The 2022–23 season was the 109th season in the existence of Aris Thessaloniki and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football since their return there. In addition to the Super League 1, Aris participated in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Aris was eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League by Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Germán Burgos, after the elimination from UEFA Europa Conference League and the defeat from Panetolikos in second matchday, sacked and Apostolos Terzis was the caretaker for two matchdays. Before the game against Olympaicos, Alan Pardew was hired as the new manager of Aris Thessaloniki. After the defeat by Ionikos, Alan Pardew was dismissed and Apostolos Terzis took over the club
First-team squad
# Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 23 Julián Cuesta (captain) GK Wisła Kraków 70 Giorgos Karakasidis GK Club's Academy 99 Marios Siampanis GK OlympiacosDefenders 2 Salem Mbakata / RB Free Agent 3 Nicolas Nkoulou CB / DM Watford 4 Fabiano Leismann CB / RB Denizlispor 14 Jakub Brabec (vice-captain) CB Viktoria Plzeň 18 Bradley Mazikou / LB / LM CSKA Sofia 22 Moses Odubajo / RB / RM / LB Queens Park Rangers 25 Christos Marmaridis RB Club's Academy 43 Marvin Peersman / LB / CB / LM PAS Giannina 50 Konstantinos Tanoulis CB Club's AcademyMidfielders 5 Lukas Rupp CM / AM Free Agent 6 Bryan Dabo / CM / DM Çaykur Rizespor 8 Cheick Doukouré / DM / CM Leganés 13 Peter Etebo / CM / RM / LM Stoke City 16 Vladimír Darida CM / AM / DM Hertha BSC 19 Manu García AM / CM Sporting Gijón 77 Michalis Panagidis CM / DM / AM Club's Academy 88 Rafail Sgouros CM / DM Club's AcademyForwards 7 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos LW / SS / AM Free Agent 9 Andre Gray / ST / LW Watford 10 Mateo García / RW / LW Red Star Belgrade 11 Juan Iturbe / LW / RW / SS UNAM Pumas 17 Luis Palma LW / ST / AM Vida 20 Izet Hajrović / LW / RW / AM Dinamo Zagreb 21 Christos Chatziioannou ST Club's Academy 27 Gervinho LW / RW / ST Trabzonspor 47 Aboubakar Kamara / ST / RW / LW Olympiacos 64 Rafael Camacho / RW / LW / AM Sporting CP
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. June 2022 DF 43 / Marvin Peersman PAS Giannina Free June 2022 MF 24 / Pape Cheikh Diop Olympique Lyonnais Free July 2022 FW 9 / Andre Gray Watford Free July 2022 DF 18 / Bradley Mazikou CSKA Sofia Free July 2022 MF 6 / Bryan Dabo Çaykur Rizespor Free July 2022 DF 22 / Moses Odubajo Queens Park Rangers Free July 2022 FW 27 Gervinho Trabzonspor Free July 2022 MF 19 Manu García Sporting Gijón 3.200.000 € August 2022 DF 3 Nicolas Nkoulou Watford Free January 2023 MF 16 Vladimír Darida Hertha BSC Free January 2023 MF 5 Lukas Rupp Free Agent Free February 2023 FW 7 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Free Agent Free
Transfers out
Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. June 2022 DF 22 / Cristian Ganea Panathinaikos Released June 2022 FW 9 Dimitrios Manos Bandırmaspor Released June 2022 MF 88 / Lucas Sasha Fortaleza Released June 2022 DF 21 Daniel Sundgren Maccabi Haifa Released June 2022 MF 17 Badou Ndiaye Adana Demirspor Released June 2022 FW 47 / Aboubakar Kamara Olympiacos €5.000.000 June 2022 DF 3 Lumor Agbenyenu Free Agent Released June 2022 DF 34 Ali Adem Shkupi Released June 2022 DF 5 Giorgos Delizisis Free Agent Released June 2022 DF 29 / Yohan Benalouane Free Agent Released June 2022 DF 66 Emanuel Šakić Free Agent Released June 2022 MF 8 / Lerin Duarte Free Agent Released June 2022 MF 26 Javier Matilla Free Agent Released June 2022 FW 11 Kostas Mitroglou Free Agent Released June 2022 FW 16 Bruno Gama Free Agent Released June 2022 FW 18 / Facundo Bertoglio Free Agent Released June 2022 FW 19 Cristian López Free Agent Released July 2022 DF 31 Panagiotis Tsagalidis Panserraikos Released July 2022 DF 27 Panagiotis Sengiergis Free Agent Released July 2022 DF 44 Kyriakos Aslanidis Free Agent Released August 2022 GK 1 Denis César Sport Recife Released August 2022 MF 35 Zisis Saliaris Thermaikos Released December 2022 MF 24 / Pape Cheikh Diop Free Agent Released January 2023 FW 7 / Daniel Mancini Panathinaikos 3.000.000 €
Loans in
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. July 2022 June 2023 FW 64 / Rafael Camacho Sporting CP None September 2022 January 2023 FW 15 Edwin Rodríguez Olimpia None September 2022 June 2023 MF 13 Peter Etebo Stoke City None January 2023 June 2023 FW 47 / Aboubakar Kamara Olympiacos None
Transfer summary
Spending
Summer: 3.200.000 €
Winter: 0 €
Total: 3.200.000 €
Income
Summer: 5.000.000 €
Winter: 3.000.000 €
Total: 8.000.000 €
Net Expenditure
Summer: 1.800.000 €
Winter: 3.000.000 €
Total: 4.800.000 €
Pre-season friendlies
Competitions
Overall
Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League 1
| Greek Cup
| UECL
! Total
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Super League 1 !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Regular Season
| Play-off Round
! Total
Managers' Overview
Germán Burgos {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League 1
| Greek Cup
| UECL
! Total
Apostolos Terzis {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League 1
| Greek Cup
| UECL
! Total
Alan Pardew {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League 1
| Greek Cup
| UECL
! Total
Super League 1
Regular season
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Play-off Round
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Greek Football Cup
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Squad statistics
Appearances
#PositionNat.PlayerSL 1GCUECLTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts2DF / Salem M'Bakata2318302228203DFNicolas Nkoulou1711000017114DFFabiano Leismann3230444440385MFLukas Rupp830000836MF / Bryan Dabo2716224333217FWLazaros Christodoulopoulos13300001338MF / Cheick Doukouré1611414424169FW / Andre Gray32203244392610FW / Mateo García33274321393111FW / Juan Iturbe33174243412213MF / Peter Etebo25233300282614DF Jakub Brabec23234444313116MFVladimír Darida21212200232317FWLuis Palma29203143362418DF / Bradley Mazikou28214231352419MFManu García17122220211421FWChristos Chatziioannou2000305022DF / Moses Odubajo25203332312523GKJulián Cuesta31313344383825DFChristos Marmaridis0010001027FWGervinho115000011543DF / Marvin Peersman29243343363047FW / Aboubakar Kamara14102100161164FW / Rafael Camacho255324232988MFRafail Sgouros5100005199GK Marios Siampanis55110066Players who left the club during this seasonMF / Pape Cheikh Diop1030041144FWEdwin Rodríguez10110021FW / Daniel Mancini171622432321Total364444
Goals
RankingPositionNat.PlayerSL 1GCUECLTotal 1 FW Luis Palma 111113 FW / Andre Gray 80513 3 FW / Juan Iturbe 4116 4 MF Vladimír Darida 5005 5 MF Manu García 4004 FW / Aboubakar Kamara 4004 FW / Daniel Mancini 3104 8 DF Fabiano Leismann 3003 FW / Mateo García 3003 FW / Rafael Camacho 2013 11 DF / Moses Odubajo 2002 12 DF / Salem M'Bakata 1001 FW Gervinho 1001 DF Jakub Brabec 1001 DF Nicolas Nkoulou 1001 MF / Bryan Dabo 1001 MF Lukas Rupp 1001 MF / Cheick Doukouré 0011Total553967
Clean Sheets
#Nat.PlayerSL 1GCUECLTotal 23 Julián Cuesta 9 1 0 10Total91010
Players' awards
Best Goal (Super League 1)
Matchday Nat. Player Ref Regular Season 1st / Andre Gray 5th / Daniel Mancini 12th Luis Palma 14th Luis Palma 17th Manu García
Player of the Month (Super League 1)
Month Nat. Player Ref November Luis Palma
References
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