1971–72 PAOK FC season explained

Club:	PAOK
Season:	1971–72
Stadium:	Toumba Stadium
Manager:	Les Shannon
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Giorgos Pantelakis
League:	Alpha Ethniki
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Koulis Apostolidis (12)
Season Topscorer:	Koulis Apostolidis (17)
Highest Attendance:	40,051 vs Panathinaikos
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Prevseason:	1970–71
Nextseason:	1972–73

The 1971–72 season was PAOK Football Club's 46th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and managed to go all the way and win their first domestic title in club's history.

Players

Squad

Transfers

Players transferred in

Transfer Window		Name	Club	Fee
Summer	DF	Kostas Iosifidis	Elpida Toumba	20.000 Dr.
Summer	MF	Koulis Apostolidis	Dallas Tornado	Free

Players transferred out

Pre-season

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Competitions

Overview

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: article and 1971–72 Alpha Ethniki.

Standings

Matches

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Greek Cup

See main article: 1971–72 Greek Football Cup.

First round

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Second round

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Quarter–finals

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Semi–finals

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Final

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Statistics

Squad statistics

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Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

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1		MF	Koulis Apostolidis	12	5	17
2		MF	Stavros Sarafis	10	2	12
3		MF	Giorgos Koudas	7	4	11
4		FW	Achilleas Aslanidis	6	2	8
5		FW	Dimitris Paridis	5	1	6
6		FW	Giannis Mantzourakis	3	0	3
			DF	Michalis Bellis	3	0	3
			DF	Ioannis Gounaris	3	0	3
9		DF	Aristarchos Fountoukidis	1	1	2
10		MF	Christos Terzanidis	1	0	1
			DF	Pavlos Papadopoulos	0	1	1
Own goals				2	0	2
TOTALS				53	16	69

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links

• www.rsssf.com
• PAOK FC official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Ουνιβερσιδάδ 4–0 (Φιλικό). el. paokmania.gr. 3 September 2020. 17 February 2021. 3 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210903075050/https://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/arxeio/aspromavres-istories/109632-otan-o-paok-skorpise-tin-ouniversitata. live.
2. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Νασιονάλ 1–1 (Φιλικό). el. paokmania.gr. 7 September 2020. 17 February 2021. 7 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220907065806/https://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/arxeio/aspromavres-istories/109854-i-isopalia-me-ti-nasional-tou-montevideo. live.
3. Web site: Πανιώνιος–ΠΑΟΚ 0–1 (21/11/1971). el. paokmania.gr. 21 November 2020. 17 February 2021. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128111902/https://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/arxeio/aspromavres-istories/114130-diplo-sti-nea-smyrni-kai-koryfi. live.
4. Web site: Φωστήρας–ΠΑΟΚ 1–0 (12/12/1971). el. paokmania.gr. 12 December 2020. 17 February 2021. 12 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221212100958/https://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/184820-dextike-gol-meta-apo-650-lepta-kai-exase-1971. live.
5. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Αιγάλεω 1–2 (2/1/1972). el. paokmania.gr. 2 January 2017. 17 February 2021. 2 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101932/http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/arxeio/aspromavres-istories/116224-patatrak-stin-toympa-stin-anatoli-tou-1972. live.
6. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 0–0 (16/1/1972). el. paokmania.gr. 16 January 2021. 17 February 2021. 2 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302211014/https://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/186168-isopalia-me-atsalakotous-termatofylakes-1972. live.
7. Web site: Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 1–1 (23/1/1972). el. paokmania.gr. 23 January 2021. 17 February 2021. 23 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123090922/https://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/186489-i-xara-tou-olympiakoy-kratise-ena-lepto-1972. live.
8. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 4–3 (25/6/1972). el. paokmania.gr. 25 June 2019. 17 February 2021.
9. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Φοίνικας Πολίχνης 5–1 (Κύπελλο). el. paokmania.gr. 1 September 2016. 17 February 2021. 6 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906133443/http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/arxeio/aspromavres-istories/109511-otan-o-foinikas-polixnis-irthe-toympa. live.
10. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Πιερικός 3–1 (Κύπελλο). el. paokmania.gr. 5 December 2016. 17 February 2021.
11. Web site: Αρης–ΠΑΟΚ 1–2 (Κύπελλο). el. paokmania.gr. 7 June 2020. 17 February 2021. 7 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607042205/https://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/arxeio/aspromavres-istories/176778-ektos-edras-prokrisi-epi-tou-ari-1972. live.
12. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Λαμία 2–0 (Κύπελλο). el. paokmania.gr. 28 June 2020. 17 February 2021. 27 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210627211510/https://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/arxeio/aspromavres-istories/105890-prokrisi-ston-teliko-tou-1972. live.
13. Web site: 1972 Greek Cup final Panathinaikos–PAOK 1–2 (5/7/1972). el. ert.gr. 5 July 2017. 17 February 2021. 26 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190426221510/http://www.ert.gr/arxeio-afierwmata/o-paok-katakta-to-kypello-elladas-5-iouliou-1972/. live.
14. Web site: The first title. paokfc.gr. 2021-02-20. 2020-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20200531202307/https://www.paokfc.gr/en/history-2/titles/cup-1972-nchc/special-1972/. live.