Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
association football team in Greece
Aris FC (Greek: ΠΑΕ Άρης) ['aris], commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki or simply Aris, is a Greek professional football club from the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. The team competes in the top-tier Super League Greece and their home ground is the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium.
Founded in 1914, 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 Macedonia 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 and is part of the multi-sports club Aris Thessaloniki.
Aris was also one of the strongest and most popular teams in Greece during the interwar period. They have won the Greek championship three times (1928, 1932, 1946), the Greek Cup once (1970), and they had an undefeated home record in European competitions for 28 matches from 1968 to 2020, when they lost to Kolos Kovalivka but without crowd due to COVID. Other than that Aris has never lost playing at home in European competitions.
History
Foundation and golden years: 1920–1950
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 Wars of 1912–1913, when Greece fought against the Ottoman Empire before engaging in a war with Bulgaria.
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