2017–18 PAOK FC season

PAOK
2017–18 season
President	Ivan Savvidis
Manager	Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League	2nd
Greek Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Aleksandar Prijović (19); All: ; Aleksandar Prijović (27)

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.

Coaching staff

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

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

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Rodrigo Rey	32	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	35	EU	2016	74	3	2019	€1.4M	Second nationality: Portugal
6	DF	Dorian Lévêque	33	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)	38	EU	2005/2015	236	5	2018	€0.10M
15	CB	José Ángel Crespo (Vice-captain)	36	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	27	EU	2009	83	14	2021	PAOK U20
21	FW	Diego Biseswar	35	EU	2016	76	10	2019
28	CM	Yevhen Shakhov	32	Non-EU	2016	77	16	2019
29	MF	Róbert Mak	32	EU	2014/2017	116	33	2018
30	DF	Márcio Azevedo	37	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	27	EU	2012	12	0	2019	PAOK U20
71	GK	Panagiotis Glykos (Vice-captain)	37	EU	2007	165	0	2019
75	MF	Thibault Moulin	33	EU	2018	3	0	2021	€1.3M
77	FW	Dimitris Pelkas (Vice-captain)	29	EU	2007	126	29	2021	PAOK U20
87	DM	José Cañas	36	EU	2016	64	2	2019
88	DF	Vieirinha (Vice-captain)	37	EU	2008/2017	155	30	2020	€1M
99	GK	Marios Siampanis	24	EU	2015	3	0	2019	PAOK U20

Last updated: 12 May 2018
Source: paokfc.gr, 2017/18 numbers, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles, and paokfc.gr (for appearances and goals)

Players in

No.	Pos.	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	33	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	30	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	29	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	32	EU	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	[9]
1	GK	Rodrigo Rey	32	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	37	EU	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	2020	€1M	[14]
2	DF	Carlos Zambrano	34	EU	Rubin Kazan	Loan	Summer	2018	?	[15]
30	DF	Márcio Azevedo	37	Non-EU	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan	Winter	2018		[16]
—	MF	Thibault Moulin	33	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

N	Pos.	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	28	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	29	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	30	EU	PAS Lamia	Loan	Summer	Free	[25]
33	CF	Stefanos Athanasiadis	34	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	30	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	28	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

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

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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


Head Coach	From	To	Record
Head Coach	From	To	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

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Olympiacos	30	18	6	6	63	28	+35	57[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 3]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

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:

PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.[35]
Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.[36]
Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.

Results summary


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

Source: Competitive matches

Note: PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	10	5	5	4	3	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

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: Apostolos Nikolaidis 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

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAOK	LEV	APP	AIG
1	PAOK	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Round of 16		2–1	—	—
2	Levadiakos	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Round of 16	—		—	5–0
3	Apollon Pontus	3	1	2	2	3	−1	3		0–1	1–2		—
4	Aiginiakos	3	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 Pontus	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

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

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

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

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

Third qualifying round

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

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

Squad statistics

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
No.	Name	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

'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

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

S	P	N	Name	Super League			Cup			Europa League			Total
S	P	N	Name
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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External links

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[table_hth_PAOK0.18851817966835-36] PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.[35]

[table_hth_OLY0.18851817966835-38] Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.[36]

[table_hth_AST0.18851817966835-39] Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.

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[10] "Έκλεισε Ρέι ο ΠΑΟΚ" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 7 July 2017.

[11] "Alexandros Paschalakis to PAOK" (in Greek). sdna. 7 August 2017.

[12] "El Kaddouri to PAOK" (in Greek). metrosport. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

[13] "Maurício to PAOK" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[14] "Vieirinha to PAOK" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[15] "Carlos Zambrano to PAOK" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[16] "Márcio Azevedo signs for PAOK" (in Greek). paokfc. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[17] "Thibault Moulin signs for PAOK" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

[18] "Mihojević signs for PAOK" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

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[23] "korovesis to Platanias" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

[24] "Jairo loan to Sheriff Tiraspol" (in Greek). inpaok. Retrieved 2017-08-07.

[25] "Melissas loan to Lamia" (in Greek). inpaok. Retrieved 2017-08-11.

[26] "Stefanos Athanasiadis to Maccabi Haifa" (in Greek). inpaok. Retrieved 2017-08-21.

[27] "Amr Warda to Atromitos" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 2017-08-28.

[28] "Gojko Cimirot to Standard Liège" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

[29] "End of Loan" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[30] "Konstantinidis to Brescia Calcio" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

[31] "Ergys Kaçe to Panathinaikos" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

[32] "Mystakidis to Panathinaikos" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

[33] "Leovac to Rijeka" (in Greek). sdna. Retrieved 2018-02-09.

[34] "Brkić Contract termination" (in Greek). inpaok. Retrieved 2018-02-18.

[PAOK_deduction-35] "Long-overdue decision deducts points from PAOK, slaps three-year ban on Savvidis". Kathimerini. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

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[ESPN-41] "PAOK deducted three points after violence against Olympiakos". ESPN. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.