# 2011–12 AE Larissa F.C. season

The 2011–12 season will be AEL's first season back in the Football League following relegation from the Super League in 2011. It is Chris Coleman's first season in charge at the club. Coleman left Larissa on 9 January 2012 citing financial problems as the reason. "Over the last two or three months I've had to compromise myself because of the financial situation and it's made me unhappy"

## Season review

See also 2011–12 Football League

## Squad
### Current squad

Updated 23 February 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Dimitris Sotiriou |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Stelios Venetidis (captain) |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Nikos Arabatzis |
| 5 | MF | GRE | Kostas Chatzis |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Kostas Nebegleras (2nd captain) |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Pliagas |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Toni González |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Yohann Lasimant |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jorge Pina |
| 13 | DF | BEL | Naim Aarab |
| 14 | MF | ALB | Bledi Muca |
| 15 | GK | ALB | Dimitri-Erind Prifti |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Antonis Vouzas |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Fabricio Poci |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Roddy Kambala |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GRE | Nikos Karanikas |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Hasomeris |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Lazaros Fotias |
| 24 | FW | POR | Zequinha |
| 26 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Kolovetsios |
| 27 | DF | GRE | Alexandros Galitsios |
| 29 | DF | POR | Bruno Pereira (4th-captain) |
| 30 | GK | GRE | Panagiotis Vosniadis |
| 33 | DF | GRE | Thanassis Papageorgiou |
| 44 | FW | SRB | Nikola Grubješić |
| 55 | DF | GRE | Manolis Psomas |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Katsiaros (3rd captain) |
| 79 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Kaounos |
| 88 | MF | GRE | Antonis Tsiaras |
| 92 | MF | GRE | Savas Siatravanis |

#### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 71 | GK | GRE | Christos Batavanis (to A.S. Pyrgetos) |
| 9 | FW | COD | Joël Tshibamba (to FC Krylia Sovetov Samara) |

## Competitions
### Football League

See also 2011–12 Football League

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 April 2012. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Pierikos | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 55 |
| 9 | Anagennisi Epanomi | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 44 |
| 10 | AEL | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 43 |
| 11 | Iraklis Psachna | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 42 |
| 12 | Thrasyvoulos | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 42 |

### Greek Cup

See also 2011–12 Greek Cup

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 21 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Football League | Football League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Sotiriou | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Stylianos Venetidis | 13 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Nikos Arabatzis | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Chatzis | 26 | 1 | 20+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Nebegleras | 23 | 2 | 23+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Pliagas | 17 | 3 | 8+8 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Antonio González Rodríguez | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Yohann Lasimant | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jorge Pina Roldán | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BEL | Naim Aarab | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALB | Blendi Moutsa | 7 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Antonios Vouzas | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Fabricio Poci | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GRE | Nikos Karanikas | 15 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Chasomeris | 20 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Lazaros Fotias | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | POR | Zequinha | 21 | 6 | 12+8 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Kolovetsios | 25 | 3 | 25+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GRE | Alexandros Galitsios | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GRE | Panagiotis Vosniadis | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GRE | Athanasios Papageorgiou | 20 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SRB | Nikola Grubješić | 11 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | GRE | Manolis Psomas | 17 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | GRE | Alexandros Karachalios | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Katsiaros | 17 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | GRE | Vaggelis Kaounos | 13 | 5 | 9+4 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | GRE | Antonis Tsiaras | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | GRE | Savas Siatravanis | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GRE | Georgios Saitiotis | 13 | 2 | 8+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Larissa on loan during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | COD | Joël Tshibamba | 14 | 7 | 9+4 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Larissa no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SEN | Ibrahim Tall | 7 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Luís Boa Morte | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Cyril Kali | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Césinha | 8 | 2 | 7+0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 75 | GK | GRE | Chrisostomos Michailidis | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    As of 15 May 2012
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Football League | Greek Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Joël Tshibamba | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 24 | Zequinha | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 79 | Vaggelis Kaounos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 26 | Dimitrios Kolovetsios | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 30 | Césinha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 99 | Georgios Saitiotis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 6 | Konstantinos Nebegleras | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 7 | Dimitris Pliagas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Konstantinos Chatzis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 22 | Dimitris Hasomeris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 14 | Blendi Moutsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 33 | Athanasios Papageorgiou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 3 | Stelios Venetidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 44 | Nikola Grubješić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 88 | Antonis Tsiaras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | | Awarded Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 38 | 1 | 0 | 39 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 15 May 2012
| Number | Position | Name | Football League | Football League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Dimitrios Sotiriou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Stylianos Venetidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Nikos Arabatzis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Konstantinos Chatzis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Konstantinos Nebegleras | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Dimitris Pliagas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Antonio González Rodríguez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Joël Tshibamba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Luís Boa Morte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Cyril Kali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Naim Aarab | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Antonios Vouzas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Fabricio Poci | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nikos Karanikas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Zequinha | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Dimitrios Kolovetsios | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Alexandros Galitsios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Césinha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Athanasios Papageorgiou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Nikola Grubješić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | MF | Manolis Psomas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 75 | GK | Chrisostomos Michailidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Panagiotis Katsiaros | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 92 | MF | Savas Siatravanis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 68 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 5 |
Last updated: 9 January 2012 Source: Match reports in Results

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