Aris Thessaloniki F.C.

Aris Thessaloniki

Full name	Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης Θεσσαλονίκης (Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki)
Founded	25 March 1914 (1914-03-25)
Ground	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Thessaloniki, Greece
Ground Capacity	22,800
Owner	Theodoros Karipidis
Chairman	Theodoros Karipidis
Manager	Nikos Anastopoulos
League	Football League 2
2014–15	Football League 2, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Active departments of Aris Thessaloniki
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Basketball (Men's)
Basketball (Women's)	Wheelchair basketball	Volleyball (Men's)
Volleyball (Women's)	Handball (Men's)	Handball (Women's)
Water Polo	Swimming	Athletics
Ice hockey	Baseball	Softball
Cycling	Chess	Korfball
Boxing	Judo	Wrestling
Fencing	Weightlifting

Aris F.C., or with its full name AC Aris Thessaloniki (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης Θεσσαλονίκης, Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki) or Aris Thessaloniki FC (in European competitions),^[1] is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, part of the major Greek multi-sports club A.C. Aris Thessaloniki. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation. The colours of the club are yellow of glory, dominant colour in the culture of Macedonia, such as reminiscent of the Byzantine heritage of Thessaloniki, and black. It is named after Ares, the ancient Olympian "God of War", associated also with courage and masculinity, whose image is portrayed on the club's logo as depicted in the Ludovisi Ares sculpture.

Nicknamed God of War, Aris were one of the most popular and strongest team in Greece during the Interwar period. They have been champions of Greece three times (1927–28, 1931–32, 1945–46), they have won the Greek Cup once (1970), and they have remained undefeated at home in European competitions since 1968 for 26 home matches ^[2] The team's home ground is the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium.

History

Foundation and golden years: 1920–50

The club was established by a group of 22 young friends in a coffee bar in Votsi area on 25 March 1914 and given the name Aris from the god of war. Its nickname was inspired by the two Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, when Greece fought against the Ottoman Empire before engaging in a war with Bulgaria. In Greek mythology, Aris was a deity who was in conflict with Hercules, the mythological character after which Aris's rival football team, Iraklis, was named. Aris holds a fierce rivalry with PAOK and Olympiacos. In the beginning the club was based on a ground near the Arch and Tomb of Galerius but after the accession of two minor football clubs in 1919 and 1921 the club's base was moved near to Flemming Street. The first stadium was built on the site where Mars Field Park currently lies on Stratou Avenue. Quickly the club became very popular and soon new teams apart from football were established.

During this early stage of football in Greece no professional league was established. Instead, three minor leagues (in Macedonia (E.P.S.M.), Athens (E.P.S.A.) and Piraeus (E.P.S.P.)) were created, with the champions of each league competing in a postseason mini tournament to claim the title of the national champion. The first official game was held in 1923 against Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki (Alexander the Great), another Thessalonician team. That year marked the first title, when Aris was named regional champion of Macedonia, something that was repeated next year.

The first big success for Aris came the between 1927 to 1928 when he won the first Greek Championship, beating finalists Atromitos Athens and Ethnikos Piraeus exploiting the abstention from the championship teams of RECs. In the first race on May 24, the team of Thessaloniki prevailed 3–1 Atromitos Athens, while three days after losing to National 3–2. In iterative matches played in June in Thessaloniki, Aris won both of his opponents by 3–1 and thus crowned the first champion of Greece. Coach of the team was the German Thomas Kessler, and prominent players of Mars was, among others, Costas Vikelidis, Savvas Vogiatzis that emerged and top scorer with six goals, Nikos Agelakis, scorer of the finals with four goals and Dionysis Caltech.

The following year, it was held the final stage of national championships although Aris won the championship title in Thessaloniki, playing two matches barrage against PAOK. The first took place on May 12, 1929 and ended 1–1, while the second was held on June 2 with Aris to beats 4–3, having Nick Angelaki scoring a hat-trick. [9]

On April 20, 1929, the first friendly match took place between Aris and Panathinaikos, the "yellows" to defeat 5–4. The second championship came four years later in 1932,^[3] only this time his opponents were Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, AEK, Ethnikos, PAOK and Iraklis. Aris managed to collect 22 points in this mini tournament, four more than the second, Panathinaikos, scoring large wins like 7–0 against Panathinaikos, 7–3 against Iraklis and 3–0 versus AEK and Olympiakos in Athens, also new star players emerged, Kitsios, Aggelakis, Mpogdanos, Gigopoulos, while Belgian manager De Valer guided effectively the club.

Four years after winning the first Panhellenic title, the "yellows" won the championship. Aris became champion amassing a total of 22 points, four more than second Panathinaikos and scoring big wins like 7–0 against Panathinaikos with four goals Maywood, [10] 6–1 on Apollo Athens with six goals in the Angelaki first home appearance with the first group of Kleanthis Vikelidis, [11] 7–3 at Hercules with four goals Kitsos and away 0–3 over Olympiakos, PAOK and AEK. Leading scorer of the league emerged Nikos Kitsos with 15 goals and Nikos Agelakis to 14. [12]

Big stars of that team were Kitsos, Agelakis, Caltech, and Vogdanou Gkikopoulos while coach De Valera. [13]

That same year, the EPO instituted for the first time the Greek Cup, Mars crashing Panathinaikos 7–2 in the quarterfinal. [14] This was followed by victory over Apollo Athens, to reach the final where they lost 5–3 from AEK Athens, losing the chance to win the first doubles. [15]

Aris won their third title in 1946, playing against two teams, AEK from Athens and Olympiakos from Piraeus, champions of the other two minor domestic leagues. Aris beat Olympiakos twice, scoring two goals and conceding none; came to a draw with AEK in Athens and defeated them in PAOK's stadium in Thessaloniki (score 4–1). Aris has not won a championship since the establishment of the First Division (1959).

Up to 1959, when the united First Division was created, Aris managed to finish first 14 times in the Macedonian division.

Modern times 1950–81

Aris' status remained high during this period, which was marked by the construction of the club's homeground, the Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium, named after the legendary homonymous player. Before World War II, Aris' homeground was located in the center of the city, near the International Trade Fair, but was abandoned by the state in 1936 in order for the Paedion tou Areos park (Mars Field) to be built. The club managed to buy some land during 1951 in a quarter of the city named Harilaou, where the new Stadium was slowly built. Also in 1959, the tripartite minor league system was abandoned and a new, unified Championship was created.

The club's accomplishments during these years were significant. It was one of the first teams in Greece to qualify for European tournaments. Under the leadership of Alexandros Alexiades, Giorgos Pantziaras and Takis Loukanidis, Aris earned high placings in the League during the '60 and '70, with apex the 1970 Hellenic Cup Title against the club's fierce rival, PAOK, in Kaftanzoglio Stadium.

In the 1970s, Aris was reorganized and a vast number of young players from Thessaloniki, including Kouis, Foiros, Drambis, Zindros and Papafloratos led the club. Its most important achievements during that period included a successful 1980 UEFA campaign when Aris eliminated Benfica and Perugia. Aris was also the first Greek club to score a victory both in Italy and Portugal. At home, the team shared first place with Olympiakos at the end of the 1980 campaign, though it lost the title 2–0 in a tie-breaker against the Piraeus club in Volos National Stadium.

Stone years 1981–2006

After the mid '80 and the retirement of the club's honored old guard, Aris entered in a slow decline, rarely reaching European league qualification or notable Greek League position, which—in combination with appreciable financial troubles that left the club near bankruptcy—led to the club's relegation to the Second Division in 1997 and 2005. Both times though Aris managed to resume its place in the first division.

Aris Members' Society era 2006–2014

In recent years, specially after the creation of an Aris Members' Society that controls the club's fortunes, Aris has qualified several times for the UEFA Europa League, finished fourth in the Superleague three times, and has reached in the Greek Cup Final four times, losing in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010, when 25,000 Aris fans went to Athens in the biggest ever move of fans in Greece,.^[4][5][6][7] In 2008 and 2010 Aris made it through to the UEFA Europa League group stage after eliminating Real Zaragoza and Austria Wien respectively during the Cup's play-off rounds. During the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League they managed to play for the first time in club's history in Europe after Christmas, after a very good appearance in the group stage where they won 1–0^[8] at home and 2–3^[9] away and eliminated the title holders Atlético Madrid. Recent developments include the interest from the club's board to construct a new, modern stadium in eastern Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area to replace the obsolete Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium and the modernization and expansion of the club's training facilities in Neo Rysio, Thessaloniki. Also, in a unique move for Greek standards, the board decided in December 2009 to establish a radio station, Aris FM 92.8^[10] in order to promote the communication between Aris fans around the country and the coverage of the clubs activities. In 2014, due to financial problems Aris was relegated to the third tier of Greek football.

Recent years

After their relegation many were wondering who was going to take care of the team. American business man Alex Kalas emerged the first season with him in charge of the football department while they failed to gain promotion to the Football League. In summer 2015 where the next elections for the role of head of football department Kalas won again and promised to put more money into the club. Kalas also made a number of signings, Honduran legend Carlos Costly, Sierra Leone international John Kamara, Spaniard Guillermo Pérez Moreno, Portuguese footballer Fábio Ruben Moreira Tavares, defender Paschalis Melissas and defender Stavros Petavrakis. Due to Aris failing to get into the second division Kalas was sacked despite only being there for a month. Aris would have to play another year in Gamma Ethniki On the stay of the team for another year in Gamma Ethniki category of the first speech from where finished the last championship 2014-15 will continue Aris having appealed and disposed of the Commission of Appeal EPO to fight in the barrage matches Gamma Ethniki between second place's teams in the rankings, which refused twice both Appeals committees EPO and went to the Administrative Court third degree for justice but also there refused and Aris finally will continue in 2015–16 Gamma Ethniki Category for the second consecutive year.

Although Aris election pointed Arvanitidis as leader of football department, the amateur Aris named a day later, Theodoros Karipidis as the head of football department. He signed many players in a few days including former Greek footballer of the year Andreas Tatos,former Real Madrid C.F. defender Raul Bravo club legend Sergio Koke, as well as many super league quality players like Kostas Kaznaferis,Vasilios Rovas,Nikos Tsoumanis,Giannis Siderakis as well as many others. Theodoros Karipidis appointed Nikos Anastopoulos as the manager.

Supporters

Aris' fan base is spread across all the economic classes in the city of Thessaloniki and the greater region of Greece.^[11] Their rivalry is against clubs such as arch-rival PAOK, but also against the biggest clubs of Athens Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens.^[12] The most fanatic part of them usually holds the eastern part of the Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium, called Gate 3. Aris' main fan club is Super 3. It exist since 1988 with 60 more Super 3 clubs spread all over Greece and Europe. There are over 12.000 Super 3 members. In the rest of Europe there are also some organized Aris' fan clubs in countries such as Germany and Sweden. According to some polls Aris is the 5th most popular team in Greece with around 1,1 million fans

Against Panathinaikos during the 2010 Greek Cup final 29,000 Aris fans descended to Athens to what has been described as the biggest football fans move in Greece.^[13][14]

Aris fans are loosely connected with the supporters of AS Saint-Étienne (Green Angels 92), Boca Juniors,^[15] such as Borussia Dortmund (also due to the same colours).^[16] During the 2013/2014 season, a large number of the Aris Fanbase and a large number of the Watford FC fanbase called The 1881 have forged a strong friendship and are actively going to games with each other in both Watford and Aris.

Aris Members' Society

In January 2006, the club's board decided to create an organisation called "Aris Friends' Club" to give supporters the opportunity to participate in the club's management by buying no par value shares. According to the plan, each member will have the right to vote in the board elections for president, as well as to run as a candidate. In order to be involved in the elections, fans must also financially support the club.

The system was fully activated in May 2009, when the president, Thanasis Athanasiadis, was elected after prevailing against Lambros Skordas, obtaining 75.5% of the votes,^[17] while it has gained large support from the club's supporters, counting over 9.335 members, in 2011.^[18] Athanasiadis was reelected in May 2011, obtaining 73.9% of the votes^[19] In February 2012, the organisation was officially renamed "Aris Members' Society".^[20] In June 2012, after the resignation of former chairman, a new board of directors under Antonis Zampetas took over in order to face the serious financial problems.,^[21][22]

Crest and colours

Crest evolution

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  Older

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  Current (english version)

A company of young Thessalonians inspired the name of the club by Ares, the ancient Olympian "God of War", after the successful military operations of the Kingdom of Greece during the Balkan Wars, and the liberation of Thessaloniki in 1912 from the Ottoman empire. The emblem of the team is a resting Ares (Greek: Άρης), as depicted in the Ludovisi Ares sculpture. This emblem was chosen in the late 70's to replace an older and simpler logo which was used since 1914. Also, during the '00s, a scheme of meander was added to the crest.

The colors of the team are yellow or gold of glory, dominant colour in the culture of Macedonia, such as reminiscent of the Byzantine heritage of Thessaloniki, and black. During the 00's, the club introduced also a shade of light green-yellow or lime.

Kit evolution

First

1917–23

1927–28

1928–29

1937–38[23]

1956–57

1982–83[24]

2003–04 [25] [26]

2004–05 A [27]

2004–05 B

2006–07

2007–08[28]

2007–08[29]

2008–09 [30]

2009–10 [31]

2010–11 [32]

2014 [33]

Alternative

1927–28[34]

1982–83

2006–08

2007–08

2008–10

2010–11[35]

2015

2015–16[36]

Shirt and sponsors history

The following table shows in detail Aris kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1980–1989	Adidas	—
1989–1990	ASICS
1990–1991		Coplam
1991–1992	Diadora	Coplam
1992–1993		SPANOS
1993–1994		Bronx Shoes
1994–1995		Ioniki Zois
1995–1996	Kappa	Propo
1996–1997	Umbro	—
1997–1998	Puma	Puma
1998–1999		Megacard
1999–2002		Interamerican
2002–2003	Adidas	MORITZ
2003–2004	Le Coq Sportif	DEPA
2004–2005	Adidas	Enimex
2005–2006		OPAP
2006–2007		Lampsi
2007–2008		EKO
2008–2010	Reebok
2010–2014	Under Armour	KINO	Tzoker	2014	Macron	Swedish Systems Security
2014–2015	Stabomania
2015–	Nike	Stoiximan.gr

Facilities

Stadium

The stadium of Aris Thessaloniki is named Kleanthis Vikelides after the club's legendary player. It is located at 69 Alkminis, Charilaou; 54249 Thessaloniki, and was built in 1951. In 1972, it got a new roof, in 1975 a new north stand, and in 2004, it was fully renovated. Its current total capacity is 22,800 spectators.

Training facilities

Since the late '70, Aris FC has created its own training grounds in Neo Rysio just outside Thessaloniki near the International Airport covering three hectares and including football fields, hosting area with gym, pool and sauna, press room, offices, restaurant and locker rooms.^[37] The facilities were rebuilt in September 2010 after a demand placed by manager Héctor Cúper.^[38]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Giannis Siderakis 55 DF Nikolaos Georgiadis 34 DF Nikos Tsoumanis 4 MF Vasilios Rovas 40 DF Christos Intzidis 6 DF Dimitris Samaras 7 FW Mauro Poy 10 MF Andreas Tatos 9 FW Antonis Kapnidis 83 FW Sergio Koke 23 MF Markos Dounis 17 DF Konstantinos Kaznaferis 14 MF Charalampos Pavlidis

No. Position Player 15 DF Kyriakos Mazoulouxis 16 MF Stefanos Dogos 18 MF Paschalis Voutsias 22 FW Gaël N’Lundulu 19 FW Leonidas Kyvelidis 5 DF Paschalis Melissas 14 MF Alexandros Kalogeris 25 DF Kostas Samaropoulos 27 FW Vasilis Konstantinidis 30 GK Petros Baimakis 71 GK Xavier Ginard 99 GK Chrisostomos Iakovidis

Aris U20 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Dimitris Petrakis GK Dimitris Grigoriadis DF Anastasios Chouzouris DF Giorgos Mpimpisidis DF Tsampikos Statis DF Christos Chatzinikolaou DF Ioannis Mpampis DF Alexandros Vosdou MF Andreas Zacharoudiakis MF Stratos Fouskas

No. Position Player MF Asteris Moutzikos MF Arenci Rota MF Hartiol Topci MF Efthimios Papakostas MF Giorgos Polyzoidis FW Konstantinos Mpalios FW Marios Katsamagkas FW Panagiotis Chomplios FW Dimitris Chatzivlasiou FW Ioannis Papafloratos

Honours and achievements

Domestic

• Super League Greece
  • Champions (3): 1927–28, 1931–32, 1945–46
  • Runners-up (3): 1929–30, 1932–33, 1979–80
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (1): 1969–70
  • Finalists (8): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1939–40, 1949–50, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10

International sub-regional

• Greater Greece Cup
  • Winners (1): 1971

Regional

• EPSM Championship (local level until 1959)
  • Winners (12) (record): 1923–24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1958–59

Youth

• Greek U–20 Championship
  • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2010–11
• Greek U–17 Championship
  • Winners (1): 2011–12

Aris F.C. in Europe

Aris boasts a remarkable statistic in European football; the club has not lost a home game in European competitions in 42 years, having gone 26 home games undefeated.^[39]

Year	Competition	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1964	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Roma	0–0	0–3	0–3
1965	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Köln	2–1	0–2	2–3
1966	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Juventus	0–2	0–5	0–7
1968	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Hibernians	1–0	6–0	7–0
1968	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Újpest	1–2	1–9	2–11
1969	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Cagliari	1–1	0–3	1–4
1970	Cup Winners' Cup	Chelsea	1–1	1–5	2–6
1974	UEFA Cup	Rapid Wien	1–0	1–3	2–3
1979	UEFA Cup	Benfica	3–1	1–2	4–3
1979	UEFA Cup	Perugia	1–1	3–0	4–1
1979	UEFA Cup	Saint-Étienne	3–3	1–4	4–7
1980	UEFA Cup	Ipswich Town	3–1	1–5	4–6
1981	UEFA Cup	Sliema	4–0	4–2	8–2
1981	UEFA Cup	Lokeren	1–1	0–4	1–5
1994	UEFA Cup	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–1	2–1	5–2
1994	UEFA Cup	Katowice	1–0	0–1	1–1
1999	UEFA Cup	Servette	1–1	2–1	3–2
1999	UEFA Cup	Celta Vigo	2–2	0–2	2–4
2003	UEFA Cup	Zimbru	2–1	1–1	3–2
2003	UEFA Cup	Perugia	1–1	0–2	1–3
2005	UEFA Cup	Roma	0–0	1–5	1–5
2007	UEFA Cup	Zaragoza	1–0	1–2	2–2
2007	UEFA Cup	Red Star Belgrade	3–0	Single Match	3–0
2007	UEFA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	Single Match	1–1	1–1
2007	UEFA Cup	Braga	1–1	Single Match	1–1
2007	UEFA Cup	Bayern Munich	Single Match	0–6	0–6
2009	UEFA Cup	Slaven Belupo	1–0	0–2	1–2
2010	UEFA Europa League	Jagiellonia Bialystok	2–2	2–1	4–3
2010	UEFA Europa League	Austria Wien	1–0	1–1	2–1
2010	UEFA Europa League	Atlético Madrid	1–0	3–2	4–2
2010	UEFA Europa League	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	0–1	0–1
2010	UEFA Europa League	Rosenborg	2–0	1–2	3–2
2011	UEFA Europa League	Manchester City	0–0	0–3	0–3

Notable wins

Season	Match	Score
Europa League / UEFA Cup
1978–79	Aris – S.L. Benfica	3 – 1
1978–79	Perugia – Aris	0 – 3
1979–80	Aris – Ipswich	3 – 1
2006–07	Aris – Real Zaragoza	1 – 0
2006–07	Aris – Red Star Belgrade	3 – 0
2010–11	Aris – Atlético Madrid	[a]1 – 0 [a]
2010–11	Atlético Madrid – Aris	[a]2 – 3 [a]
2010–11	Aris – Rosenborg BK	2 – 0

Notes

Team statistics

Competition	App	Pld	W	D	L
UEFA Europa League / Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	16	60	25	18	29
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1	2	0	1	1
Total	17	62	25	19	30

Last updated: 2011

Managerial history

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  Wilf McGuinness

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  Dettmar Cramer

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  Alketas Panagoulias

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  Héctor Cúper

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  Nikos Anastopoulos

Name	Nationality	Year	Name	Nationality	Year	Name	Nationality	Year	Name	Nationality	Year
Grigoris Vlachopoulos		1914–22	Alketas Panagoulias		1975	Henri Michel		2001	Siniša Dobrašinović		2015
Kostas Vikelidis		1922–27	Dobromir Zhechev		1975–76	Richard Tardy		2001–02	Dimitris Kalaitzidis		2015
Thomas Kössler		1927–29	Alketas Panagoulias		1976–77	Giannis Tzifopoulos		2001	Nikos Anastopoulos		2015–
De Valer		1929–32	Panagiotis Patsidis		1977	Bernd Krauss		2002
Kostas Vikelidis		1932	Carl-Heinz Rühl		1977	Giorgos Foiros		2002–03
Gyula Antal		1932–34	Panagiotis Patsidis		1977–78	Giannis Michalitsos		2003
Kostas Vikelidis		1934–40	Milovan Ćirić		1978	Giorgos Pantziaras		2003
World War II			Apostol Čačevski		1978–79	Ole Skouboe		2003
Dionysis Kaltekis		1945–49	José Sasía		1979–80	Makis Katsavakis		2003–04
Iakovos Yakumis		1949–50	Frank Blunstone		1980	Giorgos Chatzaras		2004–05
Nikolaos Aggelakis		1950–53	Michal Vičan		1980–81	Martti Kuusela		2005
Kleanthis Vikelidis		1953–55	Giannis Nalbantis		1981	Nikos Anastopoulos		2005–06
Kiril Simonovski		1955	Dettmar Cramer		1981–82	Guillermo Ángel Hoyos		2006–07
Ernst Netuka		1955	Antonis Georgiadis		1982–84	Nikos Passialis		2006
Aleksandar Petrović		1955–56	Kostas Chatzikostas		1984	Quique Hernández		2006–07
Mladen Kašanin		1956	Thijs Libregts		1984–86	Juan Oliva		2007
Ivan Stevović		1956–57	Giannis Venos		1986	Dušan Bajević		2007–08
Kleanthis Vikelidis		1957	Gojko Zec		1986–87	Quique Hernández		2008–09
Ivan Stevović		1957–58	Klimis Gounaris		1987	Mazinho		2009
Dionysis Kaltekis		1958	Gerd Prokop		1987–88	Dimitris Bugiuklis		2009
Carl Panagl		1958	Alketas Panagoulias		1988–90	Héctor Cúper		2009–11
Kleanthis Vikelidis		1958–59	Kostas Tsilios		1990	Giannis Michalitsos		2011
Svetislav Glišović		1959–61	Jacek Gmoch		1990–91	Sakis Tsiolis		2011
Kleanthis Vikelidis		1961	Kostas Tsilios		1991	Michał Probierz		2011–12
Kostas Velliadis		1961	Ivan Vutsov		1991–92	Giorgos Semertzidis Giannis Michalitsos		2012
Ljubiša Spajić		1961–62	Giorgos Foiros		1992–96
Vasilis Grigoriadis		1962	Giannis Tzifopoulos		1996	Manuel Machado		2012
Ettore Trevisan		1962	Jozef Jarabinský		1996	Makis Katsavakis		2012
Bela Palfi		1962–66	Stavros Diamantopoulos		1996–97	Nikos Passialis Dimitris Bugiuklis		2012
Svetislav Glišović		1966–67	Giorgos Semertzidis Giorgos Pantziaras		1997
Severiano Correia		1967–69				Lucas Alcaraz		2012–13
Nikolaos Aggelakis		1969	Juan Ramón Rocha		1997	Giannis Michalitsos		2013
Milovan Ćirić		1969–70	Giorgos Foiros		1997–98	Soulis Papadopoulos		2013
Michalis Baltatzis		1970	Georgios Paraschos		1998	Giannis Chatzinikolaou		2013
Milovan Ćirić		1970–71	Alketas Panagoulias		1998–99	Zoran Milinković		2013
Michalis Baltatzis		1971	Ilija Petković		1999–00	Soulis Papadopoulos		2013–14
Les Allen		1971	Giorgos Semertzidis Giannis Michalitsos		2000	Giorgos Foiros		2014
Wilf McGuinness		1971–73				Dimitris Kalaitzidis		2014
Branko Stanković		1973–75	Babis Tennes		2000–01	Paulo Campos		2014–15
Sources:[40][41][42][43][44][45][46]

Statistics

League top scorers

Player	Goals
Dinos Kouis	141
Alexandros Alexiades	127
Kostas Papaioannou	65
Konstantinos Drampis	48
Sergio Koke	30

Most league appearances

Player	Matches
Dinos Kouis	473
Theodoros Pallas	368
Giannis Nalbantis	303
Giorgos Foiros	303
Giannis Venos	303

Superleague top scorers

Rank.	Nationality	Player	Times	Seasons
1		Nikos Kitsos	3	1931, 1932, 1934
2		Dinos Kouis	1	1981
3		Nikolaos Aggelakis	1	1928
4		Kleanthis Vikelidis	1	1946
5		Vasilis Grigoriadis	1	1949

Personnel

Position	Name
Owner	Theodoros Karipidis
President	Theodoros Karipidis
Chief Executive	Tilemachos Kleopas
Chief Executive	Antonis Senemis
Director of Football
Technical Director
Member	Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
AC Representative	Spyros Christoforidis

Technical and medical staff

Position	Name
Coach	Nikos Anastopoulos
Assistant Coach	Andreas Skentzos
Assistant Coach	Giannis Michalitsos
Goalkeepers Coach	Antonis Lykouris
Team Manager	Grigoris Kakalis
Exercise Physiology	Thanasis Mourtziapis
Youth Team General Manager	Dimitris Karamanlis
Head doctor	Vangelis Pantazis
Fitness trainer	Giannis Gioris
Physio	Marios Kourousekos
Physio	Epameinondas Boutselas
Nutritionist	Tasos Vamvakis
Chief Scout	Leonidas Vosdou

Aris Presidents

Years	Name
1979–80	Menelaos Chatzigeorgiou
1980–82	Christos Kallen
1982–84/1992–93/1997–00	Vangelis Ioannides
1984–85	Kyriakos Maravellias
1985–90	Dimos Dasigenis
1991–92	Dimitris Iliades
1993–94/2000–02	Nikos Tsarouchas
1994–97	Lambros Grantas
2000–01	Panagiotis Spyrou
2001–02	Giannis Zachoudanis
2002–03	Alketas Panagoulias
2003–04	Sotiris Karaberis
2004–05	Nikitas Matthaiou
2005–09	Lambros Skordas
2009–12	Thanasis Athanasiadis
2012–13	Giannis Psifidis
2013	Dimitris Iliadis
2014	Giorgos Galanos
2015	Alex Kallas
2015–	Theodoros Karipidis

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aris FC.

• Aris Thessaloniki
• Aris BC
• Aris Volleyball Club

References

External links

• Official football website (in Greek and English)
• Aris FC uefa.com
• Club-owned Radio Station
• Aris Members' Society website

Press

• All about Aris (Greek)

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