2015–16 Veria F.C. season

Veria
2015–16 season
Owner Theodoros Karipidis
Chairman Theodoros Karipidis
Manager Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
Stadium Veria Stadium, Veria
Superleague 14
Greek Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Greece Thomas Nazlidis (5 goals)
All: Greece Thomas Nazlidis (5 goals)
Highest home attendance 3,557
Lowest home attendance 500 (v Panthrakikos)
Average home league attendance 1,201
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Season 2015–16 is the 16th of Veria in Superleague Greece. Veria will compete in the following competitions Superleague and Greek Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Players

Squad information

No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Contract until
Goalkeepers
1 Georgios Kantimiris Greece GK 19 September 1982 (31) Greece Fokikos 30 June 2016
55 Jonathan López Spain GK 16 April 1981 (34) Spain Getafe 30 June 2017
96 Giorgos Vasileiadis Greece GK 10 June 1996 (19) Youth system 30 June 2019
Defenders
31 Dimitris Giannoulis Greece LB/LM 17 October 1996 (18) Greece PAOK 30 June 2016
2 Darcy Neto Brazil RB 7 February 1981 (34) Greece Veria 30 June 2016
18 Iván Malón Spain RB 26 August 1986 (28) Spain Mirandés 30 June 2016
28 Vaggelis Nastos Greece RB/CB 13 September 1980 (34) Greece Atromitos 30 June 2016
3 Cyril Kali France CB/RB 21 January 1984 (30) Greece Panetolikos 30 June 2017
5 Stelios Marangos Greece CB 4 May 1989 (25) Greece Kerkyra 30 June 2016
23 William Edjenguélé France CB 7 May 1987 (28) Greece Panetolikos 30 June 2017
44 Achilleas Poungouras Greece CB 13 December 1995 (19) Greece PAOK 30 June 2016
19 Anestis Karakostas Greece CB/DM 15 June 1991 (24) Greece Iraklis 30 June 2018
4 Raúl Bravo Spain LB/CB 14 April 1981 (34) Greece Aris 30 June 2016
Midfielders
6 Roberto Battión Argentina DM 1 March 1982 (32) Argentina Independiente 30 June 2016
8 Branko Ostojić Serbia DM 3 January 1984 (31) Serbia Javor 30 June 2016
25 Sotiris Balafas Greece DM 19 August 1986 (28) Ukraine Hoverla 30 June 2017
24 Abdisalam Ibrahim Norway DM 1 May 1991 (24) Greece Olympiacos 30 June 2017
22 Stefanos Siontis Greece DM/RB 4 September 1987 (27) Greece Kerkyra 30 June 2016
21 Alexandros Vergonis Greece CM 1 December 1985 (28) Greece Rodos 30 June 2016
86 Radosław Majewski Poland CM/AM 15 December 1986 (28) England Nottingham Forest 30 June 2017
13 Mohamed Youssouf Comoros LW 26 March 1988 (27) Greece Ergotelis 30 June 2017
20 Dimitris Melikiotis Greece RW/CF 10 July 1996 (19) Youth system 30 June 2019
7 Giorgos Georgiadis Greece LW/RW 14 November 1987 (26) Greece PAOK 30 June 2016
93 Djamel Abdoun Algeria LW/RW 14 February 1986 (29) England Nottingham Forest 30 June 2017
11 Giorgi Merebashvili Georgia (country) AM/LW/RW 15 August 1986 (28) Greece OFI Crete 30 June 2017
15 Pedro Arce Mexico AM 25 November 1991 (24) Greece Kavala 30 June 2016
-- Giorgos Bouzoukis Greece CM 26 July 1993 (22) Greece Chania 30 June 2018
Forwards
9 Thomas Nazlidis Greece CF 23 October 1987 (27) Greece Platanias 30 June 2016
14 Rodgers Kola Zambia CF 4 July 1989 (26) Belgium Gent 30 June 2016
77 Saša Kajkut Bosnia and Herzegovina CF 7 July 1984 (31) Greece Kerkyra 30 June 2017
80 Panagiotis Xoblios Greece CF 27 February 1996 (19) Youth system 30 June 2019
33 Dimitrios Manos Greece CF 16 September 1994 (21) Greece Ergotelis 30 June 2019

Transfers

Summer Transfers

Winter Transfers

Technical and medical staff

Season Milestones

  • On 20 May 2015, Superleague's court found Veria innocent as she was accused for fixing the game against Olympiacos F.C. in 2013.[1]
  • On 21 May 2015, Cyril Kali expanded his contract with the club for two more years while Branko Ostojić expanded his contract until 31 June 2016.[2][3]
  • On 25 May 2015, Pedro Arce signed a one-year contract expansion.[4]
  • On 26 May 2015, Javier Campora and Jose Catala mutually terminated their contracts with the club.[5]
  • On 29 May 2015, Sotiris Balafas signed his new contract which is set to expire on 31 June 2017.[6]
  • On 2 June 2015, Alexandros Vergonis renewed his contract with the club until 31 June 2016.[7]
  • On 18 June 2015, Veria F.C. board announced a major upgrade of their training facilities in Tagarochori.[8]
  • Veria's pre-season preparation will take place at Golden Tulip, in Arnhem, Netherlands.
  • Veria's first training of the season took place on 6 June 2015 at Tagarochori Training Center.[9]
  • On 8 July 2015 Veria was judged as innocent for the suspected fixed match against Olympiacos, on 6 January 2013, by the appeal committee of Hellenic Football Federation and they will remain in Superleague for fourth consecutive year, a record for the club as they never before survived for more than three seasons at the top tier of Greek football.[10]
  • On 3 August 2015 Levadiakos' appeal at Referee's Football Court of Hellenic Football Federation was turned down and Veria secured, permantly, her position in the Superleague.[11]
  • On 30 August 2015, Theodoros Karipidis confirmed the interest of a Chinese group of businessmen to buy club's partly or whole shares package. They arranged an appointment in Milan, Italy which will take place on 2 September 2015.[12]
  • On 31 August 2015, Stefanos Dogos was released on a free transfer by the club while Dimitris Manos was given on loan to Ergotelis in Football League.[13]
  • On 2 September 2015, Asterios Merkousis who was a young goalkeeper of Veria U20 youth squad that the club was expecting a lot to come from his talent, during the evening training of the same day with the first team squad passed away as he suffered from a heart attack. An ambulance brought him to Veria's hospital but doctors didn't make it to keep him alive.
  • On 19 January 2016, Georgios Georgiadis was fired by the club after several disappointing results.[14]
  • Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos was appointed as Veria's new manager on 26 January 2016. His assistant will be Stylianos Venetidis.[15]
  • Veria finished 14th in the Superleague Greece championship, securing a position for the next season.

Fixtures & Results

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Superleague Greece Regular season 14th 14th 23 August 2015 17 April 2016
Greek Cup Second Round Third Round Third Round 28 October 2015 13 January 2016

Last updated: 17 April 2016
Source: Competitions

Pre-season Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Fixtures

Last updated: 17 April 2016
Source: Superleague Greece

1.^ Matches of Matchday 4 originally were scheduled to be held in 19/20/21 September 2015, but due to the Elections to be held on 20 September 2015 Superleague Greece, decided the Matchday 4 to be held 22/23 September 2015.

Tickets

Updated to games played on 28 September 2015, as published on superleaguegreece.net.[16] Games are counted without games played behind closed gates.
Fixture Team Tickets Average
1 PAS Giannina 827
3 PAOK 3,557
5 AEK 3,348
7 Atromitos 602
9 Olympiacos 2,451
11 Iraklis 1,385
13 Panathinaikos 1,035
15 Asteras Tripolis 586
17 Panthrakikos 530
19 Panetolikos 648
21 Kalloni 714
23 Panionios 634
25 Levadiakos 500
27 Platanias 605
29 Skoda Xanthi 587
Overall 15 18,014 1,201

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Iraklis Thessaloniki 30 8 11 11 24 32 8 35[lower-alpha 1]
13 Skoda Xanthi 30 6 15 9 27 32 5 33
14 Veria 30 5 12 13 19 33 14 27
15 Panthrakikos (R) 30 3 8 19 18 58 40 17 Relegation to the Football League
16 AEL Kalloni (R) 30 3 7 20 19 53 34 16
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[17]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Panetolikos – Iraklis Thessaloniki 2–0, Iraklis Thessaloniki – Panetolikos 0–0.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
19 4 7 8 14 18  −4 19 1 3 6 6 11  −5 3 4 2 8 7  +1

Last updated: 29 January 2016.
Source: Superleague Greece

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWLDLWLWLDDDLDW
Position7510101489888912121210

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 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
Atromitos 3210847
Veria 3210427
Kallithea 3101463
Lamia 3003150

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Third round

Last updated: 19 December 2015
Source: HFF

Players Statistics

Overall

Updated as of 25 January 2016, 13:12 UTC.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Play-Offs Total Discipline
Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start
Goalkeepers
1GKGreece Georgios Kantimiris 3150520200070700
55GKSpain Jonathan López 34100101010001101120
96GKGreece Giorgos Vasileiadis 1900000000000000
Defenders
2DFBrazil Darcy Neto 34817200000100720
3DFFrance Cyril Kali 3000000000000000
4DFSpain Raúl Bravo 3400000000000000
5DFGreece Stelios Marangos 2512093030001501240
18DFSpain Iván Malón 289092020001101110
23DFFrance William Edjenguélé 28100102010001201140
28DFGreece Vaggelis Nastos 2450320200070510
44DFGreece Achilleas Poungouras 199082020001101010
Midfielders
6MFArgentina Roberto Battión 3240311100051400
7MFGreece Giorgos Georgiadis 2640220200060400
8MFSerbia Branko Ostojić 3120100000000000
11MFGeorgia (country) Giorgi Merebashvili 28914202000111610
13MFComoros Mohamed Youssouf 27905201000110600
15MFMexico Pedro Arce 2270710100070700
19MFGreece Anestis Karakostas 2400020100020100
20MFGreece Dimitris Melikiotis 1900000000000000
21MFGreece Alexandros Vergonis(c) 2880800000080800
22MFGreece Stefanos Siontis 27906303000120920
24MFNorway Abdisalam Ibrahim 2470520200090731
25MFGreece Sotiris Balafas 2800000000000000
31MFGreece Dimitris Giannoulis 19120121000001301230
86MFPoland Radosław Majewski 29140112220001621340
93MFAlgeria Djamel Abdoun 29103100000001031010
Forwards
9FWGreece Thomas Nazlidis 27154132000001741340
14FWZambia Rodgers Kola 261214202000141610
17FWGreece Dimitris Melikiotis 1900000000000000
77FWBosnia and Herzegovina Saša Kajkut 31805212000101700
80FWGreece Panagiotis Xoblios 191000000000010

Source: Superleague Greece

Goals

R Player Position Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
1 Greece Thomas Nazlidis FW 5 0 5
2 Poland Radosław Majewski MF 2 2 4
3 Algeria Djamel Abdoun MF 3 0 3
3 Greece Dimitris Anakoglou MF 2 0 2

Last updated: 17 April 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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Assists

R Player Position Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
1 Poland Radosław Majewski MF 3 0 3
2 Greece Thomas Nazlidis FW 2 0 2
Zambia Rodgers Kola FW 2 0 2

Last updated: 17 April 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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Best goal and MVP awards and nominees

Day Opponent H / A Name for Status
1 PAS Giannina H Greece Thomas Nazlidis MVP Nominated
2 Panthrakikos A Algeria Djamel Abdoun MVP Nominated
5 A.E.K. H Brazil Neto Best goal Nominated
6 AEL Kalloni A Algeria Djamel Abdoun MVP Nominated
8 Panionios A Greece Thomas Nazlidis MVP Nominated

Source: Best of Superleague 2015–2016

Infrastructure leagues

References

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  3. Επέκταση συνεργασίας με τον Σιρίλ Καλί
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  5. Αποδεσμεύσεις ποδοσφαιριστών
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  15. Προπονητης της Βέροιας ο Ελευθεροπουλος
  16. "Super League Schedule". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).
  17. "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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