The history of ARIS thessalonikh FC

  Aris' fan base is spread across all the economic classes in the city of  Thessaloniki   and all over Greece. Their rivalry is against clubs such as arch-rival  PAOK , but also against the biggest clubs of Athens/Piraeus  Panathinaikios ,  AEK Athens    and  Olympialos pireus   .  Matches against PAOK    are local derbies and an event that splits  Thessaloniki   and Northern Greece in two. Aris' main fan club is called   Super 3   and has a symbol a  bulldog . It exist since 1988 with 50 more Super 3 clubs spread all over Greece and Europe. There are over 12,000 And 20,000 Super 3 members. In the rest of Europe there are also some organized Aris' fan clubs in countries such as Germany, Italy and Sweden. According to some polls Aris is the 5th most popular team in Greece with around 500.000 fans, an amount quite big considering the lack of titles for many decades. Against Panathinaikios in the...

After their relegation many were wondering who was going to take care of the team. American business man Alex Kalas emerged the first season with him in charge of the football department while they failed to gain promotion to the Football league . In summer 2015 where the next elections for the role of head of football department Kalas won again and promised to put more money into the club. Kalas also made a number of signings, Honduran legend Carlos costly, Sierra leone international John kamara, Spaniard    Guillermo perez moreno, Portuguese footballer Fabio   ruben moeira tavarez, defender Paschalis melissas and defender Stavros petabrakis. Due to Aris failing to get into the second division Kalas was sacked despite only being there for a month. Aris would have to play another year in Gamma ethniki. While in the Gamma ethniki, the team demanded that the Hellenic football federation allow them to be promot...

In recent years, specially after the creation of an  Members' Society that controls the club's fortunes, Aris has qualified several times for the  UEFA Europa Leagua   , finished fourth in the Super League three times, and has reached in the Greek cup final  four times, losing in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010, when 25,000 Aris fans went to Athens in the biggest ever move of fans in Greece.  In 2008 and 2010 Aris made it through to the  UEFA Europa Leagua  group stage after eliminating Real Zaragoza  and Austia wien  respectively during the Cups play-off rounds . During the 2010-2011  UEFA Europa Leagua      they managed to play for the first time in club's history in Europe after Christmas, after a very good appearance in the groop stage  where they won 1–0   at home and 2–3  away and eliminated the title holders Atlentico Madrid . Recent developments include the interest from the club's...

  Foundation and golden years: 1920–1950 Nikiphoros, Kostas and Kleanthis Vikelidis (1930) The champion team of 1928 Aris, the champion of 1928 The champion team of 1932 The club was established as a football club ("Podosferikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis") by a group of 22 young friends in a coffee bar in Votsi area on 25 March 1914 and given the name Aris from Ares, the ancient god of war. Its nickname was inspired by the two balkan warof 1912–1913, when Greece fought against the ottoman empire before engaging in a war with Bulgaria. In Greek mythology, Aris was a deity who was in conflict with Heracles, the mythological character after which Aris's rival football team, Iraklis, was named. Aris holds a fierce rivalry with PAOK. At first, the club was based on a near the Arch and tomb of Galerius, but after the accession of two minor football clubs in 1919 and 1921 the club's base was moved near to Flemming Street of eastern Thessaloniki. T...

  Aris Thessaloniki   (   ΠΑΕ Άρης ), commonly known as   Aris Thessaloniki FC ,   AFC   or simply   Aris , is a Greek professional  football   club based in the city of  thessaloniki ,  macedonia , Greece. Created in 1914 Aris as      thessaloniki football club , the club was a founding member of the  Macedonian football clubs association , as well as the  hellenic football federation    . The colours of the club are golden/yellow, a dominant colour in the culture of  Macedonian   and reminiscent of the Byzantine heritage of Thessaloniki, and black. It is named after  Ares , the ancient  Olympian   "God of War," associated also with courage and masculinity, whose image is portrayed on the club's logo as depicted in the  Ludovisi   Ares   sculpture. It is considered as one of the biggest teams in Greece. Aris was also one of the strongest and most popular tea...