2017–18 PAOK FC season

The 2017–18 season was PAOK Football Club's 92nd in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The season was marked by two derby matches (vs Olympiacos on 25 February and vs AEK on 11 March) that were awarded against PAOK by court decision. The team defended their Greek Cup title won in 2017 and also competed in UEFA Europa League.

PAOK
2017–18 season
PresidentIvan Savvidis
ManagerRăzvan Lucescu
StadiumToumba Stadium
Super League2nd
Greek CupWinners
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Aleksandar Prijović (19)

All:
Aleksandar Prijović (27)

Coaching staff edit

 
This is Răzvan Lucescu's first season with PAOK.
Position Staff
Head Coach   Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant manager   Diego Longo
Assistant manager   Cristiano Bacci
Team Manager   Pantelis Konstantinidis
Goalkeeping coach   Giorgos Skiatitis
Head Gymnast Rehabilitation   Georgios Tsonakas
Gymnast Rehabilitation   Vasilios Kanaras
Fitness Coach   Matteo Spatafora
Data Analyst (Vis-Track)   Kyriakos Tsitsiridis
Opponent Analysis   Ioannis Thomaidis
Head of Medical Services   Emmanouil Papakostas
Club's Doctor   Kostas Tziantzis
Exercise Physiology   Giorgos Ziogas
Nutritionist   Ioanna Paspala
Physiotherapist   Petros Nikolakoudis
Physiotherapist   Nikolaos Tsirelas
Physiotherapist   Athanasios Kapoulas
Physiotherapist   Nikolaos Gagalis
Physiotherapist   Nikolaos Mouratidis
Academy's Technical Director   Daniel Bigas Alsina

Last updated: 18 August 2017
Source: PAOK F.C.

Other information edit

 
Toumba Stadium
Owner Dimera Group Limited
Chairman     Ivan Savvidis
Vice President & CEO   Chrisostomos Gagatsis
Technical Director   Ľuboš Micheľ
Members     Giorgos Savvidis
  Maria Goncharova
  Artur Davidyan
  Dimokratis Papadopoulos
  Ilias Gerontidis
Consultant of Football   Giorgos Koudas
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toumba Stadium (28,701 / 106×71 metres)
Training Ground PAOK Sport Center[1]

Source: PAOK F.C.

Players edit

Squad information edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK   Rodrigo Rey 33 EU 2017 18 0 2021 €1.5M Second nationality: Italy
3 RWB   Léo Matos (Vice-captain) 37 Non-EU 2016 85 14 2021
5 CB   Fernando Varela 36 EU 2016 74 3 2019 €1.4M Second nationality: Portugal
6 DF   Dorian Lévêque 34 EU 2017 1 0 2020
7 AM   Omar El Kaddouri 33 EU 2017 21 2 2021 €1.3M Second nationality: Belgium
8 MF   Maurício 35 Non-EU 2017 27 4 2020
9 CF   Aleksandar Prijović (Vice-captain) 33 EU 2017 59 37 2022 €1.9M
10 FW   Djalma Campos 36 EU 2016 76 12 2019 Second nationality: Portugal
13 CB   Stelios Malezas (captain) 39 EU 2005/2015 236 5 2018 €0.10M
15 CB   José Ángel Crespo (Vice-captain) 37 EU 2016 80 3 2019
16 DF   Marko Mihojević 27 EU 2018 1 0 2020
18 LW   Dimitris Limnios 25 EU 2017 31 1 2021 €0.80M
20 CF   Efthimis Koulouris 28 EU 2009 83 14 2021 PAOK U20
21 FW   Diego Biseswar 36 EU 2016 76 10 2019
28 CM   Yevhen Shakhov 33 Non-EU 2016 77 16 2019
29 MF   Róbert Mak 33 EU 2014/2017 116 33 2018
30 DF   Márcio Azevedo 38 Non-EU 2018 7 0 2018
31 GK   Alexandros Paschalakis 34 EU 2017 24 0 2020
41 FB   Panagiotis Deligiannidis 27 EU 2012 12 1 2020 PAOK U20
44 CB   Achilleas Poungouras 28 EU 2012 12 0 2019 PAOK U20
71 GK   Panagiotis Glykos (Vice-captain) 37 EU 2007 165 0 2019
75 MF   Thibault Moulin 34 EU 2018 3 0 2021 €1.3M
77 FW   Dimitris Pelkas (Vice-captain) 30 EU 2007 126 29 2021 PAOK U20
87 DM   José Cañas 36 EU 2016 64 2 2019
88 DF   Vieirinha (Vice-captain) 38 EU 2008/2017 155 30 2020 €1M
99 GK   Marios Siampanis 24 EU 2015 3 0 2019 PAOK U20

Players in edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
18 LW   Dimitris Limnios 25 EU   Atromitos Transfer Summer 2021 €0.80M [2]
6 DF   Dorian Lévêque 34 EU   Guingamp Free transfer Summer 2020 Free [3]
22 DF   Dimitris Konstantinidis 29 EU   Omonia Loan return Summer 2019 Free [4]
30 GK   Nikos Melissas 31 EU   Sparta Loan return Summer 2020 Free [5]
34 MF   Nikos Korovesis 32 EU   PAS Giannina Loan return Summer 2018 Free [6]
19 FW   Jairo 31 Non-EU   PAS Giannina Loan return Summer 2019 Free [7]
93 MF   Terry Antonis 30 EU   Western Sydney Wanderers Loan return Summer 2018 Free [7]
90 DF   Dimitris Giannoulis 28 EU   Anorthosis Loan return Summer 2020 Free [8]
29 MF   Róbert Mak 33 EU   Zenit Saint Petersburg Loan Summer 2018 Free [9]
1 GK   Rodrigo Rey 33 EU   Godoy Cruz Transfer Summer 2021 €1.5M [10]
31 GK   Alexandros Paschalakis 34 EU   PAS Giannina Free transfer Summer 2018 Free [11]
7 AM   Omar El Kaddouri 33 EU   Empoli Transfer Summer 2021 €1.3M [12]
8 MF   Maurício 35 Non-EU   Zenit Saint Petersburg Free transfer Summer 2020 Free [13]
88 MF   Vieirinha 38 EU   VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer 2020 €1M [14]
2 DF   Carlos Zambrano 34 EU   Rubin Kazan Loan Summer 2018 ? [15]
30 DF   Márcio Azevedo 38 Non-EU   Shakhtar Donetsk Loan Winter 2018 [16]
MF   Thibault Moulin 34 EU   Legia Warsaw Transfer Winter 2021 €1.3M [17]
DF   Marko Mihojević 27 EU   FK Sarajevo Transfer Winter 2021 €500k [18]

Total spending:   €6.40M

Players out edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
70 RB   Stelios Kitsiou 30 EU   Sint-Truidense Loan Summer Free [19]
8 MF   Charis Charisis 29 EU   Sint-Truidense Loan Summer Free [19]
90 DF   Dimitris Giannoulis 28 EU   Atromitos Loan Summer Free
5 DF   Dimitris Chatziisaias 31 EU   Atromitos Loan Summer Free [20]
14 FW   Facundo Pereyra 36 Non-EU Released Summer Free [21]
93 MF   Terry Antonis 30 EU   Venlo Free transfer Summer Free [22]
34 MF   Nikos Korovesis 32 EU   Platanias Free transfer Summer Free [23]
19 FW   Jairo 31 Non-EU   Sheriff Tiraspol Loan Summer Free [24]
30 GK   Nikos Melissas 31 EU   PAS Lamia Loan Summer Free [25]
33 CF   Stefanos Athanasiadis 35 EU   Maccabi Haifa Free transfer Summer Free [26]
7 FW   Amr Warda 30 Non-EU   Atromitos Loan Summer Free [27]
11 FW   Pedro Henrique Konzen 33 Non-EU   Qarabağ Loan with option to buy (€5m) Summer €500k
16 MF   Gojko Cimirot 31 EU   Standard Liège Transfer Winter €2.5M [28]
2 DF   Carlos Zambrano 34 EU   Rubin Kazan End of Loan Winter [29]
22 RB   Dimitris Konstantinidis 29 EU   Brescia Free transfer Winter Free [30]
26 DM   Ergys Kaçe 30 EU   Panathinaikos Loan with option to buy Winter Free [31]
27 FW   Giannis Mystakidis 29 EU   Panathinaikos Loan Winter Free [32]
4 LB   Marin Leovac 35 EU   Rijeka Loan with option to buy Winter Free [33]
23 GK   Željko Brkić 37 EU Contract termination Winter Free [34]

  Total Income: €3M
Net income:   €3.4M

Pre-season edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 July 2017 Friendly Tubize   0–4   PAOK Horst, Netherlands
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report   12' Prijović
  35' Henrique
  66' Biseswar
  79' (pen.) Koulouris
  82' Kaçe
Stadium: Molenstraat, Swolgen
7 July 2017 Friendly Gent   2–0   PAOK Horst, Netherlands
17:00 EET UTC+03:00 Matton   31'
Mamadou Sylla   86'
Club report Stadium: Molenstraat, Swolgen
12 July 2017 Friendly VVV-Venlo   0–1   PAOK Arnhem, Netherlands
18:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report   25' Malezas
  70' Prijović
  86' Crespo
Stadium: Marasingel, Arnhem
15 July 2017 Friendly Ajax   4–2   PAOK Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 EET UTC+03:00 Mazraoui   5'
Huntelaar   26'
Cassierra   66'
Flemming   89'
Club report   38' Varela
  51' Prijović
Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst
21 July 2017 Friendly PAOK   2–0   Anorthosis Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EET UTC+03:00 Djalma   10'
Prijović   16'
Matos   70'
Club report   29' Carlitos
  78' Schildenfeld
  90' João Victor
Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
8 August 2017 Friendly PAOK   1–1   PAS Giannina Thessaloniki, Greece
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Prijović   1' Club report   19' Nikolias Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Koula Hasan
9 August 2017 Friendly PAOK   0–1   Lamia Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report   89' Tsoukalos Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Athanasios Sezos
2 September 2017 Friendly Volos N.F.C.   4–2   PAOK Volos, Greece
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Iliopoulos   11'
Pitu Garcia   17'
Matzis   38'
Demirtzoglou   90'
Club report   20' El Kaddouri
  77' Gargalatzidis
Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 20 August 2017 6 May 2018 Matchday 1 Runner up 30 21 4 5 59 19 +40 070.00
Greek Cup 20 September 2017 12 May 2018 Group stage Winners 10 10 0 0 28 6 +22 100.00
UEFA Europa League 27 July 2017 24 August 2017 Third qualifying round Play-off round 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 050.00
Total 44 33 5 6 93 29 +64 075.00

Last updated: 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics edit

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
  Aleksandar Stanojević Start Season (16.06.2017) 11.08.2017 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 050.00
  Răzvan Lucescu 11.08.2017 Present 41 33 4 4 91 22 +69 080.49

Super League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 30 21 7 2 50 12 +38 70 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 21 4 5 59 19 +40 64[a] Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Olympiacos 30 18 6 6 63 28 +35 57[b] Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 11 4 43 21 +22 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Asteras Tripolis 30 12 9 9 39 24 +15 45[c]
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[37]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.[35]
  2. ^ Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.[36]
  3. ^ Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.

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
30 21 4 5 59 19  +40 67 13 0 2 36 10  +26 8 4 3 23 9  +14

Note: PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDWDWWDWLWLWDWWWWWWWWWWLLLWWWWW
Position1055432122323333332111112222222
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches edit

20 August 2017 1 Levadiakos 0–0 PAOK Livadeia
19:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Niasse   26'
Tripotseris   32'
Adilehou   45'
Brandão   65'
Report   2' Malezas
  52' Mak
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1.161
Referee: Stavros Mantalos
27 August 2017 2 PAOK 3–1 Kerkyra Thessaloniki
19:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Prijović   41'
Shakhov   45+1'
Pelkas   54'
Mak   59'
Kaçe   90+3'
Report   45+2' (pen.) Nunes
  90+3' Bauman
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras
11 September 2017 3 Apollon Smyrni 0–0 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Juárez   30'   32'
Kontoes   41'
Čović   83'
Report   25' Pelkas
  50' El Kaddouri
  75' Crespo
  84' Kaçe
  87' Maurício
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 1.913
Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras
16 September 2017 4 PAOK 1–0 Panetolikos Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas   71'
Prijović   75'
Report   36' Bejarano
  44' Mihaj
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
24 September 2017 5 PAOK 1–0 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
16:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Prijović   55' Report   24' Mavropanos
  50' Karanikas
  71' Soltani
  84' Chalkiadakis
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
30 September 2017 6 AEL 1–1 PAOK Larissa
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Farkaš   50'
Aganović   66'
Perrone   78'
Andoni   82'
Križman   89'
Report   18' Maurício
  37' Zambrano
  44'   55' Matos
  52' Pelkas
  70' Prijović
  87' Koulouris
Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 4.813
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis
15 October 2017 7 PAOK 4–0 Lamia Thessaloniki
16:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Leovac   10'
Prijović   24', 88'
Pelkas   38'   50'
Shakhov   52'
Maurício   89'
Report Anastasopoulos   58'   71' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
22 October 2017 8 Olympiacos 1–0 PAOK Piraeus
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Cissé   22'
Androutsos   24'
Engels   51'
Ofoe   90+1'
Pardo   90+1'
Report   22' Prijović
  31' Matos
  77' Cimirot
  89' El Kaddouri
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30.250
Referee: Georgios Kominis
30 October 2017 9 PAOK 2–0 Asteras Tripoli Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Maurício   34', 38' Report   29' Tsoukalas
  72' Giannoulis
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis
5 November 2017 10 AEK 1–0 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Araujo   8'
Livaja   10'
Christodoulopoulos   23'
Lopes   67'
Galanopoulos   80'
Anestis   89'
Report   8'   35' Zambrano
  28' Prijović
  45+3' Shakhov
  50' El Kaddouri
  63' Vieirinha
  90+1'   90+1' Biseswar
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,056
20 November 2017 11 PAOK 2–1 Atromitos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vieirinha   45' (pen.)
Fernando Varela   65'
Djalma Campos   71'
Prijović   89'
Rey   90+3'
Report   22' Stefanos Strouggis
  25' Vasilakakis
  30' Diguiny
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee:   Anastasios Papapetrou
26 November 2017 12 Panionios 2–2 PAOK Nea Smyrni, Athens
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Kotnik   40'
Spiridonović   48'
Yeşil   86'   87'
Report   41' (pen.) Koulouris
  90+3' Léo Matos
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,974
Referee:   Anastasios Sidiropoulos
2 December 2017 13 Xanthi 0–3 PAOK Xanthi
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Jorge Casado   24'
Baxevanidis   67'
Svarnas   87'
Report   25' (o.g.) Pablo
  27' José Cañas
  33' Mak
  57' Limnios
  62' José Ángel Crespo
Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 2,876
Referee:   Manolis Skoulas
10 December 2017 14 PAOK 4–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas   8', 51'   9'
Léo Matos   39'
Koulouris   67' (pen.)
Prijović   77'
Mak   79'
Report   23'   66' Insúa
  80' Dioudis
  80' Villafáñez
  81' Kourbelis
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 26,140
Referee:   Dimitrios Styliaras
16 December 2017 15 Platanias 0–1 PAOK Chania, Crete
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vanderson   61'
Stamou   80'
Report   56' Malezas
  84' José Cañas
Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,672
Referee:   Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
6 January 2018 16 PAOK 5–0 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Matos   18'
Campos   48', 59'
Prijović   57', 59' (pen.)
Report   26' Niasse
  26' Belghazouani
  37'   90+4'Tsabouris
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 12.012
Referee:   Aristidis Vatsios
14 January 2018 17 Kerkyra 0–3 PAOK Corfu
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Report   23' Matos
  57' Campos
  78' Pelkas
Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
21 January 2018 18 PAOK 3–0 Apollon Smyrni Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mak   26'
Koné   45+1' (o.g.)
Limnios   83'
Prijović   90+1'
Report   24' Kontoes
  29'   84' Nadales
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Neofutiadis
28 January 2018 19 Panetolikos 0–1 PAOK Agrinio
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Clésio   61'
Marinakis   73'
Vasiloudis   78'
Chantakias   80'
Mihaj   87'
Report   57' Biseswar
  87' (pen.) Prijović
  90' Maurício
  90+3' Shakhov
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Thanos
4 February 2018 20 PAS Giannina 1–3 PAOK Ioannina
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Garoufalias   37'
Conde   71'
Cikarski   78'
Boukouvalas   81'
Report   10' Pelkas
  37' Crespo
  40', 45' Prijović
  90' Shakhov
  90+1' Vieirinha
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiautis
12 February 2018 21 PAOK 3–0 AEL Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Shakhov   12'
Varela   40'
Prijović   49'
Report   45' Fatjon
  69' Deletić
  81' Gojković
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
17 February 2018 22 Lamia 0–2 PAOK Lamia
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Omo   66'
Papadopoulos   87'
Acosta   90+1'
Report   57' Pelkas
  61' Maurício
  88' Limnios
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
25 February 2018 23 PAOK 0–3 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos
Note: Match was suspended before kick-off due to crowd trouble. Olympiacos were awarded a 3–0 win.[38]
4 March 2018 24 Asteras Tripoli 3–2 PAOK Tripoli
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Kyriakopoulos   18'
Triantafyllopoulos   51'
Tonso   53'
Iglesias   62'   90+8'
Dudú   69'
Kaltsas   90+6'
Report   37' Campos
  72' Azevedo
  80' Malezas
  82'   90+7' Prijović
  90+1' Pelkas
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
11 March 2018 25 PAOK 0–3 AEK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Matos   4'
Campos   19'
Crespo   38'
Pelkas   57'
Maurício   86'
Varela   90'
Report   9' Bakasetas
  25' Galo
  54' Araujo
  87' Christodoulopoulos
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Georgios Kominis
Note: Match was suspended at 90th minute with PAOK leading 1–0. AEK were awarded a 3–0 win and PAOK had 3 points deducted (as well as 2 points from next season's championship).[35]
31 March 2018 26 Atromitos 0–2 PAOK Peristeri, Athens
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Risvanis   35'
Bruno   61'
Report   23' Pelkas
  36' Campos
  56' Crespo
  73' Vieirinha
  74' Cañas
  89' Mak
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
14 April 2018 27 PAOK 3–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Shakhov   02'
El Kaddouri   15'
Mak   61'
Prijović   66'
Matos   77'
Report   66'Durmishaj Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras
22 April 2018 28 PAOK 2–1 Xanthi Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Varela   28'
Crespo   50'
Biseswar   68'
Prijović   83'
Koulouris   85'
Report   16' Castro
  16' Jendrišek
  30' Đuričković
  45' Sylla
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios
29 April 2018 29 Panathinaikos 0–3 PAOK Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Fanis Tzandaris   56'
Emanuel Insúa   61'
Luciano   65'
Report   27'   65' Prijović
  38' Leo Matos
  84' Shakhov
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
6 May 2018 30 PAOK 3–0 Platanias Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Dimitris Pelkas   9'   11'
Prijovic   15'   90+3'
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis

Greek Cup edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK LEV APP AIG
1 PAOK 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Round of 16 2–1
2 Levadiakos 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 5–0
3 Apollon Pontou 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 0–1 1–2
4 Aiginiakos 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0 0–5 0–1
Source: epo.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 September 2017 1 PAOK 2–1 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas  40'   41'
Zambrano   44'
Shakhov   71'
Report   44' Belghazouani
  46' Giakoumakis
  64' Kaltsas
  83' Adilehou
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris
25 October 2017 2 Apollon Pontou 0–1 PAOK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Georgiadis   73'
Vergonis   73'
Report   43' Biseswar
  67' Deligiannidis
  90' Mak
Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Referee: Stefanos Koumparakis
29 November 2017 3 Aiginiakos 0–5 PAOK Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Karakostas   33'
Andrikopoulos   38'
Report   5' Limnios
  53', 67' Prijović
  58' Zambrano
  71' El Kaddouri
  82' Shakhov
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Konstantinos Kotsanis (Drama)

Round of 16 edit

19 December 2017 1st leg Trikala 1–5 PAOK Trikala
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Panos   16'
Andreopoulos   18'
Kapos   18'
Report   5', 58' Matos
  45' Deligiannidis
  48'   70' Biseswar
  80' Campos
  90+4' Shakhov
Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
9 January 2018 2nd leg PAOK 2–1
(7–2 agg.)
Trikala Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Crespo   8'
Prijović   78', 90+4' (pen.)
Report   36' Tsiaras
  90+1' Milosavljev
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)

Quarter-finals edit

24 January 2018 First leg PAOK 2–0 Atromitos Thessaloniki
21:45 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas   18'
Matos   24'
Shakhov   86'
Report   7' Kivrakidis
  70' Bušuladžić
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
8 February 2018 Second leg Atromitos 1–3
(1–5 agg.)
PAOK Peristeri, Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Bušuladžić   24'
Vasilakakis   54'
Sakic   60'
Report   30' Shakhov
  68' Cañas
  79' Koulouris
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras

Semi-finals edit

28 February 2018 First leg Panionios 1–3 PAOK Nea Smyrni, Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vlachos   37'
Masouras   52'
Stavropoulos   56'
Korbos   85'
Report   24' Maurício
  34' Prijović
  44' Limnios
  73' Biseswar
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas
17 April 2018 Second leg PAOK 3–1
(6–2 agg.)
Panionios Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Koulouris   21'
Pelkas   68'
Prijović   80' (pen.)
Report   33'   70' Makrillos
  40' Masouras
  45+1' Giorgos Saramantas
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Sezos

Final edit

12 May 2018 Final AEK 0–2 PAOK Athens
20:30 EET Marko Livaja   46'
Anastasios Bakasetas   71'
Vranješ   64'   80'
Kostas Galanopoulos   90'
Report   6' Djalma Campos
  20' Léo Matos
  25' Prijovic
  45+1' José Ángel Crespo
  65'   65' Vieirinha
  80' Mauricio
  90+2'   90+4' Pelkas
  90+4' Fernando Varela
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 35,545
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha

UEFA Europa League edit

Third qualifying round edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 July 2017 First leg Olimpik Donetsk   1–1   PAOK Kyiv, Ukraine
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Bilenkyi   49'
Kravchenko   70'
UEFA Report   53' Shakhov
  59' Henrique
  73' Leovac
Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 2,632
Referee:   Alain Bieri
3 August 2017 Second leg PAOK   2–0
(3–1 agg.)
  Olimpik Donetsk Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mak   24'
Cimirot   45+1'
Leovac   60'
UEFA Report   4' Nyemchaninov
  51' Tsymbalyuk
  58'Kravchenko
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,960
Referee:   Ivaylo Stoyanov

Play-off round edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 August 2017 First leg PAOK   3–1   Östersund Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Rey   21'
Matos   38'
Prijović   77', 88' (pen.)
UEFA Report   21' (pen.) Nouri
  37' Mukiibi
  87' Keita
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: –
Referee:   Bas Nijhuis
24 August 2017 Second leg Östersund   2–0
(3 (a) –3 agg.)
  PAOK Östersund, Sweden
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mukiibi   19'
Pettersson   68'
Ghoddos   71', 77'
Hopcutt   84'
Edwards   90'
Aiesh   90+4'
UEFA Report   20' Matos
  27' Prijović
  70' Pedro Henrique
  77' Cimirot
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Referee:   Paweł Raczkowski

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of 12 May 2018

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

No. Name Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1   Rodrigo Rey 12 0 2 0 4 0 18 0
31   Alexandros Paschalakis 17 0 7 0 0 0 24 0
99   Marios Siampanis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
3   Léo Matos 27 4 7 2 4 1 38 7
5   Fernando Varela 26 2 6 0 4 0 36 2
6   Dorian Lévêque 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13   Stelios Malezas 7 (1) 1 9 0 0 0 16 (1) 1
15   José Ángel Crespo 23 (1) 2 5 (1) 0 4 0 32 (2) 2
16   Marko Mihojević 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30   Márcio Azevedo 4 (3) 0 3 0 0 0 7 (3) 0
41   Panagiotis Deligiannidis 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0
44   Achilleas Poungouras 1 (1) 0 2 0 0 0 3 (1) 0
Midfielders
7   Omar El Kaddouri 18 (4) 1 3 (3) 1 0 0 21 (7) 2
8   Maurício 22 (2) 3 5 1 0 0 27 (2) 4
21   Diego Biseswar 20 (15) 1 8 (2) 2 4 (1) 0 32 (18) 3
28   Yevhen Shakhov 19 (11) 3 10 (3) 5 4 (1) 0 33 (15) 8
34   Georgios Vrakas 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
75   Thibault Moulin 2 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 3 (3) 0
77   Dimitris Pelkas 23 (2) 8 10 (1) 4 3 (3) 0 36 (6) 12
87   José Cañas 15 (1) 0 5 (1) 1 2 0 22 (2) 1
88   Vieirinha 24 (1) 1 5 (2) 1 0 0 29 (3) 2
Forwards
9   Aleksandar Prijović 27 (4) 19 8 (3) 6 4 2 39 (7) 27
10   Djalma Campos 23 (6) 6 5 (4) 1 4 0 32 (10) 7
18   Dimitris Limnios 21 (10) 0 9 1 1 (1) 0 31 (11) 1
20   Efthimis Koulouris 13 (7) 3 7 (3) 2 1 (1) 0 21 (11) 5
29   Róbert Mak 25 (12) 3 7 (2) 1 4 1 36 (14) 5
Players transferred out during the season
33   Stefanos Athanasiadis 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0
11   Pedro Henrique 1 0 0 0 4 (4) 1 5 (4) 1
16   Gojko Cimirot 15 (3) 0 4 0 4 1 23 (3) 1
2   Carlos Zambrano 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
26   Ergys Kaçe 4 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 5 (2) 0
27   Giannis Mystakidis 0 0 2 (2) 0 0 0 2 (2) 0
4   Marin Leovac 9 1 0 0 4 0 13 1

Goalscorers edit

'Match played 12 May 2018.'

Rank No. Pos. Player League Cup Europa League Total
1 9 CF   Aleksandar Prijović 19 6 2 27
2 77 AM   Dimitris Pelkas 8 4 0 12
3 28 MF   Yevhen Shakhov 3 5 0 8
4 10 MF   Djalma Campos 6 1 0 7
5 3 RB   Leo Matos 4 2 1 7
6 20 CF   Efthimis Koulouris 3 2 0 5
7 29 FW   Róbert Mak 3 1 1 5
8 8 MF   Maurício 3 1 0 4
9 21 AMF   Diego Biseswar 1 2 0 3
10 20 CF   José Ángel Crespo 2 0 0 2
11 5 CB   Fernando Varela 2 0 0 2
12 7 MF   Omar El Kaddouri 1 1 0 2
13 88 MF   Vieirinha 1 1 0 2
14 13 CB   Stelios Malezas 1 0 0 1
15 4 LB   Marin Leovac 1 0 0 1
16 18 FW   Dimitris Limnios 0 1 0 1
17 87 DM   José Cañas 0 1 0 1
18 16 MF   Gojko Cimirot 0 0 1 1
19 11 FW   Pedro Henrique 0 0 1 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 60 28 6 94

Clean sheets edit

Last updated on 6 May 2018.
Rank Name Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total Games played
  Alexandros Paschalakis 13 4 0 17 24
  Rodrigo Rey 6 0 1 7 18
Total 19 4 1 24 42

Disciplinary record edit

S P N Name Super League Cup Europa League Total
                       
77 AM   Pelkas 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 MF   Maurício 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
28 MF   Yevhen Shakhov 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
26 DM   Kaçe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 DF   Leo Matos 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
2 DF   Zambrano 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
9 CF   Aleksandar Prijović 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
4 LB   Marin Leovac 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
29 AM   Róbert Mak 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
13 DF   Stelios Malezas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 DF   Crespo 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
87 ΜF   José Cañas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 MF   El Kaddouri 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 MF   Gojko Cimirot 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
1 GK   Rodrigo Rey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
11 W   Pedro Henrique 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
20 CF   Koulouris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 MF   Biseswar 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
41 MF   Deligiannidis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18 FW   Dimitris Limnios 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
88 FW   Vieirinha 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 DF   Fernando Varela 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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