The Derby of Nothern Greece

The Derby of Nothern Greece

City or region	Thessaloniki, Greece
Teams involved	Aris, P.A.O.K.
Most wins	PAOK (48)
Most recent meeting	Aris 1 – 1 P.A.O.K., 23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)
Next meeting	P.A.O.K. – Aris TBA
Largest victory	P.A.O.K. 5 – 0 Aris, 16 February 1975 (1975-02-16)

The Derby of Nothern Greece, is a football and basketball rivalry played between Aris and P.A.O.K., clubs which are both located in Thessaloniki. Both teams claim the title of the city's most successful team, and the rivalry between them is extremely intense, characterizing their long history.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Social rivalry 1.2 Football rivalry 2 Statistics 2.1 Head-to-head 3 Matches list 3.1 Alpha Ethniki (Greek League since 1959–60) 3.2 Greek Cup 3.3 Head-to-head ranking 4 Men in both teams 5 External links

History

Social rivalry

The rivalry between those two Thessalonikian clubs can be traced back to a rivalry between local Greeks and Greek refugees from Asia Minor, Pontus and Constantinople who settled in the region of Macedonia after the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. The antagonism between those social groups was expressed in many ways, one of them being football after the establishment of PAOK in 1926.

Football rivalry

Aris and PAOK are traditional rivals in other sports as well, specially in basketball, where in the 1980s they were bashing for the Championship. As it concerns football, the minute after PAOK was formed, he constantly contested Aris primacy in the local championship, since up to 1959, when the Greek national championship was established in its current form, it was conducted in a way where the champions of the three major local championships in Thessaloniki, Athens and Piraeus were playing each other for the title. Their conflict continued in the following years up to modern times with both clubs contend for the title of the greatest and most successful football club in Northern Greece, leading many times in serious incidents between their supporters.

Competition	Aris	PAOK
Greek League Champions	3 (1928, 1932, 1946)	2 (1976, 1985)
Greek Cup Winners	1 (1970)	4 (1972, 1974, 2001, 2003)
Total	4	6

Statistics

Head-to-head

	Aris wins	Draws	PAOK wins
Alpha Ethniki (1959–60 - present) 1
At Aris home	19	22	12
At PAOK home	9	13	29
Total	28	35	41
Greek Cup
At Aris home	6	3	2
At PAOK home	1	4	5
Neutral field	1	0	0
Total	8	7	7
Total
	36	42	48

Alpha Ethniki goals	Aris	PAOK
At Aris home	58	42
At PAOK home	36	77
Total	94	119

¹ Including play-off games

• Record Alpha Ethniki win
  • Aris
    • Home: Aris – PAOK 5–1, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (27 February 1966)
      (Alexiadis 24', Psifidis 43', Chatzikostas 65' pen., Siropoulos 69', 75' – Koudas 60' pen.)
    • Away: PAOK – Aris 1–4, Toumba Stadium (30 August 1998)
      (Kafes 63' – Charisteas 15', 54', Koulakiotis 68' o.g., Panopoulos 73')
  • PAOK
    • Home: PAOK – Aris 5–0, Toumba Stadium (16 February 1975)
      (Paridis 23', Koudas 28', 51', Tsilingiridis 66', Sarafis 87')
    • Away: Aris – PAOK 0–4, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (7 December 1994)
      (Toursounidis 21', 57', Lagonidis 60', Bociek 90'+2')

• Bigger grade difference
  • Aris
    • Point system 3–2–1:   +8 (75 vs 67), 1967–68
    • Point system 2–1–0:   +6 (47 vs 41), 1979–80
    • Point system 3–1–0: +15 (50 vs 35), 2007–08
  • PAOK
    • Point system 3–2–1: +23 (92 vs 69), 1972–73
    • Point system 2–1–0: +19 (49 vs 30), 1975–76
    • Point system 3–1–0: +33 (60 vs 27), 2003–04

• Attendance records in Alpha Ethniki
  • Aris home:
    • 27,000 Aris – PAOK 1–0, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (25 March 1979)
    • 26,000 Aris – PAOK 0–1, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (16 November 1980)
    • 24,589 Aris – PAOK 2–0, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (7 October 1979)
  • PAOK home:
    • 44,791 PAOK – Aris 2–0, Toumba Stadium (13 March 1977)
    • 44,486 PAOK – Aris 1–0, Toumba Stadium (28 January 1973)
    • 42,795 PAOK – Aris 2–0, Toumba Stadium (3 February 1980)

Matches list

Alpha Ethniki (Greek League since 1959–60)

	Aris – PAOK Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium				PAOK – Aris Toumba Stadium
Season	Date	Round	Attend.	Score	Date	Round	Attend.	Score
1959–60	1 November 1959	2	8,973	0–1	28 February 1960	17	9,983	0–0
	31 July 1960	p-o 1	N/A	0–0
1960–61	5 March 1961	20	N/A	1–1	16 October 1960	5	N/A	3–0
1961–62	28 March 1962	23	N/A	1–1	19 November 1961	8	8,850	2–1
1962–63	16 December 1962	12	9,223	0–3	12 May 1963	27	N/A	3–0
1963–64	2 February 1964	19	9,560	0–0	6 October 1963	4	17,912	0–1
1964–65	9 May 1965	25	N/A	0–0	13 December 1964	10	21,655	0–2
1965–66	27 February 1966	14	12,496	5–1	12 June 1966	29	11,804	1–1
1966–67	4 June 1967	28	12,421	1–0	22 January 1967	13	20,177	0–0
1967–68	18 February 1968	20	16,146	2–2	22 October 1967	3	28,748	2–3
1968–69	17 November 1968	8	20,123	2–0	23 March 1969	25	29,442	0–0
1969–70	2 November 1969	6	15,348	0–0	8 March 1970	23	28,516	0–0
1970–71	4 November 1970	4	16,475	1–0	21 February 1971	21	29,890	2–2
1971–72	4 June 1972	33	13,420	3–3	16 January 1972	16	37,869	0–0
1972–73	3 June 1973	34	22,648	1–2	28 January 1973	17	44,486	1–0
1973–74	5 May 1974	29	22,100	1–0	23 December 1973	12	41,428	0–1
1974–75	6 October 1974	2	18,246	2–1	16 February 1975	19	36,025	5–0
1975–76	19 October 1975	2	21,069	0–0	22 February 1976	17	42,296	2–2
1976–77	14 November 1976	6	21,500	1–2	13 March 1977	23	44,791	2–0
1977–78	27 November 1977	11	13,229	0–0	2 April 1978	28	23,693	2–1
1978–79	25 March 1979	25	27,000	1–0	12 November 1978	8	36,567	1–0
1979–80	7 October 1979	2	24,589	2–0	3 February 1980	19	42,795	2–0
1980–81	16 November 1980	10	26,000	0–1	12 April 1981	27	28,157	1–1
1981–82	20 December 1981	12	23,482	2–1	25 April 1982	29	26,499	1–0
1982–83	6 March 1983	21	18,699	0–0	31 October 1982	4	21,026	0–2
1983–84	2 October 1983	5	24,099	0–0	12 February 1984	20	12,453	0–1
1984–85	3 February 1985	17	20,280	3–0	30 September 1984	2	30,890	2–0
1985–86	3 November 1985	8	16,444	3–1	9 March 1986	23	24,179	1–0
1986–87	28 September 1986	4	20,968	0–1	22 February 1987	19	26,282	2–0
1987–88	17 April 1988	27	16,752	1–2	27 December 1987	12	25,246	3–1
1988–89	20 November 1988	9	12,947	0–0	19 March 1989	24	14,663	1–1
1989–90	18 March 1990	25	9,273	1–0	8 November 1989	8	15,259	2–0
1990–91	6 January 1991	14	13,827	0–1	12 May 1991	31	10,505	2–1
1991–92	2 February 1992	18	14,139	1–1	1 September 1991	1	23,025	1–1
1992–93	23 December 1992	15	4,145	1–2	15 May 1993	32	1,554	2–0
1993–94	18 December 1993	16	11,547	1–0	17 April 1994	33	6,061	1–2
1994–95	7 December 1994	9	3,587	0–4	2 April 1995	26	19,374	2–0
1995–96	25 February 1996	22	6,978	0–0	1 October 1995	5	15,995	1–0
1996–97	18 November 1996	8	11,462	0–0	16 March 1997	25	28,038	2–1
1997–98	There were no games due to the relegation of Aris to the 2nd Division
1998–99	15 February 1999	19	17,146	2–0	29 August 1998	2	22,798	1–4
1999–00	28 November 1999	9	15,393	0–0	2 April 2000	26	14,603	3–2
2000–01	1 November 2000	4	12,890	4–0	17 February 2001	19	11,969	2–0
2001–02	2 February 2002	14	12,455	2–3	23 September 2001	1	23,756	1–1
2002–03	15 December 2002	11	9,897	2–0	13 April 2003	26 2	3,339	2–0
2003–04	22 May 2004	30 3	1,074	1–1	21 December 2003	15	13,950	3–0
2004–05	27 February 2005	20	10,202	1–3	24 October 2004	5	10,975	2–2
2005–06	There were no games due to the relegation of Aris to the 2nd Division
2006–07	21 October 2006	7	13,280	0–0	17 February 2007	22	10,393	1–0
2007–08	21 October 2007	5	11,565	3–1	10 February 2008	20	22,000	3–0
2008–09	25 January 2009	19	14,065	0–0	28 September 2008	4	26,019	1–0
2009–10	14 March 2010	26	17,353	2–0	22 November 2009	11	23,034	4–1
	19 May 2010	p-o	6,962	3–2	2 May 2010	p-o	23,412	2–0
2010–11	30 January 2011	20	13,234	0–0	3 October 2010	5	20,084	0–1
2011–12	23 October 2011	7	12,320	1–1	TBA	22

• ¹ PAOK in 7th place and Aris in 8th place, due to better goal average in regular season.
• ² The PAOK home game at 2002–03 season, took place in Trikala Municipal Stadium.
• ³ The Aris home game at 2003–04 season, took place in Makedonikos Stadium.

Greek Cup

Season	Round	Leg	Venue	Date	Match	Score	Attend.	Winner
1939–40	Quarter final		Sintrivani Stadium	24 March 1940	PAOK – Aris	1–1 (aet)	N/A	Aris
		Replay	Iraklis Stadium	7 April 1940	Aris – PAOK	1–0	N/A
1947–48	2nd Round		Sintrivani Stadium	11 January 1948	PAOK – Aris	2–5	N/A	Aris
1949–50	Quarter final		Sintrivani Stadium	19 March 1950	PAOK – Aris	3–3 (aet)	N/A	Aris
		Replay 1	Sintrivani Stadium	26 April 1950	Aris – PAOK	3–1	N/A
1950–51	Quarter final		Sintrivani Stadium	11 February 1951	PAOK – Aris	4–2 (aet)	N/A	PAOK
1951–52	Round of 16		K. Vikelidis Stadium	27 January 1952	Aris – PAOK	1–0	N/A	Aris
1957–58	Round of 16		K. Vikelidis Stadium	6 April 1958	Aris – PAOK	2–0	N/A	Aris
1961–62	Round of 16		Toumba Stadium	22 April 1962	PAOK – Aris	1–1 (aet)	N/A	Aris
		Replay	K. Vikelidis Stadium	9 May 1962	Aris – PAOK	1–1 (aet, draw)	N/A
1969–70	Final		Kaftanzoglio Stadium	28 June 1970	Aris – PAOK	1–0	46,695	Aris
1971–72	Quarter final		K. Vikelidis Stadium	7 June 1972	Aris – PAOK	1–2 2	13,919	PAOK
1977–78	Semifinal		K. Vikelidis Stadium	17 May 1978	Aris – PAOK	0–1 (aet)	22,900	PAOK
1979–80	Quarter final	1st Leg	K. Vikelidis Stadium	5 March 1980	Aris – PAOK	1–0	24,763	PAOK
		2nd Leg	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	30 April 1980	PAOK – Aris	2–0 (aet)	34,641
1984–85	Round of 32	1st Leg	Toumba Stadium	26 December 1984	PAOK – Aris	2–0	23,827	PAOK
		2nd Leg	K. Vikelidis Stadium	16 January 1985	Aris – PAOK	3–1 (away)	14,639
2000–01	Round of 16	1st Leg	K. Vikelidis Stadium	17 January 2001	Aris – PAOK	1–1	9,325	PAOK
		2nd Leg	Toumba Stadium	31 January 2001	PAOK – Aris	2–0	18,564
2002–03	Final		Toumba Stadium	17 May 2003	PAOK – Aris	1–0	18,703	PAOK
2008–09	Round of 16		Toumba Stadium	14 January 2009	PAOK – Aris	0–0	14,870	PAOK
		Replay	K. Vikelidis Stadium	28 January 2009	Aris – PAOK	0–0 (aet, 8–9 p)	12,444

¹ The original match was played on 26 March 1950 at Sintrivani Stadium. It was interrupted in the 85th minute, while Aris were leading by 1–0.
² Match suspended at 89th minute. PAOK were awarded a 0–2 win.
• Series won: Aris 7, PAOK 8.

Head-to-head ranking

P.	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11
1																	1									1
2														2					2		2																														2
3										3					3	3		3		3		3	3						3		3					3									3							3
4				4				4	4		4		4		4					4		4		4	4							4	4		4			4	4	4		4	4	4				4	4	4	4
5							5	5		5	5		5					5			5		5	5	5			5						5	5						5					5
6			6		6		6									6			6																					6				6			6	6		6		6
7	7					7											7									7	7			7	7					7	7				7	7
8	8				8	8																								8			8
9									9			9		9															9			9		9									9						9
10		10										10															10
11																												11
12		12
13			13																																										13
14				14																																	14									14
15
16																																						16
17
18
2nd Division
1																																							1
2
3																																															3

• Total: Aris 18 times higher, PAOK 34 times higher.

Men in both teams

Players Georgios Kalogiannis Kostas Veliadis Dimitris Raptopoulos Dimitris Stavridis Vasilis Lazos Nikola Nikić Kiriakos Alexandridis Apostolos Tsourelas Kostas Ikonomidis

Players Antonis Gioukoudis Michalis Gekas Nikos Panagiotidis Charalambos Nikolaou Stefanos Borbokis Dimitris Markos Georgios Koutsis Giorgos Theodoridis

Players Christos Lampakis Kostas Frantzeskos Vangelis Pourliotopoulos Nikos Skarmoutsos Kostas Chalkias Vladan Ivić Thanasis Papazoglou Victor Vitolo

Managers Kleanthis Vikelidis Branko Stanković Thijs Libregts Georgios Paraschos Dušan Bajević

External links

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

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