Season 2015–16 is the 16th of Veria in Super League Greece. Veria will compete in the following competitions Super League and Greek Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Players
Squad information
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Contract until Goalkeepers 1 Georgios Kantimiris GK 19 September 1982 (31) Fokikos 30 June 2016 55 Jonathan López GK 16 April 1981 (34) Getafe 30 June 2017 96 Giorgos Vasileiadis GK 10 June 1996 (19) Youth system 30 June 2019 Defenders 31 Dimitris Giannoulis LB/LM 17 October 1996 (18) PAOK 30 June 2016 2 Darcy Neto RB 7 February 1981 (34) Veria 30 June 2016 18 Iván Malón RB 26 August 1986 (28) Mirandés 30 June 2016 28 Vaggelis Nastos RB/CB 13 September 1980 (34) Atromitos 30 June 2016 3 Cyril Kali CB/RB 21 January 1984 (30) Panetolikos 30 June 2017 5 Stelios Marangos CB 4 May 1989 (25) Kerkyra 30 June 2016 23 William Edjenguélé CB 7 May 1987 (28) Panetolikos 30 June 2017 44 Achilleas Poungouras CB 13 December 1995 (19) PAOK 30 June 2016 19 Anestis Karakostas CB/DM 15 June 1991 (24) Iraklis 30 June 2018 4 Raúl Bravo LB/CB 14 April 1981 (34) Aris 30 June 2016 Midfielders 6 Roberto Battión DM 1 March 1982 (32) Independiente 30 June 2016 8 Branko Ostojić DM 3 January 1984 (31) Javor 30 June 2016 25 Sotiris Balafas DM 19 August 1986 (28) Hoverla 30 June 2017 24 Abdisalam Ibrahim DM 1 May 1991 (24) Olympiacos 30 June 2017 22 Stefanos Siontis DM/RB 4 September 1987 (27) Kerkyra 30 June 2016 21 Alexandros Vergonis CM 1 December 1985 (28) Rodos 30 June 2016 86 Radosław Majewski CM/AM 15 December 1986 (28) Nottingham Forest 30 June 2017 13 Mohamed Youssouf LW 26 March 1988 (27) Ergotelis 30 June 2017 20 Dimitris Melikiotis RW/CF 10 July 1996 (19) Youth system 30 June 2019 7 Giorgos Georgiadis LW/RW 14 November 1987 (26) PAOK 30 June 2016 93 Djamel Abdoun LW/RW 14 February 1986 (29) Nottingham Forest 30 June 2017 11 Giorgi Merebashvili AM/LW/RW 15 August 1986 (28) OFI Crete 30 June 2017 15 Pedro Arce AM 25 November 1991 (24) Kavala 30 June 2016 -- Giorgos Bouzoukis CM 26 July 1993 (22) Chania 30 June 2018 Forwards 9 Thomas Nazlidis CF 23 October 1987 (27) Platanias 30 June 2016 14 Rodgers Kola CF 4 July 1989 (26) Gent 30 June 2016 77 Saša Kajkut CF 7 July 1984 (31) Kerkyra 30 June 2017 80 Panagiotis Xoblios CF 27 February 1996 (19) Youth system 30 June 2019 33 Dimitrios Manos CF 16 September 1994 (21) Ergotelis 30 June 2019
Out on loan
Transfers
Summer Transfers
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Winter Transfers
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Technical and medical staff
Technical staffHead coach Dimitrios EleftheropoulosAssistant coach Stylianos VenetidisGoalkeeping coach Dimitris KottaridisFitness coach Ilias Ampatzidis Goran GuzijanTeam Manager Panagiotis TsalouchidisInterpreter KingCaregiver Thanasis Voulgaris Kosmas RozintsisScouting staffScout N/AMedical staffPhysio Anastasios TiflidisMasseur Fotis Konstantakos Dimitris Lamprinidis Charis PantelidisPathologist Georgios AvramopoulosOrthopedist Nikolaos DimouUrologist Georgios MinasSurgeon Prodromos IsaakidisDentist Despοina KarvounaΝutritionist Athanasios Topis
Veria Academy Academy staffTechnical Director Nikos KarabiberisGeneral Manager Georgia TsiamouraU20 coach Apostolis TerzisAssistant coach Germanos SafarikasGoalkeeping coach Dimitris KottaridisU17 coach Dimitris ChristoforidisU15 coach Giannis Kapsaliaris
Season Milestones On 20 May 2015, Super League's court found Veria innocent as she was accused for fixing the game against Olympiacos F.C. in 2013.Αθώα η Βέροια On 21 May 2015, Cyril Kali expanded his contract with the club for two more years while Branko Ostojić expanded his contract until 31 June 2016. On 25 May 2015, Pedro Arce signed a one-year contract expansion. On 26 May 2015, Javier Campora and Jose Catala mutually terminated their contracts with the club. On 29 May 2015, Sotiris Balafas signed his new contract which is set to expire on 31 June 2017. On 2 June 2015, Alexandros Vergonis renewed his contract with the club until 31 June 2016. On 18 June 2015, Veria F.C. board announced a major upgrade of their training facilities in Tagarochori. Veria's pre-season preparation will take place at Golden Tulip, in Arnhem, Netherlands. Veria's first training of the season took place on 6 June 2015 at Tagarochori Training Center.Η πρώτη της Βέροιας και τα φιλικά On 8 July 2015 Veria was judged as innocent for the suspected fixed match against Olympiacos, on 6 January 2013, by the appeal committee of Hellenic Football Federation and they will remain in Super League for fourth consecutive year, a record for the club as they never before survived for more than three seasons at the top tier of Greek football.Οριστικο: Αθωωθηκε Η Παε Βεροια On 3 August 2015 Levadiakos' appeal at Referee's Football Court of Hellenic Football Federation was turned down and Veria permanently secured her position in the Super League.Άλλη μια δικαίωση για την ΠΑΕ Βέροια On 30 August 2015, Theodoros Karipidis confirmed the interest of a Chinese group of businessmen to buy club's partly or whole shares package. They arranged an appointment in Milan, Italy which will take place on 2 September 2015.Ραντεβού στο Μιλάνο On 31 August 2015, Stefanos Dogos was released on a free transfer by the club while Dimitris Manos was given on loan to Ergotelis in Football League.Παρελθόν Μάνος και Ντόγος On 2 September 2015, Asterios Merkousis who was a young goalkeeper of Veria U20 youth squad that the club was expecting a lot to come from his talent, during the evening training of the same day with the first team squad died as he suffered from a heart attack. An ambulance brought him to Veria's hospital but doctors didn't make it to keep him alive. On 19 January 2016, Georgios Georgiadis was fired by the club after several disappointing results. Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos was appointed as Veria's new manager on 26 January 2016. His assistant will be Stylianos Venetidis. Veria finished 14th in the Super League Greece championship, securing a position for the next season.
Fixtures & Results
Overall CompetitionStarted roundCurrentposition / roundFinalposition / roundFirst matchLast matchSuper League GreeceRegular season14th14th23 August 201517 April 2016Greek CupSecond RoundThird RoundThird Round28 October 201513 January 2016 Last updated: 17 April 2016Source: Competitions
Pre-season Friendlies
Friendlies
Fixtures
Last updated: 17 April 2016Source: Superleague Greece 1. Matches of Matchday 4 originally were scheduled to be held in 19/20/21 September 2015, but due to the Elections to be held on 20 September 2015 Super League Greece, decided the Matchday 4 to be held 22/23 September 2015.
Tickets Updated to games played on 28 September 2015, as published on superleaguegreece.net. Games are counted without games played behind closed gates. FixtureTeamTicketsAverage 1PAS Giannina8273PAOK3,5575AEK Athens3,3487Atromitos6029Olympiacos2,45111Iraklis1,38513Panathinaikos1,03515Asteras Tripolis58617Panthrakikos53019Panetolikos64821AEL Kalloni71423Panionios63425Levadiakos50027Platanias60529Skoda Xanthi587Overall1518,0141,201
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Greek Cup
Second round
Third round
Last updated: 19 December 2015Source: HFF
Players Statistics
Overall
Updated as of 25 January 2016, 13:12 UTC.
No.Pos.NameAgeLeagueCupPlay-OffsTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsStartAppsGoalsStartAppsGoalsStartAppsGoalsStart Goalkeepers1GK Georgios Kantimiris315052020007070055GK Jonathan López3410010101000110112096GK Giorgos Vasileiadis1900000000000000 Defenders2DF Darcy Neto348172000001007203DF Cyril Kali30000000000000004DF Raúl Bravo34000000000000005DF Stelios Marangos251209303000150124018DF Iván Malón28909202000110111023DF William Edjenguélé2810010201000120114028DF Vaggelis Nastos245032020007051044DF Achilleas Poungouras199082020001101010 Midfielders6MF Roberto Battión32403111000514007MF Giorgos Georgiadis26402202000604008MF Branko Ostojić312010000000000011MF Giorgi Merebashvili2891420200011161013MF Mohamed Youssouf2790520100011060015MF Pedro Arce227071010007070019MF Anestis Karakostas240002010002010020MF Dimitris Melikiotis190000000000000021MF Alexandros Vergonis(c)288080000008080022MF Stefanos Siontis2790630300012092024MF Abdisalam Ibrahim247052020009073125MF Sotiris Balafas280000000000000031MF Dimitris Giannoulis1912012100000130123086MF Radosław Majewski2914011222000162134093MF Djamel Abdoun29103100000001031010 Forwards9FW Thomas Nazlidis2715413200000174134014FW Rodgers Kola26121420200014161017FW Dimitris Melikiotis190000000000000077FW Saša Kajkut3180521200010170080FW Panagiotis Xoblios191000000000010
Source: Super League Greece
Goals PlayerPositionSuper LeagueGreek CupTotalNotes1 Thomas Nazlidis5052 Radosław Majewski2243 Djamel Abdoun3033 Dimitris Anakoglou202
Last updated: 17 April 2016 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches 0 shown as blank
Assists PlayerPositionSuper LeagueGreek CupTotalNotes1 Radosław Majewski3032 Thomas Nazlidis202 Rodgers Kola202
Last updated: 17 April 2016 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches 0 shown as blank
Best goal and MVP awards and nominees
DayOpponentH / ANameforStatus 1 PAS Giannina H Thomas Nazlidis MVP 2 Panthrakikos A Djamel Abdoun MVP 5 A.E.K. H Neto Best goal 6 AEL Kalloni A Djamel Abdoun MVP 8 Panionios A Thomas Nazlidis MVP Source: Best of Super League 2015–16
Infrastructure leagues
U20
DateOpponentsH / AResult29 August 2015PAS GianninaH1–010 October 2015PanthrakikosA0–112 September 2015PAOKH2–318 September 2015PanetolikosA2–126 September 2015AEKH1–43 October 2015AEL KalloniA1–218 October 2015AtromitosH1–025 October 2015PanioniosA0–023 December 2015OlympiacosH11:008 November 2015LevadiakosA0–121 November 2015IraklisH2–328 November 2015PlataniasA2–15 December 2015PanathinaikosH1–012 December 2015Skoda XanthiA2–15 December 2015Asteras TripoliH1–0
Club6AEK13227Veria14228Platanias1519
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points Source: Super League U20
Goals PlayerPositionSuper League U201 Xoblios72 Papadopoulos33 Nauriniadis24 Melikiotis1 Nikolaidis1 Papoutsidis1 Roggotis1 Toufas1 Last updated: 3 December 2015
U17
DateOpponentsH / AResult1 November 2015PanetolikosH0–226 September 2015Skoda XanthiΑ1–13 October 2015IraklisH2–110 October 2015PAOKΑ3–017 October 2015PanthrakikosH2–025 October 2015PAS GianninaΑ1–07 November 2015PanetolikosA0–07 November 2015PanetolikosA0–014 November 2015Skoda XanthiΗ1–122 November 2015IraklisA0–029 November 2015PAOKH1–25 December 2015PanthrakikosA1–313 December 2015PAS GianninaH1–1
Club3PAS Giannina11174Veria12145Iraklis1214
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points Source: Super League U17
U15
DateOpponentsH / AResult17 October 2015PanthrakikosH1–025 October 2015PAS GianninaA1–17 November 2015PanetolikosA2–014 November 2015Skoda XanthiH0–222 November 2015IraklisA6–129 November 2015PAOKH0–45 December 2015PanthrakikosA0–013 December 2015PAS GianninaH1–0TBAPanetolikosHTBA
Club4Iraklis18225Veria18196Panetolikos1817
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points Source: Super League U15
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