2018–19 PAOK FC season explained

Club:PAOK
Season:2018–19
Stadium:Toumba Stadium
Manager:Răzvan Lucescu
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Ivan Savvidis
League:Super League
League Result:1st
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Winners
Cup2:UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:Play-off round
Cup3:UEFA Europa League
Cup3 Result:Group stage
League Topscorer:
Aleksandar Prijović (9)
Season Topscorer:
Aleksandar Prijović (18)
Highest Attendance:26,725 vs Benfica (29 August 2018)
Lowest Attendance:10,837 vs PAS Giannina (30 January 2019)
Average Attendance:20,606
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Prevseason:2017–18
Nextseason:2019–20

The 2018–19 season was PAOK Football Club's 93rd in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team won the Super League unbeaten, defended their Greek Football Cup title won in 2018, and also competed in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Coaching staff

Other information

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Players

Players in

Total spending: €9.3M

Players out

Total Income: €10.9M
Net income: €1.6M

Competitions

Super League Greece

See main article: 2018–19 Super League Greece.

Matches

Man of the Match as has been voted by PAOK fans on official PAOK website and mobile app.

Greek Football Cup

See main article: 2018–19 Greek Football Cup.

PAOK entered the competition as the two-time defending champions, having won consecutive editions in 2016–17 and 2017–18.

Final

See main article: 2019 Greek Football Cup final. [1] [2] [3]

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League.

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Group stage

Group stage (Group L)

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Goalscorers

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19CF934218
2 21MF820010
3 47FW62008
4 98FW32027
520LWB51006
9FW42006
10AM31116
3RWB33006
98MF50005
28MF50005
1190FW30003
26MF30003
5CB20103
18FW11103
11CF03003
167MF10102
87DM01102
1815DF10001
74MF00101
19MF01001
27MF01001
Own goals40004
TOTAL6623105104

Most assists

RankPos.PlayerLeagueCupCLELTotal
1FW Léo Jabá620311
2MF Diego Biseswar730010
3AM Dimitris Pelkas61209
4CF Chuba Akpom41005
FW Dimitris Limnios13105
6DF Vieirinha40004
DF Fernando Varela30104
DF Léo Matos20204

Clean sheets

PlayerLeagueCupCLELTotalGames playedPercentage
Alexandros Paschalakis16420224944.9 %
Rodrigo Rey01001333.3 %
Total16520235244.2 %

Disciplinary record

NameSuper LeagueCupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal
3DFLéo Matos610000210100920
7AMOmar El Kaddouri4002002002001000
98FWLéo Jabá311100000100511
20DFVieirinha600000100100800
10AMDimitris Pelkas300100300100800
28MFYevhen Shakhov600000100000700
19MFPontus Wernbloom300100000200600
8MFMaurício300000200000500
21MFDiego Biseswar500000000000500
34DFYevhen Khacheridi200000100001301
87MFJosé Cañas310000000000310
70RBStelios Kitsiou200010000000210
5DFFernando Varela300000100000400
18FWDimitris Limnios200100000100400
26MFSérgio Oliveira200200000000400
31GKAlexandros Paschalakis200000100000300
15DFJosé Ángel Crespo200100000000300
4DFSverrir Ingi Ingason100200000000300
74FWAmr Warda100000100100300
47FWChuba Akpom000200000000200
9CFAleksandar Prijović100000100000200
23DFDimitris Giannoulis100100000000200
90FWPedro Henrique Konzen100100000000200
27MFJosip Mišić000100000000100
32DFLefteris Lyratzis000100000000100

Awards

Fans' Man of the Match award

As has been voted by PAOK fans on official PAOK website and mobile app.

RankPlayerLeagueCupCLELTotal
1 Alexandros Paschalakis52018
2 Chuba Akpom51006
Diego Biseswar41016
4 Dimitris Pelkas32005
Léo Jabá11035
6 Aleksandar Prijović11114
7 José Ángel Crespo11103
8 Vieirinha20002
Yevhen Shakhov20002
Léo Matos01102
Maurício10102
Dimitris Limnios10102
13 Fernando Varela10001
José Cañas00101
Omar El Kaddouri10001
Karol Świderski10001
Amr Warda10001
Total30106652

Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans voting on paokfc.gr

MonthPlayerSource
July–August José Ángel Crespo[4]
September José Ángel Crespo[5]
October José Cañas[6]
November Fernando Varela[7]
December Aleksandar Prijović[8]
January Chuba Akpom[9]
February Vieirinha[10]
March Vieirinha[11]
April Yevhen Shakhov[12]

Best Goal of the season award

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Vieirinha16 March 2019Panetolikos Stadium, AgrinioPanetolikos1–11–2[14]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Greek Cup final AEK–PAOK 0–1 (11/5/2019). Greek. sdna.gr. Eleni Mpountou. 11 May 2019. 15 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Akpom seals PAOK’s first ever double. ekathimerini.com. George Georgakopoulos. 11 May 2019. 15 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Three-peat PAOK. agonasport.com. Graham Wood. 11 May 2019. 23 July 2019.
  4. News: Crespo's brilliant start. paokfc.gr. 16 September 2018. 16 September 2018.
  5. News: Crespo lands 11888 MVP award again. paokfc.gr. 17 October 2018. 18 October 2018.
  6. News: The unstoppable José Alberto Cañas. paokfc.gr. 16 November 2018. 16 December 2018.
  7. News: In-form Fernando Varela. paokfc.gr. 19 December 2018. 3 March 2019.
  8. News: Vote the MVP of December. paokfc.gr. 29 December 2018. 16 March 2019.
  9. News: Akpom’s time to shine. paokfc.gr. 15 February 2019. 3 March 2019.
  10. News: The Leader is also 11888 MVP. paokfc.gr. 12 March 2019. 16 March 2019.
  11. News: Vieirinha lands second consecutive MVP award. paokfc.gr. 27 April 2019. 27 April 2019.
  12. News: The valuable Mr. Shakhov. paokfc.gr. 8 May 2019. 22 May 2019.
  13. News: André Vieirinha voted 11888 MVP of 2018–19 season. paokfc.gr. 12 June 2019. 13 June 2019.
  14. News: Vieirinha's net-buster lands Regency Best Goal of the Season. paokfc.gr. 15 June 2019. 8 May 2020.