1997–98 PAOK FC season

The 1997–98 season was PAOK Football Club's 71st in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in third round.

PAOK
1997–98 season
PresidentGreece Giorgos Batatoudis
ManagerGreece Angelos Anastasiadis
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki4th
Greek CupSemi-finals
UEFA Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Frantzeskos (17)

All:
Frantzeskos (22)
Highest home attendance33,117 vs Arsenal

Players

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Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos
GK   GRE Nikolaos Argyriou
GK   GRE Asterios Themelis

DF   PER Percy Olivares
DF   GRE Tasos Tasiopoulos
DF   GRE Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos
DF   GRE Nikos Kolompourdas
DF   GRE Panagiotis Sidiropoulos
DF   GRE Panagiotis Katsouris
DF   GRE Georgios Koulakiotis
DF   GRE Vangelis Nastos
DF   RSA Andrew Rabutla
DF   AUS Joe Palatsides
No. Pos. Nation Player

MF   GRE Theodoros Zagorakis (captain)
MF   GRE Giorgos Toursounidis
MF   GRE Achilleas Zafiriou
MF   GRE Kostas Frantzeskos
MF   GRE Spyros Marangos
MF   LBR Joe Nagbe
MF   GRE Christos Velis
MF   GRE Pantelis Kafes
MF   GRE Giorgos Hatzizisis

FW   GRE Zisis Vryzas
FW   GRE Paraschos Zouboulis
FW   PER Paul Cominges
FW   HUN Zoltán Kovács
FW   GRE Kostas Inebolidis

Transfers

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Players transferred in
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK   Nikolaos Argyriou   Kavala 100 million Dr.
Summer DF   Andrew Rabutla   Jomo Cosmos ?
Summer DF   Percy Olivares   Cruz Azul ?
Summer MF   Joe Nagbe   Lugano ?
Summer MF   Christos Velis   Athinaikos ?
Summer FW   Paul Cominges   Melgar ?
Winter DF   Georgios Koulakiotis   Veria 120 million Dr.
Winter FW   Zoltán Kovács   Újpest Loan
Players transferred out
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK   Vangelis Pourliotopoulos   Ionikos Free
Summer DF   Giorgos Koumaropoulos   Apollon Kalamaria Loan
Summer DF   Charalampos Nikolaou   Veria Free
Summer DF   Panagiotis Karametaxas   ILTEX Lykoi Free
Summer DF   Nikos Panagiotidis   Aris Free
Summer DF   Ionel Pârvu   Dinamo Onești Free
Summer FW   Robert Dymkowski   Pogoń Szczecin End of loan
Summer FW   John Anastasiadis   South Melbourne Free
Summer FW   Antonis Gioukoudis   Poseidon Michaniona Free
Winter DF   Andrew Rabutla   Jomo Cosmos Free
Winter MF   Giorgos Hatzizisis   Kavala Free
Winter MF   Theodoros Zagorakis   Leicester City 550 million Dr.
Winter FW   Kostas Inebolidis   Ethnikos Asteras Free

Pre-season

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  Win   Draw   Loss

19 July 1997 Friendly SpVgg Unterhaching 3–3 PAOK Germany
Frantzeskos    
Cominges  
21 July 1997 Friendly Hermes Stuttgart 1–6 PAOK Germany
27 July 1997 Friendly TSV 1860 Munich 2–2 PAOK Germany
  35'
  57'
Frantzeskos   42'
Toursounidis   65' (pen.)
29 July 1997 Friendly PAOK 1–0 Budapesti VSC Thessaloniki
Nagbe   75' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Papachintzios
1 August 1997 Friendly PAOK 1–1 Rad Thessaloniki
Marangos   84' Nikolić   21' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
4 August 1997 Friendly PAOK 5–0 Jomo Cosmos Thessaloniki
Marangos   2'
Zouboulis   30'
Cominges   70', 75'
Hatzizisis   76'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 2,555
7 August 1997 Friendly Poseidon Michaniona 2–4 PAOK Michaniona
Tsoraklidis   12'
Kotsiopoulos   34'
Toursounidis   15'
Frantzeskos   16'
Sidiropoulos   71'
Zouboulis   79'

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 34 21 7 6 74 41 +33 061.76
Greek Cup 8 4 1 3 10 6 +4 050.00
UEFA Cup 6 3 2 1 14 13 +1 050.00
Total 48 28 10 10 98 60 +38 058.33

Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Panathinaikos 34 28 1 5 90 24 +66 85 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 34 22 8 4 61 30 +31 74 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 21 7 6 74 41 +33 70
5 Ionikos 34 18 8 8 46 31 +15 62
6 Iraklis 34 14 9 11 49 45 +4 51 Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 21 7 6 74 41  +33 70 13 3 1 38 13  +25 8 4 5 36 28  +8

Last updated: 17 May 1998 (1998-05-17).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultDLDWDWWDLWWWWWWWWLWDDWLWWWLWWDWWLW
Position1014159887887665544444444444444444444
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

31 August 1997 1 PAOK 0–0 AEK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 30,347
Referee: Chatzis
13 September 1997 2 OFI 2–1 PAOK Heraklion
Anastasiou   13'
Riznić   39'
Toursounidis   15' (pen.)
Nagbe   85'
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 4,705
Referee: Vorgias
21 September 1997 3 PAOK 1–1 Xanthi Thessaloniki
Toursounidis   13' Kyparissis   57' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,948
Referee: Varouchas
27 September 1997 4 PAOK 4–0 Kalamata Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos   5'
Marangos   61'
Zouboulis   69'
Cominges   88'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,861
Referee: Bikas
5 October 1997 5 Proodeftiki 3–3 PAOK Piraeus
Dagas   39'
Zajmi   61', 70'
Almanidis   90+3'
Frantzeskos   33', 89'   90+1'
Vryzas   39'
Zagorakis   87' (pen.)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,221
Referee: Vorgias
18 October 1997 6 PAOK 2–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos   34'
Toursounidis   45+2'
Ofori-Quaye   27' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 26,471
Referee: Bikas
26 October 1997 7 Kavala 0–1 PAOK Kavala
Cominges   78' Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium
Attendance: 5,256
1 November 1997 8 PAOK 2–2 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos   29'
Olivares   61'
Marangos   64'
Konstantinou   9', 86'
Stoltidis   84'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 9,007
Referee: Kalathenos
9 November 1997 9 Ionikos 3–2 PAOK Piraeus
Frousos   32'
Xanthopoulos   45'
Kalykas   76'
Frantzeskos   48', 60'
Toursounidis   54'
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Referee: Velliodis
16 November 1997 10 PAOK 2–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Nagbe   12'
Cominges   87'
Lagonikakis   16' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 16,877
Referee: Kalyvas
23 November 1997 11 Paniliakos 1–2 PAOK Pyrgos
Barnjak   42'
Nousias   73'
Frantzeskos   23'
Toursounidis   35'
Kolompourdas   83'
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Referee: Papapetrou
30 November 1997 12 Panionios 0–3 PAOK Athens
Kafes   18'
Marangos   40'
Nagbe   70'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 3,093
Referee: Mintiouris
7 December 1997 13 PAOK 1–0 Apollon Athens Thessaloniki
Nagbe   27' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,760
Referee: Borovilos
13 December 1997 14 Panachaiki 1–4 PAOK Patras
Samaras   32' Nagbe   15'
Zagorakis   28' (pen.)
Kalla   68' (o.g.)
Katsouris   81'
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
21 December 1997 15 PAOK 3–1 Veria Thessaloniki
Marangos   29'
Frantzeskos   42'
Toursounidis   69'
Kapetanopoulos   74'
Troupkos   71'   88' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,057
Referee: Vorgias
3 January 1998 16 Ethnikos 0–1 PAOK Piraeus
Zouboulis   73' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,743
Referee: Velliodis
11 January 1998 17 PAOK 1–0 Athinaikos Thessaloniki
Kovács   90' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,548
Referee: Chatzistavridis
18 January 1998 18 AEK 3–0 PAOK Athens
Maladenis   17', 90+1'
Batista   57'
Kapetanopoulos   79'
Zagorakis   88'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 22,129
Referee: Papoutselis
25 January 1998 19 PAOK 1–0 OFI Thessaloniki
Nagbe   54' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,274
1 February 1998 20 Xanthi 2–2 PAOK Xanthi
Tengelidis   2'
Kyparissis   66'
Nagbe   12'
Kovács   48'
Frantzeskos   64'
Stadium: Xanthi Ground
Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Ampelakias
8 February 1998 21 Kalamata 1–1 PAOK Kalamata
Hagan   10' Toursounidis   38'
Kovács   50'
Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,274
Referee: Kaznaferis
15 February 1998 22 PAOK 3–1 Proodeftiki Thessaloniki
Toursounidis   7'
Koulakiotis   12'
Frantzeskos   20', 89'
Almanidis   4' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,855
Referee: Ampelakias
22 February 1998 23 Olympiacos 2–0 PAOK Athens
Karapialis   46'
Alexandris   59'
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 32,275
Referee: Voutsaras
1 March 1998 24 PAOK 2–0 Kavala Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos   50'
Vryzas   77'
Athanasiadis   90+2' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,412
Referee: Douros
8 March 1998 25 Iraklis 2–3 PAOK Thessaloniki
Xhumba   2'
Konstantinou   64'
Kovács   42', 54'
Tasiopoulos   45'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 23,009
15 March 1998 26 PAOK 3–1 Ionikos Thessaloniki
Cominges   23', 26'
Frantzeskos   30'
Frousos   31' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 16,420
Referee: Kaznaferis
22 March 1998 27 Panathinaikos 3–1 PAOK Athens
G.Ch. Georgiadis   20', 70'
G.S. Georgiadis   89'
Marangos   83'
Velis   88'
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,432
Referee: Begos
29 March 1998 28 PAOK 3–2 Paniliakos Thessaloniki
Cominges   27'
Olivares   31'
Marangos   47'
Zouboulis   80'
Kyzeridis   29'
Rosales   55'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,967
Referee: Athanasopoulos
5 April 1998 29 PAOK 6–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
Toursounidis   16', 37'
Nagbe   51'
Marangos   57'
Vryzas   74'
Cominges   82'
Paiteris   68' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Sotiropoulos
12 April 1998 30 Apollon Athens 4–4 PAOK Athens
Tatsis   16', 58'
Karagounis   32'
Labriakos   83'
Cominges   27', 35' (pen.)
Frantzeskos   30'
Nagbe   77'
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Referee: Begos
3 May 1998 31 PAOK 4–1 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
Nagbe   20'
Olivares   23'
Frantzeskos   34', 36'
Klejch   54' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,198
10 May 1998 32 Veria 1–3 PAOK Veria
Pangouras   73' Cominges   22', 55'
Vryzas   54'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,312
Referee: Stefanopoulos
13 May 1998 33 PAOK 0–1 Ethnikos Thessaloniki
Athanasiadis   12' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 3,434
Referee: Velliodis
17 May 1998 34 Athinaikos 0–5 PAOK Athens
Olivares   16'
Zouboulis   29', 58'
Kafes   44'
Toursounidis   75'
Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium

Greek Cup

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Round of 32

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19 November 1997 1st leg PAOK 3–1 Proodeftiki Thessaloniki
19:30 EET
Report (pages 13-14)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 2,628
Referee: Savvas Chatzistavridis (Drama)
3 December 1997 2nd leg Proodeftiki 1–0
(2–3 agg.)
PAOK Piraeus
14:30 EET
Report (page 15) Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 427
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

Round of 16

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9 January 1998 1st leg PAOK 2–0 Ionikos Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
Report (pages 17-18) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,099
Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)
29 January 1998 2nd leg Ionikos 1–2
(1–4 agg.)
PAOK Piraeus
14:45 EET
Report (page 19)
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)

Quarter-finals

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11 February 1998 1st leg PAOK 2–0 Skoda Xanthi Thessaloniki
17:30 EET
Report (pages 19-20) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,565
Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)
25 February 1998 2nd leg Skoda Xanthi 1–0
(1–2 agg.)
PAOK Xanthi
17:30 EET
  • Vilanakis   13'
Report (page 20) Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 2,926
Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

Semi-finals

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4 March 1998 1st leg Panionios 1–0 PAOK Nea Smyrni
17:00 EET
Report (pages 23-24) Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,217
Referee: Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)
18 March 1998 2nd leg PAOK 1–1
(1–2 agg.)
Panionios Thessaloniki
17:00 EET
Report (page 24)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 20,345
Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

UEFA Cup

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Second qualifying round

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12 August 1997 1st leg PAOK   5–3   Spartak Trnava Thessaloniki, Greece
19:45 Zagorakis   32' (pen.)
Marangos   35', 45'   68'
Frantzeskos   52'
Olivares   80'
Report Ujlaky   22', 27'   31'
Luhový   24'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 26,492
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
26 August 1997 2nd leg Spartak Trnava   0–1
(3–6 agg.)
  PAOK Trnava, Slovakia
Report Zagorakis   80' Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium
Attendance: 15,850
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

First round

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16 September 1997 1st leg PAOK   1–0   Arsenal Thessaloniki, Greece
20:45 EEST Tasiopoulos   19'
Frantzeskos   61'
Zouboulis   71'
Zafiriou   78'
Zagorakis   87'
Report Wright   30'
Adams   69'
Vieira   89'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 33,117
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
30 September 1997 2nd leg Arsenal   1–1
(1–2 agg.)
  PAOK London, England
Bergkamp   22'
Dixon   23'
Adams   65'
Report Tasiopoulos   37'
Sidiropoulos   74'
Vryzas   87'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 37,982
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Second round

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21 October 1997 1st leg Atlético Madrid   5–2   PAOK Madrid, Spain
21:30 Vieri   10', 31', 55'
Lardín   12'
Kiko   75'
Report Frantzeskos   19'
Marangos   65'
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
4 November 1997 2nd leg PAOK   4–4
(6–9 agg.)
  Atlético Madrid Thessaloniki, Greece
20:45 Frantzeskos   17'
Olivares   55'
Zagorakis   76' (pen.)
Zouboulis   81'
Report Lardín   2'
Bogdanović   28'
Santi   51'
Kiko   90'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 25,378
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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As of May 17, 1998

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

No. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
  Nikolaos Michopoulos 32 0 8 0 5 0 45 0
  Nikolaos Argyriou 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Defenders
  Percy Olivares 31 4 8 0 6 2 45 6
  Tasos Tasiopoulos 28 1 7 0 4 0 39 1
  Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 24 1 7 0 5 0 36 1
  Nikos Kolompourdas 26 0 4 0 6 0 36 0
  Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 21 0 4 0 4 0 29 0
  Georgios Koulakiotis 7 0 3 0 0 0 10 0
  Vangelis Nastos 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
  Panagiotis Katsouris 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 1
  Andrew Rabutla 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Midfielders
  Achilleas Zafiriou 33 0 6 0 5 0 44 0
  Joe Nagbe 31 8 6 1 6 0 43 9
  Kostas Frantzeskos 29 17 6 1 6 4 41 22
  Spyros Marangos 31 5 7 2 3 3 41 10
  Giorgos Toursounidis 27 8 6 1 6 0 39 9
  Christos Velis 23 0 6 1 6 0 35 1
  Theodoros Zagorakis 15 2 2 0 6 3 23 5
  Pantelis Kafes 14 2 6 0 0 0 20 2
  Giorgos Hatzizisis 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Forwards
  Zisis Vryzas 30 3 8 4 5 1 43 8
  Paraschos Zouboulis 27 5 4 0 6 1 37 6
  Paul Cominges 18 11 4 0 2 0 24 11
  Zoltán Kovács 14 5 5 0 0 0 19 5

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 MF   Kostas Frantzeskos 17 1 4 22
2 FW   Paul Cominges 11 0 0 11
3 MF   Spyros Marangos 5 2 3 10
4 MF   Giorgos Toursounidis 8 1 0 9
MF   Joe Nagbe 8 1 0 9
6 FW   Zisis Vryzas 3 4 1 8
7 FW   Paraschos Zouboulis 5 0 1 6
DF   Percy Olivares 4 0 2 6
9 FW   Zoltán Kovács 5 0 0 5
MF   Theodoros Zagorakis 2 0 3 5
11 MF   Pantelis Kafes 2 0 0 2
12 DF   Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 1 0 0 1
DF   Tasos Tasiopoulos 1 0 0 1
DF   Panagiotis Katsouris 1 0 0 1
MF   Christos Velis 0 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 74 10 14 98

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

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References

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