2016–17 Veria F.C. season

Veria
2016–17 season
Owner Konstantinos Papadopoulos (93.53%)
Chairman Konstantinos Papadopoulos
Manager Alekos Vosniadis (7 July 2016–23 Sept 2016)
Thomas Grafas (24 Sept 2016–26 Jan 2017)
Ratko Dostanić (13 Feb 2017–)
Stadium Veria Stadium, Veria
Superleague 16th (relegated)
Greek Cup TBD
Top goalscorer League: TBD
All: TBD
Highest home attendance TBD
Lowest home attendance TBD
Average home league attendance TBD
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Season 2016–17 is the 17th 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 Note(s)
Goalkeepers
1 Georgios Kantimiris Greece GK 19 September 1982 (31) Greece Fokikos
30 Theodoros Venetikidis Greece GK 20 February 2001 (15) Youth system
55 Jonathan López Spain GK 16 April 1981 (35) Spain Getafe
Defenders
2 Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Greece RB/RM 28 January 1992 (24) Greece AEK On loan until 30 June 2017
3 Mark Asigba Ghana RB/CB 7 July 1990 (26) Greece Olympiacos On loan until 30 June 2017
4 Christos Melissis Greece CB 1 December 1982 (33) Greece Panthrakikos
5 Stelios Marangos Greece CB/DM 4 May 1989 (27) Greece Kerkyra
6 Mahamadou Sissoko France CB 8 August 1988 (28) Turkey Giresunspor
16 Sofoklis Radis Greece CB 21 February 1998 (18) Youth system
18 Iván Malón Spain RB 26 August 1986 (30) Spain Mirandés
21 Cyril Kali France CB/RB 21 January 1984 (32) Greece Panetolikos
88 Giorgi Navalovski Georgia (country) LB 28 June 1986 (30) Russia SKA-Khabarovsk
95 Giannis Charontakis Greece LB 7 August 1995 (21) Greece Trikala
Midfielders
7 Toni Calvo Spain L/RW 28 March 1987 (29) Cyprus Anorthosis
8 Antonio Tomás Spain CM 19 January 1985 (31) Spain Numancia
10 Pedro Arce Mexico CM/AM 25 November 1991 (25) Greece Veria
11 Kristijan Miljević Serbia LW 15 July 1992 (age 24) Greece Lamia
14 Sisinio Spain L/RW/AM 22 April 1986 (30) Poland Lech Poznań
17 Jeffrey Sarpong Netherlands RW 3 August 1988 (28) Australia Wellington Phoenix
19 Yiannis Papadopoulos Greece CM 9 March 1989 (27) Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba
21 Panagiotis Linardos Greece AM 7 August 1991 (25) Greece Panegialios
24 Alexandros Doris Greece AM 10 July 1999 (17) Youth system
25 Sotiris Balafas Greece DM 19 August 1986 (28) Ukraine Hoverla
26 Terry Antonis Australia CM 26 November 1993 (23) Greece PAOK On loan until 30 June 2017
71 Manolis Papasterianos Greece DM/CB 15 August 1987 (29) Greece Xanthi
Forwards
9 Pantelis Kapetanos Greece CF 8 June 1983 (33) Greece Xanthi
20 Dimitris Melikiotis Greece RW/CF 10 July 1996 (19) Youth system
23 Ioakeim Zyngeridis Greece CF 20 January 1999 (17) Youth system
28 Pablo Vitti Argentina ST 9 July 1985 (31) Thailand Ratchaburi
99 Billy Konstantinidis Australia CF 21 April 1986 (30) Greece Aris

Transfers

Summer Transfers

Winter Transfers

Technical and medical staff

Technical staff
Head coach Serbia Ratko Dostanić
Assistant coach Greece TBA
Goalkeeping coach Greece Dimitris Kottaridis
Fitness coach Greece TBA
Serbia Goran Guzijan
Team Manager Greece Aris Veniopoulos
Interpreter Portugal King Ferreira
Caregiver Greece Thanasis Voulgaris
Greece Kosmas Rozintsis
Scouting staff
Scout N/A
Medical staff
Physio TBA
Masseur Greece Fotis Konstantakos
Greece Dimitris Lamprinidis
Greece Charis Pantelidis
Pathologist Greece Georgios Avramopoulos
Orthopedist Greece Nikolaos Dimou
Urologist Greece Georgios Minas
Surgeon Greece Prodromos Isaakidis
Dentist Greece Despοina Karvouna
Νutritionist Greece Athanasios Topis

Veria Academy

Academy staff
Technical Director Greece Nikos Karabiberis
General Manager Greece Georgia Tsiamoura
U20 coach Greece Apostolis Terzis
Assistant coach Greece Germanos Safarikas
Goalkeeping coach Greece Dimitris Kottaridis
U17 coach Greece Dimitris Christoforidis
U15 coach Greece Giannis Kapsaliaris

Season Milestones

  • Veria will compete in the 2016–17 Superleague Greece for 6th consecutive season. This is the first time ever to happen in her history.
  • In May 8, 2016, Karipidis stated in an interview for "Real News" that he's very close to seal a deal with a Chinese company on selling Veria's shares.[1]
  • Konstantinos Papadopoulos is the new major shareholder of Veria.
  • Zisis Vryzas quit his post on 3 July 2016.
  • Following Vryzas' departure, Eleftheropoulos quit his manager position along with Venetidis on 6 July 2016.
  • Alekos Vosniadis was appointed as the new club manager on 8 July 2016.
  • On 8 September 2016, Committee of Professional Sports didn't allow the transfer of the club's shares from Theodoros Karipidis to Konstantinos Papadopoulos, as a result Veria wasn't grant a permission of participation to the 2016–17 Superleague Greece championship and they are facing a relegation penalty to Football League or even a ban from all the professional football championships.[2]
  • On 22 September 2016, Committee of Professional Sports granted to Veria, the permission of participating to 2016–17 Superleague Greece as well as they approved the transfer shares of 93,53% from Theodoros Karipidis to Konstantinos Papadopoulos. Veria was fined €15,000 for their incomplete file on their first attempt.[3]
  • On 23 September 2016, Alekos Vosniadis left the club.
  • On 24 September 2016, Thomas Grafas was appointed as the new club manager.

Fixtures & Results

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Superleague Greece Regular season TBP TBP 10 September 2016 April 2017
Greek Cup Second Round TBP TBP October 2016 TBA

Last updated: 17 April 2016
Source: Competitions

Pre-season Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Mid-season Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Fixtures

Last updated: 3 October 2016
Source: Superleague Greece

Tickets

Updated to games played on August 2016, as published on superleaguegreece.net.[4] Games are counted without games played behind closed gates.
Fixture Team Tickets Average
2 Iraklis TBA
4 AEK 3,111
6 PAOK TBA
8 Panathinaikos TBA
9 Platanias TBA
11 Levadiakos TBA
13 Panetolikos TBA
15 Xanthi TBA
Overall 15 TBA TBA

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Asteras Tripoli 30 6 10 14 34 49 −15 28[lower-alpha 1]
13 Larissa 30 6 10 14 23 42 −19 28[lower-alpha 1]
14 Levadiakos 30 6 8 16 27 49 −22 26
15 Iraklis Thessaloniki[lower-alpha 2] (R) 30 6 11 13 28 39 −11 29 Relegation to the Football League
16 Veria (R) 30 5 7 18 23 56 −33 22
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).
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Asteras Tripoli ahead of Larissa on head-to-head record; Asteras Tripoli–Larissa 1–1, Larissa–Asteras Tripoli 1–4.
  2. ↑ Iraklis relegated due financial problems.[5]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
4 1 1 2 3 9  −6 4 0 1 1 0 2  −2 1 0 1 3 7  −4

Last updated: 2 October 2016.
Source: Superleague Greece

Results by matchday

Matchday123456
GroundAHAHAH
ResultPPLLWD
Position12131211

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2016. Source: Superleague Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Greek Cup

Second round

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. Asteras Tripoli 00000
2. Veria 00000
3. Aris 00000
4. Aiginiakos 00000

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Last updated: 3 October 2016
Source: HFF

Players Statistics

Overall

Updated as of 18 September 2016.

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 3100000000000000
30GKGreece Theodoros Venetikidis 1500000000000000
96GKSpain Jonathan López 3520000000020200
Defenders
2DFGreece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos 2410000000010100
3DFGhana Mark Nyaaba Asigba 2600000000000000
4DFGreece Christos Melissis 3310000000010100
5DFGreece Stelios Marangos(c) 2620000000020210
6DFFrance Mahamadou Sissoko 2800000000000000
16DFGreece Sofoklis Radis 1800000000000000
18DFSpain Iván Malón 2920000000020200
21DFFrance Cyril Kali 3100000000000000
88DFGeorgia (country) Giorgi Navalovski 301 (1)0000000020110
Midfielders
7MFSpain Toni Calvo 291 (1)0000000020100
8MFSpain Antonio Tomás 3100000000000000
10MFMexico Pedro Arce 251 (1)0000000020100
11MFSerbia Kristijan Miljević 240 (1)0000000010000
14MFSpain Sisinio 3020000000020200
17MFNetherlands Jeffrey Sarpong 2820000000020200
19MFGreece Yiannis Papadopoulos 2720000000020200
21MFGreece Panagiotis Linardos 2500000000000000
24MFGreece Alexandros Doris 2500000000000000
25MFGreece Sotiris Balafas 3010000000010100
26MFAustralia Terry Antonis 2300000000000000
71MFGreece Manolis Papasterianos 2910000000010100
Forwards
9FWGreece Pantelis Kapetanos 3321000000021200
20FWGreece Dimitris Melikiotis 2000000000000000
23FWGreece Ioakeim Zyngeridis 1700000000000000
28FWArgentina Pablo Vitti 310 (2)0000000020000
99FWAustralia Billy Konstantinidis 3000000000000000

Source: Superleague Greece

Goals

R Player Position Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
1 Argentina Pablo Vitti FW 2 0 2
2 Greece Pantelis Kapetanos FW 1 0 1

Last updated: 28 September 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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Assists

R Player Position Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
1 Georgia (country) Giorgi Navalovski DF 2 0 2
2 Mexico Pedro Arce MF 1 0 1

Last updated: 28 September 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
3 Olympiacos A Greece Pantelis Kapetanos Best goal Nominated
5 Paninios A Argentina Pablo Vitti MVP & Best goal Nominated

Source: Best of Superleague 2016–2017

References

  1. ↑ Καρυπίδης: Κινέζικη εταιρεία για τη ΒΕΡΟΙΑ
  2. ↑ Κινδυνεύει με υποβιβασμό η Βέροια!
  3. ↑ Μοναδικό κόστος 15.000 ευρώ για τη Βέροια
  4. ↑ "Super League Schedule". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek).
  5. ↑ cnn.gr Super League: Υποβιβάστηκε και πάλι ο Ηρακλής
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