Aris FC
The club was founded in Thessaloniki, March 25, 1914 and were named after the mythological God of War as its founders reasoned that "only a god could defeat a demi-god (Iraklis, the other city team - Iraklis meaning Hercules )".
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.
Distinctions came early as Aris won the Salonica championship in 1928 and proceeded to defeat the champions of Athens (Atromitos) and the champions of Piraeus (Ethnikos) to win the first ever Greek football championship.
Since then Aris have had their ups and downs, were relegated (pending appeal) in 2005 to the B' Division for only the second time in their history.
Titles:
Championships
Greek Cup
Star Players
Some of the best players to wear Aris jersey:
30s - 70s
- Kleanthis Vikelidis
- Nikiforos Vikelidis
- Kostas Vikelidis
- Yiannis Nalbandis
- Mufit Kalliontzis
- Demiris
- Semertzis
- Psifidis
- Philippou
- Nikos Christidis
- Alekos Alexiadis
- Angelos Spyridon
- Giorgos Foiros
- Theodoros Pallas
- Dinos Ballis
- Ole Skoboe
- Giorgos Zindros
80s through today
- Dinos Kouis
- Yiannis Michalitsios
- Vasilis Dimitriadis
- Christos Karkamanis
- Angelos Charisteas
- Theofanis Katergiannakis
- Apostolos Liolidis
- Nikos Kyzeridis
- Agapitos Ambelas
Milestones
- March 25, 1914 - The clubs is founded
- March 19, 1923 - In the first official game of his football history Aris beats Iraklis 2-0.
- April 23, 1923 - Aris beats YMCA of Thesslaoniki 5-0 and is declared Champion in the 1st Championship of Thessaloniki.
- May 25, 1997 - Although he beat Apollon Athens in Athens (1-2) in the last game of the season, Aris is relegated to the B' Division