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 Real Murcia 12 Marián Kelemen GK Vecindario 31 Dimitrios Karatziovalis GK Apollon Kalamarias 38 Kyriakos Stratilatis GK Club's AcademyDefenders 2 Darcy Dolce Neto RB / RW Santos 3 Efthymis Kouloucheris CB / DM Olympiacos 4 Avraam Papadopoulos / CB / DM Club's Academy 5 Ronaldo Guiaro / CB Santos 13 Theodoros Papadopoulos LB Club's Academy 15 Nikos Karabelas LB / LM Paniliakos 22 Marco Aurélio / LB / LM / DM União São João 23 Giorgos Koltsidas CB / RB Trikala 26 Sanel Jahić / CB / RB / DM Željezničar 32 Kristi Vangjeli CB / RB / LB Club's AcademyMidfielders 6 Konstantinos Nebegleras (captain) DM Iraklis 8 Nacho García (vice-captain) CM / DM Oriente Petrolero 11 Diogo Siston AM Santa Clara 18 Vladimir Ivić AM / CM AEK Athens 24 Thiago Gentil / AM / SS / LW Figueirense 28 Sakis Prittas CM / DM IraklisForwards 7 Toni Calvo RW / LW Barcelona B 10 Sergio Koke ST / SS Olympique de Marseille 14 Felipe Sanchón ST / LW / RW L'Hospitalet 17 Giannis Gesios ST / LW / RW Club's Academy 19 Thanasis Papazoglou ST Club's Academy 20 Javito Peral LW / RW Barcelona B 30 Márcio Amoroso / ST / RW / AM Free agent
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. 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 datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. June 2007 MF 9 Petros PassalisRetired 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 dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. July 2007 December 2007 FW 9 / Anderson Costa Dinamo Zagreb None
Competitions
Overall
Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League
| Greek Cup
| UEFA Cup
! Total
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Super League 1 !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Regular Season
| Play-offs
! Total
Managers' overview
Juan Carlos Oliva {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League
| Greek Cup
| UEFA Cup
! Total
Dušan Bajević {| 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
Play-offs
League table
The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points: AEK Athens – 8 Panathinaikos – 7 Aris Thessaloniki – 2 Panionios – 0
Results summary
Matches
Greek Football Cup
Fourth Round
Fifth Round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Cup
First round
Group stage
Group table
Matches
Squad statistics
Appearances
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
# Position Nat. Player Super League Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total1GKKostas Chalkias2526332DFDarcy Dolce Neto2765383DFEfthymis Kouloucheris1112144DF / Avraam Papadopoulos3076435DF / Ronaldo Guiaro2956406MFKonstantinos Nebegleras3076437FWToni Calvo2565368MFNacho García25363410FWSergio Koke32664411MFDiogo Siston26663812GKMarián Kelemen11501614FWFelipe Sanchón29744015DFNikos Karabelas12221618MFVladimir Ivić29654019FWThanasis Papazoglou10111220FWJavito Peral29363822DF / Marco Aurélio26443423DFGiorgos Koltsidas210324MF / Thiago Gentil16402026DF / Sanel Jahić20602628MFSakis Prittas21522830FW / Márcio Amoroso12001232DFKristi Vangjeli172322Players who left the club during this seasonFW / Anderson Costa3003MFJonan García1001FWGeorgios Gougoulias2215FWTasos Kyriakos 3115Total367649
Goals
RankingPositionNat.PlayerSuper League Greek CupUEFA CupTotal 1 FW Sergio Koke 101112 2 MF Vladimir Ivić 5308 3 FW Toni Calvo 4116 FW Javito Peral 4116 5 MF Nacho García 4004 6 FW Felipe Sanchón 3003 DF / Ronaldo Guiaro 2013 8 DF Marco Aurélio 2002 MF Diogo Siston 2002 FW / Thiago Gentil 2002 FW / Márcio Amoroso 2002 DF / Avraam Papadopoulos 1012 FW Thanasis Papazoglou 0022 14 MF Konstantinos Nebegleras 1001 DF / Sanel Jahić 0101 FW Tasos Kyriakos 0101 Own Goals 0000 Total428757
Clean sheets
#Nat.PlayerSuper LeagueGreek CupUEFA CupTotal 1 Kostas Chalkias 13 2 2 17 12 Marián Kelemen 3 3 0 6Total 16 5 2 23
References
rsssf.com – Greece 2007/08 slgr.gr – Team squad for the 2007–08 season slgr.gr – Players statistics for the 2007–08 season
External links