2015–16 PAOK FC season

PAOK
2015–16 season
President Iakovos Angelides
(until 21 December 2015)
Ľuboš Micheľ
Manager Igor Tudor, Vladimir Ivić
Stadium Toumba Stadium
Superleague Greece 4th (1st at Playoffs)
Greek Cup Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Stefanos Athanasiadis (11)
All: Róbert Mak (19)
Highest home attendance 25,674 (vs Olympiacos)
Lowest home attendance 5,762 (vs Veria)
Average home league attendance 10,569
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was PAOK's 90th in existence and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Cup in the Second Round and will also compete in UEFA Europa League starting from the Group stage.

On 18 June 2015, Igor Tudor become PAOK's manager after signing a three-year contract.[1] In 2016, he was sacked after poor results.[2] Vladimir Ivić was appointed his successor.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Serbia Vladimir Ivić
Assistant manager Poland Miroslaw Sznaucner
Goalkeepers' coach Croatia Silvije Čavlina
Fitness trainer Italy Paolo Artico

Source:

Board of Directors

Position Staff
Owner Russia Ivan Savvidis
President Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ
Team manager Greece Konstantinos Iosifidis
Scout Brazil Lino
Scout Greece Giorgos Kostikos

Source:

Players

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
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
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)
Greece MF Kyriakos Savvidis (on loan to Michalovce)
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)
Greece MF Panagiotis Deligiannidis (on loan to Michalovce)

Transfers

Former Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov signed for the club
Lucas was sold to Deportivo La Coruña

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

No. Position Player
Croatia DF Marin Leovac (from Rijeka (€1.3M))
Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Gojko Cimirot (from FK Sarajevo (€1.3M))
Slovakia MF Erik Sabo (from Spartak Trnava (€700,000))
Sweden GK Robin Olsen (from Malmö FF (€650,000))
Greece MF Charis Charisis (from PAS Giannina (€480,000))
Brazil FW Jairo (from Trenčín (€400,000))
Greece MF Nikos Korovesis (from PAS Giannina (€380,000))
Australia MF Terry Antonis (from Sydney FC (€330,000))
Greece DF Stelios Malezas (from Panetolikos (€100,000))
Bulgaria FW Dimitar Berbatov (from Monaco (free))
Cape Verde MF Garry Rodrigues (from Elche (free))
Greece GK Markos Vellidis (from PAS Giannina (€750,000))
Greece DF Dimitris Chatziisaias (from Panionios (550k))

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

No. Position Player
Spain MF Lucas (to Deportivo La Coruña (€1.5M))
Ecuador MF Christian Noboa (to Rostov (€1.5M))
Cameroon GK Charles Itandje (to Rizespor (free))
Netherlands MF Hedwiges Maduro (to Groningen (free))
Greece DF Giorgos Katsikas (to Twente (free))
Greece GK Asterios Giakoumis (to Agrotikos Asteras (free))
Greece FW Dimitris Papadopoulos (to Asteras Tripolis (free))
Sweden DF Sotiris Papagiannopoulos (to Östersunds FK (free))
Romania DF Răzvan Raț (to Rayo Vallecano (free))
Spain GK Jacobo (Released)
Belgium MF Maarten Martens (Retired)
Greece DF Nikos Spyropoulos (Released)
Greece FW Dimitris Salpingidis (Released)
Portugal DF Ricardo Costa (to Granada (free))

Kit

2015

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): No

Home
Away

Source: gazzetta.gr

2015–16

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): Sportingbet

Home
Away
Third
Home (2)

Source: sport-fm.gr

Friendlies

All times at EET

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Superleague Greece 30 13 9 8 45 32 +13 043.33
Greek Cup 9 3 3 3 14 12 +2 033.33
UEFA Europa League 12 4 6 2 18 7 +11 033.33
UEFA play-offs 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 050.00
Total 57 23 21 13 85 54 +31 040.35

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Croatia Igor Tudor1 Start Season 09.03.2016 44 17 17 10 68 42 +26 038.64
Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serbia Vladimir Ivic 09.03.2016 Present 11 6 4 1 17 6 +11 054.55

1The match against olympiacos in the semi-final cup are not included

Superleague Greece

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] 30 18 4 8 52 26 +26 55 Qualification for the UEFA play-offs
3 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2] 30 17 6 7 43 21 +22 54
4 PAOK[lower-alpha 3] 30 13 9 8 45 32 +13 45
5 Panionios 30 12 8 10 33 27 +6 44
6 PAS Giannina 30 12 6 12 36 40 −4 42 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 4]
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[5]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.[3]
  2. ↑ AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.
  3. ↑ PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.[4]
  4. ↑ The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 13 9 8 45 32  +13 48 9 4 2 24 12  +12 4 5 6 21 20  +1

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAAHAHAHAAHAHA
Result D L W W W L D W L D D W W D W W W D L D L L D W L W W L W D
Position 9 12 9 5 3 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: League matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Superleague Greece UEFA play-offs

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 PAOK 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 11 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 AEK Athens 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 9
5 Panionios[lower-alpha 2] 6 1 1 4 2 7 −5 4
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.[6]
Notes:
  1. ↑ AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Greek Football Cup.
  2. ↑ The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

Results

Home ╲ Away AEK PAT PIOPAOK
AEK Athens 3–1 1–0 0–0
Panathinaikos 3–0 1–0 1–1
Panionios 1–0 1–1 0–2
PAOK 2–1 1–1 2–0

Source: Super League Greece (in Greek)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches

Greek Football Cup

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
PAOK 32 1 09 3 7
Chania 31 1 16 64
Panthrakikos 311 13 4 4
Olympiacos Volou 30 12 2 4 1

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-Finals

1 Match abandoned in the 90th minute with the score at 1–2. It was later rewarded as a 0–3 win for Olympiacos.
2 PAOK didn't show up to the match, so Olympiacos was awarded a 3–0 walkover

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

All times at CET

PAOK wins 7-2 on aggregate and advances to the UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round.

Third qualifying round

PAOK wins 2-1 on aggregate and advances to the UEFA Europa League Play-off round.

Play-off round

PAOK wins 2-1 on aggregate and advances to the UEFA Europa League Group stage.

Group Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KRA DOR PAO GAB
1 Russia Krasnodar 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 2–1 2–1
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 2–1 — 0–1 4–0
3 Greece PAOK 6 1 4 1 3 3 0 7 0–0 1–1 — 0–0
4 Azerbaijan Gabala 6 0 2 4 2 12 −10 2 0–3 1–3 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Statistics

Squad statistics

Total Superleague Greece UEFA Europa LeagueGreek Football CupSuperleague Greece UEFA play-offs
N
 P
 Name
 Nat.
 GS
 App
Min
 App
App
App

App

 Notes
1 GK Vellidis, MarkosMarkos Vellidis Greece 13 13 11 2
2 DF Skondras, GiannisGiannis Skondras Greece 17 25 7 7 5 6
4 DF Leovac, MarinMarin Leovac Croatia 27 30 1 19 1 2 3 6
5 DF Chatziisaias, DimitrisDimitris Chatziisaias Greece
 7 9 1 6 1 1 2
6 MF Tziolis, AlexandrosAlexandros Tziolis Greece
 44 46 2 27 2 11 3 5
7 MF Golasa, EyalEyal Golasa Israel
 8 17 11 2 4
9 FW , JairoJairo Brazil
 13 22 2 13 1 3 4 1 2
10 FW Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov Bulgaria
 10 24 5 14 4 5 3 1 2
11 FW Mak, RóbertRóbert Mak Slovakia
 42 45 19 24 6 12 9 5 3 4 1
13 DF Malezas, SteliosStelios Malezas Greece 21 25 12 5 2 6
15 DF Vítor, MiguelMiguel Vítor Portugal 37 38 2 23 2 8 4 3
16 MF Cimirot, GojkoGojko Cimirot Bosnia and Herzegovina
 23 25 1 13 1 1 5 6
21 MF Charisis, CharisCharis Charisis Greece 18 23 2 14 1 2 3 4 1
22 DF Konstantinidis, DimitrisDimitris Konstantinidis Greece 11 15 1 9 5 1 1
24 FW Rodrigues, GarryGarry Rodrigues Cape Verde 30 37 7 20 4 9 1 2 6 2
26 MF Kaçe, ErgysErgys Kaçe Albania 25 32 19 10 1 2
27 FW Mystakidis, GiannisGiannis Mystakidis Greece 11 30 5 16 3 8 4 1 2 1
30 GK Melissas, NikosNikos Melissas Greece
 4 5 2 3
31 DF Tzavellas, GeorgiosGeorgios Tzavellas Greece 43 44 2 26 2 10 4 4
33 FW , AthanasiadisAthanasiadis Greece 30 38 15 22 11 4 6 1 6 3
34 MF Korovesis, NikosNikos Korovesis Greece 11 19 2 12 2 2 4 1
52 MF Sabo, ErikErik Sabo Slovakia 14 24 3 14 6 4 3
70 DF Kitsiou, SteliosStelios Kitsiou Greece 30 32 1 17 8 1 2 5
71 GK Glykos, PanagiotisPanagiotis Glykos Greece 19 19 7 5 1 6
77 MF Pelkas, DimitrisDimitris Pelkas Greece 41 48 9 28 4 10 2 6 3 4
93 MF Antonis, TerryTerry Antonis Australia 3 6 4 2
25 GK Olsen, RobinRobin Olsen Sweden 19 19 11 7 1 2
20 DF , Ricardo CostaRicardo Costa Portugal 21 22 1 11 10 1 1 2
MF Savvidis, KyriakosKyriakos Savvidis Greece 6 1 4 1
FW Koulouris, EfthimisEfthimis Koulouris Greece 3 4 4
FW Pérez, LucasLucas Pérez Spain
 2 2 2 2 2 1
MF Dimitriadis, AnastasiosAnastasios Dimitriadis Greece 1 2 1 1 1 1
DF Raț, RăzvanRăzvan Raț Romania 2 2 1
DF Maduro, HedwigesHedwiges Maduro Netherlands 2 2 1
DF , DeligiannidisDeligiannidis Greece 1 2 1 1
FW Salpingidis, DimitrisDimitris Salpingidis Greece 1 1 1 1
MF Kakko, GiorgosGiorgos Kakko Albania 1 2 1 1
FW Kushta, KristianKristian Kushta Albania 2 1 1
DF , PoungourasPoungouras Greece 1 1
MF , PanagiotoudisPanagiotoudis Greece 1 1
MF , KtistopoulosKtistopoulos Greece 1 1
DF , TselepidisTselepidis Greece 1 1 1
MF , PatralisPatralis Greece 1 1 1
DF , TopalidisTopalidis Greece 1 1 1
DF Syrakos Greece 1 1 1

Last updated: May 2016
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net,uefa.com, paokfc.gr
Ordered by squad number
0 shown as blank
 Note:
1 Players left the club in summer TW
2 Players left the club in winter TW

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player League Cup Europa League Play-offs Total
111MFSlovakia Róbert Mak639119
233FWGreece Athanasiadis1110315
377FWGreece Dimitris Pelkas43209
424FWCape Verde Garry Rodrigues40127
510FWBulgaria Dimitar Berbatov41005
27FWGreece Mystakidis31015
752MFSlovakia Erik Sabo03003
8 FWSpain Lucas Pérez100202
99FWBrazil Jairo11002
21MFGreece Charis Charisis10012
34MFGreece Nikos Korovesis20002
6MFGreece Alexandros Tziolis20002
15DFPortugal Miguel Vítor20002
31DFGreece Georgios Tzavellas20002
1516MFBosnia and Herzegovina Gojko Cimirot10001
70RBGreece Stelios Kitsiou00101
22RBGreece Konstantinidis00101
184LBCroatia Marin Leovac10001
80MFGreece Dimitriadis01001
5DFGreece Chatziisaias10001
21DFPortugal Ricardo Costa100101
Own goals00101
TOTALS 451418885

1Players left the club in transfer windows.

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Name Super League Europa League Greek Cup Play offs Total Notes
YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
31 DF Greece Georgios Tzavellas 8 1 5 1 1 14 1 1
11 MF Slovakia Róbert Mak 4 3 2 1 10
33 FW Greece Athanasiadis 6 1 1 8
4 DF Croatia Marin Leovac 7 1 8
26 MF Albania Ergys Kaçe 5 1 1 7
70 DF Greece Stelios Kitsiou 5 1 1 7
77 MF Greece Dimitris Pelkas 3 2 1 1 7
15 DF Portugal Miguel Vítor 4 1 1 1 6 1
21 MF Greece Charis Charisis 3 1 1 1 5 1
22 DF Greece Konstantinidis 2 2 1 5
6 MF Greece Alexandros Tziolis 2 1 1 1 4 1
2 DF Greece Giannis Skondras 1 1 1 2 4 1
24 FW Cape Verde Garry Rodrigues 2 1 3
16 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Gojko Cimirot 2 1 3
20 FW Portugal Ricardo Costa 1 2 3
71 GK Greece Panagiotis Glykos 3 3
34 MF Greece Nikos Korovesis 2 1 3
52 MF Slovakia Erik Sabo 2 2
5 DF Greece Chatziisaias 2 2
93 MF Australia Terry Antonis 2 2
25 GK Sweden Robin Olsen 1 1 2
FW Spain Lucas Pérez 2 2
13 DF Greece Stelios Malezas 1 1 2
10 FW Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov 1 1 1 1
7 MF Israel Eyal Golasa 1 1
30 GK Greece Nikos Melissas 1 1
MF Greece Kyriakos Savvidis 1 1
MF Greece Dimitriadis 1 1
9 FW Brazil Jairo 1 1 2
TOTAL 67 4 1 21 1 1 13 0 0 16 0 2 117 5 4

Last updated: 2017

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net, uefa.com, paokfc.gr
Only competitive matches
Ordered by Red card, Yellow cardYellow cardRed card and YC
YC = Number of bookings; Yellow cardYellow cardRed card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
0 shown as blank


References

  1. ↑ Tudor appointed coach at PAOK Salonika dailymail.co.uk
  2. ↑ PAOK sack Croatian manager Tudor after poor run dailymail.co.uk
  3. ↑ "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Super League play off 2015–2016 - Season rules" (PDF). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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