The 2024–25 season was the 111th season in the existence of Aris Thessaloniki F.C. and the club's 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football since their return there. In addition to the Super League 1, Aris participated in the season's editions of the Greek Cup.
Season Review
Apostolos Mantzios remained as manager from the previous season. However, he was sacked on December 8th. Four days later, his replacement, Marinos Ouzounidis, was hired.
In the Super League 1, Aris started with back-to-back away matches, resulting in one draw and one win. After a defeat from OFI in Crete, Aris beat Olympiacos at home and PAOK at the Toumba Stadium. With 4 wins in a row, Aris reached the top of the league after eight games. A draw in Athens with Panathinaikos on matchday 9 and a home win against Levadiakos meant that Aris was staying atop the table until 3 November. Three consecutive defeats in November resulted in Aris dropping to 5th place.
After the end of the regular season and the 5th place, Aris participated in the European play-offs. The teams that entered this round, did it with half of points they won during the regular season. With 4 wins in 6 games, Aris finished in 5th place of the European play-off.
In the Greek Cup, Aris entered in Fourth Round due to the 5th place finish in the previous season's Super League. Aris beat Ethnikos Piraeus 1-0, but was eliminated by AEK Athens in the Round of 16 with a 2-1 aggregate loss.
First-team squad
# Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 20 Filip Sidklev GK Brommapojkarna 23 Julián Cuesta (captain) GK Wisła Kraków 31 Konstantinos Kyriazis GK Club's AcademyDefenders 3 Fabiano Leismann CB / RB Denizlispor 4 Fran Vélez CB / DM Al Fateh 14 Jakub Brabec (vice-captain) CB Viktoria Plzeň 17 Martin Frýdek LB / LM / CM Luzern 18 Valentino Fattore / RB / CB Sevilla Atlético 22 Hugo Mallo RB Internacional 24 Marko Kerkez / LB / CB / LM Partizan 27 Juankar LB / LM / LW Panathinaikos 33 Martín Montoya RB / LB Real Betis 37 Hamza Mendyl / LB / LM OH Leuven 92 Lindsay Rose / CB / RB Legia WarsawMidfielders 5 José Cifuentes CM / DM / AM Rangers 8 Monchu Rodríguez CM / DM Real Valladolid 16 Vladimír Darida CM / AM / DM Hertha BSC 21 Rubén Pardo CM / AM / DM Leganés 25 Mamadou Gning AM / CM / LW Espoirs de Guédiawaye 30 Jean Jules DM / CM Górnik ZabrzeForwards 7 Pione Sisto / LW / RW / AM Alanyaspor 9 Álvaro Zamora LW / RW / ST Saprissa 10 Giannis Fetfatzidis LW / RW / AM APOEL 11 Kike Saverio / LW / RW Deportivo de La Coruña 19 Robin Quaison / ST / SS / LW Free Agent 28 Dudu Rodrigues RW Cherno More 41 Theodoros Agorastos ST Club's Academy 70 Dario Špikić LW / RW / SS Dinamo Zagreb 77 Michalis Panagidis LW / RW / AM Club's Academy 80 Loren Morón ST Real Betis 99 Clayton Diandy / LW / RW / ST Espoirs de Guédiawaye
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. July 2024 FW 93 Shapi Suleymanov Krasnodar 1.000.000 € July 2024 FW 7 / Pione Sisto Alanyaspor Free July 2024 FW 99 / Clayton Diandy Espoirs de Guédiawaye Free July 2024 DF 22 Hugo Mallo Internacional Free August 2024 MF 8 Monchu Rodríguez Real Valladolid 3.600.000 € August 2024 FW - Georgios Pamlidis PAS Giannina Free August 2024 GK 20 Filip Sidklev Brommapojkarna 600.000 € August 2024 DF 17 Martin Frýdek Luzern Free September 2024 DF 27 Juankar Panathinaikos Free September 2024 FW 19 / Robin Quaison Free Agent Free January 2025 DF 37 / Hamza Mendyl OH Leuven Free January 2025 MF 25 Mamadou Gning Espoirs de Guédiawaye 2.000.000 € January 2025 FW 28 Dudu Rodrigues Cherno More 1.500.000 €
Transfers out
Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. June 2024 GK 94 Lefteris Choutesiotis Free Agent Released June 2024 GK - Maksym Koval Free Agent Released June 2024 DF 13 Rónald Matarrita Free Agent Released June 2024 MF 8 / Cheick Doukouré Free Agent Released June 2024 MF 10 Lukas Rupp Free Agent Released June 2024 FW 7 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Free Agent Released June 2024 FW 17 Karim Ansarifard Free Agent Released July 2024 MF 28 Birger Verstraete OH Leuven 200.000 € July 2024 DF 22 / Moses Odubajo AEK Athens 1.000.000 € July 2024 MF 20 Neven Đurasek Free Agent Released July 2024 DF 5 Georgios DelizisisRetired August 2024 DF 3 / Franco Ferrari Free Agent Released February 2025 MF 6 Manu García Sporting Kansas City 3.600.000 € February 2025 FW 93 Shapi Suleymanov Sporting Kansas City 2.400.000 €
Loans in
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. August 2024 June 2025 MF 5 José Cifuentes Rangers None January 2025 June 2025 DF 24 / Marko Kerkez Partizan None January 2025 June 2025 FW 70 Dario Špikić Dinamo Zagreb None
Loans out
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. August 2024 June 2025 FW - Georgios Pamlidis Kalamata None September 2024 June 2025 MF 24 Domagoj Pavičić FK Sarajevo None
Competitions
Overall
Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Super League 1
| Greek Cup
! Total
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Super League 1 !colspan=8|Record |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Regular Season
| Europe play-offs
! Total
Super League Greece
Regular season
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Europe Play-offs
The teams ranked 5 through 8 from the regular season participated in the Europe play-offs to determine the last available spot for 2025–26 UEFA Conference League, which was awarded to the 5th placed team, as the cup winner was Olympiacos. The teams played each other twice (6 matches per team) and entered the round with half the points they earned during the regular season.
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Greek Cup
Aris Thessaloniki finished in 5th place in the Super League 1 the previous season, which meant that the team entered in the Fourth Round. The draw was held on 17 September 2024 and the games were single-legged.
Fourth round
Round of 16 The Round of 16 draw took place on 2 October 2024 and Aris Thessaloniki were drawn against AEK Athens.
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs. The away goals rule was not applied.
Squad statistics
Goals
RankingPos.Nat.PlayerSL 1GCTotal 1 FW Loren Morón 18119 2 FW Manu García 404 3 DF Jakub Brabec 303 4 MF Monchu Rodríguez 202 FW / Kike Saverio 202 FW Álvaro Zamora 202 7 MF José Cifuentes 101 FW Shapi Suleymanov 101 DF Hugo Mallo 101 DF / Hamza Mendyl 101 MF Vladimír Darida 011 Own Goals 202Total36238
Clean Sheets
#Nat.PlayerSL 1GCTotal 23 Julián Cuesta 13 1 14Total13114
Players' awards
Best Goal (Super League 1)
Matchday Nat. Player Ref Regular Season 2nd José Cifuentes 5th Manu García 6th Manu García 9th Loren Morón
Player of the Month (Super League 1)
Month Nat. Player Ref September Manu García October Loren Morón February Loren Morón
References