title: 2018–19 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season
text: # 2018–19 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season
  
  The 2018–19 season was the 1st for Aris in the Super League after its return top division of Greece. The club also competed in the Greek Cup and were eliminated in the group stage.
  
  ## First-team squad
  
  | # | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||
  | 1 | Alexandros Anagnostopoulos | | GK | (1994-08-18)18 August 1994 (aged 24) | Panathinaikos |
  | 22 | Giorgos Kantimiris | | GK | (1982-09-19)19 September 1982 (aged 36) | Veria |
  | 23 | Julián Cuesta | | GK | (1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 28) | Wisła Kraków |
  | Defenders ||||||
  | 2 | Dimitris Konstantinidis | | RB / RM / LB | (1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 24) | Brescia |
  | 3 | Hugo Sousa | | CB / RB | (1992-06-04)4 June 1992 (aged 26) | Free agent |
  | 5 | Georgios Delizisis (captain) | | CB | (1987-12-01)1 December 1987 (aged 31) | Apollon Smyrni |
  | 12 | Charalampos Stamboulidis | / | CB / RB / LB | (1996-06-22)22 June 1996 (aged 22) | Columbia Lions |
  | 15 | Giorgos Valerianos | | LB / LM / RB | (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 27) | Apollon Smyrni |
  | 27 | Manolis Tzanakakis | | RB / RM / LB | (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 27) | Olympiacos |
  | 40 | Petros Bagalianis | | CB | (2001-02-06)6 February 2001 (aged 18) | Club's Academy |
  | 44 | Fran Vélez | | CB / DM | (1991-06-23)23 June 1991 (aged 27) | Wisła Kraków |
  | 69 | Mihály Korhut | | LB / LM | (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 30) | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
  | 92 | Lindsay Rose | / | CB / RB | (1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (aged 27) | Lorient |
  | Midfielders ||||||
  | 6 | Migjen Basha | / | DM / CM / CB | (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 32) | Bari |
  | 8 | Lefteris Intzoglou | | DM / CM | (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 32) | Iraklis |
  | 14 | Charalampos Pavlidis (vice-captain) | | AM / CM / LM | (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 28) | Veria |
  | 18 | Nicolás Martínez | / | AM / CM / LW | (1987-09-25)25 September 1987 (aged 31) | Olympiacos |
  | 20 | Dimitris Anakoglou | | AM / CM | (1991-09-06)6 September 1991 (aged 27) | AEK Athens |
  | 26 | Javier Matilla | | CM / DM | (1988-08-16)16 August 1988 (aged 30) | Gimnàstic de Tarragona |
  | 32 | Manolis Siopis | | DM / CM | (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 25) | Olympiacos |
  | 39 | Paraskevas Kallidis | | CM | (1999-08-31)31 August 1999 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
  | 88 | Kyriakos Savvidis | | CM / AM / DM | (1995-06-20)20 June 1995 (aged 23) | Free agent |
  | Forwards ||||||
  | 7 | Nicolas Diguiny | | SS / RW / LW | (1988-05-31)31 May 1988 (aged 31) | Atromitos |
  | 9 | Martín Tonso | | AM / RW / LW | (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 29) | Asteras Tripoli |
  | 10 | Daniel Larsson | | LW / RW / ST | (1987-01-25)25 January 1987 (aged 32) | Akhisar Belediyespor |
  | 11 | Mateo García | | RW / LW | (1996-09-10)10 September 1996 (aged 22) | Las Palmas |
  | 17 | Bruno Gama | | RW / LW / SS | (1987-11-15)15 November 1987 (aged 31) | Alcorcón |
  | 19 | Dimitris Diamantopoulos | | ST / RW | (1988-11-18)18 November 1988 (aged 30) | Apollon Smyrni |
  | 21 | Hamza Younés | | ST / SS / LW | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 33) | Al Ahli SC |
  | 28 | Giannis Fetfatzidis | | LW / RW / AM | (1990-12-21)21 December 1990 (aged 28) | Olympiacos |
  | 84 | Andreas Stamatis | | ST / SS | (1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 26) | Panegialios |
  
  ## Transfers and loans
  
  ### Transfers in
  
  | Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | July 2018 | FW | 9 | Thomas Nazlidis | AEL | Free |
  | July 2018 | FW | 7 | Nicolas Diguiny | Atromitos | Free |
  | July 2018 | DF | 31 | Álex Menéndez | Reus | Free |
  | July 2018 | MF | 26 | Javier Matilla | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | Free |
  | July 2018 | GK | 23 | Julián Cuesta | Wisła Kraków | Free |
  | July 2018 | DF | 2 | Dimitris Konstantinidis | Brescia | Free |
  | July 2018 | FW | 21 | Hamza Younés | Al Ahli SC | Free |
  | July 2018 | MF | 6 | / Migjen Basha | Bari | Free |
  | July 2018 | DF | 44 | Fran Vélez | Wisła Kraków | Free |
  | July 2018 | DF | 12 | / Charalampos Stampoulidis | Columbia Lions | Free |
  | August 2018 | FW | 17 | Bruno Gama | Alcorcón | Free |
  | August 2018 | MF | 32 | Manolis Siopis | Olympiacos | 100.000 € |
  | August 2018 | MF | 18 | / Nicolás Martínez | Olympiacos | Free |
  | August 2018 | FW | 28 | Pedro Vitor | AEK Athens | Free |
  | September 2018 | DF | 32 | / Mërgim Mavraj | Free agent | Free |
  | September 2018 | FW | 84 | Andreas Stamatis | Panegialios | Free |
  | January 2019 | DF | 69 | Mihály Korhut | Hapoel Be'er-Sheva | Free |
  | January 2019 | FW | 9 | Martín Tonso | Asteras Tripoli | 75.000 € |
  | January 2019 | FW | 10 | Daniel Larsson | Akhisar Belediyespor | Free |
  | January 2019 | MF | 88 | Kyriakos Savvidis | Free agent | Free |
  | February 2019 | FW | 28 | Giannis Fetfatzidis | Olympiacos | Free |
  
  ### Transfers out
  
  | Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | July 2018 | FW | 17 | Vangelis Platellas | OFI | Released |
  | July 2018 | FW | 20 | Paschalis Kassos | AEL | Released |
  | July 2018 | FW | 99 | Jone Pinto | APE Langadas | Released |
  | July 2018 | FW | 33 | Aristidis Lottas | Olympiacos Volou | Released |
  | July 2018 | MF | 83 | / Branislav Nikic | AOK Kerkyra | Released |
  | July 2018 | MF | 80 | Dimitris Klingopoulos | Olympiacos | 300.000 € |
  | August 2018 | GK | 13 | Giannis Mantzaris | Apollon Larissa | Released |
  | August 2018 | FW | 21 | Giannis Pasas | Iraklis F.C. | Released |
  | August 2018 | DF | 66 | Petros Kanakoudis | Iraklis F.C. | Released |
  | August 2018 | FW | 7 | Markos Dounis | Iraklis F.C. | Released |
  | August 2018 | DF | 4 | Stelios Marangos | Veria | Released |
  | August 2018 | MF | 6 | Houssein Moumin | Iraklis F.C. | Released |
  | August 2018 | FW | 16 | Luka Milunović | Voždovac | Released |
  | September 2018 | FW | 89 | / Angelos Chanti | Aittitos Spata | Released |
  | September 2018 | DF | 18 | Nikos Tsoumanis | Apollon Pontou | Released |
  | September 2018 | FW | 11 | Kenan Bargan | AEL | Released |
  | September 2018 | FW | 9 | Michalis Bastakos | Panachaiki | Released |
  | January 2019 | DF | 31 | / Mërgim Mavraj | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 70.000 € |
  | January 2019 | FW | 9 | Thomas Nazlidis | Apollon Smyrni | Released |
  | February 2019 | FW | 28 | Pedro Vitor | FC Lviv | Released |
  
  ### Loans in
  
  | Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | July 2018 | End of season | FW | 11 | Mateo García | Las Palmas | None |
  | July 2018 | January 2019 | MF | 10 | / Nicolás Colazo | Boca Juniors | None |
  | January 2019 | End of season | DF | 92 | / Lindsay Rose | Lorient | None |
  
  ### Loans out
  
  | Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | January 2019 | End of season | DF | 31 | Álex Menéndez | Córdoba | None | |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Super League | Matchday 1 | — | 5th | 27 August 2018 | 5 May 2019 |
  | Greek Cup | Group stage | — | Group stage | 26 September 2018 | 27 December 2018 |
  
  Updated to match played 5 May 2019 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Overview
  
  | Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Super League | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 050.00 |
  | Greek Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 033.33 |
  | Total | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 048.48 |
  
  Updated to match played 5 May 2019 Source: Competitions
  
  **Managers' Overview**
  
  | Manager | Nat. | From | Until | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Manager | Nat. | From | Until | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Paco Herrera | | Start of Season | 5 November 2018 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 045.45 |
  | Apostolos Terzis | | 6 November 2018 | 13 November 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
  | Savvas Pantelidis | | 14 November 2018 | End of Season | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 047.62 |
  
  Updated to match played 5 May 2019 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Super League
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
  | 4 | Atromitos | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
  | 5 | Aris | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
  | 6 | Panionios | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 38 | |
  | 7 | Lamia | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 37 | |
  
  * ↑ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 5 May 2019. Source: Super League
  
  **Results by matchday**
  
  | Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W |
  | Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
  
  * Due to the postponement of 15th matchday: No 15 corresponds to 16th matchday, No 16 to 17th matchday, No 17 to 17th matchday, No 18 to 18th matchday and No 19 to 15th matchday
  
  **Matches**
  
  * ↑ Due to the attack in the referee Athanasios Tzilos the Matchday 15 was postponed and rescheduled from December 22 and 23 on January 30 and 31
  
  ### Greek Cup
  
  Aris Thessaloniki entered the competition in the group stage, in the Pot 2, because it promoted from the Football League Football League . The final five clubs of the last Super League are introduced to the tournament in the Round of 16 and they are seeded in the draw. In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings.
  
  **Group stage**
  
  Group D :
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | PAOK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Round of 16 |
  | 2 | Ergotelis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Round of 16 |
  | 3 | Aris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
  | 4 | Aittitos Spata | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | |
  
  ## Squad statistics
  
  ### Appearances
  
      As of match played 5 May 2019
  
  | # | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
  | 1 | GK | | Alexandros Anagnostopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
  | 2 | DF | | Dimitris Konstantinidis | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
  | 3 | DF | | Hugo Sousa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
  | 5 | DF | | Giorgos Delizisis | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 21 |
  | 6 | MF | / | Migjen Basha | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 20 |
  | 7 | FW | | Nicolas Diguiny | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 28 |
  | 8 | MF | | Lefteris Intzoglou | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
  | 9 | FW | | Martín Tonso | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
  | 10 | FW | | Daniel Larsson | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 |
  | 11 | FW | | Mateo García | 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 31 |
  | 12 | DF | / | Charalampos Stamboulidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | | Charalampos Pavlidis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
  | 15 | DF | | Giorgos Valerianos | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 |
  | 17 | FW | | Bruno Gama | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
  | 18 | MF | / | Nicolás Martínez | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 |
  | 19 | FW | | Dimitris Diamantopoulos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
  | 20 | MF | | Dimitris Anakoglou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | FW | | Hamza Younés | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 |
  | 22 | GK | | Giorgos Kantimiris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  | 23 | GK | | Julián Cuesta | 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 31 |
  | 26 | MF | | Javier Matilla | 29 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 22 |
  | 27 | DF | | Manolis Tzanakakis | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 21 |
  | 28 | FW | | Giannis Fetfatzidis | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
  | 32 | MF | | Manolis Siopis | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 23 |
  | 39 | MF | | Paraskevas Kallidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 40 | DF | | Petros Bagalianis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 44 | DF | | Fran Vélez | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 22 |
  | 69 | DF | | Mihály Korhut | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 |
  | 84 | FW | | Andreas Stamatis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 88 | MF | | Kyriakos Savvidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 92 | DF | / | Lindsay Rose | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
  | Players who left the club during this season ||||||||||
  | | FW | | Thomas Nazlidis | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
  | | FW | / | Nicolás Colazo | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
  | | FW | | Pedro Vitor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | DF | | Álex Menéndez | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 |
  | | DF | / | Mërgim Mavraj | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 33 |
  
  ### Goals
  
      As of match played 5 May 2019
  
  | Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | | Mateo García | 10 | 1 | 11 |
  | 2 | FW | | Nicolas Diguiny | 8 | 2 | 10 |
  | 3 | FW | | Hamza Younés | 9 | 0 | 9 |
  | 4 | MF | | Javier Matilla | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | FW | | Nicolás Martínez | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | FW | | Dimitris Diamantopoulos | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 7 | FW | | Bruno Gama | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | DF | | Lindsay Rose | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | FW | | Daniel Larsson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 10 | MF | | Manolis Siopis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | DF | | Fran Vélez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | MF | | Dimitris Konstantinidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | DF | | Mihály Korhut | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | FW | | Giannis Fetfatzidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | FW | | Martín Tonso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 5 | 51 |
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
      As of match played 5 May 2019
  
  | # | Nat. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 23 | | Julián Cuesta | 12 | 0 | 12 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 12 |
  