Aris Thessaloniki competes in the Greek topflight. They started their Greek campaign after finishing ninth in last season's league and will enter the Greek Football Cup in the fourth round.
After many financial difficulties during the past season, a new chairman, Antonis Zambetas, was elected by the Aris Members' Society.[1] The new Board of directors announced a 78% budget cut[2] and most of the players including Nery Castillo, Michalis Sifakis, Ricardo Faty, Neto were released.[3] Under manager Makis Katsavakis, Aris will largely depend on players from the club's youth team and free agents.
Source: Super League Greece Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points;[33] 3) Head-to-head goal difference.[34] If in current league table there are tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, they are considered to share places and listed in Greek language alphabetic order.[35] If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated.[36] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw[37] (R) Relegated Notes:
^AEK Athens were deducted 3 points because of severe crowd violence during their home match against Panthrakikos this year. They were also voluntarily relegated to the third division in order to enter the liquidation process and remove a big number of debts to the club.
