2017–18 Ergotelis F.C. season

Ergotelis
2017–18 season
Chairman Egypt Maged Samy
Manager Greece Soulis Papadopoulos (18 January 2017 − 29 July 2017)
Greece Takis Gonias (21 August 2017 − 29 May 2018)
Stadium Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Football League 9th
Greek Cup Group Stage, (4th in Group 6)
Top goalscorer League: Belgium Hugo Cuypers (22 goals)
All: Belgium Hugo Cuypers (22 goals)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2017–18 season was Ergotelis' 88th season in existence and eleventh overall in the Football League, the second tier of the Greek football league system. It was the first season of the club in the competition since the club's latest promotion as champions of the 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Group 4, and the first season under the ownership of Egyptian businessman Maged Samy.[1] The content of this article covers club activities from 1 July 2017 until 31 May 2018.

After hiring controversial Greek manager Takis Gonias in August 2017, the team struggled early on to earn points on the Table and became relegation contenders at an early stage during the tournament. Ergotelis' squad significantly improved and maintained an impressive good form during the Second Round of the competition, winning several key matches, scoring many goals, maintaining ball possession rates close to 60%-70% and eventually battling their way out of the relegation zone, mainly due to the impressive 22-goal season performance of arriving Belgian striker Hugo Cuypers.

The club also participated in the Greek Cup for the first time since its relegation to the Gamma Ethniki, exiting the competition during the Group Stage having suffered three consecutive losses.

Players

  Summer acquisition
  Winter acquisition

No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
Goalkeepers
18 Georgios Chaniotakis Greece GK 23 January 1995 (23) Youth system
33 Panagiotis Ladas Greece GK 26 August 1994 (23) Belgium KFC Oosterzonen
97 Dimitrios Katsimitros Greece GK 12 June 1997 (20) Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
Defenders
2 Kyriakos Mazoulouxis Greece CB 1 May 1997 (21) Belgium Lierse
3 Apostolos Doulgerakis Greece CB 15 May 1998 (20) Youth system
5 Christos Batzios (C) Greece CB 15 October 1991 (26) Greece Kavala
22 Nikolaos Patas Greece CB 19 January 1997 (21) Greece Kallithea
31 Konstantinos Ikonomou Greece Hungary CB 16 March 1996 (22) Free agent
4 Konstantinos Kyriakidis Greece CB / RB 1 October 1993 (24) Greece Agrotikos Asteras
12 Stelios Labakis Greece RB 12 June 1992 (25) Greece Trikala
13 Manolis Nikolakakis Greece RB 19 February 1991 (27) Sweden Akropolis IF
11 James Stamopoulos (3rd VC) Canada Greece LB 24 June 1991 (26) Greece Kallithea
99 Athanasios Kyrialanis Greece LB 9 August 1999 (18) Greece PAOK On loan
Midfielders
15 Albert Bruce Ghana CM 30 December 1993 (24) Greece Panegialios
16 Vasilis Bouzas Greece CM 30 June 1993 (24) Greece Panegialios
23 Giannis Boutsakis Greece CM 8 February 1994 (24) Greece Atsalenios
6 Vasilios Vogiatzis Greece DM 10 January 1996 (22) Youth system
21 Zani Kurti Albania DM 6 December 1993 (24) Greece Ermis Zoniana
70 Georgios Angelopoulos Greece DM 25 February 1997 (21) Greece Panathinaikos On loan
8 Antonis Bourselis (VC) Greece AM 6 July 1994 (23) Greece OFI
20 Giannis Iatroudis Greece AM 2 February 1999 (19) Youth system
38 Ilias Tselios Greece AM 6 October 1997 (20) Greece AEK On loan
Forwards
14 Manolis Rovithis (2nd VC) Greece LW 16 September 1992 (25) Greece Sparti ACL rupture Source
10 Nikolaos Stamatakos Greece RW 1 January 1992 (26) Greece Kallithea
7 Georgios Manousakis Greece CF 10 April 1998 (20) Youth system
9 Joseph Efford United States CF 29 August 1996 (21) Free agent
19 Hugo Cuypers Belgium CF 7 February 1997 (21) Belgium Standard Liège

The following players have departed in mid-season

88 Ibrahima Ndiaye Senegal RW 6 July 1998 (19) Egypt Wadi Degla Loan return.
17 Georgios Lydakis Greece CF / RW 9 January 1997 (21) Neoi Ergoteli Loaned out

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

Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Greece Takis Gonias Greece Christos Batzios Italy Lotto Greece Be My Hero (4 December 2017 −)

Transfers

  Winter Transfer Window

In

Squad # Position Player Transferred From Fee Date
2 DF Greece Kyriakos Mazoulouxis Belgium Lierse Free 22 August 2017
33 GK Greece Panagiotis Ladas Belgium KFC Oosterzonen Free 22 August 2017
4 DF Greece Konstantinos Kyriakidis Greece Agrotikos Asteras Free 22 August 2017
22 DF Greece Nikolaos Patas Greece Kallithea Free 23 August 2017
11 DF Canada Greece James Stamopoulos Greece Kallithea Free 23 August 2017
17 FW Greece Georgios Lydakis Neoi Ergoteli Return 23 August 2017
21 MF Albania Zani Kurti Greece Ermis Zoniana Free 25 August 2017
10 FW Greece Nikolaos Stamatakos Greece Kallithea Free 25 August 2017
70 MF Greece Georgios Angelopoulos Greece Panathinaikos Loan 25 August 2017
99 DF Greece Athanasios Kyrialanis Greece PAOK Loan 29 August 2017
16 MF Greece Vasilis Bouzas Greece Panegialios Free 29 August 2017
12 DF Greece Stelios Labakis Greece Trikala Free 30 August 2017
23 MF Greece Giannis Boutsakis Greece Atsalenios Decrease Undisclosed 31 August 2017
88 FW Senegal Ibrahima Ndiaye Egypt Wadi Degla Loan 31 August 2017
19 FW Belgium Hugo Cuypers Belgium Standard Liège Decrease Undisclosed 31 August 2017
8 MF Greece Antonis Bourselis Greece OFI Free 10 September 2017
97 GK Greece Dimitrios Katsimitros Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Free 10 September 2017
14 FW Greece Manolis Rovithis Greece Sparti Free 10 September 2017
9 FW United States Joseph Efford Free agent Free 10 September 2017
38 MF Greece Ilias Tselios Greece AEK Loan 10 January 2018
13 DF Greece Manolis Nikolakakis Sweden Akropolis IF Free 10 January 2018
31 DF Greece Hungary Konstantinos Ikonomou Free agent Free 11 January 2018
15 MF Ghana Albert Bruce Greece Panegialios Free 7 February 2018
Squad # Position Player Date Signed Until
3 DF Greece Apostolos Doulgerakis TBA 30 June 2021
20 MF Greece Giannis Iatroudis TBA 30 June 2021

Total spending: Decrease Undisclosed

Out

Position Player Transferred To Fee Date
FW Greece Nikos Katsikokeris Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Free 7 July 2017
DF Greece Minas Tzanis Greece Atsalenios Free 7 July 2017
DF Greece Georgios Papapanagiotou Greece Aris Petroupoli Free 7 July 2017
FW Greece Fotis Kaimakamoudis Greece Kifisia Free 7 July 2017
FW Uruguay Sergio Leal Greece OFI Free 7 July 2017
MF Portugal Serginho Greece Rodos Free 10 July 2017
DF Greece Stamatis Karras Greece Tamynaikos Free 11 July 2017
MF Greece Anastasios Rousakis Greece Aittitos Spata Free 11 July 2017
GK Albania Greece Alexandros Leco Greece Aittitos Spata Free 12 July 2017
FW Albania Greece Alexandros Bracjani Cyprus PAEEK Free 12 July 2017
GK Greece Georgios Vasiliadis Greece Doxa Drama Free 14 July 2017
FW Greece Periklis Vellinis Greece Diagoras Rhodes Free 14 July 2017
MF Greece Giannis Gotsoulias Greece Paniliakos Free 14 July 2017
DF Greece Thomas Garaklidis Free agent Free 14 July 2017
DF Greece Manolis Nikolakakis Sweden Akropolis IF Free 19 July 2017
MF Greece Christos Niaros Greece Sparti Free 19 July 2017
MF Greece Christos Mingas Greece Elpis Skoutari Free 19 July 2017
MF Brazil Spain Micheel Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Free 29 July 2017
FW Senegal Ibrahima Ndiaye Egypt Wadi Degla Loan return 29 January 2018
FW Greece Georgios Lydakis Greece Atsalenios Loan 30 January 2018

Total income: Increase €0.0

Expenditure: Decrease Undisclosed

Managerial changes

Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Greece Soulis Papadopoulos Contract expired. 29 July 2017 -- Greece Takis Gonias 21 August 2017
Greece Takis Gonias Contract expired. 29 May 2018 9th Cyprus Nikki Papavasiliou 29 May 2018

Kit

2017 − February 2018

Supplier: Lotto
Sponsor(s): Be My Hero

Home
Away

Source: ergotelis.gr

February – May

Supplier: Lotto
Sponsor(s): Be My Hero

Home
Away

Source: ergotelis.gr

Friendlies

Supplier: Lotto
Sponsor(s): None

Friendlies

Source: ergotelis.gr

Pre-season and friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Mid-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

1.^ 70-minute friendly.

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Football League Greece 1 9th / 34 9th / 34 29 October 2017 25 May 2018
Greek Football Cup Group Stage Group Stage Group Stage 19 September 2017 30 November 2017

Last updated: 25 May 2018

Football League Greece

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 OFI Crete (C) (P) 34 27 5 2 86 14 +72 86 Promotion to Superleague
2 Aris (P) 34 26 7 1 65 13 +52 85
3 Panachaiki 34 22 7 5 50 21 +29 73
4 AO Chania − Kissamikos 34 19 7 8 64 32 +32 64
5 Doxa Drama 34 18 9 7 57 25 +32 63
6 Trikala 34 16 10 8 31 22 +9 58
7 Apollon Pontus 34 14 11 9 43 27 +16 53
8 A.E. Karaiskakis 34 13 9 12 35 32 +3 48
9 Ergotelis 34 13 7 14 56 47 +9 46
10 Apollon Larissa 34 16 1 17 45 54 9 0433
11 Aiginiakos 34 11 7 16 36 54 18 0374
12 Sparti 34 11 7 16 29 46 17 0343
13 Anagennisi Karditsa (R) 34 11 7 16 32 41 9 0343 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
14 Panserraikos (R) 34 9 6 19 43 52 9 0273
15 Panegialios (R) 34 8 7 19 29 57 28 0253
16 Kallithea (R) 34 6 9 19 26 39 13 0213
17 Veria (R) 33 5 2 26 13 70 57 052
18 Acharnaikos (R) 33 1 0 32 2 95 93 0-511

Updated to games played on 28 May 2018.
Source: Football League
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, only used if needed to decide teams for promotion or relegation).
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament. [2]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 13 7 14 56 47  +9 46 8 4 5 32 20  +12 5 3 9 24 27  −3

Last updated: 25 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by Round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDDLLLLLDLLWWDWWLLDWWLLLWDWWWWDLLWW
Position101012131617171717171716171412131313131212121312131212111010101399

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2018. Source: footballleaguenews.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

1.^ Matchdays 11 and 28 vs. Acharnaikos were awarded to Ergotelis (3−0), due to Acharnaikos being expelled from the league.[8]
2.^ Matchday 29 vs. Veria was awarded to Ergotelis (3−0), due to Veria having withdrawn from the league.[4]

Greek Cup

Group Stage

Group F

|} Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points,[9] 3) head-to-head goal difference.[10] 4) head-to-head best offense [11] 5) overall goal difference [12] 6) overall best offense.[13] 7) overall best defense.[14]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 25 May 2018

Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.

No.NameFootball LeagueGreek Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
18 Greece Georgios Chaniotakis 0010 10
33 Greece Panagiotis Ladas 17010 180
97 Greece Dimitrios Katsimitros 14 (1)010 15 (1)0
Defenders
2 Greece Kyriakos Mazoulouxis 18 (3)02 (1)0 20 (4)0
3 Greece Apostolos Doulgerakis 0010 10
4 Greece Konstantinos Kyriakidis 000 (1)0 0 (1)0
5 Greece Christos Batzios 29020 310
11 Canada James Stamopoulos 3012 (1)0 32 (1)1
12 Greece Stelios Labakis 0 (1)020 2 (1)0
13 Greece Manolis Nikolakakis 20 (1)000 20 (1)0
22 Greece Nikolaos Patas 14 (3)110 15 (3)1
31 Greece Konstantinos Ikonomou 3 (1)000 3 (1)0
99 Greece Athanasios Kyrialanis 0010 10
Midfielders
6 Greece Vasilios Vogiatzis 13 (5)030 16 (5)0
8 Greece Antonis Bourselis 24 (2)220 26 (2)2
15 Ghana Albert Bruce 0 (2)000 0 (2)0
16 Greece Vasilis Bouzas 21 (2)01 (1)0 22 (3)0
20 Greece Giannis Iatroudis 3 (19)32 (1)0 5 (20)3
21 Albania Zani Kurti 0 (4)000 0 (4)0
23 Greece Giannis Boutsakis 28 (1)020 30 (1)0
38 Greece Ilias Tselios 18200 182
70 Greece Georgios Angelopoulos 3 (14)120 5 (14)1
Forwards
7 Greece Georgios Manousakis 1 (8)010 2 (8)0
9 United States Joseph Efford 20 (4)71 (1)1 21 (5)8
10 Greece Nikolaos Stamatakos 27 (3)71 (1)0 28 (4)7
14 Greece Manolis Rovithis 4 (7)01 (1)1 5 (8)1
19 Belgium Hugo Cuypers 28221 (1)0 29 (1)22
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
17 Greece Georgios Lydakis 0 (1)010 1 (1)0
88 Senegal Ibrahima Ndiaye 6 (4)110 7 (4)1

Goal scorers

  Player has departed in mid-season

No. Pos. Nation Name Greek Football League Greek Cup Total
19 FW Belgium Hugo Cuypers 22 0 22
9 FW United States Joseph Efford 7 1 8
10 FW Greece Nikolaos Stamatakos 7 0 7
20 MF Greece Giannis Iatroudis 3 0 3
8 MF Greece Antonis Bourselis 2 0 2
38 MF Greece Ilias Tselios 2 0 2
88 FW Senegal Ibrahima Ndiaye 1 0 1
11 DF Canada Greece James Stamopoulos 1 0 1
70 MF Greece Georgios Angelopoulos 1 0 1
22 DF Greece Nikolaos Patas 1 0 1
14 FW Greece Manolis Rovithis 0 1 1
- - - Awarded (w/o) 9 0 9
TOTAL 56 2 58

Last updated: 25 May 2018
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

S P N Name Football League Cup Total
10FWGreeceNikolaos Stamatakos 501100601
33GKGreecePanagiotis Ladas 101100201
6MFGreeceVasilios Vogiatzis 101000101
19FWBelgiumHugo Cuypers 101000101
22DFGreeceNikolaos Patas 100001101
5DFGreeceChristos Batzios 10000001000
11DFCanada GreeceJames Stamopoulos 700000700
16MFGreeceVasilis Bouzas 700000700
23MFGreeceGiannis Boutsakis 500000500
13DFGreeceManolis Nikolakakis 500000500
8MFGreeceAntonis Bourselis 400100500
2DFGreeceKyriakos Mazoulouxis 300200500
88FWSenegalIbrahima Ndiaye 300000300
38MFGreeceIlias Tselios 300000300
20MFGreeceGiannis Iatroudis 200000200
70ΜFGreeceGeorgios Angelopoulos 200000200
9FWUnited StatesJoseph Efford 200000200
15MFGhanaAlbert Bruce 200000200
97GKGreeceDimitrios Katsimitros 100000100
TOTALS 65045017005

Last updated: 25 May 2018
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by Red card, Yellow cardYellow cardRed card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Yellow cardYellow cardRed card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Injury record

N P Nat. Name Type Status Source Match Inj. Date Ret. Date
4 DF Greece Konstantinos Kyriakidis Knee injury (right leg) Ergotelis.gr vs Ermis Zoniana 24 September 2017 22 November 2017
12 DF Greece Stelios Labakis ACL rupture Ergotelis.gr vs Xanthi 25 October 2017 23 May 2018
14 FW Greece Manolis Rovithis Partial ACL rupture Ergotelis.gr vs Kallithea 29 October 2017 17 December 2017
8 MF Greece Antonis Bourselis Femoral bicep rupture (right leg) Ergotelis.gr vs Panetolikos 30 November 2017 30 December 2017
14 FW Greece Manolis Rovithis ACL rupture Ergotelis.gr vs Aris 12 March 2018 September 2018
11 DF Canada James Stamopoulos Hematoma (right leg) Ergotelis.gr vs Aiginiakos 20 May 2018 TBD

- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury
Last updated: 24 May 2018
Source: Ergotelis FC

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