PAOK FC

PAOK F.C. (Greek: ), also known with itsfull name Panthessalonikeios Athlitiks milos Con-stantinoupoliton (Greek: - , transliteratedPan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans),and commonly known as PAOK (Greek: , pro-nounced [pa.ok]), is a Greek association football clubfrom Thessaloniki, Macedonia in Northern Greece.PAOKcurrently play in the top-ight SuperleagueGreecewhich they have won twice. The club plays at the ToumbaStadium.

1 History

1.1 Foundation and the early years

PAOK FC is the oldest division of PAOK Sports Club,the succession ofHermes Sports Club (Greek: ),which was formed in 1877 by the Greek community ofPera, a district of Istanbul.[3]

PAOK in 1926.

That situation, however, came to an abrupt end afterthe Greco-Turkish War, when most players emigrated toGreece. Left behind was a club consisting of the resi-dents that remained (later called Politakia). Those whoed settled in Thessaloniki and established PAOK. Therst name (1925) of the new teamwasAek Thessaloniki(Constantinopolitans of Thessaloniki) but after one yearPAOK was created as a will for a more open and biggerclub. The other clubs which are continuity of the Hermesare the Beyolu SK and A.E.K. Athens F.C..The clubs rst charter was approved on 20 April 1926 bymeans of decision of the Thessaloniki Court of First In-stance (No. 822). PAOKs rst emblem, adopted in 1926

The team of 1937.

was a four-leaved clover and a horseshoe. The leaves weregreen with the letters PAOK marked on each of them, asymbol devised by Kostas Koemtzopoulos (president ofPera Club).The clubs founding members were:T. Triantafyllidis (1st Chairman), Hasan Kprl(2nd Chairman), A. Angelopoulos(3rd Chairman),A. Athanasiadis, K. Anagnostidis, M. Ventourellis,A. Dimitriadis, D. Dimitriadis, N. Zoumboulidis, M.Theodosiadis, T. Ioakimopoulos, P. Kalpaktsoglou, T.Kartsambekis, D. Koemtzopoulos, K. Koemtzopoulos,P. Kontopoulos, K. Kritikos, M. Konstantinidis, P.Maletskas, I. Nikolaidis, L. Papadopoulos,F. Gamospi-tos, F. Samantzopoulos, T. Tsoulkas, M. Tsoulkas, S.TriantafyllidisAfter two months of preparation by the team followingthe clubs establishment, it was decided that the teamshould compete against the other teams in Thessaloniki.The rst match of the club was a win against Iraklis on26 July 1925 by 21. Two weeks later, PAOK lost 52to Aris.The vision of the clubs founders and the whole PAOKcommunity of establishing a home ground became real-ity in 1928 following much eort and thus on 12 Decem-ber 1930 the Syntrivaniou Football Ground was ociallyopened. This was followed by a friendly match againstAris with PAOK winning 21.The rst professional contract was a document of historicimportance. It was signed by the Club on 5 Septem-ber 1928. The contract stipulated that the French foot-baller Raymond Etienne of Hebrew descent from Pera-club would be paid 4,000 drachmas per month. The con-tract was signed by Dr. Meletiou (PAOK Chairman) and

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Mr. Sakellaropoulos, Hon. Secretary. [4]

Following the merger with AEK Thessaloniki in 1929,PAOK changed its emblem. The new emblem becamethe double-headed eagle of the Byzantine Empire, whichit remains to this day, indicating the heritage of the emi-grants from Istanbul. The dierence between the PAOKeagle is that its wings folded and the colors are black andwhite, to symbolize the black of mourning for the tragicstory of lost homelands, and white for the hope of a betterfuture.The rst foreign coach in the history of the team was theGerman Rudolph Ganser, who served with PAOK for the193132 season.Following World War II and the German occupation ofGreece, the team known as the Two-Headed Eagle en-tered upon a shining chapter in its career starting at thebeginning of the 1950s. Willi Sevcik, an Austrian coach(19501952) who had worn the PAOK jersey in 193132, established a young talent academy within the clubwhich gave rise to leading names who later left theirmark, such as Leandros Symeonidis, Giannelos, Margari-tis, Giorgos Havanidis, and others.

1.2 19531970: Recognition

1953 marked the beginning of PAOKs golden age. Dur-ing the summer transfer period, Kouiroukidis, Petridis,Progios, Geroudis, Kermanidis, Hourvouliadis, Hasio-tis and Angelidis all joined the club. PAOK becameall-powerful, winning the Thessaloniki championship forthree successive years and becoming a worthy represen-tative of Greeces second city in the national champi-onship.In 1957, the club managers envisioned a new footballground since the old ground had been annexed by thestate. The choice was a piece of land belonging to the Na-tional Defence Fund in the Toumba District, which wasalso a neighbourhood closely associated with refugeesfrom Asia Minor. A total area of 30,000 x2 was acquiredby PAOK for a signicant price, and construction of thenew football ground began. Lottery tickets were even is-sued to aid construction of the new stadium, which waseventually opened on 6 September 1959 by the Ministerof National Defence, Mr. G. Themelis. Before the rstkick-o, an Air Force plane dropped a ball on a y-pastas a symbolic donation from the armed forces. Thanksto its new Ground, PAOK was ready to start a brilliantcareer starting with the new First Division established in1959.At the opening of the 1st Divisions rst championshipon 25 October 1959, PAOK welcomed the Katerini teamMegas Alexandros, beating them 31. The team line-up was as follows: arko Mihajlovi (Serbian) and Pro-gios, Hasiotis, Raptopoulos, Giannelos, Kemanidis, Ha-vanidis, Leandros, Kiourtzis, Kouiroukidis, Salousto and

Nikolaidis.The success of the 1950s was followed by a decade ofaverage performance during the 60s. One could say thatit was as if the club was building up its strength to unleashit during the next decade.

1.3 19701985: The golden years

Giorgos Koudas

The team became established as one of the best ever toplay at Greek football grounds with players whose namesgained popularity in the Greek football scene. It was ateam which set several records, led by president GiorgosPantelakis.PAOK was able to make a blow to the football powersof Athens, winning the Championship in 1976, precededby triumphs in the Cup, in 1972 and 1974. 1976 alsomarked the foundation of Gate 4, PAOKs greatest orga-nized fanbase.Up to 1974, while Greece was governed by a militaryjunta, PAOK had not only a football power, but also ananti-dictatorship symbol of sorts, and Toumba stadiumbecame a harbor of fan anti-junta slogans.Les Shannon, who once played for high-ranking Englishclubs such as Liverpool and Burnley, was one the manycauses for PAOKs success as he led them to win theGreek football cup in 1972 and 1974. He is still heraldedas a hero in Greek football today.PAOKs excellent performance continued during theearly 1980s, with the club being one of the regular title

1.5 19962004: Revitalization and return to trophies 3

contenders. The highest point came in 1985, when theclub won its second Greek Championship, its rst trophysince Greek football became professional. Another char-acteristic of the 1980s was the ever-growing fanaticismof the fans, which reached levels of hooliganism neverseen before, and began to move beyond Greeces borders,spurring the creation of fanbases in cities all over Europeby the Greek diaspora. However, the obsession shown byfans also had its downside, translating in quite a few casesinto outbreaks of violence which entailed penalties andnes being imposed on the club.At the European level, the clubmade its best performanceever, qualifying for the quarter nals of the UEFA CupWinners Cup in 197374, where they were knocked outby the Italian team Milan. PAOK also made a memo-rable appearance against German giants Bayern Munichin the UEFA cup in 198384, where it was knocked outon penalties[5][6] after two goalless draws.

1.4 19851996: The rst decline

Arie Haan

The 1990s started well, with PAOK rmly among the topthree teams in Greece. It was stigmatized, however, byan extremely average-to-poor team performance underthe chairmanship of Thomas Voulinos, who came intodirect conict with the fans following serious hooligan-ism episodes during a PAOKParis Saint-Germainmatchfor the UEFA Cup, which led to PAOKs exclusion fromUEFA European competitions for ve years and verysoon to nancial ruin.

1.5 19962004: Revitalization and returnto trophies

In 1996, the change long demanded by PAOK fans cameabout. Voulinos handed over the reins of the club toGiorgos Batatoudis and an air of optimism was tangi-ble everywhere in Thessaloniki. Numerous transfers ofwell-known players such as Percy Olivares, Zisis Vryzas,Spyros Marangos, Kostas Fratzeskos, and others tookplace under the new administration.

Ioannis Okkas

In 1997, having served its ve-year ban, PAOK even-tually qualied for the UEFA Cup with coach AngelosAnastasiadis, a well-known former PAOK player, on thebench. The clubs reappearance at European level wasmarked by an astonishing elimination of the British clubArsenal F.C.. PAOK was eliminated on the next roundby Atltico Madrid.However, the new team did not prove equally successfulin the domestic league, again nishing fourth in 19971998 despite great optimism. The clubs continuing in-ability to break the dominance of the big three in theleague resulted in several changes in managers over thefollowing three years. By the end of the 19971998 sea-son Anastasiadis was sacked and Oleg Blokhin reprisedhis position as PAOKs manager after ve years. Yet,unable to make any considerable improvements, Blokhinhimself only stayed for a few months, and was again re-placed by Anastasiadis in late 1998. He himself stayedonly till February 1999, and was again replaced in favorof Arie Haan, who, like Blokhin, returned after a four-

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year gap. By December 1999, in tting fashion, Haanwas himself sacked, to be replaced by star coach DuanBajevi.PAOK was rmly established among the top teams in theGreek league, but once again growing nancial problemsand unstable administration by Batatoudis meant they stillcould not keep up with the three major league contendersof Athens. Nevertheless, Bajevic led the club to their rstthrophy in 16 years, winning an unforgettable Greek Cupnal against Olympiacos in 2001, with an emphatic 24[7]score.Angelos Anastasiadis was once again summoned, as Ba-jevic did not renew his contract in the summer of 2002.Anastasiadis led the club to another Cup triumph, thesecond in three years. It was in the clubs home groundin Toumba Stadium, that PAOK celebrated their fourthGreek Cup, defeating arch-rivals Aris Thessaloniki F.C.10.[8] Despite these triumphs, however, debts continuedto plague the club, and some successes in the UEFA Cupwere short-lived.

1.6 200407: The second decline and near-destruction

In late summer of 2003, under great pressure from fans,Batatoudis handed his shares to businessmen GiannisGoumenos and Vassilis Pagonis. Giannis Goumenos alsoassumed the presidency, under the motto of a temporaryadministration. This meant that his role would be to tryto facilitate a possible deal with people willing to makethe hefty investments required to save the club from itsdebts.

Dimitris Salpingidis

The 200304 season was an unexpected success under

the management of Anastasiadis, and although in accor-dance to a tight nancial policy (in order to decrease thedebts, leading many key players to leave as free agents forother clubs, including eventual champions Olympiacos),they managed to nish third and to secure participationin the qualifying rounds of the following years UEFAChampions League. The prospect of the ChampionsLeague group stage brought great optimism to fans andmanagement alike, especially because the projected in-come would practically eliminate all debts.Unfortunately the team failed to qualify, as they wereknocked out by unlikely opponents Maccabi Tel Aviv inthe third qualifying round. The main reason was that inthe home game, Anastasiadis elded Liassos Louka, aCypriot player who was still serving a two-match ban inUEFA competitions (for his sending-o in a UEFA In-tertoto Cup tie while playing for Nea Salamis on 8 July2000). Though the game did nish 12 for Maccabi, the03 forfeit win awarded to the Israelis destroyed all hopePAOK had for a comeback, and the rematch lost all in-terest (40 aggregate loss). After the subsequent UEFACup elimination by AZ Alkmaar, Anastasiadis resigned.Thus, the 20042005 season started with the worst omensfor the club and for Goumenos.Instead of making any improvements, Goumenos admin-istration failed miserably in the next two years, as theclubs debt to the Greek state (due to constant tax eva-sions, interests and unpaid nes) continued to grow, andon top of that, the nancial management of the club itselfwas ever deteriorating.Rolf Fringer was appointed as new coach in September2004, replacing Anastasiadis, yet did not live up to ex-pectations, managing Anastasiadis former squad whichmostly consisted of youngsters. After a few games,Fringer was eventually replaced by Nikos Karageorgiou,leading the club to a fth-place nish in May 2005, and aUEFA Cup qualication.The 200506 season started with better omens, yetproved to be the most turbulent.[9] Apart from the re-turn of former captain Theodoros Zagorakis in the sum-mer of 2005 from Bologna FC, signings of key play-ers like Marcin Mieciel, Fatih Akyel and Shikabala tookplace.[10] Despite this, another mediocre league start ledKarageorgiou to be sacked as well, and replaced by for-mer technical director Giorgos Kostikos. Kostikos didmanage good performances in the autumn of 2005, in-cluding an unexpected away win at Olympiacos FC, anda thrilling qualication to the UEFA Cup group stages.However, after the winter break, the squad fared frombad to worse, suering a handful of successive defeats,which led Kostikos to the exit as well, replaced by IlieDumitrescu. By now Goumenos had set a new record forthe club, by laying o ve dierent coaches in just 16months. While the club did achieve UEFA cup qualica-tion by nishing in sixth place, uncertainty was more thantangible.

1.7 200710: The Zagorakis plan 5

PAOK Olympiacos derby (2005)

By the end of May 2006, the clubs dramatic situationstarted to emerge, with players openly declaring they areunpaid for months, plus a shock decision by UEFA toban the club from participating in the upcoming UEFACup[11] brought the club one step from complete ruin,with the organized fanbase launching an all-out war onGiannis Goumenos in the June 2006,[12] going as faras to occupy the clubs oces in Toumba stadium fora handful of days. The situation was ever worseningfor Goumenos, after many failed deals with possibleinvestors,[13] constant allegations of embezzlement,[14]and especially his decision to sell star player DimitrisSalpingidis to Panathinaikos,[15] in an eort to cash in.The latter had a profound impact, causing a lot of disgustin the already disappointed fans.The 200607 season started with PAOK unsure if theycould even manage to participate in the Greek League,due to the pressing debts. Little-known players likeCarlos Zegarra and Miguel Rebosio were signed, in aneort to ll the squad, and Dumitrescu settled with ultra-defensive tactics, as the means to earn what points hecould resulting in terrible quality football, tiring fansand rapidly diminishing ticket sales.Eventually, Goumenos was forced to withdraw from thepresidency in 13 November 2006 (though he would notrelinquish his shares until over two years later).[16][17] Hewas replaced by Nikos Vezyrtzis and Apostolos Oikono-midis, former shareholders in PAOK BC. The new man-agement was appointed under order of the District Courtof Thessaloniki, as the club was now essentially understate observation, owing to the huge debt to the Greekstate which by now was well over 30 million.The club fared little better in remainder of the sea-son. Managerial changes continued as ever MomciloVukotic replaced Dumitrescu in October 2006,[18] onlyto be sacked himself ve months later, in favor of GiorgosParaschos. PAOK eventually nished the 20062007season in 6th place, losing out on the UEFA Cup spots,and little hope of breaking its shackles, as the fans contin-ued to put very little trust in the Vezyrtzis-Oikonomidis

duo and the needed investments seemed highly unlikely.

1.7 200710: The Zagorakis plan

PAOK Olympiakos 10 (2009), close view of the pitch.

Pablo Gabriel Garca

In the summer of 2007, Theodoros Zagorakis as-sumed presidency of the club, replacing the Vezyrtzis-Oikonomidis administration and thus ushered in a newera. One of the new managements rst actions was tolay down a three-year plan: the rst year priority wouldbe to take action the clubs massive crippling debts, be-ginning in 200708, the second would be to qualify forthe UEFA Cup again, and the third would be to becomea major league title contender once again.Yet because of the tremendous nancial breakdown inthe past four years, the club was left with a low qualityroster and almost no prospect of any summer transfers.Yet, due to hope and trust of the traditional fanbase inthe iconic gure of Zagorakis, the summer of 2007 sawan unprecedented rise in season ticket sales, toppling allprevious club records, and bringing a much-needed inuxof cash for the club. This allowed the transfers of sea-soned though relatively cheap, being free agents play-ers like Vassilis Lakis, Ifeanyi Udeze, and Glen Salmon,and also the return of veteran PAOK and Perugia strikerZisis Vryzas. Many older debts to former players andmanagers, could nally be paid o.

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Theodoros Zagorakis, captain of the 2004 Greece national foot-ball team

The plans rst season was still plagued by poor per-formances, including many home defeats and an elim-ination from the Greek Cup by second division clubThrasyvoulos. The early replacement of coach GiorgosParaschos by established manager Fernando Santos didlittle to prevent a ninth-place nish in the league, theworst performance by the club in 11 years. One of the fewhigh points was the winter transfer of star player SrgioConceio.The clubs nances, however, gradually improved, and thanks to the continuing massive support from fansin the form of season tickets,[19] as well as many newsponsorship deals the summer of 2008 saw the trans-fers of widely known internationals like Pablo Contr-eras,[20] Zlatan Muslimovi,[21] Pablo Garca[22] to theclub, among others. Many of them were attributed toZisis Vryzas, who hadmeanwhile decided to retire in Jan-uary 2008 to assume the place of technical director forthe club.In January 2009, Zagorakis announced the clubs inten-tion of building a new training facility complex in NeaMesimvria, Thessaloniki. The club had already acquiredland from the municipality of Agios Athanasios in theprevious summer,[23] and by February construction wasalready under way.

The end of the 200809 season found PAOK in secondplace, eight points behind champions Olympiacos, thebest place the club had taken since 1985, and well abovewhat was expected in the summer. This success, how-ever was short-lived, as the club failed to retain their placein the recently erected league playos, nishing fourthand missing out on the second UEFA Champions Leagueberth to Panathinaikos. Nevertheless, the club secured aspot in the 200910 UEFA Europa League third qualify-ing round.Despite the League playo failure, the 200910 seasonstarted with the best omens for the club, as once againthe response to the summer sales of season tickets wasenormous, despite the hefty increase in prices. Numeroustransfers once again took place, including former Racingde Santander player Vitolo, experienced defender BrunoCirillo, and star youngster Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, theclubs costliest transfer in many years. Key players con-tracts, like Olivier Sorlin and Vieirinha, were also re-newed.The new squad did not manage to live up to expecta-tions immediately, suering a painful (especially in -nancial terms) UEFA Cup elimination by Dutch clubHeerenveen. To make matters worse, the rst few gamesof 2009 found the club struggling in low positions. De-spite that, the squad gradually started to climb to the rstplaces, and starting on 5 December 2009, managed a 13-game unbeaten streak, including memorable wins againstPanathinaikos and Olympiacos, solidifying the club asone of the main league title contenders. This run wasnot without setbacks, as the club suered another shockelimination, this time from the Greek Cup, at the handsof recently promoted PAS Giannena.The unbeaten streak ended in late March, when succes-sive derby defeats by Aris and AEK, eectively endedany hope of winning the championship. However, theclub redeemed itself in the league play-os by nishingrst, with impressive consecutive wins against Aris Thes-saloniki F.C., AEK F.C. and twice against OlympiakosF.C.. Thus, PAOK was eligible to compete in the 201011 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

1.8 201012: The years after FernandoSantos

The three-year plan ended as a perceived success; PAOKwas transformed from amiserable, rapidly collapsing clubto a major championship contender once again, llingToumba stadium on a regular basis, and having constantlypositive nances, despite the burden of the still unsettleddebt to the Greek state.The 2010 league playo success was swiftly followed byFernando Santos' announcement of his decision to depart,having concluded his three-year contract.[24] It was even-tually decided in mid-June that Mario Beretta would behis successor,[25] following negotiations with numerous

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Vieirinha

other Italian managers by Zisis Vryzas.The clubs rst and much speculated transfer was thereturn of prodigal son Dimitris Salpingidis for the nextfour years, whose contract with Panathinaikos had justexpired in June. The rst dumors initially caused somecontroversy among the organized fan base, though Salp-ingidis was eventually welcomed back by the vast major-ity of fans, very much in light of his huge potential as astriker.After withdrawing to the training facilities of Bad Brck-enau in mid-July, the club was also drawn to face AFCAjax in the third qualifying round.As the squad made several awful appearances in its pre-season friendly matches (notably losing to Kickers Oen-bach by 31[26]), alarming fans and management alike,Theodoros Zagorakis nally decided to re Beretta andhis sta on 22 July, just one week prior to the clubs awaymatch in Amsterdam. Beretta was quickly replaced withPavlos Dermitzakis, veteran PAOK player and Zagorakisinitial choice before reverting to Beretta.[27] Beretta alsobecame the shortest-lived PAOK coach ever, sitting onthe bench for just 38 days.[28]

With Dermitzakis at the helm, PAOK faced Ajax andwas ultimately eliminated on the away goals rule, manag-ing a 11[29] draw in Amsterdam and a thrilling 33[30]draw in Thessaloniki. Entering theUEFAEuropa Leagueplayo round, PAOK were drawn against Turkish clubFenerbahe, also eliminated on the Champions League

third qualifying round. This time, PAOK fared muchbetter and after winning the home game 10[31] in Thes-saloniki, secured a memorable 11[32] draw in Istanbulafter extra time, qualifying for the group stage, and beingdrawn to play alongside Villarreal CF, Club Brugge andDinamo Zagreb.Unfortunately, such excellent performances did not con-tinue in the rst xtures of the Greek league. Unsuc-cessful results included a stinging 01[33] home loss toarch-rival Aris FC (the rst home loss in twelve years),and although the European campaign was on track (witha draw against Brugge and a win against Dinamo Zagreb)many key players received harsh criticism from the fans,not as much for the bad results, as for their apparent lackof passion, which they showed against Ajax and Fener-bahe. Dermitzakis was not excluded from criticism, andwas thought to be losing control over his players disciplineby engaging in personal conicts.

Kostas Katsouranis

Another hands-down defeat against Panathinaikos ce-mented the belief that the team cannot be improved underDermitzakis, leading to his removal on 17 October.[34]His assistant Makis Chavos replaced him as caretakercoach. At rst fans were asking for a quick replace ofChavos by a European-range coach, but after a streak offour wins in the Greek Superleague and a home 10[35]win against Villarreal CF in the UEFA Europe Leaguegroup stage, Chavos started to be considered as a usefulsolution as long as the team remained tranquil and wasindeed signed as the permanent coach in mid-December.PAOK ended their Europa League group stage campaignwith an emphatic win 01[36] at GNK Dinamo Zagreb,qualifying second after Villarreal CF. They were laterdrawn to face PFC CSKA Moscow on the rst knock-out round in February. The rst game in Toumba ended01[37] and, due to the 11[38] result in Moscow, PAOKwas eliminated from the next phase of 201011 UEFA

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Champions League play-o round. In the 2010-2011season, PAOK nished 4th in the regular season andsecured a place in the 201112 UEFA Europa Leaguethird qualifying round by nishing 2nd in the playoround. PAOK board appointed[39] the experienced Ro-manian coach Lszl Blni.Under the leadership ofBlni PAOK UEFA Europa League playo round andenter the group stage once again despide the many in-jured players the club had. In 30 November 2011, PAOKachieved a historic and thoroughly deserved victory,[40]against English club Tottenham Hotspur at White HartLane, with a 21 scoreline. With this victory, the clubquilied for the round of 32 of the Europa League for asecond consecutive year.There PAOK faced Udinese af-ter a 0-0 draw in Udine and a 0-3 loss in Toumpa PAOKwas eliminated from the next phase of 201112 UEFAChampions League play-o round.On 25 January 2012 after 0-1 home loss againstAtromitos and a long period with grumbling fans due toselling or letting go of some of the best players of theteam such as Vieirinha and Pablo Contreras, TheodorosZagorakis resigned from president of the team and ZisisVryzas took his place.In this season, PAOK nished 4thin the regular season and secured a place in the 201213UEFA Europa League third qualifying round by nishing3rd in the playo round.

1.9 2012present: The Ivan Savvidis era

Huub Stevens

In the summer of 2012 and after several months of nego-tiations Ivan Savvidis became the new major shareholderof PAOK. He invested 12 million euros, 2 of them asa loan to the club in May 2012. The new shareholder

Georgios Tzavellas

Hedwiges Maduro

of PAOK established a new nancial policy at the clubin order to pay o the vast debts which were created bythe previous administrations. The club would under thisnew policies use more players from the academies ratherthan buying costly foreign players. Former players turnedpresidents Thodoris Zagorakis and Zisis Vryzas were uti-lized in the football operations of the club, whilst Savvidisalso appointed some of his own sta in key positions. ThePAOK board appointed the Greek coach Giorgos Donisin the summer of 2012 after terminating the contract withformer coach Lszl Blni.PAOK entered the Europa League 3rd QualicationRound and with a 0-2 away and 4-1 home win over BneiYehuda qualied for the PlayO Round, where the club

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faced Rapid Wien but was eliminated after a 2-1 homewin and a 3-0 away defeat. The elimination was a seriousnancial blow to the club since the economic prots froma qualication would cover over half of the teams budgetfor the 2012-2013 season. PAOK nished the season in2nd place during the regular period, qualifying for the Su-perleague playos. After a string of disappointing lossestowards the latter half of the season resulting in a loss inthe semi nal of the Greek Cup and a bad start in theplayos Giorgos Donis was replaced by Technical Direc-tor and former player Georgios Georgiadis, who was ap-pointed caretaker manager. PAOKmanaged to win qual-ication for the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFAChampions League in the playos after a last game winagainst PAS Giannina. In June 2013 PAOK appointedHuub Stevens as their new coach,[41] with Ton Lokhoas the assistant coach.[42]

PAOKbeaten its record in theUEFAChampions League,qualifying to the play-o round of the competition. Ini-tially defeated by Metalist Kharkiv, in the third quali-cation round, PAOK was reinstalled in the ChampionsLeague as a result of UEFA found Metalist guilty ofmatch xing in the Ukrainian Premier League in contra-vention of international regulations. PAOK didn't man-age to beat Schalke 04 and qualify for the group stageof the competition for rst time in their history after a2-3 home and 1-1 away score and Schalke winning onaggregate.That season Paok nished Second in the reg-ular season and third in the playos after a 3 point de-duction due to the behaviour of the fans during the matchPAOK- Olympiakos (PAOK won 1-0 and proggresed tothe nal which they losed 4-1 to Panathinaikos).The fol-lowing season they nished third in the regular season .In2015 The Club Owner Ivan Savvidis Payed all of TheClub Debts To the state of Greece.In the fth Month Of2015 PAOK hired Frank Arnesen as the clubs technicaldirector.

2 Facilities

2.1 StadiumName: Toumba Stadium[43]

Location: Toumba district, Thessaloniki, Greece,Mikras Asias 1 StreetYear Built: 1959 (Last time rebuilt in 2004, due to the2004 Summer Olympics, hosted in Greece, Athens.)Capacity: 28,703 seatsOwnership: AS PAOK ThessalonikiUsed By: PAOK and PAOK Youth TeamIoannis Dedeoglou who donated the land that the PAOKSports Arena was built on has also oered to donate landnext door to build a new Toumba of around 40,000 seats.However, PAOKs management has shown no interest

Inside view of Toumba Stadium

and prefer to stick with the old Toumba.

2.2 Training facilitiesPAOK has its own training facilities for all squads locatedat the PAOK Sports Center.

2.3 Aliated clubs JSD Partizan[44][45]

3 Supporters

PAOK fans in Toumba Stadium (Gate 4)

Gate 4 is where the largest PAOK supporters clubs assem-ble. They generally support all clubs within the PAOKSports Society, andmostly wear black and white symbols,which are the clubs colors. The group as a whole tra-ditionally maintains good relations with the Serbian FKPartizan football club supporters Grobari, as well as withthe fans of OFI Crete, a friendship that is supported by an-nual exchange of tickets and always excellent atmosphereon their matches.Gate 4 members are known to be fanatic supporters oftheir team, using recrackers and reworks to generate a

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PAOK supporters

supportive atmosphere for their team. On the other hand,Toumba Stadium is notorious for its hostility to opposingteams, which has earned it themoniker of black hell.[46]

4 RivalriesMain articles: Olympiacos and PAOK rivalry, Arisand PAOK rivalry, Double-headed eagles derby andPanathinaikos and PAOK rivalry

The rivalry between Olympiacos and PAOK, is long-standing, emerging in the 1960s, when the infamous caseof Giorgos Koudas' transfer from PAOK to Olympiacostook place. The rivalry is mainly fueled by the cor-responding rivalry that exists in many aspects betweenAthens and Thessaloniki.A deep-seated hatred also exists between PAOK and lo-cal rivals Aris Thessaloniki, which has culminated in twomemorable Greek Cup nals between them, each clubwinning one. On an annual basis, erce derbies are con-tested for the Greek League, frequently accompanied byviolent outbreaks on and o the pitch.Panathinaikos andAEKAthens are also consideredmajorrivals.

5 Players

5.1 First team SquadNote: Flags indicate national team as dened under FIFA eligi-bility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nation-ality.

5.2 Out on loanNote: Flags indicate national team as dened under FIFA eligi-bility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nation-

ality.

5.3 Out of team

Note: Flags indicate national team as dened under FIFA eligi-bility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nation-ality.

5.4 U-20 Squad

As of 23 August 2013 [47]

Note: Flags indicate national team as dened under FIFA eligi-bility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nation-ality.

5.5 P.A.O.K. Captains

5.6 MVP of Season

5.7 Retired numbers

Big PAOK shirt in honour of the fans

Retired PAOK FC Numbers

12 in honour of the fans, considered the 12thplayer of the team in the pitch.

17 in honour of Panagiotis Katsouris, a PAOKplayer that died in 1998 in a car accident.

5.8 Kit evolution the past years

6 Management

11

6.1 Board of Directors

6.2 Coaching sta

6.3 Managers HistoryPAOK F.C. managers from 1970 onwards:[51]

Fernando Santos is the longest serving manager (2years and 10 months) andMario Beretta is the short-est (38 days).[28]

Angelos Anastasiadis is the overall longest servingmanager (4 years an 2 months), in three distinctterms.

6.4 P.A.O.K. F.C. presidentsAs of 13 September 2013 [52]

7 League performance and statis-tics

At 198687: had 3 nullied matches, resulting in 6points.

Point system: 195960 to 197273: 321. 197374 to 199192: 210. 199293 onwards: 310.

7.1 Most league appearances and Topscorers

As of 19 March 2015

8 UEFA competitions

PAOKF.C. in 201011UEFAEuropa League round of 32matchagainst PFC CSKA Moscow.

PAOK has participated in every UEFA sanctioned com-petition except for the Champions League. On many oc-casions, mostly in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA CupWinners Cup, PAOK managed to eliminate famous Eu-ropean clubs, and the clubs name was made known out-side Greek borders as well. Also highlighted were theclubs fanatically obsessed fans, massively following theclub on every occasion.PAOKs best Cup Winners cup performance was inthe 197374 season, when they reached the quarter-nals of the competition. Eliminating Legia Warsawand Olympique Lyonnais on the way, PAOK were nallyeliminated by Milan. After a 30 defeat at the San Siro,PAOK were held to a 22 draw at Toumba Stadium andknocked out.PAOKsmost successful UEFACup runwas the 199798season.PAOK qualied for the second round by beatingArsenal 21 on aggregate. They went on to lose 96 onaggregate to Atltico Madrid..The most recent European-level achievement was theelimination of Turkish club Fenerbahe in the 201011UEFA Europa League playo round, and the subsequentgroup stage success against Villareal CF, Dinamo Zagreband Club Brugge. This campaign ended in Russia againstCSKA Moscow, with PAOK however going down withno less than a hard ght.

The clubs biggest win in a European competitionwas 70 against Lokomotivi Tbilisi in 1999, whilethe heaviest defeat was 06 to Wiener SC in 1965.

PAOK also holds the second place in the record forconsecutive participations in the UEFA Cup, onebehind Club Brugge. The club had participated inthe UEFA Cup nine times in a row from 199798up to 200506. PAOKmissed the chance to tie withBrugge in 2006, as the club was banned by UEFAfrom taking part in the 200607 season of theUEFACup, despite having qualied, because of the clubslong-unsettled debts.

Further information: PAOK F.C. in European football

9 Honours Total Titles: (6)[53]

9.1 Domestic

Superleague Greece Winners (2): 197576, 198485 Runners-up (6): 193637, 193940, 1972-73, 1977-78, 200910, 201213

12 13 REFERENCES

Greek Football Cup Winners (4): 197172, 197374, 200001,200203

Runners-up (13): 1938-39, 1950-51, 195455, 196970, 197071, 197273, 197677, 197778, 198081, 198283, 198485,199192, 201314

9.2 International Regional

Greater Greece Cup Winners (1): 1973

9.3 Regional

EPSM Championship Winners (7): 1936-37, 194748, 194950,195354, 195455, 195556, 195657,

10 Shirt and sponsor historyThe shirt and sponsors history the last 41 years:

11 Club anthemPAOKs club anthem was written by Mimis Traiforos,composed by Petros Giannakos and sung by Petros Ga-ronis.

12 See also PAOK (The Sports Club as a whole) P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki B.C. - Basketball P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki H.C. - Handball P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki V.C. - Volleyball Toumba Stadium (PAOK Football Stadium)

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[53] P.A.O.K. FC - (14 December 2014

14 External links The Ocial Website of PAOK FC (Greek) (En-glish)

The Ocial Boutique of PAOK FC (Greek) (En-glish)

PAOK Thessaloniki History PAOK ThessalonikiHistory provided on behalf of Melbourne ClubPAOK (English)

PAOK FC UEFA.com

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