# 2017–18 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2017–18 season Aris participated in Football League, finished in the second place and were promoted to Super League. The club also competed in the Greek Cup and were eliminated in Group Stage.

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Alexandros Anagnostopoulos | | GK | (1994-08-18)18 August 1994 (aged 23) | Panathinaikos |
| 13 | Giannis Mantzaris | | GK | (1996-04-15)15 April 1996 (aged 22) | APE Langadas |
| 22 | Giorgos Kantimiris | | GK | (1982-09-19)19 September 1982 (aged 35) | Veria |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | | RB / RW | (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 37) | Veria |
| 3 | Hugo Sousa | | CB / RB | (1992-06-04)4 June 1992 (aged 25) | Free agent |
| 4 | Stelios Marangos | | CB / DM | (1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (aged 29) | Platanias |
| 5 | Georgios Delizisis (captain) | | CB | (1987-12-01)1 December 1987 (aged 30) | Apollon Smyrni |
| 15 | Giorgos Valerianos | | LB / LM / RB | (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 26) | Apollon Smyrni |
| 18 | Nikos Tsoumanis | | LB / LM | (1990-06-08)8 June 1990 (aged 27) | Veria |
| 27 | Manolis Tzanakakis | | RB / RM / LB | (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 26) | Olympiacos |
| 28 | Christos Bourbos | | RB / RM | (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 34) | Free agent |
| 66 | Petros Kanakoudis | | LB / LM | (1984-04-16)16 April 1984 (aged 34) | Inter Turku |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Houssein Moumin | | DM / CM | (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 31) | Trikala |
| 8 | Lefteris Intzoglou | | DM / CM | (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 31) | Iraklis |
| 10 | Dimitris Anakoglou | | AM / CM | (1991-09-06)6 September 1991 (aged 26) | AEK Athens |
| 14 | Charalampos Pavlidis | | AM / CM / LM | (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 27) | Veria |
| 80 | Dimitris Klingopoulos | | DM / CM | (1998-03-09)9 March 1998 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 83 | Branislav Nikic | / | DM / CM | (1983-08-15)15 August 1983 (aged 34) | Veria |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Markos Dounis | | RW / LW / AM | (1992-05-09)9 May 1992 (aged 26) | AEK Athens |
| 9 | Michalis Bastakos | | ST | (1996-07-27)27 July 1996 (aged 21) | Atromitos |
| 11 | Kenan Bargan (vice-captain) | | LW / SS | (1988-10-25)25 October 1988 (aged 29) | Panionios |
| 16 | Luka Milunović | | AM / LW / RW | (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 25) | Platanias |
| 17 | Vangelis Platellas | | RW / LW / AM | (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 29) | Atromitos |
| 19 | Dimitris Diamantopoulos | | ST / RW | (1988-11-18)18 November 1988 (aged 29) | Apollon Smyrni |
| 20 | Paschalis Kassos | | RW / LW | (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 26) | Apollon Smyrni |
| 21 | Giannis Pasas | | LW / RW / AM | (1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 27) | Iraklis |
| 33 | Aristidis Lottas | | LW / RW / AM | (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 29) | Sparti |
| 99 | Jone Pinto | | ST | (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 26) | Free agent |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| July 2017 | DF | 15 | Giorgos Valerianos | Apollon Smyrni | Free |
| July 2017 | FW | 19 | Dimitris Diamantopoulos | Apollon Smyrni | Free |
| July 2017 | MF | 6 | Hussein Mumin | Trikala | Free |
| July 2017 | MF | 83 | / Branislav Nikic | AOK Kerkyra | Free |
| July 2017 | MF | 8 | Lefteris Intzoglou | Iraklis | Free |
| July 2017 | DF | 4 | Stelios Marangos | Platanias | Free |
| July 2017 | GK | 22 | Giorgos Kantimiris | Veria | Free |
| July 2017 | DF | 5 | Giorgos Delizisis | Apollon Smyrni | Free |
| July 2017 | FW | 33 | Aristidis Lottas | Sparta | Free |
| July 2017 | MF | 55 | Ljubomir Stevanović | Trikala | Free |
| July 2017 | FW | 21 | Giannis Pasas | Iraklis | Free |
| July 2017 | FW | 20 | Paschalis Kassos | Apollon Smyrni | Free |
| July 2017 | FW | 99 | Jone Pinto | Free agent | Free |
| September 2017 | FW | 17 | Vangelis Platellas | Atromitos | Free |
| January 2018 | FW | 89 | / Angelos Chanti | OFI | Free |
| January 2018 | DF | 66 | Petros Kanakoudis | Inter Turku | Free |
| January 2018 | FW | 9 | Michalis Bastakos | Atromitos | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| July 2017 | MF | 77 | / Gaius Makouta | Sporting da Covilhã | Released |
| July 2017 | MF | 26 | Pitu Garcia | Volos | Released |
| July 2017 | FW | 14 | / Rafik Djebbour | Free agent | Released |
| July 2017 | MF | 10 | Andreas Tatos | Elazığspor | 85.000 € |
| July 2017 | FW | 19 | Brana Ilić | Kisvárda FC | Released |
| August 2017 | GK | 13 | Sokratis Dioudis | Panathinaikos | 150.000 € |
| August 2017 | MF | 4 | Vasilios Rovas | Asteras Amaliadas | Released |
| August 2017 | DF | 39 | Christos Intzidis | Panegialios | Released |
| September 2017 | FW | 17 | Stefanos Dogos | Aiginiakos | Released |
| January 2018 | MF | 55 | Ljubomir Stevanović | Doxa Drama | Released |
| January 2018 | FW | 9 | Antonis Kapnidis | Doxa Drama | Released |

### Transfer summary
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Football League | Matchday 1 | — | 2nd | 28 October 2017 | 27 May 2018 |
| Greek Cup | Group stage | — | Group stage | 21 September 2017 | 28 November 2017 |
Updated to match played 27 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Football League | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 65 | 13 | +52 | 076.47 |
| Greek Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | 37 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 68 | 13 | +55 | 072.97 |
Updated to match played 27 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Football League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | OFI (C, P) | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 86 | 14 | +72 | 86 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Aris Thessaloniki (P) | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 65 | 13 | +52 | 85 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | Panachaiki | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 73 | |
| 4 | AO Chania − Kissamikos | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 64 | |
| 5 | Doxa Drama | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 63 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2018. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### 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 | PAS Giannina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Qualification for the Round of 16 |
| 2 | Panionios | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Qualification for the Round of 16 |
| 3 | Aris Thessaloniki | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Panegialios | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | |

##### Matches
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

| # | 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 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Hugo Sousa | 28 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 31 |
| 4 | DF | | Stelios Marangos | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | | Giorgos Delizisis | 29 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 31 |
| 6 | MF | | Hussein Mumin | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 28 |
| 7 | FW | | Markos Dounis | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 |
| 8 | MF | | Lefteris Intzoglou | 27 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 28 |
| 9 | FW | | Michalis Bastakos | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Dimitris Anakoglou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Kenan Bargan | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 |
| 13 | GK | | Giannis Mantzaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Charalampos Pavlidis | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 |
| 15 | DF | | Giorgos Valerianos | 25 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 26 |
| 16 | FW | | Luka Milunović | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | | Vangelis Platellas | 27 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 28 |
| 18 | DF | | Nikos Tsoumanis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | | Dimitris Diamantopoulos | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 25 |
| 20 | FW | | Paschalis Kassos | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 |
| 21 | FW | | Giannis Pasas | 26 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 19 |
| 22 | GK | | Giorgos Kantimiris | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| 27 | DF | | Manolis Tzanakakis | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 21 |
| 28 | DF | | Christos Bourbos | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 |
| 33 | FW | | Aristidis Lottas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 66 | DF | | Petros Kanakoudis | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 80 | MF | | Dimitris Klingopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | MF | / | Branislav Nikic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
| 89 | FW | / | Angelos Chanti | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 99 | FW | | Jone Pinto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||
| | MF | | Ljubomir Stevanović | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | | Antonis Kapnidis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 34 |
Last updated: 27 May 2018 Source: Soccerway

### Goals

| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Dimitris Diamantopoulos | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | | Vangelis Platellas | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | | Giannis Pasas | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | Markos Dounis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Charalampos Pavlidis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | | Georgios Delizisis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | Hugo Sousa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | Paschalis Kassos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | Kenan Bargan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | | Luka Milunović | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | Manolis Tzanakakis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | / | Angelos Chanti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Antonis Kapnidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | Petros Kanakoudis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Aristidis Lottas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Awarded by League | Awarded by League | Awarded by League | Awarded by League | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 3 | 68 |
* ↑ Players who left the club during this season
Last updated: 27 May 2018 Source: Soccerway

### Clean sheets

| # | Nat. | Player | Football League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 22 | | Giorgos Kantimiris | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 1 | | Alexandros Anagnostopoulos | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Total | Total | Total | 24 | 1 | 25 |
Last updated: 27 May 2018 Source: Soccerway