Aris Thessaloniki Women's Volleyball is the women's volleyball department of Aris Thessaloniki, the Greek multisport club based in Thessaloniki. The club plays in the A1 Ethniki Women's Volleyball. In the 2015-2016 season. it finished in 4th place in the top flight of women's volleyball in Greece.
History The women's team of Aris was founded in 1926. After some years the team ceased its activities. The club became again active since 1971. For a lot of years the club plays in A1 Ethniki. The presence of Aris in A1 Ethniki was interrupted for five years, between 1989 and 1993. The next period, the club returned in A1 Ethniki and plays continuously until 2009, when it was relegated again. The next return in A1 Ethniki was in current season. In 2014-15, Aris finished in 1st place of its group and promoted to A1.
Notable players Sharon Chepchumba
Recent seasons SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2009-10 A1 Ethniki 11th Relegated to A22010-11A2 Ethniki 2nd 2011-12A2 Ethniki 3rd2012-13A2 Ethniki8th 2013-14A2 Ethniki2nd 2014-15A2 Ethniki1stPromoted to A12015-16 A1 Ethniki 5th
Honours Domestic Greek Women’s Volleyball League: Runners-up : 2017-18
Current women's volleyball squad As of October 5, 2016 NumberPlayerPositionHeight (m)Date of birth1 Brankica NikićOpposite1.9226/10/19852 Anastasia GougousiOutside Hitter1.84 23/5/19983 Maria ChitziouLibero1.703/10/19974 Juliana CaetanoOutside Hitter1.8011/6/19875 Eufrosini AlexakouOutside Hitter1.80 26/2/20006 Irini KelesidouLibero1.75 16/5/19919 Viviane PessoaOpposite1.848/6/199110 Lamprianna PittaMiddle Blocker1.8430/1/199811 Mariantzela CharavelouliSetter1.85 7/6/199612 Chrisanthi StamatiouOutside Hitter1.81 14/6/199913 Nikoleta KarafoulidouMiddle Blocker1.8626/1/199314 Elena KonstantinidouMiddle Blocker1.81 8/4/1992
Technical staff StaffCoach Dimitris SolkidisStatistician Anna PanagiotouAthletic Trainer Nikos GkiosisDoctor Ioannis TerzidisPhysiotherapist Konstantinos Pepelas
References
External links ARIS Women's volleyball Official website