Aris Thessaloniki Volleyball Club

Aris Thessaloniki Volleyball Club is the professional volleyball team of A.C. Aris Thessaloniki, the major multi-sport club of Thessaloniki, Greece. Aris VC participates in the Pre League and it is one of the most historical teams of the whole club and of the most stable values of the Greek volleyball, inside and outside its borders.

History

Aris was the first team to end Olympiacos and Panathinaikos domination of the sport, conquering the Greek Championship in 1997. Aris' roster, that period, was the strongest the club ever had, as it included top scorers Ganev, Konstantinov and some of the most capable Greek players then available: Alexandropoulos, Papakosmas, Melkas, Mitroudis, Chatziantoniou etc.

The club has to demonstrate a very decent and respectful presence in the Greek Cup as well, having reached the final five times. The fact that they had to play all the finals against the season's champions (Olympiacos 4 times and Iraklis 1 time), prevented Aris from winning even one of them. However, they won the Super Cup in 1997. The following season they participated in the Champions League, with a remarkable presence and especially an unforgettable 3-0 road win against European champion Modena.

On 9 February 2002, Aris Thessaloniki set a record for one of the longest sets played in men's volleyball worldwide, when it played against A.E. Nikaia for 44 minutes and 42 seconds.^[1]

Honours

Domestic

Greek Volleyball League:

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

Greek Super Cup:

Winners (1): 1997

Greek Cup:

Runners-up (5): 1988–89, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02

International

CEV Cup:

Semi Finalists (2): 1993–94, 1995–96

Recent men's volleyball squad

Season 2018-2019

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Date of birth
1	Nikolaos Skarlatidis	Setter	1.86	11/03/1998
2	Alexandros Antoniadis	Libero	1.84	19/06/1986
3	Vassileios Christopoulos	Middle blocker	1.86	13/01/1986
4	Konstantinos Telios	Outside hitter	1.94	12/04/1997
5	Christos Gitersos	Setter	1.93	07/04/2000
6	Georgios Karantaidis	Middle blocker	1.93	05/06/1999
7	Argyris Zavopoulos	Opposite	1.87	15/01/1989
9	Konstantinos Angouras	Middle blocker	1.91	19/05/1982
10	Panagiotis Kalfas	Libero	1.80	31/08/2000
11	Alexandros Alexakis	Middle blocker	2.03	19/04/2000
12	Georgios Tellios	Outside hitter	1.86	01/01/2000
13	Napoleon Frangkoulidis	Outside hitter	1.92	12/10/2000
14	Konstantinos Tsangalidis (C)	Outside hitter	1.90	12/05/1991
15	Dimitrios Papazacharias	Outside hitter	1.85	28/9/1979
18	Nikitas Vildiridis	Opposite	1.85	09/04/1998

Technical and managerial staff

Staff
Coach	Christos Patras
Technical Director	Ioannis Varvoutas
Physio	Konstantinos-Rafail Mittas
Conditioner	Dimitrios Papaefthimiou

Notable players

Notable coaches

Sponsorships

Official Sponsor: Joker, Euromedica
Official Broadcaster: Nova Sports

References

^ Zyka, Yolanda (1 March 2017). "Το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ της ΑΕΚ σε διάρκεια σετ" [AEK's world record in set duration]. enwsi.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-05-23.

External links

Press

All about Aris (in Greek)

[1] Zyka, Yolanda (1 March 2017). "Το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ της ΑΕΚ σε διάρκεια σετ" [AEK's world record in set duration]. enwsi.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-05-23.

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