2011–12 AE Larissa F.C. season

The 2011–12 season will be AEL's first season back in the Football League following relegation from the Super League in 2011. It is Chris Coleman's first season in charge at the club. Coleman left Larissa on 9 January 2012 citing financial problems as the reason. "Over the last two or three months I've had to compromise myself because of the financial situation and it's made me unhappy" [1]

AEL FC

2011–12 season
Chairman	Konstantinos Piladakis
Manager	Bozidar Bandovic
Football League	8th
Greek Cup	4th Round vs Panetolikos
Top goalscorer	League: Joël Tshibamba (7) All: Joël Tshibamba (7)
Home colours Away colours

Season review

See also 2011–12 Football League

Transfers

Main articles: List of Greek football transfers summer 2011 and List of Greek football transfers winter 2011–12

Transfers in

First team

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
	MF	11	Luís Boa Morte	West Ham United	Free[2]
	MF	8	Antonio González Rodríguez	Doxa Drama	Free[3]
	FW	9	Joël Tshibamba	Lech Poznań	Undisclosed[4]
	DF	12	Cyril Kali	Veria F.C.	Free
	FW	24	Zequinha	Olhanense	Loan[5]
	FW	30	Césinha	Rapid București	Free[6]
3 January 2012	MF	14	Blendi Moutsa	Oikonomos
22 December 2011	MF	18	Fabricio Poci	Platanias
	DF	27	Alexandros Galitsios	Youth Team
January 2012	DF		Manolis Psomas	Levadiakos
January 2012	FW		Vaggelis Kaounos	Ethnikos Asteras
January 2012	MF		Jorge Pina Roldán	Andorra
January 2012	GK		Panagiotis Vosniadis

Transfers out

First team

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
	MF		Vasilios Rentzas	Ergotelis F.C.	Free[7]
	MF	11	Tümer Metin	Kerkyra F.C.	End of loan
January 2012	MF	11	Luís Boa Morte		Free
January 2012	DF	2	Ibrahim Tall		Free
January 2012	MF	30	Césinha		Free
January 2012	MF	42	Walter Iglesias		Free
January 2012	GK	75	Chrisostomos Michailidis		Free
February 2012	FW	9	Joël Tshibamba	Krylia Sovetov	Loan

Squad

Current squad

As of 23 February 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GRE Dimitris Sotiriou 3 DF  GRE Stelios Venetidis (captain) 4 DF  GRE Nikos Arabatzis 5 MF  GRE Kostas Chatzis 6 MF  GRE Kostas Nebegleras (2nd captain) 7 MF  GRE Dimitris Pliagas 8 MF  ESP Toni González 10 FW  FRA Yohann Lasimant 11 MF  ESP Jorge Pina 13 DF  BEL Naim Aarab 14 MF  ALB Bledi Muca 15 GK  ALB Dimitri-Erind Prifti 17 FW  GRE Antonis Vouzas 18 MF  ARG Fabricio Poci 19 FW  BEL Roddy Kambala

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  GRE Nikos Karanikas 22 FW  GRE Dimitris Hasomeris 23 DF  GRE Lazaros Fotias 24 FW  POR Zequinha 26 DF  GRE Dimitris Kolovetsios 27 DF  GRE Alexandros Galitsios 29 DF  POR Bruno Pereira (4th-captain) 30 GK  GRE Panagiotis Vosniadis 33 DF  GRE Thanassis Papageorgiou 44 FW  SRB Nikola Grubješić 55 DF  GRE Manolis Psomas 77 DF  GRE Panagiotis Katsiaros (3rd captain) 79 FW  GRE Vangelis Kaounos 88 MF  GRE Antonis Tsiaras 92 MF  GRE Savas Siatravanis

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 71 GK  GRE Christos Batavanis (to A.S. Pyrgetos) 9 FW  COD Joël Tshibamba (to FC Krylia Sovetov Samara)

Competitions

Football League

See also 2011–12 Football League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	11	13	38	31	+7	41	7	8	3	27	17	+10	3	3	10	11	14	−3

Last updated: 24 April 2012.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	L
Position	10	10	10	9	7	8	8	5	4	4	4	5	5	7	5	7	8	8	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results

Larissa v Vyzas

12 November 2011 1	Larissa	0 – 0	Vyzas	AEL FC Arena
		Summary	Stratakis  22'  39'

Veria v Larissa

20 November 2011 2	Veria	0 – 3	Larissa	Veria Stadium
		Summary	Kolovetsios  23' Tshibamba  30' Césinha  69'

Larissa v Pierikos

27 November 2011 3	Larissa	0 – 0	Pierikos	AEL FC Arena
		Summary

Larissa v Iraklis Psachna

30 November 2011 4	Larissa	0 – 0	Iraklis Psachna	AEL FC Arena
		Summary

Larissa v Panachaiki

4 December 2011 5	Larissa	2 – 1	Panachaiki	AEL FC Arena
	Zequinha  10' Césinha  41' Arabatzis  27'  60'	Summary	Kyvelidis  86'

Ethnikos Asteras v Larissa

11 December 2011 6	Ethnikos Asteras	0 – 0	Larissa	Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
		Summary

Panserraikos v Larissa

14 December 2011 7	Panserraikos	2 – 1	Larissa	Serres Municipal Stadium
	Gomez  40' Tsaousis  85'	Summary	Tshibamba  54'

Larissa v Anagennisi Epanomi

18 December 2011 8	Larissa	5 - 2	Anagennisi Epanomi	AEL FC Arena
	Tshibamba  28', 64', 68' Saitiotis  86', 90'	Summary	Gesios  45' Dinopapas  61'

Anagennisi Giannitsa v Larissa

3 January 2012 9	Anagennisi Giannitsa	0 - 3	Larissa	Giannitsa Stadium
		Summary	Tshibamba  26', 83' Chatzis  45' Chatzis  58'  78'

Larissa v Diagoras

8 January 2012 10	Larissa	1 - 0	Diagoras	AEL FC Arena
	Hasomeris  23'	Summary

Kalloni v Larissa

14 January 2012 11	Kalloni	1 - 0	Larissa	Kostas Kenteris Stadium
	Leozinho  32' (pen.)	Summary

Larissa v Platanias

22 January 2012 12	Larissa	0 - 1	Platanias	AEL FC Arena
	Aarab  66'	Summary	Maragoudakis  55'

Panthrakikos v Larissa

25 January 2012 13	Panthrakikos	1 - 0	Larissa	OPAP-Municipal Komotini Stadium
	Goniadis  86'	Summary

Kallithea v Larissa

29 January 2012 14	Kallithea	1 - 0	Larissa	Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium
	Maroukakis  15'	Summary

Larissa v Thrasyvoulos

19 February 2012 15	Larissa	2 - 1	Thrasyvoulos	AEL FC Arena
	Kaounos  45' Nebegleras  90'	Summary	Fillip  51'

Agrotikos Asteras v Larissa

26 February 2012 16	Agrotikos Asteras	1 - 0	Larissa	Agrotikos Asteras Ground
	Karakatsanis  77'	Summary

Larissa v Fokikos

3 March 2012 17	Larissa	0 - 0	Fokikos	AEL FC Arena
		Summary

Iraklis Psachna v Larissa

10 March 2012 18	Iraklis Psachna	0 - 0	Larissa	Local Stadium of Psachna
		Summary

Larissa v Panserraikos

14 March 2012 19	Larissa	0 - 1	Panserraikos	AEL FC Arena
	Grubješić  71'	Summary	Diogo  74'

Vyzas v Larissa

19 March 2012 20	Vyzas	1 - 0	Larissa	Megara Stadium
	El Ela  90'	Summary

Pierikos v Larissa

28 March 2012 21	Pierikos	2 - 1	Larissa	Municipal Stadium of Katerini
	Konteon  50' Koutsospiros  80' Koutsospiros  81'	Summary	Zequinha  19'

Panachaiki v Larissa

1 April 2012 22	Panachaiki	2 - 0	Larissa	Kostas Davourlis Stadium
	M'Pia  44' Furtado  50'	Summary

Larissa v Ethnikos Asteras

4 April 2012 23	Larissa	2 - 0	Ethnikos Asteras	AEL FC Arena
	Zequinha  3' (pen.) Blendi  62'	Summary

Anagennisi Epanomi v Larissa

8 April 2012 24	Anagennisi Epanomi	1 - 0	Larissa	Nikos Sarafis Stadium
	Georgiou  75'	Summary

Larissa v Veria

11 April 2012 25	Larissa	2 - 2	Veria	AEL FC Arena
	Kaounos  13' Zequinha  68' (pen.)	Summary	Kadi  42', 53'

Larissa v Anagennisi Giannitsa

22 April 2012 26	Larissa	4 - 1	Anagennisi Giannitsa	AEL FC Arena
15:00	Zequinha  2' (pen.), 35'  83' Kaounos  25' Kolovetsios  83'	Summary	Giannis Seretis  6' Konstantinos Tsiknidis  30' Rovinson Beka  77'

Diagoras v Larissa

24 April 2012 27	Diagoras	0 – 3 (w/o)^1	Larissa	Diagoras Stadium
		Summary

Larissa v Kallonis

29 April 2012 28	Larissa	1 - 1	Kallonis	AEL FC Arena
	Papageorgiou  33'	Summary	Manousakis  33'

Platanias v Larissa

2 May 2012 29	Platanias	0 - 0	Larissa	Maleme Stadium
		Summary

Larissa v Panthrakikos

9 May 2012 30	Larissa	3 - 2	Panthrakikos	AEL FC Arena
	Nebegleras  12' (pen.) Kaounos  27', 48'	Summary	Mingas  31' Soultanidis  66'

Larissa v Kallithea

13 May 2012 31	Larissa	0 - 1	Kallithea	AEL FC Arena
	Katsiaros  90+2'	Summary	Farinola  63'

Thrasyvoulos v Larissa

15 May 2012 32	Thrasyvoulos	1 - 1	Larissa	Fyli Stadium
	D'Akol  22'	Summary	Tsiaras  70' Psomas  79'

Larissa v Agrotikos Asteras

19 May 2012 33	Larissa	4 - 1	Agrotikos Asteras	AEL FC Arena
	Grubješić  70' Venetidis  74' Pliagas  87' Papageorgiou  89'	Summary	Karakatsanis  44'

Fokikos v Larissa

23 May 2012 34	Fokikos	2 - 0	Larissa	Dimotiko Stadio
	Kallergis  57' Diamantopoulos  75' (pen.)	Summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Pierikos	34	16	7	11	41	30	+11	55
9	Anagennisi Epanomi	34	13	5	16	42	46	−4	44
10	Larissa	34	11	10	13	38	29	+9	43
11	Iraklis Psachna	34	10	12	12	29	23	+6	42
12	Thrasyvoulos	34	11	9	14	37	40	−3	42

Source: Football League standings (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Greek Cup

See also 2011–12 Greek Cup

Rouvas v Larissa

23 November 2011 2nd Round	Rouvas	0 – 1	Larissa	Heraklion
15:00		[ Report]	Pliagas  28'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium

Larissa v Panetolikos

21 December 2011 4th Round	Larissa	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (9 – 10 p)	Panetolikos	Larissa
		Summary		Stadium: AEL FC Arena
	Penalties
	Zequinha Saitiotis Aarab Hasomeris Tshibamba Chatzis Césinha Tall Katsiaros Arabatzis Sotiriou		Theodoridis Charisteas Edjenguélé Rocha Mitropoulos Camara Karamalikis Kousas Paleologos Anastasiadis Cennamo

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 May 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League		Greek Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dimitrios Sotiriou	27	0	25+1	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Stylianos Venetidis	13	1	10+3	1	0+0	0
4	DF		Nikos Arabatzis	11	0	9+1	0	1+0	0
5	MF		Konstantinos Chatzis	26	1	20+5	1	1+0	0
6	MF		Konstantinos Nebegleras	23	2	23+0	2	0+0	0
7	MF		Dimitris Pliagas	17	3	8+8	2	1+0	1
8	MF		Antonio González Rodríguez	15	0	12+3	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Yohann Lasimant	8	0	2+6	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Jorge Pina Roldán	7	0	3+4	0	0+0	0
13	DF		Naim Aarab	13	0	10+2	0	1+0	0
14	MF		Blendi Moutsa	7	1	7+0	1	0+0	0
17	FW		Antonios Vouzas	14	0	7+6	0	1+0	0
18	MF		Fabricio Poci	12	0	11+1	0	0+0	0
20	DF		Nikos Karanikas	15	0	11+4	0	0+0	0
22	FW		Dimitris Chasomeris	20	1	11+8	1	0+1	0
23	DF		Lazaros Fotias	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
24	FW		Zequinha	21	6	12+8	6	1+0	0
26	DF		Dimitrios Kolovetsios	25	3	25+0	3	0+0	0
27	DF		Alexandros Galitsios	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
30	GK		Panagiotis Vosniadis	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF		Athanasios Papageorgiou	20	1	19+1	1	0+0	0
44	FW		Nikola Grubješić	11	1	7+4	1	0+0	0
55	FW		Manolis Psomas	17	0	17+0	0	0+0	0
71	FW		Alexandros Karachalios	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
77	DF		Panagiotis Katsiaros	17	0	16+0	0	1+0	0
79	FW		Vaggelis Kaounos	13	5	9+4	5	0+0	0
88	MF		Antonis Tsiaras	1	1	0+1	1	0+0	0
92	MF		Savas Siatravanis	13	0	8+5	0	0+0	0
99	FW		Georgios Saitiotis	13	2	8+4	2	0+1	0
Players who left Larissa on loan during the season:
9	FW		Joël Tshibamba	14	7	9+4	7	1+0	0
Players who appeared for Larissa no longer at the club:
2	DF		Ibrahim Tall	7	0	6+0	0	1+0	0
11	FW		Luís Boa Morte	8	0	7+0	0	1+0	0
12	DF		Cyril Kali	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Césinha	8	2	7+0	2	0+1	0
75	GK		Chrisostomos Michailidis	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

As of 15 May 2012

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Football League	Greek Cup	Super Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Joël Tshibamba	7	0	0	7
2	MF		24	Zequinha	6	0	0	6
3	FW		79	Vaggelis Kaounos	5	0	0	5
4	DF		26	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	3	0	0	3
5	MF		30	Césinha	2	0	0	2
=	FW		99	Georgios Saitiotis	2	0	0	2
=	MF		6	Konstantinos Nebegleras	2	0	0	2
=	MF		7	Dimitris Pliagas	1	1	0	2
9	DF		5	Konstantinos Chatzis	1	0	0	1
=	FW		22	Dimitris Hasomeris	1	0	0	1
=	MF		14	Blendi Moutsa	1	0	0	1
=	DF		33	Athanasios Papageorgiou	1	0	0	1
=	DF		3	Stelios Venetidis	1	0	0	1
=	FW		44	Nikola Grubješić	1	0	0	1
=	MF		88	Antonis Tsiaras	1	0	0	1
=				Awarded Goals	3	0	0	3
				TOTALS	38	1	0	39

Disciplinary record

As of 15 May 2012

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Football League		Greek Cup		Total
1		GK	Dimitrios Sotiriou	2	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Stylianos Venetidis	1	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Nikos Arabatzis	2	1	0	0	2	1
5		MF	Konstantinos Chatzis	5	1	1	0	6	1
6		MF	Konstantinos Nebegleras	5	0	0	0	5	0
7		DF	Dimitris Pliagas	2	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Antonio González Rodríguez	4	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Joël Tshibamba	4	0	1	0	5	0
11		MF	Luís Boa Morte	2	0	0	0	2	0
12		DF	Cyril Kali	2	0	0	0	2	0
13		DF	Naim Aarab	3	0	0	0	3	0
17		FW	Antonios Vouzas	2	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Fabricio Poci	4	0	0	0	4	0
20		DF	Nikos Karanikas	4	0	0	0	4	0
24		FW	Zequinha	6	0	0	0	6	0
26		DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	5	0	0	0	5	0
27		DF	Alexandros Galitsios	1	0	0	0	1	0
30		MF	Césinha	1	0	1	0	2	0
33		MF	Athanasios Papageorgiou	2	0	0	0	2	0
44		FW	Nikola Grubješić	1	1	0	0	1	1
55		MF	Manolis Psomas	4	1	0	0	4	1
75		GK	Chrisostomos Michailidis	1	0	0	0	1	0
77		DF	Panagiotis Katsiaros	4	1	0	0	4	1
92		MF	Savas Siatravanis	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	68	5	3	0	71	5

Last updated: 9 January 2012
Source: Match reports in Results

Sponsor

• OPAP

References

1. "Coleman resigns as Larissa boss". BBC News.
2. "Career history of Luis Boa Morte". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
3. "Career history of Antonio González Rodríguez". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
4. "Joël Tshibamba's profile". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
5. "Career history of Zequinha". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
6. "Career history of Césinha". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
7. "Rentzas transferred to Ergotelis on a free". Retrieved 3 December 2011.