2014–15 Veria F.C. season

Veria
2014–15 season
Chairman Theodoros Karipidis
Manager Dimitris Christoforidis
Stadium Veria Stadium, Veria
Superleague Greece 13th
Greek Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Greece Nikos Kaltsas (12 goals)
All: Greece Nikos Kaltsas (13 goals)
Highest home attendance 2,037 (vs PAS Giannina)
Lowest home attendance 663 (vs Niki Volos)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

In season 2014–15, Veria will compete in the following competitions Superleague and Greek Cup.

Players

Squad information

No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Georgios Kantimiris Greece GK 19 September 1982 (31) Greece Fokikos
22 Xavi Ginard Spain GK 11 October 1986 (27) Spain Atlético Baleares
71 Dimitris Chomsioglou Greece GK 8 March 1989 (25) Greece Anagennisi Giannitsa
Defenders
4 José Catalá Spain LB 1 January 1985 (29) Cyprus Apollon Limassol
23 Dimitrios Amarantidis Greece LB 27 July 1986 (28) Greece AEK
2 Raúl Bravo Spain LB/CB 14 April 1981 (33) Spain Córdoba
5 Angelos Vertzos Greece LB/CB 27 May 1983 (31) Greece Apollon Smyrnis
16 Neto Brazil RB 7 February 1981 (33) Argentina Bahia
18 Iván Malón Spain RB 26 August 1986 (27) Spain Mirandés
3 Cyril Kali France RB/CB 21 January 1984 (30) Greece Panetolikos
55 Stelios Marangos Greece CB 4 May 1989 (25) Greece Kerkyra
8 Branko Ostojić Serbia CB/DM/CM 3 January 1984 (31) Serbia Javor
Midfielders
6 Roberto Battión Argentina DM 1 March 1982 (32) Argentina Independiente
25 Sotiris Balafas Greece DM 19 August 1986 (28) Ukraine Hoverla
14 David Vázquez Spain CM 21 March 1986 (28) Spain Melilla
30 Carlos Caballero Spain CM 5 October 1984 (30) Spain Córdoba
24 Jokin Esparza Spain CM 15 June 1988 (25) Spain Huesca
21 Alexandros Vergonis Greece CM 1 December 1985 (28) Greece Rodos
19 Cédric Mandjeck Cameroon CM/AM 8 April 1993 (21) Spain Valencia B
32 Charalampos Pavlidis Greece CM/AM 6 May 1991 (23) Youth system
11 Kenan Bargan Greece LW 25 October 1988 (26) Greece Odysseas Anagennisi
7 Nikos Kaltsas Greece RW 3 May 1990 (24) Youth system
77 Giorgos Georgiadis Greece LW/RW 14 November 1987 (26) Greece PAOK
15 Pedro Arce Mexico AM/RW 25 November 1991 (22) Greece Kavala
29 Andreas Tatos Greece AM 11 May 1989 (25) Greece Atromitos
31 Ben Nabouhane Comoros AM/CF 10 June 1989 (25) France Vannes
Forwards
9 Javier Cámpora Argentina CF 7 January 1980 (34) Argentina All Boys
12 Nicolao Dumitru Italy CF 12 October 1991 (22) Italy Napoli
13 Thomas Nazlidis Greece CF 23 October 1987 (27) Greece Platanias
92 Theo Markelis Australia CF 24 June 1992 (22) Spain Hércules B

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Greece MF Marios Papadopoulos (to Greece Aris)
No. Position Player
Panama MF Julio Segundo (to Panama San Francisco)

Last updated: 28 January 2015
[1] Source: Squad at Veria FC official website

Transfers

Summer Transfers

Winter Transfers

Technical and medical staff

Technical staff
Head coach Greece Dimitris Christoforidis
Assistant coach Greece Antonis Sarioglou
Brazil King
Goalkeeping coach Greece Dimitris Kottaridis
Fitness coach Spain Jesús Puente Solana
Serbia Goran Guzijan
Youth team coach Greece Stefanos Gaitanos
Provisor Greece Thanasis Voulgaris
Scouting staff
Scout Greece Vasilis Zoumpoulidis
Medical staff
Physio Greece Anastasios Tiflidis
Masseur Greece Fotis Konstantakos
Greece Dimitris Lamprinidis
Pathologist Greece Georgios Avramopoulos
Orthopedist Greece Nikolaos Dimou
Urologist Greece Georgios Minas
Surgeon Greece Prodromos Isaakidis
Dentist Greece Despοina Karvouna
Νutritionist Greece Athanasios Topis

Season Milestones

  • On August 6, 2014 it was announced by Georgios Arvanitidis that he is in takeover talks with the local businessman Theodoros Karipidis.[2]
  • The first goal in 2014–15 Superleague was scored by Alexandros Vergonis against Skoda Xanthi in a 3–2 home victory on 24 August 2014.
  • On September 14, 2014 the football players of Veria released an announcement, reporting the Argentinian player of Kerkyra, Horacio Cardozo for a racist attack to the Italian football player of the club, Nicolao Dumitru.[3]
  • The first goal in 2014–15 Greek Cup was scored by Nicolao Dumitru on 24 September 2014 in a 4–1 home victory against Ermionida.
  • On 8 October 2014 it was announced that the owner change was completely as Giorgos Arvanitidis moved his sharehold to Theodoros Karipidis.
  • On 12 January 2015, Iván Malón was invited by the district attorney to testify about the game between PAOK vs Veria, which is marked as suspected fixed match.
  • On 7 May 2015, Giorgos Lanaris quit his post of team manager as he appears to be involved in a fixed game against Olympiacos F.C. back in 2012–13 season.[4]
  • On 20 May 2015, Superleague's court found Veria innocent as she was accused for fixing the game against Olympiacos F.C. in 2013.

Fixtures & Results

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Superleague Greece Regular season 14th 14th 24 August 2014 10 May 2015
Greek Cup Third round Third round Third round 24 September 2014 28 January 2015

Last updated: 28 December 2014
Source: Competitions

Pre-season Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Fixtures

1.^ Matchday 6 was suspended after the decision of the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sport, Giannis Andrianos, in memory of Kostas Katsoulis, that was killed in the riots during the match between Irodotos and Ethnikos Piraeus on 14 September 2014 for the Football League 2. See here for more information.
2.^ Matchday 11 was suspended after the decision of the Hellenic Football Federation president, Giorgos Sarris, not to put referees in matches, because of the attack that had been made against referee Christoforos Zografos.

Last updated: 12 May 2015
Source: Superleague Greece

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 24 6 4 79 23 +56 78 Qualification to UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] 34 21 6 7 59 31 +28 66 Qualification to Superleague Greece play-offs
3 PAOK 34 20 5 9 57 42 +15 65
4 Asteras Tripoli 34 17 8 9 52 37 +15 59
5 Atromitos 34 14 12 8 43 27 +16 54
6 PAS Giannina 34 13 14 7 47 33 +14 53
7 Panetolikos 34 14 10 10 41 28 +13 52
8 Skoda Xanthi 34 12 11 11 44 41 +3 47
9 Platanias 34 12 8 14 32 30 +2 44
10 Kalloni 34 11 11 12 34 39 −5 44
11 Panthrakikos 34 11 10 13 35 44 −9 43
12 Panionios 34 11 10 13 43 42 +1 43
13 Veria 34 12 7 15 45 54 −9 43
14 Levadiakos 34 12 7 15 41 34 +7 43
15 Ergotelis (R) 34 8 8 18 35 60 −25 32 Relegation to Football League
16 OFI[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 7 2 25 26 72 −46 −6
17 Niki Volos[lower-alpha 3] (R) 34 2 1 31 7 84 −77 −6
18 Kerkyra[lower-alpha 4] (R) 34 12 8 14 39 38 +1 44
Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) If after applying the criteria teams in question are still tied, they are placed in alphabetical order.[10][11] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw.[12]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior.[5]
  2. ↑ OFI were deducted 29 points in total. From those, 10 points due to failure to pay over former players' wages.[6]
  3. ↑ Niki Volos were deducted 13 points and have been disqualified from the League due to financial issues.[7]
  4. ↑ Kerkyra relegated for illegal transfer of shares.[8] Kerkyra was given the last position of the league table.[9]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 12 7 15 34 36  −2 43 9 3 5 22 15  +7 3 4 10 12 21  −9

Last updated: 12 May 2015.
Source: Superleague Greece

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWLWDWLDDDLWLWDLDWLLLDWLLLLWLWWLL
Position111326233467555566669997888810999914

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2015. Source: Superleague Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Greek Cup

Second round

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Veria 3210727
Apollon Smyrni 3120435
Ermionida 3102353
Ergotelis 3012261

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Third round

First leg

Second leg

Players Statistics

Overall

As of 2 February 2015

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season.

No. Pos. Name Superleague
Greece		 Greek
Cup		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKGreece Georgios Kantimiris 21000210
2DFSpain Raúl Bravo 17120191
3DFFrance Cyril Kali 11020130
4DFSpain José Catalá 1 (2)02 (1)03 (3)0
5DFGreece Angelos Vertzos 16030190
6MFArgentina Roberto Battión 16 (1)10 (1)016 (2)1
7MFGreece Nikos Kaltsas (c) 20 (1)100 (2)020 (3)10
8MFSerbia Branko Ostojić (c) 7 (4)05012 (4)0
9FWArgentina Javier Cámpora 14 (5)52 (2)216 (6)7
11FWGreece Kenan Bargan 8 (10)03111 (10)1
12FWItaly Nicolao Dumitru 14 (2)33217 (2)5
13FWGreece Thomas Nazlidis 0 (1)0000 (1)0
14MFSpain David Vázquez 9 (3)01 (1)010 (4)0
15MFMexico Pedro Arce 0 (3)0202 (3)0
16DFBrazil Neto 000000
18DFSpain Iván Malón 15020170
19MFCameroon Cédric Mandjeck 1 (1)01 (1)02 (2)0
21MFGreece Alexandros Vergonis (c) 10 (3)13 (1)113 (4)2
22GKSpain Xavi Ginard 005050
23DFGreece Dimitris Amarantidis 1501 (1)016 (1)0
24MFSpain Jokin Esparza 1 (2)03 (1)05 (2)0
25MFGreece Sotiris Balafas 8 (1)13011 (1)1
29MFGreece Andreas Tatos 000000
30MFSpain Carlos Caballero 000000
31FWComoros Ben Mohamed 14 (4)62016 (4)6
32MFGreece Charalampos Pavlidis 6 (1)13 (1)09 (2)1
55DFGreece Stelios Marangos 000000
71GKGreece Dimitris Chomsioglou 000000
77MFGreece Giorgos Georgiadis 5 (6)0318 (6)1
92FWAustralia Theo Markelis 000000
--FWSerbia Zvonimir Vukić* 0 (2)0000 (2)0
--DFGreece Vangelis Tsiamis* 101020
--MFGreece Kostas Panagiotoudis* 000000
--MFGreece Giorgos Katidis* 1 (3)0203 (3)0
--FWNetherlands Nigel Hasselbaink* 0 (1)01 (1)11 (2)1

Source: Superleague Greece
Note: (*) Indicates that player left the club before season finale.

Goals

R Player Position Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
1 Greece Nikos Kaltsas MF 12 1 13
2 Comoros Ben Nabouhane CF 10 0 10
3 Italy Nicolao Dumitru CF 6 2 8
4 Argentina Javier Cámpora CF 5 2 7
5 Greece Alexandros Vergonis MF 2 1 3
6 Greece Kenan Bargan MF 1 1 2
7 Argentina Roberto Battión MF 1 0 1 2 assist(s)
Spain Raúl Bravo DF 1 0 1 1 assist(s)
Greece Sotiris Balafas MF 1 0 1 0 assist(s)
Spain Carlos Caballero Pérez MF 1 0 1 0 assist(s)
8 Greece Giorgos Georgiadis MF 0 1 1 1 assist(s)

Last updated: 12 May 2015
(*) Left the club before season finale
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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Assists

R Player Position Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
1 Comoros Ben Nabouhane CF 9 0 9
2 Greece Nikos Kaltsas RW 7 0 7
3 Argentina Javier Cámpora CF 3 1 4
4 Italy Nicolao Dumitru CF 3 0 3
5 Argentina Roberto Battión MF 2 0 2
Greece Kenan Bargan RW 1 1 2
5 Spain Raúl Bravo LB 0 1 1
Greece Giorgos Katidis* MF 0 1 1

Last updated: 12 May 2015
Note: (*) Left the club before season finale.
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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Disciplinary record

Number Nationality Position Name Superleague Greek Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
23 Greece DF Dimitris Amarantidis 10 0 0 0 10 0
5 Greece DF Angelos Vertzos 9 0 0 0 9 0
2 Spain DF Raúl Bravo 7 1 0 0 7 1
7 Greece MF Nikos Kaltsas 7 0 0 0 7 0
14 Spain MF David Vázquez 6 0 0 0 6 0
3 France DF Cyril Kali 5 0 0 0 5 0
11 Greece MF Kenan Bargan 4 0 1 0 5 0
6 Argentina MF Roberto Battión 4 1 0 0 4 1
25 Greece MF Sotiris Balafas 4 1 0 0 4 1
1 Greece GK Georgios Kantimiris 3 0 0 0 3 0
55 Greece DF Stelios Marangos 3 0 0 0 3 0
8 Serbia MF Branko Ostojić 3 0 0 0 3 0
9 Argentina FW Javier Cámpora 2 0 0 0 2 0
77 Greece MF Giorgos Georgiadis 2 0 0 0 2 0
16 Brazil DF Neto 2 0 0 0 2 0
18 Spain DF Iván Malón 2 1 0 0 2 1
4 Spain DF José Catalá* 1 0 1 0 2 0
30 Spain MF Carlos Caballero Pérez 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 Greece MF Andreas Tatos 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 Comoros FW Ben 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 Italy FW Nicolao Dumitru 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 Spain MF Jokin Esparza 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 Spain GK Xavi Ginard 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 84 4 1 0 85 4

Note: (*) Left the club before season finale.
Last updated: 12 May 2015
Competitive matches only
* indicates a second yellow card (Yellow cardYellow cardRed card)
Source: Superleague Greece

Best Goal and MVP awards and nominees

Day Opponent H / A Name for Status
1 Skoda Xanthi H Italy Nicolao Dumitru Best Goal Nominated
3 Kerkyra H Italy Nicolao Dumitru Best Goal Won
9 Panionios H Argentina Javier Cámpora Best Goal Won
10 Ergotelis A Greece Nikos Kaltsas Best Goal Nominated
11 AEL Kalloni H Greece Nikos Kaltsas Best Goal Won
13 Platanias H Greece Georgios Kantimiris MVP Won
17 Panetolikos H Greece Nikos Kaltsas Best Goal Won
19 OFI H Comoros Ben Nabouhane MVP Won
31 Asteras Tripolis H Comoros Ben Nabouhane MVP Won

Source: Best of Superleague 2014–2015

Infrastructure leagues

U20

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Opponents H / A Result
30 August 2014 OFI Crete A 1-2
6 September 2014 Skoda Xanthi H 1-2
13 September 2014 Kerkyra H 6-1
21 September 2014 Olympiacos A 3-1
28 September 2014 PAS Giannina H 1-0
18 October 2014 Levadiakos H 4-0
25 October 2014 PAOK A 1-0
1 November 2014 Panionios H 1-3
8 November 2014 Ergotelis A 0-1
TBA AEL Kalloni H Postponed
29 November 2014 Panathinaikos A 3-0
6 December 2014 Platanias H 6-3
14 December 2014 Asteras Tripolis A 3-0
ΤΒΑ Niki Volos H Postponed
20 December 2014 Panthrakikos A 1-2
Pos Club Pld Pts
4Panionios 3468
5Veria 3462
6Skoda Xanthi 3459

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points
Source: Superleague U20

U17

Date Opponents H / A Result
14 September 2014 Niki Volos A 2–1
21 September 2014 Panetolikos H 1–1
27 September 2014 PAS Giannina A 1–0
15 November 2014 SKODA Xanthi H 0–0
11 October 2014 Panthrakikos A 1–1
19 October 2014 PAOK H 0–5
25 October 2014 Kerkyra A 1–0
1 November 2014 Niki Volos H 3–2
9 November 2014 Panetolikos A 3–2
TBA PAS Giannina H Postponed
29 November 2014 SKODA Xanthi A 2–0
7 December 2014 Panthrakikos H 0–1
13 December 2014 P.A.O.K. A 2–1
21 December 2014 Kerkyra A 11:00
Pos Club Pld Pts
5Panthrakikos 2843
6Veria 2829
7Kerkyra 2820

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points
Source: Superleague U17

U15

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
12 October 2014 PAOK H 2–8
18 October 2014 Niki Volos A 0–1
25 October 2014 Panthrakikos A 2–3
1 November 2014 PAS Giannina H 1–1
9 November 2014 AOK Kerkyra A 1–0
15 November 2014 Panetolikos H 1–1
TBA Panetolikos A Postponed
29 November 2014 P.A.O.K. A 5–0
6 December 2014 Niki Volos H 1–2
13 December 2014 Panthrakikos H 0–4
21 December 2014 PAS Giannina A 12:30
Pos Club Pld Pts
5Panthrakikos 2120
6Veria 2120
7Kerkyra 2116

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points
Source: Superleague U15

References

  1. ↑ "ΒΕΡΟΙΑ | Superleague Ελλάδα". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  2. ↑ Ανακοίνωση (in Greek). veriafc.gr. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Ανακοίνωση-Καταγγελία Ποδοσφαιριστών Π.Α.Ε. Βέροια (in Greek). veriafc.gr. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Τέλος από τη Βέροια ο Λαναρής, ανακοινώθηκε ο Βρύζας (in Greek). gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "6 points deduction from OFI FC". Superleague Greece. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Wood, Graham (23 January 2015). "Cash-strapped Niki Volou relegated from top Greek league". Reuters. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Confirmation of the league table". Superleague Greece. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraphs 5 (in Greek)
  11. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraph 6 (in Greek)
  12. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraph 16a (in Greek)
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