2007–08 PAOK FC season

The 2007–08 season was PAOK Football Club’s 82nd in existence and the club’s 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in the fourth round.

PAOK
2007–08 season
ChairmanGreece Thodoris Zagorakis
ManagerGreece Georgios Paraschos ,
Portugal Fernando Santos
StadiumToumba Stadium
Super League9th
Greek CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
South Africa Glen Salmon (4)

All:
South Africa Glen Salmon (5)

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
1 GK   POR Daniel Fernandes
31 GK   GRE Kostas Paliouras
33 GK   GRE Kyriakos Tohouroglou
40 GK   GRE Dimitris Kyriakidis
71 GK   GRE Panagiotis Glykos

2 DF   GRE Nikos Arabatzis
4 DF   CYP Elias Charalambous
13 DF   GRE Stelios Malezas
21 DF   BRA Baiano
24 DF   NGA Ifeanyi Udeze
25 DF   BRA Allan
27 DF   POL Mirosław Sznaucner
30 DF   CRO Goran Gavrančić
34 DF   GRE Vangelis Georgiou
44 DF   NED Ruud Knol
45 DF   GRE Christos Melissis
95 DF   GRE Panagiotis Kourdakis

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 MF   GRE Pantelis Konstantinidis
18 MF   GRE Lambros Vangelis
19 MF   ESP Toni González
21 MF   GRE Stavros Tsoukalas
22 MF   ARG Ricardo Verón
23 MF   GRE Vassilis Lakis
25 MF   GRE Sotiris Balafas
26 MF   GRE Stelios Delibasis
43 MF   GRE Georgios Georgiadis
46 MF   GRE Chousein Moumin
88 MF   GRE Stelios Iliadis

7 FW   POR Sérgio Conceição
9 FW   ROU Viorel Frunză
10 FW   GRE Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
11 FW   GRE Zisis Vryzas
14 FW   SRB Ivica Iliev
16 FW   GRE Dimitrios Orfanos
28 FW   GRE Stefanos Athanasiadis
29 FW   RSA Glen Salmon

Transfers edit

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Club Fee
MF   Ricardo Verón   Siena 200K
DF   Goran Gavrančić   Dynamo Kyiv 150K (Loan)
MF   Baiano   Anápolis Futebol Clube 100K
FW   Viorel Frunză   CFR Cluj 75K (Loan)
MF   Vassilis Lakis   AEK Athens F.C. Free
DF   M. Sznaucner   Iraklis Free
DF   Ruud Knol   Vitesse Free
GK   P. Glykos   Olympiacos Volou Free
DF   Ifeanyi Udeze   Bendel Insurance Free
FW   Ivica Iliev   Messina Free
FW   Dimitrios Orfanos   Ap. Kalamarias Free
FW   Glen Salmon   NAC Breda Free
MF   Sérgio Conceição   Al-Qadisiyah FC Free
FW   Zisis Vryzas   Xanthi F.C. Free
DF   V. Georgiou   PAOK U20
GK   Kostas Paliouras   PAOK U20
MF   G. Pechlivanis   PAOK U20
DF   P. Kourdakis   PAOK U20
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Club Fee
28 May 2007 DF   Theodoros Zagorakis End of career1
1 Jun 2007 DF   Cosmin Bărcăuan   Shakhtar End of loan
FW   Marcin Mięciel   Bochum 250K
DF   Giannis Voskopoulos   Panserraikos F.C. Free
FW   Sándor Torghelle   Carl Zeiss Jena Free
DF   D. Papastergiou   Thermaikos F.C. Free
MF   Nenad Stojaković   Shirin Faraz F.C. Free
FW   Yiasoumis Yiasoumi   Aris Limassol FC Free
DF   Índio   SE Gama Free
1 Jan 2008 MF   Chousein Moumin   Panserraikos F.C. Loan
6 Jan 2008 MF   Zisis Vryzas End of career2

1 On 18 June 2007 become president.
2 On 6 January 2008, Vryzas played his last game. On 8 January 2008, Vryzas was officially appointed as the Technical Director of PAOK FC. He joined the club's board along with former teammate and current chairman of the club, Theodoros Zagorakis.

Kit edit


Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League Greece 30 10 5 15 29 35 −6 033.33
Greek Cup 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 000.00
Total 31 10 5 16 31 39 −8 032.26

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics edit

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
  Georgios Paraschos Start Season 02.09.2007 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
  Fernando Santos 03.09.2007 End season 30 10 5 15 31 38 −7 033.33

Super League Greece edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Asteras Tripolis 30 11 11 8 28 24 +4 44
8 Skoda Xanthi 30 10 6 14 33 39 −6 36
9 PAOK 30 10 5 15 29 35 −6 35[a]
10 Iraklis 30 8 11 11 28 33 −5 35[a]
11 Levadiakos 30 10 3 17 31 51 −20 33
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: PAOK–Iraklis 3–0, Iraklis–PAOK 1–0.

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 10 5 15 29 35  −6 35 9 2 4 22 12  +10 1 3 11 7 23  −16

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultLWLDLWLWWLWDWLWLLLLWWDLDLDWLLL
Position12791011101088978676668887899999999
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 September 2007 1 Xanthi 1–0 PAOK Xanthi
20:15 EET Mauro Poy   63'

Manager:   Emilio Ferrera


Manager:   Georgios Paraschos
Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
22 September 2007 2 PAOK 3–0 Iraklis Thessaloniki
21:30 EET Christos Melissis   6'
Lambros Vangelis   47'
Vassilis Lakis   64'

Manager:   Fernando Santos




Manager:   Ivan Jovanović
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,637
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis
29 September 2007 3 Panathinaikos 2–0 PAOK Athens
19:00 EET Giorgos Karagounis   43' (pen.)
Dimitris Salpingidis   83'

Manager:   José Peseiro
Report


Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas
6 October 2007 4 PAOK 2–2 OFI Thessaloniki
18:00 EET Lambros Vangelis   8'
Pantelis Konstantinidis   9'

Manager:   Fernando Santos
  6' Leozinho
  36' Nikos Kounenakis

Manager:   Reiner Maurer
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,395
Referee: Theodoros Gaitatzis
21 October 2007 5 Aris 3–1 PAOK Thessaloniki
18:00 EET Koke   16' (57)
Ronald García   73'

Manager:   Dušan Bajević
  23' Sotiris Balafas


Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 11,565
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
21 October 2007 6 PAOK 4–1 Apollon Kalamarias Thessaloniki
19:00 EET Christos Melissis   26'
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos   70'
Glen Salmon   82'
Pantelis Konstantinidis   90'

Manager:   Fernando Santos
  66' Emanuel Perrone




Manager:   Makis Katsavakis
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,430
Referee: Lazaros Polatian
3 November 2007 7 Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK Piraeus
20:30 EET Vasilis Torosidis   51'
Darko Kovačević   66'

Manager:   Takis Lemonis
  42' Pantelis Konstantinidis


Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,077
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
11 November 2007 8 PAOK 1–0 Ergotelis Thessaloniki
15:45 EET Glen Salmon   87'

Manager:   Fernando Santos


Manager:   Nikos Karageorgiou
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,364
Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis
25 November 2007 9 PAOK 3–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
15:45 EET Georgios Georgiadis   7'
Pantelis Konstantinidis   14'
Stelios Malezas   24'

Manager:   Fernando Santos
  28' Marcelo Pletsch



Manager:   Ewald Lienen
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,506
Referee: Christoforos Zografos
2 December 2007 10 Asteras Tripolis 2–0 PAOK Tripoli
18:00 EET Lucio Filomeno   14'
Danijel Cesarec   65'

Manager:   Paulo Campos



Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 3,685
Referee: Michalis Germanakos
8 December 2007 11 PAOK 2–0 Veria Thessaloniki
15:45 EET Toni González   3'
Glen Salmon   52'

Manager:   Fernando Santos



Manager:   Ratko Dostanić
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 3,261
Referee: Giannis Stavridis
15 December 2007 12 Atromitos 0–0 PAOK Peristeri, Athens
15:45 EET

Manager:   Guillermo Hoyos


Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 2,770
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis
22 December 2007 13 PAOK 1–0 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
15:45 EET Vassilis Lakis   88'

Manager:   Fernando Santos


Manager:   Georgi Vasilev
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,297
Referee: Georgios Kaznaferis
30 December 2007 14 AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK Athens
18:00 EET Ismael Blanco   33'
Júlio César   90'

Manager:   Lorenzo Serra Ferrer



Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 24,257
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
6 January 2008 15 PAOK 1–0 AEL Thessaloniki
18:00 EET Lazaros Christodoulopoulos   15'

Manager:   Fernando Santos


Manager:   Giorgos Donis
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 9,726
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis
13 January 2008 16 PAOK 0–1 Skoda Xanthi Thessaloniki
15:45 EET

Manager:   Fernando Santos
  35' Tomasz Radzinski

Manager:   Nikos Kehagias
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,204
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
20 January 2008 17 Iraklis 1–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
18:00 EET Dimitris Giantsis   13'

Manager:   Ángel Pedraza


Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 8,381
Referee: Michalis Germanakos
27 January 2008 18 PAOK 0–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
18:00 EET

Manager:   Fernando Santos
  34' Dimitris Salpingidis

Manager:   José Peseiro
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Vasilios Pamporidis
3 February 2008 19 OFI 2–0 PAOK Heraklion
15:45 EET Nikos Kounenakis   20'
Joseph Obinna   90'

Manager:   Georgios Paraschos



Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 2,540
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
10 February 2008 20 PAOK 3–0 Aris Thessaloniki
15:45 EET Sotiris Balafas   32'
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos   37'
Glen Salmon   45'

Manager:   Fernando Santos




Manager:   Dusan Bajevic
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Giannis Stavridis
17 February 2008 21 Apollon Kalamarias 0–2 PAOK Thessaloniki
15:45 EET


Manager:   Makis Katsavakis
  29' Vassilis Lakis
  85' Ivica Iliev

Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 5,439
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
23 February 2008 22 PAOK 1–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
18:00 EET Toni González   2'

Manager:   Fernando Santos
  22' Darko Kovačević

Manager:   Takis Lemonis
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Vasilis Pamporidis
1 March 2008 23 Ergotelis 2–0 PAOK Heraklion
15:45 EET Júnior   60'
Dimitrios Grammozis   81'

Manager:   Nikos Karageorgiou



Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 6,750
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
8 March 2008 24 Panionios 0–0 PAOK Nea Smyrni
18:00 EET

Manager:   Ewald Lienen


Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
15 March 2008 25 PAOK 0–1 Asteras Tripolis Thessaloniki
15:45 EET

Manager:   Fernando Santos
  90' Mauro Milano

Manager:   Panagiotis Tzanavaras
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 12,796
Referee: Nathanail Charalampidis
22 March 2008 26 Veria 0–0 PAOK Veria
18:00 EET

Manager:   Panagiotis Tsalouchidis


Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,481
Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos
30 March 2008 27 PAOK 1–0 Atromitos Thessaloniki
17:00 EET Georgios Georgiadis   43'

Manager:   Fernando Santos


Manager:   Guillermo Hoyos
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,721
Referee: Panikos Kailis
6 April 2008 28 Levadiakos 2–0 PAOK Livadeia
17:00 EET Leonardo   12'
Paraskevas Andralas   70'

Manager:   Babis Tennes



Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: Levadia Municipal StadiumLivadeia
Referee: Petros Konstantineas
13 April 2008 29 PAOK 0–4 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET




Manager:   Fernando Santos
  20' Sokratis Papastathopoulos
  23' Ismael Blanco
  25' Nikos Liberopoulos
  82' Mohamed Kallon

Manager:   Nikos Kostenoglou
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos
20 April 2008 30 AEL 4–3 PAOK Larissa
17:00 EET Ilias Kotsios   45'
Tümer Metin   59'
Maciej Żurawski   65' (72), pen.' (pen.)

Manager:   Nikos Kostenoglou
  8' (41) Stefanos Athanasiadis
  30' Sotiris Balafas


Manager:   Fernando Santos
Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 6,428
Referee: Ioannis Giannopoulos

Greek Football Cup edit

Fourth round edit

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of Full season 2007-2008

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

No. Name Super League Greek Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1   Daniel Fernandes 30 0 0 0 30 0
44   Dimitris Kyriakidis 0 0 1 0 1 0
Defenders
3   Pantelis Konstantinidis 24 (6) 4 1 0 25 (6) 4
4   Elias Charalambous 20 (1) 0 0 0 20 (1) 0
5   Christos Melissis 24 2 0 0 24 2
13   Stelios Malezas 11 (2) 1 0 0 11 (2) 1
21   Agenaldo Baiano 20 (1) 0 0 0 20 (1) 0
27   Mirosław Sznaucner 19 0 0 0 19 0
30   Goran Gavrančić 7 0 0 0 7 0
34   Vangelis Georgiou 2 0 0 0 2 0
44   Ruud Knol 23 0 1 0 24 0
Midfielders
6   Sotiris Balafas 24 (2) 3 1 0 25 (2) 3
7   Sérgio Conceição 7 (3) 0 0 0 7 (3) 0
8   Stelios Iliadis 16 (4) 0 1 0 17 (4) 0
18   Lambros Vangelis 16 (3) 2 0 0 16 (3) 2
19   Toni González 16 (7) 2 1 0 17 (7) 2
22   Ricardo Verón 11 (1) 0 0 0 11 (1) 0
23   Vassilis Lakis 22 (7) 3 1 0 23 (7) 3
43   Georgios Georgiadis 25 (8) 2 1 0 26 (8) 2
46   Chousein Moumin 6 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 7 (3) 0
88   Giannis Pechlivanis 1 0 0 0 1 0
Forwards
9   Viorel Frunză 4 (3) 0 0 0 4 (3) 0
10   Christodoulopoulos 25 (7) 3 1 (1) 1 26 (8) 4
14   Ivica Iliev 18 (11) 1 1 0 19 (11) 1
16   Dimitrios Orfanos 5 (4) 0 1 0 6 (4) 0
28   Stefanos Athanasiadis 4 (3) 2 0 0 4 (3) 2
29   Glen Salmon 24 (2) 4 1 1 25 (2) 5
  Zisis Vryzas 13 (10) 0 1 (1) 0 14 (11) 0

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Cup Total
1 9 FW   Glen Salmon 4 1 5
2 3 DF   Konstantinidis 4 0 4
3 10 FW   Christodoulopoulos 3 1 4
4 6 MF   Sotiris Balafas 3 0 3
5 23 MF   Vassilis Lakis 3 0 3
6 28 FW   Athanasiadis 2 0 2
7 43 MF   Georgios Georgiadis 2 0 2
8 19 MF   Toni González 2 0 2
9 18 MF   Lambros Vangelis 2 0 2
10 5 DF   Christos Melissis 2 0 2
11 14 FW   Ivica Iliev 1 0 1
12 13 DF   Stelios Malezas 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 2 31

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos Nat Name Super League Greek Cup Total Notes
                       
6 MF   Sotiris Balafas 8 1 8 1
29 FW   Glen Salmon 7 7
43 MF   Georgios Georgiadis 6 6
10 FW   Christodoulopoulos 5 1 6
44 DF   Ruud Knol 4 1 4 1
22 MF   Ricardo Verón 5 5
3 DF   Konstantinidis 4 4
27 DF   Mirosław Sznaucner 4 4
1 GK   Daniel Fernandes 3 3
5 DF   Christos Melissis 3 3
4 DF   Elias Charalambous 3 3
19 MF   Toni González 3 3
18 MF   Lambros Vangelis 3 3
14 FW   Ivica Iliev 3 3
21 DF   Baiano 3 3
8 MF   Stelios Iliadis 2 2
23 MF   Vassilis Lakis 2 2
7 DF   Sérgio Conceição 1 1
13 DF   Stelios Malezas 1 1
34 DF   Vangelis Georgiou 1 1
16 FW   Dimitrios Orfanos 1 1
FW   Zisis Vryzas 1 1
TOTAL 73 2 0 1 0 0 74 2 0
Only competitive matches

Ordered by  ,     and  
  = Number of bookings;     = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
0 shown as blank

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net

External links edit