# 2007–08 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was the 94th season in Aris Thessaloniki F.C.'s existence. The club finished 4th in the Super League's regular season and in the same place in play-offs. The club qualified in to the UEFA Cup of the next season.
Aris Thessaloniki was the finalist of Greek Football Cup where they lost by Olympiacos.
In Europe, Aris Thessaloniki was eliminated in Group stage of UEFA Cup after they finished 4th in Group F.
The club hired Juan Carlos Oliva as its manager for that season. After the first game of the league Juan Carlos Oliva quit and replaced by Dušan Bajević for the rest of the season

## First-team squad

| # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Kostas Chalkias | | GK | (1974-05-30)30 May 1974 (aged 34) | Real Murcia |
| 12 | Marián Kelemen | | GK | (1979-12-07)7 December 1979 (aged 28) | Vecindario |
| 31 | Dimitrios Karatziovalis | | GK | (1975-07-22)22 July 1975 (aged 32) | Apollon Kalamarias |
| 38 | Kyriakos Stratilatis | | GK | (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | | RB / RW | (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 27) | Santos |
| 3 | Efthymis Kouloucheris | | CB / DM | (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 27) | Olympiacos |
| 4 | Avraam Papadopoulos | / | CB / DM | (1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 23) | Club's Academy |
| 5 | Ronaldo Guiaro | / | CB | (1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 34) | Santos |
| 13 | Theodoros Papadopoulos | | LB | (1987-08-11)11 August 1987 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 15 | Nikos Karabelas | | LB / LM | (1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 23) | Paniliakos |
| 22 | Marco Aurélio | / | LB / LM / DM | (1983-03-27)27 March 1983 (aged 25) | União São João |
| 23 | Giorgos Koltsidas | | CB / RB | (1970-09-23)23 September 1970 (aged 37) | Trikala |
| 26 | Sanel Jahić | / | CB / RB / DM | (1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 26) | Željezničar |
| 32 | Kristi Vangjeli | | CB / RB / LB | (1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 22) | Club's Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Konstantinos Nebegleras (captain) | | DM | (1975-04-14)14 April 1975 (aged 33) | Iraklis |
| 8 | Nacho García (vice-captain) | | CM / DM | (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 (aged 27) | Oriente Petrolero |
| 11 | Diogo Siston | | AM | (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 27) | Santa Clara |
| 18 | Vladimir Ivić | | AM / CM | (1977-05-07)7 May 1977 (aged 31) | AEK Athens |
| 24 | Thiago Gentil | / | AM / SS / LW | (1980-04-08)8 April 1980 (aged 28) | Figueirense |
| 28 | Sakis Prittas | | CM / DM | (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 29) | Iraklis |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Toni Calvo | | RW / LW | (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 21) | Barcelona B |
| 10 | Sergio Koke | | ST / SS | (1983-04-27)27 April 1983 (aged 25) | Olympique de Marseille |
| 14 | Felipe Sanchón | | ST / LW / RW | (1982-04-08)8 April 1982 (aged 26) | L'Hospitalet |
| 17 | Giannis Gesios | | ST / LW / RW | (1988-08-03)3 August 1988 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
| 19 | Thanasis Papazoglou | | ST | (1988-03-30)30 March 1988 (aged 20) | Club's Academy |
| 20 | Javito Peral | | LW / RW | (1983-11-04)4 November 1983 (aged 24) | Barcelona B |
| 30 | Márcio Amoroso | / | ST / RW / AM | (1974-07-05)5 July 1974 (aged 33) | Free agent |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| June 2007 | DF | 2 | Darcy Dolce Neto | Santos | €200.000 |
| June 2007 | MF | 11 | Diogo Siston | Santa Clara | €30.000 |
| June 2007 | DF | 22 | Marco Aurélio | União São João | €30.000 |
| June 2007 | MF | 28 | Sakis Prittas | Iraklis | Free |
| June 2007 | FW | 7 | Toni Calvo | Barcelona B | €150.000 |
| June 2007 | FW | 14 | Felipe Sanchón | L'Hospitalet | Free |
| June 2007 | DF | 5 | / Ronaldo Guiaro | Santos | Free |
| July 2007 | GK | 12 | Marián Kelemen | Vecindario | Free |
| August 2007 | MF | 18 | Vladimir Ivić | AEK Athens | Free |
| January 2008 | DF | 26 | / Sanel Jahić | Željezničar | €20.000 |
| January 2008 | MF | 24 | / Thiago Gentil | Figueirense | Free |
| January 2008 | FW | 30 | / Márcio Amoroso | Free agent | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| June 2007 | MF | 9 | Petros Passalis | Retired | Retired |
| July 2007 | FW | 99 | / Cacá | Cerro Porteño | Released |
| July 2007 | DF | 25 | / Sebastián Flores | Cobeña | Released |
| July 2007 | DF | 80 | Pablo Coira | Figueres | Released |
| July 2007 | FW | 3 | Álex Pérez | Albacete Balompié | Released |
| July 2007 | FW | 16 | / José Reyes | Atromitos | Released |
| July 2007 | MF | 10 | Paulo Costa | Aris Limassol | Released |
| July 2007 | DF | 2 | Tuta | APOP Kinyras Peyias | Released |
| July 2007 | DF | 25 | Tinga | APOP Kinyras Peyias | Released |
| July 2007 | GK | 41 | Alexandre Negri | APOP Kinyras Peyias | Released |
| July 2007 | MF | 21 | Rogério Belém | Kallithea | Released |
| July 2007 | MF | 18 | Aarón Escudero | Alcorcón | Released |
| January 2008 | MF | 16 | Jonan García | Ibiza-Eivissa | Released |
| January 2008 | FW | 29 | Georgios Gougoulias | Panserraikos | Released |
| January 2008 | FW | 77 | Tasos Kyriakos | Asteras Tripolis | Released |
| January 2008 | DF | 55 | Spyros Gogolos | PAS Giannina | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| July 2007 | December 2007 | FW | 9 | / Anderson Costa | Dinamo Zagreb | None | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 1 September 2007 | 14 May 2008 |
| Regular Season | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 1 September 2007 | 20 April 2008 |
| Play-offs | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 23 April 2008 | 14 May 2008 |
| Greek Cup | Fourth Round | — | Final | 11 October 2007 | 17 May 2008 |
| UEFA Cup | First round | — | Group stage | 20 September 2007 | 19 December 2007 |
Updated to match played 17 May 2008 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 041.67 |
| Greek Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 071.43 |
| UEFA Cup | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Total | 49 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 044.90 |
| Super League 1 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Super League 1 | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Regular Season | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 046.67 |
| Play-offs | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | +0 | 016.67 |
| Total | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 041.67 |

#### Managers' overview
### Super League
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 68 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | Aris | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 6 | AEL | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Panionios–AEL 3–1, AEL–Panionios 1–0.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 April 2008. Source: Super League

##### Matches
#### Play-offs
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 21 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 16 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Aris | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 5 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
* ↑ Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round through their Greek Cup performance.
The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:
* AEK Athens – 8
* Panathinaikos – 7
* Aris Thessaloniki – 2
* Panionios – 0

##### 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 2008. Source: Super League

##### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage
##### Group table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Bayern Munich | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 8 |
| Braga | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Aris Thessaloniki | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |

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

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of match played 17 May 2008
| # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Kostas Chalkias | 25 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
| 2 | DF | | Darcy Dolce Neto | 27 | 6 | 5 | 38 |
| 3 | DF | | Efthymis Kouloucheris | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | DF | / | Avraam Papadopoulos | 30 | 7 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 | DF | / | Ronaldo Guiaro | 29 | 5 | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | MF | | Konstantinos Nebegleras | 30 | 7 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | FW | | Toni Calvo | 25 | 6 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | MF | | Nacho García | 25 | 3 | 6 | 34 |
| 10 | FW | | Sergio Koke | 32 | 6 | 6 | 44 |
| 11 | MF | | Diogo Siston | 26 | 6 | 6 | 38 |
| 12 | GK | | Marián Kelemen | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | FW | | Felipe Sanchón | 29 | 7 | 4 | 40 |
| 15 | DF | | Nikos Karabelas | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 18 | MF | | Vladimir Ivić | 29 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
| 19 | FW | | Thanasis Papazoglou | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 20 | FW | | Javito Peral | 29 | 3 | 6 | 38 |
| 22 | DF | / | Marco Aurélio | 26 | 4 | 4 | 34 |
| 23 | DF | | Giorgos Koltsidas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | MF | / | Thiago Gentil | 16 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 26 | DF | / | Sanel Jahić | 20 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| 28 | MF | | Sakis Prittas | 21 | 5 | 2 | 28 |
| 30 | FW | / | Márcio Amoroso | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 32 | DF | | Kristi Vangjeli | 17 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| Players who left the club during this season ||||||||
| | FW | / | Anderson Costa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | MF | | Jonan García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | FW | | Georgios Gougoulias | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| | FW | | Tasos Kyriakos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 7 | 6 | 49 |
* ↑ included matches for Play-Offs

### Goals

    As of match played 17 May 2008
| Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Sergio Koke | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | | Vladimir Ivić | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | Toni Calvo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | Javito Peral | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | | Nacho García | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | | Felipe Sanchón | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | / | Ronaldo Guiaro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | | Marco Aurélio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Diogo Siston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | / | Thiago Gentil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | / | Márcio Amoroso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | / | Avraam Papadopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | Thanasis Papazoglou | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | | Konstantinos Nebegleras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | / | Sanel Jahić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | Tasos Kyriakos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 8 | 7 | 57 |
* ↑ included goals for Play-Offs

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 17 May 2008
| # | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | | Kostas Chalkias | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 12 | | Marián Kelemen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | 16 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
* ↑ included clean sheets for Play-Offs