The 2008-09 season was the 95th season in Aris Thessaloniki F.C.'s existence. The club finished 6th in the Super League.
Aris Thessaloniki was eliminated on penalties in the fifth round of Greek Football Cup by PAOK. On the UEFA Cup, the croatian Slaven Koprivnica eliminated Aris Thessaloniki in the Second qualifying round.
Dušan Bajević removed from manager's position in July. Quique Hernández came after him. In January, Quique Hernández replaced by Iomar Mazinho and his assistant Donato Gama
Aris Thessaloniki hired Giorgos Koltsidas as technical director after his retirement as player.
First-team squad
# Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 13 Michalis Sifakis GK OFI 31 Dimitrios Karatziovalis GK Apollon Kalamarias 40 Stivi Frashëri GK Club's AcademyDefenders 2 Darcy Dolce Neto RB / RW Santos 3 Efthymis Kouloucheris CB / DM Olympiacos 4 Alejandro Lembo / CB Danubio 5 Ronaldo Guiaro / CB Santos 15 Nikos Karabelas LB / LM Paniliakos 21 Valentin Roberge CB / LB Paris Saint-Germain B 26 Sanel Jahić / CB / RB / DM Željezničar 32 Kristi Vangjeli CB / RB / LB Club's AcademyMidfielders 8 Nacho García (captain) CM / DM Oriente Petrolero 9 Thiago Gentil / AM / SS / LW Figueirense 11 Diogo Siston AM Santa Clara 24 Víctor Vitolo CM Racing de Santander 29 Sakis Prittas CM / DM Iraklis 30 Roberto Battión CM / DM Argentinos JuniorsForwards 7 Toni Calvo RW / LW Barcelona B 10 Sergio Koke (vice-captain) ST / SS Olympique de Marseille 12 Mario Regueiro / LW / SS / AM Valencia 17 Piotr Włodarczyk ST Zagłębie Lubin 18 Javier Cámpora ST Chiapas 19 Thanasis Papazoglou ST Club's Academy 20 Javito Peral LW / RW Barcelona B 33 Stavros Labriakos ST Skoda Xanthi
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. June 2008 MF 30 Roberto Battión Argentinos Juniors Free June 2008 FW 17 Piotr Włodarczyk Zagłębie Lubin Free July 2008 DF 4 / Alejandro Lembo Danubio Free July 2008 FW 99 / Alejandro Delorte Argentinos Juniors Free July 2008 FW 12 / Mario Regueiro Valencia 100.000 € July 2008 GK 13 Michalis Sifakis OFI 300.000 € July 2008 DF 21 Valentin Roberge Paris Saint-Germain B Free January 2009 FW 33 Stavros Labriakos Skoda Xanthi Free January 2009 FW 18 Javier Cámpora Chiapas Free
Transfers out
Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. June 2008 DF 23 Giorgos KoltsidasRetired July 2008 DF 4 / Avraam Papadopoulos Olympiacos 2.500.000 € July 2008 GK 1 Kostas Chalkias PAOK Released July 2008 GK 38 Kyriakos Stratilatis Levadiakos Released July 2008 DF 13 Theodoros Papadopoulos Apollon Kalamarias Released July 2008 MF 18 Vladimir Ivić PAOK Released July 2008 FW 17 Giannis Gesios PAONE Released September 2008 FW 30 / Márcio Amoroso Free Agent Released October 2008 DF 22 / Marco Aurélio Free Agent Released December 2008 FW 99 / Alejandro Delorte Free Agent Released January 2009 MF 6 Konstantinos Nebegleras Atromitos Released January 2009 GK 1 Marián Kelemen Free Agent Released
Loans in
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. September 2008 End of season MF 24 Víctor Vitolo Racing de Santander None
Loans out
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. January 2009 End of season FW 14 Felipe Sanchón Girona None
Competitions
Overall
Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League
| Greek Cup
| UEFA Cup
! Total
Super League
Regular season
League table
Results summary
Matches
Greek Football Cup
Fourth round
Fifth round
Fifth round replay
UEFA Cup
Second qualifying round
Squad statistics
Appearances
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
# Position Nat. Player Super League Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total2DFDarcy Dolce Neto2732323DFEfthymis Kouloucheris40044DF / Alejandro Lembo1931235DF / Ronaldo Guiaro1211147FWToni Calvo2522298MFNacho García2432299MF / Thiago Gentil16021810FWSergio Koke27323211MFDiogo Siston13201512FW / Mario Regueiro23322813GKMichalis Sifakis24302715DFNikos Karabelas19302217FWPiotr Włodarczyk18112018FWJavier Cámpora9101019FWThanasis Papazoglou200220FWJavito Peral29323421DFValentin Roberge20102124MFVíctor Vitolo21302426DF / Sanel Jahić16222029MFSakis Prittas711930MFRoberto Battión20212331GKDimitrios Karatziovalis200232DFKristi Vangjeli8021033FWStavros Labriakos7209Players who left the club during this seasonDF / Marco Aurélio4026FW / Alejandro Delorte4004FWFelipe Sanchón4015MFKonstantinos Nebegleras8008GKMarián Kelemen 5027Total303235
Goals
RankingPositionNat.PlayerSuper LeagueGreek CupUEFATotal 1 FW Sergio Koke 5016 FW Javito Peral 5106 3 FW Javier Cámpora 5005 4 FW Toni Calvo 3104 5 FW / Mario Regueiro 3003 6 FW Piotr Włodarczyk 2002 DF / Sanel Jahić 2002 8 MF Roberto Battión 1001 DF / Alejandro Lembo 1001 MF Sakis Prittas 1001 Own Goals 2002 Total302133
Clean sheets If a goalkeeper was substituted and he did not conceded a goal while he was in the game but the team conceded a goal after him, the goalkeeper would not claim the clean sheet.
#Nat.PlayerSuper LeagueGreek CupUEFA CupTotal 13 Michalis Sifakis 10 2 0 12 Marián Kelemen 2 0 1 3Total 12 2 1 15
References
rsssf.com – Greece 2008/09 slgr.gr – Team squad for the 2008–09 season slgr.gr – Players statistics for the 2008–09 season
External links