2008–09 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season

The 2008-09 season was the 95th season in Aris Thessaloniki F.C.'s existence. The club finished 6th in the Super League.

Aris Thessaloniki

President	Lambros Skordas
Manager	Quique Hernández (until 20 January 2009) Iomar Mazinho (from 21 January 2009)
Stadium	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Super League	6th
Greek Cup	Fifth round
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Javito Peral Sergio Koke Javier Cámpora (5) All: Javito Peral Sergio Koke (6)
Home colours Away colours
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Aris Thessaloniki was eliminated on penalties in the fifth round of Greek Football Cup by PAOK. On the UEFA Cup, the croatian Slaven Koprivnica eliminated Aris Thessaloniki in the Second qualifying round.

Dušan Bajević removed from manager's position in July.^[1] Quique Hernández came after him.^[2] In January, Quique Hernández replaced by Iomar Mazinho and his assistant Donato Gama^[3]

Aris Thessaloniki hired Giorgos Koltsidas as technical director after his retirement as player.^[4]

First-team squad

#	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
13	Michalis Sifakis		GK	(1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 24)	OFI Crete
31	Dimitrios Karatziovalis		GK	(1975-07-22)22 July 1975 (aged 33)	Apollon Kalamarias
40	Stivi Frashëri		GK	(1990-08-29)29 August 1990 (aged 18)	Club's Academy
Defenders
2	Darcy Dolce Neto		RB / RW	(1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 28)	Santos
3	Efthymis Kouloucheris		CB / DM	(1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 28)	Olympiacos
4	Alejandro Lembo	/	CB	(1978-02-15)15 February 1978 (aged 31)	Danubio
5	Ronaldo Guiaro	/	CB	(1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 35)	Santos
15	Nikos Karabelas		LB / LM	(1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 24)	Paniliakos
21	Valentin Roberge		CB / LB	(1987-06-09)9 June 1987 (aged 21)	Paris Saint-Germain B
26	Sanel Jahić	/	CB / RB / DM	(1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 27)	Željezničar
32	Kristi Vangjeli		CB / RB / LB	(1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 23)	Club's Academy
Midfielders
8	Nacho García (captain)		CM / DM	(1980-12-17)17 December 1980 (aged 28)	Oriente Petrolero
9	Thiago Gentil	/	AM / SS / LW	(1980-04-08)8 April 1980 (aged 29)	Figueirense
11	Diogo Siston		AM	(1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 28)	Santa Clara
24	Víctor Vitolo		CM	(1983-09-09)9 September 1983 (aged 25)	Racing de Santander
29	Sakis Prittas		CM / DM	(1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 30)	Iraklis
30	Roberto Battión		CM / DM	(1982-03-01)1 March 1982 (aged 27)	Argentinos Juniors
Forwards
7	Toni Calvo		RW / LW	(1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 22)	Barcelona B
10	Sergio Koke (vice-captain)		ST / SS	(1983-04-27)27 April 1983 (aged 26)	Olympique de Marseille
12	Mario Regueiro	/	LW / SS / AM	(1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 30)	Valencia
17	Piotr Włodarczyk		ST	(1977-05-04)4 May 1977 (aged 32)	Zagłębie Lubin
18	Javier Cámpora		ST	(1980-01-07)7 January 1980 (aged 29)	Chiapas
19	Thanasis Papazoglou		ST	(1988-03-30)30 March 1988 (aged 21)	Club's Academy
20	Javito Peral		LW / RW	(1983-11-04)4 November 1983 (aged 25)	Barcelona B
33	Stavros Labriakos		ST	(1975-11-30)30 November 1975 (aged 33)	Skoda Xanthi

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
June 2008	MF	30	Roberto Battión	Argentinos Juniors	Free	[5]
June 2008	FW	17	Piotr Włodarczyk	Zagłębie Lubin	Free	[6]
July 2008	DF	4	/ Alejandro Lembo	Danubio	Free	[7]
July 2008	FW	99	/ Alejandro Delorte	Argentinos Juniors	Free
July 2008	FW	12	/ Mario Regueiro	Valencia	100.000 €	[8]
July 2008	GK	13	Michalis Sifakis	OFI Crete	300.000 €	[9]
July 2008	DF	21	Valentin Roberge	Paris Saint-Germain B	Free
January 2009	FW	33	Stavros Labriakos	Skoda Xanthi	Free	[10]
January 2009	FW	18	Javier Cámpora	Chiapas	Free	[11]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
June 2008	DF	23	Giorgos Koltsidas	Retired
July 2008	DF	4	/ Avraam Papadopoulos	Olympiacos	2.500.000 €	[12]
July 2008	GK	1	Kostas Chalkias	PAOK	Released
July 2008	GK	38	Kyriakos Stratilatis	Levadiakos	Released
July 2008	DF	13	Theodoros Papadopoulos	Apollon Kalamarias	Released
July 2008	MF	18	Vladimir Ivić	PAOK	Released
July 2008	FW	17	Giannis Gesios	PAONE	Released
September 2008	FW	30	/ Márcio Amoroso	Free Agent	Released	[13]
October 2008	DF	22	/ Marco Aurélio	Free Agent	Released	[14]
December 2008	FW	99	/ Alejandro Delorte	Free Agent	Released	[15]
January 2009	MF	6	Konstantinos Nebegleras	Atromitos	Released	[16]
January 2009	GK	1	Marián Kelemen	Free Agent	Released	[17]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
September 2008	End of season	MF	24	Víctor Vitolo	Racing de Santander	None	[18]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
January 2009	End of season	FW	14	Felipe Sanchón	Girona	None	[19]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super League	Matchday 1	—	6th	31 August 2008	26 April 2009
Greek Cup	Fourth round	—	Fifth round	12 November 2008	28 January 2009
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	—	Second qualifying round	14 August 2008	28 August 2008

Updated to match played 26 April 2009
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	30	13	8	9	30	31	−1	043.33
Greek Cup	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	033.33
UEFA Cup	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Total	35	15	10	10	33	34	−1	042.86

Updated to match played 26 April 2009
Source: Competitions

Super League

Main article: 2008–09 Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	AEK Athens	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55	Qualification for the Play-offs
5	AEL	30	12	13	5	36	26	+10	49
6	Aris	30	13	8	9	30	31	−1	47
7	Skoda Xanthi	30	9	11	10	25	21	+4	38
8	Panionios	30	10	7	13	40	40	0	37

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[20]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	8	9	30	31	−1	47	8	5	2	19	9	+10	5	3	7	11	22	−11

Last updated: 26 April 2009.
Source: Super League

Matches

Aris Thessaloniki v Levadiakos

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31) 1	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Levadiakos	Thessaloniki
17:00	Javito Peral 66' Piotr Włodarczyk 78'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Ergotelis v Aris Thessaloniki

14 September 2008 (2008-09-14) 2	Ergotelis	3 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Heraklion
17:00	Mario Budimir 24' Patrick Ogunsoto 31', 39'	Report		Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Referee: Ilias Mazarakos

Aris Thessaloniki v Panathinaikos

20 September 2008 (2008-09-20) 3	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 2	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
17:00	Javito Peral 10'	Report	Silva Cleyton 19' Andreas Ivanschitz 26'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Georgios Daloukas

PAOK v Aris Thessaloniki

28 September 2008 (2008-09-28) 4	PAOK	1 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki
19:15	Pablo Contreras 68'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Lazaros Polatian

Aris Thessaloniki v Iraklis

4 October 2008 (2008-10-04) 5	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
17:00	Alejandro Lembo 90'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos

Panionios v Aris Thessaloniki

18 October 2008 (2008-10-18) 6	Panionios	2 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Athens
17:00	Giannis Maniatis 64' Anderson Gonzaga 77'	Report	Javito Peral 2'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Michail Dakos

Aris Thessaloniki v Olympiacos

26 October 2008 (2008-10-26) 7	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
17:00	Javito Peral 18'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

Aris Thessaloniki v AEL

1 November 2008 (2008-11-01) 8	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 0	AEL	Thessaloniki
17:00		Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Michail Dakos

Thrasyvoulos v Aris Thessaloniki

9 November 2008 (2008-11-09) 9	Thrasyvoulos	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Athens
13:00	Stathis Rokas 48'	Report	Sergio Koke 66' (pen.) Mario Regueiro 84'	Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium Referee: Michalis Germanakos

Aris Thessaloniki v Asteras Tripolis

15 November 2008 (2008-11-15) 10	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 1	Asteras Tripolis	Thessaloniki
17:00	Sergio Koke 27'	Report	Lucio Filomeno 13'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Marios Labropoulos

Skoda Xanthi v Aris Thessaloniki

23 November 2008 (2008-11-23) 11	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Xanthi
17:00	Victor Agali 54'	Report	Toni Calvo 22'	Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena Referee: Ilias Spathas

Aris Thessaloniki v Panserraikos

30 November 2008 (2008-11-30) 12	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 0	Panserraikos	Thessaloniki
13:00	Sergio Koke 80' Mario Regueiro 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

OFI Crete v Aris Thessaloniki

6 December 2008 (2008-12-06) 13	OFI Crete	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Heraklion
14:45		Report	Toni Calvo 90+1'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Referee: Marios Labropoulos

Aris Thessaloniki v AEK Athens

14 December 2008 (2008-12-14) 14	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00	Toni Calvo 39'	Report	Edinho 71'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Panthrakikos v Aris Thessaloniki

21 December 2008 (2008-12-21) 15	Panthrakikos	0 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Komotini
13:00		Report		Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Referee: Michail Koukoulakis

Levadiakos v Aris Thessaloniki

4 January 2009 (2009-01-04) 16	Levadiakos	2 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Livadeia
14:45	Leonardo Pereira 58', 72'	Report		Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Referee: Georgios Giannopoulos

Aris Thessaloniki v Ergotelis

11 January 2009 (2009-01-11) 17	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 0	Ergotelis	Thessaloniki
17:00		Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos

Panathinaikos v Aris Thessaloniki

18 January 2009 (2009-01-18) 18	Panathinaikos	4 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Athens
17:00	Giorgos Karagounis 46' (pen.), 56' Ante Rukavina 59' Silva Cleyton 71'	Report		Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: Michail Dakos

Aris Thessaloniki v PAOK

25 January 2009 (2009-01-25) 19	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
17:00		Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos

Iraklis v Aris Thessaloniki

31 January 2009 (2009-01-31) 20	Iraklis	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki
17:00		Report	Roberto Battión 78'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Referee: Petros Konstantineas

Aris Thessaloniki v Panionios

7 February 2009 (2009-02-07) 21	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	Panionios	Thessaloniki
17:00	Sanel Jahić 78'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Olympiacos v Aris Thessaloniki

14 February 2009 (2009-02-14) 22	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Piraeus
17:00	Predrag Đorđević 23' Luciano Galletti 75'	Report	Vasilis Torosidis 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis

AEL v Aris Thessaloniki

22 February 2009 (2009-02-22) 23	AEL	1 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Larissa
14:45	Maciej Żurawski 77'	Report	Sergio Koke 88'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

Aris Thessaloniki v Thrasyvoulos

28 February 2009 (2009-02-28) 24	Aris Thessaloniki	2 – 1	Thrasyvoulos	Thessaloniki
17:00	Javier Cámpora 35' (pen.) Piotr Włodarczyk 90+1'	Report	Sakis Prittas 3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Georgios Giannopoulos

Asteras Tripolis v Aris Thessaloniki

7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) 25	Asteras Tripolis	4 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Tripoli
14:45	Adrián Bastía 14' Marcelão 55' Vangelis Kaounos 78' Horacio Cardozo 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Referee: Ilias Mazarakos

Aris Thessaloniki v Skoda Xanthi

14 March 2009 (2009-03-14) 26	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 1	Skoda Xanthi	Thessaloniki
17:00		Report	Victor Agali 80'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Panserraikos v Aris Thessaloniki

22 March 2009 (2009-03-22) 27	Panserraikos	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Serres
18:00	Giorgos Georgiadis 3'	Report	Javier Cámpora 60' Mario Regueiro 78'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Aris Thessaloniki v OFI Crete

5 April 2009 (2009-04-05) 28	Aris Thessaloniki	4 – 1	OFI Crete	Thessaloniki
17:00	Javito Peral 11' Frantz Bertin 57' (o.g.) Javier Cámpora 65' Sanel Jahić 68'	Report	Stelios Sfakianakis 24'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

AEK Athens v Aris Thessaloniki

12 April 2009 (2009-04-12) 29	AEK Athens	0 – 1	Aris Thessaloniki	Athens
17:00		Report	Sergio Koke 23'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Aris Thessaloniki v Panthrakikos

26 April 2009 (2009-04-26) 30	Aris Thessaloniki	3 – 2	Panthrakikos	Thessaloniki
17:00	Sakis Prittas 63' Javier Cámpora 90+2', 90+4'	Report	Sergio Ponce 28' Xenofon Gittas 45+1'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Greek Football Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Greek Football Cup

Fourth round

Atromitos v Aris Thessaloniki

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12) Fourth round	Atromitos	1 – 2	Aris Thessaloniki	Athens
15:50	Michalis Kripintiris 88'	Report	Toni Calvo 55' (pen.) Javito Peral 80'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Evangelos Katsidonis

Fifth round

PAOK v Aris Thessaloniki

14 January 2009 (2009-01-14) Fifth round	PAOK	0 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki
20:10		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Fifth round replay

Aris Thessaloniki v PAOK

28 January 2009 (2009-01-28) Fourth round	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (8 – 9 p)	PAOK	Thessaloniki
20:00		https://www.sport24.gr/football/aris-paok-0-0-8-9-pen.7802348.html (in Greek)		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Vasilios Pamporidis
	Penalties
	Javier Cámpora Toni Calvo Roberto Battión Víctor Vitolo Alejandro Lembo Sanel Jahić Nacho García Darcy Dolce Neto Sergio Koke Nikolaos Karabelas		Zlatan Muslimović Lino Joe Bizera Olivier Sorlin Ricardo Verón Marcos António Filippos Darlas Stelios Malezas Sotiris Balafas Stefanos Athanasiadis

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Aris Thessaloniki v Slaven Koprivnica

14 August 2008 (2008-08-14) First leg	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 0	Slaven Koprivnica	Thessaloniki
20:00	Sergio Koke 55'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez (Spain)

Slaven Koprivnica v Aris Thessaloniki

28 August 2008 (2008-08-28) Second leg	Slaven Koprivnica	2 – 0 (2–1 agg.)	Aris Thessaloniki	Koprivnica
18:30	Bojan Vručina 14', 65'	Report		Stadium: Ivan Kušek-Apaš City Stadium Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 26 April 2009

#	Position	Nat.	Player	Super League	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
2	DF		Darcy Dolce Neto	27	3	2	32
3	DF		Efthymis Kouloucheris	4	0	0	4
4	DF	/	Alejandro Lembo	19	3	1	23
5	DF	/	Ronaldo Guiaro	12	1	1	14
7	FW		Toni Calvo	25	2	2	29
8	MF		Nacho García	24	3	2	29
9	MF	/	Thiago Gentil	16	0	2	18
10	FW		Sergio Koke	27	3	2	32
11	MF		Diogo Siston	13	2	0	15
12	FW	/	Mario Regueiro	23	3	2	28
13	GK		Michalis Sifakis	24	3	0	27
15	DF		Nikos Karabelas	19	3	0	22
17	FW		Piotr Włodarczyk	18	1	1	20
18	FW		Javier Cámpora	9	1	0	10
19	FW		Thanasis Papazoglou	2	0	0	2
20	FW		Javito Peral	29	3	2	34
21	DF		Valentin Roberge	20	1	0	21
24	MF		Víctor Vitolo	21	3	0	24
26	DF	/	Sanel Jahić	16	2	2	20
29	MF		Sakis Prittas	7	1	1	9
30	MF		Roberto Battión	20	2	1	23
31	GK		Dimitrios Karatziovalis	2	0	0	2
32	DF		Kristi Vangjeli	8	0	2	10
33	FW		Stavros Labriakos	7	2	0	9
Players who left the club during this season
	DF	/	Marco Aurélio	4	0	2	6
	FW	/	Alejandro Delorte	4	0	0	4
	FW		Felipe Sanchón	4	0	1	5
	MF		Konstantinos Nebegleras	8	0	0	8
	GK		Marián Kelemen	5	0	2	7
Total				30	3	2	35

Goals

As of match played 26 April 2009

Ranking	Position	Nat.	Player	Super League	Greek Cup	UEFA	Total
1	FW		Sergio Koke	5	0	1	6
	FW		Javito Peral	5	1	0	6
3	FW		Javier Cámpora	5	0	0	5
4	FW		Toni Calvo	3	1	0	4
5	FW	/	Mario Regueiro	3	0	0	3
6	FW		Piotr Włodarczyk	2	0	0	2
	DF	/	Sanel Jahić	2	0	0	2
8	MF		Roberto Battión	1	0	0	1
	DF	/	Alejandro Lembo	1	0	0	1
	MF		Sakis Prittas	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	2
Total				30	2	1	33

Clean sheets

If a goalkeeper was substituted and he did not conceded a goal while he was in the game but the team conceded a goal after him, the goalkeeper would not claim the clean sheet.

As of match played 26 April 2009

#	Nat.	Player	Super League	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
13		Michalis Sifakis	10	2	0	12
		Marián Kelemen	2	0	1	3
Total			12	2	1	15