2015–16 Veria F.C. season explained

Season 2015–16 is the 16th 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

Squad information

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

Transfers

Summer Transfers

See main article: 2015 Greek football summer transfers. In:Out:.

Winter Transfers

In:Out:

Technical and medical staff

Technical staff
Head coach	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
align=left rowspan=1	Assistant coach	Stylianos Venetidis
align=left rowspan=1	Goalkeeping coach	Dimitris Kottaridis
align=left rowspan=2	Fitness coach	Ilias Ampatzidis
Goran Guzijan
Team Manager	Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
Interpreter	King
align=left rowspan=2	Caregiver	Thanasis Voulgaris
Kosmas Rozintsis
Scouting staff
align=left rowspan=1	Scout	N/A
Medical staff
align=left rowspan=1	Physio	Anastasios Tiflidis
align=left rowspan=3	Masseur	Fotis Konstantakos
Dimitris Lamprinidis
Charis Pantelidis
align=left rowspan=1	Pathologist	Georgios Avramopoulos
Orthopedist	Nikolaos Dimou
align=left rowspan=1	Urologist	Georgios Minas
align=left rowspan=1	Surgeon	Prodromos Isaakidis
align=left rowspan=1	Dentist	Despοina Karvouna
align=left rowspan=1	Νutritionist	Athanasios Topis

Veria Academy

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

Season Milestones

• On 20 May 2015, Super League'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 Super League 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 permanently secured her position in the Super League.^[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 died 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 Super League 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
Super League 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

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

Results by matchday

Greek Cup

See main article: 2015–16 Greek Football Cup.

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
1	GK	Georgios Kantimiris	31	5	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	7	0	0
55	GK	Jonathan López	34	10	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	11	2	0
96	GK	Giorgos Vasileiadis	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Darcy Neto	34	8	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	7	2	0
3	DF	Cyril Kali	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Raúl Bravo	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Stelios Marangos	25	12	0	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	12	4	0
18	DF	Iván Malón	28	9	0	9	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	11	1	0
23	DF	William Edjenguélé	28	10	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	11	4	0
28	DF	Vaggelis Nastos	24	5	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	5	1	0
44	DF	Achilleas Poungouras	19	9	0	8	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	10	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Roberto Battión	32	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	0
7	MF	Giorgos Georgiadis	26	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	4	0	0
8	MF	Branko Ostojić	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Giorgi Merebashvili	28	9	1	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	1	6	1	0
13	MF	Mohamed Youssouf	27	9	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	6	0	0
15	MF	Pedro Arce	22	7	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	7	0	0
19	MF	Anestis Karakostas	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Dimitris Melikiotis	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Alexandros Vergonis(c)	28	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8	0	0
22	MF	Stefanos Siontis	27	9	0	6	3	0	3	0	0	0	12	0	9	2	0
24	MF	Abdisalam Ibrahim	24	7	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	7	3	1
25	MF	Sotiris Balafas	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Dimitris Giannoulis	19	12	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	12	3	0
86	MF	Radosław Majewski	29	14	0	11	2	2	2	0	0	0	16	2	13	4	0
93	MF	Djamel Abdoun	29	10	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	10	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	Thomas Nazlidis	27	15	4	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	4	13	4	0
14	FW	Rodgers Kola	26	12	1	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	1	6	1	0
17	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	Saša Kajkut	31	8	0	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	1	7	0	0
80	FW	Panagiotis Xoblios	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Source: Superleague Greece

Goals

	Player	Position	Super League	Greek Cup	Total	Notes
1	Thomas Nazlidis		5	0	5
2	Radosław Majewski		2	2	4
3	Djamel Abdoun		3	0	3
3	Dimitris Anakoglou		2	0	2

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

	Player	Position	Super League	Greek Cup	Total	Notes
1	Radosław Majewski		3	0	3
2	Thomas Nazlidis		2	0	2
	Rodgers Kola		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	Thomas Nazlidis	MVP
2	Panthrakikos	A	Djamel Abdoun	MVP
5	A.E.K.	H	Neto	Best goal
6	AEL Kalloni	A	Djamel Abdoun	MVP
8	Panionios	A	Thomas Nazlidis	MVP

Source: Best of Superleague 2015–2016

Infrastructure leagues

U20

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
29 August 2015	PAS Giannina	H	1–0
10 October 2015	Panthrakikos	A	0–1
12 September 2015	PAOK	H	2–3
18 September 2015	Panetolikos	A	2–1
26 September 2015	AEK	H	1–4
3 October 2015	Kalloni	A	1–2
18 October 2015	Atromitos	H	1–0
25 October 2015	Panionios	A	0–0
23 December 2015	Olympiacos	H	11:00
8 November 2015	Levadiakos	A	0–1
21 November 2015	Iraklis	H	2–3
28 November 2015	Platanias	A	2–1
5 December 2015	Panathinaikos	H	1–0
12 December 2015	Skoda Xanthi	A	2–1
5 December 2015	Asteras Tripoli	H	1–0

width=30		Club	width=30		width=30
6	AEK	13	22
7	Veria	14	22
8	Platanias	15	19

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points
Source: Superleague U20

Goals

	Player	Position	Super League U20
1	Xoblios		7
2	Papadopoulos		3
3	Nauriniadis		2
4	Melikiotis		1
	Nikolaidis		1
	Papoutsidis		1
	Roggotis		1
	Toufas		1

Last updated: 3 December 2015

U17

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
1 November 2015	Panetolikos	H	0–2
26 September 2015	Skoda Xanthi	Α	1–1
3 October 2015	Iraklis	H	2–1
10 October 2015	PAOK	Α	3–0
17 October 2015	Panthrakikos	H	2–0
25 October 2015	PAS Giannina	Α	1–0
7 November 2015	Panetolikos	A	0–0
7 November 2015	Panetolikos	A	0–0
14 November 2015	Skoda Xanthi	Η	1–1
22 November 2015	Iraklis	A	0–0
29 November 2015	PAOK	H	1–2
5 December 2015	Panthrakikos	A	1–3
13 December 2015	PAS Giannina	H	1–1

width=30		Club	width=30		width=30
3	PAS Giannina	11	17
4	Veria	12	14
5	Iraklis	12	14

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points
Source: Superleague U17

U15

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
17 October 2015	Panthrakikos	H	1–0
25 October 2015	PAS Giannina	A	1–1
7 November 2015	Panetolikos	A	2–0
14 November 2015	Skoda Xanthi	H	0–2
22 November 2015	Iraklis	A	6–1
29 November 2015	PAOK	H	0–4
5 December 2015	Panthrakikos	A	0–0
13 December 2015	PAS Giannina	H	1–0
TBA	Panetolikos	H	TBA

width=30		Club	width=30		width=30
4	Iraklis	18	22
5	Veria	18	19
6	Panetolikos	18	17

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points
Source: Superleague U15

Notes and References

1. http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/article/747149/athoa-i-veroia Αθώα η Βέροια
2. Web site: Επέκταση συνεργασίας με τον Μπράνκο Όστοϊτς . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529154047/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/740-epektash-sinergasias-me-ton-branko-ostojic . 2015-05-29 . dead .
3. Web site: Επέκταση συνεργασίας με τον Σιρίλ Καλί . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529160611/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/739-epektash-sinergasias-me-ton-cyril-kali . 2015-05-29 . dead .
4. Web site: Ανανέωσε για ένα χρόνο ο Πέδρο Άρτσε Λατάπι . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526005810/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/742-ananeose-gia-enan-xrono-o-pedro-arce-latapi . 2015-05-26 . dead .
5. Web site: Αποδεσμεύσεις ποδοσφαιριστών . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529161821/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/743-apodesmeyseis-podosfairistwn . 2015-05-29 . dead .
6. Web site: Συνεχίζει στη Βέροια ο Σωτήρης Μπαλάφας . 2015-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529160905/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/744-sunexizei-stin-veria-o-sotiris-balafas . 2015-05-29 . dead .
7. Web site: Ανανέωσε για ένα χρόνο ο Αλέξανδρος Βεργώνης . 2015-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150618200005/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/745-ananewse-gia-enan-xrono-o-aleksandros-vergonis . 2015-06-18 . dead .
8. Web site: Εκσυγχρονίζεται το προπονητικό κέντρο . 2015-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626133506/http://veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/746-eksixronizete-to-proponitiko-kentro . 2015-06-26 . dead .
9. http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Veroia/h-prwth-ths-veroias-kai-ta-filika.3561569.html Η πρώτη της Βέροιας και τα φιλικά
10. http://www.kerkidasport.gr/index.php/veria-fc/item/5723-oristiko-athoothike-i-pae-veroia Οριστικο: Αθωωθηκε Η Παε Βεροια
11. http://www.kerkidasport.gr/index.php/veria-fc/item/5944-alli-mia-dikaiosi-gia-tin-pae-veroia Άλλη μια δικαίωση για την ΠΑΕ Βέροια
12. http://www.kerkidasport.gr/index.php/veria-fc/item/6216-rantevoy-sto-milano Ραντεβού στο Μιλάνο
13. http://www.kerkidasport.gr/index.php/veria-fc/item/6224-veroia-parelthon-manos-kai-dogos-pairnei-poyggoura Παρελθόν Μάνος και Ντόγος
14. Web site: Λύση συνεργασίας με Γεωργιαδη . 2016-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126013226/http://veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/906-lysi-synergasias-me-georgiadi . 2016-01-26 . dead .
15. Web site: Προπονητης της Βέροιας ο Ελευθεροπουλος . 2016-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129103305/http://veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/911-proponitisveriasoele . 2016-01-29 . dead .
16. Web site: Super League Schedule . superleaguegreece.net. el.