Panathinaikos–PAOK rivalry explained

Panathinaikos and PAOK rivalry
City Or Region:AthensThessaloniki, Greece
Teams Involved:Panathinaikos, PAOK
First Contested:PAOK 1–3 Panathinaikos
8 February 1931
Most Wins:Panathinaikos (95)
Mostrecent:PAOK 4–1 Panathinaikos (15 May 2024)
Largestvictory:Panathinaikos 7–1 PAOK (28 June 1931)
Nextmeeting:TBA

The rivalry between Panathinaikos and PAOK is the football rivalry between two of the most popular teams of the two biggest cities in Greece, the capital of Athens and Thessaloniki. In general terms, there is mutual respect between the two clubs and the rivalry has been focused mainly on the pitch throughout the decades.[1] The Panathinaikos vs PAOK match is the most-played in Greek Alpha Ethniki/Super League history (1959–present) at 154 games (up until the 2023–24 season).

Statistics

Head-to-head

Panathinaikos
wins
DrawsPAOK
wins
Panhellenic Championship (1927 — 1959)
At Panathinaikos home820
At PAOK home514
Total1334
Alpha Ethniki / Super League Greece (1959 — present)
At Panathinaikos home471911
At PAOK home221639
Total693550
Greek Cup
At Panathinaikos home622
At PAOK home3110
Neutral field301
Total12313
Greek League Cup
At Panathinaikos home000
At PAOK home100
Total100
Total
954167

Matches list

Panhellenic Championship (1927 — 1959)

Panathinaikos – PAOK in AthensPAOK – Panathinaikos in Thessaloniki
SeasonDateVenueScoreAtt.DateVenueScoreAtt.
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1930–31 28 June 1931Leoforos Alexandras Stadium7–1 N/A 8 February 1931 Aris Old Stadium1–3 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1931–32 10 July 1932Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–1 N/A 6 March 1932 Aris Old Stadium3–1 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1935–36 8 December 1935Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–0 N/A 7 January 1936 PAOK Old Stadium1–6 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1936–37 11 April 1937Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–0 N/A 30 May 1937 PAOK Old Stadium2–01 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1953–54 4 July 1954Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 N/A 23 May 1954 PAOK Old Stadium0–1 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1954–55 2 March 1955Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–2 N/A 3 July 1955 PAOK Old Stadium0–2 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1955–56 6 June 1956Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–1 N/A 8 April 1956 PAOK Old Stadium1–0 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1956–57 19 May 1957Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–1 N/A 13 February 1957 PAOK Old Stadium0–1 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1957–58 23 March 1958Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 N/A 29 June 1958 PAOK Old Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 2–2 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1958–59 14 June 1959Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–0 N/A 8 March 1959 PAOK Old Stadium1–0 N/A
1 PAOK were awarded a 2–0 walkover.

Alpha Ethniki / Super League Greece (1959 — present)

Panathinaikos – PAOK in AthensPAOK – Panathinaikos in Thessaloniki
SeasonDateVenueScoreAtt.DateVenueScoreAtt.
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1959–60 7 February 1960Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–0 11,441 17 July 1960Toumba Stadium0–2 4,962
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1960–61 19 February 1961Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–0 N/A 2 October 1960Toumba Stadium0–1 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1961–62 17 December 1961Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–1 22,449 20 May 1962Toumba Stadium2–1 N/A
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1962–63 3 December 1962Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–1 24,229 28 April 1963Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 20,131
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1963–64 19 April 1964Leoforos Alexandras Stadium4–0 18,374 15 December 1963Toumba Stadium0–1 13,874
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1964–65 11 October 1964Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–0 24,373 14 February 1965Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 8,543
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1965–66 23 January 1966Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–0 15,901 8 May 1966Toumba Stadium1–3 21,020
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1966–67 16 April 1967Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 20,449 26 December 1966Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 18,870
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1967–68 22 April 1968Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–0 19,803 24 December 1967Toumba Stadium2–1 18,886
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1968–69 1 June 1969Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–0 22,787 12 January 1969Toumba Stadium1–2 26,572
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1969–70 28 September 1969Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 22,985 8 February 1970Toumba Stadium0–1 33,136
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1970–71 17 January 1971Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–0 18,730 6 June 1971Toumba Stadium3–2 18,452
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1971–72 9 January 1972Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–0 25,968 28 May 1972Toumba Stadium1–0 40,051
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1972–73 18 March 1973Leoforos Alexandras Stadium0–21 29 October 1972Toumba Stadium1–0 39,500
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1973–74 10 March 1974Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–2 24,877 21 October 1973Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 42,318
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1974–75 1 December 1974Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 23,886 5 April 1975Toumba Stadium2–0 30,418
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1975–76 15 February 1976Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 24,646 5 October 1975Toumba Stadium3–1 18,615
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1976–77 16 January 1977Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 23,684 12 June 1977Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 44,705
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1977–78 11 September 1977Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 22,572 22 January 1978Toumba Stadium3–1 22,061
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1978–79 24 December 1978Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 2–2 11,407 25 April 1979Toumba Stadium3–0 27,656
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1979–80 18 November 1979Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 20,007 9 March 1980Toumba Stadium0–2 29,992
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1980–81 22 March 1981Georgios Kamaras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 11,086 26 October 1980Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium4–2 18,131
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1981–82 7 March 1982Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–1 24,000 25 October 1981Toumba Stadium2–0 20,257
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1982–83 26 June 1983Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–0 6,704 6 February 1983Toumba Stadium2–0 19,164
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1983–84 6 November 1983Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 24,400 18 March 1984Toumba Stadium1–0 34,256
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1984–85 20 January 1985Athens Olympic Stadium0–1 74,043 16 June 1985Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 35,914
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1985–86 2 March 1986Athens Olympic Stadium5–0 46,961 20 October 1985Toumba Stadium0–1 21,448
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1986–87 1 November 1986Athens Olympic Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 29,663 15 March 1987Toumba Stadium2–3 22,166
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1987–88 1 November 1987Athens Olympic Stadium2–1 18,552 28 February 1988Toumba Stadium4–1 36,305
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1988–89 12 March 1989Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–0 13,771 13 November 1988Toumba Stadium1–0 25,291
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1989–90 27 May 1990Athens Olympic Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 2–2 32,141 21 January 1990Toumba Stadium2–1 25,100
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1990–91 23 September 1990Athens Olympic Stadium3–02 31,314 17 February 1991Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 15,303
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1991–92 31 May 1992Athens Olympic Stadium5–1 8,236 19 January 1992Toumba Stadium1–0 21,838
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1992–93 7 March 1993Athens Olympic Stadium5–0 17,903 25 October 1992Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 8,054
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1993–94 9 April 1994Athens Olympic Stadium2–0 4,593 11 December 1993Toumba Stadium3–1 6,728
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1994–95 30 October 1994Athens Olympic Stadium3–0 22,883 19 March 1995Toumba Stadium2–0 21,114
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1995–96 10 December 1995Athens Olympic Stadium2–0 10,179 5 May 1996Toumba Stadium0–1 13,832
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1996–97 1 December 1996Athens Olympic Stadium5–0 4,873 26 March 1997Toumba Stadium1–0 13,110
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1997–98 22 March 1998Athens Olympic Stadium3–1 10,432 16 November 1997Toumba Stadium2–1 16,877
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1998–99 28 February 1999Athens Olympic Stadium0–1 21,237 20 September 1998Toumba Stadium2–0 12,996
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1999–00 3 October 1999Athens Olympic Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 30,928 20 February 2000Toumba Stadium1–3 20,888
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2000–01 10 March 2001Leoforos Alexandras Stadium5–2 9,914 18 November 2000Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 2–2 12,978
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2001–02 9 December 2001Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–2 10,337 31 March 2002Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 2–2 22,000
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2002–03 26 January 2003Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–0 13,620 25 August 2002Toumba Stadium4–1 26,800
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2003–04 30 November 2003Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–0 9,658 25 April 2004Toumba Stadium1–2 17,805
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2004–05 29 December 2004Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–1 11,001 8 May 2005Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 17,845
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2005–06 30 October 2005Athens Olympic Stadium1–0 21,538 11 March 2006Toumba Stadium0–1 Cl. doors
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2006–07 24 September 2006Athens Olympic Stadium2–1 21,356 3 February 2007Toumba Stadium2–1 8,795
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2007–08 29 September 2007Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–0 10,048 27 January 2008Toumba Stadium0–1 19,000
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2008–09 8 February 2009Athens Olympic Stadium3–0 26,430 19 October 2008Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 25,795
24 May 2009 (p-o) Athens Olympic Stadium4–1 14,673 10 May 2009 (p-o)Toumba Stadium0–127,703
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2009–10 25 October 2009Athens Olympic Stadium2–1 19,875 21 February 2010Toumba Stadium2–1 23,104
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2010–11 16 October 2010Athens Olympic Stadium1–0 Cl. doors 6 February 2011Toumba Stadium0–1 22,008
22 May 2011 (p-o)Athens Olympic Stadium1–0 19,824 8 May 2011 (p-o)Toumba Stadium2–119,391
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2011–12 4 March 2012Athens Olympic Stadium0–2 Cl. doors 30 October 2011Toumba Stadium1–3 19,002
13 May 2012 (p-o)Athens Olympic Stadium2–0 3,012 10 May 2012 (p-o)Toumba Stadium1–011,484
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2012–13 18 November 2012Athens Olympic Stadium2–0 13,511 17 March 2013Toumba Stadium2–0 19,856
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2013–14 9 February 2014Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–1 11,113 6 October 2013Toumba Stadium2–1 24,633
4 May 2014 (p-o)Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 11,713 17 May 2014 (p-o)Toumba Stadium1–0Cl.doors
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2014–15 8 March 2015Leoforos Alexandras Stadium4–3 Cl. doors 9 November 2014Toumba Stadium1–2 24,905
31 May 2015 (p-o)Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–0 12,964 27 May 2015 (p-o)Toumba Stadium0–19,473
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2015–16 21 February 2016Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 2–2 8,318 25 October 2015Toumba Stadium3–1 15,374
15 May 2016 (p-o)Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–1 8,178 31 May 2016 (p-o)Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–120,156
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2016–17 4 December 2016Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–0 5,221 9 Αpril 2017Toumba Stadium3–0 17,209
17 May 2017 (p-o)Leoforos Alexandras Stadium0–33 4,111 31 May 2017 (p-o)Toumba Stadium2–312,362
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2017–18 29 April 2018Leoforos Alexandras Stadium0–3 8,649 10 December 2017Toumba Stadium4–0 26,140
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 2018–19 3 March 2019Athens Olympic Stadium0–2 9,453 29 October 2018Toumba Stadium2–0 20,389
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2019–20 2 February 2020Athens Olympic Stadium2–0 19,133 3 November 2019Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 2–2 22,466
13 June 2020 (p-o)Athens Olympic Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 Cl. doors8 July 2020 (p-o)Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0 Cl. doors
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2020–21 14 March 2021Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–1 Cl. doors 20 December 2020Toumba Stadium2–1Cl. doors
4 April 2021 (p-o)Leoforos Alexandras Stadium3–0 Cl. doors 25 April 2021 (p-o)Toumba Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 0–0Cl. doors
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2021–22 7 November 2021Leoforos Alexandras Stadium1–312,792 6 February 2022Toumba Stadium2–1Cl. doors
3 April 2022 (p-o)Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–1 9,416 17 May 2022 (p-o)Toumba Stadium2–07,437
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2022–23 22 January 2023Leoforos Alexandras Stadium0–313,612 2 October 2022Toumba Stadium1–221,074
3 May 2023 (p-o)Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 1–113,491 23 April 2023 (p-o)Toumba Stadium1–212,880
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="2" 2023–24 1 October 2023Leoforos Alexandras Stadiumbgcolor=#dcdcdc 2–211,530 28 January 2024Toumba Stadium2–1Cl.doors
31 March 2024 (p-o)Leoforos Alexandras Stadium2–313,209 15 May 2024 (p-o)Toumba Stadium4–122,281
1 PAOK were awarded a 0–2 walkover.

2 Match suspended at 77th minute.

3 Match suspended at 55th minute (score: 1–0). PAOK were awarded a 0–3 win.

Greek Cup

[2]

SeasonRoundPanathinaikos – PAOK PAOK – Panathinaikos Winner
DateVenueAtten.ScoreDateVenueAtten.Score
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1948–49Semi-finals10–04–1949PAOK Old StadiumN/A0–1PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1950–51Semi-finals28–02–1951PAOK Old StadiumN/A1–0PAOK
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1954–55Final12–06–1955Leoforos Alexandras Stadium6,7292–0PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1967–68Quarter-finals07–07–1968Toumba Stadium12,2631–2 (a.e.t.); susp.*PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1970–71Quarter-finals05–05–1971Toumba Stadium28,8303–2PAOK
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1971–72Final05–07–1972Karaiskakis Stadium34,8311–2PAOK
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1972–73Quarter-finals18–04–1973Toumba Stadium38,8692–0PAOK
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1976–77Final22–06–1977Karaiskakis Stadium28,4902–1PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1981–82Semi-finals02–06–1982Leoforos Alexandras Stadium24,0002–019–05–1982Toumba Stadium38,7741–0PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1984–85Semi-finals22–05–1985Athens Olympic Stadium48,1042–005–06–1985Toumba Stadium40,5614–0PAOK
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1990–91Semi-finals03–04–1991Athens Olympic Stadium18,6072–024–04–1991Toumba Stadium25,9181–0PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 1993–94Round of 1615–12–1993Athens Olympic Stadium3,5320–029–12–1993Toumba Stadium14,6900–0 ; 4–5 PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 2006–07Quarter-finals31–01–2007Athens Olympic Stadium23,7473–1 (a.e.t.)17–01–2007Toumba Stadium13,9242–1PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 2013–14Final26–04–2014Athens Olympic Stadium44,3564–1 PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 2016–17Semi-finals12–04–2017Leoforos Alexandras StadiumN/A2–027–04–2017Toumba StadiumN/A4–0PAOK
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 2019–20Quarter-finals12–02–2020Athens Olympic StadiumN/A0–105–02–2020Toumba StadiumN/A2–0PAOK
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 2021–22Final21–05–2022Athens Olympic Stadium45,4091–0PAO
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 2022–23Quarter-finals26–01–2023Leoforos Alexandras StadiumN/A1–118–01–2023Toumba StadiumN/A2–0PAOK
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 2023–24Semi-finals21–02–2024Leoforos Alexandras StadiumN/A1–2 ; 6–5 14–02–2024Toumba StadiumN/A0–1 PAO

Series won: Panathinaikos 11, PAOK 8.

Greek League Cup

Panathinaikos – PAOK in AthensPAOK – Panathinaikos in Thessaloniki
SeasonRoundVenueScoreAtt.RoundVenueScoreAtt.
bgcolor=#ffe4c4 rowspan="1" 1989–90 First round Toumba Stadium0–2 Cl. doors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Τελικά τι είναι το Παναθηναϊκός–ΠΑΟΚ;. In the end, what is Panathinaikos vs PAOK?. Greek. contra.gr. Zastro. 20 February 2016. 18 May 2020.
  2. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ – Παναθηναϊκός, η παράδοση: Πράξη έκτη στους «8»!. en:Panathinaikos vs PAOK, Greek Cup. gazzetta.gr. Stavros. Sountoulidis. 18 January 2023. el.