2017–18 PAOK FC season

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PAOK
2017–18 season
PresidentIvan Savvidis
ManagerRăzvan Lucescu
StadiumToumba Stadium
Super League2nd
Greek CupWinners
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Aleksandar Prijović (19)
All:
Aleksandar Prijović (27)

The 2017–18 season was PAOK Football Club's 92nd in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The season was marked by two derby matches (vs Olympiacos on 25 February and vs AEK on 11 March) that were awarded against PAOK by court decision. The team defended their Greek Cup title won in 2017 and also competed in UEFA Europa League.

Coaching staff[edit]

This is Răzvan Lucescu's first season with PAOK.
Position Staff
Head Coach Romania Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant manager Italy Diego Longo
Assistant manager Italy Cristiano Bacci
Team Manager Greece Pantelis Konstantinidis
Goalkeeping coach Greece Giorgos Skiatitis
Head Gymnast Rehabilitation Greece Georgios Tsonakas
Gymnast Rehabilitation Greece Vasilios Kanaras
Fitness Coach Italy Matteo Spatafora
Data Analyst (Vis-Track) Greece Kyriakos Tsitsiridis
Opponent Analysis Greece Ioannis Thomaidis
Head of Medical Services Greece Emmanouil Papakostas
Club's Doctor Greece Kostas Tziantzis
Exercise Physiology Greece Giorgos Ziogas
Nutritionist Greece Ioanna Paspala
Physiotherapist Greece Petros Nikolakoudis
Physiotherapist Greece Nikolaos Tsirelas
Physiotherapist Greece Athanasios Kapoulas
Physiotherapist Greece Nikolaos Gagalis
Physiotherapist Greece Nikolaos Mouratidis
Academy's Technical Director Spain Daniel Bigas Alsina

Last updated: 18 August 2017
Source: PAOK F.C.

Other information[edit]

Toumba Stadium
Owner Dimera Group Limited
Chairman Russia Greece Ivan Savvidis
Vice President & CEO Greece Chrisostomos Gagatsis
Technical Director Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ
Members Russia Greece Giorgos Savvidis
Russia Maria Goncharova
Russia Artur Davidyan
Greece Dimokratis Papadopoulos
Greece Ilias Gerontidis
Consultant of Football Greece Giorgos Koudas
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toumba Stadium (28,701 / 106×71 metres)
Training Ground PAOK Sport Center[1]

Source: PAOK F.C.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Argentina Rodrigo Rey 33 EU 2017 18 0 2021 €1.5M Second nationality: Italy
3 RWB Brazil Léo Matos (Vice-captain) 38 Non-EU 2016 85 14 2021
5 CB Cape Verde Fernando Varela 36 EU 2016 74 3 2019 €1.4M Second nationality: Portugal
6 DF France Dorian Lévêque 34 EU 2017 1 0 2020
7 AM Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 33 EU 2017 21 2 2021 €1.3M Second nationality: Belgium
8 MF Brazil Maurício 35 Non-EU 2017 27 4 2020
9 CF Serbia Aleksandar Prijović (Vice-captain) 33 EU 2017 59 37 2022 €1.9M
10 FW Angola Djalma Campos 36 EU 2016 76 12 2019 Second nationality: Portugal
13 CB Greece Stelios Malezas (captain) 39 EU 2005/2015 236 5 2018 €0.10M
15 CB Spain José Ángel Crespo (Vice-captain) 37 EU 2016 80 3 2019
16 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Mihojević 27 EU 2018 1 0 2020
18 LW Greece Dimitris Limnios 25 EU 2017 31 1 2021 €0.80M
20 CF Greece Efthimis Koulouris 28 EU 2009 83 14 2021 PAOK U20
21 FW Suriname Diego Biseswar 36 EU 2016 76 10 2019
28 CM Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov 33 Non-EU 2016 77 16 2019
29 MF Slovakia Róbert Mak 33 EU 2014/2017 116 33 2018
30 DF Brazil Márcio Azevedo 38 Non-EU 2018 7 0 2018
31 GK Greece Alexandros Paschalakis 34 EU 2017 24 0 2020
41 FB Greece Panagiotis Deligiannidis 27 EU 2012 12 1 2020 PAOK U20
44 CB Greece Achilleas Poungouras 28 EU 2012 12 0 2019 PAOK U20
71 GK Greece Panagiotis Glykos (Vice-captain) 37 EU 2007 165 0 2019
75 MF France Thibault Moulin 34 EU 2018 3 0 2021 €1.3M
77 FW Greece Dimitris Pelkas (Vice-captain) 30 EU 2007 126 29 2021 PAOK U20
87 DM Spain José Cañas 36 EU 2016 64 2 2019
88 DF Portugal Vieirinha (Vice-captain) 38 EU 2008/2017 155 30 2020 €1M
99 GK Greece Marios Siampanis 24 EU 2015 3 0 2019 PAOK U20

Players in[edit]

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
18 LW Greece Dimitris Limnios 25 EU Greece Atromitos Transfer Summer 2021 €0.80M [2]
6 DF France Dorian Lévêque 34 EU France Guingamp Free transfer Summer 2020 Free [3]
22 DF Greece Dimitris Konstantinidis 29 EU Cyprus Omonia Loan return Summer 2019 Free [4]
30 GK Greece Nikos Melissas 31 EU Greece Sparta Loan return Summer 2020 Free [5]
34 MF Greece Nikos Korovesis 32 EU Greece PAS Giannina Loan return Summer 2018 Free [6]
19 FW Brazil Jairo 31 Non-EU Greece PAS Giannina Loan return Summer 2019 Free [7]
93 MF Australia Terry Antonis 30 EU Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Loan return Summer 2018 Free [7]
90 DF Greece Dimitris Giannoulis 28 EU Cyprus Anorthosis Loan return Summer 2020 Free [8]
29 MF Slovakia Róbert Mak 33 EU Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Loan Summer 2018 Free [9]
1 GK Argentina Rodrigo Rey 33 EU Argentina Godoy Cruz Transfer Summer 2021 €1.5M [10]
31 GK Greece Alexandros Paschalakis 34 EU Greece PAS Giannina Free transfer Summer 2018 Free [11]
7 AM Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 33 EU Italy Empoli Transfer Summer 2021 €1.3M [12]
8 MF Brazil Maurício 35 Non-EU Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Free transfer Summer 2020 Free [13]
88 MF Portugal Vieirinha 38 EU Germany VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer 2020 €1M [14]
2 DF Peru Carlos Zambrano 34 EU Russia Rubin Kazan Loan Summer 2018 ? [15]
30 DF Brazil Márcio Azevedo 38 Non-EU Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan Winter 2018 [16]
— MF France Thibault Moulin 34 EU Poland Legia Warsaw Transfer Winter 2021 €1.3M [17]
— DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Mihojević 27 EU Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo Transfer Winter 2021 €500k [18]

Total spending: Decrease €6.40M

Players out[edit]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
70 RB Greece Stelios Kitsiou 30 EU Belgium Sint-Truidense Loan Summer Free [19]
8 MF Greece Charis Charisis 29 EU Belgium Sint-Truidense Loan Summer Free [19]
90 DF Greece Dimitris Giannoulis 28 EU Greece Atromitos Loan Summer Free
5 DF Greece Dimitris Chatziisaias 31 EU Greece Atromitos Loan Summer Free [20]
14 FW Argentina Facundo Pereyra 36 Non-EU Released Summer Free [21]
93 MF Australia Terry Antonis 30 EU Netherlands Venlo Free transfer Summer Free [22]
34 MF Greece Nikos Korovesis 32 EU Greece Platanias Free transfer Summer Free [23]
19 FW Brazil Jairo 31 Non-EU Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol Loan Summer Free [24]
30 GK Greece Nikos Melissas 31 EU Greece PAS Lamia Loan Summer Free [25]
33 CF Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis 35 EU Israel Maccabi Haifa Free transfer Summer Free [26]
7 FW Egypt Amr Warda 30 Non-EU Greece Atromitos Loan Summer Free [27]
11 FW Brazil Pedro Henrique Konzen 33 Non-EU Azerbaijan Qarabağ Loan with option to buy (€5m) Summer €500k
16 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Gojko Cimirot 31 EU Belgium Standard Liège Transfer Winter €2.5M [28]
2 DF Peru Carlos Zambrano 34 EU Russia Rubin Kazan End of Loan Winter [29]
22 RB Greece Dimitris Konstantinidis 29 EU Italy Brescia Free transfer Winter Free [30]
26 DM Albania Ergys Kaçe 30 EU Greece Panathinaikos Loan with option to buy Winter Free [31]
27 FW Greece Giannis Mystakidis 29 EU Greece Panathinaikos Loan Winter Free [32]
4 LB Croatia Marin Leovac 35 EU Croatia Rijeka Loan with option to buy Winter Free [33]
23 GK Serbia Željko Brkić 37 EU Contract termination Winter Free [34]

Increase Total Income: €3M
Net income: Decrease €3.4M

Pre-season[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 July 2017 Friendly Tubize Belgium 0–4 Greece PAOK Horst, Netherlands
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report 12' Prijović
35' Henrique
66' Biseswar
79' (pen.) Koulouris
Yellow card 82' Kaçe		 Stadium: Molenstraat, Swolgen
7 July 2017 Friendly Gent Belgium 2–0 Greece PAOK Horst, Netherlands
17:00 EET UTC+03:00 Matton 31'
Mamadou Sylla 86'		 Club report Stadium: Molenstraat, Swolgen
12 July 2017 Friendly VVV-Venlo Netherlands 0–1 Greece PAOK Arnhem, Netherlands
18:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report Yellow card 25' Malezas
70' Prijović
Yellow card 86' Crespo		 Stadium: Marasingel, Arnhem
15 July 2017 Friendly Ajax Netherlands 4–2 Greece PAOK Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 EET UTC+03:00 Mazraoui 5'
Huntelaar 26'
Cassierra 66'
Flemming 89'		 Club report 38' Varela
51' Prijović		 Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst
21 July 2017 Friendly PAOK Greece 2–0 Cyprus Anorthosis Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EET UTC+03:00 Djalma 10'
Prijović 16'
Matos Yellow card 70'		 Club report Yellow card 29' Carlitos
Yellow card 78' Schildenfeld
Yellow card 90' João Victor		 Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
8 August 2017 Friendly PAOK Greece 1–1 Greece PAS Giannina Thessaloniki, Greece
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Prijović 1' Club report 19' Nikolias Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Koula Hasan
9 August 2017 Friendly PAOK Greece 0–1 Greece Lamia Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report 89' Tsoukalos Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Athanasios Sezos
2 September 2017 Friendly Volos N.F.C. Greece 4–2 Greece PAOK Volos, Greece
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Iliopoulos 11'
Pitu Garcia 17'
Matzis 38'
Demirtzoglou 90'		 Club report 20' El Kaddouri
77' Gargalatzidis		 Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 20 August 2017 6 May 2018 Matchday 1 Runner up 30 21 4 5 59 19 +40 070.00
Greek Cup 20 September 2017 12 May 2018 Group stage Winners 10 10 0 0 28 6 +22 100.00
UEFA Europa League 27 July 2017 24 August 2017 Third qualifying round Play-off round 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 050.00
Total 44 33 5 6 93 29 +64 075.00

Last updated: 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics[edit]

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević Start Season (16.06.2017) 11.08.2017 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 050.00
Romania Răzvan Lucescu 11.08.2017 Present 41 33 4 4 91 22 +69 080.49

Super League[edit]

Main article: 2017–18 Super League Greece

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 30 21 7 2 50 12 +38 70 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 21 4 5 59 19 +40 64[a] Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Olympiacos 30 18 6 6 63 28 +35 57[b] Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 11 4 43 21 +22 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Asteras Tripolis 30 12 9 9 39 24 +15 45[c]
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[37]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.[35]
  2. ^ Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.[36]
  3. ^ Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 21 4 5 59 19  +40 67 13 0 2 36 10  +26 8 4 3 23 9  +14

Note: PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDWDWWDWLWLWDWWWWWWWWWWLLLWWWWW
Position1055432122323333332111112222222
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[edit]

20 August 2017 1 Levadiakos 0–0 PAOK Livadeia
19:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Niasse Yellow card 26'
Tripotseris Yellow card 32'
Adilehou Yellow card 45'
Brandão Yellow card 65'		 Report Yellow card 2' Malezas
Yellow card 52' Mak		 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1.161
Referee: Stavros Mantalos
27 August 2017 2 PAOK 3–1 Kerkyra Thessaloniki
19:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Prijović 41'
Shakhov Yellow card 45+1'
Pelkas 54'
Mak 59'
Kaçe Yellow card 90+3'		 Report 45+2' (pen.) Nunes
Yellow card 90+3' Bauman		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras
11 September 2017 3 Apollon Smyrni 0–0 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Juárez Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 32'
Kontoes Yellow card 41'
Čović Yellow card 83'		 Report Yellow card 25' Pelkas
Yellow card 50' El Kaddouri
Yellow card 75' Crespo
Yellow card 84' Kaçe
Yellow card 87' Maurício		 Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 1.913
Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras
16 September 2017 4 PAOK 1–0 Panetolikos Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas Yellow card 71'
Prijović 75'		 Report Yellow card 36' Bejarano
Yellow card 44' Mihaj		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
24 September 2017 5 PAOK 1–0 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
16:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Prijović 55' Report Yellow card 24' Mavropanos
Yellow card 50' Karanikas
Yellow card 71' Soltani
Yellow card 84' Chalkiadakis		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
30 September 2017 6 AEL 1–1 PAOK Larissa
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Farkaš Yellow card 50'
Aganović Yellow card 66'
Perrone Yellow card 78'
Andoni Yellow card 82'
Križman 89'		 Report Yellow card 18' Maurício
Yellow card 37' Zambrano
44' Yellow card 55' Matos
Yellow card 52' Pelkas
Yellow card 70' Prijović
Red card 87' Koulouris		 Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 4.813
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis
15 October 2017 7 PAOK 4–0 Lamia Thessaloniki
16:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Leovac 10'
Prijović 24', 88'
Pelkas Yellow card 38' 50'
Shakhov Yellow card 52'
Maurício Yellow card 89'		 Report Anastasopoulos Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card 71' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
22 October 2017 8 Olympiacos 1–0 PAOK Piraeus
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Cissé Yellow card 22'
Androutsos Yellow card 24'
Engels 51'
Ofoe Yellow card 90+1'
Pardo Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Yellow card 22' Prijović
Yellow card 31' Matos
Yellow card 77' Cimirot
Yellow card 89' El Kaddouri		 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30.250
Referee: Georgios Kominis
30 October 2017 9 PAOK 2–0 Asteras Tripoli Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Maurício 34', 38' Report Yellow card 29' Tsoukalas
Yellow card 72' Giannoulis		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis
5 November 2017 10 AEK 1–0 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Araujo Red card 8'
Livaja 10'
Christodoulopoulos Yellow card 23'
Lopes Yellow card 67'
Galanopoulos Yellow card 80'
Anestis Yellow card 89'		 Report Yellow card 8' Yellow-red card 35' Zambrano
Yellow card 28' Prijović
Yellow card 45+3' Shakhov
Yellow card 50' El Kaddouri
Yellow card 63' Vieirinha
Yellow card 90+1' Yellow-red card 90+1' Biseswar		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,056
20 November 2017 11 PAOK 2–1 Atromitos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vieirinha 45' (pen.)
Fernando Varela Yellow card 65'
Djalma Campos 71'
Prijović Yellow card 89'
Rey Yellow card 90+3'		 Report 22' Stefanos Strouggis
Yellow card 25' Vasilakakis
Yellow card 30' Diguiny		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Greece Anastasios Papapetrou
26 November 2017 12 Panionios 2–2 PAOK Nea Smyrni, Athens
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Kotnik Yellow card 40'
Spiridonović 48'
Yeşil 86' Yellow card 87'		 Report 41' (pen.) Koulouris
90+3' Léo Matos		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Greece Anastasios Sidiropoulos
2 December 2017 13 Xanthi 0–3 PAOK Xanthi
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Jorge Casado Yellow card 24'
Baxevanidis Yellow card 67'
Svarnas Yellow card 87'		 Report 25' (o.g.) Pablo
Yellow card 27' José Cañas
33' Mak
Yellow card 57' Limnios
62' José Ángel Crespo		 Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Greece Manolis Skoulas
10 December 2017 14 PAOK 4–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas 8', 51' Yellow card 9'
Léo Matos Yellow card 39'
Koulouris 67' (pen.)
Prijović 77'
Mak Red card 79'		 Report Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 66' Insúa
Yellow card 80' Dioudis
Yellow card 80' Villafáñez
Yellow card 81' Kourbelis		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 26,140
Referee: Greece Dimitrios Styliaras
16 December 2017 15 Platanias 0–1 PAOK Chania, Crete
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vanderson Yellow card 61'
Stamou Yellow card 80'		 Report 56' Malezas
Yellow card 84' José Cañas		 Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,672
Referee: Greece Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
6 January 2018 16 PAOK 5–0 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Matos 18'
Campos 48', 59'
Prijović 57', 59' (pen.)		 Report Yellow card 26' Niasse
Yellow card 26' Belghazouani
Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 90+4'Tsabouris		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 12.012
Referee: Greece Aristidis Vatsios
14 January 2018 17 Kerkyra 0–3 PAOK Corfu
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Report 23' Matos
57' Campos
78' Pelkas		 Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
21 January 2018 18 PAOK 3–0 Apollon Smyrni Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mak 26'
Koné 45+1' (o.g.)
Limnios Yellow card 83'
Prijović 90+1'		 Report Yellow card 24' Kontoes
Yellow card 29' Yellow-red card 84' Nadales		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Neofutiadis
28 January 2018 19 Panetolikos 0–1 PAOK Agrinio
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Clésio Yellow card 61'
Marinakis Yellow card 73'
Vasiloudis Yellow card 78'
Chantakias Yellow card 80'
Mihaj Yellow card 87'		 Report Yellow card 57' Biseswar
87' (pen.) Prijović
Yellow card 90' Maurício
Yellow card 90+3' Shakhov		 Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Thanos
4 February 2018 20 PAS Giannina 1–3 PAOK Ioannina
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Garoufalias Yellow card 37'
Conde 71'
Cikarski Yellow card 78'
Boukouvalas Yellow card 81'		 Report 10' Pelkas
Yellow card 37' Crespo
40', 45' Prijović
Yellow card 90' Shakhov
Yellow card 90+1' Vieirinha		 Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiautis
12 February 2018 21 PAOK 3–0 AEL Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Shakhov 12'
Varela 40'
Prijović 49'		 Report Yellow card 45' Fatjon
Yellow card 69' Deletić
Yellow card 81' Gojković		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
17 February 2018 22 Lamia 0–2 PAOK Lamia
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Omo Yellow card 66'
Papadopoulos Yellow card 87'
Acosta Yellow card 90+1'		 Report 57' Pelkas
61' Maurício
Yellow card 88' Limnios		 Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
25 February 2018 23 PAOK 0–3 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos
Note: Match was suspended before kick-off due to crowd trouble. Olympiacos were awarded a 3–0 win.[38]
4 March 2018 24 Asteras Tripoli 3–2 PAOK Tripoli
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Kyriakopoulos 18'
Triantafyllopoulos Yellow card 51'
Tonso 53'
Iglesias Yellow card 62' 90+8'
Dudú Yellow card 69'
Kaltsas Yellow card 90+6'		 Report 37' Campos
Yellow card 72' Azevedo
Yellow card 80' Malezas
Yellow card 82' 90+7' Prijović
Yellow card 90+1' Pelkas		 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
11 March 2018 25 PAOK 0–3 AEK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Matos Yellow card 4'
Campos Yellow card 19'
Crespo Yellow card 38'
Pelkas Yellow card 57'
Maurício Yellow card 86'
Varela 90'		 Report Yellow card 9' Bakasetas
Yellow card 25' Galo
Yellow card 54' Araujo
Yellow card 87' Christodoulopoulos		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Georgios Kominis
Note: Match was suspended at 90th minute with PAOK leading 1–0. AEK were awarded a 3–0 win and PAOK had 3 points deducted (as well as 2 points from next season's championship).[35]
31 March 2018 26 Atromitos 0–2 PAOK Peristeri, Athens
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Risvanis Yellow card 35'
Bruno Yellow card 61'		 Report Yellow card 23' Pelkas
36' Campos
56' Crespo
Yellow card 73' Vieirinha
Yellow card 74' Cañas
Yellow card 89' Mak		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
14 April 2018 27 PAOK 3–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Shakhov 02'
El Kaddouri 15'
Mak Yellow card 61'
Prijović 66'
Matos Yellow card 77'		 Report 66'Durmishaj Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras
22 April 2018 28 PAOK 2–1 Xanthi Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Varela Yellow card 28'
Crespo Yellow card 50'
Biseswar 68'
Prijović Yellow card 83'
Koulouris 85'		 Report Yellow card 16' Castro
16' Jendrišek
Yellow card 30' Đuričković
Yellow card 45' Sylla		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios
29 April 2018 29 Panathinaikos 0–3 PAOK Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Fanis Tzandaris Yellow card 56'
Emanuel Insúa Yellow card 61'
Luciano Yellow card 65'		 Report 27' 65' Prijović
Yellow card 38' Leo Matos
84' Shakhov		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
6 May 2018 30 PAOK 3–0 Platanias Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Dimitris Pelkas 9' Yellow card 11'
Prijovic 15' 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis

Greek Cup[edit]

Main article: 2017–18 Greek Football Cup

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK LEV APP AIG
1 PAOK 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Round of 16 2–1 — —
2 Levadiakos 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 — — 5–0
3 Apollon Pontou 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 0–1 1–2 —
4 Aiginiakos 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0 0–5 — 0–1
Source: epo.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 September 2017 1 PAOK 2–1 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas soccer ball with red X40' 41'
Zambrano Yellow card 44'
Shakhov 71'		 Report Yellow card 44' Belghazouani
46' Giakoumakis
Yellow card 64' Kaltsas
Yellow card 83' Adilehou		 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris
25 October 2017 2 Apollon Pontou 0–1 PAOK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Georgiadis Yellow card 73'
Vergonis Yellow card 73'		 Report Yellow card 43' Biseswar
Yellow card 67' Deligiannidis
90' Mak		 Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Referee: Stefanos Koumparakis
29 November 2017 3 Aiginiakos 0–5 PAOK Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Karakostas Yellow card 33'
Andrikopoulos Yellow card 38'		 Report 5' Limnios
53', 67' Prijović
Yellow card 58' Zambrano
71' El Kaddouri
82' Shakhov		 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Konstantinos Kotsanis (Drama)

Round of 16[edit]

19 December 2017 1st leg Trikala 1–5 PAOK Trikala
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Panos 16'
Andreopoulos Yellow card 18'
Kapos Yellow card 18'		 Report 5', 58' Matos
Yellow card 45' Deligiannidis
Yellow card 48' 70' Biseswar
80' Campos
90+4' Shakhov		 Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
9 January 2018 2nd leg PAOK 2–1
(7–2 agg.)		 Trikala Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Crespo Yellow card 8'
Prijović 78', 90+4' (pen.)		 Report Yellow card 36' Tsiaras
90+1' Milosavljev		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)

Quarter-finals[edit]

24 January 2018 First leg PAOK 2–0 Atromitos Thessaloniki
21:45 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas 18'
Matos Yellow card 24'
Shakhov 86'		 Report Yellow card 7' Kivrakidis
Yellow card 70' Bušuladžić		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
8 February 2018 Second leg Atromitos 1–3
(1–5 agg.)		 PAOK Peristeri, Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Bušuladžić Yellow card 24'
Vasilakakis 54'
Sakic Yellow card 60'		 Report 30' Shakhov
68' Cañas
79' Koulouris		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras

Semi-finals[edit]

28 February 2018 First leg Panionios 1–3 PAOK Nea Smyrni, Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vlachos Yellow card 37'
Masouras Yellow card 52'
Stavropoulos Yellow card 56'
Korbos 85'		 Report 24' Maurício
34' Prijović
Yellow card 44' Limnios
73' Biseswar		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas
17 April 2018 Second leg PAOK 3–1
(6–2 agg.)		 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Koulouris 21'
Pelkas 68'
Prijović 80' (pen.)		 Report Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 70' Makrillos
40' Masouras
Yellow card 45+1' Giorgos Saramantas		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Sezos

Final[edit]

Main article: 2018 Greek Football Cup final
12 May 2018 Final AEK 0–2 PAOK Athens
20:30 EET Marko Livaja Yellow card 46'
Anastasios Bakasetas Yellow card 71'
Vranješ Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 80'
Kostas Galanopoulos Yellow card 90'		 Report Yellow card 6' Djalma Campos
Yellow card 20' Léo Matos
soccer ball with red X 25' Prijovic
Yellow card 45+1' José Ángel Crespo
65' Yellow card 65' Vieirinha
Red card 80' Mauricio
90+2' Yellow card 90+4' Pelkas
Red card 90+4' Fernando Varela		 Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 35,545
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round[edit]

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 July 2017 First leg Olimpik Donetsk Ukraine 1–1 Greece PAOK Kyiv, Ukraine
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Bilenkyi 49'
Kravchenko Yellow card 70'		 UEFA Report Yellow card 53' Shakhov
59' Henrique
Yellow card 73' Leovac		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
3 August 2017 Second leg PAOK Greece 2–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Ukraine Olimpik Donetsk Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mak 24'
Cimirot 45+1'
Leovac Yellow card 60'		 UEFA Report Yellow card 4' Nyemchaninov
Yellow card 51' Tsymbalyuk
Yellow card 58'Kravchenko		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,960
Referee: Bulgaria Ivaylo Stoyanov

Play-off round[edit]

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 August 2017 First leg PAOK Greece 3–1 Sweden Östersund Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Rey Yellow card 21'
Matos 38'
Prijović 77', 88' (pen.)		 UEFA Report 21' (pen.) Nouri
Yellow card 37' Mukiibi
Yellow card 87' Keita		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: –
Referee: Netherlands Bas Nijhuis
24 August 2017 Second leg Östersund Sweden 2–0
(3 (a) –3 agg.)		 Greece PAOK Östersund, Sweden
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mukiibi Yellow card 19'
Pettersson Yellow card 68'
Ghoddos 71', 77'
Hopcutt Yellow card 84'
Edwards Yellow card 90'
Aiesh Yellow card 90+4'		 UEFA Report Yellow card 20' Matos
Yellow card 27' Prijović
Yellow card 70' Pedro Henrique
Yellow card 77' Cimirot		 Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Referee: Poland Paweł Raczkowski

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

As of 12 May 2018

Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.

No. Name Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Argentina Rodrigo Rey 12 0 2 0 4 0 18 0
31 Greece Alexandros Paschalakis 17 0 7 0 0 0 24 0
99 Greece Marios Siampanis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
3 Brazil Léo Matos 27 4 7 2 4 1 38 7
5 Cape Verde Fernando Varela 26 2 6 0 4 0 36 2
6 France Dorian Lévêque 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Greece Stelios Malezas 7 (1) 1 9 0 0 0 16 (1) 1
15 Spain José Ángel Crespo 23 (1) 2 5 (1) 0 4 0 32 (2) 2
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Mihojević 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Brazil Márcio Azevedo 4 (3) 0 3 0 0 0 7 (3) 0
41 Greece Panagiotis Deligiannidis 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0
44 Greece Achilleas Poungouras 1 (1) 0 2 0 0 0 3 (1) 0
Midfielders
7 Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 18 (4) 1 3 (3) 1 0 0 21 (7) 2
8 Brazil Maurício 22 (2) 3 5 1 0 0 27 (2) 4
21 Suriname Diego Biseswar 20 (15) 1 8 (2) 2 4 (1) 0 32 (18) 3
28 Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov 19 (11) 3 10 (3) 5 4 (1) 0 33 (15) 8
34 Greece Georgios Vrakas 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
75 France Thibault Moulin 2 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 3 (3) 0
77 Greece Dimitris Pelkas 23 (2) 8 10 (1) 4 3 (3) 0 36 (6) 12
87 Spain José Cañas 15 (1) 0 5 (1) 1 2 0 22 (2) 1
88 Portugal Vieirinha 24 (1) 1 5 (2) 1 0 0 29 (3) 2
Forwards
9 Serbia Aleksandar Prijović 27 (4) 19 8 (3) 6 4 2 39 (7) 27
10 Angola Djalma Campos 23 (6) 6 5 (4) 1 4 0 32 (10) 7
18 Greece Dimitris Limnios 21 (10) 0 9 1 1 (1) 0 31 (11) 1
20 Greece Efthimis Koulouris 13 (7) 3 7 (3) 2 1 (1) 0 21 (11) 5
29 Slovakia Róbert Mak 25 (12) 3 7 (2) 1 4 1 36 (14) 5
Players transferred out during the season
33 Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0
11 Brazil Pedro Henrique 1 0 0 0 4 (4) 1 5 (4) 1
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Gojko Cimirot 15 (3) 0 4 0 4 1 23 (3) 1
2 Peru Carlos Zambrano 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
26 Albania Ergys Kaçe 4 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 5 (2) 0
27 Greece Giannis Mystakidis 0 0 2 (2) 0 0 0 2 (2) 0
4 Croatia Marin Leovac 9 1 0 0 4 0 13 1

Goalscorers[edit]

'Match played 12 May 2018.'

Rank No. Pos. Player League Cup Europa League Total
1 9 CF Serbia Aleksandar Prijović 19 6 2 27
2 77 AM Greece Dimitris Pelkas 8 4 0 12
3 28 MF Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov 3 5 0 8
4 10 MF Angola Djalma Campos 6 1 0 7
5 3 RB Brazil Leo Matos 4 2 1 7
6 20 CF Greece Efthimis Koulouris 3 2 0 5
7 29 FW Slovakia Róbert Mak 3 1 1 5
8 8 MF Brazil Maurício 3 1 0 4
9 21 AMF Suriname Diego Biseswar 1 2 0 3
10 20 CF Spain José Ángel Crespo 2 0 0 2
11 5 CB Cape Verde Fernando Varela 2 0 0 2
12 7 MF Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 1 1 0 2
13 88 MF Portugal Vieirinha 1 1 0 2
14 13 CB Greece Stelios Malezas 1 0 0 1
15 4 LB Croatia Marin Leovac 1 0 0 1
16 18 FW Greece Dimitris Limnios 0 1 0 1
17 87 DM Spain José Cañas 0 1 0 1
18 16 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Gojko Cimirot 0 0 1 1
19 11 FW Brazil Pedro Henrique 0 0 1 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 60 28 6 94

Clean sheets[edit]

Last updated on 6 May 2018.
Rank Name Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total Games played
— Greece Alexandros Paschalakis 13 4 0 17 24
— Argentina Rodrigo Rey 6 0 1 7 18
Total 19 4 1 24 42

Disciplinary record[edit]

S P N Name Super League Cup Europa League Total
77 AM Greece Pelkas 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 MF Brazil Maurício 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
28 MF Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
26 DM Albania Kaçe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 DF Brazil Leo Matos 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
2 DF Peru Zambrano 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
9 CF Serbia Aleksandar Prijović 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
4 LB Croatia Marin Leovac 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
29 AM Slovakia Róbert Mak 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
13 DF Greece Stelios Malezas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 DF Spain Crespo 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
87 ΜF Spain José Cañas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 MF Morocco El Kaddouri 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Gojko Cimirot 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
1 GK Argentina Rodrigo Rey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
11 W Brazil Pedro Henrique 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
20 CF Greece Koulouris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 MF Suriname Biseswar 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
41 MF Greece Deligiannidis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18 FW Greece Dimitris Limnios 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
88 FW Portugal Vieirinha 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 DF Cape Verde Fernando Varela 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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External links[edit]

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