The members of Lesxi Filon Ari elected Thanasis Athanasiadis as the new president of Aris Thessaloniki in the elections that took place in May.[1]
The club finished 5th in regular season of Super League and 4th after playoffs. Also, the club reached in the final of Greek Cup where lost by Panathinaikos. Aris Thessaloniki's fans made the biggest movement of fans in Greece for the final.[2]
Aris Thessaloniki started the season with Iomar Mazinho. In November Mazinho removed[3] and Héctor Cúper was the manager for the rest of the season.[4]
Source: Super League Greece Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground). (Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Team that finished fifth in Regular Season started Play-offs with 0 points. Every other team's points is the difference from fifth placed team divided with 5.
The teams started Play-offs with the following points:
^In Matchday 24 against AEL, where Aris Thessaloniki won with 2-0, in the second half Michalis Sifakis were substitutioned out from Michal Peškovič. Both goalkeepers claimed the clean sheet.