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Αris FC

Full name

Aris Thessaloniki FC

Nickname(s)

Kitrinomavroi (Yellow-blacks)

Founded

March 25, 1914

Ground

Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium,
Thessaloniki, Greece
(Capacity 23,220)

Chairman

Lambros Skordas

Manager

Dusan Bajevic

League

Super League Greece
(Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα 2007)

2006-07

Super League Greece, 4th





Home colours





Away colours

Main article: Aris Thessaloniki

Aris Thessaloniki Football Club is a Greek football club that premiered on the 25th of March 1914 in Thessaloniki. The emblem of the team is the god of war resting (as depicted in the so-called Ludovisi Ares), always on guard to fight if necessary. The colors of the team are yellow and black, reminiscent of Byzantium, where Thessaloniki has always been the second most important city of the Empire. Aris has earned 3 league titles and 1 cup in football. The jersey color is yellow and black. The club is named after Ares, the god of war, whose image is portrayed on the club logo.

1 History
- 1.1 The great beginning
- 1.2 Years of establishment
2 Recent Years
- 2.1 Current squad
3 Squad transfers 2007/2008
4 Notable former players
5 Honours
6 Runners Up
7 External links
8 See also

The club was established by a group of Thessalonikian friends in Thessaloniki on 25th of March 1914 and given the name Aris from the god of war, aptly nicknamed due to the recent Balkan War and the fact that 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. In the beginning the club was based 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 where today lies Mars Field Park in Stratou Avenue. Quickly the club became very popular and soon new sections apart from football were established. The Basketball department was formed in 1922. In 1923 it was the first Greek club that played an international match against Sporting Club of Serbia. In 1925 in a famous match that took place in order to decide which club would keep yellow colours for its jerseys, Aris won 5-2 against its biggest rival PAOK

Winner in Thessaloniki and a rich team player in Greece after the First World War, the club excelled in all athletic activities, not only in football. In water sports and basketball, Aris was an athletic club that always starred. The club won many local championships. From 1923, when it won the first title, up to 1959, the year that the local championships were terminated in favour of a national one, Aris finished in second or third place on only a few occasions. Thirteen years after the foundation of the club, came the first big achievement. This moment came in 1928, under the guidance of its finest player, Kleanthis 'Macedonian Tank' Vikelides, when Aris won the first official organised football championship in Greece, in which Panathinaikos, AEK and Olympiacos did not take part, because of the disagreements with the Hellenic Football Federation, which then excluded them. (for more information see P.O.K.).

Aris FC-AS Saint Etienne poster.

In 1931 Aris' supremacy was obvious and no one disputed this. In this period Aris beat everyone and was crowned once again champion of Greek football. With the participation of teams from Athens (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK), the second Pan-Hellenic championship took place, which Aris easily won. With nine victories in fourteen matches, one defeat and four draws, Aris finished first, with Panathinaikos second.

The first postwar championship playoffs were carried out in 1946 with three teams: the champion of Thessaloniki Aris, the champion of Athens, AEK and the champion of Piraeus, Olympiacos, and it was a glorious campaign for the yellows who won for the third time the Pan-Hellenic title. However this championship took place during the civil war in Greece and Aris gained supreme advantage as most of the players of the competitive teams were fighting. Aris twice beat Olympiacos 1 - 0, got a draw with AEK in Athens and thrashed PAOK at their own ground with 4 - 1. Many are those that remember today this last championship of the team, and the madness of celebrations in Thessaloniki.

However, after the withdrawal of many players because of age, it was not until 1970 that Aris won another title, this time the Cup, overcoming by 1-0 their bigger rival, PAOK in an epic match at Kaftanzoglio Stadium.

Aris has a long and proud record. First in local championships of Thessaloniki totalling fourteen titles, first champion of Greece in 1928, with the establishment of this competition. First champion of Greece, after the Second World War in 1946. First team to have won an international match on foreign ground in 1927 against Levski in Sofia. First team from Thessaloniki that participated in UEFA Cup in 1964. And they would have been the first champion of Greece after the establishement of the professional championship in 1980, when although finishing first, unbeatable in Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium, having an all-time record for the Greek Championship of seventeen wins in seventeen matches, they were forced to play an extra match against Olympiacos in Volos that they lost.

The finest moment for Aris in European competition probably came during the 1979-80 UEFA Cup where Aris upset two heavily favored opponents to advance to the Round of 16. Aris defeated the formidable Portuguese side Benfica 4-3 on aggregate in the 1st Round, and Italian club Perugia 4-1 on aggregate in the 2nd Round, before being eliminated 4-7 on aggregate by French club Saint Etienne. The club's most recent success has been in 2007 when Aris eliminated Real Zaragoza and proceeded to the next stage of the UEFA cup

Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium

Titles have eluded Aris in recent years, and Aris was even demoted to the Second Division twice, due to bad management. Aris has always immediately returned to the National 1st Division, however, and throughout the years the club has managed to play European football by qualifying for the UEFA Cup tournament on several occasions. However the team managed to end 4rth at last year's Superleague after having just been promoted. Aris is having a successful year at the UEFA Cup competition, qualifying over Real Zaragoza. Aris fans are also proud that theirs was the main domestic club of Greece's Euro 2004 goal scoring hero Angelos Charisteas.

In December, 2006 the club's board decided to create an organisation called Aris Members Club, (Λέσχη Φίλων Άρη), in order to give Aris 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 candidate. In order to be involved in the elections fans must also financially support the club.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Konstantinos Chalkias
2	DF	Neto
3	DF	Efthimios Koulouheris
4	DF	Avraam Papadopoulos
5	DF	Ronaldo
6	MF	Konstantinos Nebegleras
7	MF	Toni Calvo
8	MF	Ronald García
10	FW	Koke
11	MF	Diogo Siston
13	DF	Theodoros Papadopoulos
14	FW	Felipe
15	DF	Nikolaos Karabelas
18	FW	Vladimir Ivić

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Athanasios Papazoglou
20	MF	Javito
22	DF	Marco Aurélio
23	DF	Georgios Koltsidas
28	MF	Sakis Prittas
29	FW	Georgios Gougoulias
31	GK	Dimitrios Karatziovalis
32	DF	Kristi Vangjeli
38	GK	Kiriakos Stratilatis
42	GK	Marian Kelemen
55	DF	Spiros Gogolos
77	MF	Tasos Kiriakos
??	MF	Sanel Jahić

Ivic

Toni

Koke

Javito

Nacho

Nebegleras

Ronaldo

Aurelio

Chalkias

Neto

Papadopoulos

Aris FC most probable lineup during the 07/08 season. [with red the new players]

In
Ronaldo free
Anderson from Dinamo Zagreb
Neto from Santos FC
Siston from C.D. Santa Clara
Marco Aurélio from União São João
Sakis Prittas from Iraklis
Toni Calvo from FC Barcelona B
Felipe from L´Hospitalet
David Eto'o from FC Metalurh Donetsk
Marian Kelemen from UD Vecindario
Vladimir Ivic from AEK FC
Sanel Jahić from FK Željezničar

Out
Paulo Costa to Aris Limassol
Tuta to APOP
Tinga to APOP
Alexandre Negri to APOP
Nascimento Belem to Kallithea FC
Caca free
Petros Passalis free
Pineda free
José Luis to Atromitos
Pablo Coira to UE Castelldefels
Aarón Escudero Yuste to AD Alcorcón
Alex Pérez to Albacete
Rubén Palazuelos to Hearts FC
David Eto'o (on loan to Ilisiakos)
Anderson free
Jonan free