title: 2015–16 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season
text: # 2015–16 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season
  
  The 2015–16 season was Aris Thessaloniki the second in Gamma Ethniki (3rd level). The team finished 1st with a 21-point difference from the second club and was promoted to Football League, the greek second division.
  
  They was also compete in the Macedonia Football Clubs Association Cup with its U17 team, where eliminated in the Phase E by Niki Mesimeri.
  
  On 17 September 2015, Nikos Anastopoulos appointed as manager.
  
  ## First-team squad
  
  | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed From |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers |||||
  | Xavi Ginard | | GK | (1986-10-11)October 11, 1986 (aged 29) | Veria |
  | Giannis Siderakis | | GK | (1987-11-16)November 16, 1987 (aged 28) | AEL Kalloni |
  | Petros Baimakis | | GK | (1990-01-16)January 16, 1990 (aged 26) | Aiginiakos |
  | Defenders |||||
  | Dimitris Samaras | | CB | (1987-06-03)June 3, 1987 (aged 28) | Tyrnavos 2005 |
  | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | | CB / RB | (1997-05-01)May 1, 1997 (aged 19) | Club's Academy |
  | Nikolaos Georgiadis | / | RB / DM | (1983-03-23)March 23, 1983 (aged 33) | Levadiakos |
  | Christos Intzidis | | CB / LB | (1993-01-09)January 9, 1993 (aged 23) | Panachaiki |
  | Raúl Bravo | | CB / LB | (1981-04-14)April 14, 1981 (aged 35) | Veria |
  | Paschalis Melissas | | CB / LB | (1982-03-09)March 9, 1982 (aged 34) | AEL |
  | Nikos Tsoumanis | | LB | (1990-06-08)June 8, 1990 (aged 25) | PAE Kerkyra |
  | Konstantinos Samaropoulos | | CB | (1991-01-24)January 24, 1991 (aged 25) | Apollon Pontou |
  | Midfielders |||||
  | Andreas Tatos | | AM / CM | (1989-05-11)May 11, 1989 (aged 27) | Veria |
  | Alexandros Kalogeris | | DM / CM | (1986-05-14)May 14, 1986 (aged 30) | Panetolikos |
  | Charalampos Pavlidis | | AM / CM | (1991-05-06)May 6, 1991 (aged 25) | Veria |
  | Vasilios Rovas | | DM / CB | (1984-01-06)January 6, 1984 (aged 32) | AEK Athens |
  | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | | DM | (1987-06-22)June 22, 1987 (aged 28) | Ergotelis |
  | Forwards |||||
  | Sergio Koke | | ST / SS | (1983-04-27)April 27, 1983 (aged 33) | Veria |
  | Mauro Poy | / | RW / LW | (1981-07-02)July 2, 1981 (aged 34) | Panetolikos |
  | Markos Dounis | | RW / LW | (1992-05-09)May 9, 1992 (aged 24) | AEK Athens |
  | Leonidas Kyvelidis | | ST | (1986-02-08)February 8, 1986 (aged 30) | Panachaiki |
  | Antonis Kapnidis | | ST | (1992-08-15)August 15, 1992 (aged 23) | Kavala |
  | Gaël N'Lundulu | / | LW / SS / RW | (1992-04-29)April 29, 1992 (aged 24) | Lokomotiv Sofia |
  | Stefanos Dogos | | LW / RW | (1994-05-05)May 5, 1994 (aged 22) | Veria |
  | Vasilis Konstantinidis | / | ST / RW | (1986-04-21)April 21, 1986 (aged 30) | Doxa Drama |
  | Paschalis Voutsias | | RW | (1990-03-23)March 23, 1990 (aged 26) | Free Agent |
  | Dimitrios Andreakos | | LW | (1999-04-14)April 14, 1999 (aged 17) | Club's Academy |
  | Ilias Boulgouridis | | ST | (1999-01-29)January 29, 1999 (aged 17) | Club's Academy |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gamma Ethniki | Matchday 2 | — | 1st | 3 October 2015 | 15 May 2016 |
  | Gamma Ethniki $Cup^1$ | — | — | | | |
  | EPSM $Cup^2$ | Phase E | — | Phase E | 9 December 2015 | 9 December 2015 |
  
  Updated to match played 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions
  
  * $^1$ The Gamma Ethniki Cup did not hold that season
  * $^2$ In the EPSM Cup Aris Thessaloniki used the U17 team (players and manager)
  
  ### Overview
  
  | Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Gamma Ethniki | 32 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 17 | +59 | 087.50 |
  | Gamma Ethniki $Cup^1$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
  | EPSM $Cup^2$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
  | Total | 33 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 19 | +58 | 084.85 |
  
  Updated to match played 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions
  
  * $^1$ The Gamma Ethniki Cup did not hold that season
  * $^2$ In the EPSM Cup Aris Thessaloniki used the U17 team (players and manager)
  
  ### Gamma Ethniki
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Aris (C, P) | 32 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 17 | +59 | 87 | Promotion to Football League |
  | 2 | Nestos Chrysoupoli | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 66 | |
  | 3 | Doxa Dramas | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 63 | |
  | 4 | Kavala | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 58 | |
  | 5 | Apollon Kalamaria | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 53 | |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 15 May 2016. Source: Soccerway
  
  **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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | NG | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | NG | A | H | Α | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | NG | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | NG | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
  | Position | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  
  ### Gamma Ethniki Cup
  
  The 2015-16 season the Gamma Ethniki Cup did not hold
  
  ### EPSM Cup
  
  Aris Thessaloniki qualified from the Phase D without game. In Phase E the club played with Niki Mesimeri and used the U17 players and manager.
  
  ## Squad statistics
  
  ### Appearances
  
      As of match played 15 May 2016
  
  | Position | Nat. | Player | Gamma Ethniki | Gamma Ethniki | EPSM Cup | EPSM Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Position | Nat. | Player | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
  | GK | | Giannis Siderakis | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
  | GK | | Xavi Ginard | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
  | DF | | Nikos Tsoumanis | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
  | DF | | Paschalis Melissas | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20 |
  | DF | | Christos Intzidis | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
  | DF | | Nikolaos Georgiadis | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
  | DF | | Dimitris Samaras | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 |
  | DF | | Raúl Bravo | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
  | DF | | Kyriakos Mazoulouxis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | DF | | Konstantinos Samaropoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 28 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 |
  | MF | | Vasilios Rovas | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 |
  | MF | | Konstantinos Kaznaferis | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 |
  | MF | | Alexandros Kalogeris | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 |
  | MF | | Charalampos Pavlidis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
  | FW | | Antonis Kapnidis | 29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 27 |
  | FW | | Markos Dounis | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 21 |
  | FW | / | Gaël N'Lundulu | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14 |
  | FW | / | Mauro Poy | 27 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 |
  | FW | | Leonidas Kyvelidis | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 |
  | FW | | Sergio Koke | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 |
  | FW | | Paschalis Voutsias | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
  | FW | / | Vasilis Konstantinidis | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
  | FW | | Stefanos Dogos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
  | FW | | Dimitrios Andreakos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | FW | | Ilias Boulgouridis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 players from U17 team | 11 players from U17 team | 11 players from U17 team | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 32 |
  
  ### Goals
  
      As of match played 15 May 2016
  
  | Ranking | Position | Nat. | Player | Gamma Ethniki | EPSM Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | | Antonis Kapnidis | 21 | 0 | 21 |
  | 2 | FW | | Markos Dounis | 12 | 0 | 12 |
  | 3 | MF | | Andreas Tatos | 10 | 0 | 10 |
  | 4 | FW | | Leonidas Kyvelidis | 9 | 0 | 9 |
  | 5 | FW | / | Gaël N'Lundulu | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 5 | FW | / | Mauro Poy | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 7 | FW | | Sergio Koke | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 7 | DF | | Christos Intzidis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 9 | FW | / | Vasilis Konstantinidis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 10 | MF | | Vasilios Rovas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | DF | | Paschalis Melissas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | MF | | Alexandros Kalogeris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | MF | | Charalampos Pavlidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | FW | | Spyros $Karvounis^1$ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Awarded by League | Awarded by League | Awarded by League | Awarded by League | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 76 | 1 | 77 |
  
  * $^1$ Player from U17 team
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
      As of match played 15 May 2016
  
  | Nat. | Player | Gamma Ethniki | EPSM Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Giannis Siderakis | 11 | 0 | 11 |
  | | Xavi Ginard | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | 17 |
  