Olympiacos–P.A.O.K. rivalry

Olympiacos and PAOK rivalry

PAOK vs Olympiacos (1–0) at Toumba Stadium during a Greek Cup match in 2009.
City or region	Athens / Piraeus – Thessaloniki, Greece
Teams involved	Olympiacos, PAOK
Most wins	Olympiacos (64)
Most recent meeting	Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK, 2 October 2011
Next meeting	TBA

The football rivalry between Olympiacos and PAOK is considered the fiercest intercity rivalry in Greece and a large number of games between the two football teams have been stigmatized by nasty incidents.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Cultural rivalry 1.2 Football rivalry 1.3 Supporters rivalry 2 Statistics 2.1 Head-to-head 2.2 Records 3 Matches list 3.1 Alpha Ethniki (Greek League since 1959–60) 3.2 Greek Cup 4 Men in both teams 5 References 6 External links

History

Cultural rivalry

The rivalry between the two Greek clubs can be traced to a rivalry between the cities Athens and Thessaloniki. Olympiacos from the port of Athens, Piraeus, and PAOK from the capital of Macedonia, are the most popular clubs in the two largest Greek cities respectively, thus their rivalry reflects more than any other the intercity rivalry.

Thessalonians feel that Athens has consistently been favored by the Greek State over their city and the fans of Thessalonian teams consider their Athenian rivals, the so called P.O.K., the main reason that their teams have been marginalized.^[1] As far as the Olympiacos and PAOK rivalry is concerned, the situation became worse in the 1960s, when the all-time best player of PAOK, Giorgos Koudas, decided to move to Olympiacos. PAOK fans rose in outrage and protested against the Athenian power which once again seemed to harm their club and the transfer was prevented.

Football rivalry

Olympiacos and PAOK are traditional rivals in other sports as well, mainly in basketball, and secondly in volleyball and water polo. As for their football history, after the "Koudas incident", PAOK fans became so hostile against the team from Piraeus that games at PAOK became the most difficult away games for Olympiacos to win and the Reds had a 21-year period without a single win at Toumba Stadium (including three matches which had been played in neutral grounds) and only two wins in 33 matches in the period 1966–1998. On the other hand, at Olympiacos the last longer period without a win for PAOK, is a 14 years period(1989-2003).

Another aspect of this rivalry except the "Koudas incident". The period after 1997 was a resurgence of this rivalry because of bad arbitrations in games among Olympiacos and PAOK. PAOK claimed many times that refereeing helped Olympiacos. The consequence of this was PAOK fans to protest violent against referees and Olympiacos, proceeding vandalism. Perhaps the most characteristic match was in 2000 at Toumba with referee Giorgos Kasnaferis. PAOK from 39' played with 10 players after 2 yellow cards showned to Georgiadis for diving. PAOK claimed that were both penalties and also complained for two more penalties and some offsides. The fact is that from 1998 to 2010 Olympiacos was unbeaten in Toumba stadium.

Supporters rivalry

Olympiacos and PAOK fans are known for their violent tactics against each other. As in most football rivalries in Greece, injuries and often deaths are not rare. Particularly over the last two years and since the new owner of Olympiacos took over, violence erupts very often. In addition, the new owner of Olympiacos is accused for fixing game results in order to gain huge amounts of money from betting via the Internet with their laptops in the games, while thousands of fans attacked each other, destroyed public property and often killed one another. This seems to be the case with all the major football clubs of Greece. Corruption is high; fixing games and using their fans like armies has helped some of these people gain political influence and financial benefits.

Statistics

Head-to-head

	Olympiacos wins	Draws	PAOK wins
Alpha Ethniki (1959–60 - present)
At Olympiacos home	40	6	8
At PAOK home	12	13	28
Total	52	19	36
Greek Cup
At Olympiacos home	9	4	2
At PAOK home	1	1	5
Neutral field	2	1	1
Total	12	6	8
Total
	64	25	44

Records

• Record Alpha Ethniki win
  • Olympiacos
    • Home: Olympiacos – PAOK 6–0, Karaiskakis Stadium, 3 June 1962
      (Psichos 40', 47', Sideris 76', 80', 81', 84' pen.)
    • Away: PAOK – Olympiacos 0–4, Toumba Stadium, 27 January 1965
      (Botinos 20', Gioutsos 47', Aganian 59', Sideris 74')
  • PAOK
    • Home: PAOK – Olympiacos 6–1, Serres Stadium, 6 December 1987
      (Bannon 5', Mavrommatis 14', Siggas 18', Baniotis 41', Borbokis 75', 89' – Tsalouchidis 50')
    • Away: Olympiacos – PAOK 0–4, Karaiskakis Stadium, 4 January 1976
      (Terzanidis 24', Koudas 56', 62', Guerino 77')
• Record Cup win
  • Olympiacos
    • Home: Olympiacos – PAOK 4–0, Karaiskakis Stadium, 28 May 1975
      (Persidis 16', Kritikopoulos 70', 90'+1', Losanta 73')
    • Neutral field: Olympiacos – PAOK 4–0, Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, 11 March 1951
      (Mouratis 27', Darivas 65', Drossos 75', 81')
    • Away: PAOK – Olympiacos 1–2, Toumba Stadium, 27 November 1996
      (Zouboulis 20' – Alexandris 52', Đorđević 75' pen.)
  • PAOK
    • Home: PAOK – Olympiacos 3–0, Toumba Stadium, 9 January 1991
      (Karageorgiou 6' pen., Borbokis 43', Hassan 52')
    • Away: Olympiacos – PAOK 1–2, Karaiskakis Stadium, 6 February 1980
      (Galakos 14' – Orfanos 12', Vassilakos 25')
      and Olympiacos – PAOK 1–2, Georgios Kamaras Stadium, 12 March 2003
      (Choutos 76' – Georgiadis 30', Okkas 32')
• Longest sequence of Alpha Ethniki wins
  • Olympiacos: 7, 22 February 1998 – 14 October 2001
    • Home: 14, 12 November 1989 – 11 January 2004
    • Away: 3, 3 October 1998 – 14 October 2001
  • PAOK: 3, 4 January 1976 – 3 April 1977
    • Home: 11, 11 June 1972 – 23 January 1983
    • Away: 1
• Longest sequence of Cup wins
  • Olympiacos: 4, 27 May 1992 – 12 May 2001
    • Home: 5, 24 January 1990 – 12 May 2001
    • Away: 1
  • PAOK: 4, 12 May 2001 – 4 February 2009
    • Home: 3, 10 January 1990 – 4 February 2009
    • Away: 1
• Longest sequence of unbeaten Alpha Ethniki matches
  • Olympiacos: 12, 22 February 1998 – 11 January 2004
    • Home: 14, 12 November 1989 – 11 January 2004
    • Away: 12, 31 October 1998 – 9 May 2010
  • PAOK: 4, 31 May 1981 – 12 June 1983
    • Home: 21, 3 January 1971 – 24 May 1992
    • Away: 2, 6 April 1960 – 3 June 1962 and 24 January 2010 – 21 November 2010
• Longest sequence of unbeaten Cup matches
  • Olympiacos: 7, 11 March 1951 – 6 February 1980
    • Home: 6, 20 November 1985 – 12 March 2003
    • Away: 2, 20 May 1992 – 26 February 2003
  • PAOK: 4, 12 May 2001 – 4 March 2009
    • Home: 3, 10 January 1990 – 27 November 1996
    • Away: 4, 10 March 1976 – 24 January 1990
• Attendance records
  • Olympiacos home:
    • 74,232 Olympiacos – PAOK 0–1, Athens Olympic Stadium, 2 October 1988
  • PAOK home:
    • 45,147 PAOK – Olympiacos 2–1, Toumba Stadium, 5 December 1976

Matches list

Alpha Ethniki (Greek League since 1959–60)

	Olympiacos – PAOK					PAOK – Olympiacos
Season	R.	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score	R.	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score
1959–60	20	06-04-1960	Karaiskakis Stadium	11,972	1–2	5	22-11-1959	Toumba Stadium	8,864	2–0
1960–61	10	27-11-1960	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	1–1	25	14-05-1961	Toumba Stadium	N/A	0–2
1961–62	28	03-06-1962	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	6–0	13	14-01-1962	Toumba Stadium	N/A	0–1
1962–63	17	03-02-1963	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	3–2	2	30-09-1962	Toumba Stadium	N/A	2–2
1963–64	10	27-11-1963	Nikos Goumas Stadium	N/A	2–01	25	29-03-1964	Toumba Stadium	18,884	0–0
1964–65	27	06-06-1965	Karaiskakis Stadium	15,951	5–2	12	27-01-1965	Toumba Stadium	17,309	0–4
1965–66	25	15-05-1966	Karaiskakis Stadium	28,042	2–0	10	30-01-1966	Toumba Stadium	22,736	3–2
1966–67	6	27-11-1966	Karaiskakis Stadium	40,250	3–2	21	19-03-1967	Toumba Stadium	31,504	2–0
1967–68	8	26-11-1967	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	0–1	25	24-03-1968	Toumba Stadium	26,446	1–0
1968–69	11	15-12-1968	Karaiskakis Stadium	21,116	3–0	28	20-04-1969	Toumba Stadium	26,745	2–1
1969–70	18	01-02-1970	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	1–1	1	21-09-1969	Toumba Stadium	35,740	1–2
1970–71	31	23-05-1971	Karaiskakis Stadium	34,960	1–0	14	03-01-1971	Toumba Stadium	25,462	0–0
1971–72	17	23-01-1972	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	1–1	34	25-06-1972	Toumba Stadium	21,161	4–3
1972–73	20	25-02-1973	Karaiskakis Stadium	41,052	1–0	3	01-10-1972	Toumba Stadium	42,150	1–0
1973–74	11	16-12-1973	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	3–0	28	21-04-1974	Toumba Stadium	42,976	1–0
1974–75	26	13-04-1975	Karaiskakis Stadium	39,210	3–2	9	15-12-1974	Toumba Stadium	37,448	2–0
1975–76	11	04-01-1976	Karaiskakis Stadium	39,030	0–4	26	26-04-1976	Toumba Stadium	33,378	3–1
1976–77	26	03-04-1977	Karaiskakis Stadium	39,200	2–0	9	05-12-1976	Toumba Stadium	45,147	2–1
1977–78	13	11-12-1977	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	0–0	30	16-04-1978	Toumba Stadium	30,477	1–0
1978–79	5	14-10-1978	Karaiskakis Stadium	27,704	1–0	22	04-03-1979	Toumba Stadium	25,362	2–0
1979–80	34	18-05-1980	Karaiskakis Stadium	35,470	2–0	17	20-01-1980	Toumba Stadium	36,016	2–0
1980–81	15	28-12-1980	Karaiskakis Stadium	35,500	1–0	32	31-05-1981	Toumba Stadium	21,359	1–0
1981–82	28	11-04-1982	Karaiskakis Stadium	35,450	0–0	11	13-12-1981	Toumba Stadium	22,744	3–0
1982–83	32	12-06-1983	Karaiskakis Stadium	28,393	2–0	15	23-01-1983	Toumba Stadium	33,334	1–1
1983–84	19	05-02-1984	Karaiskakis Stadium	25,032	1–0	4	25-09-1983	Serres Municipal Stadium	13,138	4–0
1984–85	19	17-02-1985	Athens Olympic Stadium	57,581	2–1	4	21-10-1984	Toumba Stadium	41,073	1–0
1985–86	11	01-12-1985	Athens Olympic Stadium	37,604	2–0	26	30-03-1986	Toumba Stadium	24,970	1–0
1986–87	20	01-03-1987	Athens Olympic Stadium	53,720	1–1	5	05-10-1986	Toumba Stadium	40,718	4–1
1987–88	25	27-03-1988	Athens Olympic Stadium	46,027	2–1	10	06-12-1987	Serres Municipal Stadium	10,827	6–1
1988–89	4	02-10-1988	Athens Olympic Stadium	74,232	0–1	19	12-02-1989	Toumba Stadium	32,112	1–0
1989–90	9	12-11-1989	Karaiskakis Stadium	30,716	4–0	26	25-03-1990	Toumba Stadium	17,169	4–1
1990–91	9	02-12-1990	Karaiskakis Stadium	23,974	3–2	26	10-04-1991	Toumba Stadium	17,870	3–2
1991–92	15	12-01-1992	Karaiskakis Stadium	18,004	3–2	32	24-05-1992	Toumba Stadium	8,577	1–2
1992–93	31	09-05-1993	Karaiskakis Stadium	11,527	2–0	14	20-12-1992	Toumba Stadium	7,988	0–0
1993–94	3	05-09-1993	Karaiskakis Stadium	12,237	1–0	20	16-11-1994	Toumba Stadium	10,291	1–1
1994–95	25	26-03-1995	Karaiskakis Stadium	16,497	2–0	8	06-11-1994	Toumba Stadium	26,404	3–0
1995–96	28	07-04-1996	Karaiskakis Stadium	6,191	1–0	11	26-11-1995	Trikala Municipal Stadium	6,699	0–0
1996–97	13	22-11-1996	Karaiskakis Stadium	14,694	1–0	30	20-04-1997	Toumba Stadium	35,850	0–0
1997–98	23	22-02-1998	Athens Olympic Stadium	32,275	2–0	6	18-10-1997	Toumba Stadium	26,471	2–1
1998–99	25	04-04-1999	Athens Olympic Stadium	16,582	2–1	8	31-10-1998	Toumba Stadium	25,858	1–22
1999–00	7	08-11-1999	Athens Olympic Stadium	11,977	4–1	24	19-03-2000	Toumba Stadium	25,550	0–2
2000–01	23	17-03-2001	Athens Olympic Stadium	12,925	1–0	8	27-11-2000	Toumba Stadium	5,723	2–4
2001–02	16	17-02-2002	Athens Olympic Stadium	37,825	3–2	3	14-10-2001	Toumba Stadium	22,200	1–1
2002–03	20	23-02-2003	G. Kamaras Stadium	9,518	4–3	5	26-10-2003	Toumba Stadium	22,296	1–1
2003–04	16	11-01-2004	G. Kamaras Stadium	9,164	1–2	1	24-08-2003	Toumba Stadium	—	0–2
2004–05	6	30-10-2004	Karaiskakis Stadium	26,972	5–1	21	06-03-2005	Toumba Stadium	23,950	1–1
2005–06	6	16-10-2005	Karaiskakis Stadium	—	1–2	21	26-02-2006	Toumba Stadium	7,050	1–2
2006–07	3	09-09-2006	Karaiskakis Stadium	29,140	2–0	18	21-01-2007	Toumba Stadium	23,483	2–3
2007–08	7	03-11-2007	Karaiskakis Stadium	28,077	2–1	22	23-02-2008	Toumba Stadium	22,000	1–1
2008–09	10	16-11-2008	Karaiskakis Stadium	29,482	2–0	25	08-03-2009	Toumba Stadium	22,214	0–0
2009–10	19	24-01-2010	Karaiskakis Stadium	26,139	0–1	4	20-09-2009	Toumba Stadium	23,010	1–2
	p-o	12-05-2010	Karaiskakis Stadium	15,829	0–1	p-o	09-05-2010	Toumba Stadium	24,109	1–0
2010–11	11	21-11-2010	Karaiskakis Stadium	30,275	3–0	26	13-03-2011	Toumba Stadium	20,023	2–1
2011–12	5	02-10-2011	Karaiskakis Stadium	28,772	2–1	20		Toumba Stadium

¹ Match suspended at 27th minute (score: 1–0). Olympiacos were awarded a 2–0 win.
² Match suspended at 83rd minute (score: 1–2). Remained as final result.

Greek Cup

		Olympiacos – PAOK in Athens					PAOK – Olympiacos in Thessaloniki
Season	Round	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score		Date	Venue	Atten.	Score
1950–51	Final	11–03–1951	Ap. Nikolaidis Stadium	N/A	4–0
1970–71	Final	09–06–1971	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	3–1
1972–73	Final	17–06–1973	Karaiskakis Stadium	40,070	1–0
1973–74	Final	16–06–1974	Nikos Goumas Stadium	N/A	2–2	aet; 3–4 p.
1974–75	Semifinal	28–05–1975	Karaiskakis Stadium	N/A	4–0
1975–76	Round of 16	10–03–1976	Karaiskakis Stadium	38,846	1–1	aet; 6–5 p.
1978–79	Round of 16	21–02–1979	Karaiskakis Stadium	29,453	2–2	aet; 6–5 p.
1979–80	Round of 32	06–02–1980	Karaiskakis Stadium	38,150	1–2
1980–81	Final	21–06–1981	Nikos Goumas Stadium	30,512	3–1
1985–86	2nd Round	20–11–1985	Athens Olympic Stadium	25,955	0–0	aet; 4–3 p.
1989–90	Round of 16	24–01–1990	Karaiskakis Stadium	22,090	1–0	aet; 5–3 p.	10–01–1990	Toumba Stadium	27,217	1–0
1990–91	Round of 32	05–12–1990	Karaiskakis Stadium	17,789	2–0		09–01–1991	Toumba Stadium	33,411	3–0
1991–92	Final	27–05–1992	Karaiskakis Stadium	29,831	2–0		20–05–1992	Toumba Stadium	25,744	1–1
1996–97	Round of 16	11–12–1996	Karaiskakis Stadium	4,503	2–1		27–11–1996	Toumba Stadium	20,498	1–2
1999–00	Round of 16	12–01–2000	Athens Olympic Stadium	17,317	2–1
2000–01	Final	12–05–2001	Nikos Goumas Stadium	13,300	2–4
2002–03	Quarter Final	12–03–2003	G. Kamaras Stadium	11,466	1–2		26–02–2003	Toumba Stadium	17,647	3–1
2008–09	Quarter Final	04–03–2009	Karaiskakis Stadium	23,983	2–0	aet	04–02–2009	Toumba Stadium	21,043	1–0
2010–11	Quarter Final	19–01–2011	Karaiskakis Stadium	28,404	1–1		02–02–2011	Toumba Stadium	—	1–0

• Series won: Olympiacos 13, PAOK 6.

Men in both teams

Players Kostas Orfanos Ioannis Gounaris Petros Skouras Georgios Kostikos Charis Baniotis Sotiris Mavrommatis Makis Chavos Georgios Mitsibonas

Players Vangelis Kalogeropoulos Alexandros Alexiou Giorgos Skartados Panagiotis Tsalouchidis Božidar Bandović Kyriakos Tochouroglou Koffi Amponsah

Players Luciano de Souza Stylianos Venetidis Georgios Georgiadis Pantelis Kafes Ioannis Okkas Lampros Choutos Leonardo

Managers Les Shannon Lakis Petropoulos Heinz Höher Nikos Alefantos Ioannis Gounaris Thijs Libregts Ljupko Petrović Oleg Blokhin Dušan Bajević

References

External links

• Footballderbies.com
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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