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PAOK FC ( greek : ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón, “ Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans “ ), [ 4 ] normally known as PAOK Thessaloniki or plainly PAOK, is a greek professional football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia. PAOK are one of the top domestic clubs, the most wide supported in Northern Greece and with the 3rd largest fanbase in the state, according to the latest polls and researches. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] A research by Marca in August 2018, reported that PAOK are the most popular greek football team on social media. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]

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Established on 20 April 1926 by greek refugees who fled to Thessaloniki from Constantinople in the wake up of the Greco-Turkish War ( 1919–1922 ), they play their home games at Toumba Stadium, a 29,000 seat capacity football ground. Their name, along with the club ‘s emblem, the Byzantine -style double-headed eagle with retract wings, honours the memory of the people and places ( by and large from the city of Constantinople ) that once belonged to the Byzantine Empire. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] PAOK presently plays in the top-flight Super League, which they have won three times ( in 1976, 1985 and 2019 ). They are eight-time winners of the greek Cup ( in 1972, 1974, 2001, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 ). The cabaret has never been relegated to a lower home class, a feat equalled alone by rivals Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. PAOK are the lone team in Greece that have won the Double ( in 2019 ) going unbeaten ( 26–4–0 commemorate ) in a national round-robin league tournament ( league format since 1959 ). [ 15 ] The team has appeared several times in the UEFA Europa League, but has yet to reach the group degree of the UEFA Champions League. Their best european operation was in the 1973–74 temper, when they reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup. PAOK is the merely Greek team that has more wins than losses in their european record ( 72 wins, 58 draws and 70 defeats, as of 10 December 2020 ) and the 0–7 away win over locomotive Tbilisi on 16 September 1999 in the UEFA Cup is the largest ever achieved by a greek football club in all European football competitions. [ 16 ]

history [edit ]

foundation garment and early years ( 1926–1945 ) [edit ]

For the establish members and 1st Board of Directors of the major multi-sport club, see P.A.O.K. PAOK in 1926 PAOK FC is the oldest department of the major multi-sport club AC P.A.O.K., which is closely linked with Hermes Sports Club, that was formed in 1875 by the Greek community of Pera, a district of Istanbul ( Constantinople ). [ 13 ] The football club was founded in April 1926 by Constantinopolitans who fled to Thessaloniki after the greek frustration in the Greco-Turkish War. PAOK ‘s policy was to be open to every citizen of Thessaloniki, leading to a minor competition with AEK Thessaloniki, the early Constantinopolitan club of the city, in which merely refugees were allowed to play. The master logo of PAOK was a horseshoe and a four-leaf clover. [ 17 ] PAOK played their elementary friendly match on 4 May 1926 at the stadium of Thermaikos, defeating Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki 2–1. The first passenger car of the cabaret was Kostas Andreadis who spent five years on the team ‘s bench without demanding payment. [ 18 ] Their first captain was Michalis Ventourelis .
PAOK in 1937 In 1926–1927 season, PAOK participated in the 2nd tier of Macedonia Football Clubs Association ( greek : Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Μακεδονίας or Ε.Π.Σ.Μ. ) local championship. PAOK FC historic inaugural address official match was a 3–1 [ 19 ] winnings against Nea Genea Kalamaria on 12 December 1926. Despite finishing at the acme of the 2nd division, PAOK were forced by the organizing committee to play against the 1st part teams and defeat all of them in order to get promoted. finally, they defeated all four teams : Thermaikos 4–1, [ 20 ] Aris 2–1, [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Atlas Ippodromiou 2–0 ( w/o ) [ 23 ] and Iraklis 1–0. [ 24 ] In 1927–1928, PAOK participated for the first time in the 1st tier of Ε.Π.Σ.Μ. . [ 25 ] The first professional abridge was signed by the club on 5 September 1928. The narrow stipulated that the french football player Raymond Etienne ( of jewish lineage from Pera Club ) would be paid 4,000 drachmas per month. The contract was signed by Dr. Meletiou, the PAOK president, and Mr. Sakellaropoulos, the Hon. Secretary. [ 26 ] In March 1929, AEK Thessaloniki was disbanded as a sports club and their members joined PAOK. PAOK thereupon changed their emblem, adopting the Double-headed eagle, as a symbol of the club ‘s Byzantine / Constantinopolitan inheritance. PAOK besides got possession of AEK ‘s facilities located around Syntrivani ( i.e. Fountain ) Square, adjacent to the Children ‘s Heritage Foundation, where today stands the faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 1930–1931, PAOK made their debut in the Panhellenic Championship, playing their first peer on 1 February 1931 against Olympiacos at Piraeus, where they were defeated by 3–1, and ended the season in 5th place. The first foreign bus in team ‘s history was austrian Rudolf Gasner, who served at PAOK in 1931–1932. [ 27 ] On 5 June 1932 the Syntrivani Stadium was inaugurated with PAOK ‘s 3–2 [ 28 ] victory over Iraklis. Syntrivani meant to be their home ground for 27 years. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] In 1937, PAOK won their beginning title, the Macedonia ( greek : Ε.Π.Σ.Μ. ) championship, and participated in the Panhellenic Championship, finishing 2nd. The 1937 team included : Sotiriadis, Vatikis, Goulios, Kontopoulos, Bostantzoglou, Panidis, Glaros, Kritas, Ioannidis, Kalogiannis, Koukoulas, Kosmidis, Apostolou, Vafiadis, Vasiliadis, Anastasiadis, Moschidis, Tzakatzoglou, Zakapidas. On 28 May 1939, PAOK competed for first time in a greek Cup final examination against AEK Athens and were defeated 2–1 [ 31 ] at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium. The follow season, PAOK won the Northern Greece Championship and reached the two-legged final of the Panhellenic Championship, but they lost 5–3 on aggregate to AEK. [ 32 ]
The team of 1939 The declaration of the Greco-Italian War caused mobilization in Greece and ended every sport natural process. PAOK football players recruited to Hellenic Army and two of them died on duty. Goalkeeper Nikolaos Sotiriadis and left defender Georgios Vatikis. They are both among the four greek footballers who took their last breath on the front. The others were Spyridon Kontoulis of AEK and Mimis Pierrakos of Panathinaikos. Georgios Vatikis, who was the first Greek athlete to fall on the Greek-Italian front, served as a warrant military officer. He was 22 years old when he died in Battle of Morava–Ivan. After his death, Vatikis was honorarily promoted to lieutenant and awarded the Silver Cross of Valour and the Homeland of Gratitude. Nikolaos Sotiriadis, who played from 1932 until 1940 for PAOK, died on 28 January 1941 in Kleisura, fighting with the rank of Sergeant for the 5th Infantry Regiment. He was 33 years old. [ 33 ]
After the second World War, in the early 1950s, PAOK Academy was created by the austrian coach, Wilhelm ( Willi ) Sefzik, and was known as the “ marx of Willi ”. From the newly founded academy form some bang-up football players of the period, such as Leandros Symeonidis, Giannelos Margaritis and Giorgos Havanidis. [ 34 ] In 1948, PAOK won the Macedonia Championship for second time in history, and then participated in the final examination phase of the Panhellenic Championship where they were ranked 3rd. PAOK footballers dedicated the title to the memory of team captain, Thrasyvoulos Panidis, who had lost his life ( 18 February 1948 ) in the civil war few days before. Panidis played for PAOK since 1930 and had 122 appearances. [ 35 ] In 1950, they emerged once again champions of Macedonia, and the play along year ( 1950–51 ), the team reached for second clock the concluding of the greek Cup, but lost 4–0 [ 36 ] to Olympiacos at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium. During the summer transfer period of 1953 Kouiroukidis, Petridis, Progios, Geroudis, Kemanidis, Chassiotis and Angelidis joined the team. The skill of Lampis Kouiroukidis from Doxa Drama was the most significant transfer. Along with Lefteris Papadakis and Christophoros Yientzis, they formed the celebrated attacking trio of that long time. [ 37 ] For four consecutive seasons ( 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 ), PAOK won the Macedonia championship and participated in the Panhellenic Championship, finishing 4th each year. Yientzis was the top scorer in 1953–54 season and Kouiroukidis in 1955–56 season. [ 38 ] Coached by Nikos Pangalos, PAOK won the 1954 and 1955 local Championships unbeaten. In 1955, PAOK participated for third gear time in a greek Cup final and were defeated 2–0 [ 39 ] by Panathinaikos at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium ( base ground of Panathinaikos ). Ιn 1956, under hungarian passenger car Erman Hoffman they won their third back-to-back unbeaten local backing. [ 40 ] The successful 4-year period ended with 1957 championship, coached by the austrian Walter Pfeiffer. This was their 7th and last Macedonia Championship in cabaret ‘s history. In 1959, Greek National League ( Alpha Ethniki ) was established, with the help of instructions that were made towards the Greek authorities by UEFA .

Toumba Stadium, first years in greek National League and rise of Koudas to prominence ( 1959–1969 ) [edit ]

Toumba Stadium [edit ]

snapshot from the old Syntrivani stadium The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki purchased a two-acre piece of nation in the sphere of Syntrivani Stadium in order to construct new schools. PAOK had to relocate and a 7.5 acres area, owned by the Ministry of National Defence at Toumba zone was chosen as the adequate location. The purchase cost was set at 1.5 million drachma and was paid by PAOK presidency in 20 six-month instalments of 75,000 drachmas each. On 7 February 1958, a committee of III Army Corps officers delivered the land to PAOK representatives. There were still barracks on the premises, housing victims of the Greek Civil War and the 1953 ionian earthquake. Relocating all these people cost the club 70,000 dram. The full price of the stadium ‘s construction amounted to 6 million drachma, with equitable 1.1 million coming from the General Secretariat of Sports as underwrite. In spring of 1958 construction work started, based on the plans of architect Minas Trempelas and civil engineer Antonis Triglianos. In an undertake to collect the necessary funds, the baseball club issued the “ Lottery for the construction of PAOK New Stadium ” in April 1958 at a cost of 20 drachmas each. Since 1956, the administration was withholding 15 % of the gate income in rate to fund the construction of the modern stadium. many PAOK fans, apart from money, besides contributed to construction by volunteering to work as builders. The construction of the stadium was completed at a record time of one year. The inauguration event was scheduled for Sunday 6 September 1959 with a friendly meet against AEK ( PAOK prevailed 1–0 with a goal by Kostas Kiourtzis ). Prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis ‘s attendance was cancelled at the last minute. however, respective ministers of his government were there for the occasion. As for the ball for the inaugural kick-off, it fell at 17:30 off an airplane of Sedes Military Air Base. On inauguration day, 15,000 PAOK supporters packed Toumba Stadium, as that was the stadium ‘s capacity spinal column then. It would increase to 20,000 seats in the follow months until it reached a 45,000-seat capacity in the mid-’70s through extensive expansion work. The attendance record remains at 45,252 tickets and was registered on 19 December 1976 in the scoreless draw against AEK. In european football, the highest attendance was a 45,200 crowd in the 1–0 [ 41 ] [ 42 ] winnings against Barcelona ( UEFA Cup, 16 September 1975 ). [ 1 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ]

First years in greek National League ( Alpha Ethniki ) [edit ]

In the beginning decade of Greek Alpha Ethniki ( 1959–1969 ), PAOK had a top-half end in every season except from the 10th-place finish in 1961. The best result came out in 1963 and 1967 with a 4th-place finish. luminary players of this menstruation were Leandros Symeonidis, [ 45 ] Ioannis Giakoumis, Ignatios Mouratidis, Pavlos Papadopoulos, [ 46 ] Anestis Afentoulidis [ 47 ] and Giorgos Makris. [ 48 ]

Koudas debut and his biennial absence that fueled Olympiacos–PAOK competition [edit ]

Giorgos Koudas [ 49 ] [ 50 ] [ 51 ] was born on 23 November 1946 in Thessaloniki. At the old age of 12, he signed his beginning contract with PAOK and made his introduction with the first team on 21 December 1963 in a 1–0 loss to Ethnikos at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium. Koudas ‘ endowment immediately started to excel and in 1965–66 season he made 29 apps and scored 13 goals. On 14 July 1966, PAOK fans were shocked by the news of Koudas ‘ descent to Piraeus, accompanied by his father ( who was enraged with PAOK administration for fiscal reasons ) and determined to sign for Olympiacos, who tempted him by offering a much higher annual wage without going into a negotiation with his club. PAOK president of the united states Giorgos Pantelakis [ 52 ] never gave his consent for the transplant to be completed and for the next 2 seasons, Koudas participated entirely in Olympiacos friendly games. military military junta ‘s Minister of Sports Kostas Aslanidis suggested in 1968 that Koudas should return to PAOK for 2 years and then move to Olympiacos, but Pantelakis turned down his suggestion saying “ I may go to Gyaros island (place of exile for leftist political dissidents), but Koudas would never go to Olympiacos “. [ 53 ] Eventually, Koudas returned to PAOK in the summer of 1968 and led the great team of the 1970s to glorious days. Fueled by this incidental, Olympiacos–PAOK competition is considered nowadays the fiercest intercity football competition in Greece .

1970s and 1980s ( 1970–1989 ) [edit ]

The big team of the 1970s [edit ]

The 1970s ten was one of the best periods in the history of the football club. Scouting some of the best youth players in Northern Greece at the time and signing many of them to PAOK, president Giorgos Pantelakis built a very potent team ( including Stavros Sarafis, [ 54 ] Christos Terzanidis, [ 55 ] Kostas Iosifidis, [ 56 ] Giannis Gounaris, Dimitris Paridis, [ 57 ] Achilleas Aslanidis, [ 58 ] Koulis Apostolidis, [ 59 ] Filotas Pellios, Aristarchos Fountoukidis, [ 60 ] Panagiotis Kermanidis, [ 61 ] Angelos Anastasiadis, [ 62 ] Neto Guerino [ 63 ] and captained by Giorgos Koudas ). Playing outstanding football, the team managed to win their first Championship ( 1976 ), two Cups ( 1972, 1974 ), a Greater Greece Cup ( 1973 ) and distinguish themselves in european competitions .
Christos Terzanidis, member of the great team of PAOK during the 1970s PAOK participated in 7 greek Cup finals from 1970 to 1978. In 1969–70 greek Cup PAOK lost 1–0 [ 64 ] to local rivals Aris in the final hold at Kaftanzoglio Stadium and in the 1970–71 greek Cup final they were defeated 3–1 [ 65 ] by Olympiacos at Karaiskakis Stadium ( dwelling anchor of Olympiacos ). The first domestic style PAOK won, was the Cup of 1971–72 season. PAOK reached the final examination for third heterosexual year, sixth in total and it would be the fifth time traveling to Athens for the trophy match. This time PAOK would face league champions Panathinaikos who were besides runner-up in 1971 european Cup. The final examination was held at Karaiskakis Stadium on 5 July 1972. PAOK players had 10,000 fans on their side and they vowed that it was about time to return with the trophy at Thessaloniki. PAOK won the game 2–1 [ 66 ] with Koudas scoring both goals. In the second base half, a brilliant bicycle kick of Matzourakis found the internet, but the goal was surprisingly disallowed by referee Michas. PAOK prevail and 1st greek Cup entitle was wide celebrated by the fans at Thessaloniki. [ 67 ] In 1972–73 season, PAOK came close to winning their first ever championship championship playing especial football under the guidance of Les Shannon. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] On 25 February 1973 ( matchday 20 ), PAOK who were leading the league table being 3pts ( point system 3–2–1 ) ahead of rivals Olympiacos suffered their beginning loss with 1–0 [ 70 ] in a much disputed bowler hat against Olympiacos at Karaiskakis Stadium. PAOK had fantastic complaints against referee Fakis for not taking the proper corrective legal action against Olympiacos players who committed violent fouls. Two players ( Iosifidis and Aslanidis ) were substituted in the first half after sustaining injuries. One week late, PAOK lost 1–0 to Fostiras in Athens and Olympiacos drew 0–0 away to Egaleo, results that left the two teams level on pts. On 22 April 1973 ( matchday 28 ), PAOK suffered a 3–5 [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] shock frustration against Panachaiki at Toumba Stadium and Olympiacos who drew 1–1 away to Kavala, took the lead in the standings and went on with 6 wins in the remaining matches to win the backing. At the end of the season, PAOK participated for fourthly consecutive year in the greek Cup final and lost 1–0 [ 74 ] to Olympiacos at Karaiskakis Stadium ( home ground of Olympiacos ). In 1973–74 season, PAOK reached the quarter-finals of 1973–74 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup where they were knocked out by Milan with 5–2 on aggregate. [ 75 ] PAOK defeated Legia Warsaw with 2–1 on aggregate [ 76 ] [ 77 ] and Lyon with 7–3 on aggregate [ 78 ] [ 79 ] in the previous rounds. That season, PAOK reached the greek Cup concluding for fifth back-to-back year. The concluding was held at Nikos Goumas Stadium, once again in Athens, on Sunday 16 June, and was the first ever that was decided by punishment shoot-out. The game ended in a thrilling 2–2 guide and PAOK won 4–3 on penalties over Olympiacos with Koulis Apostolidis converting the stopping point of the operation. [ 80 ] [ 81 ]

1975–76 greek Champions [edit ]

In 1975–76 season, with Gyula Lóránt at the helm, [ 82 ] the team had two daily practices rather of one and physical condition of the players improved significantly. On 4 January 1976, PAOK made an impressive 4–0 [ 83 ] away win over Olympiacos ( biggest dwelling defeat of Olympiacos in Greek football history ). On 11 April, PAOK defeated Panionios 4–0 and climbed at the top of the standings for first clock time that season, level on points with AEK who lost 0–1 to Panathinaikos. On matchday 25, AEK were defeated 1–0 by Aris in Thessaloniki and PAOK, with a 3–0 away win over Panachaiki, were entirely at the lead of the league table. The league title would be decided in two consecutive high-profile encounters at Toumba Stadium. PAOK prevailed 3–1 over Olympiacos and 1–0 over AEK with Neto Guerino scoring the achiever in the 89th minute, [ 84 ] giving the Double-Headed Eagle of the North a 4pt leash ( point arrangement 2–1–0 ). The league championship was clinched on the follow matchday, when AEK were held to a scoreless reap at Panserraikos and PAOK defeated 3–1 Iraklis at Kaftanzoglio Stadium. [ 85 ] In 1976–77 season, the team tried to defend the style and reached the last 16 of 1976–77 european Cup where they were knocked out by a far lake superior Dynamo Kyiv side. [ 86 ] On 1 May 1977 ( matchday 28 ), PAOK were leading the league table and lost 1–0 [ 87 ] to AEK at Nikos Goumas Stadium with a controversial first-half finish that was scored from a direct free kick and while goalkeeper Milinis was still setting up the wall. Referee Tsoukaladelis credited the goal to AEK despite the heavy protests from all PAOK players and he besides sent off PAOK midfielder Damanakis in the beginning one-half for dangerous play. In the second base half, a goal scored by Sarafis with a header was incorrectly ruled out for offside. PAOK fell from the top of the table and on 12 June ( matchday 32 ), the team had a great gamble against Panathinaikos at a pack Toumba Stadium to regain the jumper cable ( Panathinaikos were 1pt ahead ). The game ended in a 0–0 [ 88 ] stalemate and it was followed by a huge disappointment among the fans not only for the miss prospect to win a back-to-back championship, but besides for the team operation in the backing decider which did not meet expectations. [ 89 ] [ 90 ] On 22 June, PAOK lost 2–1 [ 91 ] to Panathinaikos in the greek Cup concluding hold at Karaiskakis Stadium. President Pantelakis was ferocious with referee Platopoulos who sent off Gounaris in the 64th minute and ordered PAOK players to leave the award ceremony without receiving their medals. In 1977–78 season, PAOK finished runner-up in the league and lost 2–0 [ 92 ] to AEK in the greek Cup final have at Karaiskakis Stadium. In 1979–80 season, five teams were battling for the champioship title. On 9 March 1980 ( matchday 24 ), PAOK were leading the table and lost 0–2 [ 93 ] to rivals Panathinaikos at Toumba Stadium. This was the first home get the better of after a 62-game unbeaten run ( 52 wins/10 trace ). [ 94 ] Kostikos scored two goals in the first half, but both of them were disallowed by referee Litsas. In the second one-half, Kostikos was brought down in the area by Kovis, but Litsas denied the penalty and sent off PAOK defender Pellios who was protesting. In the concluding minutes of the bet on, PAOK had a luck to score from the penalty spot, but the fans shouted to Orfanos to send the ball wide. Orfanos made a very weak side foot-kick which was well saved by goalkeeper Konstantinou. After the final whistle, all hell broke loose in and around the stadium with 23 police officers and 20 fans sustaining injuries. On 31 May 1981, PAOK coach Gyula Lóránt had a heart attack in the 16th minute of the match against Olympiacos at Toumba Stadium when Koudas headed the testis broad from close roll. Doctors attempted to resuscitate him on the spot, but he died before the ambulance arrived. PAOK players were told in the half-time fracture that he had to be transported to the hospital and his death was revealed to them only after the game had ended. PAOK finally won the bowler hat 1–0 [ 95 ] [ 96 ] with the finish of the utility Vassilis Vasilakos who was sitting adjacent to Lóránt on the bench when he collapsed. PAOK players wanted to dedicate a greek Cup title to his memory, but the team lost 3–1 [ 97 ] to Olympiacos in the greek Cup concluding hold at Nikos Goumas Stadium on 21 June. On 29 June 1983, PAOK participated once again in the greek Cup final which was held for first time at the newly built Olympic Stadium of Athens. Captained for last clock time in a greek Cup final by Koudas, the team lost 2–0 [ 98 ] to AEK despite their superiority over the opponents that day. A first-half goal by Kostikos was ruled out for offside. PAOK besides made a memorable appearance against german giants Bayern Munich in the 2nd orotund of 1983–84 UEFA Cup, where they were knocked out on penalties ( 9–8 ) after two scoreless draws. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] Bayern ‘s beginning punishment kick, taken by Klaus Augenthaler, was saved doubly by PAOK goalkeeper Mladen Furtula, but the English reviewer Arthur Robinson ordered the penalty to be retaken both times. Augenthaler admitted in a 2018 interview that the referee favored Bayern and that he felt uncomfortable when he was asked to take the penalty for a third base clock. [ 101 ] [ 102 ]

1984–85 greek Champions [edit ]

The second Championship of PAOK came in 1984–85 season, under austrian coach Walter Skocik. [ 103 ] luminary figures of the team included Giorgos Skartados, [ 104 ] Nikos Alavantas, [ 105 ] Thomas Siggas, [ 106 ] Rade Paprica [ 107 ] and attacking duet of Giorgos Kostikos [ 108 ] and Christos Dimopoulos. It was the death temper at the club for Ioannis Damanakis [ 109 ] and captain Kostas Iosifidis, who ended his football career. On 20 January 1985 ( matchday 15 ), PAOK gained a 5pt leash ( point organization 2–1–0 ) on the table with a 1–0 [ 110 ] aside win over Panathinaikos at the Olympic Stadium of Athens. The crucial goal was scored by Paprica in the eightieth infinitesimal with a dive header. On 9 June, PAOK clinched the league title with a scoreless drawing card at Nea Smyrni Stadium against Panionios, as Panathinaikos were held to a 2–2 absorb by penetrate of the table Pierikos. [ 111 ] It was the only away point of Pierikos that season. On 22 June, 10-man ( Vasilakos was sent-off early in the foremost half ) PAOK lost 4–1 [ 112 ] to Larissa in the greek Cup final which was held at the Olympic Stadium of Athens and wasted the opportunity to win a domestic Double for inaugural time in history. An interesting history of the final was that PAOK clear goalscorer of that season Christos Dimopoulos did not participate as he left the team at Athens airport when they arrived from Thessaloniki for the game. Dimopoulos headed to the headquarters of Motor Oil ( party of Panathinaikos president Vardinogiannis ) in order to seal his transfer to Panathinaikos as his 5-year contract with PAOK was expiring. [ 113 ] In 1987–88 season, PAOK were fighting for the title ( along with AEL and AEK ) up to matchday 23, when they suffered a surprising 0–2 home frustration to Iraklis. Earlier that season, on 6 December 1987, PAOK made a record 6–1 [ 114 ] [ 115 ] succeed over rivals Olympiacos at Serres Municipal Stadium ( biggest defeat of Olympiacos in Greek Alpha Ethniki/Superleague history ). PAOK finished 3rd in the league and qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup where they faced Napoli of Maradona, Careca and Alemão. The team fought vigorously, but lost 2–1 on aggregate. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] [ 118 ] Maradona, when asked on RAI television, moments after the final whistle of the 2nd leg at Toumba Stadium, if he had ever played in such an air, said “ I have played a lot of games, but I have never seen anything like this. We couldn’t find any rhythm and I believe that it was difficult for the opponents too. It was a weird encounter “ .

Voulinos era ( 1989–1996 ) [edit ]

In 1989–90 season, with Magdy Tolba [ 119 ] reflect and child Giorgos Toursounidis [ 120 ] arise, the team managed to reach the half-way phase of the competition topping the board ( winter champions ), [ 121 ] but good imprint deteriorated and PAOK finished in 3rd station. 1990–91 season started with PAOK facing Sevilla in the 1st turn of the UEFA Cup and they were knocked out on penalties ( 3–4 ) after two scoreless draws. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] On 23 September 1990 ( matchday 2 ), president of the united states Thomas Voulinos stormed the airfield in the 77th minute of the bowler hat against Panathinaikos at the Olympic Stadium of Athens. Voulinos was angry with referee Karamanis and despite the fact that the scoreline was 3–0 [ 124 ] and the achiever was already determined, he ordered PAOK players to leave the peddle. After the game which was finally abandoned, he said “ We felt like sheep that were heading to be butchered and that was unacceptable “. PAOK were former sentenced with a 3pt deduction and a 5 home plate games behind conclude doors penalty by court decision. The two teams met again in the greek Cup semi-finals and in the 57th hour of the 2nd leg at Toumba Stadium, Voulinos once again entered the sales talk in anger at decisions from referee Vasilakis. [ 125 ] Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate. In 1991–92 season, under croatian director Miroslav Blažević, PAOK qualified against KV Mechelen ( winners in 1988, semi-finalists in 1989 Cup Winners ‘ Cup / quarter-finalists in 1990 european Cup ) in the 1st turn of 1991–92 UEFA Cup with 2–1 on aggregate. [ 126 ] Stefanos Borbokis scored the winner in the 85th minute of the 2nd leg at Achter de Kazerne Stadium. [ 127 ] Blazevic was replaced by Gounaris late and the team lost in the two-legged greek Cup concluding to Olympiacos with 3–1 on aggregate. [ 128 ] On 24 May 1992 ( matchday 32 ), PAOK lost 1–2 [ 129 ] to Olympiacos at Toumba Stadium and suffered their foremost home get the better of against rivals Olympiacos after a 24-game unbeaten run ( 21 wins/3 draws – 21 league matches/3 cup matches – goals 52/12 ) which lasted for 23 years. [ 130 ] It is widely rumoured that after this shock frustration, the most celebrated PAOK ultras drawing card Thomas Mavromichalis [ 131 ] [ 132 ] ( nicknamed Makis Manavis, i, greengrocer due to his profession – PAOK ultras refer to him as « The General » ) decided to never set foundation again at Toumba Stadium. On 1 October 1992, PAOK vs Paris Saint-Germain [ 133 ] [ 134 ] UEFA Cup match was abandoned due to crowd violence and PAOK were punished with a biennial ban from all european competitions by the UEFA corrective committee. The sentence was late reduced to one year. In 1994–95 temper, under Dutch coach Arie Haan, [ 135 ] PAOK finished 3rd in the league and Apollon Athens took their home in the future temper ‘s UEFA Cup. 1995–96 temper was the worst in club ‘s history. PAOK were seriously threatened with a possible delegating for first time in history. The team managed to avoid delegating few weeks before the conclusion of the league and finished in 14th place .

Batatoudis earned run average ( 1996–2003 ) [edit ]

In 1996, Thomas Voulinos handed over a debt-free PAOK to Giorgos Batatoudis. numerous transfers of quality players such as Zisis Vryzas, [ 136 ] Spiros Marangos, free kick specialist Kostas Frantzeskos, [ 137 ] Percy Olivares [ 138 ] and Joe Nagbe [ 139 ] took place under the raw administration. In May 1997, after a five-year absence from european competitions, PAOK qualified for the UEFA Cup under coach Angelos Anastasiadis. [ 140 ] The club ‘s reappearance at european level was marked by a victory and reservation over Arsenal with 2–1 on aggregate. [ 141 ] [ 142 ] Arsenal went on to win a domestic Double that season. Remembering the 1st peg run into, captain Tony Adams and goalkeeper David Seaman spoke very highly of the atmosphere created by PAOK fans at Toumba Stadium. [ 143 ] [ 144 ] In the night of 9 February 1998, PAOK musician Panagiotis Katsouris, aged 21, was returning from an amateur 5×5 pit, when his car skidded off the road ascribable to excessive travel rapidly, hitting the barriers at the Thermi interchange outside Thessaloniki. His end was verified in AHEPA Hospital concisely afterwards. He was buried on 12 February in the Anastaseos Cemetery in Thessaloniki. A break was erected in his memory at Toumba Stadium and memorial services are held each class near the accident scene. In February 2009, PAOK announced that a football tournament, bearing his name, would be held per annum. Katsouris ‘ No 17 jersey was permanently retired by the cabaret in his memory. [ 145 ] [ 146 ] [ 147 ] early on in the morning of 4 October 1999, a bus accident took plaza in the Vale of Tempe, Thessaly, with six PAOK fans killed ( Kyriakos Lazaridis, Christina Tziova, Anastasios Themelis, Charalampos Zapounidis, Georgios Ganatsios, Dimitris Andreadakis ). The bus was heading back to Thessaloniki after a 1–1 [ 148 ] puff against Panathinaikos at the Olympic Stadium of Athens. A ceremony in commemoration of the incident has taken place every year since. [ 149 ] [ 150 ] [ 151 ] In January 2000, PAOK appointed Dušan Bajević as their new director. PAOK won the 2001 Greek Cup beating Olympiacos 4–2 [ 152 ] [ 153 ] in the final examination hold at Nikos Goumas Stadium on 12 May 2001. [ 154 ] On 17 May 2003, PAOK defeated local anesthetic rivals Aris 1–0 [ 155 ] [ 156 ] [ 157 ] in the final hold at Toumba Stadium with an excellent goal scored by Georgiadis and earned their 4th greek Cup title. [ 158 ] PAOK coach Angelos Anastasiadis became the beginning in club ‘s history to win the Cup both as a player ( in 1974 ) and director. During the seven-year period of Batatoudis ‘ possession, PAOK ‘s debts rose to about €10 million .

Goumenos era, disruptive times ( 2003–2006 ) [edit ]

The 2003–04 season was an unexpected success. Batatoudis was no retentive the major stockholder [ 159 ] and under passenger car Anastasiadis, PAOK managed to finish 3rd in the league and to secure participation in the third qualifying round of 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, where they faced Maccabi Tel Aviv. The 1st stage at Toumba Stadium ended 1–2, [ 160 ] but it was belated awarded 0–3 [ 161 ] against PAOK for fielding a suspended player. The club fielded Liasos Louka, a Cypriot player who was still serving a two-match ban in UEFA competitions ( for his sending-off in a UEFA Intertoto Cup connect while playing for Nea Salamis on 8 July 2000 ). finally, the team failed to qualify for the group degree. [ 162 ] Rolf Fringer succeeded Angelos Anastasiadis in September 2004, [ 163 ] but after a few games, he was replaced by Nikos Karageorgiou, who led the cabaret to a 5th-place finish in May 2005 and a subsequent 2005–06 UEFA Cup reservation. By the end of May 2006, the clubhouse ‘s dramatic situation started to emerge, with players openly declaring they have been unpaid for months, plus a traumatize decision by UEFA to ban the club from participating in the approaching UEFA Cup, [ 164 ] brought the club close to dissolution. The organize supporters ‘ groups launched an all-out war against president Giannis Goumenos during the summer of 2006, [ 165 ] going angstrom far as to occupy the club ‘s offices in Toumba stadium for a handful of days. [ 166 ] The situation was worsening for Goumenos after diverse negotiations with possible investors failed, [ 167 ] constant allegations of embezzlement emerged, [ 168 ] and particularly after his decision to sell star player Dimitris Salpingidis to Panathinaikos. [ 169 ] On 13 November 2006, Goumenos resigned from PAOK presidency [ 170 ] leaving huge debts behind ( during the three-year time period of Goumenos ‘ ownership, the club ‘s debts rose from about €10 million to around €30 million → €10 million were the elementary debt obligations plus €20 million from extra taxes, fines and surcharges ) [ 171 ] [ 172 ] [ 173 ] and few weeks later, Nikos Vezyrtzis–Apostolos Oikonomidis couple ( former PAOK BC presidents ) assumed impermanent management of the club. [ 174 ]

Zagorakis–Vryzas management with massive fans ‘ corroborate ( 2007–2012 ) [edit ]

Theodoros Zagorakis, the iconic captain and former president of PAOK FC In June 2007, erstwhile player and captain Theodoros Zagorakis [ 175 ] assumed the presidency of the golf club, replacing the Nikos Vezyrtzis and Apostolos Oikonomidis administration and frankincense ushered a new earned run average, in an feat to bring the club back to successes. [ 176 ] [ 177 ] In 2007–2008 season, the early surrogate of Georgios Paraschos by the well-known established director Fernando Santos [ 178 ] did little to prevent a 9th-place complete in the league. [ 179 ] On 6 January 2008, Zisis Vryzas ended his football career coming on as a ersatz in the game against AEL and immediately started his tenure as PAOK sports conductor. [ 180 ] [ 181 ]
The club ‘s finances gradually improved thanks to fresh sponsorship deals and to the continuing massive support from the fans ( the number of season tickets was vastly increased [ 182 ] ). In June 2008, Zagorakis announced the club ‘s purpose of building a new train facility complex [ 183 ] in the Nea Mesimvria area of Thessaloniki, owned by the baseball club. [ 184 ] The administration had already acquired land from the municipality of Agios Athanasios and the project would be executed by former president of the united states Vasilis Sergiannidis ‘ [ 185 ] construction company. [ 186 ] [ 187 ] In the summer of 2008, the club brought in bright winger Vieirinha and wide known internationals like Pablo Contreras, Zlatan Muslimović and Pablo García. [ 188 ] [ 189 ] In the winter transfer window that followed, Olivier Sorlin and Lino joined the team. [ 190 ] [ 191 ] The end of the 2008–09 season found PAOK in 2nd stead, 8pts behind champions Olympiacos. however, team lost in the Super League playoffs ( united states post office. 2–5 ) to Panathinaikos and finished in 4th place. [ 192 ]
In 2009–10 season, PAOK fight for the claim up to matchday 26 ( Panathinaikos were 2pts ahead ), when they lost 2–0 [ 193 ] against local rivals Aris at Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium. The golf club had fantastic complaints against reviewer Spathas and after the final whistle, Zagorakis went in the snip room and apologized to PAOK players for not being able to protect them against poor referee. [ 194 ] PAOK went on to win the league playoffs ( polonium. 2–5 ) and qualified for 2010–11 UEFA Champions League third qualifying cycle, but the success was swiftly followed by Fernando Santos ‘ announcement of his decision to depart, having concluded his three-year contract as head coach. [ 195 ] [ 196 ] It was finally decided in mid-june that Mario Beretta would be his successor. [ 197 ] Beretta was quickly replaced by Pavlos Dermitzakis [ 198 ] and became the shortest-serving PAOK coach ever, sitting on the bench for 38 days only. [ 199 ] With Dermitzakis at the helm, PAOK faced Ajax and was ultimately eliminated on the away goals rule, managing a 1–1 [ 200 ] [ 201 ] draw in Amsterdam and a thrilling 3–3 [ 202 ] [ 203 ] draw in Thessaloniki. Entering the UEFA Europa League playoff rung, PAOK were drawn against Fenerbahçe, besides eliminated from the Champions League third qualifying round. This prison term, PAOK fared much better and after winning the home game 1–0 [ 204 ] in Thessaloniki, secured a memorable 1–1 [ 205 ] [ 206 ] draw after extra time in Constantinople. Dermitzakis was removed after a 1–0 loss to Panathinaikos on 17 October. [ 207 ] His adjunct, Makis Chavos, replaced him as caretaker coach [ 208 ] and PAOK reached the smasher phase of the Europa League, losing 2–1 on aggregate to CSKA Moscow. [ 209 ] [ 210 ] In the league, PAOK finished 3rd and qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League .
PAOK board appointed Romanian László Bölöni as the club ‘s fresh head bus for the keep up season. [ 211 ] The team qualified from the UEFA Europa League playoff circle and entered the group stage. On 30 November 2011, PAOK achieved a historic 2–1 [ 212 ] [ 213 ] victory over Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. With this victory, the clubhouse qualified to the hard phase for second consecutive year. On 26 January 2012, Zagorakis resigned from club ‘s presidency and he was replaced by Vryzas. [ 214 ] [ 215 ]

Ivan Savvidis era ( 2012–present ) [edit ]

On 10 August 2012, Ivan Savvidis [ 2 ] [ 216 ] [ 217 ] acquired PAOK possession by depositing a fee of €9,951,000 and thus becoming the major stockholder of the club. [ 218 ] [ 219 ] In 2012–13 season, under director Giorgos Donis, PAOK finished 2nd during the regular time period, qualifying for the Super League playoffs ( po. 2–5 ). After a greek Cup semi-final loss to Asteras Tripoli, Donis was replaced by technical film director and former actor Georgios Georgiadis, who was appointed as caretaker director. [ 220 ] PAOK managed to win qualification for the third base qualifying cycle of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League through the playoffs after a last game gain against PAS Giannina. [ 221 ]

2017–18 eventful season [edit ]

On 25 February 2018 ( and while PAOK were leading the league table being 2pts ahead of AEK ), PAOK–Olympiacos bowler hat was suspended before kick-off when Olympiacos coach Óscar García Junyent was hit by an object confuse from the crowd ( reportedly by an unfolding cash register paper roll ). Óscar García received medical attention before being taken to a private general hospital ( Interbalkan Medical Center ). The individual clinic where García was taken issued a statement about five hours after the coach was admitted, saying that ascribable to his checkup condition ( sensitivity in the chew, neck trouble, dizziness and nausea ) García had to stay at the hospital nightlong and PAOK vs Olympiacos game never started. [ 245 ] [ 246 ] Olympiacos communications head Karapapas stated that he expected a huge apology from PAOK for the incidental and that their rivals should become more civilized if they want to develop into a big club. He besides claimed that the object that fell onto García was a sealed cash file paper bun, which can be angstrom heavy as a stone and when thrown from a certain altitude and distance with a certain coerce can be a very brawny blow. [ 247 ] PAOK representatives claimed that the solid incidental was a certain tactic from Olympiacos, which finally did not work out because there was no wound sustained. [ 248 ] [ 249 ] [ 250 ] [ 251 ] [ 252 ] [ 253 ] [ 254 ] Medical report of the official doctor of the match, approved by the Greek Football Federation ( EPO ), stated that García was not seriously injured and could return on the judiciary, but Olympiacos questioned doctor ‘s credibility because he was a PAOK employee, working in PAOK young academy. [ 255 ] Referee Aretopoulos ( who had many controversial moments in his career [ 256 ] [ 257 ] ) submitted two match reports to describe why the crippled was abandoned ( an initial report [ 258 ] at Toumba Stadium and a auxiliary composition [ 259 ] few days former that was demanded by first-instance woo estimate ). Olympiacos were late awarded a 0–3 acquire by court decision .
On 11 March 2018, during a championship decider bowler hat against AEK ( timeline of events before the game : 24 february : PAOK 52pts/AEK 50pts, 25 february : PAOK–Olympiacos suspended before kick-off, 26 february : Atromitos–AEK 1–1 and PAOK 52pts/AEK 51pts, 4 mar : Asteras Tripoli–PAOK 3–2, AEK–Panionios 1–0 and AEK 54pts/PAOK 52pts, 5 mar : first-instance court prison term : PAOK deducted 3pts, bet on awarded 0–3 to Olympiacos, 2 home games behind closed doors and AEK 54pts/PAOK 49pts, 10 Mar : court of attract sentence : 3pts returned to PAOK, game awarded 0–3 to Olympiacos, closed doors punishment suspended and AEK 54pts/PAOK 52pts ), the president of the united states of the team, Ivan Savvidis, stormed onto the lurch when reviewer Georgios Kominis disallowed a 90th-minute finish scored by Fernando Varela with a header. [ 260 ] The finish was initially credited to PAOK by both the referee who pointed the center smudge and the electrician who never raised his flag and ran towards the center. About 10–15 seconds later and while PAOK players were celebrating, electrician Pontikis was approached by AEK players who were protesting and approximately 3 minutes after the goal was scored, they altered their decisiveness. The finish was ruled out for offside ( according to referee Kominis, Maurício influenced dally ). Savvidis entered the pitch with few members of his personal guard and Ľuboš Micheľ ( former UEFA Elite referee ). [ 261 ] At first, he ordered his team to leave the flip, but his request was denied by PAOK captain Vieirinha. Afterwards they went close to the referee, where Micheľ expressed his complaints about the decision. Leaving the peddle 1 minute after his entry, a tension was built between Savvidis and members of AEK workbench and moments late Savvidis took off his crown and a gun appeared attached to his belt out. [ 262 ] The referee suspended the game and sent the two teams to the dress rooms. Savvidis tried to enter into the referees ‘ dress room, but he was denied entrance by security and few minutes subsequently he left the stadium. [ 263 ] Kominis ‘ intention was the game to be continued after 1 hour ( and blew his whistle outside the trim rooms calling the two teams [ 264 ] ), but AEK general director Vasilis Dimitriadis approached him and claimed ( as can be heard in sound recording [ 265 ] ) that the players of AEK were terrified from the incidental and could not continue as he felt that their base hit was at gamble. PAOK vice-president Chrisostomos Gagatsis is heard trying to persuade Dimitriadis to order AEK players to return on the pitch. soon after, the plot was abandoned. The incidental caused the league to be suspended by the greek government. [ 266 ] AEK director Manolo Jiménez giving his side of the narrative, confirmed that Kominis wanted the crippled to be concluded, but AEK president told them not to play. [ 267 ] He besides said about a year later, that AEK players and himself realized that Savvidis was actually carrying a accelerator on his knock when they received photos on their cellphones and not while they were on the pitch. [ 268 ] AEK midfielder Panagiotis Kone in an interview after the bet on besides confirmed that Kominis told them to go out and play for the remaining 5 minutes, but he did not inform AEK players as to whether he would award or overturn PAOK goal when asked in the dress rooms. He replied that they would be informed outside on the pitch. [ 269 ] Of course, both Jiménez and Kone condemned Savvidis ‘ actions and held him creditworthy for the break. PAOK goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis stated that it was clearly a lawful goal scored by Varela, because Maurício was behind the goalkeeper and did not influence bid. He besides said that Savvidis ‘ invasion of the sales talk was n’t proper. [ 270 ] On his official couple report, reviewer Kominis wrote down that when the match was interrupted the scoreline was 1–0 and that he decided to award the goal. [ 271 ] Kominis received a summons to appear at the court hearing, but he sent a letter alternatively, explaining that he could not show up due to personal reasons. [ 272 ] He besides received a legal text file with 3 questions from first-instance court pronounce and gave a definite answer in one of them and a dim response in the other two. [ 273 ] Ivan Savvidis apologised for his behaviour two days after the game [ 274 ] and he was by and by banned from all football stadiums for three years. PAOK were sentenced with a 3pt tax write-off ( and 2pts from next temper ‘s championship ) and AEK were awarded a 0–3 win by court decision. [ 275 ] The 6-point swing was a major blow to PAOK ‘s title hopes and the club was unable to secure the deed as AEK were crowned champions with three match-days to go. The club still managed to end their season on a high note by winning their second consecutive greek Cup beat AEK 2–0 [ 276 ] [ 277 ] [ 278 ] in the final examination hold at the Olympic Stadium of Athens ( AEK base ground at the time ), with the equal referee after many years in Greece by a alien reviewer ( David Fernández Borbalán ). During the post-game press conference, director Lucescu and captain Vieirinha ( final examination MVP [ 279 ] ) both stated that 2018 championship title was stolen from PAOK. [ 280 ] [ 281 ]

2018–19 unbeaten Champions and first base domestic Double [edit ]

PAOK 3–2 Spartak Moscow, August 2018
PaschalakisVarelaCrespoMatosVieirinhaMaurícioShakhovJabáBiseswarPelkasPrijović PAOK 2018–19 unbeaten Champions ( Akpom was the hitter for the 2nd half of the temper ) 2018–19 temper was the best in club ‘s history. [ 15 ] During the 2018–19 Super League Greece, the major derbies, after decades in greek football history, were refereed by foreign referees. On 21 April, PAOK beat Levadiakos 5–0 and clinched the league title, hosting a memorable celebration. [ 282 ] [ 283 ] [ 284 ] On 5 May, PAOK earned their 26th win in 30 games to complete an undefeated season ( 26–4–0 phonograph record ). [ 285 ] This is arguably the best performance in greek football history, the previous held by Panathinaikos, who won the 1963–64 Alpha Ethniki title undefeated, but with a 24–6–0 record. [ 286 ] [ 287 ] PAOK were besides the only unbeaten european football cabaret in the national championships held across Europe during the 2018–2019 season. [ 288 ] On 11 May, PAOK won the greek Cup for third consecutive year, defeating AEK 1–0. [ 289 ] [ 290 ] [ 291 ] This was the third consecutive greek Cup concluding against the lapp opponent and it was held for second consecutive year at the Olympic Stadium of Athens ( AEK home grind at the meter ). The Video adjunct referee ( VAR ) was used for the foremost time in Greek football and in a greek Cup concluding. The winning goal came in the forty-fifth infinitesimal with an overhead kick of Chuba Akpom. Dimitris Pelkas provided the aid. With this greek Cup victory, PAOK FC achieved a domestic Double for first clock in their history .
On 22 May 2021, under Uruguayan director and sports fan favored Pablo García, PAOK won their one-eighth greek Cup title, beating Olympiacos 2–1 [ 292 ] [ 293 ] in the final examination hold at the Athens Olympic Stadium with Michael Krmenčík scoring the winner in the 90th minute .

Crest and colours [edit ]

cap [edit ]

The beginning emblem of PAOK depicted a four-leaf clover and a horseshoe. The leaves were green and above them were the initials of the news PAOK. Kostas Koemtzopoulos, one of PAOK ‘s founding members, came up with this estimate, inspired by his favorite trade name of cigarettes. [ 294 ] On 20 March 1929, AEK Thessaloniki was dissolved and absorbed by PAOK and a mournful version of the double-headed eagle with the wings closed alternatively of stretched, indicating the grief for the lose homelands, was adopted as the club ‘s new emblem. [ 295 ] On 11 June 2013, under the presidency of Ivan Savvidis, a gold draft was added to the peak, as a symbol of the club ‘s Byzantine inheritance. [ 296 ] [ 297 ] During the 2018–19 season, the first emblem was used on the third kit .

Colours [edit ]

The club ‘s colours have always been bootleg and white, blacken for the sadness related to countless thousands of greek refugees who were forced to leave the farming their ancestors had been living in for centuries ( Asia Minor, Eastern Thrace, Pontus, Caucasus ) and white for the hope of a new beginning that came with settle in a new home. [ 298 ] PAOK ‘s traditional kit features a black and white erect striped shirt, combined with black or white shorts and socks. respective types of shirts were used throughout the baseball club ‘s history and the most park alternatives were those with thin or wide stripes, the all-black one and the all-white one. [ 299 ] [ 300 ] [ 301 ] Over the years, several other colours were used on the 3rd kit out, such as grey, silver, blue, purple, orange and red. [ 302 ]
The stream kit out manufacturer is Macron, a collaboration that started in July 2015 and was extended until 2023. [ 303 ] [ 304 ] Stoiximan, a greek on-line gambling company, is the shirt patron since June 2017, with the sponsorship deal extended in November 2019 and set to final until 2022. [ 305 ]

Facilities [edit ]

stadium [edit ]

Syntrivani Stadium was PAOK ‘s first home flat coat. It was situated near the Children ‘s Asylum, where the Theological School of Aristotle University stands nowadays. [ 29 ] Their current home labor is Toumba Stadium, which was built in 1959. The stadium has been renovated many times since and its seating capacity is 29,000. [ 1 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] PAOK administration have already presented to the greek public authorities an computer architecture study of a new stadium at Toumba. It is estimated that PAOK will be granted a build license in 2022 and construction serve should concluding three to four years. PAOK would probably move to Kaftanzoglio Stadium until the new Stadium is built. [ 315 ]

train Facilities and Academy [edit ]

PAOK FC Sport Center is the train labor of the beginning team and Academy, located in Nea Mesimvria area of Thessaloniki. The construction started under the presidency of Theodoros Zagorakis. [ 186 ] [ 187 ] [ 316 ]

Supporters [edit ]

PAOK fans in Gate 4 big shirt in Toumba stadium PAOK FC is the most widely supported football club in Northern Greece and with the 3rd largest fanbase in the nation, according to the latest polls and researches. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] PAOK ‘s traditional fanbase comes from the city of Thessaloniki, where the cabaret is based, ampere well as from the rest of Macedonia area and Northern Greece. They besides have fans all over the country and in the greek Diaspora ( Germany, Australia, USA, and so forth ). Research by Marca in August 2018 reported that PAOK are the most popular greek football team on social media. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Toumba Stadium is ill-famed for its hostile atmosphere, a factor that led to the attribution of the Stadium as “ The Black Hell “. [ 317 ] On high-profile encounters, when the players walk out of the burrow, the song Hells Bells by AC/DC is heard from the stadium ‘s speakers. [ 318 ] The ill-famed Gate 4 is home to many PAOK organized supporters ‘ groups from around the ball, with the homonymic Gate 4 fan clubhouse which was founded in April 1976, being the most familiar everywhere. [ 319 ] [ 320 ] The supporters ‘ group from Neapoli district of Thessaloniki that was founded in 1963 is the oldest one. [ 321 ] One of the biggest banners in the earth was created by Michaniona fan club. [ 322 ] No 12 jersey is dedicated to the fans, the symbolic 12th man on the peddle. It was permanently retired by the baseball club on 16 August 2000. [ 323 ] [ 324 ]

Vale of Tempe tragedy ( 4/10/1999 ) [edit ]

constantly on enlistment in orderliness to follow their beloved team everywhere, some 3,000 PAOK fans descended to the Olympic Stadium of Athens for the game against Panathinaikos on 3 October 1999. A few hours late, time stopped. On its way back to Thessaloniki, the bus bus of the Kordelio winnow club collided with a truck and fell into a ditch in the Vale of Tempe, Thessaly. The consequence of the bus crash was devastating. Six PAOK fans lost their lives ( Kyriakos Lazaridis, Christina Tziova, Anastasios Themelis, Charalampos Zapounidis, Georgios Ganatsios, Dimitris Andreadakis ) and many others were injured. A wayside memorial was erected at the site of the crash bearing the follow inscription : “ Their love for PAOK brought them here, left them here and went beyond “. [ 149 ] [ 150 ]

Friendships [edit ]

PAOK fans maintain a firm friendship with the supporters of serbian club Partizan, the Grobari. On many occasions, fans from both clubs traveled to watch each early ‘s games. [ 325 ] [ 326 ] Lately, some PAOK supporters ‘ groups have developed a friendship with fans of CSKA Moscow ( common Orthodox faith ). [ 327 ] PAOK fans have well relations with the fans of OFI Crete, a friendship that started in October 1987 when OFI faced Atalanta for 1987–88 Cup Winners ‘ Cup at Toumba Stadium and numerous PAOK fans supported the Cretans. [ 328 ] [ 329 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

PAOK 1–0 Olympiacos, 2009 greek Cup quarter-final
The competition between Olympiacos and PAOK is the fiercest intercity football competition in Greece and is long-standing, emerging in the 1960s, when Olympiacos unsuccessfully tried to acquire Giorgos Koudas from PAOK, approaching him directly without going into a negotiation with his club. [ 330 ] [ 331 ] A longtime heated competition exists between PAOK and local rivals Aris. [ 332 ] [ 333 ] Panathinaikos and AEK, Athens ‘ two biggest clubs, are besides considered major rivals. [ 334 ] [ 335 ] There are besides some less intense rivalries, like those with Iraklis ( local conflict ) and AEL can be characterized as .

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

european [edit ]

regional [edit ]

Macedonia FCA Championship:
- Winners (7): 1936–37, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57
Macedonia–Thrace FCA Championship:
- Winners (1): 1939–40

european record [edit ]

concluding updated : 25 November 2021 PAOK ‘s best european performance was in the 1973–74 season, when they reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup. [ 16 ] Additionally, the club has the joint-most appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stages, with 8 .

UEFA club rankings [edit ]

As of 18 March 2021[336]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 6 September 2021[337]

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

Reseves and Academy [edit ]

Out on loanword [edit ]

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

retire numbers [edit ]

12 – in honour of the fans, the symbolic 12th man on the pitch. On 28 May 2000, Joe Nagbe was the last player who wore the No 12 jersey.[139]
17 – in honour of Panagiotis Katsouris, a PAOK player who died in a car accident in February 1998.[338]

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

Captains ( since 1952 ) [edit ]

MVP of the Season [edit ]

informant : PAOK F.C .

Coaching Staff [edit ]

reservoir : PAOK F.C .

noteworthy Managers [edit ]

The succeed managers won at least one national trophy when in charge of PAOK :

gallery [edit ]

management [edit ]

Board of Directors [edit ]

[ 340 ]

PAOK FC presidents [edit ]

[ 341 ]

Records and statistics [edit ]

legendary Giorgos Koudas, a mighty attacking midfielder, is the appearances recordman and second all-time goalscorer of the cabaret .

One-club men [edit ]

player records [edit ]

Giorgos Koudas holds the phonograph record for most PAOK league appearances, having played 504 matches ( 607 overall ) from 1963 to 1984. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] [ 51 ] [ 342 ] Stavros Sarafis is the club ‘s top goalscorer with 170 goals overall ( 136 in league matches ), from 1967 to 1981. [ 54 ] [ 343 ]

FurtulaFountoukidisVarelaVieirinhaIosifidisZagorakisSkartadosKoudasParidisKostikosSarafisdugoutworldwide.com[344] The “ Greatest ever ” police squad chosen by

domestic records [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

bibliography [edit ]

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Μπλιάτκας, Κώστας (2005). Γιώργος Κούδας, της ζωής μου το παιχνίδι ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Ιανός. ISBN 9789607827357.
Συλλογικό έργο (2009). Για πάντα πρωταθλητές, Π.Α.Ο.Κ. Ποδόσφαιρο-Μπάσκετ ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Σκάι. ISBN 978-960-482-020-7.
Τσάλλος, Αλέξιος (2010). Το αλφαβητάρι του ΠΑΟΚ ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Δίαυλος. ISBN 978-960-531-259-6.
Τσιώλης, Σταύρος (2011). Ταξιδεύοντας με τον ΠΑΟΚ ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Αιγόκερως. ISBN 978-960-322-419-8.
Πετρακόπουλος, Σταύρος (2016). Τα «μυθικά» του ΠΑΟΚ ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Friends Press. ISBN 978-618-82397-0-8.
Ζαμπούνης, Χρήστος (2016). ΠΑΟΚ αφού ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Φερενίκη. ISBN 978-960-9513-58-6.
Ιωαννίδης, Νίκος (2017). Μια εποχή στο τσιμέντο ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Τόπος. ISBN 978-960-499-192-1.
Εδίρνελης, Σωκράτης (2018). Το κλεμμένο πρωτάθλημα ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις ΑΛΔΕ. ISBN 978-960-9451-89-5.
Παππούς, Μιχάλης (2019). Ο ΠΑΟΚ του 70 ( in Greek ). Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις University Studio Press. ISBN 978-960-12-2421-3.

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Νίκος Τριανταφυλλίδης. 90 χρόνια ΠΑΟΚ – Νοσταλγώντας το μέλλον, 2016.[345][346]

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