# 2012–13 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

Aris Thessaloniki competes in the Greek topflight. They started their Greek campaign after finishing ninth in last season's league and will enter the Greek Football Cup in the fourth round.
After many financial difficulties during the past season, a new chairman, Antonis Zambetas, was elected by the Aris Members' Society. The new Board of directors announced a 78% budget cut and most of the players including Nery Castillo, Michalis Sifakis, Ricardo Faty, Neto were released. Under manager Makis Katsavakis, Aris will largely depend on players from the club's youth team and free agents.

## 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 26) | Diagoras Rodou |
| 13 | Sokratis Dioudis | | GK | (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 32 | Marios Gelis | | GK | (1994-10-09)9 October 1994 (aged 18) | Panserraikos |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Michalis Giannitsis | | CB / RB | (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 21) | Club's Academy |
| 4 | Grigoris Papazaharias (captain) | | LB / RB / DM | (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 28) | Iraklis |
| 6 | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | | CB / DM | (1991-01-09)9 January 1991 (aged 22) | Club's Academy |
| 19 | Rubén Pulido (vice-captain) | | CB | (1979-02-02)2 February 1979 (aged 34) | Asteras Tripolis |
| 21 | Giorgos Margaritis | | LB | (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 21) | Agrotikos Asteras |
| 31 | Giannis Zaradoukas | | LB / DM | (1985-12-12)12 December 1985 (aged 27) | Olympiacos |
| 35 | Stelios Tsoukanis | | LB / LW | (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 23) | Anagennisi Epanomi |
| 36 | Nikos Psychogios | | RB | (1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 24) | Doxa Drama |
| 44 | Andreas Iraklis | | CB / RB / DM | (1989-05-16)16 May 1989 (aged 24) | Kallithea |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | | DM / RB / LB | (1987-06-22)22 June 1987 (aged 25) | PAS Giannina |
| 8 | Vassilis Triantafyllakos | | CM / DM / AM | (1991-07-16)16 July 1991 (aged 21) | Odysseas Anagennisis |
| 10 | Andreas Tatos | | CM / AM | (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 24) | Olympiacos |
| 12 | Kostas Kotsaridis | | CM / DM | (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 20) | AEK Athens |
| 17 | Manolis Papasterianos | | CM / DM | (1987-08-15)15 August 1987 (aged 25) | Iraklis |
| 24 | Dimitris Sounas | | CM / AM | (1994-08-12)12 August 1994 (aged 18) | Club's Academy |
| 27 | Pantelis Antoniadis | | DM / CM | (1994-03-23)23 March 1994 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 30 | Erotokritos Damarlis | | DM / CB | (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 21) | Club's Academy |
| 66 | Nuno Coelho | | DM / CM / CB | (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 (aged 25) | Benfica |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | David Aganzo | | ST | (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (aged 32) | Hércules |
| 11 | Nikos Angeloudis | | ST | (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 22) | Iraklis |
| 20 | Giannis Gianniotas | | RW / LW / SS | (1993-04-29)29 April 1993 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 26 | Alexandros Karagiannis | | LW / RW | (1993-10-25)25 October 1993 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 28 | Andi Renja | / | RW | (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 33 | Dimitris Diamantakos | | ST / LW / RW | (1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 20) | Olympiacos |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| July 2012 | FW | 14 | Giannis Gesios | Anagennisi Epanomi | Free |
| July 2012 | DF | 5 | Nikos Pantidos | Ethnikos Asteras | Free |
| July 2012 | DF | 44 | Andreas Iraklis | Kallithea | Free |
| July 2012 | DF | 21 | Giorgos Margaritis | Agrotikos Asteras | Free |
| July 2012 | MF | 2 | Dimitris Aslanidis | Anagennisi Epanomi | Free |
| July 2012 | DF | 19 | Rubén Pulido | Asteras Tripolis | Free |
| August 2012 | DF | 36 | Nikos Psychogios | Doxa Drama | Free |
| August 2012 | GK | 91 | / Petr Gusev | Ethnikos Asteras | Free |
| September 2012 | FW | 9 | David Aganzo | Hércules | Free |
| January 2013 | MF | 12 | Kostas Kotsaridis | AEK Athens | Free |
| January 2013 | GK | 32 | Marios Gelis | Panserraikos | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2012 | DF | 24 | Nikos Lazaridis | Atromitos | Released |
| June 2012 | MF | 14 | / Ricardo Faty | Ajaccio | Released |
| July 2012 | GK | 13 | Michalis Sifakis | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2012 | FW | 10 | / Nery Castillo | Free Agent | Released |
| August 2012 | MF | 8 | Juan Toja | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2012 | DF | 6 | / Michel Pereira | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2012 | DF | 16 | / Francis Dickoh | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2012 | MF | 88 | Nacho García | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2012 | MF | 33 | Javier Umbides | Orduspor | Released |
| July 2012 | GK | 84 | / Eldin Jakupović | Hull City | Released |
| July 2012 | FW | 77 | Noé Acosta | Levadiakos | Released |
| July 2012 | DF | 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | Bahia | Released |
| July 2012 | DF | 19 | Khalifa Sankaré | Asteras Tripolis | Released |
| July 2012 | FW | 7 | / Karim Soltani | ES Sétif | Released |
| August 2012 | MF | 55 | Sakis Prittas | Panthrakikos | Released |
| August 2012 | MF | 12 | Giorgos Katidis | AEK Athens | 100.000 € |
| January 2013 | FW | 14 | Giannis Gesios | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2013 | FW | 22 | Thanasis Kanoulas | OFI | Released |
| January 2013 | MF | 2 | Dimitris Aslanidis | Panionios | Released |
| January 2013 | DF | 5 | Nikos Pantidos | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2013 | DF | 15 | Dimitris Kotsonis | Ergotelis | Released |
| January 2013 | MF | 10 | Kostas Kapetanos | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2013 | GK | 91 | Petr Gusev | Free Agent | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| August 2012 | End of season | MF | 66 | Nuno Coelho | Benfica | None |
| January 2013 | End of season | FW | 33 | Dimitris Diamantakos | Olympiacos | None |
| January 2013 | End of season | DF | 31 | Giannis Zaradoukas | Olympiacos | None |
| January 2013 | End of season | MF | 10 | Andreas Tatos | Olympiacos | None |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League | Matchday 1 | — | 13th | 27 August 2012 | 21 April 2013 |
| Greek Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 32 | 12 December 2012 | 23 December 2012 |
Updated to match played 21 April 2013 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 023.33 |
| Greek Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 025.00 |
Updated to match played 21 April 2013 Source: Competitions

### Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Levadiakos | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 34 | |
| 12 | Veria | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 33 | |
| 13 | Aris | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 33 | |
| 14 | OFI | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 32 | |
| 15 | AEK Athens (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 27 | Relegation to Gamma Ethniki |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): Veria 3 (+1), Aris 3 (-1).
* ↑ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points because of severe crowd violence during their home match against Panthrakikos this year. They were also voluntarily relegated to the third division in order to enter the liquidation process and remove a big number of debts to the club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 August 2012. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 |
| 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 | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 |

#### Matches
### Greek Football Cup
#### Round of 32
## Player statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 21 April 2013
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 1 | GK | | Markos Vellidis | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| 3 | DF | | Michalis Giannitsis | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | DF | | Grigoris Papazaharias | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23 |
| 6 | DF | | Charalampos Oikonomopoulos | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 |
| 7 | MF | | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | 25 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 26 |
| 8 | MF | | Vassilis Triantafyllakos | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 |
| 9 | FW | | David Aganzo | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 |
| 10 | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | FW | | Nikos Angeloudis | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | MF | | Kostas Kotsaridis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | | Sokratis Dioudis | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| 17 | MG | | Manolis Papasterianos | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 |
| 19 | DF | | Rubén Pulido | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| 20 | FW | | Giannis Gianniotas | 26 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 27 |
| 21 | DF | | Giorgos Margaritis | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 15 |
| 24 | MF | | Dimitris Sounas | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 |
| 26 | FW | | Alexandros Karagiannis | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 27 | MF | | Pantelis Antoniadis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | / | Andi Renja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Erotokritos Damarlis | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 31 | DF | | Giannis Zaradoukas | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 |
| 32 | GK | | Marios Gelis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Dimitris Diamantakos | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| 35 | DF | | Stelios Tsoukanis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 36 | DF | | Nikos Psychogios | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 |
| 44 | DF | | Andreas Iraklis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 66 | MF | | Nuno Coelho | 25 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 27 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||
| | FW | | Giannis Gesios | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| | MF | | Kostas Kapetanos | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| | FW | | Thanasis Kanoulas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| | DF | | Dimitris Aslanidis | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| | DF | | Nikos Pantidos | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 |
| | DF | | Dimitris Kotsonis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 32 |

### Goals

    As of match played 21 April 2013
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | David Aganzo | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | Giannis Gianniotas | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | Nikos Aggeloudis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | Nuno Coelho | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Dimitris Sounas | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Manolis Papasterianos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Giannis Gesios | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Thanasis Kanoulas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Michalis Giannitsis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Alexandros Karagiannis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Vasilis Triantafyllakos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Rubén Pulido | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 3 | 35 |

## Kit

Supplier: Under Armour Sponsor(s): Kino
| Home Colours | Away Colours | Third Colours | Goalkeeper's Home Colours | Goalkeeper's Away Colours |
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