2021–22 PAOK FC season explained

Club:PAOK
Season:2021–22
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Ivan Savvidis
Manager:Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium:Toumba Stadium
League:Super League 1
League Result:2nd
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Runners-up
Cup2:UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup2 Result:Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:
Jasmin Kurtić (15 goals)
Season Topscorer:
Jasmin Kurtić (18 goals)
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Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2022–23

The 2021–22 PAOK FC season is the club's 96th season in existence and the club's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, PAOK are participating in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and in the inaugural Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 22 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Season Overview

Restricted attendance and games behind closed doors were common in this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thessaloniki, however the team recorded its best run at a UEFA competition since 1974 by reaching the last 8 of the newly created UEFA Europa Conference League in its inaugural season.

Starting in the 3rd qualifying round, the team had a sluggish start in the qualifying rounds, barely scraping by against Irish side Bohemians after a shock 2–1 defeat against them at the Aviva Stadium, by narrowly winning the return leg 2–0 at Toumba Stadium. Răzvan Lucescu, the much revered PAOK manager who led the team to the Double in 2018–19 and had major success with Al–Hilal, along with his assistant Cristiano Bacci, returned to the club in the pre–season, but the struggle against Bohemians was met with intense criticism and backlash. A last minute own–goal by Niko Galešić gave PAOK a 1–1 draw at home against Croatian club Rijeka, which was met with more criticism, with many fearing that the team was not capable of advancing to the group stage of the new competition. Contrary to the first match at home, PAOK won 0–2 at Stadion Rujevica and managed to advance to the group stage.

Coincing with the team's initial boost and then slump in form in the league, PAOK had an unspectacular group stage phase but had a bright spot in the 1–2 away win over eventual group toppers Copenhagen. In spite of the team not performing too well in the group stage, the 11 points accumulated were enough to hoist the team above Slovan Bratislava (who deprived PAOK of a Europa League group stage spot two years earlier) and advance the team to the Knockout round play–offs as the second placed team in the group. After the group stage ended, PAOK managed to undo the November slump in the league and would go on an unbeaten streak that would stretch until the end of the league's regular season, earning plaudits for Lucescu and Bacci.

The team easily disarmed AEL in the Greek Football Cup in December before memorably knocking out rivals AEK in the quarter–finals, courtesy of two late goals from club top scorer Jasmin Kurtić and Alexandru Mitriță after PAOK were 1–0 down on aggregate at the Olympic Stadium.

Players

Current squad

[1]

Transfers

In

No.PosPlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource
– Apollon LimassolLoan return
13 Dnipro-1Free transfer[2]
– KaraiskakisLoan return
– Spartak TrnavaLoan return
– TrikalaLoan return
– Niki VolosLoan return
– GöztepeLoan return
– LamiaLoan return
– Onisilos SotiraLoan return
– KaraiskakisLoan return
– TrikalaLoan return
– LevadiakosLoan return
– TrikalaLoan return
– AEK AthensFree Transfer
– Asteras Tripolis350,000
27 ParmaLoan [3]
47 MiddlesbroughLoan [4]
16 Dynamo KyivLoan [5]
28 New York CityLoan[6]
32 AnorthosisLoan Return
11 Vasco da GamaLoan Return
29 Malmö FFLoan Return
23 MallorcaLoan [7]
50 Moreirense3.0 M[8]
Total€3.350,000

Out

No.PosPlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource
– Norwich City7,500,000[9]
27 Club BruggeEnd of loan
21 ChelseaEnd of loan
11 Norwich City13,000,000
29 LevadiakosLoan[10]
16 Rosenborg500,000[11]
Volos
8 AnorthosisFree transfer (but with a 50% resale-clause)[12]
32 AnorthosisLoan
97 OFILoan[13]
23 Sint-TruidenFree transfer
2 JuventudeFree transfer[14]
9 Charlotte FC5.5 M[15]
32 LamiaLoan[16]
32 EupenLoan[17]
44 FerencvárosFree Transfer[18]
Total€26,500,000

Competitions

Managerial statistics

Last updated: 21 May 2022

Super League Greece

See main article: 2021–22 Super League Greece.

League table

Matches

Results by round

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion.[19]

Greek Cup

See main article: 2021–22 Greek Football Cup.

Final

See main article: 2022 Greek Football Cup final.

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[20]

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Squad statistics

The squad was informed and the official page of PAOK FC.

! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Defenders|-! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Midfielders|-! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Forwards|-! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Players transferred out during the season|-|}

Goalscorers

As of 21 May 2022

width=5width=5width=5width=170Playerwidth=30Super Leaguewidth=30Greek Cupwidth=30pxEuropa Conference Leaguewidth=50Total
127MF Kurtić152118
247FW Akpom72211
314FW Živković3047
410MF Murg4015
22MF Schwab3025
69FW Świderski4004
8MF Douglas Augusto3014
828FW Mitriță1113
29FW Čolak2103
1021MF Biseswar1012
16DF Sidcley1012
4DF Ingason2002
23DF Sastre2002
20MF Vieirinha1012
11FW Léo Jabá2002
49DF Michailidis2002
5DF Crespo1012
7MF El Kaddouri0022
1918FW Oliveira0011
19DF Lyratzis1001
50MF Filipe Soares1001
Own goals2114
TOTAL5872085

Clean sheets

As of 21 May 2022

PlayerLeagueCupECLTotalGames playedPercentage
Alexandros Paschalakis1226205536,36%
Živko Živković1001425,00%
Total1326215935,59%

Disciplinary record

As of 21 May 2022

NameSuper LeagueGreek CupEuropa Conference LeagueTotal
18FWNélson Oliveira000000100100
27MFJasmin Kurtić7003006001600
21MFDiego Biseswar100000300400
7MFOmar El Kaddouri400000100500
10MFThomas Murg300000200500
13DFLucas Taylor200100100400
20MFVieirinha100000200300
22MFStefan Schwab500000300800
49DFGiannis Michailidis600000201801
28FWAlexandru Mitriță400100200700
8MFDouglas Augusto600201100901
16DFSidcley400100000500
14FWAndrija Živković6002003001100
6DFEnea Mihaj110000000110
31GKAlexandros Paschalakis100000100200
5DFFernando Varela100000100200
47FWChuba Akpom300310000610
19DFLefteris Lyratzis000000200200
15DFJosé Ángel Crespo500200200900
4DFSverrir Ingi Ingason500100000600
50MFFilipe Soares400100000500
11FWLéo Jabá200000000200
51MFCharis Tsingaras101000000101
88GKŽivko Živković100000000100
29FWAntonio Čolak000000100100
23DFJoan Sastre200000000200
Players transferred out during the season
11FWChristos Tzolis000000100100
2DFRodrigo Soares100000000100
9MFKarol Świderski100100300500
44MFAnderson Esiti300000100400

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Team . Paokfc.gr.
  2. Web site: Παίκτης του ΠΑΟΚ ο Λούκας Τέιλορ . Lucas Taylor is a player of PAOK . 29 June 2021 . 29 June 2021 . Paokfc.gr. el.
  3. Web site: Jasmin Kurtic joins PAOK . Paokfc.gr. 18 July 2021 .
  4. Web site: Chuba is back. Paokfc.gr. 25 August 2021. 17 February 2022.
  5. Web site: Στον ΠΑΟΚ ο Σίντκλεϊ . Paokfc.gr. 27 August 2021 .
  6. Web site: Παίκτης του ΠΑΟΚ ο Μιτρίτσα . Paokfc.gr. 31 August 2021 .
  7. Web site: Sastre joins PAOK . Paokfc.gr. 12 January 2022 .
  8. Web site: Felipe Soares joins PAOK . Paokfc.gr. 27 January 2022 .
  9. Web site: Γιαννούλης: Η Νόριτς ανακοίνωσε την αγορά του από τον ΠΑΟΚ. 1 July 2021. ProtoThema.gr. 17 February 2022.
  10. Web site: Και ο Βρακάς στον ΛΕΒΑΔΕΙΑΚΟ - Levadiakos FC ΠΑΕ ΛΕΒΑΔΕΙΑΚΟΣ . Levadiakosfc.gr. 21 August 2021 .
  11. Web site: Στη Ρόζενμποργκ ο Άντριαν Περέιρα . Paokfc.gr. 25 August 2021 .
  12. Web site: Στην Ανόρθωση ο Ουάρντα . Paokfc.gr. 29 August 2021 .
  13. Web site: Στον ΟΦΗ ο Λάμπρου . Paokfc.gr. 31 August 2021 .
  14. Web site: Thank you Rodrigo . Paokfc.gr. 14 January 2022 .
  15. Web site: Thank you Swarovski . Paokfc.gr. 26 January 2022 .
  16. Web site: Ninua joins Lamia on loan . Paokfc.gr. 28 January 2022 .
  17. Web site: Δανεικός στην Έουπεν από τον ΠΑΟΚ ο Κωνσταντέλιας. Sport24.gr. 17 February 2022.
  18. Web site: Thank you Anderson. Paokfc.gr. 15 February 2022. 17 February 2022.
  19. Web site: Greek Superleague Fixtures 2021–22 . slgr.gr. 6 March 2022.
  20. Web site: UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw. UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

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