2015–16 Veria F.C. season

Veria

2015–16 season

Owner

Theodoros Karipidis

Chairman

Theodoros Karipidis

Manager

Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:

Thomas Nazlidis (5 goals)
All:

Thomas Nazlidis (5 goals)

Highest home attendance

3,557

Lowest home attendance

500 (v Panthrakikos)

Average home league attendance

1,201

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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Season 2015–16 is the 16th 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	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
--	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
--	Dimitrios Manos	CF	16 September 1994 (21)	Ergotelis	30 June 2019

Transfers

Summer Transfers

Main article: 2015 Greek football summer transfers

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Djamel Abdoun (from Nottingham Forest)
		FW	Saša Kajkut (from Kerkyra)
		DF	Darcy Neto (returned to club after being released by it)
		MF	Mohamed Youssouf (from Ergotelis)
		GK	Jonathan López (from Getafe)
		FW	Koke (from NorthEast United)
		DF	William Edjenguélé (from Panetolikos)
		MF	Giorgi Merebashvili (from OFI)
		DF	Nikos Tsoumanis (from Panthrakikos)
		DF	Vaggelis Nastos (from Atromitos)
		MF	Stefanos Siontis (from Kerkyra)
		MF	Marios Papadopoulos (loan return from Aris)
		MF	Anestis Karakostas (from Iraklis)
		MF	Giorgos Bouzoukis (from Pierikos)
		MF	Dimitris Giannoulis (on loan from P.A.O.K.)
		MF	Abdisalam Ibrahim (from Olympiacos)
		MF	Radosław Majewski (from Nottingham Forest)
		FW	Rodgers Kola (on loan from Gent)

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Javier Cámpora (released)
		FW	Theo Markelis (to Hume City)
		DF	Neto (released)
		MF	Cédric Mandjeck (to CF Pobla de Mafumet)
		FW	Ben (to Olympiacos)
		GK	Xavi Ginard (tο Aris)
		DF	José Catalá (released)
		DF	Raúl Bravo (tο Aris)
		MF	Carlos Caballero (loan return to Córdoba).
		MF	Jokin Esparza (released)
		MF	David Vázquez (released)
		FW	Koke (to Aris)
		GK	Dimitris Chomsioglou (released)
		DF	Dimitrios Amarantidis (released)
		DF	Nikos Tsoumanis (tο Aris)
		DF	Angelos Vertzos (to Larissa)
		MF	Kenan Bargan (released)
		MF	Nikos Kaltsas (to Panathinaikos)
		MF	Marios Papadopoulos (to Aris)
		MF	Andreas Tatos (tο Aris)
		MF	Charalampos Pavlidis (tο Aris)
		MF	Giorgos Bouzoukis (on loan to Chania)
		FW	Dimitrios Manos (on loan to Ergotelis)
		FW	Stefanos Dogos (released)
		FW	Nicolao Dumitru (loan return to Napoli)
		FW	Julio Segundo (released)

Winter Transfers

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Raúl Bravo (on loan from Aris)
		MF	Giorgos Bouzoukis (loan return from Chania)
		FW	Dimitrios Manos (loan return from Ergotelis)

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Giorgi Merebashvili (to Levadiakos)
		MF	Abdisalam Ibrahim (released)

Technical and medical staff

Technical staff
Head coach	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
Assistant coach	Stylianos Venetidis
Goalkeeping coach	Dimitris Kottaridis
Fitness coach	Ilias Ampatzidis
Fitness coach	Goran Guzijan
Team Manager	Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
Interpreter	King
Caregiver	Thanasis Voulgaris
Caregiver	Kosmas Rozintsis
Scouting staff
Scout	N/A
Medical staff
Physio	Anastasios Tiflidis
Masseur	Fotis Konstantakos
	Dimitris Lamprinidis
	Charis Pantelidis
Pathologist	Georgios Avramopoulos
Orthopedist	Nikolaos Dimou
Urologist	Georgios Minas
Surgeon	Prodromos Isaakidis
Dentist	Despοina Karvouna
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, Superleague'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 Superleague 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 secured, permantly, her position in the Superleague.^[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 passed away 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 Superleague 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
Superleague 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

Pre-season Friendlies

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

22 July 2015 Friendly	Veria	1 – 0	Osmanlıspor	Heelsum, Arnhem
18:00 (UTG+2)	Nazlidis 43'	Report		Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

25 July 2015 Friendly	Den Haag	1 – 2	Veria	Kyocera Stadion, The Hague
14:30 (UTG+2)	Gorre pen' (91)	Report	Balafas 5', 11'	Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

28 July 2015 Friendly	Veria	0 – 2	Gençlerbirliği	vv Duno Stadion, Doorwerth
19:00 (UTG+2)		Report	El Kabir 45' Koçer 90'	Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

1 August 2015 Friendly	Heracles	2 – 1	Veria	DOS’ 37 Sportpark Het Midden, Almelo
15:30 (UTG+2)	Zomer 36' Gladon 84'	Report	Balafas 61', 65'	Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

5 August 2015 Friendly	Veria	0 – 0	Skoda Xanthi	Veria Stadium, Veria
19:00 (UTG+3)		Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: D. Karantonis

9 August 2015 Friendly	Veria	2 – 1	Kerkyra	Veria Stadium, Veria
19:30 (UTG+3)	Nazlidis 15' Kola 40'	Report	Kajkut pen' (54)	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: G. Vreskas

14 August 2015 Friendly	Veria	2 – 1	P.A.O.K.	Veria Stadium, Veria
20:00 (UTG+3)	Nazlidis 23' Merebashvili 90'	Report	Jairo 73'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: D. Karantonis

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

5 September 2015 Friendly	Panserraikos	1 – 2	Veria	Sidirokastro, Serres
18:00 (UTG+3)	Aggeloudis 18'	Report	Neto 21' Georgiadis 32'	Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

Cancelled Friendly	Asante Kotoko	v	Veria	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi
ΤΒΑ				Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

Fixtures

23 August 2015 1	Veria	1 – 1	PAS Giannina	Veria
19:15 (UTG+3)	Abdoun 49' Nazlidis 90+2'	Report	Berios 8' Acosta 43'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 827 Referee: T. Tzilos Man of the Match: Thomas Nazlidis

29 August 2015 2	Panthrakikos	0 – 2	Veria	Komotini
19:15 (UTG+3)	Setti 12' Martins 23'	Report	Djamel Abdoun 15', pen' (70) Majewski 35' Tsoumanis 55' Edjenguélé 76'	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,069 Referee: I. Spathas Man of the Match: Djamel Abdoun

12 September 2015 3	Veria	0 – 3	P.A.O.K.	Veria
18:15 (UTG+3)	Marangos 54' Nastos 90'	Report	Athanasiadis 17' Mak 25' Kitsiou 54' Tziolis 55'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,557 Referee: M. Voskakis Man of the Match: Dimitris Pelkas

22 September 2015¹ 4	Panetolikos	1 – 1	Veria	Agrinio
18:15 (UTG+3)	Koutromanos 9' Bejarano 23' Papazoglou 52' Romero 82'	Report	Marangos 36' Ibrahim 42' Nazlidis 77'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 1,821 Referee: A. Giachos Man of the Match: Emiliano Romero

28 September 2015 5	Veria	1 – 2	A.E.K.	Veria
19:30 (UTG+3)	Poungouras 28' Neto 32' Siontis 38' Nazlidis 90+2'	Report	Buonanotte 49' Simões 51' Vargas 87' Barbosa 90', 90+2' Baroja 90+4'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,348 Referee: A. Aretopoulos Man of the Match: Hélder Barbosa

4 October 2015 6	Kalloni	0 – 1	Veria	Mytilene
18:15 (UTG+3)	Kaltsas 12' Ukah 73' Bargan 90+3'	Report	Marangos 40' Abdoun 90+4' (pen)	Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium Attendance: 926 Referee: E. Kiotzenis Man of the Match: Djamel Abdoun

18 October 2015 7	Veria	0 – 1	Atromitos	Veria
16:00 (UTG+3)	Majewski 37' Marangos 70' Poungouras 90+5'	Report	Lazaridis 27' Kivrakidis 31' Le Tallec 46' Godoy 73'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: TBA Referee: A. Sidiropoulos Man of the Match: TBA

25 October 2015 8	Panionios	0 – 1	Veria	Athens
17:15 (UTG+3)	Boumale 60' Tasoulis 70'	Report	Edjenguélé 20' Nazlidis 53', 90+3' Kola 66' Jonathan 84'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: TBA Referee: A. Papapetrou Man of the Match: Thomas Nazlidis

31 October 2015 9	Veria	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Veria
19:30 (UTG+2)	Ibrahim 39', 87' Edjenguélé 59' Neto 90'	Report	Ideye 55' Durmaz 72' Botia 85' Siovas 90'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 2,451 Referee: C. Mitsios Man of the Match: Roberto

8 November 2015 10	Levadiakos	1 – 1	Veria	Livadeia
17:15 (UTG+2)	Machairas 23' Nicolaou 78'	Report	Poungouras 9' Merebashvili 29', 45+2' Malón 45' Majewski 45+2' Nazlidis 73', 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 368 Referee: D. Thanos Man of the Match: Vangelis Mantzios

23 November 2015 11	Veria	0 – 0	Iraklis	Veria
19:30 (UTG+2)	Majewski 84'	Report	Saramantas 30' Boukouvalas 61' Tsilianidis 74'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,385 Referee: M. Voskakis Man of the Match: Kerem Bulut

29 November 2015 12	Platanias	0 – 0	Veria	Chania
17:15 (UTG+2)	Ramos 69' Munafo 72'	Report	Edjenguélé 59' Giannoulis 72' Ostojić 89'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,561 Referee: S. Tritsonis Man of the Match: Antonis Kokkalas

6 December 2015 13	Veria	0 – 1	Panathinaikos	Veria
19:30 (UTG+2)	Neto 34' Giannoulis 40' López 90+5'	Report	Sánchez 16' Essien 22' Karelis 86'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,035 Referee: I. Delfakis Man of the Match: Nikos Karelis

13 December 2015 14	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 1	Veria	Xanthi
17:15 (UTG+2)	Nazlidis 40' (pen) Poungouras 42' Siontis 81'	Report	Nieto 42' (pen), 57' Triadis 74'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 867 Referee: A. Pappas Man of the Match: Luigi Cennamo

19 December 2015 15	Veria	1 – 0	Asteras Tripoli	Veria
17:15 (UTG+2)	Kola 22' Ostojić 45+1' Nazlidis 72'	Report	Goian 12' Sankaré 28' Mazza 71' Giannoulis 86'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: TBA Referee: S. Tritsonis Man of the Match: TBA

02 January 2016 16	PAS Giannina	2 – 0	Veria	Ioannina
17:15 (UTG+2)				Stadium: Zosimades Stadium

09/10/11 January 2016 17	Veria	0 – 0	Panthrakikos	Veria
17:15 (UTG+2)				Stadium: Veria Stadium

17 January 2016 18	P.A.O.K.	2 – 1	Veria	Thessaloniki
17:15 (UTG+2)				Stadium: Toumba Stadium

24 January 2016 19	Veria	0 – 1	Panetolikos	Veria
17:15 (UTG+2)				Stadium: Veria Stadium

31 January 2016 20	A.E.K.	3 – 0	Veria	Athens
15:00 (UTG+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium

07 February 2016 21	Veria	2 – 0	Kalloni	Veria
17:15 (UTG+2)		Report		Stadium: Veria Stadium

13/14/15 February 2016 22	Atromitos	0 – 0	Veria	Athens
TBA (UTG+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

20/21/22 February 2016 23	Veria	1 – 1	Panionios	Veria
TBA (UTG+2)				Stadium: Veria Stadium

27/28/29 February 2016 24	Olympiacos	3 – 0	Veria	Piraeus
TBA (UTG+2)				Stadium: Karaiskaki Stadium

05/06/07 March 2016 25	Veria	v	Levadiakos	Veria
TBA (UTG+2)	0 – 0			Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 500

12/13/14 March 2016 26	Iraklis	1 – 1	Veria	Thessaloniki
TBA (UTG+2)				Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium

19/20/21 March 2016 27	Veria	0 – 1	Platanias	Veria
TBA (UTG+2)				Stadium: Veria Stadium

02/03/04 April 2016 28	Panathinaikos	3 – 2	Veria	Athens
TBA (UTG+3)				Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium

10 April 2016 29	Veria	1 – 1	Skoda Xanthi	Veria
TBA (UTG+3)				Stadium: Veria Stadium

17 April 2016 30	Asteras Tripoli	2 – 1	Veria	Tripoli
TBA (UTG+3)				Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Iraklis Thessaloniki	30	8	11	11	24	32	−8	35^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13	Skoda Xanthi	30	6	15	9	27	32	−5	33
14	Veria	30	5	12	13	19	33	−14	27
15	Panthrakikos (R)	30	3	8	19	18	58	−40	17	Relegation to Football League
16	AEL Kalloni (R)	30	3	7	20	19	53	−34	16	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).^[17]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Head-to-head record: Panetolikos – Iraklis Thessaloniki 2–0, Iraklis Thessaloniki – Panetolikos 0–0.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	4	7	8	14	18	−4	19	1	3	6	6	11	−5	3	4	2	8	7	+1

Last updated: 29 January 2016.
Source: Superleague Greece

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	W
Position	7	5	10	10	14	8	9	8	8	8	9	12	12	12	10

Last updated: 19 December 2015.
Source: Superleague Greece
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Greek Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Greek Football Cup

Second round

Main article: 2015–16 Greek Football Cup second round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Atromitos	3	2	1	0	8	4	7
Veria	3	2	1	0	4	2	7
Kallithea	3	1	0	1	4	6	3
Lamia	3	0	0	3	1	5	0

Win Draw Loss Postponed

28 October 2015 1	Atromitos	2 – 2	Veria	Athens
15:00 (UTC+2)	Kivrakidis 50' Godoy 69' Kouros 85' Lazaridis 87' Marcelinho 90'	[ Report]	Majewski 45+1'. 69' Kajkut 51' (pen) Arce 54' Jonathan 79' Georgiadis 89' Marangos 90'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 1.000 Referee: A. Vatsios Man of the Match: Andrey Harbunow

3 December 2015 2	Veria	1 – 0	Kallithea	Veria
15:00 (UTC+2)	Battión 19' Ibrahim 20'	Report	Tegousis 16' Katsikogiannis 41'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Referee: V. Gratsanis Man of the Match:

16/17/18 December 2015 3	Lamia	0 – 1	Veria	Lamia
TBA (UTC+2)	Majewski 5'			Stadium: Lamia Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: C. Mitsios Man of the Match: Radosław Majewski

Third round

Main article: 2015–16 Greek Football Cup third round

5 January 2016 First leg	Veria	0 – 1	Iraklis	Veria
19:30 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Veria Stadium

12 January 2016 Second leg	Iraklis	1 – 0	Veria	Thessaloniki
15:00 (UTG+2)				Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium

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
No.	Pos.	Name	Age	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	1	0

Source: Superleague Greece

Goals

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

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

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

Source: Best of Superleague 2015–2016

Infrastructure leagues

U20

Win Draw Loss Postponed

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

Pos	Club	Pld	Pts
6	AEK	13	22
7	Veria	14	22
8	Platanias	15	19

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

Goals

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

Last updated: 3 December 2015

U17

Win Draw Loss Postponed

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

Pos	Club	Pld	Pts
3	PAS Giannina	11	17
4	Veria	12	14
5	Iraklis	12	14

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

U15

Win Draw Loss Postponed

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

Pos	Club	Pld	Pts
4	Iraklis	18	22
5	Veria	18	19
6	Panetolikos	18	17

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

References

Veria F.C.

Players Managers Seasons Current season

Stadium	Veria Stadium

Training ground	Tagarochori Training Center

Other teams	Veria U20

Supporters	Queen's Boyz Club of Veria's fans (inactive)

Anthems	Hymn of Veria First hymn of Veria

Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002-03 2003–04 2004–05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Website veriafc.gr

Veria F.C. – current squad

1 Kantimiris
2 Vasilantonopoulos
3 Asigba
4 Melissis
5 Marangos
6 Sissoko
7 Calvo
8 Tomás
9 Kapetanos
10 Arce
11 Miljević
14 Sisi
16 Radis
17 Sarpong
18 Malón
19 Papadopoulos
20 Melikiotis
21 Kali
22 Linardos
23 Zingeridis
24 Doris
25 Balafas
26 Antonis
28 Vitti
30 Venetikidis
55 López
71 Papasterianos
80 Xoblios
88 Navalovski
95 Charontakis
96 Mavrias
99 Konstantinidis
Manager: Grafas

2015–16 in Greek football

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HFF competitions

Cup (Final)

Superleague and Football Leagues

European competitions

Men	Champions League (Final) Europa League (Final)

Women	Champions League (Final)

Youth	Youth League (Final)

Club seasons

Superleague

AEK Athens
Asteras Tripoli
Atromitos
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Kerkyra
AEL Kalloni
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Panetolikos
Panionios
Panthrakikos
PAOK
PAS Giannina
Platanias
Skoda Xanthi
Veria

Football League

Ergotelis

Gamma Ethniki

Aris Thessaloniki

Summer 2015 transfers
Winter 2015–16 transfers

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