PAOK FC

"P.A.O.K. F.C." redirects here. For the basketball department, see PAOK B.C..
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PAOK
Full name (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος (Κωνσταντινουπολιτών)
(Pan-Thessaloniki Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans)
Nickname(s) double-headed eagle of the North
White-Blacks
Founded 12 April 1926 (1926-04-12)
Ground Toumba Stadium
Thessaloniki, Greece
Ground Capacity 28,703[1]
Owner Ivan Savvidis[2]
Chairman Ľuboš Micheľ
Manager Igor Tudor
League Superleague Greece
2014–15 Superleague Greece, 5th
Website Club home page
Active departments of P.A.O.K.
Football (Men's)
Football (Women's)
Basketball (Men's)
Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball
Handball
Water Polo
Swimming
Wrestling
Boxing
Taekwondo
Weightlifting
Cycling
Athletics
Ice hockey

PAOK F.C. (Greek: ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ), also known as PAOK Thessaloniki or PAOK Salonika, short for Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, transliterated Pan-Thessaloniki Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans),[3] and commonly known as PAOK (Greek: ΠΑΟΚ, pronounced [ˈPAOK]), is a Greek association football club, a part of A.C. PAOK, based in Thessaloniki, Greece. They play their home games at Toumba Stadium, with a capacity of 28,703 seats.

PAOK was established on 12 April 1926 by Greek Constantinopolitans who fled to Thessaloniki from the city of Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War. Emblem of the team is a Byzantine-style double-headed eagle.

PAOK currently plays in the top-flight Superleague Greece, which they have won twice (1975–76 and 1984–85). They have won also four times the Greek Football Cup (in 1971–72, 1973–74, 2000–01 and 2002–03 seasons). The team has appeared several times in the UEFA Europa League competition. Their best European performance was in the 1973–74 season, when they reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[4] PAOK is an ordinary member of the European Club Association.

History

Foundation and the early years (1926–1953)

PAOK in 1926
The team of 1937

PAOK FC is the oldest division of PAOK Sports Club, the successor of Hermes Sports Club (Greek: Ερμής), which was formed in 1877 by the Greek community of Pera, a district of Istanbul.[5]

The football club was founded in 1926.[6] It was created by Constantinopolitans who fled to Thessaloniki after the Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War.[7]

Created by Constantinopolitans, the new club nevertheless was open to every citizen of Thessaloniki, leading to a minor rivalry with AEK Thessaloniki, the other Constantinopolitan team of the city, in which played only refugees. The original logo of PAOK was a horseshoe and a four-leaf clover.[7]

Finally the two teams were merged in one in 1929. The current symbol since 1929 is the two-headed eagle. The eagle symbolizes the origins of the club in the former Byzantine capital, Constantinople, and the legacy of the Greek refugees from the Ottoman Empire.[7]

The first professional contract was signed by the club on 5 September 1928. The contract stipulated that the French footballer Raymond Etienne of Jewish descent from Pera Club would be paid 4,000 drachmas per month. The contract was signed by Dr. Meletiou (PAOK chairman) and Mr. Sakellaropoulos (Hon. Secretary).[8]

The first foreign coach in the history of the team was the German Rudolph Ganser, who served with PAOK for the 1931–32 season.

Willi Sevcik, an Austrian coach (1950–1952) who had worn the PAOK jersey in 1931–32, established a young talent academy within the club which gave rise to leading names who later left their mark, such as Leandros Symeonidis, Giannelos, Margaritis, Giorgos Havanidis and more.

Era of successes (1955–1985): Koudas years

Giorgos Koudas, a powerful attacking midfielder and emblematic captain of PAOK. Appearances recordman and second all-time top scorer.

In the 1950s the club won the Thessaloniki Championship for four successive seasons. In 1959 their new Toumba stadium opened.[9]

Giorgos Koudas, the great star of the team made his firat appearance in 1963. With him PAOK won their first national titles, the Greek Football Cup, in 1972 and 1974.[10]

They won also for the first time the Greek Championship in 1975–76, something that they would repeat in 1984–85 season.[11]

At the European level, the club made its best performance ever, qualifying for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1973–74, where they were knocked out by Milan. PAOK also made a memorable appearance against German giants Bayern Munich in the UEFA cup in 1983–84, where it was knocked out on penalties after two goalless draws.[12][13]

1985–1996

Since 1985 a period of decline will start for the club. In 1992 they lost in the Greek Cup final to Olympiakos.[10]

1996–2004

In 1996, Thomas Voulinos handed over the reins of the club to Giorgos Batatoudis. Numerous transfers of well-known players such as Percy Olivares, Zisis Vryzas, Spiros Marangos and Kostas Frantzeskos took place under the new administration. In 1997, having served its five-year ban, PAOK qualified for the UEFA Cup under coach Angelos Anastasiadis. The club's reappearance at European level was marked by a victory and qualification over Arsenal F.C..[14]

However, the new team did not prove equally successful in the domestic league, again finishing fourth in 1997–98. The club's continuing inability to break the dominance of the "big three" in the league resulted in several manager changes over the following three years. By the end of the 1997–98 season Anastasiadis was sacked and Oleg Blokhin reprised his position as PAOK's manager after five years. Blokhin himself only stayed for a few months, and was again replaced by Anastasiadis in late 1998. He himself stayed only till February 1999, and was again replaced in favor of Arie Haan, who, like Blokhin, returned after a four-year gap. By December 1999, Haan was himself sacked, to be replaced by Dušan Bajević.

In 2001 the first success after many years came, when they won the Greek Cup final against Olympiakos with a 4–2 score.[10] In 2003 they won the Greek Cup again, defeating Aris 1–0.[10]

2004–2007

The 2003–04 season was an unexpected success. Batatoudis was no more the major shareholder, and under the management of Anastasiadis they managed to finish third and to secure participation in the qualifying rounds of the following year's UEFA Champions League. Unfortunately the team failed to qualify for the group stages, as they were knocked out by Maccabi Tel Aviv in the third qualifying round.

Rolf Fringer was appointed as new coach in September 2004, replacing Anastasiadis, but after a few games, Fringer was replaced by Nikos Karageorgiou who led the club to a fifth-place finish in May 2005, and a UEFA Cup qualification.

The 2005–06 season started with better omens, yet proved to be the most turbulent.[15] Apart from the return of former captain Theodoros Zagorakis in the summer of 2005 from Bologna FC, signings of key players like Marcin Mieciel, Fatih Akyel and Shikabala took place.[16]

By the end of May 2006, the club's dramatic situation started to emerge, with players openly declaring they are unpaid for months, plus a shocking decision by UEFA to ban the club from participating in the upcoming UEFA Cup,[17] brought the club one step from complete ruin, with the organized fanbase launching an all-out war against Giannis Goumenos during the summer of 2006,[18] going as far as to occupy the club's offices in Toumba stadium for a handful of days. The situation was ever worsening for Goumenos, after many failed deals with possible investors,[19] constant allegations of embezzlement,[20] and especially his decision to sell star-player Dimitris Salpingidis to Panathinaikos.[21]

The club appointed Momcilo Vukotic as coach in October 2006, replacing Dumitrescu, who had earlier resigned.[22]

The Zagorakis plan (2007–2010)

PAOK – Olympiakos 1–0 (2009), close view of the pitch.

In the summer of 2007, Theodoros Zagorakis assumed presidency of the club, replacing the Vezyrtzis-Oikonomidis administration and thus ushered in a new era. One of the new management's first actions was to lay down a three-year plan: the first year priority would be to take action the club's debts, beginning in 2007–08, the second would be to qualify for the UEFA Cup again, and the third would be to become a major league title contender once again.

The plan's first season saw the club eliminated from the Greek Cup by second division club Thrasyvoulos. The early replacement of coach Giorgos Paraschos by the well-known established manager Fernando Santos did little to prevent a ninth-place finish in the league, the worst performance by the club in 11 years.

The club's finances, however, gradually improved, and – thanks to the continuing massive support from fans in the form of season tickets,[23] as well as many new sponsorship deals – the summer of 2008 saw the transfers of widely known internationals like Pablo Contreras,[24] Zlatan Muslimović[25] and Pablo García[26]

In January 2009, Zagorakis announced the club's intention of building a new training facility complex in Nea Mesimvria area, Thessaloniki, owned by the club. The administration had already acquired land from the municipality of Agios Athanasios in the previous summer.[27]

The end of the 2008–09 season found PAOK in second place, eight points behind champions Olympiakos, the best place the club had taken since 1985. This success however was short-lived, as the club failed to retain their place in the recently introduced league playoffs, finishing fourth and missing out on the second UEFA Champions League berth to Panathinaikos. Nevertheless, PAOK secured a spot in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

The 2009–10 season saw the transfer of former Racing de Santander player Vitolo, experienced defender Bruno Cirillo and Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, the club's costliest transfer in many years. Key players' contracts, like Olivier Sorlin and Vieirinha, were also renewed.

The new squad saw UEFA Cup elimination by Dutch club Heerenveen. To make matters worse, the first few games of 2009 found the club struggling, but then managed a 13-game unbeaten streak, including memorable wins against Panathinaikos and Olympiaκos, solidifying the club as one of the main league title contenders. This run was not without setbacks, as the club suffered another elimination in the Greek Cup, by the recently promoted PAS Giannina.

The unbeaten streak ended in late March, when successive derby defeats by Aris and AEK effectively ended any hope of winning the championship. However, the club redeemed itself in the league play-offs by finishing first, with impressive consecutive wins against Aris Thessaloniki F.C., AEK F.C. and twice against Olympiakos. Thus, PAOK was eligible to compete in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

The years after Fernando Santos (2010–12)

PAOK vs Tottenham (2011)

The 2010 league playoff success was swiftly followed by Fernando Santos' announcement of his decision to depart, having concluded his three-year contract.[28] It was eventually decided in mid-June that Mario Beretta would be his successor.[29]

As the squad made several awful appearances in its pre-season friendly matches (notably losing to Kickers Offenbach by 3–1[30]), alarming fans and management alike, Theodoros Zagorakis finally decided to fire Beretta and his staff on 22 July, just one week prior to the club's away match in Amsterdam. Beretta was quickly replaced with Pavlos Dermitzakis, veteran PAOK player and Zagorakis' initial choice before reverting to Beretta.[31] Beretta also became the shortest-lived PAOK coach ever, sitting on the bench for just 38 days.[32]

With Dermitzakis at the helm, PAOK faced Ajax and was ultimately eliminated on the away goals rule, managing a 1–1[33] draw in Amsterdam and a thrilling 3–3[34] draw in Thessaloniki. Entering the UEFA Europa League playoff round, PAOK were drawn against Turkish club Fenerbahçe, also eliminated on the Champions League third qualifying round. This time, PAOK fared much better and after winning the home game 1–0[35] in Thessaloniki, secured a memorable 1–1 draw.[36]

Unfortunately, such excellent performances did not continue in the first fixtures of the Greek league. Unsuccessful results included a 0–1 home loss to arch-rival Aris FC[37]

Another defeat against Panathinaikos, under Dermitzakis, led to his removal on 17 October.[38] His assistant, Makis Chavos replaced him as caretaker coach. At first, fans were asking for a quick replace of Chavos by a European-range coach, but after a streak of four wins in the Greek Superleague and a home 1–0[39] win against Villarreal CF in the UEFA Europe League group stage, it was decided to remain.

In 2010/11 PAOK reached the knockout phase in the Europa League, losing 2–1 on aggregate to CSKA Moskva.[40]

In the 2010–11 season, PAOK finished 4th in the regular season and secured a place in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round by finishing 2nd in the playoff round. PAOK board appointed the experienced Romanian coach László Bölöni.[41] Under the leadership of Bölöni PAOK passed the UEFA Europa League playoff round and entered the group stage once again despide the many injured players the club had. On 30 November 2011, PAOK achieved a historic victory[42] against English club Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, with a 2–1 scoreline. With this victory, the club quilified for the round of 32 of the Europa League for a second consecutive year. There they faced Udinese and after a 0–0 draw in Udine they suffered a 0–3 loss in Toumba.

Ivan Savvidis era (2012–present)

In the summer of 2012, and after several months of negotiations, Ivan Savvidis became the new major shareholder of PAOK. The PAOK board appointed the Greek coach Giorgos Donis in the summer of 2012.

PAOK entered the Europa League 3rd Qualification Round and with a 0–2 away and 4–1 home win over Bnei Yehuda qualified for the play–off round, where faced Rapid Wien but was eliminated after a 2–1 home win and a 3–0 away defeat. PAOK finished the season in 2nd place during the regular period, qualifying for the Superleague playoffs. Giorgos Donis was replaced by technical director and former player Georgios Georgiadis, who was appointed caretaker manager. PAOK managed to win qualification for the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League in the playoffs after a last game win against PAS Giannina.

In June 2013 PAOK appointed Huub Stevens as their new coach, but he was dismissed in March 2014 after not good results.[43]

In 2014 the team reached the Greek Cup final, but lost to Panathinaikos F.C..[44]

In 2015, the club owner Ivan Savvidis paid all of the club's debts to the Greek State, an amount that totalled at €10,886,811.[45] In May, PAOK hired Frank Arnesen as the new club's technical director (Sports Director). On 18 June 2015, Igor Tudor was hired as the new manager of the club, signing a three-year contract.[46]

Facilities

Stadium

Main article: Toumba Stadium

Toumba Stadium (Greek: Στάδιο Τούμπας) is a football stadium in Thessaloniki. It is property of amateur A.S. PAOK. It is a family donation of Ioannis Dedeoglou, as was later the plot to be built the P.A.O.K. Sports Arena. The construction was started in 1958 and completed in 1959. Patrons of the project were the Ministry of Culture and Sport (Greece) (paid the amount of 1,100,000 drachmas) and the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (which belonged the space). Contributed decisively to expropriate the space Toumba Stadium, the then defense minister Georgios Themelis for the expropriation of the area of Toumba Stadium during the government of Konstantinos Karamanlis.

The old ground of the tesm was in Fountain Square downtown expropriated for the construction of the Theological Seminary, as the surrounding area was given to Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Architect of the project was the Minas Trempelas and engineer Antonis Triglianos. Important for its construction was also the contribution of its own group of fans, who were invited twice to aid financially through the "Special Fund for the erection of the new Ground of PAOK" adopted by the administration of the club, while some friends of the club worked selflessly during the process of construction. It was built on 6 September 1959 as the club's prime sporting venue and served the home ground for the club's football team, which was participating in the then HFF Panhellenic Championship. until today for the needs for the Superleague Greece, and the obligations of PAOK in the European Cups UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

The stadium is located in the district of Toumba (Thessaloniki) in eastern Thessaloniki. Its original capacity was 45,000, until the installation of seating on all stands in 1998, which reduced the capacity to 32,000 (seated). The introduction of security zones in 2000 further reduced the capacity to the current capacity of 28,703 seats. A record attendance of 45,252 has been recorded in a 1st division football match between PAOK and AEK on 19 December 1976. The stadium's official name is simply "PAOK Stadium", however it is commonly referred to as "Toumba" after the name of the district in which it is located.

Toumba Stadium has hosted several games of the Greece national football team. The stadium was selected as one of the training venues for the football tournaments of the 2004 Olympic Games and due to this it was heavily upgraded. The relevant works commenced in 2003 and the stadium was again ready to be used in the summer of 2004 boasting a brand new look. The most important modification was the construction of a new four-storey building behind the main west stand (gates 1,2 and 3). The new building of the stadium houses a number of VIP boxes and VIP lounges, service areas for TV and the Press and new club's offices. A new roof was also installed over the west stand, while other works included new seats, upgrading of the dressing rooms, a new pitch and re-enforcement of the concrete pillars below the north curved stand (Gate 4 and Gate 4A). After the advent of the new major shareholder of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis, began a gradual renovation in Toumba Stadium. The big changes began in 2012–2013, but the main changes were made in 2014–2015 for the European obligations PAOK in UEFA Europa League starting from the central part Toumba Stadium manufactures Presidential Suite by major shareholder Ivan Savvidis became the gradual renovation in journalistic theory for convenience and functionality in the building of the third floor and the major changes made in 2014–15 for its European obligations team in UEFA Europa League. In early September 2015 the change was made turf Toumba Stadium.

Training ground

PAOK Sports Center is the current training ground of PAOK, located in Nea Mesimvria area.[47]

Supporters

PAOK fans
PAOK fans in Gate 4

PAOK has one of the largest fan base across Greece and majority of them are emigrants and refuges from Middle-East from the Greco–Turkish war (1919–1922). PAOK has the largest support then any other Greek club from Greek refugees in countries around the world to such an extent that they have created and maintained firms in countries like Germany, Sweden, Cyprus, Australia and U.S.

Gate 4 is where the largest PAOK supporters clubs assemble. They support all clubs within the PAOK Sports Society, wearing the club's colors and symbols and maintaining firms in every corner of Greece, first one officially created in 1963 at Neapoli Thessaloniki. Their members are known to be fanatic supporters of their team famous around the world for their great pyroshows and vocal support for their team. After a match against PAOK Maradona commented that would play for the club even for free because of its fans mentality and passion with Toumpa Stadium earning its moniker as "black hell" for the hostility to opposing teams .[48]

The group as a whole maintains a strong friendship with the Serbian FK Partizan supporters Grobari. There have been many occasions where fans from both clubs travel to watch each others games.Their friendship is so strong that Serbian fans chanted in Greek language in a basketball match against Olympiakos a Greek club and the greatest rival of PAOK. There are good relations with the fans of OFI Crete as well, a friendship that has been build mainly around their same colors and hatred against the clubs of Panathinaikos and Olympiakos and is supported by annual exchange of tickets and always excellent atmosphere on their matches.[48]

Rivalries

The rivalry between Olympiacos and PAOK, is long-standing, emerging in the 1960s, when the infamous case of Giorgos Koudas' transfer from PAOK to Olympiacos took place.[49] The rivalry is also fueled by the rivalry that exists between Piraeus and Thessaloniki.

A long-time rivalry also exists between PAOK and local rivals Aris Thessaloniki,[50] which has culminated in two memorable Greek Cup finals between them, each club winning one. On an annual basis, fierce derbies are contested for the Greek League, sometimes accompanied by violent outbreaks on and off the pitch.

Panathinaikos and AEK Athens are also considered major rivals due to the bitter rivalry of citizens between Thessaloniki of Macedonia and Athens.[51]

Badge and team colours

The team's traditional colours are black as sadness for the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922 and the end of the Greek presence in Anatolia, and white as hope for recovery. The double-headed eagle was chosen as symbol of the club in 1929. Unlike other Byzantine-style eagles, the wings of the eagle are mournfully closed.[52] Under the leadership of Ivan Savvidis a gold stripe was added to the crest, as a symbol of glory and renaissance of the club.[53]

In the renovated press hall of Toumba Stadium was presented the transformation of the new logo of PAOK with presence of officials and journalists in a brilliant ceremony. Creators of the new logo is the group of award-winning advertising agency "Beetroot Group Design" with headquarters in Thessaloniki.

Alexis Charalampopoulos (designer of the new logo): "What happened was an evolution of the logo. Respecting the history of PAOK, we wanted to bring it today and govern the design synchornes values. We hope to accompany the team for many years. The new logo is best applied to the social media."

Alexis Nikou (the other designer): "Essentially what happened was to improve the lines of the double-headed eagle, volume and open its wings to become more powerful. We made a line that is geometric and timeless. There are references to the history of PAOK and Byzantine empire with gold color and the hope to be always first. It was a matter of functionality to change the logo. We wanted to change the sign, without showing this change. We wanted to show that PAOK progresses in the future. We wanted to have a change for a contemporary sports team. We did not want to design the logo of Byzantium. We wanted to combine the history of PAOK. We did not want to change the essence of the logo. It has no relation to the Cyrillic script, but was chosen this line because it gives strength and volume. The power is something timeless and not something ephemeral. The logo has also a retro feeling that makes a reference to the golden age of PAOK."

Kit evolution

First

1925–26
1936–37
1975–76
1984–85
1990–91 [54]
1997–98
1999-00
2000–03
2003–04 A
2003–04 B
2004–05
2006–09
2009–11
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16

Alternative

1997–98

2000–01

2001–02
2002–03 [55]
2009–11
2013–14
2013–14
2014–15

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail PAOK kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Big shirt inside the Toumba Stadium
Flag used by PAOK FC
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1972–1975 Umbro  
1975–1977 Adidas
1977–1980 Umbro
1980–1981 ASICS Tiger
1981–1983 Puma
1983–1984 Suzuki
1984–1985 Persica Carpets
1985–1986 ASICS Tiger Doperman Fashion
1986–1987 Persica Carpets
1987–1988 OPAP
1988–1989 ASICS Coplam Building Prod.
1989–1990 Adidas
1990–1991 Agno Dairy Company
1991–1992 Diadora
1992–1993 Nissan
1993–1995 ABM Diffusion
1995–1996 Puma Astir Insurance
1996–1997 National Bank of Greece
1997–2002 Adidas General Bank of Greece
2002–2003
2003–2005 Hellenic Petroleum
2005–2006 Egnatia Insurance
2006–2007 Puma
2007–2010 DEPA
2010–2012 Pame Stoixima
2012–2013 Umbro
2013–2015 Nike
2015– Macron Sportingbet
Current sponsorships

Honours

Domestic

International Regional

Regional

European

International record

UEFA competitions

PAOK F.C. in 2010–11 UEFA Europa League round of 32 match against PFC CSKA Moscow.

PAOK's best European performance was in the 1973–74 season, when they reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[4]

PAOK played also in the group stages of the UEFA Cup in 2005/06.[4]

Notable wins

Season Match Score
Cup Winners' Cup
1973–74 PAOK Legia Warsaw 1 – 0
1973–74 PAOK Olympique Lyonnais 4 – 0
1974–75 PAOK Red Star Belgrade 1 – 0
Europa League / UEFA Cup
1975–76 PAOK FC Barcelona 1 – 0
1982–83 PAOK Sochaux 1 – 0
1982–83 PAOK Sevilla FC 2 – 0
1997–98 PAOK Arsenal 1 – 0
2000–01 PAOK Udinese Calcio 3 – 0
2001–02 PAOK PSV Eindhoven 3 – 2
2010–11 PAOK Fenerbahçe 1 – 0
2010–11 PAOK Villarreal CF 1 – 0
2011–12 Tottenham PAOK 1 – 2
2015–16 Borussia Dortmund PAOK 0 – 1

Biggest wins

Season Match Score
Cup Winners' Cup
1973–74 PAOK Olympique Lyonnais 4 – 0
Europa League / UEFA Cup
1999–00 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi PAOK 0 – 7
2000–01 PAOK Udinese Calcio 3 – 0
2001–02 PAOK Kärnten 4 – 0
2001–02 PAOK 1. FK Příbram 6 – 1
2002–03 PAOK Leixões 4 – 1
2005–06 PAOK Rennais 5 – 1
2014–15 PAOK FC Dinamo Minsk 6 – 1
2015–16 PAOK Lokomotiva 6 – 0
2015–16 PAOK Brøndby 5 – 0

Current ranking

Rank Team Coeff.
51Scotland Celtic 40.460
52Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 38.388
53Greece PAOK 37.440
54Portugal Braga 36.716
55Romania Steaua Bucharest 36.567

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Greece GK Markos Vellidis
2 Greece DF Giannis Skondras
4 Croatia DF Marin Leovac
5 Greece DF Dimitris Chatziisaias
6 Greece MF Alexandros Tziolis (vice-captain)
7 Israel MF Eyal Golasa
9 Brazil FW Jairo
10 Bulgaria FW Dimitar Berbatov
11 Slovakia MF Róbert Mak
13 Greece DF Stelios Malezas
15 Portugal DF Miguel Vítor
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Gojko Cimirot
21 Greece MF Charis Charisis
22 Greece DF Dimitris Konstantinidis
23 Greece MF Panagiotis Deligiannidis
No. Position Player
24 Cape Verde MF Garry Rodrigues
26 Albania MF Ergys Kaçe
27 Greece FW Giannis Mystakidis
30 Greece GK Nikos Melissas
31 Greece DF Georgios Tzavellas
33 Greece FW Stefanos Athanasiadis (captain)
34 Greece MF Nikos Korovesis
52 Slovakia MF Erik Sabo
70 Greece DF Stelios Kitsiou
71 Greece GK Panagiotis Glykos
77 Greece MF Dimitris Pelkas
88 Greece MF Kyriakos Savvidis
93 Australia MF Terry Antonis
96 Greece MF Stelios Pozoglou
99 Greece GK Marios Siampanis

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Sweden GK Robin Olsen (on loan to Copenhagen)
Albania DF Kristi Qose (on loan to Panserraikos)
Greece DF Achilleas Poungouras (on loan to Veria)
Greece DF Nikos Vasaitis (on loan to APE Lagada)
Greece DF Vasilios Chatzidimpas (on loan to Pierikos)
Greece MF Dimitris Giannoulis (on loan to Veria)
Greece MF Savvas Toumanidis (on loan to Kavala)
No. Position Player
Greece MF Stefanos Polyzos (on loan to Aiginiakos)
Greece MF Kostas Panagiotoudis (on loan to APE Lagada)
Greece MF Giannis Tsolakidis (on loan to Panelefsiniakos)
Greece MF Dimitris Popovic (on loan to Karmiotissa)
Greece FW Vasilis Papadopoulos (on loan to Enosis Neon Paralimni)
Greece FW Efthimis Koulouris (on loan to Anorthosis)
Argentina FW Facundo Pereyra (on loan to Racing Club)

PAOK U20 squad

PAOK U20 is the youth team of PAOK. They participate in the Superleague U20 championship. They play their home games at the PAOK Sports Center in Nea Mesimvria area.

[57] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Greece GK Apostolos Koutoglidis
Greece GK Asterios Totolidis
Albania GK Jorgo Muça
Greece DF Stergios Dodontsakis
Greece DF Fotis Pantekidis
Greece DF Polykarpos Liaptsis
Greece DF Savvas Topalidis
Greece DF Nikos Paspalas
Greece DF Timotheos Tselepidis
Greece DF Mehmet Suleymanoglu
Greece DF Panagiotis Tsiampazis
Greece DF Rafail Gialamoudis
Albania DF Arbi Ranxha
Greece MF Meletios Miskovic
Albania MF Gjergji Kako
Greece MF Anastasios Dimitriadis
No. Position Player
Cyprus MF Nikolas Mattheou
Greece MF Emmanouil Patralis
Greece MF Sokratis Kyrillidis
Greece MF Alexandros Koutousis
Greece MF Kleon Pouflis
Greece MF Aristidis Panagiotidis
Greece MF Nikos Karaiskos
Greece MF Giorgos Ktistopoulos
Greece MF Dimitris Kligopoulos
Greece MF Emmanouil Kragiopoulos
Greece FW Fotios Konstantinou
Albania FW Kristian Kushta
Greece FW Nikolaos Syrakos
Serbia FW Bogdan Rangelov
Greece FW Alexandros Kapretsos
Russia FW Alexander Bataev

Retired PAOK FC Numbers

Affiliated clubs

Since 2013, PAOK maintains a cooperation with Juventus on the academies sector.[58]

Contribution to the Greek national team

PAOK, through its history, has highlighted some of the greatest Greek players in the history of Greek football, who contributed also to the Greek national team (Koudas, Sarafis, Terzanidis, Zagorakis etc.).

Six players of the club were members of the first appearance of the national team in a UEFA European Championship (1980): Giorgos Koudas, Konstantinos Iosifidis, Christos Terzanidis, Ioannis Gounaris, Ioannis Damanakis, Georgios Kostikos

Management

Board of Directors

[59]

Frank Arnesen, Sports Director
Position Name
Owner Russia Ivan Savvidis
President and CEO Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ
Vice–President Greece Chrisostomos Gagatsis
Sports Director Denmark Frank Arnesen
Member of the Board Russia Maria Goncharova
Member of the Board Russia Artur Davidyan
Member of the Board Greece Dimokratis Papadopoulos
Member of the Board Greece Ilias Gerontidis
Consultant of Football Greece Giorgos Koudas
Academies Director Greece Vangelis Pourliotopoulos
Responsible for Arbitration Matters Greece Malamas Tevekelis
Legal Department Manager Greece Achilleas Mavromatis
Marketing Department Manager Greece Lazaros Bachtsevanos
Press Officer Greece Kyriakos Kyriakos
Security Officer Stadium Greece Spyros Mylioridis

Technical Staff

Position Name
Head Coach Croatia Igor Tudor
Assistant Coach Croatia Ivan Leko
Assistant Coach (Match Analyst) Croatia Jurica Vučko
Head Physical Condition Trainer Italy Paolo Artico
Physical Condition Trainer Greece Dimitrios Daniilidis
Goalkeeping Coach Croatia Silvije Čavlina
Team Manager Greece Vangelis Pourliotopoulos
Head of Medical Services Greece Ioannis Rallis
Club's doctor Greece Kostas Tziantzis
Exercise Physiology Greece Giorgos Ziogas
Vis Track Analysis Greece Kyriakos Tsitiridis
Head Physiotherapist Greece Nikos Papadimitriou
Physiotherapist Greece Petros Nikolakoudis
Physiotherapist Greece Nikolaos Tsirelas
Physiotherapist Greece Athanasios Kapoulas

Scouting Staff

Position Name
Head of Scouting Department Greece Giorgos Kostikos
Scout Greece Makis Kosmidis
Scout Greece Christos Akkas
Scout Greece Ioannis Thomaidis
Scout Brazil Lino
Scout Serbia Miodrag Stefanović

PAOK FC Presidential history

Years Name
1979–1984 Greece Giorgos Pantelakis
1984–1986 Greece Petros Kalafatis
1986–1988 Greece Charis Savvidis
1988–1989 Greece Giannis Dedeoglou
1989–1996 Greece Thomas Voulinos
1996 Greece Giorgos Kalyvas
1996–2001 Greece Giorgos Batatoudis
2001–2003 Greece Petros Kalafatis
2003–2006 Greece Giannis Goumenos
2006–2007 Greece Nikolaos Vezyrtzis
2007–2009 Greece Thodoris Zagorakis
2009–2010 Greece Zisis Vryzas
2010–2011 Greece Thodoris Zagorakis
2011–2014 Greece Zisis Vryzas
2014–2016 Cyprus Iakovos Angelides
2016– Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ

Managerial history

PAOK F.C. Managers from 1970 onwards:[60]

Season Manager SeasonManager SeasonManagerSeasonManager
1970–71 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivica Horvat
England Les Shannon
1985–86 Austria Walter Skocik
Greece Michalis Bellis
2000–01 Serbia Dušan Bajević 2015–16 Croatia Igor Tudor (2015–)
1971–72 England Les Shannon 1986–87 Netherlands Thijs Libregts 2001–02
1972–73 1987–88 Netherlands Thijs Libregts
Greece Michalis Bellis
2002–03 Greece Angelos Anastasiadis (Aug 2002 – Sept 2004)
1973–74 1988–89 Netherlands Rinus Israël
Greece Nikos Alefantos
Greece Stavros Sarafis
2003–04
1974–75 England Les Shannon
Greece Apostolos Progios
Hungary Gyula Lóránt
1989–90 Netherlands Rob Jacobs 2004–05 Greece Angelos Anastasiadis
Austria Rolf Fringer (Sept 2004 – Feb 2005)
Greece Nikos Karageorgiou (Feb 2005 – Sept 2005)
1975–76 Hungary Gyula Lóránt 1990–91 Netherlands Rob Jacobs
Greece Christos Terzanidis
2005–06 Greece Nikos Karageorgiou
Greece Giorgos Kostikos (Sept 2005 – Feb 2006)
Romania Ilie Dumitrescu (Feb 2006 – Oct 2006)
1976–77 Serbia Branko Stanković
Northern Ireland Billy Bingham
1991–92 Croatia Miroslav Blažević (Sept 1991 – March 1992)
Greece Giannis Gounaris
2006–07 Romania Ilie Dumitrescu
Serbia Momčilo Vukotić (Oct 2006 – Jan 2007)
Greece Giorgos Paraschos (Jan 2007 – Sept 2007)
1977–78 Northern Ireland Billy Bingham
Greece Dimitris Kalogiannis
Greece Lakis Petropoulos
1992–93 Serbia Ljupko Petrović (Sept 1992 – Jan 1993)
Greece Nikos Zalikas
Ukraine Oleg Blokhin
2007–08 Greece Giorgos Paraschos
Portugal Fernando Santos (Sept 2007 – June 2010)
1978–79 Poland Egon Piechaczek 1993–94 Ukraine Oleg Blokhin (Feb 1993 – Feb 1994)
Greece Stavros Sarafis
2008–09 Portugal Fernando Santos
1979–80 Poland Egon Piechaczek
Hungary Gyula Lóránt
1994–95 Netherlands Arie Haan 2009–10
1980–81 Hungary Gyula Lóránt
Greece Aristarchos Fountoukidis
1995–96 Netherlands Arie Haan (Aug 1994 – Oct 1995)
Greece Stavros Sarafis
Serbia Dragan Kokotovic (Nov 1995 – Feb 1996)
Greece Michalis Bellis
Sweden Gunder Bengtsson
2010–11 Italy Mario Beretta (June 2010 – July 2010)
Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis (July 2010 – Oct 2010)
Greece Makis Chavos (Oct 2010 – June 2011)
1981–82 West Germany Heinz Höher 1996–97 Sweden Gunder Bengtsson
Greece Christos Archontidis (Dec 1996 – Feb 1997)
Greece Angelos Anastasiadis
2011–12 Romania László Bölöni (June 2011 – June 2012)
1982–83 1997–98 Greece Angelos Anastasiadis 2012–13 Greece Giorgos Donis (June 2012 – April 2013)
Greece Georgios Georgiadis (April 2013 – June 2013)
1983–84 Hungary Pál Csernai 1998–99 Ukraine Oleg Blokhin (Aug 1998 – Sept 1998)
Greece Angelos Anastasiadis (Sept 1998 – Feb 1999)
Netherlands Arie Haan (Feb 1999 – Nov 1999)
2013–14 Netherlands Huub Stevens (June 2013 – Mar 2014)
Greece Georgios Georgiadis (Mar 2014 – May 2014)
1984–85 Austria Walter Skocik 1999–00 Netherlands Arie Haan
Greece Stavros Sarafis
Serbia Dušan Bajević (Jan 2000 – 2 May)
2014–15 Greece Angelos Anastasiadis (June 2014 – March 2015)
Greece Georgios Georgiadis (Mar 2015–30 Jun 2015)

Records

Most League Appearances and Top Scorers

 
Rank Name Apps
1 Greece Giorgos Koudas 504
2 Greece Kostas Iosifidis 397
3 Greece Giannis Gounaris 376
4 Greece Stavros Sarafis 358
5 Greece Aristarchos Fountoukidis 336
6 Greece Koulis Apostolidis 280
7 Greece Giorgos Skartados 265
8 Greece Dimitris Salpingidis 262
9 Greece Giorgos Toursounidis 261
10 Greece Giannis Giakoumis 253
 
Rank Name Goals
1 Greece Stavros Sarafis 136
2 Greece Giorgos Koudas 134
3 Greece Dimitris Salpingidis 90
4 Greece Giorgos Skartados 84
5 Greece Giorgos Kostikos 78
6 Brazil Neto Guerino 66
7 Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis 65
8 Greece Panagiotis Kermanidis 59
9 Greece Axilleas Aslanidis 55
10 Greece Koulis Apostolidis 51

League Performance and Statistics

Season Pos. W. – D. – L. Goals Points Season Pos. W. – D. – L. Goals Points Season Pos. W. – D. – L. Goals Points Season Pos. W. – D. – L. Goals Points
1959–60 7 10 – 9 – 11 32–32 59 1976–77
3
21 – 10 – 3 63–27 52 1993–94 5 14 – 9 – 11 45–38 51 2010–11
3
14 – 6 – 10 32–29 48
1960–61 10 7 – 15 – 8 31–33 59 1977–78
2
16 – 14 – 4 48–24 46 1994–95
3
20 – 5 – 9 55–29 65 2011–12 5 14 – 8 – 8 45–27 50
1961–62 6 12 – 6 – 12 32–43 60 1978–79
4
18 – 9 – 7 73–23 45 1995–96 14 10 – 11 – 13 42–46 38 (−3 p.) 2012–13
2
18 – 8 – 4 46–19 62
1962–63
4
13 – 8 – 9 44–34 64 1979–80 5 17 – 7 – 10 53–33 41 1996–97
4
19 – 9 – 6 53–28 66 2013–14
3
21 – 6 – 7 68–37 69
1963–64 8 10 – 7 – 13 22–30 56 (−1 p.) 1980–81
4
15 – 12 – 7 52–31 42 1997–98
4
21 – 7 – 6 74–41 70 2014–15 5 20 – 5 – 9 57–42 65
1964–65 8 9 – 10 – 11 29–33 58 1981–82
3
18 – 10 – 6 55–22 46 1998–99
4
19 – 5 – 10 52–31 62 2015–16
1965–66 6 10 – 9 – 11 43–49 59 1982–83
4
18 – 6 – 10 49–28 42 1999–00 5 15 – 10 – 9 64–44 55
1966–67
4
13 – 11 – 6 36–20 67 1983–84 5 11 – 13 – 6 33–29 45 2000–01
4
14 – 9 – 7 66–48 51
1967–68 9 13 – 7 – 14 45–40 67 1984–85
1
19 – 8 – 3 54–26 46 2001–02
4
14 – 6 – 6 55–45 48
1968–69 5 16 – 10 – 8 58–37 76 1985–86 10 10 – 7 – 13 33–38 27 2002–03
4
16 – 5 – 9 59–38 53
1969–70 5 12 – 17 – 5 52–25 75 1986–87 5 13 – 9 – 8 39–23 29 (−6 p.) 2003–04
3
18 – 6 – 6 47–27 60
1970–71 8 12 – 10 – 12 38–32 68 1987–88
3
17 – 5 – 8 60–27 39 2004–05 5 13 – 7 – 10 43–39 46
1971–72 5 18 – 10 – 6 53–27 80 1988–89 8 11 – 10 – 9 34–30 32 2005–06 6 13 – 7 – 10 44–31 46
1972–73
2
27 – 4 – 3 75–24 92 1989–90
3
19 – 8 – 7 49–26 46 2006–07 6 13 – 6 – 11 32–29 45
1973–74
4
16 – 11 – 7 62–32 43 1990–91
4
16 – 9 – 9 56–39 38 (−3 p.) 2007–08 9 10 – 5 – 15 29–35 35
1974–75
3
19 – 8 – 7 73–28 46 1991–92
4
13 – 13 – 8 44–44 39 2008–09
4
18 – 9 – 3 39–16 63
1975–76
1
21 – 7 – 2 60–17 49 1992–93 5 17 – 6 – 11 52–38 57 2009–10
2
19 – 5 – 6 41–16 62

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