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{{color box|black}} Yellow, Black| chairman = Lefteris ArvanitisAris Thessaloniki#European honours>3 Balkan Titles: 1Hymn of Aris Thessaloniki>Aris Niketes (Ares Victorious)| website = Club home page}}{{Aris Thessaloniki sections}}File:Nikiforos Kostas Kleanthis Vikelidis.jpg|thumb|Nikiphoros, Kostas and Kleanthis VikelidisKleanthis Vikelidis(File:Aris1931.png|thumb|Old poster with the champion team of Aris Thessaloniki (1931–32 season))File:Ο Ναος.JPG|thumb|Kleanthis Vikelides StadiumKleanthis Vikelides StadiumAthlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessalonikifibaeurope.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118164215weblink |date=2015-11-18 }} A.C. ARIS THESSALONIKI (), is a major Greek multi-sport club founded on 25 March 1914 in Thessaloniki.Nicknamed God of War, Aris was one of the strongest Greek clubs during the Interwar period with champion teams in football, basketball WEB,weblink Club structure, Aris BC, 22 June 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110325025708weblink">weblink 25 March 2011, dead, and water polo. Until nowadays maintains a remarkable tradition in basketball, while "established" the sport in the country with the great star player Nikos Galis and the team of the 1980s, which was voted as the best Greek team of the 20th century.

Departments

Aris is considered to be one of the most important Greek sport clubs and today maintains departments in many sports, including:

• Aris FC - Football
• Aris BC - Basketball
• Aris Volleyball Club - Volleyball
• Aris Water Polo - Water Polo
• Aris Baseball - Baseball
• Aris Ice Hockey - Ice Hockey

Honours

Football

• Super League Greece
  • Winners (3): 1927–28, 1931–32, 1945–46
  • Runners-up (3): 1929–30, 1932–33, 1979–80
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (1): 1969–70
  • Runners-up (8): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1939–40, 1949–50, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
• Greater Greece Cup (Defunct)
  • Winners (1): 1971

Basketball

• Greek League

• Greek Cup

• Greek Super Cup

• FIBA Saporta Cup / EuroCup Basketball

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Volleyball

Greek Volleyball League:

• Winners (1): 1996–97
• Runners-up (2): 1993–94, 1995–96,

Greek Super Cup:

• Winners (1): 1997

Waterpolo

• Greek League
  • Winners (4): 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32
  • Runners-up (1): 1930–31

Weightlifting

• 2 Greek championships, Women: 1994, 1995

Ice Hockey

• 4 Greek Championships: 1989, 1990, 1991, 2011

Korfball

• 1 Greek Championship:2007
• 1 Greek Cup: 2007
• 1 'Beach Korfball Championship: 2008

Ball Hockey

• 1 Greek Championship: 2009

Roller Hockey

• 1 Greek Championship:2009
• 3 Greek Cups: 2007, 2008, 2009
• 1 Balkan Cup: 2009

Swimming

• 1 Greek Championship, Women: 1994

Boxing

• 1 Greek Championship, Men: 1972

Athletics

• 1 Greek Indoor Championship, Women: 1991
• 1 Greek Cup, Women: 1988
• 2 Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: 1961, 1962

Anthem

File:Emilios Riadis.jpg|thumb|160px|Emilios RiadisEmilios RiadisThe hymn of Aris or Aris Niketes (Ares Victorious) is the anthem of the club. It was written in 1926. The lyrics were written by Georgios Kitsos and the music by Secondo Poselli, son of the famous architect Vitaliano Poselli. The orchestration was made by the famous classic composer Emilios Riadis.

Notable athletes

• Football: Nikolaos Aggelakis, Kostas Vikelidis, Nikiphoros Vikelidis, Nikos Kitsos, Argyris Argyriadis, Kleanthis Vikelidis, Kostas Veliadis, Manolis Keramidas, Takis Loukanidis, Alketas Panagoulias, Konstantinos Drampis, Giorgos Zindros, Stelios Papafloratos, Theodoros Pallas, Alekos Alexiadis, Dinos Kouis, Vasilis Dimitriadis, Apostolos Liolidis, Traianos Dellas, Angelos Charisteas, Avraam Papadopoulos, Sergio Koke, Darcy Dolce Neto, Javito, Vangelis Platellas
• Basketball: Manthos Matthaiou, Faidon Matthaiou, Anestis Petalidis, Michalis Romanidis, Vangelis Alexandris, Charis Papageorgiou, Nikos Filippou, Stojko Vranković, Vassilis Lipiridis, Lefteris Subotić, Giannis Ioannidis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Nikos Galis, Miroslav Pecarski, Roy Tarpley, Harold Ellis, Walter Berry, José Ortiz, Charles Shackleford, Dinos Angelidis, Panagiotis Liadelis, Giorgos Sigalas, Will Solomon, Nestoras Kommatos, Jeremiah Massey, Bryant Dunston, Kostas Sloukas, Kostas Papanikolaou, Sasha Vezenkov
• Volleyball: Lyubomir Ganev, Plamen Konstantinov, Michalis Alexandropoulos, Giannis Melkas, Thanassis Moustakidis, Dimitris Modiotis, Kostas Prousalis, Nikos Smaragdis, Riley Salmon, Clayton Stanley
• Water polo: Stelios Dimitriou, Agisilaos Zografos, Fotis Zografos

European honours

File:Ludovisi Ares 01.JPG|thumb|160px|Wrestling Ares, emblem of the club]]{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"!|Season!|Basketball!|Volleyball!Roller Hockey| 1984–85 FIBA Korać Cup Semi-finals| || 1987–88 Euroleague 4th place| || 1988–89 Euroleague3rd place| || 1989–90 Euroleague4th place||| 1992–93 FIBA Saporta Cup Winners CEV Cup Semi-finals|| 1993–94 FIBA Saporta Cup Semi-finals| || 1994–95| CEV Cup Semi-finals|| 1996–97 FIBA Korać Cup Winners||| 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup Semi-finals||| 2002–03 FIBA EuroCup Challenge Winners ||| 2005–06 Eurocup Basketball 2005–06 ULEB Cup>Final||| 2008–09| Balkans CupFinalBalkan CupWinners

Notable supporters

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• Arthur Abrahamian, President of the Armenian Community of Thessaloniki
• Vangelis Alexandris, basketball player and coach, former Aris captain
• Anthimos Ananiadis, actor
• Lelos Arouch, prominent member of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki
• Loukas Barlos, entrepreneur, former AEK president WEB,weblink Loukas Barlos, the Aris lifelong fan, AEK's legendary president, pressaris.gr, Greek, 14 January 2015, 26 October 2023,weblink live,
• Albert Bourla, chief executive officer (CEO) of Pfizer
• Yiannis Boutaris, entrepreneur, fmr. owner of Aris basketball club, fmr. Mayor of Thessaloniki
• Angelos Charisteas, footballer, member of the UEFA Euro 2004 winning team, scorer of the winner in the Final
• Spyros Charitatos, journalist
• Kostas Chrysogonos, jurist, Member of the European Parliament
• Giannis Dardamanelis, Mayor of Kalamaria
• Dimos Dasygenis, knitting entrepreneur, whom the Aris training center ("Dasygenio") was named after
• Serafeim Dedeoglou, significant entrepreneur, creator of luxury hotels in Thessaloniki
• Georgios Delizisis, footballer, former Aris captain WEB,weblink Delizisis: I returned to the club of my heart, www.novasports.gr, Greek, 14 September 2023, 26 October 2023,weblink live,
• (:el:Βαγγέλης Διαμαντόπουλος|Vangelis Diamantopoulos), fmr. SYRIZA MP
• Efstratios Evgeniou, Chalkidiki Flour Mills SA's Chairman & CEO
• B.D. Foxmoor, rapper and hip hop producer
• Giorgos Foiros, football player and coach, former Aris captain
• Christos Galileas, artistic director of Thessaloniki Concert Hall
• Nikos Galis, member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1987 European champion
• (:el:Κωνσταντίνος Γκιουλέκας|Kostas Gioulekas), fmr. Minister of Internal Affairs
• Dimitris Goulielmos, entrepreneur, owner of Aris basketball club WEB,weblink Γουλιέλμος: "Έχω δώσει τη ζωή μου για τον Άρη, θα σπάσουμε το ban", sportime.gr, 2023-10-27,weblink live,
• Evangelos Grammenos, president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO)
• Aris Grigoriadis, world aquatics champion
• Giannis Ioannidis, basketball player and coach, Greek Champion with Aris, fmr. Aris captain, fmr. Deputy Minister of SportWEB,weblink Ioannidis: Aris forever!, reader.gr, Greek, 5 October 2023, 26 October 2023,weblink live,
• Paris Kalimeridis, former sports journalist
• (:el:Ιγνάτιος Καϊτεζίδης|Ignatios Kaitezidis), Mayor of Panorama
• (:el:Σωτήρης Καλυβάτσης|Sotiris Kalivatsis), actor WEB,weblink Ο Σωτήρης Καλυβάτσης με την ιστορική φανέλα του Άρη 1987-88, basketworld.net, 2023-10-26,weblink live,
• Merkouris Karaliopoulos, boyhood fan, former Aris footballer
• Vassilis Kechagias, President of the Greek Film Critics Association (PEKK)
• Georgios Koltsidas , former Aris footballer and captain

WEB,weblink Κολτσίδας: «Εύχομαι τίτλους στον Άρη, δεν έχει να φοβηθεί τίποταpublisher= www.pressaris.gr, Δημήτρης Τσιόπουλος

• Giorgos Konstantopoulos, President of the Greek Exporters Association (SEVE)
• Dinos Kouis, footballer, former Aris captain
• (:el:Βλαδίμηρος Κυριακίδης|Vladimiros Kyriakidis), actor, former Aris youth basketball player WEB,weblink Ο ηθοποιός Βλαδίμηρος Κυριακίδης με τη φανέλα του Άρη (vid), to10.gr, 2023-10-26,weblink live,
• Zoe Laskari, actress
• Nikos Laskaris, entrepreneur, former Aris basketball club owner WEB,weblink Nikos Lakaris special, allaboutaris.gr, Greek, 2023-10-27,weblink live,
• Katerina Laspa, journalist, TV host
• Michalis Leanis, journalist
• (:el: Γιώργος Λέντζας|Giorgos Lentzas), journalist, TV host
• Giannis Logothetis, emblematic sports commentator
• (:el:Ρένια Λουιζίδου|Renia Louizidou), actress
• (:el:Νίκος Μακρόπουλος|Nikos Makropoulos), singer
• Apostolos Mangiriadis, journalist
• Marinella, singer
• Rodolfo Maslias, Head of TermCoord of the European Parliament
• Faidon Matthaiou, basketball player and coach, FIBA EuroBasket Bronze medalist, the "Patriarch" of Greek basketball
• (:el:Αντύπας (τραγουδιστής)|Antypas (Masloumidis)), singer
• (:el:Μιχάλης Μητρούσης|Michalis Mitrousis), actor
• Giorgos Moukidis, composer and songwriter
• Fanis Mouratidis, actor
• Thomas Nazlidis, footballer, former Aris player, team manager WEB,weblink Nazlidis: Signed with the team supported as a schoolboy!, sport-fm.gr, Greek, 13 August 2018, 26 October 2023,weblink live,
• Alexandros Nikolaidis, Olympic medalist in Tae Kwon Do
• Alketas Panagoulias, fmr. US and Greece national football team manager, Aris player and coach WEB,weblink O Αλκέτας της καρδιάς μας: Η αγάπη του για τον Άρη, sportdog.gr, 10 October 2012, 26 October 2023, 26 October 2023,weblink live,
• (:el: Ανδρέας Παπαχαραλάμπους|Andreas Papacharalambous), Mayor of Strovolos, Cyprus
• Elena Papadimitriou, journalist
• Charis Papageorgiou, top scorer and champion in basketball
• Vasilis Papageorgopoulos, 100 metres athlete, European champion, fmr. Mayor of ThessalonikiWEB,weblink Papageorgopoulos, champion and lifelong Aris supporter, dies, pressaris.gr, Greek, 10 October 2012, 26 October 2023, 26 October 2023,weblink live,
• (:el:Νίκος Πασιαλής| Nikos Pasialis), former Aris footballer WEB,weblink

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• (:el:Ανέστης Πεταλίδης|Anestis Petalidis), basketball player and coach, longest-serving Aris coach, the Patriarch of the basketball department
• Akis Petretzikis, celebrity chef
• Ntinos Pontikas, footballer, youngest ever hat-trick scorerWEB,weblink Angelos Charisteas debut against PAOK (4-1) / witnessed by teenager Pontikas in 1998, limassoltoday.com.cy, Greek, 21 August 2022, 21 August 2022,weblink live,
• Secondo Poselli, composer of the Hymn of Aris Thessaloniki, son of Vitaliano Poselli
• (:el:Παναγιώτης Ψωμιάδης|Panagiotis Psomiadis), politician, former MP WEB,weblink Ανανέωσε τη συνδρομή του στη Λέσχη Φίλων Άρη ο Παναγιώτης Ψωμιάδης ., thestival.gr, 2011, 2023-10-27, 2023-10-27,weblink live,
• Emilios Riadis, significant composer and poet
• Konstantinos-Christoforos Rodokanakis, physician and essayist
• Thomas Rompopoulos, former MP with PASOK
• (:el:Άκης Σακελλαρίου|Akis Sakellariou), actor
• Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the Hellenic RepublicWEB,weblink Greek president Sakellaropoulou is an Aris supporter, sfina.gr, Greek, 15 August 2020, 30 March 2020,weblink live,
• Nikolaos Sakellaropoulos, fmr. VP of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece
• Trifon Samaras, celebrity hairdresser, hair stylits
• Margaritis Schinas, vice-president of the European CommissionWEB,weblink Σχοινάς στη ΔΕΘ: "Ομάδα της καρδιάς μου ο Άρης" - Metrosport, metrosport.gr, 2023-10-26,weblink live,
• Marios Siampanis, footballer, fmr. Aris goalkeeper WEB,weblink Siampanis left PAOK academy and joined the club he supports, talentabout.gr, Greek, 5 October 2020, 26 October 2023, 26 October 2023,weblink live,
• Panagiotis Spyrou, pioneer cardiac surgeon
• (:el:Κατερίνα Στανίση|Katerina Stanisi), singer
• Nikos Tachiaos, Chairman of Attiko Metro SA
• Kyriakos Thomaidis, journalist, TV host
• (:el:Ιωάννα Τριανταφυλλίδου|Ioanna Triantafyllidou), actor
• Nicholas Trimmatis, London based real estate entrepreneur
• (:el:Θανάσης Τσαλταμπάσης|Thanasis Tsaltabasis), actor WEB,weblink Άρης: Ο Αρειανός Θανάσης Τσαλταμπάσης σκοράρει από τη σέντρα ..., sportime.gr, Greek, 2023-10-26,weblink live,
• Vassilis Tsitsanis, leading composer of rebetiko
• Vasilis Tsivilikas, actor
• Nikos Valergakis, fmr. President of Thessaloniki Bar Association
• (:el: Φωτεινή Βελεσιώτου|Foteini Velesiotou), singer
• Kleanthis Vikelidis, footballer, former Aris captain, Greek champion and topscorer
• Michalis Zorpidis, President of the Professional Chamber of Thessaloniki (EETH)

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AC Αris Thessaloniki Presidents {|

 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"! Name! Years| 1914–16 | Minos Kydonakis| 1916–23 | Dimitris Ioannidis| 1923–28 | Lefteris Iliadis| 1928–30 | Giannis Angelou| 1930–31 | Lefteris Iliadis| 1931–34 | Petros Louvaris| 1934–35 | Nikos Kasapis| 1935–36 | Lefteris Iliadis| 1936–37 | Giorgos Paraskevaidis| 1937–38 | Panagiotis Kosmatopoulos| 1938–41 | Manthos Matthaiou| 1945-46| Giannis Angelou| 1946–47 | Stelios Kazantzis| 1947–52 | Giannis Angelou| 1952–53 | Grigoris Chatziantoniou| 1953–54 | Elias Oplopoios| 1954–55 | Giannis Angelou| 1955-57| Stergios Jiuvanakis| 1957–58 | Giannis Angelou| 1958–59 | Grigoris Chatziantoniou| 1959–60 | Giannis Cholevas| 1960–62 | Nikiphoros Vikelidis | 1962–63 | Stergios Jiuvanakis| 1963–64 | Giannis Cholevas| 1964–67 | Giorgos Grigoriadis| 1967–69 | Kostas Vikelidis| 1969–72 | Nikos Kampanis| 1972–73 | Menelaos Chatzigeorgiou| 1973–74 | Nikos Kampanis| 1974–75 | Giorgos Grigoriadis| 1975–76 | Nikos Kampanis {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"! Name! Years| 1977–79 | Apostolos Georgiadis| 1979–81 | Dimitris Souliadis| 1981–83 | Evangelos Mellisaris| 1983–90 | Akis Michailidis| 1990–92 | Akis Michailidis, Panagiotis Spyrou| 1992–93 | Lefteris Chatzopoulos| 1993–95 | Athanasios Papavasileiou| 1995–96 | Athanasios Adamopoulos| 1996–98 | Lefteris Chatzopoulos| 1998–00 | Giannis Chortis| 2000–01 | Theodoros Athanasiadis| 2001–03 | Michalis Zorpidis| 2003–06 | Nikitas Matthaiou| 2006–14 | Nikos Papadopoulos| 2014 | Charis Papageorgiou| 2014–15 | Tasos Economou| 2015– | Giannis Psifidis

Gallery

File:Aris FC 1923.jpg|Aris, 1923File:Aris FC 1931.jpg|The team of 1930–31 seasonFile:Aris FC 1932.jpg|The champion team of 1932File:Nikos Agelakis Aris.jpg|Nikolaos AggelakisFile:Alketas Panagoulias (1986).jpg|Alketas PanagouliasFile:Dellas 2008.jpg|Traianos DellasFile:Charisteas 2008.jpg|Angelos CharisteasFile:Cuper Hector.jpg|Héctor CúperFile:Sergio Contreras Pardo.jpg|Sergio KokeFile:06012009050 Fedon Mathaiou.jpg|Faidon Matthaiou, the Patriarch of the Greek basketballFile:Dušan Ivković.jpg|Dušan IvkovićFile:VangelisAlexandris.jpg|Vangelis AlexandrisFile:Coach Giannis Ioannidis.PNG|Giannis IoannidisFile:Panagiotis Giannakis (cropped) close.jpg|Panagiotis GiannakisFile:José Rafael Ortiz.JPG|Jose OrtizFile:Kostas Sloukas 16 - FB Dogus 20171224.jpg|Kostas SloukasFile:Kostas Papanikolaou2011 (cropped).jpg|Kostas PapanikolaouFile:Vezenkov Barca 2016.jpg|Aleksandar Vezenkov

See also

• Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
• Aris B.C.
• Aris Volleyball Club
• Aris Baseball Club
• Aris Water Polo Club

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

• Official website

Press

• All about Aris {{in lang|el}}

Fans

• Super3 Official website
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20051224030417weblink">Ierolohites Official website
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161017184755weblink">Official website of "ARIS Members Society"

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