2020–21 PAOK FC season

The 2020–21 PAOK FC season is the club's 95th season in existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, PAOK will participate in this season's editions of the Greek Football Cup and he has and will participate in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

PAOK

2020–21 season
President	Ivan Savvidis
Manager	Pablo García
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League	3rd
Greek Cup	Quarterfinals
UEFA Champions League	Play-off
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Karol Świderski (9) All: Christos Tzolis (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Pablo García
Assistant Coach	Mirosław Sznaucner
Goalkeeping Coach	Mario Galinovic

Last updated: 31 October 2020
Source: paokfc.gr

Players

Current squad

As of 27 January 2021[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 88 GK  SRB Živko Živković 31 GK  GRE Alexandros Paschalakis 64 GK  GRE Christos Talichmanidis 2 DF  BRA Rodrigo 4 DF  ISL Sverrir Ingi Ingason 5 DF  CPV Fernando Varela 6 DF  ALB Enea Mihaj 18 DF  SEN Moussa Wague 21 DF  GHA Baba Rahman (on loan from Chelsea) 16 DF  NOR Adrian Pereira 19 DF  GRE Lefteris Lyratzis 49 DF  GRE Giannis Michailidis 15 DF  ESP José Ángel Crespo (vice-captain) 7 MF  MAR Omar El Kaddouri 8 MF  EGY Amr Warda 10 MF  AUT Thomas Murg 20 MF  POR Vieirinha (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 99 MF  BIH Vladimir Bradonjić 23 MF  JPN Shinji Kagawa 32 MF  GEO Nika Ninua 33 MF  BRA Douglas Augusto 51 MF  GRE Charis Tsingaras 29 MF  GRE Georgios Vrakas 22 MF  AUT Stefan Schwab 65 MF  GRE Giannis Konstantelias 11 FW  GRE Christos Tzolis 14 FW  SRB Andrija Živković 97 FW  GRE Lazaros Lamprou 27 FW  CZE Michael Krmenčík (on loan from Club Brugge) 25 FW  CRO Antonio Čolak 98 FW  BRA Léo Jabá 9 FW  POL Karol Świderski 70 FW  GRE Georgios Koutsias

Transfers

Players in

As of 30 January 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
22	MF		Stefan Schwab	30	EU	Rapid Wien	Free Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[2]
32	MF		Nika Ninua	21	Non-EU	Dinamo Tbilisi	Transfer	Summer	2024	€850,000	[3]
16	DF		Adrian Pereira	21	Non-EU	Viking	Transfer	Summer	2024	€760,000	[4]
14	MF		Andrija Živković	24	Non-EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[5]
29	MF		Georgios Vrakas	19	EU	Napoli U19	Free Transfer	Summer	2023		[6]
18	MF		Moussa Wagué	22	Non-EU	Barcelona	Loan	Summer	2021	Free	[7]
25	FW		Antonio Čolak	27	EU	Rijeka	Transfer	Summer	2021	€3,000,000	[8]
10	MF		Thomas Murg	26	EU	Rapid Wien	Transfer	Summer	2024	€2,000,000	[9]
8	MF		Amr Warda	27	Non-EU	Volos	Transfer	Winter	2022	Free	[10]
97	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	23	EU	Twente	End of loan	Winter	2021	Free	[11]
27	FW		Michael Krmenčík	23	EU	Club Brugge	Loan	Winter	2021	Free	[12]
23	MF		Shinji Kagawa	31	Non-EU	–	Transfer	Winter	2022	Free	[13]
21	DF		Baba Rahman	27	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan	Winter	2021	Free	[14]
99	MF		Vladimir Bradonjić	21	EU	Radnik Bijeljina	Transfer	Winter	2024	Free	[15]

Players Out

As of 23 January 2021

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
22	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	23	EU	Twente	Loan	Summer	Free	[16]
8	MF		Maurício	32	Non-EU	Panathinaikos	End of contract	Summer	Free	[17]
-	FW		Illya Markovskyy	23	Non-EU	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Transfer	Summer	Free	[18]
60	GK		Symeon Papadopoulos	20	EU	Volos	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[19]
–	GK		Nikolaos Botis	16	EU	Inter Milan U19	Transfer	summer	€600,000
99	FW		Miroslav Stoch	31	EU	TBA	Released	Summer	Free	[20]
19	MF		Pontus Wernbloom	34	EU	IFK Göteborg	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
-	FW		Alexandros Gargalatzidis	20	EU	OFI	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[22]
-	DF		Apostolos Diamantis	20	EU	OFI	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[23]
-	GK		Nikos Melissas	27	EU	Panetolikos	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[24]
-	DF		Marios Tsaousis	20	EU	Spartak Trnava	Loan	Summer	Free
-	MF		Zisis Chatzistravos	21	EU	Lamia	Loan	Summer	Free
47	FW		Chuba Akpom	25	EU	Middlesbrough	Transfer	Summer	€3,000,000	[25] (40% of the transfer fee to Arsenal)
18	FW		Dimitris Limnios	22	EU	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	€3,300,000 +15% resale	[26]
74	MF		Amr Warda	27	Non-EU	Volos	Free Transfer	Summer	Free
10	FW		Dimitris Pelkas	27	EU	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	Summer	€1,600,000	[27]
-	MF		Konstantinos Balogiannis	22	EU	OFI	Transfer	Summer	Free (+30% of any resale plus €100,000 resigning price)	[28]
-	FW		Antonis Gaitanidis	20	EU	Levadiakos	Loan	Summer	Free	[29]
-	DM		Ergys Kaçe	27	Non-EU	Aris	Transfer	Summer	Free	[30]
-	DF		Marko Mihojević	24	EU	Göztepe	Transfer	Summer	€500,000
-	MF		Thibault Moulin	31	EU	MOS Caen	Free Transfer	Summer	Free
-	GK		Nikos Bourganis	23	EU	Karaiskakis	Loan	Summer	Free
-	MF		Josip Mišić	26	EU	Sporting CP	Loan Return	Summer	Free
3	DF		Léo Matos	34	Non-EU	Vasco Da Gama	Transfer	Summer	Free	[31]
21	MF		Diego Biseswar	32	EU	Apollon Limassol	Loan	Winter	Free	[32]
23	DF		Dimitris Giannoulis	25	EU	Norwich City	Loan	Winter	€1,000,000
24	MF		Anderson Esiti	26	Non-EU	Göztepe	Loan	Winter
1	GK		Rodrigo Rey	29	Non-EU	Gimnasia La Plata	Free transfer	Winter

Total spending: €6,600,000

Total income: €8,800,000

Net income €2,200,000

Pre-season and other friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 August 2020 Friendly	Atromitos	0–0	PAOK	Volos
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00			89' Świderski	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: C. doors Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria)

10 August 2020 Friendly	PAOK	2–0	Volos	Volos
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Schwab  39' Akpom  58' Koutsias  81' Wernbloom  90'			Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: C. doors Referee: Stathis Gkortsilas (Macedonia)

5 September 2020 Friendly	Panathinaikos	0-1	PAOK	Kallithea, Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00			39' Akpom	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: C. doors

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	12 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		21	11	7	3	39	20	+19	052.38
Greek Football Cup	20 January 2021		Round of 16		2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
UEFA Champions League	25 August 2020	30 September 2020	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020	10 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	016.67
Total					33	16	10	7	61	34	+27	048.48

Last updated: 7 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Managerial statistics

Head Coach	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Abel Ferreira	25.08.2020	31.10.2020	11	4	5	2	14	9	+5	036.36
Pablo García	31.10.2020	Present	22	12	5	5	47	25	+22	054.55

Last updated: 7 February 2021

Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos (Q)	21	18	3	0	54	8	+46	57	Qualification for the Play-Off round
2	Aris Thessaloniki (Q)	21	13	3	5	27	13	+14	42
3	PAOK	21	11	7	3	39	20	+19	40[lower-alpha 1]
4	AEK Athens	21	12	4	5	32	23	+9	40[lower-alpha 1]
5	Panathinaikos	21	11	5	5	25	14	+11	38
6	Asteras Tripolis	21	10	6	5	22	20	+2	36
7	Atromitos	21	6	7	8	21	28	−7	25	Qualification for the Play-Out round
8	Volos	21	5	9	7	20	28	−8	24
9	PAS Giannina	21	5	6	10	20	24	−4	21
10	Apollon Smyrnis	20	5	4	11	21	28	−7	19[lower-alpha 2]
11	OFI (Q)	21	5	4	12	18	34	−16	19[lower-alpha 2]
12	Panetolikos (Q)	21	2	7	12	11	30	−19	13
13	Lamia (Q)	18	2	5	11	10	30	−20	11
14	AEL (Q)	19	1	6	12	9	29	−20	9

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2021. Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. Goals scored: PAOK 39, AEK 32
2. Head-to-head points: Apollon Smyrnis 3, OFI 0

Matches

Friday, 11 September 2020 1	PAOK	1-0	AE Larissa	Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Tzolis  16' Ingason  40' El Kaddouri  55' Pelkas  69' Michailidis  73'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Petros Tsangarakis Man of the Match: Tzolis[33]

Friday, 18 September 2020 2	PAOK	1-1	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00	A. Živković  57'		77' (o.g.) Mihaj	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Dimitris Karantonis Man of the Match: A. Živković[34]

Saturday, 26 September 2020 3	Volos	0-0	PAOK	Volos
18:30 EET, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Vasilis Fotias Man of the Match: Čolak[35]

Sunday, 4 October 2020 4	PAOK	3-0	OFI	Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00	El Kaddouri  8',  49' Ingason  84' Świderski  89',  90+2'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras Man of the Match: Z. Živković[36]

Sunday, 18 October 2020 5	AEK	1-1	PAOK	Athens
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Ansarifard  23'		55' Michailidis  89' Murg	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) Man of the Match: Murg[37]

Sunday, 1 November 2020 7	Panetolikos	1-3	PAOK	Agrinio
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	55' (pen.)		18' Świderski  25' Giannoulis  30' A. Živković  39' Schwab  75' Wagué  84' Esiti  88',  89' Ninua  90+5' (pen.) Čolak	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos Man of the Match: Ninua[38]

Sunday, 8 November 2020 8	Apollon Smyrni	1-3	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	63'		15' Świderski  68' Murg  78' (pen.) Schwab  90+7' (pen.) Douglas Augusto	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Schwab[39]

Sunday, 22 November 2020 9	PAOK	2-1	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Esiti  30' Świderski  52' El Kaddouri  83',  90+1' A. Živković  84'		31',  45+2'  57'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[40]

Sunday, 29 November 2020 10	Lamia	0-2	PAOK	Lamia
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00			12'  55' Tzolis  39' Ingason  64' Vieirinha	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Evangelos Manouhos Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[41]

Sunday, 6 December 2020 11	PAOK	2-0	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Giannoulis  28' El Kaddouri  38' Świderski  59' Tzolis  64' A. Živković  70' (pen.),  82' Schwab  73' Wagué  76' Murg  90+3'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella) Man of the Match: Tzolis[42]

Sunday, 13 December 2020 12	Aris	1–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Bruno Gama  40' (pen.)		8' Douglas Augusto  21' Tsingaras  90+1' Giannoulis	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (The Netherlands) Man of the Match: Wagué[43]

Sunday, 20 December 2020 13	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Świderski  11',  61' Michailidis  45+1' Giannoulis  56' Vieirinha  58' Ingason  65' Crespo  85' Schwab  86'		16'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary) Man of the Match: Świderski[44]

Sunday, 3 January 2021 14	AE Larissa	1–1	PAOK	Larissa
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	69'		88' Ingason  90+6' (pen.) Vieirinha  90+7' Fernando Varela	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Angelos Evangelou Athens Man of the Match: Tzolis[45]

Thursday, 7 January 2021 15	Atromitos	3–2	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	64'  85'  90+2'		16' Tzolis  22' Świderski  36' Vieirinha  41' Michailidis  53' A. Živković  82' Warda  83' Lamprou	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Warda[46]

Sunday, 10 January 2021 16	PAOK	3–1	Volos	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Schwab  29' (pen.) A. Živković  43' Vieirinha  48' Ingason  66' El Kaddouri  79' Krmenčík  90'		11'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa) Man of the Match: Warda[47]

Wednesday, 13 January 2021 6	PAOK	1–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Krmenčík  21' Paschalakis  35' Ingason 51',  61'		77' Ba	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy) Man of the Match: Warda[48]
Note: the match was postponed due to European obligations of both teams

Sunday, 17 January 2021 17	OFI	0–3	PAOK	Heraklion
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00			42' Adrian Pereira  48' Tzolis  53' Varela  64' Crespo  67' Krmenčík	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Tzolis[49]

Sunday, 24 January 2021 18	PAOK	2-2	AEK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Ingason  13' Crespo  40' Tzolis  57' Vieirinha  70' Warda  78' El Kaddouri  90+7'		18'  50'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Man of the Match: Vieirinha[50]

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19	Olympiacos	3–0	PAOK	Piraeus
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	50'  77'  89'			Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Brych (Germany) Man of the Match: Warda[51]

Sunday, 31 January 2021 20	PAOK	5–0	Panetolikos	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Augusto  27' Murg  39' Schwab  51' Tzolis  57' Świderski  61',  90' Pereira  79'		55' Tsingaras  83' Dálcio	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Angelos Evangelou Man of the Match: Pereira[52]

Sunday, 7 February 2021 21	PAOK	2–2	Apollon Smyrni	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Warda  29' Ingason  34',  88'		52' (pen.)  81'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella)

Monday, 15 February 2021 22	PAS Giannina	v	PAOK	Ioannina
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Zosimades Stadium

Sunday, 21 February 2021 23	PAOK	v	Lamia	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

Saturday, 27 February 2021 24	Asteras Tripoli	v	PAOK	Tripoli
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis

Sunday, 7 March 2021 25	PAOK	v	Aris	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

Sunday, 14 March 2021 26	Panathinaikos	v	PAOK	Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

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
21	11	7	3	39	11	+28	40	7	4	0	24	0	+24	4	3	3	15	11	+4

Last updated: 7 February 2021.
Source:

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
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D
Position	3	3	5	2	4	6	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Greek Football Cup

Round of 16

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 1st leg	PAOK	5-0	AE Larissa	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Tzolis  9',  23',  74' Krmenčík  47' A. Živković  49' Ingason  55'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis Man of the Match: Christos Tzolis[53]

Wednesday, 3 February 2021 2nd leg	AE Larissa	1-2 (1-7 agg.)	PAOK	Larissa
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	39' (o.g.) Pereira		19' Tsingaras  29' Krmenčík  49' Lamprou	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis

Quarter-finals

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 1st leg	PAOK	v	Lamia	Thessaloniki
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

TBA 2nd leg	Lamia	v	PAOK	Lamia
TBA EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round and Play-off round

25 August 2020 Second qualifying round	PAOK	3–1	Beşiktaş	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EEST	Tzolis  7', 24' Michailidis  22' Pelkas  30',  69' Akpom 41' Ingason  45+1' El Kaddouri  63'	Report	N'Sakala  11' Larin  37'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy) Man of the Match: Tzolis[54]

15 September 2020 Third qualifying round	PAOK	2–1	Benfica	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EEST	Pelkas  1' Varela  29' Michailidis  45' Giannoulis  63' A. Živković  75' Schwab  79' Esiti  90+2'	Report	Almeida  44' Silva  90+4'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Brych (Germany) Man of the Match: Giannoulis[55]

22 September 2020 Play-off First leg	Krasnodar	2–1	PAOK	Krasnodar, Russia
22:00 EEST	Pantaleão  6' Claesson  39' (pen.),  55' Cabella  70' Berg  88' Olsson  90+1'	Report	Pelkas 7',  32' Schwab  8' Crespo  76' Ingason  90+1'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[56]

30 September 2020 Play-off Second leg	PAOK	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Krasnodar	Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EEST	Ingason  24' Pelkas  37' El Kaddouri  77',  90+1'	Report	Vilhena  33' Pantaleão  35' Michailidis  73' (o.g.) Cabella  78'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[57]

Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[58]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PSV	GRA	PAOK	OMO
1	PSV Eindhoven	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–2	3–2	4–0
2	Granada	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11			0–1	—	0–0	2–1
3	PAOK	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6			4–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Omonia	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4			1–2	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	PAOK	1–1	Omonia	Thessaloniki, Greece
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingason  33' Murg  56' Giannoulis  59'	Report	Bauthéac  16',  17' Lang  24' Papoulis  36' Tzionis  61'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland) Man of the Match: Murg[59]

29 October 2020 2	Granada	0–0	PAOK	Granada, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Herrera  45' Vallejo  68'	Report	Rodrigo  42' Giannoulis  64' A. Živković  74' Douglas  90+2'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Man of the Match: Douglas[60]

5 November 2020 3	PAOK	4–1	PSV	Thessaloniki, Greece
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Douglas  18' Schwab  47' A. Živković  56', 66' Tzolis  58'	Report	Zahavi  21' (pen.) Sangaré  77'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) Man of the Match: A. Živković[61]

26 November 2020 4	PSV	3–2	PAOK	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Gakpo  20' Madueke  51' Malen  53' Dumfries  90+5'	Report	Varela  4',  90+6' Tsingaras  8' Tzolis  13' El Kaddouri  64' Douglas  71' Biseswar  90+4'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) Man of the Match: A. Živković[62]

3 December 2020 5	Omonia	2–1	PAOK	Strovolos, Cyprus
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Kakoullis  9' Sene  30' Gómez  84' (pen.)	Report	El Kaddouri  31' Tzolis  39' Crespo  56' Živković  64' Giannoulis  75'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Craig Pawson (England) Man of the Match: Tzolis[63]

10 December 2020 6	PAOK	0–0	Granada	Thessaloniki, Greece
18:55 CET (UTC+2)	Esiti  34' Čolak  74' Crespo  89' Douglas  89'	Report	Pérez  86' Germán  86' Suárez  89'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[64]

Statistics

Squad statistics

The current PAOK squad consists of 34 players. In the official website of transfermarkt, Moussa Wague is not considered as a PAOK player, although his contract lasts until the summer of 2021.

As of 7 February 2021

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

No.		Name	Super League		Greek Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
31		Alexandros Paschalakis	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
88		Živko Živković	13	0	1	0	4	0	5	0	23	0
64		Christos Talichmanidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2		Rodrigo Soares	6 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	4 (1)	0	12 (5)	0
4		Sverrir Ingason	18	4	1	1	4	0	4	0	27	5
5		Fernando Varela	11 (1)	1	1	0	4	0	6	1	22 (1)	2
6		Enea Mihaj	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		José Ángel Crespo	7 (5)	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	16 (5)	0
16		Adrian Pereira	8 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10 (1)	0
19		Lefteris Lyratzis	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	3 (3)	0
49		Giannis Michailidis	9 (1)	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	15 (1)	0
18		Moussa Wagué	4 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	0	5 (7)	0
21		Baba Rahman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7		Omar El Kaddouri	11 (6)	2	1	0	4	1	4 (1)	0	20 (7)	3
10		Thomas Murg	11 (5)	2	1 (1)	0	0	0	3 (3)	1	15 (9)	3
22		Stefan Schwab	16 (4)	3	0 (1)	0	4	0	5	1	25 (5)	4
29		Georgios Vrakas	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
32		Nika Ninua	2 (5)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3 (5)	1
33		Douglas Augusto	9 (3)	1	1	0	0	0	2 (3)	0	12 (6)	1
51		Charis Tsingaras	2 (3)	0	1	1	0	0	2 (2)	0	5 (5)	1
20		Vieirinha	9 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9 (2)	2
8		Amr Warda	6 (2)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	8 (2)	2
65		Giannis Konstantelias	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
23		Shinji Kagawa	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
99		Vladimir Bradonjić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9		Karol Świderski	12 (8)	9	0	0	0 (3)	0	1 (5)	0	13 (16)	9
11		Christos Tzolis	17 (4)	5	1	3	4	2	3 (2)	3	25 (6)	13
97		Lazaros Lamprou	0 (5)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (6)	0
27		Michael Krmenčík	5 (2)	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	7 (2)	4
14		Andrija Živković	16 (4)	2	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	1	5 (1)	2	24 (7)	5
25		Antonio Čolak	3 (7)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	5	0	8 (8)	1
70		Georgios Koutsias	0 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (4)	0
98		Léo Jabá	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
Players transferred out during the season
47		Chuba Akpom	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
18		Dimitris Limnios	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
10		Dimitris Pelkas	3 (1)	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	7 (1)	2
3		Léo Matos	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
23		Dimitris Giannoulis	11 (1)	0	0	0	4 (1)	1	3	0	18 (2)	1
21		Diego Biseswar	2 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	0	3 (7)	0
24		Anderson Esiti	5 (4)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	2	0	7 (6)	0
1		Rodrigo Rey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As from 7 February 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Greek Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	11	FW	Tzolis	5	3	2	3	13
2	9	FW	Świderski	9	0	0	0	9
3	14	FW	A. Živković	2	0	1	2	5
	4	DF	Ingason	4	1	0	0	5
5	22	MF	Schwab	3	0	0	1	4
	27	FW	Krmenčík	2	2	0	0	4
7	7	MF	El Kaddouri	2	0	1	0	3
	20	DF	Vieirinha	3	0	0	0	3
	10	MF	Murg	2	0	0	1	3
10	10	MF	Pelkas	0	0	2	0	2
	5	DF	Varela	1	0	0	1	2
	8	MF	Warda	2	0	0	0	2
13	25	FW	Čolak	1	0	0	0	1
	33	MF	Douglas Augusto	1	0	0	0	1
	32	MF	Ninua	1	0	0	0	1
	23	DF	Giannoulis	0	0	1	0	1
	15	DF	Crespo	1	0	0	0	1
	51	MF	Tsingaras	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL				39	7	7	8	61

Clean sheets

As of 7 February 2021

Player	League	Cup	CL	EL	Total	Games played	Percentage
Alexandros Paschalakis	2	0	0	1	3	10	30,00%
Živko Živković	5	1	0	1	7	23	30,43%
Total	7	1	0	2	10	33	30,30%

Disciplinary record

As of 7 February 2021

S	P	N	Name	Super League			Cup			Champions League			Europa League			Total
7	AM		Omar El Kaddouri	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	1
31	GK		Alexandros Paschalakis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	DF		José Ángel Crespo	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
33	DF		Douglas Augusto	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	0	0
88	GK		Živko Živković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Fernando Varela	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
98	FW		Léo Jabá	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Sverrir Ingason	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
9	FW		Karol Świderski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
49	DF		Giannis Michailidis	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
11	FW		Christos Tzolis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF		Rodrigo Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Enea Mihaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Stefan Schwab	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
14	FW		Andrija Živković	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
32	MF		Nika Ninua	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF		Moussa Wagué	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF		Thomas Murg	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
51	MF		Charis Tsingaras	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
25	FW		Antonio Čolak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF		Vieirinha	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
97	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	FW		Michael Krmenčík	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	DF		Adrian Pereira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Amr Warda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	AM		Dimitris Pelkas	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	MF		Diego Biseswar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Dimitris Giannoulis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0
24	MF		Anderson Esiti	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0

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External links

• Official website