Forums

Aris Thessaloniki Football Club

Location Greece /Thessaloniki

Hystory
THE FOUNDATION OF ARIS: A HISTORY

THE 22 FOUNDING MEMBERS

   1. Aggelou John
   2. Agorastos Lazaros
   3. Vlachopoulos Gregory
   4. Vlachopoulos Lazaros
   5. Gotzamanis Petros
   6. Dimou
   7. Zegas Aggelos
   8.  Theodoridis Theodore
   9. Ioannidis Dimitris
  10.  Karagiannidis Tilemachos
  11.  Kotrotsis Dimitris
  12.  Kreis Peter
  13.  Kidonakis Minos
  14.  Kostidis Lazaros
  15.  Labrou George
  16.  Nakopoulos John
  17.  Papageorgiou Thanasis
  18.  Pliatsikas John
  19.  Rossiadis Rousos
  20.  Salousto Carl
  21. Tsiatsiapas Tasos
  22.  Kotsanos Prodromos



In a café in the Votsi district on the 25th of March 1914, a company of 22 people decided to establish a club. The first dilemma they faced concerned its name. Its founders opted for a name that was divine, full of grandeur and majesty, a name that would inspire awe. Thus begun the history of ARIS, who soon begun to dominate football in Thessaloniki and became one of the most powerful football clubs in Greece. The actualization of this idea came 5 months later, in August 1914. The team soon became very popular in Thessaloniki, who saw in ARIS a powerful and healthy club that possessed all the qualities necessary to exploit the athletic ideal and promote, all around Greece, not only itself but Thessaloniki in general.

ARIS never ceased to be the true one and only king of Northern Greek. Imposing and powerful, he was always the Olympiad God of Greek football, a god whose temple, Charilaou, has the capacity for more than 20.000 worshipers.

The emblem of the team is the god of war resting, always on guard to fight if necessary. The colors of the team are yellow and black, reminiscent of Byzantium, where Thessaloniki has always been the second most important city of the Empire.

ARIS premiered on 25th of March 1914 and was destined to become one of the biggest and most historic teams of the country.

The date, 25th of March, the founders chose has a very special historic connotation for Greece and Orthodoxy as it is the date of the Greek revolution against the Turks. It inspired some of these courageous and visionary youngsters from the just liberated Thessaloniki, to make their very own personal “revolution”, to establish a team that would assume a leading role in Greek football, a team compatible with their own winning attitude, at an age when their blood was running “boiling hot in their veins”.

This fine founding company that was gathered together in a café in the Votsi district gave a name to its vision worthy of its own ideology and goals.

Thus became ARIS! With a name taken from Greek mythology, honoring the god of war, the new team begun its course in Greek football history.

The spark of the founders turned to fire and the fire to a burning inferno! ARIS became a club that wrote, and continues to write, its own distinct history, a club worshiped by thousands, making it something that exceeds mere club preference.



75 “HEADLINES” IN ARIS’ HISTORY



The “headline” dates of the football history of a team sometimes characterize efforts that come to a positive and successful conclusion, while, in other cases, the epilogue is a negative one. In this section we shall review the moments that “characterized” ARIS’ long presence in the Greek and European Championships and Cups.

25 March 1914

ARIS, the biggest football club of Macedonia, is founded.

18 March 1923

In the first official game of his football history ARIS beats Iraklis (Hercules) 2-0.

22 April 1923

At the finale of his formal engagements, ARIS beats YMCA of Thesslaoniki (“???T”) 5-0 and is declared Champion in the 1st Championship of Thessaloniki.

12 August 1923

In the play-offs of the Greek Championship (still an unofficial institution) ARIS loses the title from Pireaus Association (score 3-1).

20 January 1923

A “pan-Hellenic” first for ARIS. He was the country’s first team to invite a team from abroad for a friendly match. The opponent was Sporting Club Serbia and the “yellows” won by 3-1.

11 May 1924

Successfully completing his engagements, ARIS beats “Iraklis”, 4-1, and wins the 2nd championship of Thessaloniki.

9 August 1925

In a friendly match of the outmost historic importance, ARIS dominated over PAOK, beating him 5-2, and kept the yellow-black colours forever. His opponent was called at the time “Union of Constantinopolitans”.

27 June 1926

ARIS is declared Champion of the 3rd Championship of Thessaloniki, beating Iraklis 4-1 in the play-offs.

22 April 1928

ARIS is declared Champion in the 4th Championship of Thessaloniki, after beating PAOK 3-0.

24 June 1928

ARIS beats PAOK 3-1 and is declared Champion in the 1st Pan-Hellenic Championship.

2 June 1929

ARIS wins the 5th Championship of Thessaloniki, after beating PAOK 4-3 in the play-offs.

2 June 1930

ARIS is declared Champion of Thessaloniki for the 6th time, after dominating over Makedonikos with an impressive 11-2.

30 November 1930

ARIS becomes the Champion in the Championship of Thessaloniki for the 7th time, after beating Thermaikos 6-2.

4 October 1931

In the first match that he plays for the Greek Cup ARIS crushes Panathinaikos with an impressive 7-2.

8 November 1931

In the first Greek Cup final he participates, ARIS loses the trophy to AEK, final score 5-3.

11 July 1932

At the finale of his engagements, ARIS rips Iraklis to shreds, 3-7, and becomes Pan-Hellenic Champion for the second time.

25 March 1933

In the second final for the Greek Cup he qualifies, ARIS loses at the Pireaus’ Cycling Track from Ethnikos, 2-1.

2 April 1933

ARIS beats Iraklis, 0-2, and becomes the first Champion of the Northern League.

14 January 1934

ARIS becomes Champion of the Thessaloniki League for the 8th time, after beating Iraklis 3-0.

2 June 1935

ARIS becomes Champion of the Northern League for the 2nd time, after crushing Iraklis at the play-offs with an impressive 7-1.

13 March 1938

In the penultimate match of the Championship, ARIS beats Iraklis, 2-0, and becomes Champion of Thessaloniki for the 9th time.

7 May 1939

In a most succesfull culmination to his formal engagements ARIS reduces Fillipoi Kavala to shreds, beating them 7-1, and conquers the 3rd Northern League Championship.

3 June 1940

It is the 3rd Cup Final ARIS competes in, but, unfortunately, he losses to Panathinaikos at Leoforos, 3-1.

27 October 1940

ARIS becomes Thessaloniki Champion for the 10th time, after beating MENT 4-0.

14 April 1946

ARIS overcomes the obstacle posed by Iraklis, 3-1, and is crowned Champion of Thessaloniki for the 11th time.

23 June 1946

ARIS is crowned Greek National Champion for the 3rd time, after beating AEK 4-1 in his home ground.

19 June 1949

At the end of his formal engagements, ARIS beats Megalos Alexandros with an outwordly 10-2 and is crowned Champion of Thessaloniki for the 12th time.

28 May 1950

In the 4th Greek Cup Final ARIS plays against AEK away and loses 4-0.

6 November 1951

The formal competitive inauguration of his home court, Charilaou, is celebrated with the victory over Thermaikos, for the local Thessaloniki Championship with 3-2.

3 March 1953

ARIS becomes Champion of Thessaloniki for the 13th time, after beating Iraklis in the play-offs 1-0.

11 March 1956

ARIS wins the 4th Northern League Championship by beating Doxa Dramas.

10 June 1956

Olympiakos beats ARIS 0-3 at the semifinal held in Charilaou, depriving him of the opportunity to play in the final.

26 December 1958

ARIS is crowned Champion of Thessaloniki for the 14th time, after beating PAOK with 2-1.

25 October 1959

In his first game in the newly founded 1st National Greek Division, ARIS plays away with Doxa Dramas. The game ends drawn at 2-2.

16 June 1963

In the play-offs for remaining in the 1st National Division, ARIS managed to beat Proodeftiki 3-1 in the neutral grounds of Lamia.

15 July 1963

Olympiakos beats ARIS 5-2 in the semi-finals of the Greek Cup, depriving him of the chance to compete in the final.

31 May 1964

At the finale of his engagements ARIS manages a no-score draw against Apollon in Athens, thus qualifying to play in a pan-European Cup for the first time (Exhibitions Cup – UEFA).



16 September 1964

It’s ARIS’ first European match. He plays against Roma. The match ends in a draw (0-0) in a sold-out Kaftatzoglio, overtaken by the presence of more than 45.000 “yellow” supporters.

13 June 1965

Two matches before the columniation of the Championship, ARIS beats Ethnikos 3-1 and qualifies for the 2nd time to play in a pan-European Cup (Exhibitions Cup – UEFA).

26 October 1965

ARIS first victory in a pan-European Cup, over Cologne from West Germany (2-1) is wildly celebrated in a sold-out Kaftatzoglio stadium (over 45.000 supporters of the “yellows”).

19 June 1966

The draw (3-3) away against Egaleo, means that ARIS qualifies for the 3rd time to play in a pan-European Cup.

9 June 1968

At the finale of his engagements ARIS beats visitors Olympiakos Volos by 4-2 and qualifies to play for the Exhibitions Cup – UEFA for the 4th time.

22 September 1968

It is ARIS’ biggest victory, score-wise, in a European Cup match. He played against Hibernian from Malta and, it must be noted, he was the visiting team. The match ended 0-6 and with this victory he qualified on to the next round, becoming the first team from Northern Greece to qualify to the second round of a pan-European Cup.

15 June 1969

ARIS completes his engagements for the First National Greek Division beating Veria 4-2 in Charilaou. He ends up in the third place, becoming the first team from Northern Greece to “infiltrate” the famous P.O.K., since 1959 when the First National Division was founded. It is obvious that the standing qualified him to play in a pan-European Cup for the 5th time (Exhibitions Cup – UEFA).

28 June 1970

In the fifth Greek Cup final he participated, ARIS beats PAOK 1-0 in Kaftatzoglio and wins the trophy, thereby qualifying for the 6th time to play in a pan-European Cup (Exhibitions Cup – UEFA).

16 September 1970

More than 50.000 supporters of ARIS were present in the match against Chelsea at Kaftatzoglio (42.103 tickets were sold, while newspaper articles write about 60.000 people being present) setting the record for a home match for the “yellows”. The supporters cheered on as their team managed to get a draw against the English Cup holders.

4 June 1972

Referee Zlatanos starred in this, the biggest injustice done against ARIS in his home grounds (Charilaou) during the Greek Cup quarterfinals. The match was terminated on the 88th minute, due to riots, and was awarded to PAOK.

17 May 1978

By beating ARIS 0-1 in overtime, PAOK deprives him of the chance to qualify for the final of the Greek Cup. This is probably the most obvious case of the … unwritten law of football: while ARIS was better than PAOK for most of the match, playing him like a cat plays with a mouse, PAOK managed to squeeze through to the final.

11 March 1979

Charilaou living moments of unprecedented glory (with 27.000 tickets sold) in ARIS victory over AEK (2-1).

25 March 1979

Charilaou was completely sold-out (27.000 tickets were sold) in ARIS’ victory over PAOK (1-0).

18 April 1979

The most thrilling disqualification of ARIS from the Greek Cup in the double match stage. Although he had beaten Panionios 5-2(!) in Charilaou at the first match, he lost 5-1 (!!) away in Nea Smirni 35 days later and was thus disqualified. Panionios went on to the next stage and won the trophy (!).

3 June 1979

At the end of his engagements ARIS diminishes Kastoria, beating it 7-2. With this result ARIS sets an tremendous record, winning all 17 matches played at home during a single season and qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the 8th time.

3 October 1979

The “sweetest” defeat in ARIS’ history. He was beaten by Benfica (2-1) in Lisbon but managed to qualify to the next round of UEFA Cup.

7

New message from Ronaldinho about Aris FC!!!

Depois da conquista da Champions League e da Liga espanhola, nada melhor do que voltar pra casa e curtir um pouco o carinho da família e dos amigos. Sei
que foi pouquinho tempo mas serviu pra recarregar as energias. Sempre é bom.
Hoje o embarque para a Suíça.
Agora tudo é Copa do Mundo.
Queria aproveitar esse espaço para mandar um abraço para o pessoal do Aris,da Grécia, que conseguiu subir para a primeira divisão.
Parabéns para o presidente, comissão técnica, jogadores e torcedores do Aris”.

The link --->   http://spaces.msn.com/worldcup-br/?mkt=pt-br

Too strange to believe it.

I know that Roger went to Palmeiras 2 weeks ago...
So,why not to stay there?

Anyway...thanks for the reply!

Soigomal Comentou:

Hello batman3! I am working in a newspaper as a journalist here in Brazil (São Paulo) and i know about this aggreement..There are a lot of rumors that Roger Rodrigues da Silva is going to play next year in Greece. I dont know in which team but probably in yours bc Roberto Assis know this player very well. He plays in Palmeiras, great talent!

Glad to hear it...
Any other information about him or his transfer to (i hope) ARIS F.C.???
Thanks for your time...

With this deal ARISFC made 11 transfers!!!One of them is "javito" a player that managed to play with "ronnie"in the first team.He comes from the youth team of barcelona just like messi,fabregas,xavi etc.I hope someday gonna buy our team because my team can make it enought far but we need support by a BIG wallet like Ronaldinho.A question for you.Why ARISFC?????