2018–19 PAOK FC season

PAOK
2018–19 season
President Ivan Savvidis
Manager Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium Toumba Stadium
Superleague 1st
Greek Cup Group stage
UEFA Champions League Play-off round
UEFA Europa League Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Aleksandar Prijović (3)
All: Aleksandar Prijović (8)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2018–19 season is PAOK Football Club's 93st in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will defend their Greek Football Cup title won in 2018, and will also compete in UEFA Champion's League

Coaching staff

This is Răzvan Lucescu 2nd season with PAOK.
Position Staff
Head Coach Romania Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant manager Italy Diego Longo
Assistant manager Italy Cristiano Bacci
Team Manager Greece Pantelis Konstantinidis
Goalkeeping coach Greece Giorgos Skiatitis
Head Gymnast Rehabilitation Greece Georgios Tsonakas
Gymnast Rehabilitation Greece Vasilios Kanaras
Fitness Coach Italy Matteo Spatafora
Data Analyst (Vis-Track) Greece Kyriakos Tsitsiridis
Opponent Analysis Greece Ioannis Thomaidis
Head of Medical Services Greece Emmanouil Papakostas
Club's Doctor Greece Kostas Tziantzis
Exercise Physiology Greece Giorgos Ziogas
Nutritionist Greece Ioanna Paspala
Physiotherapist Greece Petros Nikolakoudis
Physiotherapist Greece Nikolaos Tsirelas
Physiotherapist Greece Athanasios Kapoulas
Physiotherapist Greece Nikolaos Gagalis
Physiotherapist Greece Nikolaos Mouratidis
Academy's Technical Director Spain Daniel Bigas Alsina

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

Other information

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

Source:PAOK F.C.

Players

Squad information

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Argentina Rodrigo Rey27EU 2017 19 0 2021 €1.5M Second nationality: Italy
3 RWB Brazil Léo Matos32Non-EU 2016 99 15 2021
5 CB Cape Verde Fernando Varela30EU 2016 86 4 2019 €1.4M Second nationality: Portugal
6 DF Romania Alin Toșca26EU 2018 4 0 2019
7 AM Morocco Omar El Kaddouri28EU 2017 32 4 2021 €1.3M Second nationality: Belgium
8 MF Brazil Maurício29Non-EU 2017 40 5 2020
9 CF Serbia Aleksandar Prijović28EU 2017 73 45 2022 €1.9M
10 AM Greece Dimitris Pelkas (3rd captain)24EU 2007 139 32 2021 PAOK U20
11 FW Greece Nikos Karelis26EU 2018 3 0 2019
13 CB Greece Stelios Malezas (Vice-captain)33EU 2005/2015 236 5 2019 €0.10M
15 CB Spain José Ángel Crespo31EU 2016 94 4 2019
18 LW Greece Dimitris Limnios20EU 2017 42 2 2021 €0.80M
19 MF Sweden Pontus Wernbloom32EU 2018 6 0 2021
20 DF Portugal Vieirinha (captain)32EU 2008/2017 167 30 2020 €1M
21 FW Netherlands Diego Biseswar30EU 2016 84 11 2019
28 CM Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov27Non-EU 2016 89 16 2019
31 GK Greece Alexandros Paschalakis29EU 2017 38 0 2020
34 DF Ukraine Yevhen Khacheridi31EU 2018 7 0 2021
47 FW England Chuba Akpom23EU 2018 6 0 2021 €1.0M
70 RB Greece Stelios Kitsiou25EU 2007 147 5 PAOK U20
71 GK Greece Panagiotis Glykos32EU 2007 165 0 2019
74 FW Egypt Amr Warda25Non-EU 2017 24 3 2020 €0.35M
87 DM Spain José Cañas31EU 2016 76 3 2019
98 FW Brazil Léo Jabá20Non-EU 2018 12 3 2023 €5M
99 GK Greece Marios Siampanis19EU 2015 3 0 2019 PAOK U20

Players in

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
11 FW Greece Nikos Karelis 26EU Belgium Genk Loan Summer 2019 Free [2]
6 DF Romania Alin Toșca 26EU Spain Real Betis Loan Summer 2019 Free [3]
19 MF Sweden Pontus Wernbloom 32EU Russia CSKA Moscow Free Transfer Summer 2021 Free [4]
34 DF Ukraine Yevhen Khacheridi 31EU Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Free Transfer Summer 2021 Free [5]
98 FW Brazil Léo Jabá 20Non-EU Russia Akhmat Grozny Transfer Summer 2023 €5M [6]
47 FW England Chuba Akpom 23EU England Arsenal Transfer Summer 2021 €1M [7]
70 RB Greece Stelios Kitsiou 25EU Belgium Sint-Truidense Loan Return Summer Free -
8 MF Greece Charis Charisis 23EU Belgium Sint-Truidense Loan Return Summer Free -
90 DF Greece Dimitris Giannoulis 22EU Greece Atromitos Loan Return Summer Free
5 DF Greece Dimitris Chatziisaias 26EU Greece Atromitos Loan Return Summer Free
40 FW Cyprus Nikolas Mattheou 20EU Cyprus Anorthosis Loan Return Summer Free
98 MF Greece Manolis Patralis 21EU Greece Platanias Loan Return Summer Free
60 FW Greece Giorgos Kakko 21EU Cyprus Nea Salamina Loan Return Summer Free
96 FW Greece Stelios Pozoglou 22EU Greece Panserraikos Loan Return Summer Free
19 FW Brazil Jairo 26Non-EU Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol Loan Return Summer Free
30 GK Greece Nikos Melissas 25EU Greece PAS Lamia Loan Return Summer Free
74 FW Egypt Amr Warda 25Non-EU Greece Atromitos Loan Return Summer Free
11 FW Brazil Pedro Henrique Konzen 28Non-EU Azerbaijan Qarabağ Loan Return Summer Free
80 MF Greece Anastasios Dimitriadis 21EU Greece Karaiskakis Loan Return Summer Free
— RW Greece Giorgos Kakko 21EU Greece Panserraikos Loan Return Summer Free
— FW Albania Kristian Kushta 20EU Greece Aiginiakos Loan Return Summer Free
26 DM Albania Ergys Kaçe 25EU Greece Panathinaikos Loan Return Summer Free
27 FW Greece Giannis Mystakidis 23EU Greece Panathinaikos Loan Return Summer Free
4 LB Croatia Marin Leovac 30EU Croatia Rijeka Loan Return Summer Free

Total spending: Decrease €6M

Players out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
11 FW Greece Lazaros Lamprou 20EU Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Loan Summer Free [8]
MF Greece Manolis Patralis 21EU Greece Doxa Drama Loan Summer Free [9]
6 MF Greece Charis Charisis 23EU Belgium Kortrijk Loan Summer Free [10]
27 FW Greece Giannis Mystakidis 23EU Greece PAS Giannina Loan Summer Free [11]
75 MF France Thibault Moulin 28EU Turkey Ankaragucu Loan Summer Free [12]
16 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Mihojevic 22EU Greece OFI Loan Summer Free [12]
30 GK Greece Nikos Melissas 25EU Greece PAS Lamia Loan Summer Free [13]
4 LB Croatia Marin Leovac 30EU Croatia GNK Dinamo Zagreb Transfer Summer €500K [14]
5 DF Greece Dimitris Chatziisaias 26EU Greece Atromitos Loan Summer Free [15]
90 DF Greece Dimitris Giannoulis 22EU Greece Atromitos Loan Summer Free [16]
10 FW Angola Djalma Campos 31EU Turkey Alanyaspor Transfer Summer €600K [17]
20 FW Greece Efthimis Koulouris 22EU Greece Atromitos Loan Summer Free [18]
26 DM Albania Ergys Kaçe 25EU Greece Panathinaikos Loan Summer Free [19]
26 LB Greece Panagiotis Deligiannidis 22EU Greece OFI Loan Summer Free [20]
26 CB Greece Achilleas Poungouras 22EU Greece Panathinaikos Transfer Summer Free [21]
11 FW Brazil Pedro Henrique Konzen 28Non-EU Kazakhstan Astana Loan Return Summer Free [22]
22 GK Greece Jorgo Muca 0EU Greece Karaiskakis Loan Summer Free [23]
40 MF Cyprus Nikolas Mattheou 20EU Greece Karaiskakis Loan Summer Free [23]
11 FW Greece Christos Papadopoulos 0EU Greece Karaiskakis Loan Summer Free [23]
19 FW Brazil Jairo 26Non-EU Croatia Hajduk Split Free Transfer Summer Free [24]

Increase Total Income: €1.1M

Net income: Decrease €4.9M

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Superleague Greece 25 August 20185 May 2019 Matchday 1 6 6 0 0 10 1 +9 100.00
Greek Cup 26 September 2018 Group stage 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
UEFA Champion's League 24 July 201829 August 2018 Second qualifying round Play-off round 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 050.00
UEFA Europa League 20 September 2018 Group stage 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
Total 15 10 3 2 25 12 +13 066.67

Last updated: 7 October 2018 (2018-10-07).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Romania Răzvan Lucescu 07.24.2018 Present 15 10 3 2 25 12 +13 066.67

Last updated: 7 October 2018

Superleague Greece

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK[lower-alpha 1] 6 6 0 0 10 1 +9 16 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Atromitos 6 5 1 0 8 1 +7 16
3 Olympiacos 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Aris Thessaloniki 6 4 0 2 9 2 +7 12
5 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 2] 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 10
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2018. 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).[27]
Notes:
  1. ↑ PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[25]
  2. ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 6 points for financial reasons.[26]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
6 6 0 0 10 1  +9 18 3 0 0 5 0  +5 3 0 0 5 1  +4

Last updated: 7 October 2018 (2018-10-07).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWWWWW
Position844211

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018 (2018-10-07). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Greek Football Cup

PAOK enter the competition as the two-time defending champions, having won consecutive editions in 2016–17, and 2017–18.

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1PAOK 10101101Advance to knockout phase
2Aris Thessaloniki 10101101
3Ergotelis 10101101
4Aittitos Spata 10101101
 PAOARSERGASP
PAOK — 1-1 — —
Aris Thessaloniki — — — –
Ergotelis – – — —
Aittitos Spata – — 1-1 —

  Win   Draw   Loss

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

Third qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

Play-off round

  Win   Draw   Loss

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Group stage (Group L)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHL PAOK BATE VID
1 England Chelsea 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Advance to knockout phase — 29 Nov 25 Oct 1–0
2 Greece PAOK 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 — 13 Dec 25 Oct
3 Belarus BATE Borisov 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3[lower-alpha 1] 8 Nov 1–4 — 29 Nov
4 Hungary MOL Vidi 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 13 Dec 8 Nov 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: PAOK 3, BATE Borisov 0.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 7 October 2018

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

No.NameSuperleagueGreek CupChampions LeagueEuropa League Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 Argentina Rodrigo Rey 00100000 10
31 Greece Alexandros Paschalakis 60006020 140
99 Greece Marios Siampanis 00000000 00
Defenders
3 Brazil Léo Matos 611 (1)06010 14 (1)1
5 Cape Verde Fernando Varela 40006120 121
6 Romania Alin Toșca 1 (1)0100020 4 (1)0
13 Greece Stelios Malezas 00000000 00
15 Spain José Ángel Crespo 60106010 140
20 Portugal Vieirinha 6000402 (1)0 12 (1)0
34 Ukraine Yevhen Khacheridi 20103 (1)010 7 (1)0
70 Greece Stelios Kitsiou 00100000 10
Midfielders
7 Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 4 (1)1105 (1)110 11 (2)2
8 Brazil Maurício 51006020 131
10 Greece Dimitris Pelkas 40116121 133
19 Sweden Pontus Wernbloom 4 (4)0100010 6 (4)0
21 Netherlands Diego Biseswar 5 (1)11 (1)0002 (2)0 8 (4)1
28 Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov 4 (1)0106 (6)010 12 (7)0
87 Spain José Cañas 5 (1)0006110 12 (1)1
Forwards
9 Serbia Aleksandar Prijović 531 (1)0642 (1)1 14 (2)8
11 Greece Nikos Karelis 2 (1)0100000 3 (1)0
18 Greece Dimitris Limnios 4 (2)0006110 11 (2)1
47 England Chuba Akpom 3 (3)0002 (2)01 (1)0 6 (6)0
74 Egypt Amr Warda 3 (1)0006 (6)11 (1)0 10 (8)1
98 Brazil Léo Jabá 5 (2)1104 (2)022 12 (4)3

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player Superleague Greek Cup Champions League Europa League Total
19CFSerbia Aleksandar Prijović30418
298FWBrazil Léo Jabá10023
210AMGreece Dimitris Pelkas01113
37MFMorocco Omar El Kaddouri10102
487DMSpain José Cañas00101
418FWGreece Dimitris Limnios00101
45CBCape Verde Fernando Varela00101
474MFEgypt Amr Warda00101
421MFNetherlands Diego Biseswar10001
43RWBBrazil Léo Matos10001
48MFBrazil Maurício10001
Own goals20002
TOTALS 10110425

Last update: 7 October 2018

Clean sheets

.
Rank Name Superleague Greek Cup Champions League Europa League Total Games played
— Greece Alexandros Paschalakis 5 2 0 7 14
— Argentina Rodrigo Rey 0 1
Total52715

Last updated: 7 October 2018

Disciplinary record

S P N Name Superleague Cup Champions League Europa League Total
7AMMoroccoOmar El Kaddouri 100100200100500
3DFBrazilLéo Matos 200000210000410
8MFBrazilMaurício 200000200000400
34DFUkraineYevhen Khacheridi 200000100000300
19MFSwedenWernbloom 100100000100300
10AMGreeceDimitris Pelkas 000000300000300
98FWBrazilJabá 200000000000200
28MFUkraineYevhen Shakhov 100000100000200
31GKGreeceAlexandros Paschalakis 100000100000200
20DFPortugalVieirinha 100000100000200
74FWEgyptAmr Warda 000000100100200
70RBGreeceStelios Kitsiou 000010000000010
87MFSpainJosé Cañas 100000000000100
21MFNetherlandsDiego Biseswar 100000000000100
9CFSerbiaAleksandar Prijović 000000100000100
5DFCape VerdeFernando Varela 000000100000100

Last updated:7 October 2018

Awards

PAOK Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans voting on PAOKFC.gr

Month Player Source
July-August Spain José Ángel Crespo [28]
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

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