List of PAOK FC records and statistics

PAOK Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinopolitón, "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans"),[1] commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki or PAOK, is a professional football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Established on 20 April 1926 by Greek refugees who fled to Thessaloniki from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), they play their home games at Toumba Stadium, with a capacity of 29,000 seats.[2]

Honours edit

[3]

Domestic edit

Continental 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

Player records edit

Appearances edit

Most league appearances:
Rank Name Apps
1   Giorgos Koudas 504
2   Kostas Iosifidis 397
3   Giannis Gounaris 377
4   Stavros Sarafis 358
5   Aristarchos Fountoukidis 336
6   Koulis Apostolidis 280
7   Giorgos Skartados 265
8   Dimitris Salpingidis 262
9   Giorgos Toursounidis 261
10   Giannis Giakoumis 250

Goalscorers edit

Top goalscorers edit

League top goalscorers:

Rank Name Goals
1   Stavros Sarafis 136
2   Giorgos Koudas 133
3   Dimitris Salpingidis 90
4   Giorgos Skartados 84
5   Giorgos Kostikos 79
6   Stefanos Athanasiadis 72
7   Neto Guerino 66
8   Panagiotis Kermanidis 60
9   Achilleas Aslanidis 55
10   Koulis Apostolidis 51

Goalkeepers edit

  • Most minutes without conceding a goal: Alexandros Paschalakis, 971 (if stoppage time is included, 1008).[18]
  • Most clean sheets:
  • Most clean sheets in a season:
  • Most penalties saved: Nikos Michopoulos, 7.
  • Most penalties saved in a season:

Managerial records edit

Club records edit

Matches edit

Firsts edit

[21]

  • First match: (friendly) PAOK – Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki 2–1, 4 May 1926.
  • First official match: (EPSM) PAOK – Nea Genea Kalamaria 3–1, 12 December 1926.[22]
  • First Panhellenic Championship (1928–1959) match: Olympiacos – PAOK 3–1, 1 February 1931.
  • First league match: PAOK – Megas Alexandros Katerini 3–2, 25 October 1959.[23]
  • First Greek Cup match: PAOK – Meliteas 3–0, 27 September 1931.[24]
  • First European match:
(Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) PAOK – Wiener SC 2–1, 15 September 1965.[25]
(UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) Rapid Wien – PAOK 0–0, 13 September 1972.[26]

Wins edit

  • Record Panhellenic Championship (1928–1959) win: PAOK – Panetolikos 7–1, 18 May 1955.[27]
  • Record league win:
(Home) PAOK – Kastoria 7–1, 22 December 1974[28] and PAOK – Kalamata 7–1, 28 January 2001.[29]
(Away) A.E. Kifisia – PAOK 0–6, 21 December 2023.
  • Record Greek Cup win:
(Home) PAOK – Atlantis Thessaloniki 11–0, 18 October 1959.[30]
(Away) Lamia – PAOK 1–9, 20 February 1985.[31]
  • Record European win:
(Away) Locomotive Tbilisi – PAOK 0–7, UEFA Cup, 16 September 1999. (Domestic record)
(Home) PAOK – Lokomotiva Zagreb 6–0, UEFA Europa League, 23 July 2015.[26]
  • Most league wins in a season:
27 wins from 34 games (during the 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki).
26 wins from 30 games (during the 2018–19 Super League Greece).

Defeats edit

(Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) Wiener – PAOK 6–0, 28 September 1965.[35]
(UEFA Cup) Barcelona – PAOK 6–1, 1 October 1975.[26]

Goals edit

  • Highest goals scored per game average in a season: 2.37 (during the 2000–01 season).
  • Most goals scored in a season: 126 in 53 games (during the 2000–01 season).
  • Most league goals scored in a season: 75 in 34 games (during the 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki).
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 22 in 30 games (during the 1963–64 Alpha Ethniki).
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 49 in 30 games (during the 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki).
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 14 in 30 games (during the 2018–19 Superleague Greece).
  • Fewest league goals conceded at home in a season: 3 in 17 games (during the 1994–95 Alpha Ethniki). (Domestic record)
  • Most consecutive league games scoring: 69 (PAOK lost two home games 0–3 by court decision during this period that are not taken into account). (Domestic record)
  • Most consecutive league games scoring away: 35. (Domestic record)

Points edit

  • Most points in a season:
Point system (3–2–1): 92 (in 34 matches in 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki).
Point system (2–1–0): 49 (in 30 matches in 1975–76 Alpha Ethniki) and 52 (in 34 matches in 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki).
Point system (3–1–0): 82 (in 30 matches in 2018–19 Superleague Greece).
  • Fewest points in a season:
Point system (3–2–1): 57 (in 30 matches in 1963–64 Alpha Ethniki).
Point system (2–1–0): 27 (in 30 matches in 1985–86 Alpha Ethniki).
Point system (3–1–0): 35 (in 30 matches in 2007–08 Superleague Greece).
  • Most points in the UEFA Europa League group stage: 12 (2011–12 and 2013–14). (Domestic record, shared with Panathinaikos)
  • Fewest points in the UEFA Europa League group stage: 3 (2018–19).

Attendances edit

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  • Highest league home attendance: 45,252 (0–0 against AEK, 19 December 1976).
  • Highest Greek Cup home attendance: 44,045 (2–1 against AEK, 9 February 1977).
  • Highest European home attendance: 45,200 (1–0 against Barcelona, UEFA Cup, 16 September 1975).[37][38]
  • Lowest league home attendance: 381 (1–0 against Athinaikos, 30 May 1993).[39]
  • Lowest Greek Cup home attendance:
  • Lowest European home attendance: 1,012 (5–1 against Rennes, UEFA Cup, 14 December 2005).[40]

Domestic records edit

Outline Record
Double winners, going unbeaten in a national round-robin league tournament (league format since 1959). 2018–19 PAOK FC season
Champions, starting the season with a points deduction. 2018–19 Superleague Greece (PAOK started the season on –2 points)
Worst league title defence. 10th place (1985–86)
Most consecutive league games scoring. 69 (PAOK lost two games 0–3 by court decision during this period that are not taken into account)
Most consecutive league games scoring away. 35
Fewest league goals conceded at home in a season. 3 in 17 games (1994–95)
Most seasons with a points deduction. 9 (1963–64, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19)
Most consecutive seasons with a points deduction. 4 (2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19)
Winners of 3 consecutive Greek Cup finals against the same opponent. 2017, 2018 and 2019 Greek Cup finals (vs AEK)
Winners of 2 consecutive Greek Cup finals that were held at the opponent's home ground. 2018 and 2019 Greek Cup finals (held at Athens Olympic Stadium, AEK's home ground at the time)
Greek Cup runners-up. 15 times
Biggest European win by a Greek football club. Locomotive Tbilisi 0–7 PAOK (16/9/1999, UEFA Cup)
Most points in a European competition group stage. 16 (W5–D1–L0), 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
Consecutive continental away wins. 4 (2023–24 season)
Won all away matches in the group stage of a European competition. 3 (2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League)
Most UEFA Europa League appearances. 28
Most consecutive UEFA Europa League appearances. 12
Most UEFA Europa Conference League matches. 34

European record edit

Competition App Pld W D L Goals
European Cup / Champions League 9 28 6 9 13 36–49
UEFA Cup / Europa League 28 148 56 44 48 204–171
UEFA Europa Conference League 3 34 18 7 9 55–34
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 18 8 5 5 24–23
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 3 6 2 0 4 5–17
Total 49 234 90 65 79 324–294

Last updated: 18 April 2024

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