2023–24 PAOK FC season

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PAOK
2023–24 season
PresidentIvan Savvidis
ManagerRăzvan Lucescu
StadiumToumba Stadium
Super League 13rd
Greek CupSemi-finals
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Kiril Despodov (10)
All: Andrija Živković (16)
Highest home attendance25,346 vs Olympiacos
(18 February 2024)
Lowest home attendance5,800 vs Panserraikos
(25 November 2023)
Average home league attendance12,168[1]
Biggest winA.E. Kifisia 0–6 PAOK
Biggest defeatPAOK 1–4 Olympiacos
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2024.

The 2023–24 PAOK FC season is the club's 98th season in existence and the club's 65th 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 Europa Conference League.

Coaching staff[edit]

Position Staff
Head Coach Romania Răzvan Lucescu
Head of Football Department Greece Christos Karypidis
Assistant Coach Greece Pantelis Konstantinidis
Assistant Coach Romania Nicolae Constantin
Goalkeeping Coach Italy Giorgio Bianchi
Trainer Italy Matteo Spatafora
Development coach Italy Gianpaolo Castorina
Rehabilitation Coach Greece Georgios Tsonakas
Mental Coach Romania Christian Fota

Last updated: 1 September 2023
Source: [citation needed]

paokfc.gr

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 29 January 2024

[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Norway NOR Ivan Näsberg
4 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Koulierakis
5 DF Greece GRE Giannis Michailidis
6 MF Greece GRE Theocharis Tsingaras
7 MF Greece GRE Giannis Konstantelias
8 MF France FRA Soualiho Meïté (on loan from Benfica)
10 MF Austria AUT Thomas Murg
11 FW Brazil BRA Taison
14 MF Serbia SRB Andrija Živković (vice-captain)
15 DF Nigeria NGA William Troost-Ekong
16 DF Poland POL Tomasz Kędziora (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
18 GK Serbia SRB Živko Živković
19 DF Spain ESP Jonny
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Portugal POR Vieirinha (captain)
21 DF Ghana GHA Baba Rahman
22 MF Austria AUT Stefan Schwab (vice-captain)
23 DF Spain ESP Joan Sastre
27 MF Russia RUS Magomed Ozdoyev
33 FW Tanzania TAN Mbwana Samatta
42 GK Croatia CRO Dominik Kotarski
50 MF Portugal POR Filipe Soares
55 DF Portugal POR Rafa Soares
64 GK Greece GRE Christos Talichmanidis
71 FW Spain ESP Brandon Thomas
77 FW Bulgaria BUL Kiril Despodov
88 MF Brazil BRA Marcos Antônio (on loan from Lazio)

Transfers[edit]

As of 29 January

In[edit]

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
29 MF Greece Georgios Vrakas Greece Levadiakos Loan return 1 July 2023
51 MF Greece Theocharis Tsingaras France Toulouse Loan return 1 July 2023
68 MF Greece Panagiotis Tzimas Greece PAS Giannina Loan return 1 July 2023
15 DF Nigeria William Troost-Ekong England Watford Free transfer 4 July 2023 [3]
- DF Ghana Baba Rahman England Chelsea Free transfer 10 July 2023 [4]
16 FW Poland Tomasz Kędziora Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Loan 11 July 2023 [5]
33 FW Tanzania Mbwana Samatta Turkey Fenerbahçe Undisclosed 17 July 2023 [6]
27 MF Russia Magomed Ozdoyev Turkey Fatih Karagümrük 450K 6 August 2023 [7]
8 MF France Soualiho Meïté Portugal Benfica Loan 27 August 2023 [8]
88 MF Brazil Marcos Antônio Italy Lazio Loan 1 September 2023 [9]
77 FW Bulgaria Kiril Despodov Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 3,500,000 4 September 2023 [10]
MF Uruguay Nicolás Quagliata Brazil Cuiabá Esporte Clube Loan Return 31 December 2023 [11]
19 DF Spain Jonny England Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer 29 January 2024 [12]
Total € 3.950,000.00

Out[edit]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
21 MF Suriname Diego Biseswar End of contract 30 June 2023 [13]
7 MF Morocco Omar El Kaddouri End of contract 30 June 2023 [14]
9 FW Portugal Nélson Oliveira End of contract 30 June 2023 [15]
27 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić Italy Parma End of loan 30 June 2023 [16]
16 DF Poland Tomasz Kędziora Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv End of loan 30 June 2023 [17]
26 MF Portugal Tiago Dantas Portugal Benfica End of loan 30 June 2023
2 DF Greece Giannis Kargas Cyprus Anorthosis Free transfer 28 June 2023 [18]
4 DF Iceland Sverrir Ingi Ingason Denmark Midtjylland 4,0 mio 7 July 2023 [19]
68 MF Greece Panagiotis Tzimas Greece PAS Giannina Loan 20 July 2023
8 MF Brazil Douglas Augusto France Nantes 5.5 mio 12 August 2023 [20]
13 DF Brazil Lucas Taylor Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 300 k 1 July 2023
24 DF Greece Marios Tsaousis Greece PAS Giannina Loan 16 August 2023 [citation needed]
77 FW Germany Khaled Narey Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej 2.0 mio 28 August 2023 [21]
29 FW Greece Georgios Vrakas Greece Atromitos Free transfer +50% resale-clause 6 January 2024 [22]
50 MF Portugal Filipe Miguel Barros Soares Brazil Famalicão Loan 12 January 2024 [23]
19 DF Greece Lefteris Lyratzis Greece Asteras Tripolis Loan 19 January 2024 [24]
Total € 11,800,000

Pre-season and other friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Wednesday, 5 July 2023 Friendly FCSB 1–1 PAOK Swolgen
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 24' 70' Gordeziani Stadium: Multifunctionale accomodatie “De Kerkebos”
Saturday, 8 July 2023 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles 2–1 PAOK Zutphen
17:00 EET, UTC+03:00 35', 70' 48' Schwab Stadium: Sportcentrum Hanzepark
Wednesday, 12 July 2022 Friendly PAOK 3–2 Genk Swolgen
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 62', 83' Stadium: Multifunctionale accomodatie “De Kerkebos”
Saturday, 15 July 2022 Friendly PAOK 4–1 Al-Taawon Tegelen
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00
6' Stadium: Sportpark “De Bakenbos”
Attendance: behind closed doors
Sunday, 16 July 2022 Friendly Westerlo 3–2 PAOK Dessel
17:00 EET, UTC+03:00 14', 15', 65'
Stadium: Armand Melis Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

As of 28 April 2024


Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League Greece 20 August 2023 Matchday 1 33 22 5 6 79 32 +47 066.67
Greek Football Cup 7 December 2023 21 February 2024 Round of 16 6 5 0 1 14 2 +12 083.33
UEFA Europa Conference League 27 July 2023 18 April 2024 Second qualifying round 16 10 3 3 34 18 +16 062.50
Total 55 37 8 10 127 52 +75 067.27

Source: Soccerway

Managerial statistics[edit]

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Romania Răzvan Lucescu 22 June 2023 Present 55 37 8 10 127 52 +75 067.27

Last updated: 28 April 2024

Super League Greece[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK 26 19 3 4 66 21 +45 60 Qualification for the Play-off round
2 AEK Athens 26 17 8 1 60 25 +35 59
3 Olympiacos 26 18 3 5 58 24 +34 57
4 Panathinaikos 26 17 5 4 62 21 +41 56
5 Aris 26 12 6 8 39 29 +10 42
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[25]

Matches[edit]

Sunday, 20 August 2023 1 PAOK 3–0 Asteras Tripolis Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST, UTC+03:00
Report soccer ball with red X 41' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: Vasilis Fotias
Sunday, 27 August 2023 2 PAOK 2–1 A.E. Kifisia Thessaloniki
21:00 EEST, UTC+03:00
Report 75' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 8,876
Referee: Konstantinos Tsetilas
Sunday, 3 September 2023 3 OFI 1–0 PAOK Heraklion
20:00 EEST, UTC+03:00 90+7' Report
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
Attendance: 4,682
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Sunday, 17 September 2023 4 PAOK 0–0 Aris Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST, UTC+03:00
Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 17,731
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Sunday, 24 September 2023 5 PAS Giannina 1–3 PAOK Ioannina
20:30 EEST, UTC+03:00 25' Report
Stadium: Zosimades
Attendance: 2,360
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 6 PAOK 3–0 Volos Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST, UTC+03:00
Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 8,879
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
Sunday, 1 October 2023 7 Panathinaikos 2–2 PAOK Athens
19:30 EEST, UTC+03:00 32', 90+6' Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 11,530
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Sunday, 22 October 2023 8 PAOK 2–0 Atromitos Thessaloniki
18:30 EEST, UTC+03:00
Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 13,106
Referee: Konstantinos Poulikidis
Monday, 30 October 2023 9 AEK 2–0 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 17', 54' Report
Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium
Attendance: 30,452
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Sunday, 5 November 2023 10 Olympiacos 2–4 PAOK Piraeus
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 86', 90+8' Report
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis
Attendance: 28,301
Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)
Sunday, 12 November 2023 11 PAOK 2–1 Panetolikos Thessaloniki
17:30 EET, UTC+02:00
Report Pedro Silva Torrejón 19' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 11,785
Referee: Panagiotis Tsiaras
Saturday, 25 November 2023 12 PAOK 5–0 Panserraikos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00
Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)
Note: match was originally to be played in Serres. As the stadium of Panserraikos did not meet the required standards in November 2023, MD 12 and MD 25 were reversed.
Monday, 4 December 2023 13 PAOK 3–0 Lamia Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 7,926
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
Sunday, 17 December 2023 14 Asteras Tripolis 1–4 PAOK Tripoli
17:30 EET, UTC+02:00 63' Report
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Dimitris Maloutas (Imathia)
Note: Originally scheduled for 10 December 2023 but postponed as referees were on strike; after that Greek authorities ordered games to be played behind closed doors for two months
Thursday, 21 December 2023 15 A.E. Kifisia 0–6 PAOK Kaisariani
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Report Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Konstantinos Poulikidis
Wednesday, 3 January 2024 16 PAOK 4–0 OFI Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00
Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Konstantinos Tsetilas
Sunday, 7 January 2024 17 Aris 2–1 PAOK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 46', 59' Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Sandi Putros (Denmark)
Sunday, 14 January 2024 18 PAOK 4–0 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+02:00
Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Chalkidiki)
Sunday, 21 January 2024 19 Volos 1–5 PAOK Volos
16:00 EET, UTC+02:00
Report
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)
Sunday, 28 January 2024 20 PAOK 2–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+02:00
Report 51' (pen.) Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Sunday, 4 February 2024 21 Atromitos 0–2 PAOK Athens
20:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
Sunday, 11 February 2024 22 PAOK 1–1 AEK Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00
Report 47' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Sunday, 18 February 2024 23 PAOK 1–4 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+02:00
Report 29', 54', 83', 90' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 25,346
Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)
Sunday, 25 February 2024 24 Panetolikos 1–3 PAOK Agrinio
17:00 EET, UTC+02:00 5' Report Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 1,512
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)
Wednesday, 28 February 2024 25 Panserraikos 0-2 PAOK Serres
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00
  • Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 69'
  • Red card 83'
Report
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 984
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Note: match was originally to be played in Thessaloniki. As the stadium of Panserraikos did not meet the required standards in November 2023, MD 12 and MD 25 were reversed.
Sunday, 3 March 2024 26 Lamia 0-2 PAOK Lamia
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Report
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Konstantinos Poulikidis

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHHAHAHAHAAHHHAAHAHAHAHHAAA
ResultWWLDWWDWLWWWWWWWLWWWWDLWWW
Position12342223444431113111112221
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-off round[edit]

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, and potentially 2024–25 UEFA Europa League (depending on Greek Cup), as well as deciding the league champion.[26]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
1 AEK Athens 34 22 9 3 77 37 +40 75 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 PAOK 33 22 5 6 79 32 +47 71[b] Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 34 22 5 7 79 31 +48 71[b]
4 Olympiacos 33 22 4 7 74 32 +42 70
5 Aris 34 15 7 12 46 40 +6 52
6 Lamia 34 9 8 17 41 72 −31 35
Updated to match(es) played on 28 Αpril 2024. Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-off); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-off); 4) Regular season position.[27]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2023–24 Greek Cup winners (Aris or Panathinaikos) will qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Greek Cup winners finish first). If the Greek Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. ^ a b Head to head points: PAOK 7, Panathinaikos 1.

Results by round[edit]

Round12345678910
GroundHAHAAAHHHA
ResultLWWDLDW
Position2211332
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024 (2024-04-28). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Sunday, 10 March 2024 1 PAOK 0–1 Aris Thessaloniki
21:00 EEST, UTC+02:00
Report 31' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
Sunday, 31 March 2024 2 Panathinaikos 2–3 PAOK Athens
18:00 EEST, UTC+03:00
  • 29'
  • Red card 88'
  • 90+3'
Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 13,209
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)
Wednesday, 3 April 2024 3 PAOK 3–1 Lamia Thessaloniki
19:30 EEST, UTC+03:00
Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 12,190
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)
Sunday, 7 April 2024 4 AEK 2–2 PAOK Athens
20:30 EEST, UTC+03:00 30', 49' Report
Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium
Attendance: 30,180
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Sunday, 21 April 2024 6 Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK Piraeus
20:30 EEST, UTC+03:00
  • soccer ball with red X 78'
  • 27', 61'
Report
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis
Attendance: 29,014
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)
Wednesday, 24 April 2024 7 Lamia 1–1 PAOK Lamia
17:00 EEST, UTC+03:00
  • 45+4'
  • Yellow card 85' Yellow-red card 90+1'
  • Red card 90'
Report
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,312
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)
Sunday, 28 April 2024 8 PAOK v AEK Thessaloniki
19:30 EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba
Sunday, 12 May 2024 5 PAOK v Olympiacos Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba
Note: match was postponed due to PAOK’s match in UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals
Wednesday, 15 May 2024 9 PAOK v Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba
Note: All games in round 9 were rescheduled to 15 May due to rescheduling of 5th round PAOK - Olympiacos match
Sunday, 19 May 2024 10 Aris v PAOK Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis
Note: All games in round 10 were rescheduled to 19 May

Greek Cup[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

Thursday, 7 December 2023 1st leg PAOK 1–0 Volos Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: ?
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Wednesday, 10 January 2024 2nd leg Volos 0–2
(0–3 agg.)
PAOK Volos
17:00 EET, UTC+02:00
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Dimitris Maloutas (Imathia)

Quarter-finals[edit]

Wednesday, 17 January 2024 1st leg Panserraikos 0–4 PAOK Serres
17:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Referee: Konstantinos Tsetsilas (Grevena)
Wednesday, 31 January 2024 2nd leg PAOK 5–0
(9–0 agg.)
Panserraikos Thessaloniki
21:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Panagiotis Tsiaras (Kavala)

Semi-finals[edit]

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 1st leg PAOK 0–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00
  • 53'
  • Red card 79'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 18,008
Referee: Allard Lindhout (The Netherlands)
Wednesday, 21 February 2024 2nd leg Panathinaikos 1–2
(2–2 agg.)
(6–5 p)
PAOK Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 120+9'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Penalties
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  • soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with check mark
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  • soccer ball with red X
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UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

27 July 2023 (2023-07-27) First leg PAOK Greece 0–0 Israel Beitar Jerusalem Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EEST
Report
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 16,851
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
3 August 2023 (2023-08-03) Second leg Beitar Jerusalem Israel 1–4
(1–4 agg.)
Greece PAOK Jerusalem, Israel
20:30 IDT
  • soccer ball with red X 42'
  • 45+7'
Report
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 26,557
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Third qualifying round[edit]

10 August 2023 (2023-08-10) First leg Hajduk Split Croatia 0–0 Greece PAOK Split, Croatia
22:00 EEST Report
Stadium: Stadion Poljud
Attendance: 33,573
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
17 August 2023 Second leg PAOK Greece 3–0
(3–0 agg.)
Croatia Hajduk Split Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EEST
Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 24,133
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

Play-off round[edit]

24 August 2023 First leg Heart of Midlothian Scotland 1–2 Greece PAOK Edinburgh, Scotland
21:45 EEST 9' (pen.) Report[28]
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 17,409[29]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
31 August 2021 Second leg PAOK Greece 4–0
(6–1 agg.)
Scotland Heart of Midlothian Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EEST
Report[30] Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 19,032[31]
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra (Spain)

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.[32]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK FRA ABE HJK
1 Greece PAOK 6 5 1 0 16 10 +6 16 Advance to round of 16 2–1 2–2 4–2
2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 2–1 6–0
3 Scotland Aberdeen 6 1 3 2 10 10 0 6 2–3 2–0 1–1
4 Finland HJK 6 0 2 4 7 17 −10 2 2–3 0–1 2–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thursday, 21 September 2023 1 HJK Helsinki Finland 2–3 Greece PAOK Helsinki, Finland
19:45 EET, UTC+03:00 35', 90+9' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Bolt Arena
Attendance: 8,532[33]
Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu (Romania)
Thursday, 5 October 2023 2 PAOK Greece 2–1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EET, UTC+03:00
Report
  • 68'
  • Red card 90+6'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,549[34]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
Thursday, 26 October 2023 3 Aberdeen Scotland 2–3 Greece PAOK Aberdeen, Scotland
22:00 EET, UTC+03:00 50', 58' Report
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 16,089[35]
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
Thursday, 9 November 2023 4 PAOK Greece 2–2 Scotland Aberdeen Thessaloniki, Greece
19:45 EET, UTC+02:00
Report 14', 70' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 19,019[36]
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)
Thursday, 30 November 2023 5 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 1–2 Greece PAOK Frankfurt, Germany
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00
  • 58'
  • Yellow card 90+2' Yellow-red card 90+4'
Report Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 58,000[37]
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Thursday, 14 December 2023 6 PAOK Greece 4–2 Finland HJK Helsinki Thessaloniki, Greece
19:45 EET, UTC+02:00
Report 6', 90+2' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,696[38]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Round of 16[edit]

7 March 2024 (2024-03-07) First leg Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 2–0 Greece PAOK Zagreb, Croatia
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00 37', 71' Report
Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 18,562[39]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
14 March 2024 Second leg PAOK Greece 5–1
(5–3 agg.)
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Thessaloniki, Greece
19:45 EET, UTC+02:00
Report 49' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 19,701[40]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Quarter-finals[edit]

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) First leg Club Brugge Belgium 1–0 Greece PAOK Bruges, Belgium
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00
  • 6'
  • soccer ball with red X 78'
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 19,917[41]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
18 April 2024 (2024-04-18) Second leg PAOK Greece 0–2
(0–3 agg.)
Belgium Club Brugge Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Report
  • 33'
  • 45'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,738[42]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

The squad was informed and the official page of PAOK FC.[citation needed]


As of 28 April 2024

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

No. Name Super League Greek Cup Europa Conference League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
18 Serbia Živko Živković 2 0 4 0 0 0 6 0
42 Croatia Dominik Kotarski 31 0 2 0 16 0 49 0
64 Greece Christos Talichmanidis 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
Defenders
3 Norway Ivan Näsberg 4 (3) 0 3 1 0 0 7 (3) 1
15 Nigeria William Troost-Ekong 10 0 0 0 11 (1) 0 21 (1) 0
16 Poland Tomasz Kędziora 25 (1) 1 4 (1) 1 12 (2) 1 41 (4) 3
23 Spain Joan Sastre 17 (7) 1 4 1 0 0 21 (7) 2
55 Portugal Rafa Soares 11 (1) 2 4 0 4 (1) 0 19 (2) 2
4 Greece Konstantinos Koulierakis 18 (2) 1 0 (1) 0 13 (1) 3 31 (4) 4
5 Greece Giannis Michailidis 11 1 5 0 3 0 19 1
21 Ghana Baba Rahman 21 (4) 5 1 (1) 0 12 (2) 1 34 (7) 6
19 Spain Jonny 6 (5) 0 2 0 2 (2) 0 10 (7) 0
Midfielders
6 Greece Theocharis Tsingaras 6 (5) 1 4 0 8 (2) 0 18 (7) 1
10 Austria Thomas Murg 24 (4) 8 1 (4) 0 4 (7) 1 29 (15) 9
22 Austria Stefan Schwab 13 (17) 5 6 2 10 (5) 3 29 (22) 10
20 Portugal Vieirinha 9 (7) 0 1 0 7 (2) 1 17 (9) 1
7 Greece Giannis Konstantelias 18 (13) 9 5 2 11 (5) 3 34 (18) 14
27 Russia Magomed Ozdoyev 24 (8) 6 1 (2) 0 5 (8) 1 30 (18) 7
38 Greece Kyriakos Giaxis 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
8 France Soualiho Meïté 21 (6) 1 1 (4) 0 7 0 29 (10) 1
88 Brazil Marcos Antônio 3 (8) 2 4 (1) 1 0 (1) 0 7 (10) 3
31 Portugal André Ricardo 0 0 0 (1) 1 0 0 0 (1) 1
Forwards
14 Serbia Andrija Živković 17 (9) 7 4 (1) 3 13 (2) 6 34 (12) 16
71 Spain Brandon Thomas 17 (13) 6 4 (2) 1 12 (4) 4 33 (19) 11
95 Greece Stefanos Tzimas 3 (13) 3 1 (2) 1 0 (4) 0 4 (19) 4
11 Brazil Taison 21 (5) 2 1 (4) 0 13 (3) 3 35 (12) 5
33 Tanzania Mbwana Samatta 13 (13) 2 1 (2) 0 5 (7) 1 19 (22) 3
77 Bulgaria Kiril Despodov 18 (12) 10 3 (1) 0 4 (6) 2 25 (19) 12
Players transferred out during the season
8 Brazil Douglas Augusto 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
77 Germany Khaled Narey 0 (1) 0 0 0 3 (2) 0 3 (3) 0
29 Greece Georgios Vrakas 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
50 Portugal Filipe Soares 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 0
19 Greece Lefteris Lyratzis 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 24 April 2024

Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Greek Cup Europa Conference League Total
1 14 FW Serbia A. Živković 7 3 6 16
2 7 MF Greece Konstantelias 7 2 3 12
77 FW Bulgaria Despodov 10 0 2 12
4 71 FW Spain Brandon 6 1 4 11
5 22 MF Austria Schwab 5 2 3 10
6 10 MF Austria Murg 8 0 1 9
7 27 MF Russia Ozdoyev 6 0 1 7
8 21 DF Ghana Baba 5 0 1 6
9 11 MF Brazil Taison 2 0 3 5
10 95 FW Greece Tzimas 3 1 0 4
4 DF Greece Koulierakis 1 0 3 4
12 33 FW Tanzania Samatta 2 0 1 3
16 DF Poland Kędziora 1 1 1 3
88 MF Brazil Marcos Antônio 2 1 0 3
15 55 DF Portugal R. Soares 2 0 0 2
23 DF Spain Sastre 1 1 0 2
17 20 MF Portugal Vieirinha 0 0 1 1
6 MF Greece Tsingaras 1 0 0 1
8 MF France Meïté 1 0 0 1
3 DF Norway Näsberg 0 1 0 1
31 DF Portugal Ricardo 0 1 0 1
55 DF Greece Michailidis 1 0 0 1
Own goals 5 0 4 9
TOTAL 76 14 34 124

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 28 April 2024

Player League Cup ECL Total Games played Percentage
Croatia Dominik Kotarski 11 0 4 15 49 30,61%
Serbia Živko Živković 1 4 0 5 6 83,33%
Total 12 4 4 20 55 36,36%

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 28 April 2024

S P N Name Super League Greek Cup Europa Conference League Total
21 DF Ghana Baba 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 13 0 0
11 FW Brazil Taison 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1
5 DF Greece Michailidis 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
6 MF Greece Tsingaras 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0
71 FW Spain Brandon 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 11 0 0
22 MF Austria Schwab 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0
7 MF Greece Konstantelias 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
33 FW Tanzania Samatta 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
55 DF Portugal R. Soares 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
15 DF Nigeria Troost-Ekong 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0
10 MF Austria Murg 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0
4 DF Greece Koulierakis 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 0
14 FW Serbia A. Živković 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
8 MF France Meïté 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 1
20 MF Portugal Vieirinha 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
16 DF Poland Kędziora 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
42 GK Croatia Kotarski 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 DF Spain Sastre 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
27 MF Russia Ozdoyev 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
18 GK Serbia Z. Živković 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
77 FW Bulgaria Despodov 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
19 DF Spain Jonny 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
8 MF Brazil Douglas Augusto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

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