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| Aris Volley Club |
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| Full name |
Aris Thessaloniki Volley Club |
| Founded |
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| Ground |
Alexandreio Melathron |
| Capacity |
5,021 |
| Chairman |
 Nikolaos Papadopoulos |
| Head Coach |
Georgios Persianlis |
| League |
A1 |
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Aris VC is a volleyball club from Thessaloniki, Greece. It consists the volleyball department of Aris Thessaloniki Sport Club. ARIS VC participates in the A1 Men and it is one of the most historical teams of the whole ARIS club and of the most stable values of the greek volleyball, inside and outside its borders.
[edit] History
ARIS VC is one of the most historical volley clubs in Greece, with long presence into the greek and european athletic events throughout all these years! The volleyball is for sure one of the sports that have made proud all ARIS fans. It is the team that has 'broken' Panathinaikos' and Olympiacos' domination of the sport and conquered the title in 1997! No other team beside those two (mentioned before) had done before ARIS' passionate and dominant performance in 1997! ARIS' roster, that period, was for sure, the strongest and most talented of all times, as it included top scorers Ganev, Konstantinov and some of the most capable greek players then available: Alexandropoulos, Papakosmas, Melkas, Mitroudis, Chatziantoniou etc.. Of course, ARIS has to demonstrate a very decent and respectful presence in the greek cup, too. ARIS has been 6 times runner-up of the competition and, for sure, if it hasn't been for Olympiacos as his rival (5 times) and Iraklis (once), both champions each year, ARIS would have conquered several.
ARIS also conquered the Super Cup of 1997 and in the following season it participated in the Champions' Cup, with a remarkable presence and especially an unforgettable road win against European champion Modena, 3-0!!
[edit] Volleyball squad 2006-2007
| Number |
Player |
Position |
Height (m) |
| 1 |
Babis Tziggidis |
SP |
1.91 |
| 4 |
 Nenad Simeunovic |
SP |
2.02 |
| 5 |
Thanasis Terzis |
ST |
1.93 |
| 6 |
 Jorje Gonzalez |
SP |
1.98 |
| 7 |
Dimitris Niotas |
SP |
1.92 |
| 9 |
Stratos Gzountelis |
LI |
1.88 |
| 10 |
Aris Morfinos |
SE |
1.90 |
| 11 |
Giannis Takouridis |
RE |
1.98 |
| 12 |
Dimitris Apostolou |
SP |
1.93 |
| 13 |
Giannis Nanga |
SP |
1.94 |
| 17 |
Vasilis Mitroudis |
RE |
1.98 |
| 18 |
Stelios Nikiforidis |
SP |
1.88 |
| Coach |
Giorgos Pesianlis |
Co |
| Assistant Coach |
Sakis Toloudis |
As |
[edit] Palmares
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