2017–18 PAOK FC season

The 2017–18 season was PAOK Football Club's 92st 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 Football Cup title won in 2017 and also competed in UEFA Europa League.

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 goals) All: Aleksandar Prijović (27 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Rodrigo Rey	29	EU	2017	18	0	2021	€1.5M	Second nationality: Italy
3	RWB		Léo Matos (Vice-captain)	34	Non-EU	2016	85	14	2021
5	CB		Fernando Varela	33	EU	2016	74	3	2019	€1.4M	Second nationality: Portugal
6	DF		Dorian Lévêque	31	EU	2017	1	0	2020
7	AM		Omar El Kaddouri	30	EU	2017	21	2	2021	€1.3M	Second nationality: Belgium
8	MF		Maurício	32	Non-EU	2017	27	4	2020
9	CF		Aleksandar Prijović (Vice-captain)	30	EU	2017	59	37	2022	€1.9M
10	FW		Djalma Campos	33	EU	2016	76	12	2019		Second nationality: Portugal
13	CB		Stelios Malezas (captain)	35	EU	2005/2015	236	5	2018	€0.10M
15	CB		José Ángel Crespo (Vice-captain)	33	EU	2016	80	3	2019
16	DF		Marko Mihojević	24	EU	2018	1	0	2020
18	LW		Dimitris Limnios	22	EU	2017	31	1	2021	€0.80M
20	CF		Efthimis Koulouris	24	EU	2009	83	14	2021	PAOK U20
21	FW		Diego Biseswar	32	EU	2016	76	10	2019
28	CM		Yevhen Shakhov	30	Non-EU	2016	77	16	2019
29	MF		Róbert Mak	29	EU	2014/2017	116	33	2018
30	DF		Márcio Azevedo	35	Non-EU	2018	7	0	2018
31	GK		Alexandros Paschalakis	31	EU	2017	24	0	2020
41	FB		Panagiotis Deligiannidis	24	EU	2012	12	1	2020	PAOK U20
44	CB		Achilleas Poungouras	25	EU	2012	12	0	2019	PAOK U20
71	GK		Panagiotis Glykos (Vice-captain)	34	EU	2007	165	0	2019
75	MF		Thibault Moulin	31	EU	2018	3	0	2021	€1.3M
77	FW		Dimitris Pelkas (Vice-captain)	27	EU	2007	126	29	2021	PAOK U20
87	DM		José Cañas	33	EU	2016	64	2	2019
88	DF		Vieirinha (Vice-captain)	35	EU	2008/2017	155	30	2020	€1M
99	GK		Marios Siampanis	21	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.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
18	LW		Dimitris Limnios	22	EU	Atromitos	Transfer	Summer	2021	€0.80M	[2]
6	DF		Dorian Lévêque	31	EU	Guingamp	Free transfer	Summer	2020	Free	[3]
22	DF		Dimitris Konstantinidis	26	EU	Omonia	Loan return	Summer	2019	Free	[4]
30	GK		Nikos Melissas	27	EU	Sparta	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free	[5]
34	MF		Nikos Korovesis	29	EU	PAS Giannina	Loan return	Summer	2018	Free	[6]
19	FW		Jairo	28	Non-EU	PAS Giannina	Loan return	Summer	2019	Free	[7]
93	MF		Terry Antonis	27	EU	Western Sydney Wanderers	Loan return	Summer	2018	Free	[7]
90	DF		Dimitris Giannoulis	25	EU	Anorthosis	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free	[8]
29	MF		Róbert Mak	29	EU	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	[9]
1	GK		Rodrigo Rey	29	EU	Godoy Cruz	Transfer	Summer	2021	€1.5M	[10]
31	GK		Alexandros Paschalakis	31	EU	PAS Giannina	Free transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[11]
7	AM		Omar El Kaddouri	30	EU	Empoli	Transfer	Summer	2021	€1.3M	[12]
8	MF		Maurício	32	Non-EU	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Free transfer	Summer	2020	Free	[13]
88	MF		Vieirinha	35	EU	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	2020	€1M	[14]
2	DF		Carlos Zambrano	31	EU	Rubin Kazan	Loan	Summer	2018	?	[15]
30	DF		Márcio Azevedo	35	Non-EU	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan	Winter	2018		[16]
—	MF		Thibault Moulin	31	EU	Legia Warsaw	Transfer	Winter	2021	€1.3M	[17]
—	DF		Marko Mihojević	24	EU	FK Sarajevo	Transfer	Winter	2021	€500k	[18]

Total spending: €6.40M

Players out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
70	RB		Stelios Kitsiou	27	EU	Sint-Truidense	Loan	Summer	Free	[19]
8	MF		Charis Charisis	26	EU	Sint-Truidense	Loan	Summer	Free	[19]
90	DF		Dimitris Giannoulis	25	EU	Atromitos	Loan	Summer	Free
5	DF		Dimitris Chatziisaias	28	EU	Atromitos	Loan	Summer	Free	[20]
14	FW		Facundo Pereyra	33	Non-EU		Released	Summer	Free	[21]
93	MF		Terry Antonis	27	EU	Venlo	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[22]
34	MF		Nikos Korovesis	29	EU	Platanias	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[23]
19	FW		Jairo	28	Non-EU	Sheriff Tiraspol	Loan	Summer	Free	[24]
30	GK		Nikos Melissas	27	EU	PAS Lamia	Loan	Summer	Free	[25]
33	CF		Stefanos Athanasiadis	32	EU	Maccabi Haifa	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[26]
7	FW		Amr Warda	27	Non-EU	Atromitos	Loan	Summer	Free	[27]
11	FW		Pedro Henrique Konzen	30	Non-EU	Qarabağ	Loan with option to buy (€5m)	Summer	€500k
16	MF		Gojko Cimirot	28	EU	Standard Liège	Transfer	Winter	€2.5M	[28]
2	DF		Carlos Zambrano	31	EU	Rubin Kazan	End of Loan	Winter		[29]
22	RB		Dimitris Konstantinidis	26	EU	Brescia	Free transfer	Winter	Free	[30]
26	DM		Ergys Kaçe	27	EU	Panathinaikos	Loan with option to buy	Winter	Free	[31]
27	FW		Giannis Mystakidis	26	EU	Panathinaikos	Loan	Winter	Free	[32]
4	LB		Marin Leovac	32	EU	Rijeka	Loan with option to buy	Winter	Free	[33]
23	GK		Željko Brkić	34	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
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	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.

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach	From	To	Record
			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 Greece

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[lower-alpha 1]	30	21	4	5	59	19	+40	64	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Olympiacos[lower-alpha 2]	30	18	6	6	63	28	+35	57	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

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).[35]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.
2. Olympiakos were deducted 3 points due to fan behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.

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
29	22	4	3	60	13	+47	70	14	0	0	37	4	+33	8	4	3	23	9	+14

Last updated: 12 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

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	P	L	P	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	–	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos
Note: Match was suspended before the kick-off. Olympiacos were awarded a 0-3 win.

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	0–0	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. AEK were awarded a 0-3 win and PAOK had 3 pts deducted (and 2 pts from next season's championship) .

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 Football Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PAO	LEV	APO	EGN
1	PAOK	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9			2–1	—	—
2	Levadiakos	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6		—		—	5–0
3	Apollon Pontou	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3		0–1	1–2		—
4	Aiginiakos	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0		0–5	—	0–1

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
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: C. doors Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris

25 October 2017 2	Apollon Pontou	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: Apostolos Karakostas

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: Iordanis Dimitriadis

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: Stefanos Parasiou

Quarter-finals

24 January 2018 1st 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 2nd 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 1st 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 2nd 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)

Third qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 July 2017 1st 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 2nd leg	PAOK	2–0	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

PAOK won 3-1 on aggregate and advances to the UEFA Europa League Play-off round.

Play-off round

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 August 2017 1st 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 2nd leg	Östersund	2–0	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

Aggregate: 3-3. Östersund win on away goals

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
			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		Giorgos 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
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

• PAOK FC official website