The members of Lesxi Filon Ari elected Thanasis Athanasiadis as the new president of Aris Thessaloniki in the elections that took place in May.
The club finished 5th in regular season of Super League and 4th after playoffs. Also, the club reached in the final of Greek Cup where lost by Panathinaikos. Aris Thessaloniki's fans made the biggest movement of fans in Greece for the final.
Aris Thessaloniki started the season with Iomar Mazinho. In November Mazinho removed and Héctor Cúper was the manager for the rest of the season.
First-team squad
# Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Michalis Sifakis GK OFI Crete 28 Michal Peškovič GK Polonia Bytom 40 Stivi Frashëri GK Club's Academy 86 Renato Piovezan / GK PratoDefenders 2 Darcy Dolce Neto RB / RW Santos 3 Carlos Arano / LB / LM Huracán 4 Efthymis Kouloucheris (vice-captain) CB / DM Olympiacos 5 Ronaldo Guiaro / CB Santos 15 Cristian Nasuti / CB River Plate 22 Thomas Grekos RB / RM Club's Academy 25 César Ortiz CB Atlético Madrid B 27 Charalampos Oikonomopoulos CB / DM Club's Academy 29 Giannis Agtzidis LB Club's Academy 32 Kristi Vangjeli CB / RB / LB Club's Academy 47 Mavroudis Bougaidis CB / LB / DM Club's AcademyMidfielders 6 Mehdi Nafti / DM Birmingham City 8 Nacho García CM / DM Oriente Petrolero 9 Darío Fernández / CM / AM / LM Beitar Jerusalem 11 Freddy Adu / AM / LM / RM Benfica 17 Camel Meriem / AM / RW / LW Free Agent 55 Sakis Prittas CM / DM IraklisForwards 7 Toni Calvo RW / LW Barcelona B 10 Sergio Koke (captain) ST / SS Olympique de Marseille 14 Eddie Johnson ST / LW Fulham 18 Javier Cámpora ST Chiapas 20 Javito Peral LW / RW Barcelona B 23 Christos Aravidis ST / LW / RW Panionios 33 Stavros Labriakos ST Skoda Xanthi 99 Ian Daly / ST Manchester City U18
Transfers and loans
Transfers in Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. June 2009 MF 6 / Mehdi Nafti Birmingham City Free June 2009 FW 13 Sebastián Abreu River Plate Free June 2009 DF 3 / Carlos Arano Huracán Free June 2009 FW 99 / Ian Daly Manchester City U18 Free July 2009 FW 23 Christos Aravidis Panionios Free July 2009 MF 12 Vasilios Rovas Atromitos Free July 2009 DF 25 / Flávio Pinto Asteras Tripolis Free July 2009 GK 28 Michal Peškovič Polonia Bytom Free August 2009 MF 19 Pitu Garcia Free Agent Free August 2009 GK 86 / Renato Piovezan Prato Free February 2010 MF 17 / Camel Meriem Free Agent Free
Transfers out Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. June 2009 FW 19 Thanasis Papazoglou PAOK Released June 2009 DF 15 Nikos Karabelas AEK Athens Released July 2009 FW 12 / Mario Regueiro Free Agent Released July 2009 DF 4 / Alejandro Lembo Free Agent Released July 2009 GK 31 Dimitrios Karatziovalis Doxa Drama Released July 2009 MF 9 / Thiago Gentil Coritiba Released July 2009 FW 14 Felipe Sanchón Udinese Released August 2009 FW 17 Piotr Włodarczyk Free Agent Released August 2009 MF 11 Diogo Siston Free Agent Released August 2009 DF 26 / Sanel Jahić AEK Athens 590.000 € November 2009 DF 25 / Flávio Pinto Free Agent Released January 2010 FW 13 Sebastián Abreu Free Agent Released January 2010 DF 21 Valentin Roberge Free Agent Released February 2010 MF 19 Pitu Garcia Free Agent Released
Loans in Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. June 2009 January 2010 MF 11 Leandro Gracián Boca Juniors 250.000 € June 2009 End of season DF 15 / Cristian Nasuti River Plate None August 2009 End of season MF 9 / Darío Fernández Beitar Jerusalem 150.000 € January 2010 End of season FW 14 Eddie Johnson Fulham None January 2010 May 2011 MF 11 / Freddy Adu Benfica None February 2010 End of season DF 25 César Ortiz Atlético Madrid B None
Loans out Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. August 2009 End of season MF 30 Roberto Battión Banfield None January 2010 End of season MF 12 Vasilios Rovas PAS Giannina None
Competitions
Overall
Overview
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Managers' overview
Iomar Mazinho {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League
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Héctor Cúper {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League
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Super League
Regular season
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Play-offs Team that finished fifth in Regular Season started Play-offs with 0 points. Every other team's points is the difference from fifth placed team divided with 5.
The teams started Play-offs with the following points: Olympiacos – 4 points [(64–46) / 5 = 3.6, rounded to 4] PAOK – 3 points [(62–46) / 5 = 3.2, rounded to 3] AEK Athens – 1 point [(53–46) / 5 = 1.4, rounded to 1] Aris Thessaloniki – 0 points [(46–46) / 5 = 0]
League table
Results summary
Matches
Greek Football Cup
Fourth Round
Fifth Round
Quarter-finals
Quarter-finals Replay
Semi-finals
Final The 68th Greek Cup final was played at Athens Olympic Stadium on 24 April 2010.
PANATHINAIKOS: GK 27 Alexandros TzorvasDF 24 Loukas VintraDF 31 Nikos Spiropoulos DF 8 Cédric KantéMF 29 Kostas KatsouranisMF 15 Gilberto Silva (c)MF 23 Simão Mate Junior MF 7 Sotiris Ninis MF 11 Sebastián Leto FW 5 Dimitris Salpingidis FW 9 Djibril CisséSubstitutes:DF 22 Stergos Marinos MF 26 Giorgos Karagounis MF 17 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Manager: Nikos Nioplias
ARIS: GK 1 Michalis SifakisDF 2 Darcy Dolce NetoDF 32 Kristi VangjeliDF 15 Cristian NasutiDF 5 Ronaldo GuiaroMF 55 Thanasis Prittas MF 6 Mehdi Nafti MF 7 Toni Calvo MF 17 Camel Meriem FW 18 Javier CámporaFW 10 Sergio Koke (c)Substitutes:MF 9 Dario Fernandez MF 20 Javito FW 11 Freddy Adu Manager: Héctor Cúper
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: K. Dallas D. Tatsis Fourth official: M. Koukoulakis
MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.
Squad statistics
Appearances
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
# Position Nat. PlayerSuper League Greek Cup Total1GKMichalis Sifakis306362DFDarcy Dolce Neto316373DF / Carlos Arano296354DFEfthymis Kouloucheris181195DF / Ronaldo Guiaro276336MF / Mehdi Nafti246307FWToni Calvo315368MFNacho García174219MF / Darío Fernández2422610FWSergio Koke3273911MF / Freddy Adu931214FWEddie Johnson1652115DF / Cristian Nasuti2863417MF / Camel Meriem941318FWJavier Cámpora3063620FWJavito Peral3073722DFThomas Grekos10123FWChristos Aravidis90925DFCésar Ortiz20228GKMichal Peškovič71832DFKristi Vangjeli1111233FWStavros Labriakos1111255MFSakis Prittas1972699FW / Ian Daly718Players who left the club during this seasonDF / Flávio Pinto9110FWSebastián Abreu819MFLeandro Gracián12113DFValentin Roberge516MFVasilios Rovas516MFPitu Garcia10111Total36743
Goals
RankingPositionNat.PlayerSuper LeagueGreek CupTotal 1 FW Javier Cámpora 13215 2 FW Sergio Koke 347 3 FW Toni Calvo 516 4 FW Eddie Johnson 505 FW Sebastián Abreu 325 6 MF / Mehdi Nafti 404 DF Darcy Dolce Neto 314 8 FW Javito Peral 123 9 MF / Freddy Adu 112 10 DF / Cristian Nasuti 101 DF / Ronaldo Guiaro 101 DF / Flávio Pinto 101 MF Sakis Prittas 101 MF / Pitu Garcia 011 Own Goals 101 Total431457
Clean sheets
#Nat.PlayerSuper LeagueGreek CupTotal 1 Michalis Sifakis 14 2 16 28 Michal Peškovič 2 0 2Total 15 2 17
References
External links Aris Thessaloniki F.C. official website Aris Thessaloniki FC on Superleaguegreece.net