1980–81 PAOK FC season explained

Club:	PAOK
Season:	1980–81
Stadium:	Toumba Stadium
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Giorgos Pantelakis
League:	Alpha Ethniki
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
League Topscorer:	Kermanidis, Kostikos (9)
Season Topscorer:	Kermanidis (12)
Highest Attendance:	36,964 vs AEK
Prevseason:	1979–80
Nextseason:	1981–82

The 1980–81 season was PAOK Football Club's 55th in existence and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round.

Players

Squad

Transfers

Players transferred in

Transfer Window		Name	Club	Fee
Summer	DF	József Salomon	Diósgyőri VTK	?
Summer	MF	Vasilis Georgopoulos	Panachaiki	?
Summer	MF	Stathis Triantafyllidis	Kavala	6 million Dr.
Summer	FW	Christos Dimopoulos	Panetolikos	5.4 million Dr.

Players transferred out

Pre-season

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Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach	From	To	Record
Gyula Lóránt	Start of season	31.05.1981
Aristarchos Fountoukidis (Interim)	03.06.1981	End of season

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: article and 1980–81 Alpha Ethniki.

Standings

Matches

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Greek Cup

See main article: 1980–81 Greek Football Cup.

First round

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Second round

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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		FW	Panagiotis Kermanidis	9	3	12
2		FW	Giorgos Kostikos	9	2	11
3		MF	Giorgos Koudas	8	2	10
4		MF	Stavros Sarafis	5	1	6
			MF	Vassilis Vasilakos	4	2	6
6		MF	Stathis Triantafyllidis	3	1	4
			MF	Kyriakos Alexandridis	3	1	4
8		MF	Thomas Siggas	3	0	3
			MF	Ioannis Damanakis	0	3	3
			MF	Vasilis Georgopoulos	0	3	3
11		FW	Neto Guerino	2	0	2
			FW	Christos Dimopoulos	2	0	2
13		DF	Filotas Pellios	1	0	1
			MF	Angelos Anastasiadis	1	0	1
			DF	Theodoros Apostolidis	0	1	1
Own goals				2	0	2
TOTALS				52	19	71

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links

• www.rsssf.com
• PAOK FC official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Πρώτη προπόνηση. First training. el. paokmania.gr. 14 July 2017. 5 March 2021.
2. Web site: Προετοιμασία. Pre-season. el. paokmania.gr. 22 July 2016. 5 March 2021.
3. Web site: Τα πριμ της περιόδου 1980–81. el. paokmania.gr. 19 August 2016. 5 March 2021.
4. Web site: Καστοριά–ΠΑΟΚ 1–1 (7/9/1980). el. paokmania.gr. 7 September 2016. 5 March 2021.
5. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Παναθηναϊκός 4–2 (26/10/1980). el. paokmania.gr. 26 October 2020. 5 March 2021.
6. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Κόρινθος 4–2 (22/2/1981). el. paokmania.gr. 22 February 2021. 5 March 2021.
7. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 1–1 (12/4/1981). el. paokmania.gr. 12 April 2020. 5 March 2021.
8. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–ΟΦΗ 1–0 (10/5/1981). el. paokmania.gr. 10 May 2020. 5 March 2021.
9. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 1–0 (31/5/1981). el. oldfootball.gr. Kostas Pallis. 31 May 2016. 5 March 2021.
10. Web site: Γκιούλα Λόραντ: "Αθάνατος".... el. paokmania.gr. 31 May 2019. 5 March 2021.
11. Web site: The day Lóránt was lost. paokfc.gr.
12. Web site: Νίκη Βόλου–ΠΑΟΚ 1–1 (3–5 πεν.) (Κύπελλο). el. paokmania.gr. 29 October 2017. 5 March 2021.
13. Web site: Βέροια–ΠΑΟΚ 0–2 (Κύπελλο). el. paokmania.gr. 17 December 2016. 5 March 2021.
14. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–ΑΕΚ 1–0 (Κύπελλο). el. paokmania.gr. 3 June 2020. 5 March 2021.
15. Web site: ΑΕΚ–ΠΑΟΚ 0–2 (Κύπελλο). el. oldfootball.gr. Kostas Pallis. 11 June 2016. 5 March 2021.
16. Web site: 1981 Greek Cup final Olympiacos–PAOK 3–1 (21/6/1981). el. sdna.gr. 11 May 2019. 5 March 2021.