2019–20 Veria F.C. season

The season 2019–20 will be Veria's 59th year in existence as a football club. On July 20, 2019 the club's board announced the foundation of the new S.A. of Veria under the new name PAE Veria NFC 2019 making the club eligible to practice in the professional divisions of Greek Football. In season 2019–20 Veria will compete in the following competitions Football League and Greek Cup since the club won promotion last season. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Veria
2019–20 season
OwnerBikas Group and partners
ChairmanChristos Bikas
Manager
Sakis Theodosiadis
(30 October 2018 − 18 Nov 2019)
Tasos Anthimiadis
(18 November 2019 – 26 Nov 2019)
Kostas Georgiadis
(26 November 2019 – )
StadiumVeria Stadium, Veria
Football LeagueTBD
Greek CupTBD
Top goalscorerLeague: Giannis Pasas (6)
All: Giannis Pasas (7)
Highest home attendance1000
Lowest home attendance550
Average home league attendance738

Events

  • 20 July: Veria announces the foundation of thew new S.A. Veria under the name PAE Veria NFC 2019 which made the club eligible to compete in the professional leagues of the Greek football.[1]
  • 20 July: Veria board announced due to FIFA's constitution and the new football law forced by Hellenic Football Federation the club had to change colors and emblem adopting black, white, gray and gold as the new club's colors.[2]
  • 27 July: Veria announced the new board of directors. Christos Bikas was appointed as club's chairman.[3]
  • 18 November: Veria sacked Theodosiadis.[4]
  • 26 November: Veria appointed Kostas Georgiadis as the new club manager.[5]

Players

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start
Goalkeepers
GK Prodromos Blatsiotis 1900000000000
GK Panagiotis Vosniadis 3000000000000
GK Vasilis Tsimopoulos 1900000000000
Defenders
DF Asterios Mouchalis 2200000000000
DF Doukas Lefidis 2400000000000
DF Stavros Petavrakis 2600000000000
DF Argyris Mouratidis 2400000000000
DF Stelios Marangos 3000000000000
DF Stefanos Polyzos 2400000000000
DF Alexandros Zourkos 2300000000000
Midfielders
MF Giorgos Bletsas 2400000000000
MF Alexandros Vergonis (C) 3300000000000
MF Marcelo Penta 3300000000000
MF Nikos Zourkos 2900000000000
MF Dimitris Stamou 2800000000000
MF Georgios Skatharoudis 26901303120400
MF Lampros Tairis 2500000000000
MF Giannis Pasas 2800000000000
MF Giannis Ioannou 1900000000000
Forwards
FW Dimitris Melikiotis 2300000000000
FW Thanasis Kanoulas 2700000000000
FW Dimos Chantzaras 2200000000000
FW Giorgos Vasiltsis 1600000000000
FW Alberto Simoni 2200000000000
FW Alexandros Karagiannis 2600000000000

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Summer 2019

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

No. Position Player
GK Vasilis Tsimopoulos (from Asteras Tripolis)[6]
GK Panagiotis Vosniadis (from Iraklis)[7]
DF Stefanos Polyzos (from Aiginiakos)[8]
DF Stavros Petavrakis (from Doxa Drama)[9]
MF Dimitris Stamou (from Iraklis)[10]
No. Position Player
MF Giannis Pasas (from Kerkyra)
MF Nikos Zourkos (from Giannitsa)[11]
MF Marcelo Penta (from Volos)[12]
FW Alberto Simoni (from Aris Palaiochori)[13]

Transfers out

Summer 2019

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

No. Position Player
GK Anestis Kontogoulidis (released)
GK Giannis Pantos (released)
DF Thanasis Tsortas (released)
MF Paraskevas Bakalis (released)
MF Stathis Karabelas (released)
MF Savvas Kyriakidis (released)
No. Position Player
MF Savvas Kyriakidis (released)
MF Anastasios Papoutsidis (released)
MF Konstantinos Sofianidis (on loan to Almopos Aridaea)[14]
FW Kostas Troupkos (on loan to Panthrakikos)[15]
FW Giorgos Mylonas (released)
FW Giannis Tsikopoulos (released)

Transfers in

Winter 2020

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

No. Position Player
GK Dimitris Politis (free agent)
DF Nikolaos Georgiadis (free agent)
FW Stelios Pozoglou ( Olympiacos Volou)
No. Position Player
FW Alexandros Karagiannis (from Lamia)
FW Charalampos Pavlidis (on loan from Apollon Smyrnis)

Transfers out

Winter 2020

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

No. Position Player
DF Alexandros Zourkos (free agent)
No. Position Player
FW Georgios Skatharoudis (free agent)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Football League Matchday 1 2nd TBD 29 September 2019 29 March 2020
Greek Cup Third round Fifth round TBD 18 September 2019 TBA

Last updated: 8 January 2020

Football League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 7 6 5 19 13  +6 27 4 3 1 12 6  +6 3 3 4 7 7  0

Last updated: 10 February 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

Fixtures

Preseason friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

7 August 2019 FriendlyVeria0 – 1PAOK U20Naousa
18:00 (UTG+3) Report Panidis  8' Stadium: Koutsoufliani Training Center
12 August 2019 FriendlyVeria1 – 0KissamikosNaousa
18:00 (UTG+3) Simoni  33' Report Stadium: Koutsoufliani Training Center
18 August 2019 FriendlyVeria2 – 2TrigliaVeria
18:30 (UTG+3) Kanoulas  38'
Melikiotis  55'
Sarvanidis  25'
Tsemperidis  82'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
24 August 2019 FriendlyPAS Giannina1 – 1VeriaIoannina
18:00 (UTG+3) Liasos  83' Report Kanoulas  69' Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
1 September 2019 FriendlyKavala1 – 1VeriaKavala
18:00 (UTG+3) Melissopoulos  33' Report Simoni  36' Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium
6 September 2019 FriendlyVeria1 – 1VolosVeria
18:00 (UTG+3) Skatharoudis  45' Report Kyziridis  5' Stadium: Veria Stadium

Football League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

29 September 2019 1Veria0 – 0DiagorasVeria
16:00 (UTG+3) Pasas  15'
Simoni  52'
Report Manolakis  42'
Tselios  66'
Iliadis  90'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: S. Tsimenteridis
Man of the Match: T. Tselios
6 October 2019 2Olympiakos Volou0 – 2VeriaLarissa
15:00 (UTG+3) Tsiaras  14'
Skopelitis  82'
Report Penta  5'  51'
Bletsas  52'
Pasas  84'  90'
Stadium: Apollon Ground
Attendance: N/A
Referee: F. Ntaoulas
Man of the Match: Giannis Pasas
13 October 2019 3Veria2 – 1TrigliaVeria
16:00 (UTG+3) Zourkos  2'
Kanoulas  37'  80'
Pasas  48'
Stamou  65'
Simoni  69'
Report Sarvanidis  39'
Papadimitriou  73'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Ch. Athanasiou
Man of the Match: Thanasis Kanoulas
20 October 2019 4Kavala1 – 0VeriaKavala
16:00 (UTG+3) Gerthi  30'  82'
Gavriilidis  39'
Report Stamou  27'
Vergonis  52'
Mouchalis  79'
Petavrakis  80'
Chantzaras  93'
Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: A. Tzoumalakis
Man of the Match: Vangelis Gerthi
26 October 2019 5Veria1 – 1Enosis AspropyrgosVeria
15:00 (UTG+3) Kanoulas  49'
Mouchalis  74'
Report Ioannidis  33'
Vasileiou  55'  75'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: K. Panitsidis
Man of the Match: N/A
3 November 2019 6Veria3 – 1EgaleoVeria
15:00 (UTG+2) Mouratidis  7'  51'
Kanoulas  61' (pen.)
Chantzaras  89'
[ Report] A. Zourkos  29' (o.g.)
Psanis  73'
Katsikogiannis  77'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 550
Referee: E. Gratsanis
Man of the Match: Thanasis Kanoulas
11 November 2019 7Trikala2 – 1VeriaTrikala
14:45 (UTG+2) Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Referee: TBA
17 November 2019 8Veria1 – 1ThesprotosVeria
15:00 (UTG+2) Simoni  68' Report Kollas  50' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: TBA
24 November 2019 9OF Ierapetra0 – 1VeriaIerapetra
15:00 (UTG+2) Report Pasas  68' Stadium: Ierapetra Municipal Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: TBA
Man of the Match: Giannis Pasas
1 December 2019 10Veria2 – 0KalamataVeria
15:00 (UTG+2) Pasas  21' (pen)  75' Report Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: TBA
Man of the Match: Giannis Pasas
8 December 2019 11Ialysos1 – 0VeriaIalysos
15:00 (UTG+2) Makrydimitris  29' Report Stadium: Municipal Stadium Ekonomideio
Referee: Mpakogiannis
15 December 2019 12Veria3 – 0Niki VolosVeria
15:00 (UTG+2) Simoni  27'
Bletsas  86'
Tairis  90'
Report Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: Poulikidis
22 December 2019 13Ionikos0 – 0VeriaNikaia
15:00 (UTG+2) Report Stadium: Neapolis Public Stadium
Referee: Antoniou
4 January 2020 14Diagoras0 – 1VeriaRhodes
15:00 (UTG+2) Report Polyzos  71' Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Referee: Kalantzis
12 January 2020 15Veria1 – 0Olympiakos VolouVeria
15:00 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: TBA
19 January 2020 16Triglia0 – 0VeriaTriglia
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Triglia Municipal Stadium
Referee: TBA
26 January 2020 17Veria0 – 2KavalaVeria
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: TBA
2 February 2020 18Enosis Aspropyrgos2 – 2VeriaAspropyrgos
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Aspropyrgos Municipal Stadium
Referee: TBA
9 February 2020 19Egaleo1 – 0VeriaAigaleo
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Referee: TBA
16 February 2020 20VeriavTrikalaVeria
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: TBA
23 February 2020 21ThesprotosvVeriaIgoumenitsa
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Igoumenitsa Municipal Stadium
Referee: TBA
1 March 2020 22VeriavOF IerapetraVeria
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: TBA
8 March 2020 23KalamatavVeriaKalamata
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Referee: TBA
15 March 2020 24VeriavIalysosVeria
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: TBA
22 March 2020 25Niki VolosvVeriaVolos
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Pantelis Magoulas Stadium
Referee: TBA
29 March 2020 26VeriavIonikosVeria
TBA (UTG+3) Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: TBA

League table

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
5 Ierapetra 23 10 7 6 23 19 +4 37 Promotion to the Super League 2
6 Kavala 23 9 9 5 23 12 +11 36
7 Veria 23 9 8 6 27 19 +8 35
8 Olympiacos Volos 23 8 7 8 28 32 4 31
9 Egaleo 23 7 6 10 14 22 8 27
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: sl2fl.gr
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).

Greek Cup

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Third round

18 September 2019 Third roundVeria2 – 0DiagorasVeria
16:00 (UTG+3) Simoni  49',  59'
Vosniadis  66'
Chantzaras  80'
Report Karpathakis  89' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: S. Tsimenteridis
Man of the Match: A. Simoni

Fourth round

24 September 2019 Fourth roundVeria3 – 0LevadiakosVeria
16:00 (UTG+3) Simoni  53'
Penta  17'  61'
Pasas  71'
Stamou  92'
Report Ν'Nomo  6'
Fytanidis  47'
Ioannidis  79'
Panteliadis  87'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: S. Zampalas
Man of the Match: Marcelo Penta

Fifth round

29 October 2019 1st legPAS Giannina1 – 0VeriaIoannina
19:30 (UTG+2) Zioulis 45'
Pamlidis  47'
Xydas  51'
Report Kanoulas  22'
Bletsas  32'
Petavrakis  43'
Pasas  51'  61'
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 1200
Referee: M. Gioumatzidis
Man of the Match: Lefteris Choutesiotis
4 December 2019 2nd legVeria1 – 2PAS GianninaVeria
TBA (UTG+2) [ Report] Stadium: Veria Stadium

Player statistics

References

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