Aris Limassol
- Vana Alves
- Edin Nuredinoski
- Zoltan Kovacs
- Gilbert Bayiha N’Djema
- Georgios Vasiliou
- Steeve Yago
- Caju
- Franz Brorsson
- Marco Aurelio
- Panikos Hatziloizou
- Morgan Brown
- Matija Spoljaric
- Dusan Kerkez
- Andreas Frangos
- Aleksandr Kokorin
- Yannick Gomis
- Adrian Mihalcea
- Markos Maragoudakis
- Shavy Babicka
Adrian Mihalcea (36)
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Aris Limassol Team Stats & History
Aris Limassol, founded in 1930, were one of the original members of the Cyprus Football Association. They participated in the first five seasons of the First Division in Cyprus, but financial difficulties forced the club to fold in 1939.
In 1952, Aris returned and competed in the Second Division. They returned to the First Division in 1954, but came in last place and promptly went back down. The following season, they won the Second Division and returned to the top flight. However, they were immediately relegated once again. Aris returned to the First Division in 1958 and managed to come in an impressive fourth place.
Aris played in the First Division throughout the 1960s but they were consistently one of the weaker teams in the league. After the 1969–70 season, Aris Limassol went back down to the second tier, where they spent two years.
Back in the First Division, Aris Limassol finished in fourth place in both the 1976-77 and 1978-79 seasons. However, they were relegated again in 1981 but quickly returned to the top flight.
First Cup Final and Yo-Yo Years
In 1989, they reached their first-ever Cypriot Cup final in the Aris Limassol team stats. However, they lost to local rivals AEL Limassol. In 1989, Aris signed Oleg Blokhin, who won the 1975 Ballon d’Or. The signing renewed interest in the club, but he played just one season for Aris and retired at the conclusion of the 1989-90 season.
Following another relegation in 1993, they won the Second Division for the third time in the Aris Limassol team stats. From 1997 until 2006, they were a typical “yo-yo” club that alternated between the first two divisions.
That changed in 2006-07, when they finished in eighth place in the First Division to stay in the league. However, the trend continued when they were relegated the next season. They finally managed to remain in the First Division again after the 2015-16 season, when they came in 10th place.
That season, Aris relied on Cypriot players and were the only team to play 6 or more Cypriot players in each game. After three seasons in the top flight, Aris went back down to the second tier, where they spent three more seasons.
First Major Trophies
Finally, they earned promotion back to the First Division at the conclusion of the 2020-21 season. In Summer 2021, Russian investor Vladimir Fedorov bought the club with the goal of transforming Aris into one of the best Cypriot clubs.
In 2021-22, they finished in fourth place and qualified for European competition for the first time ever in the Aris team stats.They were placed in the qualifying rounds of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. Their European debut finished in a 2-0 first leg win over Neftçi Baku. However, they lost 3–0 in the second leg and got eliminated.
The greatest-ever season in Aris Limassol history was in 2022-23. They won the Cypriot First Division for the first time ever. Striker Aleksandr Kokorin was voted as Aris Limassol’s Player of the Season. Goalkeeper Vana Alves was also a key player and Aris coach Aleksey Shpilevsky was the Cypriot First Division’s coach of the season. In July 2023, Aris also managed to win the Cypriot Super Cup.
With their First Division title, Aris advanced to UEFA Champions League qualifiers for the first time. Aris defeated BATE Borisov 11-5 over two legs in the second round but fell 3-1 to Rakow Czestochowa on aggregate in the third round. In the Europa League playoff, Aris defeated Slovan Bratislava and will play in the group stage of a European competition for the first time ever in 2023-24.
Betting advice notes that Aris are incredibly inexperienced at the top level of European competition. Bettors interested in taking their Europa League odds should be aware that the six qualifiers they played in averaged over five goals per game.
