2016–17 Veria F.C. season

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Veria
2016–17 season
OwnerKonstantinos Papadopoulos (93.53%)
ChairmanKonstantinos Papadopoulos
ManagerAlekos Vosniadis (7 July 2016–23 Sept 2016)
Thomas Grafas (24 Sept 2016–26 Jan 2017)
Ratko Dostanić (13 Feb 2017–30 Jun 2017)
StadiumVeria Stadium, Veria
Super League16th (relegated)
Greek CupGroup stage
2017–18 →

Season 2016–17 is the 17th of Veria in Super League Greece. Veria will compete in the following competitions Super League and Greek Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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 Mohamadou 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

Out on loan[edit]

Transfers[edit]

Summer Transfers[edit]

Winter Transfers[edit]

Technical and medical staff[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • Veria will compete in the 2016–17 Super League Greece for 6th consecutive season. This is the first time ever to happen in her history.
  • On 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 Super League 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 Super League 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[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Super League 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[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

16 July 2016 Exhibition game Veria 1 – 1 Xanthi Veria
18:30 (UTG+3) Melikiotis 29' Report Ranos 58' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Greece D. Karantonis
19 July 2016 Exhibition game Veria 1 – 0 Kerkyra Naoussa
18:30 (UTG+3) Alba 92' (pen) Report Stadium: Koutsoufliani Training Center
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
31 July 2016 Exhibition game Veria 0 – 1 Apollon Smyrni Veria
19:00 (UTG+3) Report Diamantopoulos 43' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: N/A
2 August 2016 Exhibition game Olympiacos Volou 1 – 1 Veria Volos
19:00 (UTG+3) Da Costa 25' (pen) Report T. Papadopoulos 2' Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
6 August 2016 Exhibition game Xanthi 0 – 0 Veria Xanthi
19:00 (UTG+3) Report Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
9 August 2016 Exhibition game PAOK 3 – 0 Veria Thessaloniki
20:00 (UTG+3) Pereyra 29' 35'
Biseswar 62'
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
13 August 2016 Exhibition game Kerkyra 1 – 1 Veria Corfu
18:30 (UTG+3) Kontos 4' Report Sissoko 11' Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
21 August 2016 Exhibition game Pas Giannina 0 – 0 Veria Ioannina
18:30 (UTG+3) Report Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Greece C. Mitsios
27 August 2016 Exhibition game Niki Volou 2 – 3 Veria Volos
18:00 (UTG+3) Koretas 38'
Metsi 93'
Report Miljević 27'
Vitti 70'
Arce 88'
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
1 September 2016 Exhibition game Veria 2 – 2 PAOK Veria
20:00 (UTG+3) Kapetanos 52'
Papadopoulos 56'
Report Campos 27'
Athanasiadis 32'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Greece D. Karantonis
3 September 2016 Exhibition game Kerkyra 2 – 1 Veria Corfu
18:15 (UTG+3) Thuram 68' (pen)
Adilehou 78'
[1] Vitti pen' (25) Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Greece K. Tompros
5 September 2016 Exhibition game Aiginiakos 4 – 0 Veria Aiginio
17:30 (UTG+3) Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Aiginio

Mid-season Friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Fixtures[edit]

Postponed 1 Larisa v Veria Larissa
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Referee: Greece TBA
Postponed 2 Veria v Iraklis Veria
TBA (UTG+3) Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: Greece TBA
11 September 2016 3 Olympiacos 6 – 1 Veria Piraeus
20:30 (UTG+3) Ideye 25' 61' 89'
Sebá 27'
Elyounoussi 41'
Milivojević 49'
Report Marangos Yellow card 10'
Kapetanos 74'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,213
Referee: Greece I. Delfakis
Man of the Match: Nigeria Brown Ideye
17 September 2016 4 Veria 0 – 2 AEK Veria
20:30 (UTG+3) Navalovski Yellow card 45' Report Bakasetas 18'
Vargas Yellow card 76' 87'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Greece Ch. Kalogeropoulos
Man of the Match: Greece Anastasios Bakasetas
24 September 2016 5 Panionios 1 – 2 Veria Athens
18:15 (UTG+3) Siopis Yellow card 45'
N'Gog Yellow card 74', 81'
Report Vitti 17', Yellow card 28' 45'
Arce Yellow card 26'
Melikiotis Yellow card 42'
Navalovski Yellow card 80'
López Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 1,508
Referee: Greece G Foukakis
Man of the Match: Argentina Pablo Vitti
2 October 2016 6 Veria 0 – 0 PAOK Veria
16:00 (UTG+3) Arce Yellow card 52' Report Athanasiadis Yellow card 45+4'
Cimirot Yellow card 79'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: TBA
Referee: Greece A. Evangelou
Man of the Match: Greece Stelios Marangos
16 October 2016 7 Atromitos v Veria Athens
18:15 (UTG+3) Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
24 October 2016 8 Veria v Panathinaikos Veria
19:30 (UTG+3) Stadium: Veria Stadium
30 October 2016 9 Veria v Platanias Veria
19:30 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
6 November 2016 10 Kerkyra v Veria Corfu
17:15 (UTG+2) Stadium: Kerkyra Municipal Stadium
19 November 2016 11 Veria v Levadiakos Veria
17:15 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
26 November 2016 12 PAS Giannina v Veria Ioannina
15:00 (UTG+2) Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
3 December 2016 13 Veria v Panetolikos Veria
15:00 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
17 December 2016 15 Veria v Xanthi Veria
15:00 (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium

Last updated: 3 October 2016
Source: Superleague Greece

Tickets[edit]

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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Asteras Tripolis 30 6 10 14 34 49 −15 28[a]
13 AEL 30 6 10 14 23 42 −19 28[a]
14 Levadiakos 30 6 8 16 27 49 −22 26
15 Iraklis[b] (R) 30 6 11 13 28 39 −11 29 Relegation to Gamma Ethniki
16 Veria (R) 30 5 7 18 23 56 −33 22 Relegation to Football League
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).[citation needed]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 4, AEL 1.
  2. ^ Iraklis were initially relegated to Football League due to the financial problems.[5] However, the team decided not to participate in the second tier Football League, and play in the third tier Gamma Ethniki instead with the amateur team.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 5 7 18 23 56  −33 22 4 5 6 17 18  −1 1 2 12 6 38  −32

Last updated: 2 October 2016.
Source: Superleague Greece

Results by matchday[edit]

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[edit]

Second round[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Asteras Tripolis 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Round of 16
2 Aris 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5
3 Aiginiakos 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4 Veria 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: epo.gr

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

25 October 2016 1 Asteras Tripolis 1 – 0 Veria Tripoli
TBA (UTG+3) Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
29 November 2016 2 Veria 0 – 1 Aiginiakos Veria
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Veria Stadium
13 December 2016 3 Aris 0 – 0 Veria Thessaloniki
TBA (UTG+2) Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

Last updated: 3 October 2016
Source: HFF

Players Statistics[edit]

Overall[edit]

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
1 GK Greece Georgios Kantimiris 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Greece Theodoros Venetikidis 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
96 GK Spain Jonathan López 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Greece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
3 DF Ghana Mark Nyaaba Asigba 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Greece Christos Melissis 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
5 DF Greece Stelios Marangos(c) 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
6 DF France Mohamadou Sissoko 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Greece Sofoklis Radis 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Spain Iván Malón 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
21 DF France Cyril Kali 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 DF Georgia (country) Giorgi Navalovski 30 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
Midfielders
7 MF Spain Toni Calvo 29 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
8 MF Spain Antonio Tomás 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Mexico Pedro Arce 25 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
11 MF Serbia Kristijan Miljević 24 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 MF Spain Sisinio 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
17 MF Netherlands Jeffrey Sarpong 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
19 MF Greece Yiannis Papadopoulos 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
21 MF Greece Panagiotis Linardos 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Greece Alexandros Doris 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Greece Sotiris Balafas 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
26 MF Australia Terry Antonis 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
71 MF Greece Manolis Papasterianos 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0
20 FW Greece Dimitris Melikiotis 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Greece Ioakeim Zyngeridis 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Argentina Pablo Vitti 31 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
99 FW Australia Billy Konstantinidis 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Superleague Greece

Goals[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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. ^ Τσώχος, Μιχάλης (June 23, 2017). "Super League: Υποβιβάστηκε και πάλι ο Ηρακλής". CNN.gr.