ruiz | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 17 |
| | FW | | Fabiano de Lima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | | Sergio Koke | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 28 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 43 |

### Goals

    As of match played 10 April 2011
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | UEL | Total |
| 1 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | DF | | Nikos Lazaridis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | Danijel Cesarec | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | | Sergio Koke | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | Carlos Ruiz | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | | Javito Peral | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Raúl Bobadilla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | / | Danilo Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | / | Nery Castillo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | / | Ricardo Faty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | Toni Calvo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | | Oriol Lozano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | Álvaro Portilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Cristian Portilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | / | Ronaldo Guiaro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 1 | 13 | 43 |

### 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 10 April 2011
| # | Nat. | Player | Super League 1 | Greek Cup | UEL | Total |
| 13 | | Michalis Sifakis | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 1 | | Markos Vellidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | | Juanma Barrero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 5 | 15 |

## Kit

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