1996–97 PAOK FC season

The 1996–97 season was PAOK Football Club's 70th in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in third round.

PAOK
1996–97 season
PresidentGreece Giorgos Kalyvas
Greece Giorgos Batatoudis
ManagerSweden Gunder Bengtsson
Greece Christos Archontidis
Greece Angelos Anastasiadis
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki4th
Greek CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
All:
Frantzeskos (16)
Highest home attendance35,850 vs Olympiacos

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   GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos
GK   GRE Vangelis Pourliotopoulos
GK   GRE Asterios Themelis

DF   GRE Tasos Tasiopoulos
DF   GRE Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos
DF   GRE Panagiotis Katsouris
DF   GRE Nikos Kolompourdas
DF   GRE Panagiotis Sidiropoulos
DF   ROU Ionel Pârvu
DF   RUS Andrey Chernyshov
DF   GRE Alexis Alexiou
DF   GRE Makis Chavos
DF   GRE Nikos Panagiotidis
DF   GRE Giorgos Koumaropoulos
DF   AUS Joe Palatsides
DF   GRE Vangelis Nastos
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   GRE Charalampos Nikolaou
DF   GRE Panagiotis Karametaxas

MF   GRE Theodoros Zagorakis (captain)
MF   GRE Giorgos Toursounidis
MF   GRE Achilleas Zafiriou
MF   GRE Kostas Frantzeskos
MF   GRE Spyros Marangos
MF   POL Leszek Pisz
MF   GRE Giorgos Hatzizisis
MF   GRE Pantelis Kafes

FW   GRE Zisis Vryzas
FW   GRE Paraschos Zouboulis
FW   POL Robert Dymkowski
FW   AUS John Anastasiadis
FW   GRE Antonis Gioukoudis
FW   GRE Kostas Inebolidis

Transfers edit

Players transferred in
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer DF   Vangelis Nastos   PAOK U20
Summer DF   Panagiotis Karametaxas   Apollon Chrysochoriou ?
Summer DF   Charalampos Nikolaou   AEL ?
Summer DF   Tasos Tasiopoulos   Athinaikos ?
Summer DF   Nikos Kolompourdas   Köln II Free
Summer DF   Panagiotis Katsouris   Naoussa ?
Summer DF   Andrey Chernyshov   Sturm Graz ?
Summer MF   Leszek Pisz   Legia Warsaw ?
Summer MF   Giorgos Hatzizisis   Eordaikos ?
Summer FW   Zisis Vryzas   Xanthi 250 million Dr.
Summer FW   Robert Dymkowski   Pogoń Szczecin Loan
Winter GK   Asterios Themelis   Anagennisi Kolindros Loan Return
Winter DF   Joe Palatsides   Apollon Kalamaria ?
Winter DF   Panagiotis Sidiropoulos   Ionikos ?
Winter DF   Ionel Pârvu   Steaua București ?
Winter MF   Kostas Frantzeskos   OFI 100 million Dr.
Winter MF   Spyros Marangos   Panathinaikos ?
Winter MF   Pantelis Kafes   Pontioi Veria ?
Winter FW   Kostas Inebolidis   Aetos Skydra ?
Players transferred out
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK   Asterios Themelis   Anagennisi Kolindros Loan
Summer DF   Giannis Tsoraklidis   Poseidon Michaniona Loan
Summer DF   Giannis Voltezos   Kastoria Free
Summer MF   Giannis Antonas   Panionios Free
Summer MF   Giotis Tsalouchidis   Veria Free
Summer MF   Jesper Johansen   K. Beerschot V.A.C. Free
Summer MF   Maurice van Ham   Beveren End of loan
Summer MF   Goran Aleksić   Créteil Free
Summer FW   Miroslav Jović   Energie Cottbus Free
Summer FW   Dimitris Nolis   Kastoria Free
Winter DF   Alexis Alexiou   Apollon Kalamaria Free
Winter DF   Makis Chavos   Xanthi Free
Winter DF   Andrey Chernyshov   Greuther Fürth Free
Winter MF   Leszek Pisz   Kavala Free

Kit edit

Pre-season edit

[1][2][3]

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 July 1996 Friendly Thayngen 0–3 PAOK Germany
Vryzas      
26 July 1996 Friendly Thayngen 0–2 PAOK Germany
2 August 1996 Friendly Ehingen 1–3 PAOK Germany
  40' Karametaxas   20'
Dymkowski  
Tasiopoulos  
5 August 1996 Friendly PAOK 3–0 Leicester City Thessaloniki
Zouboulis   3', 65'
Vryzas   76'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Papadopoulos
8 August 1996 Friendly PAOK 1–0 Xanthi Thessaloniki
Zouboulis   5' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
14 August 1996 Friendly Veria 1–2 PAOK Veria
Katsavos   20' Troupkos   6' (o.g.)
Dymkowski   30'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: Tevekelis
21 August 1996 Friendly Edessaikos 2–3 PAOK Edessa
Kolev   38' (pen.)
Georgopoulos   70'
Kapetanopoulos   6'
Gioukoudis   52'
Zouboulis   56'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Referee: Aggelakis
26 August 1996 Friendly AEK 3–1 PAOK Athens
Toursounidis   56' (o.g.)
Kostis   59'
Nikolaidis   67'
Vryzas   50' Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
28 August 1996 Friendly Doxa Drama 2–0 PAOK Drama
Kiosses   24'
Tavlaridis   82'
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Referee: Mintiouris
2 September 1996 Friendly Aris 0–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Zachariadis
Note: Game length was 45 minutes.
2 September 1996 Friendly Iraklis 3–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Jovanović   35' (pen.)
Mirtsekis   40'
Lagonidis   44'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Papachintzios
Note: Game length was 45 minutes.

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 34 19 9 6 53 28 +25 055.88
Greek Cup 4 2 0 2 9 6 +3 050.00
Total 38 21 9 8 62 34 +28 055.26

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics edit

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
  Gunder Bengtsson Start of season 01.12.1996 13 5 4 4 15 15 +0 038.46
  Christos Archontidis 08.12.1996 02.02.1997 10 3 4 3 10 9 +1 030.00
  Angelos Anastasiadis 09.02.1997 End of season 15 13 1 1 37 10 +27 086.67

Alpha Ethniki edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 AEK Athens 34 22 6 6 75 28 +47 72 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 OFI 34 20 6 8 51 28 +23 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 19 9 6 53 28 +25 66
5 Panathinaikos 34 20 4 10 60 25 +35 64
6 Kavala 34 16 7 11 42 43 −1 55
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

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 19 9 6 53 28  +25 66 12 5 0 32 6  +26 7 4 6 21 22  −1

Last updated: 25 May 1997 (1997-05-25).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultLWDDWLDDWLDDLDDWWWLWWWWWWLWWWDWWWW
Position1588999910710101111111111979766665555555544
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 September 1996 1 OFI 3–1 PAOK Heraklion
Anastasiou   24'
Frantzeskos   35'   49'
Moutas   68'
Dymkowski   90' Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Referee: Begos
14 September 1996 2 PAOK 2–0 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Toursounidis   27' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,720
Referee: Papachintzios
29 September 1996 3 Kalamata 0–0 PAOK Kalamata
Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,722
Referee: Papadakos
14 October 1996 4 Apollon Athens 0–0 PAOK Athens
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Chatzis
20 October 1996 5 PAOK 1–0 Athinaikos Thessaloniki
Katsouris   58' Gino   77' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,776
Referee: Papatriantafyllou
27 October 1996 6 Panachaiki 2–0 PAOK Patras
Savvidis   8', 59' Chernyshov   78' Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
3 November 1996 7 PAOK 1–1 Edessaikos Thessaloniki
Vryzas   55' Andreadis   34' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,131
Referee: Velliodis
18 November 1996 8 Aris 0–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Kapetanopoulos   17' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 11,462
Referee: Vellios
24 November 1996 9 PAOK 2–0 Ionikos Thessaloniki
Toursounidis   43' (pen.)
Vryzas   45'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Varouchas
1 December 1996 10 Panathinaikos 5–0 PAOK Athens
Warzycha   7', 62', 65'
Goumas   37'
Nasiopoulos   70'
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 4,873
8 December 1996 11 PAOK 0–0 Veria Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,112
15 December 1996 12 PAOK 1–1 Paniliakos Thessaloniki
Toursounidis   82' (pen.)
Panagiotidis   90'
Strantzalis   40'
Papadopoulos   68'
Barnjak   90'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,316
Referee: Kaznaferis
22 December 1996 13 Olympiacos 1–0 PAOK Piraeus
Karapialis   55' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 14,694
Referee: Chatzis
5 January 1997 14 PAOK 0–0 AEK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,056
Referee: Borovilos
11 January 1997 15 Xanthi 1–1 PAOK Xanthi
Teggelidis   11'   45'
Samaras   88'
Frantzeskos   53'   71'
Hatzizisis   83'
Stadium: Xanthi Ground
Attendance: 3,475
Referee: Fasolis
15 January 1997 16 PAOK 3–0 Kavala Thessaloniki
Vryzas   16'
Frantzeskos   29'
Zouboulis   50'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,412
Referee: Giannadakis
19 January 1997 17 Kastoria 1–2 PAOK Kastoria
Duda   80' Frantzeskos   50', 54' Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Attendance: 5,114
Referee: Varouchas
26 January 1997 18 PAOK 2–1 OFI Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos   30', 72' Marinakis   89' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Varouchas
2 February 1997 19 Iraklis 2–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Kofidis   7'
Gonias   67' (pen.)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 14,460
Referee: Vellios
9 February 1997 20 PAOK 2–0 Kalamata Thessaloniki
Toursounidis   48' (pen.)
Pârvu   51'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,474
Referee: Psychomanis
16 February 1997 21 PAOK 3–1 Apollon Athens Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos   7'
Tasiopoulos   72'
Inebolidis   83'
Damigos   87' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,381
Referee: Mintiouris
24 February 1997 22 Athinaikos 2–3 PAOK Athens
Sabbadini   16'
Velis   27'
Frantzeskos   45'
Sidiropoulos   56'
Vryzas   57'
Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium
Referee: Kalathenos
2 March 1997 23 PAOK 2–0 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
Marangos   45', 84' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,576
9 March 1997 24 Edessaikos 1–4 PAOK Edessa
Samolis   27'
Kryos   79'
Frantzeskos   24'
Marangos   32'
Zagorakis   63'
Kolompourdas   88'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Attendance: 7,155
Referee: Douros
16 March 1997 25 PAOK 2–1 Aris Thessaloniki
Vryzas   70', 75' Mavrogenidis   82' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 28,038
Referee: Kaznaferis
22 March 1997 26 Ionikos 2–1 PAOK Piraeus
Filis   28'
Brewster   55'
Dymkowski   63' Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 2,021
26 March 1997 27 PAOK 1–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos   87' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,110
6 April 1997 28 Veria 1–2 PAOK Veria
Troupkos   45' Tasiopoulos   44'
Kapetanopoulos   72'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 5,844
13 April 1997 29 Paniliakos 0–2 PAOK Pyrgos
Marangos   12'
Gitsis   28' (o.g.)
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Referee: Chatzistavridis
20 April 1997 30 PAOK 0–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Sidiropoulos   56' Dabizas   90' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 35,850
Referee: Kalathenos
4 May 1997 31 AEK 1–2 PAOK Athens
Kostis   90' Zouboulis   23'
Vryzas   59'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 11,250
Referee: Douros
11 May 1997 32 PAOK 4–1 Xanthi Thessaloniki
Zouboulis   12', 88'
Frantzeskos   63', 80'
Sebwe   89' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,143
18 May 1997 33 Kavala 0–3 PAOK Kavala
Toursounidis   48' (pen.)
Frantzeskos   62'
Zouboulis   75'
Stadium: Kavala Stadium
Attendance: 7,527
Referee: Bikas
25 May 1997 34 PAOK 6–0 Kastoria Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos   12', 36', 54'
Vryzas   19', 28'
Zagorakis   86'
Nolis   70' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,129
Referee: Papapetrou

Greek Cup edit

Third round edit

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2 October 1996 1st leg PAOK 4–0 Panionios Thessaloniki
Alexiou   29'
Toursounidis   34' (pen.)
Pisz   40'
Katsouris   79'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Vellios
14 November 1996 2nd leg Panionios 2–3
(2–7 agg.)
PAOK Athens
Sapountzis   84'
Mantzios   85'
Zouboulis   19', 65'
Dymkowski   43'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

Round of 16 edit

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27 November 1996 1st leg PAOK 1–2 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Zouboulis   19'
Vryzas   23'   28'
Alexandris   52'
Đorđević   73' (pen.)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 20,498
Referee: Psychomanis
11 December 1996 2nd leg Olympiacos 2–1
(4–2 agg.)
PAOK Piraeus
Alexandris   40', 59' Tasiopoulos   41' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 4,503
Referee: Vorgias

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of May 25, 1997

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
  Nikolaos Michopoulos 34 0 4 0 38 0
  Vangelis Pourliotopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
  Tasos Tasiopoulos 31 2 4 1 35 3
  Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 29 1 4 0 33 1
  Panagiotis Katsouris 21 1 3 1 24 2
  Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 18 1 0 0 18 1
  Ionel Pârvu 18 1 0 0 18 1
  Nikos Kolompourdas 17 1 0 0 17 1
  Alexis Alexiou 11 0 2 1 13 1
  Andrey Chernyshov 7 0 3 0 10 0
  Makis Chavos 7 0 2 0 9 0
  Nikos Panagiotidis 7 0 1 0 8 0
  Giorgos Koumaropoulos 5 0 2 0 7 0
  Joe Palatsides 4 0 0 0 4 0
  Charalampos Nikolaou 2 0 1 0 3 0
  Vangelis Nastos 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Panagiotis Karametaxas 1 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
  Theodoros Zagorakis 32 2 3 0 35 2
  Giorgos Toursounidis 31 6 3 1 34 7
  Achilleas Zafiriou 25 0 3 0 28 0
  Kostas Frantzeskos 20 16 0 0 20 16
  Spyros Marangos 20 4 0 0 20 4
  Giorgos Hatzizisis 16 0 2 0 18 0
  Leszek Pisz 11 0 4 1 15 1
  Pantelis Kafes 3 0 0 0 3 0
Forwards
  Zisis Vryzas 31 9 2 0 33 9
  Paraschos Zouboulis 25 5 2 3 27 8
  Robert Dymkowski 16 2 4 1 20 3
  John Anastasiadis 9 0 3 0 12 0
  Antonis Gioukoudis 8 0 2 0 10 0
  Kostas Inebolidis 6 1 0 0 6 1

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 MF   Kostas Frantzeskos 16 0 16
2 FW   Zisis Vryzas 9 0 9
3 FW   Paraschos Zouboulis 5 3 8
4 MF   Giorgos Toursounidis 6 1 7
5 MF   Spyros Marangos 4 0 4
6 DF   Tasos Tasiopoulos 2 1 3
FW   Robert Dymkowski 2 1 3
8 MF   Theodoros Zagorakis 2 0 2
DF   Panagiotis Katsouris 1 1 2
10 DF   Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 1 0 1
DF   Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 1 0 1
DF   Nikos Kolompourdas 1 0 1
DF   Ionel Pârvu 1 0 1
FW   Kostas Inebolidis 1 0 1
DF   Alexis Alexiou 0 1 1
MF   Leszek Pisz 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
TOTALS 53 9 62

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links edit

References edit

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