In a café in the Votsi district on the 25th of March 1914, a company of 22 people decided to establish a club. The first dilemma they faced concerned its name.

Its founders opted for a name that was divine, full of grandeur and majesty, a name that would inspire awe. Thus begun the history of ARIS, who soon begun to dominate football in Thessaloniki and became one of the most powerful football clubs in Greece.

The team soon became very popular in Thessaloniki, who saw in ARIS a powerful and healthy club that possessed all the qualities necessary to exploit the athletic ideal and promote, all around Greece, not only itself but Thessaloniki in general.

ARIS never ceased to be the true one and only king of Northern Greek. Imposing and powerful, he was always the Olympiad God of Greek football, a god whose temple, Kleanthis Vikelidis, has the capacity for more than 20.000 worshipers.

The emblem of the team is the god of war resting, always on guard to fight if necessary.

The colors of the team are yellow and black, reminiscent of Byzantium, where Thessaloniki has always been the second most important city of the Empire.

ARIS premiered on 25th of March 1914 and was destined to become one of the biggest and most historic teams of the country.

The date, 25th of March, the founders chose has a very special historic connotation for Greece as it is the date of the Greek revolution.

 It inspired some of these courageous and visionary youngsters from the just liberated Thessaloniki, to make their very own personal "revolution", to establish a team that would assume a leading role in Greek football, a team compatible with winning attitude.