# 2022–23 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 109th season in the existence of Aris Thessaloniki and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football since their return there. In addition to the Super League 1, Aris participated in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Aris was eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League by Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Germán Burgos, after the elimination from UEFA Europa Conference League and the defeat from Panetolikos in second matchday, sacked and Apostolos Terzis was the caretaker for two matchdays. Before the game against Olympaicos, Alan Pardew was hired as the new manager of Aris Thessaloniki. After the defeat by Ionikos, Alan Pardew was dismissed and Apostolos Terzis took over the club

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 23 | Julián Cuesta (captain) | | GK | (1991-03-28)March 28, 1991 (aged 32) | Wisła Kraków |
| 70 | Giorgos Karakasidis | | GK | (2005-01-31)January 31, 2005 (aged 18) | Club's Academy |
| 99 | Marios Siampanis | | GK | (1999-09-28)September 28, 1999 (aged 23) | Olympiacos |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Salem Mbakata | / | RB | (1998-04-19)April 19, 1998 (aged 25) | Free Agent |
| 3 | Nicolas Nkoulou | | CB / DM | (1990-03-27)March 27, 1990 (aged 33) | Watford |
| 4 | Fabiano Leismann | | CB / RB | (1991-11-18)November 18, 1991 (aged 31) | Denizlispor |
| 14 | Jakub Brabec (vice-captain) | | CB | (1992-08-06)August 6, 1992 (aged 30) | Viktoria Plzeň |
| 18 | Bradley Mazikou | / | LB / LM | (1996-06-02)June 2, 1996 (aged 26) | CSKA Sofia |
| 22 | Moses Odubajo | / | RB / RM / LB | (1996-06-02)June 2, 1996 (aged 26) | Queens Park Rangers |
| 25 | Christos Marmaridis | | RB | (2002-05-25)May 25, 2002 (aged 21) | Club's Academy |
| 43 | Marvin Peersman | / | LB / CB / LM | (1991-02-10)February 10, 1991 (aged 32) | PAS Giannina |
| 50 | Konstantinos Tanoulis | | CB | (2005-03-07)March 7, 2005 (aged 18) | Club's Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | Lukas Rupp | | CM / AM | (1991-01-08)January 8, 1991 (aged 32) | Free Agent |
| 6 | Bryan Dabo | / | CM / DM | (1992-02-18)February 18, 1992 (aged 31) | Çaykur Rizespor |
| 8 | Cheick Doukouré | / | DM / CM | (1992-09-11)September 11, 1992 (aged 30) | Leganés |
| 13 | Peter Etebo | / | CM / RM / LM | (1995-11-09)November 9, 1995 (aged 27) | Stoke City |
| 16 | Vladimír Darida | | CM / AM / DM | (1990-08-08)August 8, 1990 (aged 32) | Hertha BSC |
| 19 | Manu García | | AM / CM | (1998-01-02)January 2, 1998 (aged 25) | Sporting Gijón |
| 77 | Michalis Panagidis | | CM / DM / AM | (2004-02-11)February 11, 2004 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 88 | Rafail Sgouros | | CM / DM | (2004-05-28)May 28, 2004 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | | LW / SS / AM | (1986-12-19)December 19, 1986 (aged 36) | Free Agent |
| 9 | Andre Gray | / | ST / LW | (1991-06-26)June 26, 1991 (aged 31) | Watford |
| 10 | Mateo García | / | RW / LW | (1996-09-10)September 10, 1996 (aged 26) | Red Star Belgrade |
| 11 | Juan Iturbe | / | LW / RW / SS | (1993-06-04)June 4, 1993 (aged 29) | UNAM Pumas |
| 17 | Luis Palma | | LW / ST / AM | (2000-01-17)January 17, 2000 (aged 23) | Vida |
| 20 | Izet Hajrović | / | LW / RW / AM | (1991-08-04)August 4, 1991 (aged 31) | Dinamo Zagreb |
| 21 | Christos Chatziioannou | | ST | (2004-01-10)January 10, 2004 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 27 | Gervinho | | LW / RW / ST | (1987-05-27)May 27, 1987 (aged 36) | Trabzonspor |
| 47 | Aboubakar Kamara | / | ST / RW / LW | (1995-03-07)March 7, 1995 (aged 28) | Olympiacos |
| 64 | Rafael Camacho | / | RW / LW / AM | (2000-05-22)May 22, 2000 (aged 23) | Sporting CP |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| June 2022 | DF | 43 | / Marvin Peersman | PAS Giannina | Free |
| June 2022 | MF | 24 | / Pape Cheikh Diop | Olympique Lyonnais | Free |
| July 2022 | FW | 9 | / Andre Gray | Watford | Free |
| July 2022 | DF | 18 | / Bradley Mazikou | CSKA Sofia | Free |
| July 2022 | MF | 6 | / Bryan Dabo | Çaykur Rizespor | Free |
| July 2022 | DF | 22 | / Moses Odubajo | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
| July 2022 | FW | 27 | Gervinho | Trabzonspor | Free |
| July 2022 | MF | 19 | Manu García | Sporting Gijón | 3.200.000 € |
| August 2022 | DF | 3 | Nicolas Nkoulou | Watford | Free |
| January 2023 | MF | 16 | Vladimír Darida | Hertha BSC | Free |
| January 2023 | MF | 5 | Lukas Rupp | Free Agent | Free |
| February 2023 | FW | 7 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | Free Agent | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2022 | DF | 22 | / Cristian Ganea | Panathinaikos | Released |
| June 2022 | FW | 9 | Dimitris Manos | Bandırmaspor | Released |
| June 2022 | MF | 88 | / Lucas Sasha | Fortaleza | Released |
| June 2022 | DF | 21 | Daniel Sundgren | Maccabi Haifa | Released |
| June 2022 | MF | 17 | Badou Ndiaye | Adana Demirspor | Released |
| June 2022 | FW | 47 | / Aboubakar Kamara | Olympiacos | €5.000.000 |
| June 2022 | DF | 3 | Lumor Agbenyenu | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | DF | 34 | Ali Adem | Shkupi | Released |
| June 2022 | DF | 5 | Giorgos Delizisis | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | DF | 29 | / Yohan Benalouane | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | DF | 66 | Emanuel Šakić | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | MF | 8 | / Lerin Duarte | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | MF | 26 | Javier Matilla | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | FW | 11 | Kostas Mitroglou | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | FW | 16 | Bruno Gama | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | FW | 18 | / Facundo Bertoglio | Free Agent | Released |
| June 2022 | FW | 19 | Cristian López | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2022 | DF | 31 | Panagiotis Tsagalidis | Panserraikos | Released |
| July 2022 | DF | 27 | Panagiotis Sengiergis | Free Agent | Released |
| July 2022 | DF | 44 | Kyriakos Aslanidis | Free Agent | Released |
| August 2022 | GK | 1 | Denis César | Sport Recife | Released |
| August 2022 | MF | 35 | Zisis Saliaris | Thermaikos | Released |
| December 2022 | MF | 24 | / Pape Cheikh Diop | Free Agent | Released |
| January 2023 | FW | 7 | / Daniel Mancini | Panathinaikos | 3.000.000 € |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| July 2022 | June 2023 | FW | 64 | / Rafael Camacho | Sporting CP | None |
| September 2022 | January 2023 | FW | 15 | Edwin Rodríguez | Olimpia | None |
| September 2022 | June 2023 | MF | 13 | Peter Etebo | Stoke City | None |
| January 2023 | June 2023 | MF | 47 | / Aboubakar Kamara | Olympiacos | None |

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

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League 1 | Matchday 1 | — | 5th | 21 August 2022 | 14 May 2023 |
| Regular Season | Matchday 1 | — | 5th | 21 August 2022 | 12 March 2023 |
| Play-off / Play-out Round | Matchday 1 | — | 5th | 19 March 2023 | 14 May 2023 |
| Greek Cup | Round of 16 | — | Quarter-finals | 15 December 2022 | 25 January 2023 |
| UECL | Second qualifying round | — | Third qualifying round | 21 July 2022 | 11 August 2022 |
Updated to match played 14 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League 1 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 041.67 |
| Greek Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UECL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | 44 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 045.45 |
| Super League 1 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Super League 1 | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Regular Season | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 046.15 |
| Play-off Round | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | +0 | 030.00 |
| Total | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 041.67 |

#### Managers' Overview
##### Alan Pardew

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 046.67 |
| Greek Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UECL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 047.37 |
Updated to match played 25 January 2023 Source: Competitions

### Super League 1
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 14 | +39 | 56 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | Aris | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 40 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 6 | Volos | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 39 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 7 | Panetolikos | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 29 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
* ↑ Head to head points: Panetolikos 4, Atromitos 1

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 March 2023. Source: Super League Greece

##### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |

##### Matches
#### Play-off Round
##### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | AEK Athens (C) | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 17 | +52 | 83 | Qualification for the UCL third qualifying round |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 16 | +31 | 78 | Qualification for the UCL second qualifying round |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 70 | 24 | +46 | 73 | Qualification for the UEL third qualifying round |
| 4 | PAOK | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 67 | Qualification for the UECL second qualifying round |
| 5 | Aris Thessaloniki | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 51 | Qualification for the UECL second qualifying round |
| 6 | Volos | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 40 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2023. Source: Super League

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Third qualifying round
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 14 May 2023
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | SL 1 | SL 1 | GC | GC | UECL | UECL | Total | Total |
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 2 | DF | / | Salem M'Bakata | 23 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 20 |
| 3 | DF | | Nicolas Nkoulou | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 |
| 4 | DF | | Fabiano Leismann | 32 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 38 |
| 5 | MF | | Lukas Rupp | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | / | Bryan Dabo | 27 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 21 |
| 7 | FW | | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | / | Cheick Doukouré | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 |
| 9 | FW | / | Andre Gray | 32 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 26 |
| 10 | FW | / | Mateo García | 33 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 31 |
| 11 | FW | / | Juan Iturbe | 33 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 22 |
| 13 | MF | / | Peter Etebo | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 |
| 14 | DF | | Jakub Brabec | 23 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 31 |
| 16 | MF | | Vladimír Darida | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 17 | FW | | Luis Palma | 29 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 |
| 18 | DF | / | Bradley Mazikou | 28 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 24 |
| 19 | MF | | Manu García | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 14 |
| 21 | FW | | Christos Chatziioannou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | / | Moses Odubajo | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 25 |
| 23 | GK | | Julián Cuesta | 31 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 38 |
| 25 | DF | | Christos Marmaridis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Gervinho | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 43 | DF | / | Marvin Peersman | 29 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 30 |
| 47 | FW | / | Aboubakar Kamara | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
| 64 | FW | / | Rafael Camacho | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 9 |
| 88 | MF | | Rafail Sgouros | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 99 | GK | | Marios Siampanis | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||||
| | MF | / | Pape Cheikh Diop | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| | FW | | Edwin Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | / | Daniel Mancini | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 21 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 44 |

### Goals

    As of match played 14 May 2023
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | SL 1 | GC | UECL | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Luis Palma | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1 | FW | / | Andre Gray | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | / | Juan Iturbe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | Vladimír Darida | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | | Manu García | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | / | Aboubakar Kamara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | / | Daniel Mancini | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | | Fabiano Leismann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | / | Mateo García | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | / | Rafael Camacho | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | / | Moses Odubajo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | / | Salem M'Bakata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | Gervinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Jakub Brabec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Nicolas Nkoulou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | / | Bryan Dabo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Lukas Rupp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | / | Cheick Doukouré | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 3 | 9 | 67 |

### Clean Sheets

    As of match played 11 January 2023
| # | Nat. | Player | SL 1 | GC | UECL | Total |
| 23 | | Julián Cuesta | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |