List of PAOK FC records and statistics explained

PAOK Football Club (el|ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinopolitón, "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans"),^[1] commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki or PAOK, is a professional football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Established on 20 April 1926 by Greek refugees who fled to Thessaloniki from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), they play their home games at Toumba Stadium, with a capacity of 29,000 seats.^[2]

Honours

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Domestic

• Super League Greece
  • Winners (4): 1975–76, 1984–85, 2018–19, 2023–24
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (8): 1971–72, 1973–74, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
• Double
  • Winners (1): 2018–19

Continental

• UEFA Champions League
  • Last 16 (1): 1976–77
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Quarter-finalists (1): 1973–74
• UEFA Europa League:
  • Last 32 (11): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17
• UEFA Conference League
  • Quarter-finalists (2): 2021–22, 2023–24

Regional

• Macedonia FCA Championship

• • Winners (7): 1936–37, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57
• Macedonia-Thrace FCA Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1939–40

Other

• Greater Greece Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (1): 1973

Player records

Appearances

• Most appearances in all competitions: Giorgos Koudas, 607.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}
• Most league appearances: Giorgos Koudas, 504.
• Most Greek Cup appearances: Giorgos Koudas, 70.
• Most Greek Cup final appearances: Giorgos Koudas, 9.
• Most Continental appearances: Dimitris Salpingidis, 60.^[8]
• Youngest debutant: Apostolos Tsourelas, 16 years, 6 months and 18 days.^[9]
• Oldest first-team player: Vieirinha, 38 years, 3 months and 21 days (ongoing).
• Most consecutive appearances: Giannis Nikolaidis, 106 (17 September 1961 → 11 October 1964).
• Most consecutive league appearances: Nikos Michopoulos, 107 (19 February 1995 → 8 March 1998).^[10]
• Longest-serving player: Giorgos Koudas, 20 years, 2 months and 6 days.
• Most decorated player: Vieirinha, 5 trophies (2 Championships, 3 Cups).
• Foreign player with most appearances: Vieirinha, 335 (as of 30 October 2024, ongoing).

Most league appearances: Rank Name Apps 1 Giorgos Koudas 504 2 Kostas Iosifidis 397 3 Giannis Gounaris 377 4 Stavros Sarafis 358 5 Aristarchos Fountoukidis 336 6 Koulis Apostolidis 280 7 Giorgos Skartados 265 8 Dimitris Salpingidis 262 9 Giorgos Toursounidis 261 10 Giannis Giakoumis 250

Goalscorers

• Most goals in all competitions: Stavros Sarafis, 170.^[11]
• Most league goals: Stavros Sarafis, 136.^[12]
• Most Greek Cup goals: Giorgos Koudas, 27.
• Most Continental goals: Stefanos Athanasiadis, 20.^[13]
• First player to score for PAOK: Christoforos Pantermalis (PAOK – Nea Genea Kalamaria 3–1, 12 December 1926).
• Most goals in a season: Aleksandar Prijović, 27 (during the 2017–18 season).^[14]
• Most goals in a debut season:
• Most league goals in a season: Aleksandar Prijović, 19 (during the 2017–18 Superleague Greece).
• Most continental goals in a season: Robert Mak, 9 (during the 2015–16 season).^[15]
• Most games scored in a single campaign:
• Most hat-tricks: Stavros Sarafis and Giorgos Kostikos, 4.
• Most hat-tricks in a season: Giorgos Kostikos, 3 - with 1 hat-trick and 2 four-goal hauls (during the 1981–82 season).
• Fastest hat-trick: Giorgos Kostikos, 15 minutes (Panachaiki – PAOK 0–3, 9 December 1984).^[16]
• Hat-trick of free kicks: Kostas Frantzeskos, 1 (PAOK – Kastoria 6–0, 25 May 1997).^[17]
• Most foot shot goals: Giorgos Koudas, 144.
• Most headed goals: Stavros Sarafis, 51.
• Most free kick goals: Kostas Frantzeskos, 32.
• Most penalties scored: Giorgos Skartados, 27 (out of 33 attempts - 81.8% conversion rate).
• Most consecutive penalties scored: Achilleas Aslanidis and Neto Guerino, 9.
• Most goals scored in a game: Dimitris Raptopoulos, 6 (PAOK – AE Chalastra 10–1, Greek Cup, 21 December 1958).
• Most games without scoring for an outfield player:
• Youngest goalscorer: Stefanos Tzimas, 17 years, 1 month and 27 days (PAOK – Ionikos 6–0, 5 March 2023).^[18]
• Oldest goalscorer: Vieirinha, 38 years, 3 months and 21 days (PAOK – Panathinaikos 4–1, 15 May 2024).

Top goalscorers

League top goalscorers:

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Stavros Sarafis	136
2	Giorgos Koudas	133
3	Dimitris Salpingidis	90
4	Giorgos Skartados	84
5	Giorgos Kostikos	79
6	Stefanos Athanasiadis	72
7	Neto Guerino	66
8	Panagiotis Kermanidis	60
9	Achilleas Aslanidis	55
10	Koulis Apostolidis	51

Goalkeepers

• Most minutes without conceding a goal: Alexandros Paschalakis, 971 - if stoppage time is included, 1008 (during the 2017–18 season).^[19]
• Most clean sheets: Mladen Furtula, 137 from 277 games (from 1975 to 1984).^[20]
• Most clean sheets in a season: Kostas Chalkias, 24 from 38 games (during the 2009–10 season).
• Most penalties saved: Nikos Michopoulos, 7.
• Most penalties saved in a season:
• Most penalty shoot-out saves in a game: Giannis Gitsioudis, 4 (Sparti – PAOK 1–0 aet / 0–2 pen, Greek Cup, 20 December 1989).

Managerial records

• First manager: Kostas Andreadis.
• Longest-serving manager by time: Răzvan Lucescu (ongoing).
• Shortest-serving manager: Mario Beretta, from June 14 to July 22, 2010 (38 days).
• Longest-serving manager by matches: Răzvan Lucescu, 273 (as of 30 October 2024, ongoing).
• Most wins: Răzvan Lucescu, 170 (as of 30 October 2024, ongoing).^[21]
• Highest winning percentage: Răzvan Lucescu, 62.2% (as of 30 October 2024, ongoing).
• Most trophies: Răzvan Lucescu, 4 (2 Championships, 2 Cups).^[22]

Club records

Matches

Firsts

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• First match: (friendly) PAOK – Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki 2–1, 4 May 1926.
• First official match: (EPSM) PAOK – Nea Genea Kalamaria 3–1, 12 December 1926.^[24]
• First Panhellenic Championship final stage (1928–1959) match: Olympiacos – PAOK 3–1, 1 February 1931.
• First league match: PAOK – Megas Alexandros Katerini 3–2, 25 October 1959.^[25]
• First Greek Cup match: PAOK – Meliteas 3–0, 27 September 1931.^[26]
• First European match:

(Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) PAOK – Wiener SC 2–1, 15 September 1965.^[27]

(UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) Rapid Wien – PAOK 0–0, 13 September 1972.^[28]

Wins

• Record Panhellenic Championship final stage (1928–1959) win: PAOK – Panetolikos 7–1, 18 May 1955.^[29]
• Record league win:

(Home) PAOK – Kastoria 7–1, 22 December 1974^[30] and PAOK – Kalamata 7–1, 28 January 2001.^[31]

(Away) A.E. Kifisia – PAOK 0–6, 21 December 2023.^[32]

• Record Greek Cup win:

(Home) PAOK – Atlantis Thessaloniki 11–0, 18 October 1959.^[33]

(Away) Lamia – PAOK 1–9, 20 February 1985.^[34]

• Record European win:

(Away) Locomotive Tbilisi – PAOK 0–7, UEFA Cup, 16 September 1999. (Domestic record)

(Home) PAOK – Lokomotiva Zagreb 6–0, UEFA Europa League, 23 July 2015.

• Most wins in a season: 40 wins from 58 games (during the 2023–24 season).
• Most league wins in a season:

27 wins from 34 games (during the 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki).

26 wins from 30 games (during the 2018–19 Super League Greece).

• Fewest league wins in a season: 7 wins from 30 games (during the 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki).
• Most consecutive wins: 15 (during the 2017–18 season).^[35]
• Most consecutive league wins: 10 (during the 2017–18 Superleague Greece).
• Most consecutive league wins from start of season: 8 (during the 2018–19 Superleague Greece).
• Most consecutive continental wins: 6 (during the 2023–24 season).
• Biggest comeback win: PAOK – Spartak Trnava 5–3, UEFA Cup, 12 August 1997 (down 0–3 in the 27th minute).^[36]

Defeats

• Record Panhellenic Championship final stage (1928–1959) defeat: Panathinaikos – PAOK 7–1, 28 June 1931.^[37]
• Record league defeat: Olympiacos – PAOK 6–0, 3 June 1962.^[38]
• Record Greek Cup defeat: 4–0 on 5 occasions, vs Olympiacos (1951 and 1975), vs AEK (1965 and 2002) and vs PAS Giannina (2010)
• Record European defeat:

(Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) Wiener SC – PAOK 6–0, 28 September 1965.^[39]

(UEFA Cup) Barcelona – PAOK 6–1, 1 October 1975.

• Record European defeat at Toumba: (UEFA Champions League) PAOK – Benfica 1–4, 29 August 2018.
• Most league defeats in a season: 15 in 30 matches (during the 2007–08 Superleague Greece).
• Fewest league defeats in a season: Unbeaten in 30 matches (during the 2018–19 Superleague Greece). (Domestic record, shared with Panathinaikos)
• Most consecutive undefeated league games: 51 (11 March 2018 → 4 January 2020).^[40]
• Most consecutive defeats:

Goals

• Highest goals scored per game average in a season: 2.37 (during the 2000–01 season).
• Most goals scored in a season: 135 in 58 games (during the 2023–24 season).
• Most league goals scored in a season: 87 in 36 games (during the 2023–24 Super League Greece).
• Most league goals scored at home in a season: 60 in 17 games (during the 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki).
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 22 in 30 games (during the 1963–64 Alpha Ethniki).
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 49 in 30 games (during the 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki).
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 14 in 30 games (during the 2018–19 Superleague Greece).
• Fewest league goals conceded at home in a season: 3 in 17 games (during the 1994–95 Alpha Ethniki). (Domestic record)
• Most consecutive league games scoring: 69 (PAOK lost two home games 0–3 by court decision during this period that are not taken into account). (Domestic record)
• Most consecutive league games scoring away: 35. (Domestic record)

Points

• Most points in a season:

Point system (3–2–1): 92 (in 34 matches in 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki).

Point system (2–1–0): 49 (in 30 matches in 1975–76 Alpha Ethniki) and 52 (in 34 matches in 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki).

Point system (3–1–0): 82 (in 30 matches in 2018–19 Superleague Greece).

• Fewest points in a season:

Point system (3–2–1): 57 (in 30 matches in 1963–64 Alpha Ethniki).

Point system (2–1–0): 27 (in 30 matches in 1985–86 Alpha Ethniki).

Point system (3–1–0): 35 (in 30 matches in 2007–08 Superleague Greece).

• Most points in a European competition group stage: 16 (2023–24 UEFA Conference League). (Domestic record)
• Most points in the UEFA Europa League group stage: 12 (2011–12 and 2013–14). (Domestic record, shared with Panathinaikos)
• Fewest points in the UEFA Europa League group stage: 3 (2018–19).

Attendances

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• Season ticket sales record: 22,154 (77.19% of the total capacity - August 2019).^[43]
• Highest league home attendance: 45,252 (0–0 against AEK, 19 December 1976).
• Highest Greek Cup home attendance: 44,045 (2–1 against AEK, 9 February 1977).
• Highest European home attendance: 45,200 (1–0 against Barcelona, UEFA Cup, 16 September 1975).^{[44] [45]}
• Lowest league home attendance: 381 (1–0 against Athinaikos, 30 May 1993).^[46]
• Lowest Greek Cup home attendance: 164 (3–1 against Kavala, 29 November 2000).^[47]
• Lowest European home attendance: 1,012 (5–1 against Rennes, UEFA Cup, 14 December 2005).^[48]
• Highest league away attendance: 74,232 (Olympiacos – PAOK 0–1, 2 October 1988)^* and 74,043 (Panathinaikos – PAOK 0–1, 20 January 1985) – Athens Olympic Stadium.^[49]
• Highest Greek Cup away attendance: 48,104 (Panathinaikos – PAOK 2–0, 22 May 1985) – Athens Olympic Stadium.
• Highest European away attendance: 73,174 (Manchester United – PAOK 2–0, UEFA Europa League, 7 November 2024) – Old Trafford.
• Lowest European away attendance: 668 (Lincoln Red Imps – PAOK 0–2, UEFA Conference League, 16 September 2021) – Victoria Stadium.
• Highest neutral ground attendance: 72,240 (AEK – PAOK 2–0, Greek Cup final, 29 June 1983) – Athens Olympic Stadium.^[50]

• Due to the International Amnesty Concert which was scheduled for the following day, some gates of the Athens Olympic Stadium were closed. Olympiacos had already acquired the tickets of those gates which were included in the attendance count.

Domestic records

Outline	Record
Double winners, going unbeaten in a national round-robin league tournament (league format since 1959).	2018–19 season
Champions, starting the season with a points deduction.	2018–19 Superleague Greece (PAOK started the season on –2 points)
Worst league title defence.	10th place (1985–86)
Most consecutive league games scoring.	69 (PAOK lost two games 0–3 by court decision during this period that are not taken into account)
Most consecutive league games scoring away.	35
Fewest league goals conceded at home in a season.	3 in 17 games (1994–95)
Most seasons with a points deduction.	9 (1963–64, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19)
Most consecutive seasons with a points deduction.	4 (2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19)
Winners of 3 consecutive Greek Cup finals against the same opponent.	2017, 2018 and 2019 Greek Cup finals (vs AEK)
Winners of 2 consecutive Greek Cup finals that were held at the opponent's home ground.	2018 and 2019 Greek Cup finals (held at Athens Olympic Stadium, AEK's home ground at the time)
Greek Cup runners-up.	15 times
Biggest European win by a Greek football club.	Locomotive Tbilisi 0–7 PAOK (16/9/1999, UEFA Cup)
Most points in a European competition group stage.	16 (W5–D1–L0), 2023–24 UEFA Conference League
Consecutive continental away wins.	4 (2023–24 season)
Won all away matches in the group stage of a European competition.	3 (2023–24 UEFA Conference League)
Most UEFA Europa League appearances.	29
Most consecutive UEFA Europa League appearances.	12
Most UEFA Conference League matches.	34

European record

Competition
European Cup / Champions League	10	32	8	10	14	45–57
UEFA Cup / Europa League	29	155	59	45	51	215–179
UEFA Conference League	3	34	18	7	9	55–34
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	6	18	8	5	5	24–23
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	3	6	2	0	4	5–17
Total	51	245	95	67	83	344–310

Last updated: 28 November 2024

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Home Ground. paokfc.gr.
3. Web site: Honours. paokfc.gr.
4. Web site: The incredible life and times of Greek hero Giorgos Koudas. thesefootballtimes.co. 16 February 2015. 23 October 2019.
5. Web site: Η ζωή και η καριέρα του θρυλικού Γιώργου Κούδα. Life and career of legendary Giorgos Koudas. Greek. sport-retro.gr. 23 October 2019.
6. Web site: H ζωή του Γιώργου Κούδα. The life of Giorgos Koudas . Greek. gazzetta.gr. 23 November 2015. 23 October 2019.
7. Web site: Τα 133 γκολ του Γιώργου Κούδα στο πρωτάθλημα. Greek. paokmania.gr. 18 November 2017. 25 October 2019.
8. Web site: Ευρωπαϊκές συμμετοχές. Greek. gazzetta.gr. 5 October 2018. 25 October 2019.
9. Web site: Youngest debutant. Greek. paokfc.gr. 29 November 2017. 24 October 2019.
10. Web site: Nikos Michopoulos interview. el. forzaonline.gr. Vangelis Voulgaris. 10 February 2024.
11. Web site: Σταύρος Σαράφης. Greek. forzaonline.gr. 3 April 2019. 23 October 2019.
12. Web site: Τα 136 γκολ του Σταύρου Σαράφη στο πρωτάθλημα. Greek. paokmania.gr. 16 November 2017. 25 October 2019.
13. Web site: One touch football - Klaus's 20 goals. paokfc.gr. 3 November 2016. 24 October 2019.
14. Web site: Scorers. Greek. paokfc.gr. 12 May 2018. 24 October 2019.
15. Web site: Ντόρτμουντ–ΠΑΟΚ 0–1. Greek. gazzetta.gr. 11 December 2015. 25 October 2019.
16. Web site: Στο κλαμπ των πιο γρήγορων χατ-τρικ ο Κλάους. Greek. paokmania.gr. 24 July 2013. 25 October 2019.
17. Web site: The five heroes who scored three free-kicks in a single game. Peter Prickett. thesefootballtimes.co. 31 July 2018.
18. Web site: Το πρώτο γκολ του Τζίμα. Greek. gazzetta.gr. 5 March 2023. 5 March 2023.
19. Web site: Ο Κόντε έσπασε το ρεκόρ του Πασχαλάκη. Greek. contra.gr. 4 February 2018. 14 March 2021.
20. Web site: Το μεγάλο ρεκόρ του Μλάντεν Φούρτουλα!. Greek. paokmania.gr. 22 June 2024.
21. Web site: Ρεκόρ και προσπέραση για Λουτσέσκου. Greek. paok24.com. 4 August 2023. 4 August 2023.
22. Web site: Two years of titles. paokfc.gr. 29 June 2019. 29 October 2019.
23. Web site: History. paokfc.gr. 23 October 2019.
24. Web site: PAOK–Nea Genea Kalamaria 3–1 (12/12/1926), ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ newspaper (page 3). efimeris.nlg.gr. 10 January 2021. 13 December 1926. el.
25. Web site: Ιστορική νίκη στο πρώτο πρωτάθλημα!. Greek. paokmania.gr. 25 October 2016. 20 March 2020.
26. Web site: PAOK–Meliteas 3–0 (27/9/1931), ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ newspaper (page 5). efimeris.nlg.gr. 10 January 2021. 28 September 1931. el.
27. Web site: Η ευρωπαϊκή πρεμιέρα του ΠΑΟΚ. Greek. paokmania.gr. 15 September 2019. 20 March 2020.
28. Web site: PAOK's European journey. paokfc.gr. 23 October 2019.
29. Web site: Ενα ιστορικό 7–1 στο Συντριβάνι. Greek. inpaok.com. 18 May 2018. 24 October 2019.
30. Web site: PAOK – Kastoria 7–1. Greek. paokmania.gr. 22 December 2016. 24 October 2019.
31. Web site: PAOK – Kalamata 7–1. Greek. in.gr. 28 January 2001. 24 October 2019.
32. Web site: AE Kifisia – PAOK 0–6. Greek. novasports.gr. 21 December 2023. Kostis Botsaris.
33. Web site: Πρόκριση συντρίβοντας την Ατλαντίδα. Greek. aspromavresistories.blogspot.com. 18 October 2019. 6 March 2020.
34. Web site: Record Greek Cup wins. Greek. paokmania.gr. 24 January 2013. 23 October 2019.
35. Web site: PAOK records. Greek. sport24.gr. 6 May 2018. 24 October 2019.
36. Web site: 12/8/1997: ΠΑΟΚ - Σπάρτακ Τρνάβα 5-3. Greek. sportime.gr. 8 August 2018. Vangelis Laskaris.
37. Web site: Συντριβή στην Αθήνα το μακρινό 1931. Greek. aspromavresistories.blogspot.com. 28 June 2018. 24 October 2019.
38. Web site: Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 6–0 (3/6/1962). el. novasports.gr. Giannis Pagkos. 27 September 2018.
39. Web site: Συντριβή στη Βιέννη με 8 παίκτες!. Greek. aspromavresistories.blogspot.com. 29 September 2017. 6 March 2020.
40. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ: Το αήττητο σταμάτησε στα 51!. Greek. sportime.gr. 4 January 2020. Maria Kaltsidi.
41. Web site: Attendance records. Greek. paokmania.gr. 6 September 2019. 23 October 2019.
42. Web site: Numbers of Toumba Stadium history. Greek. paokmania.gr. 15 June 2023.
43. Web site: Season ticket sales breaks the 22,000 limit. Greek. ethnos.gr. 2 August 2019. Antonis Tsakaleas.
44. Web site: 16/9/1975: ΠΑΟΚ - Μπαρτσελόνα 1-0. Greek. gazzetta.gr. 16 September 2018. 25 October 2019.
45. Web site: Όταν η Μπαρτσελόνα υποκλίθηκε στον Κούδα και τον ΠΑΟΚ. Greek. sport-retro.gr. 25 October 2019.
46. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Αθηναϊκός 1–0 (30/5/1993). el. paokmania.gr. 30 May 2021. 10 September 2021.
47. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Καβάλα 3–1 (29/11/2000). el. in.gr. 29 November 2000.
48. Web site: European low attendance records. Greek. gazzetta.gr. 23 October 2015. 24 October 2019.
49. Web site: Παναθηναϊκός–ΠΑΟΚ 0–1 (20/1/1985) - Τη μέρα που ο ΠΑΟΚ «είδε» τον τίτλο. The day PAOK 'eyed' the title. el. gazzetta.gr. Stavros Sountoulidis. 20 January 2017.
50. Web site: 1983 Greek Cup final AEK–PAOK 2–0 (29/6/1983). el. sport24.gr. Manos Navrozidis. 11 May 2019.