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On [[February 20]], [[1938]] [[Nikos Sotiriadis]] became the first ever international player for the club in a [[1938]] World Cup qualifier against Palestine.
 
On [[February 20]], [[1938]] [[Nikos Sotiriadis]] became the first ever international player for the club in a [[1938]] World Cup qualifier against Palestine.
  
In [[1957]], the second stadium was started in the neighborhood of Constantinopolitan immigrants, called [[Toumba]] (Toumba, meaning tomb), which in recent years has become [[Toumba Stadium|the home stadium]]. The new stadium was completed in [[1959]] and inaugurated with a 1-0 friendly victory over [[AEK FC|AEK]] [[Athens]].
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In [[1957]], the second stadium was started in the neighborhood of Constantinopolitan immigrants, called [[Toumba Stadium|Toumba]] (Toumba, meaning tomb), which in recent years has become [[Toumba Stadium|the home stadium]]. The new stadium was completed in [[1959]] and inaugurated with a 1-0 friendly victory over [[AEK FC|AEK]] [[Athens]] on [[September 6]], [[1959]].
  
 
The [[1970s]] saw PAOK develop into a contender. Englishman, [[Les Shannon]], coached a team made up of [[Giorgos Koudas]], [[Stavros Sarafis]], [[Dimitris Paridis]], [[Achilleas Aslanidis]], [[Neto Guerino]], [[Christos Terzanidis]] and others, nearly winning the championship in [[1973 Football Championship|1973]]. [[1976 Football Championship|Three years later]], PAOK handily won the title that eluded them in 1973. Meanwhile, PAOK also won the [[Greek Football Cup|Cup]]: in [[1972]] and [[1974]], the latter under Ulsterman [[Billy Bingham]].
 
The [[1970s]] saw PAOK develop into a contender. Englishman, [[Les Shannon]], coached a team made up of [[Giorgos Koudas]], [[Stavros Sarafis]], [[Dimitris Paridis]], [[Achilleas Aslanidis]], [[Neto Guerino]], [[Christos Terzanidis]] and others, nearly winning the championship in [[1973 Football Championship|1973]]. [[1976 Football Championship|Three years later]], PAOK handily won the title that eluded them in 1973. Meanwhile, PAOK also won the [[Greek Football Cup|Cup]]: in [[1972]] and [[1974]], the latter under Ulsterman [[Billy Bingham]].
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PAOK since then became a power again in Greek football, winning [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] for three consecutive years in [[2017]], [[2018]] and [[2019]] and the first League title in 34 years in [[2019]] and that without a loss. The 2018/2019-season was the best ever in the history of the club as PAOK won the “double” for the first time.
 
PAOK since then became a power again in Greek football, winning [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] for three consecutive years in [[2017]], [[2018]] and [[2019]] and the first League title in 34 years in [[2019]] and that without a loss. The 2018/2019-season was the best ever in the history of the club as PAOK won the “double” for the first time.
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In 2021 PAOK was the first Greek club to qualify for the Group Stage of the new Europa Conference League of UEFA. On [[December 9]], [[2021]] PAOK was qualified for the knock-out stage, as they ended second in their group. On [[February 24]], [[2022]] PAOK managed for the first time - after five failures - to advance to the next round after the European winterbreak. At the same time PAOK managed to win a penalty shootout for the first time after four failures. The tie against FC Midtjylland of Denmark ended 2-2 on aggregate and 5-3 after penalties.
  
 
== Titles ==
 
== Titles ==
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*[[2018]]
 
*[[2018]]
 
*[[2019]]
 
*[[2019]]
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*[[2021]]
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==(Former) Players==
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Players are asigned to the era where they made their first appearances.
  
== (Former) Players==
 
 
=== 1930-1959 ===
 
=== 1930-1959 ===
 
{| width=90%
 
{| width=90%
 
|- valign=top
 
|- valign=top
 
||
 
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*[[Nikos Sotiriadis]]
 
*[[Giorgos Vatikis]]
 
*Ap. Kontopoulos
 
*[[Thrasyvoulos Panidis]]
 
 
*Angelidis
 
*Angelidis
*G. Arvanitis
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*Gioulios Arvanitis
 
*[[Kyriakos Bostantzoglou]]
 
*[[Kyriakos Bostantzoglou]]
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*[[Panagiotis Chourvouliadis]]
 
*[[Vasilis Emmanouilidis]]
 
*[[Vasilis Emmanouilidis]]
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*Geroudis
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*[[Giannelos Margaritis|Giannelos]]
 
*Glaros
 
*Glaros
 
*Golemis
 
*Golemis
*Goulios
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*[[Giorgos Hasiotis]]
*K. Kaloyiannis
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*[[Giorgos Havanidis]]
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*Arist. Ioannidis
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*[[Dimitris Kaloyiannis]]
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*Kostas Kaloyiannis
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*Michalis Karatzas
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*[[Lavrentios Katikaridis]]
 
*Kavourmatzis
 
*Kavourmatzis
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*[[Yiannis Kazias]]
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*[[Antonis Kemanidis]]
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*[[Kostas Kiourtzis]]
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*Ap. Kontopoulos
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*[[Lambis Kouiroukidis]]
 
*Kritas
 
*Kritas
 
*K. Konstantinidis
 
*K. Konstantinidis
 
*Koukoulas
 
*Koukoulas
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*Litopoulos
 
*Lykaris
 
*Lykaris
*P. Vafiadis
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*[[Panos Markovits]]
*Arist. Ioannidis
 
 
*Miggousis
 
*Miggousis
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*[[Giorgos Mouratidis]]
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*[[Thrasyvoulos Panidis]]
 
||
 
||
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*[[Lefteris Papadakis]]
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*Papaiordanidis
 
*Patakas
 
*Patakas
*Papaiordanidis
 
 
*Pazaroglou
 
*Pazaroglou
 
*Piblis
 
*Piblis
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*[[Lakis Proyios]]
 
*Psomas
 
*Psomas
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*[[Achilleas Savvidis]]
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*[[Nikos Sotiriadis]]
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*[[Leandros Symeonidis]]
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*[[Notis Tsintoglou]]
 
*Tzinopoulos
 
*Tzinopoulos
*[[Panos Markovits]]
 
 
*[[Christoforos Yientzis]]
 
*[[Christoforos Yientzis]]
*[[Lefteris Papadakis]]
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*P. Vafiadis
*Michalis Karatzas
 
*[[Lambis Kouiroukidis]]
 
*[[Giorgos Mouratidis]]
 
*[[Leandros Symeonidis]]
 
*[[Dimitris Kaloyiannis]]
 
*[[Kostas Kiourtzis]]
 
*Litopoulos
 
*[[Lavrentios Katikaridis]]
 
*[[Panagiotis Chourvouliadis]]
 
 
*[[Apostolos Vasiliadis]]
 
*[[Apostolos Vasiliadis]]
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*[[Giorgos Vatikis]]
*[[Giannelos Margaritis|Giannelos]]
 
*[[Giorgos Havanidis]]
 
*[[Lakis Proyios]]
 
*[[Notis Tsintoglou]]
 
*[[Antonis Kemanidis]]
 
*Geroudis
 
*[[Achilleas Savvidis]]
 
*[[Yiannis Kazias]]
 
*[[Giorgos Hasiotis]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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*[[Yiannis Christodoulou]]
 
*[[Yiannis Christodoulou]]
 
*[[Yiannis Damanakis]]
 
*[[Yiannis Damanakis]]
*[[Rene Deck]]
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*[[René Deck]]
 
*[[Mladen Furtula]]
 
*[[Mladen Furtula]]
 
*[[Aristarchos Fountoukidis]]
 
*[[Aristarchos Fountoukidis]]
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*[[Giorgos Makris]]
 
*[[Giorgos Makris]]
 
*[[Yiannis Mantzourakis]]
 
*[[Yiannis Mantzourakis]]
*Michailidis
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*[[Yiannis Michailidis]]
 
*[[Nikos Mitrakas]]
 
*[[Nikos Mitrakas]]
 
*[[Toulis Mouratidis]]
 
*[[Toulis Mouratidis]]
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*[[Yiannis Stefas]]
 
*[[Yiannis Stefas]]
 
*[[Christos Terzanidis]]
 
*[[Christos Terzanidis]]
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*[[Aimilios Theofanidis]]
 
*[[Takis Tsiligiridis]]
 
*[[Takis Tsiligiridis]]
 
*[[Vasilis Voulgaris]]
 
*[[Vasilis Voulgaris]]
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*[[Hossam Hassan]]
 
*[[Hossam Hassan]]
 
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||
*M. Iordanidis
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*[[Michalis Iordanidis]]
 
*[[Ivan Juricic]]
 
*[[Ivan Juricic]]
 
*[[Pantelis Kafes]]
 
*[[Pantelis Kafes]]
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|}
 
|}
  
=== 2000 - Present ===
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=== 2000 - 2019 ===
 
{| width=90%
 
{| width=90%
 
|- valign=top
 
|- valign=top
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*[[José Ángel Crespo]]
 
*[[José Ángel Crespo]]
 
*[[Filippos Darlas]]
 
*[[Filippos Darlas]]
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*[[Douglas Augusto]]
 
*[[Stelios Eliadis]]
 
*[[Stelios Eliadis]]
 
*[[Panagiotis Engomitis]]
 
*[[Panagiotis Engomitis]]
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*[[Anderson Esiti]]
 
*[[Daniel Marcio Fernandes]]
 
*[[Daniel Marcio Fernandes]]
 
*[[Guy Armand Feutchine]]
 
*[[Guy Armand Feutchine]]
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*[[Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis]]
 
*[[Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis]]
 
*[[Giorgos Georgiadis (2000s)|Giorgos K. Georgiadis]]
 
*[[Giorgos Georgiadis (2000s)|Giorgos K. Georgiadis]]
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*[[Dimitris Giannoulis]]
 
*[[Panagiotis Glykos]]
 
*[[Panagiotis Glykos]]
 
*[[Antonio Gonzales]]
 
*[[Antonio Gonzales]]
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*[[Mumin Hussein]]
 
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||
*[[Mumin Hussein]]
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*[[Sverrir Ingi Ingason]]
 
*[[Christos Intzidis]]
 
*[[Christos Intzidis]]
 
*[[Charles Itandje]]
 
*[[Charles Itandje]]
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*[[Dimitrios Kyriakidis]]
 
*[[Dimitrios Kyriakidis]]
 
*[[Liam Lawrence]]
 
*[[Liam Lawrence]]
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*[[Lazaros Lamprou]]
 
*[[Costin Lazar]]
 
*[[Costin Lazar]]
 
*[[Marin Leovac]]
 
*[[Marin Leovac]]
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*[[Dimitris Limnios]]
 
*[[Dimitris Limnios]]
 
*[[Lino]]
 
*[[Lino]]
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*'''[[Lefteris Lyratzis]]'''
 
*[[Róbert Mak]]
 
*[[Róbert Mak]]
 
*[[Christos Maladenis]]
 
*[[Christos Maladenis]]
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*[[Garry Mendes Rodrigues]]
 
*[[Garry Mendes Rodrigues]]
 
*[[Marcin Mieciel]]
 
*[[Marcin Mieciel]]
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*[[Enea Mihaj]]
 
*[[Bryce Moon]]
 
*[[Bryce Moon]]
 
*[[Zlatan Muslimovic]]
 
*[[Zlatan Muslimovic]]
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*[[Sotiris Ninis]]
 
*[[Sotiris Ninis]]
 
*[[Yiannis Okkas]]
 
*[[Yiannis Okkas]]
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*[[Sekou Oliseh]]
 
*[[Sekou Oliseh]]
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*[[Dimitris Orfanos]]
 
*[[Dimitris Orfanos]]
 
*[[Thanasis Papazoglou]]
 
*[[Thanasis Papazoglou]]
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*[[Aleksandar Priojovic]]
 
*[[Aleksandar Priojovic]]
 
*[[Miguel Rebosio]]
 
*[[Miguel Rebosio]]
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*[[Rodrigo Alves]]
 
*[[Rodrigo Rey]]
 
*[[Rodrigo Rey]]
 
*[[Glen Salmon]]
 
*[[Glen Salmon]]
 
*[[Dimitris Salpingidis]]
 
*[[Dimitris Salpingidis]]
 
*[[Mirko Savini]]
 
*[[Mirko Savini]]
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*[[Gordon Schildenfeld]]
 
*[[Yevhen Shakhov]]
 
*[[Yevhen Shakhov]]
 
*[[Mahmud Shikabala]]
 
*[[Mahmud Shikabala]]
*[[Gordon Schildenfeld]]
 
 
*[[Olivier Sorlin]]
 
*[[Olivier Sorlin]]
 
*[[Sladjan Spasic]]
 
*[[Sladjan Spasic]]
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*[[Miroslav Stoch]]
 
*[[Miroslav Stoch]]
 
*[[Miroslaw Sznaucner]]
 
*[[Miroslaw Sznaucner]]
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*[[Karol Swiderski]]
 
*[[Kyriakos Tochouroglou]]
 
*[[Kyriakos Tochouroglou]]
 
*[[Sandor Torghelle]]
 
*[[Sandor Torghelle]]
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*[[Stelios Venetidis]]
 
*[[Stelios Venetidis]]
 
*[[Ricardo Veron]]
 
*[[Ricardo Veron]]
*[[Vieirinha]]
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*'''[[Vieirinha]]'''
 
*[[Victor Vitolo]]
 
*[[Victor Vitolo]]
 
*[[Leonidas Vokolos]]
 
*[[Leonidas Vokolos]]
 
*[[Stefanos Voskaridis]]
 
*[[Stefanos Voskaridis]]
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*'''[[Giorgos Vrakas]]'''
 
*[[Zvonimir Vukic]]
 
*[[Zvonimir Vukic]]
 
*[[Amr Warda]]
 
*[[Amr Warda]]
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*[[Dimitris Zavantias]]
 
*[[Dimitris Zavantias]]
 
*[[Carlos Zegarra]]
 
*[[Carlos Zegarra]]
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*'''[[Zivko Zivkovic]]'''
 
|}
 
|}
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=== 2020 - present ===
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{| width=90%
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|- valign=top
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*'''[[Abdul Rahman Baba]]'''
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*'''[[André Ricardo]]'''
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*[[Vladimir Bradonjic]]
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*[[Antonio Colak]]
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*[[Tiago Dantas]]
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*'''[[Kiril Despodov]]'''
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*[[Shinji Kagawa]]
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*[[Yiannis Kargas]]
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*'''[[Tomasz Kedziora]]'''
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*'''[[Yiannis Konstantelias]]'''
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*'''[[Dominik Kotarski]]'''
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*'''[[Konstantinos Koulierakis]]'''
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*[[Giorgos Koutsias]]
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*[[Jasmin Kurtic]]
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*[[Michael Krmencik]]
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*'''[[Marcos Antônio]]'''
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*'''[[Soualiho Meïté]]'''
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*'''[[Yiannis Michailidis (footballer, born 2000)|Yiannis Michailidis]]'''
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*'''[[Thomas Murg]]'''
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*[[Khaled Narey]]
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*'''[[Ivan Näsberg]]'''
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*[[Adrian Nielsen Pereira]]
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*'''[[Nika Ninua]]'''
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*[[Nelson Oliveira]]
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*'''[[Magomed Ozdoyev]]'''
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*[[Nicolás Quagliata]]
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*'''[[Mbwana Samatta]]'''
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*'''[[Joan Sastre]]'''
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*'''[[Stefan Schwab]]'''
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*[[Sidcley]]
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*'''[[Rafa Soares]]'''
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*'''[[Felipe Soares]]'''
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*'''[[Taison]]'''
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*[[Lucas Taylor]]
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*'''[[Brandon Thomas]]'''
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*'''[[William Troost-Ekong]]'''
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*[[Charis Tsingaras]]
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*[[Christos Tzolis]]
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*[[Moussa Wagué]]
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*'''[[Andrija Zivkovic]]'''
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|}
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Players in '''bold''' are currently active for PAOK
  
 
==Coaches==
 
==Coaches==
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*[[Aleksandar Stanojevic]] ([[2017]])
 
*[[Aleksandar Stanojevic]] ([[2017]])
 
*[[Râzvan Lucescu]] ([[August 11]], [[2017]] - [[June 28]], [[2019]])
 
*[[Râzvan Lucescu]] ([[August 11]], [[2017]] - [[June 28]], [[2019]])
*[[Abel Ferreira]] ([[June 30]], [[2019]] -
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*[[Abel Ferreira]] ([[June 30]], [[2019]] - [[October 31]], [[2020]])
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*[[Pablo Garcia]] ([[October 31]], [[2020]] - [[May 26]], [[2021]])
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*[[Râzvan Lucescu]] ([[May 26]], [[2021]] -
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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[[Stavros Sarafis]] is the player with the most goals for PAOK in all competitions: 170
 
[[Stavros Sarafis]] is the player with the most goals for PAOK in all competitions: 170
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[[Dimitris Salpingidis]] is the player with most appearances for PAOK in European competitions: 60
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[[Stefanos Athanasiadis]] is the player with the most goals for PAOK in European competitions: 20
  
  
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*17 in honour of [[Panagiotis Katsouris]], a 21 year old player of PAOK who died in a carcrash in 1998
 
*17 in honour of [[Panagiotis Katsouris]], a 21 year old player of PAOK who died in a carcrash in 1998
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==Family ties==
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[[Kostas Orfanos|Kostas]] and [[Dimitris Orfanos]] - father and son;
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[[Hossam Hassan|Hossam]] and [[Ibrahim Hassan]] - twinbrothers.
  
 
==Other Resources==
 
==Other Resources==

Latest revision as of 11:47, January 1, 2024

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PAOK - team crest
Teams Colors: Black White
Sponsors: Stoiximan
Founded: April 20,1926
Address: Mikras Asias 1, 54351 Thessaloniki, Greece
Telephone: +30 2310 950950
Fax: +30 2310 951000
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.paokfc.gr
Stadium: Toumba
Capacity: 28,701
Toumba - PAOK Stadium
Theo Zagorakis captained PAOK in 2006

History of PAOK

PAOK was founded in April 1926 by notable Constantinopolitans who arrived in Thessaloniki, after the exchange of population between Greece and Turkey, according to the Lausanne treaty of 1924. These people were: L. Nikolaidis, K. Komitsopoulos, D. Mitsionis, the Dimitriadis brothers, the MP Koultatsoglou, Kouemtzopoulos, Karamaounas and a few more. The constitution of PAOK, with index number 822, was legitimated by the City Court of Thessaloniki on April 28, 1926.

PAOK’s first emblem, adopted in 1926, was a four-leaved clover and a horse shoe. The leaves were green with the letters PAOK marked on each of them, a symbol devised by Kostas Koemtzopoulos who took the idea from a packet of cigarettes he smoked.

The decision to merge with the club AEK Thessaloniki can also be considered to be of historic importance. Until 20th March 1929 the two clubs were rivals, competing against each other although both had been established by refugees from Constantinople. It was the Chairman of AEK, Dr. Karamaounas, who brokered the merger between Thessaloniki’s two refugee teams. The main figures behind the idea and its implementation were Fanourios Vyzantios and Pantelis Kalpaktsoglou who had defected from AEK Thessaloniki, which had been established in 1924-25 by the first wave of refugees who had come to Thessaloniki from Constantinople in 1922. Certain members of AEK Thessaloniki headed south to the capital upon the merger to found the modern-day team AEK.

Following the merger with AEK in 1929, PAOK changed its emblem. The new emblem became the Two-headed Eagle, which remains to this day, and symbolizes the arrival of the club and the return to the roots and heritage of the refugees (Byzantium and Constantinople). The Eagle holds a sword and a crown with its two heads looking East and West. The difference between this emblem and that of AEK Athens (which is also the symbol of the Eastern Orthodox Church) is that the eagle on PAOK’s emblem has its wings folded signifying mourning for expulsion from the homeland.

The first section to be founded was soccer. Later on, in 1928, other sections were also founded such as basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, water polo, boxing and cycling.

The soccer team was put in the second division of the local championship of Thessaloniki. The following year, it was promoted to the first division, after beating Iraklis, who were the champions of Thessaloniki, 1-0. From this point on, the football team was established as one of the top Greek teams with a great and fanatical crowd all over Greece and beyond. The first stadium was built in the area of the University of Thessaloniki.

The first foreign coach in the history of the team was German Rudolph Ganser, who served with PAOK for the 1931-1932 season.

On February 20, 1938 Nikos Sotiriadis became the first ever international player for the club in a 1938 World Cup qualifier against Palestine.

In 1957, the second stadium was started in the neighborhood of Constantinopolitan immigrants, called Toumba (Toumba, meaning tomb), which in recent years has become the home stadium. The new stadium was completed in 1959 and inaugurated with a 1-0 friendly victory over AEK Athens on September 6, 1959.

The 1970s saw PAOK develop into a contender. Englishman, Les Shannon, coached a team made up of Giorgos Koudas, Stavros Sarafis, Dimitris Paridis, Achilleas Aslanidis, Neto Guerino, Christos Terzanidis and others, nearly winning the championship in 1973. Three years later, PAOK handily won the title that eluded them in 1973. Meanwhile, PAOK also won the Cup: in 1972 and 1974, the latter under Ulsterman Billy Bingham.

Giorgos Koudas retired in 1984. The following season, PAOK won their second league title. Kostas Iosifidis has the distinction of having been a member of both 1976 and 1985 teams.

Recent Years

In recent years, PAOK, like most professional soccer teams in Greece, has been hit by financial problems, but managed to win the Greek Cup in 2001 and 2003.

In late 2003, Yiannis Goumenos arrived at PAOK, with a considerable background in insurance and stock-broking, with Giorgos Kalyvas and Vassilis Pagonis as his deputies, a new board and supposedly 1,7 million euros in emergency funds. He ushered in by former coach Angelos Anastasiadis, currently in charge of the Cypriot national team.

PAOK's acute financial straits, which have shown no sign of recovery, were dealt a further blow last month when a former coach at the club, Austrian Rolf Fringer, filed a case with soccer's international governing body for back wages owed to him by the Thessaloniki team (he is reportedly owed 200,000 euros).

On November 13, 2006, PAOK owner Yiannis Goumenos resigned amid a financial crisis that could relegate the club to the second division of the Greek league.

Negotiations by Argentina-based ship-owner Yiannis Kambanis and entrepreneur Ivan Savvidis to buy PAOK collapsed in June, bringing Greece's fourth largest soccer club to the verge of bankruptcy.

The amateur division's boss, Thanassis Katsaris, has already approached prominent Thessaloniki-based entrepreneurs in search of emergency funds and a takeover deal.

As of August 10, 2012 Ivan Savvidis acquired ownership of PAOK.

On May 12, 2015 Savvidis paid all of the club's debts to the Greek State, an amount that totalled at € 10,886,81.[1]

PAOK since then became a power again in Greek football, winning Greek Cup for three consecutive years in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the first League title in 34 years in 2019 and that without a loss. The 2018/2019-season was the best ever in the history of the club as PAOK won the “double” for the first time.

In 2021 PAOK was the first Greek club to qualify for the Group Stage of the new Europa Conference League of UEFA. On December 9, 2021 PAOK was qualified for the knock-out stage, as they ended second in their group. On February 24, 2022 PAOK managed for the first time - after five failures - to advance to the next round after the European winterbreak. At the same time PAOK managed to win a penalty shootout for the first time after four failures. The tie against FC Midtjylland of Denmark ended 2-2 on aggregate and 5-3 after penalties.

Titles

Greek League

Greek Cup

(Former) Players

Players are asigned to the era where they made their first appearances.

1930-1959

1960-1979

1980 - 1999

2000 - 2019

2020 - present

Players in bold are currently active for PAOK

Coaches

Trivia

Giorgos Koudas is the player with most appearances for PAOK in all competitions: 602

Stavros Sarafis is the player with the most goals for PAOK in all competitions: 170

Dimitris Salpingidis is the player with most appearances for PAOK in European competitions: 60

Stefanos Athanasiadis is the player with the most goals for PAOK in European competitions: 20


PAOK has two retired numbers that won't be worn again:

  • 12 in honour of the fans, who are the 12th player

Family ties

Kostas and Dimitris Orfanos - father and son;

Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan - twinbrothers.

Other Resources

External Links

Fan Forums

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20150521133136/http://olapaok.gr/podosfairo/Dioikitika/________/sthn_eforia_o_savvidhs_mesa_sthn_epomenh_wra.3463743.html