1980–81 PAOK FC season

The 1980–81 season was PAOK Football Club's 55th in existence and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round.

PAOK
1980–81 season
PresidentGreece Giorgos Pantelakis
ManagerHungary Gyula Lóránt
Greece Aristarchos Fountoukidis
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki4th
Greek CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kermanidis, Kostikos (9)

All:
Kermanidis (12)
Highest home attendance36,964 vs AEK

Players edit

Squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   YUG Mladen Furtula
GK   GRE Apostolos Filis

DF   GRE Kostas Iosifidis
DF   GRE Ioannis Gounaris
DF   HUN József Salomon
DF   GRE Theodoros Apostolidis
DF   GRE Filotas Pellios
DF   GRE Nikos Alavantas
DF   GRE Apostolos Tsourelas

MF   GRE Giorgos Koudas (captain)
MF   GRE Stavros Sarafis
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GRE Angelos Anastasiadis
MF   GRE Ioannis Damanakis
MF   GRE Thomas Siggas
MF   GRE Vassilis Vasilakos
MF   GRE Kyriakos Alexandridis
MF   GRE Vasilis Georgopoulos
MF   GRE Stathis Triantafyllidis

FW   GRE Giorgos Kostikos
FW   GRE Panagiotis Kermanidis
FW   BRA Neto Guerino
FW   GRE Christos Dimopoulos

Transfers edit

Players transferred in
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer DF   József Salomon   Diósgyőri VTK ?
Summer MF   Vasilis Georgopoulos   Panachaiki ?
Summer MF   Stathis Triantafyllidis   Kavala 6 million Dr.
Summer FW   Christos Dimopoulos   Panetolikos 5.4 million Dr.
Players transferred out
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer FW   Kostas Orfanos   Olympiacos 21 million Dr.

Kit edit

Pre-season edit

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  Win   Draw   Loss

26 July 1980 Friendly Trikala 1–2 PAOK Trikala
Lagaras   43' Koudas   19'
Guerino   85'
Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
10 August 1980 Friendly AEL 2–1 PAOK Larissa
Spasovski   58' (pen.)
Golantas   83'
Sarafis   86' (pen.) Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
13 August 1980 Friendly Kavala 1–2 PAOK Kavala
Kakalis   23' Anastasiadis   30'
Dimopoulos   75'
Stadium: Kavala Stadium
Referee: Mantalos
18 August 1980 Friendly PAOK 1–2 Aris Thessaloniki
Anastasiadis   41' Mokalis   28'
Kouis   59'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
20 August 1980 Friendly Pierikos 1–1 PAOK Katerini
Mischos   47' Koudas   79' Stadium: Katerini Stadium
Referee: Vasileiadis
24 August 1980 Friendly Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK Piraeus
Orfanos   11' (pen.)
Ahlström   88'
Kermanidis   54' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Vourakis
27 August 1980 Friendly AEK 0–0 PAOK Athens
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 11,994
Referee: Fakis
31 August 1980 Friendly Panachaiki 3–1 PAOK Patras
Davourlis   22'
Spentzopoulos   75', 86'
Kermanidis   3' Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 34 15 12 7 52 31 +21 044.12
Greek Cup 9 7 1 1 19 8 +11 077.78
Total 43 22 13 8 71 39 +32 051.16

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics edit

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
  Gyula Lóránt Start of season 31.05.1981 38 19 12 7 62 33 +29 050.00
  Aristarchos Fountoukidis (Interim) 03.06.1981 End of season 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 060.00

Alpha Ethniki edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 AEK Athens 34 17 10 7 63 42 +21 44
3 Aris 34 16 11 7 57 33 +24 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 PAOK 34 15 12 7 52 31 +21 42 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
5 Panathinaikos 34 13 13 8 44 21 +23 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 AEL 34 14 9 11 42 40 +2 37
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Olympiacos, winners of 1980–81 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 15 12 7 52 31  +21 57 11 5 1 41 17  +24 4 7 6 11 14  −3

Last updated: 14 June 1981 (1981-06-14).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDLDWDDWLDWDWWWLWDWLWLWWDDDDWWLLWWD
Position1012137765686654444444444444444444444
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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  Win   Draw   Loss

7 September 1980 1 Kastoria 1–1 PAOK Kastoria
Tsironis   39' Anastasiadis   47' Stadium: Kastoria Stadium
14 September 1980 2 PAOK 1–2 AEK Thessaloniki
Sarafis   49' Ardizoglou   24'
Mavros   45'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 36,964
Referee: Vourakis
Note: PAOK played 2 home league games at Kaftanzoglio Stadium and 7 at Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium because Toumba Stadium was closed temporarily due to damage sustained in the June 1978 earthquake.
21 September 1980 3 AEL 0–0 PAOK Larissa
Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 9,704
Referee: Rammos
27 September 1980 4 PAOK 3–0 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
Sarafis   9' (pen.), 33'
Triantafyllidis   56'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 9,887
Referee: Vourakis
5 October 1980 5 Korinthos 0–0 PAOK Loutraki
Stadium: Thodio Stadium
Attendance: 5,724
Referee: Vlastaris
19 October 1980 6 Panionios 1–1 PAOK Athens
Pathiakakis   64' (pen.) Kermanidis   61' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 11,064
Referee: Argyriou
26 October 1980 7 PAOK 4–2 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Koudas   15', 62'
Vasilakos   26'
Alexandridis   77'
Delikaris   64'
Andreuchi   85'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 18,131
2 November 1980 8 PAS Giannina 2–1 PAOK Ioannina
Liakos   48'
Papazoglou   69'
Koudas   2' Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 5,637
9 November 1980 9 PAOK 2–2 Doxa Drama Thessaloniki
Sarafis   20' (pen.)
Pellios   76'
Charalambidis   22'
Strantzalis   39'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 11,833
Referee: Tsouris
16 November 1980 10 Aris 0–1 PAOK Thessaloniki
Kostikos   39' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Mersinis
23 November 1980 11 PAOK 1–1 Ethnikos Thessaloniki
Sarafis   81' (pen.) Mitropoulos   81'
Denev   86' (pen.)
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 13,318
Referee: Voulgaris
30 November 1980 12 OFI 0–2 PAOK Heraklion
Vasilakos   22', 75' Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 4,448
Referee: Nikolitsas
14 December 1980 13 PAOK 2–0 Kavala Thessaloniki
Kermanidis   38'
Petsas   68' (o.g.)
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,768
Referee: Angelidis
21 December 1980 14 PAOK 3–0 Apollon Athens Thessaloniki
Kermanidis   12', 34'
Triantafyllidis   88'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,465
Referee: Karavasilis
28 December 1980 15 Olympiacos 1–0 PAOK Piraeus
Novoselac   21' Gounaris   60' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 35,500
Referee: Ballis
4 January 1981 16 PAOK 2–0 Atromitos Thessaloniki
Kermanidis   61', 86' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 7,997
11 January 1981 17 Panserraikos 1–1 PAOK Serres
Anastasiadis   14'
Papadimitriou   83'
Guerino   8' (pen.) Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 7,327
Referee: Marinelis
18 January 1981 18 PAOK 3–1 Kastoria Thessaloniki
Kermanidis   19'
Voitsidis   49' (o.g.)
Koudas   75'
Papavasileiou   5' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,340
Referee: Charalabidis
1 February 1981 19 AEK 4–0 PAOK Athens
Manolas   22'
Gesios   26'
Mavros   59'
Vlachos   66'
Bajević   68'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 21,973
Referee: Loutridis
8 February 1981 20 PAOK 5–1 AEL Thessaloniki
Siggas   26'
Kostikos   46' (pen.), pen.'
Kermanidis   80'
Charalabidis   2' (pen.) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 12,230
Referee: Germanakos
18 February 1981 21 Panachaiki 2–0 PAOK Patras
Psarras   11'
Kizas   88' (pen.)
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 5,544
Referee: Ballis
22 February 1981 22 PAOK 4–2 Korinthos Thessaloniki
Koudas   5', 36'
Kostikos   53' (pen.)
Kermanidis   56'
Togias   41'
Gerothodoros   65' (pen.)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,182
Referee: Koukoulakis
1 March 1981 23 PAOK 4–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
Kostikos   4', 19', 81'
Koudas   20'
Apostolidis   79' (o.g.) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,395
22 March 1981 24 Panathinaikos 0–0 PAOK Athens
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 11,086
Referee: Angelidis
29 March 1981 25 PAOK 1–1 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
Kostikos   49' (pen.) Siggas   77' (o.g.) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,528
Referee: Pantzalis
5 April 1981 26 Doxa Drama 0–0 PAOK Drama
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Referee: Dedes
12 April 1981 27 PAOK 1–1 Aris Thessaloniki
Siggas   77' Zindros   75' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 28,157
Referee: Vourakis
19 April 1981 28 Ethnikos 0–2 PAOK Piraeus
Siggas   6'
Guerino   45'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 10,683
Referee: Koutoulas
10 May 1981 29 PAOK 1–0 OFI Thessaloniki
Kostikos   58' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Saraliotis
17 May 1981 30 Kavala 1–0 PAOK Kavala
Filippidis   35' Stadium: Kavala Stadium
Attendance: 4,087
24 May 1981 31 Apollon Athens 1–0 PAOK Athens
Tsiggoulis   38' Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 1,897
31 May 1981 32 PAOK 1–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Kostikos   30'
Vasilakos   67'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,359
Referee: Fakis
Note: PAOK manager Gyula Lóránt suffered a heart attack in the 16th minute of the game and died at the bench.
7 June 1981 33 Atromitos 0–2 PAOK Athens
Triantafyllidis   23'
Dimopoulos   57'
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
14 June 1981 34 PAOK 3–3 Panserraikos Thessaloniki
Dimopoulos   13'
Alexandridis   48', 65'
Pantazis   14', 68'
Georgiadis   20'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,547

Greek Cup edit

First round edit

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29 October 1980 Niki Volos 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
PAOK Nea Ionia
Krallis   30' Vasilakos   52' Referee: Pantzalis
Penalties
Dimou  
Fygetakis  
Krallis  
Stamoulakis  
Zagavieros  
  Vasilakos
  Pellios
  Gounaris
  Kermanidis
  Alexandridis
Note: Nobody undrerstood why the referee allowed the 5th penalty of PAOK to be taken as PAOK had already won.

Second round edit

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17 December 1980 Veria 0–2 PAOK Veria
Georgopoulos   61'
Alexandridis   75'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 6,589

Third round edit

6 January 1981 1st leg PAOK 2–1 Olympiacos Volos Thessaloniki
Kermanidis   5'
Sarafis   38'
Trichias   51' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
4 February 1981 2nd leg Olympiacos Volos 1–2
(2–4 agg.)
PAOK Volos
Kouloglou   25' Damanakis   4'
Kermanidis   55'
Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium
Referee: Giannakoudakis

Quarter-finals edit

13 May 1981 1st leg PAOK 5–0 Ethnikos Asteras Thessaloniki
Kermanidis   15'
Kostikos   25' (pen.)
Koudas   52', 64'
Vasilakos   88'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 2,441
27 May 1981 2nd leg Ethnikos Asteras 2–3
(2–8 agg.)
PAOK Athens
Michelis   80'
Lykoudis   82'
Apostolidis   35'
Georgopoulos   44'
Triantafyllidis   78'
Stadium: Kesariani Stadium
Referee: Lagogiannis

Semi-finals edit

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3 June 1981 1st leg PAOK 1–0 AEK Thessaloniki
Kostikos   38' (pen.) Ardizoglou   80' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 26,674
Referee: Dedes
10 June 1981 2nd leg AEK 0–2
(0–3 agg.)
PAOK Chalkida
Damanakis   52'
Georgopoulos   81'
Stadium: Chalkida Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 12,736
Referee: Vardakas
Note: Match held at Chalkida because AEK had a stadium ban for the eventful match against Aris in the previous round.

Final edit

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21 June 1981 Olympiacos 3–1 PAOK Athens
Damanakis   18' (o.g.)
Orfanos   61'
Kousoulakis   90'
Damanakis   63' Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 30,512
Referee: Zlatanos

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of June 21, 1981

Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.

No. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
  Mladen Furtula 31 0 8 0 39 0
  Apostolos Filis 4 0 2 0 6 0
Defenders
  Ioannis Gounaris 33 0 7 0 40 0
  Kostas Iosifidis 31 0 9 0 40 0
  József Salomon 28 0 8 0 36 0
  Theodoros Apostolidis 22 0 5 1 27 1
  Nikos Alavantas 12 0 2 0 14 0
  Filotas Pellios 11 1 1 0 12 1
  Apostolos Tsourelas 2 0 0 0 2 0
Midfielders
  Giorgos Koudas 31 8 7 2 38 10
  Ioannis Damanakis 25 0 8 3 33 3
  Thomas Siggas 25 3 7 0 32 3
  Vassilis Vasilakos 22 4 7 2 29 6
  Vasilis Georgopoulos 21 0 8 3 29 3
  Stavros Sarafis 17 5 3 1 20 6
  Stathis Triantafyllidis 14 3 5 1 19 4
  Kyriakos Alexandridis 10 3 3 1 13 4
  Angelos Anastasiadis 5 1 0 0 5 1
Forwards
  Panagiotis Kermanidis 34 9 9 3 43 12
  Neto Guerino 26 2 7 0 33 2
  Giorgos Kostikos 24 9 8 2 32 11
  Christos Dimopoulos 4 2 2 0 6 2

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 FW   Panagiotis Kermanidis 9 3 12
2 FW   Giorgos Kostikos 9 2 11
3 MF   Giorgos Koudas 8 2 10
4 MF   Stavros Sarafis 5 1 6
MF   Vassilis Vasilakos 4 2 6
6 MF   Stathis Triantafyllidis 3 1 4
MF   Kyriakos Alexandridis 3 1 4
8 MF   Thomas Siggas 3 0 3
MF   Ioannis Damanakis 0 3 3
MF   Vasilis Georgopoulos 0 3 3
11 FW   Neto Guerino 2 0 2
FW   Christos Dimopoulos 2 0 2
13 DF   Filotas Pellios 1 0 1
MF   Angelos Anastasiadis 1 0 1
DF   Theodoros Apostolidis 0 1 1
Own goals 2 0 2
TOTALS 52 19 71

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links edit

References edit

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