2024–25 PAOK FC season

PAOK
2024–25 season
President	Ivan Savvidis
Manager	Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League 1	not started yet
Greek Cup	not started yet
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 June 2024.

The 2024–25 PAOK FC season is the club's 99th season in existence and the club's 66th 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 Champions League. The season covers the period from 23 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach	Jose Moreira
Head Fitness Coach	Matteo Spatafora
Fitness coach	Paolo Castorina
Rehabilitation Coach	Georgios Tsonakas

Last updated: 26 May 2021
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Players

Current squad

As of 28 July 2024^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	GUI	Mady Camara
3	DF	NOR	Ivan Näsberg
4	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Koulierakis
5	DF	GRE	Giannis Michailidis
6	MF	GRE	Theocharis Tsingaras
7	MF	GRE	Giannis Konstantelias
10	MF	AUT	Thomas Murg
11	FW	BRA	Taison (vice-captain)
14	MF	SRB	Andrija Živković (vice-captain)
15	DF	NGA	William Troost-Ekong
16	DF	POL	Tomasz Kędziora
19	DF	ESP	Jonny Otto
20	DF	POR	Vieirinha (captain)
21	DF	GHA	Baba Rahman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	AUT	Stefan Schwab (vice-captain)
23	DF	ESP	Joan Sastre
24	DF	GRE	Marios Tsaousis
25	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Thymianis
31	MF	POR	André Ricardo
34	FW	MAR	Tarik Tissoudali
70	FW	TAN	Mbwana Samatta
42	GK	CRO	Dominik Kotarski
55	DF	POR	Rafa Soares
64	GK	GRE	Christos Talichmanidis
71	FW	ESP	Brandon Thomas
77	MF	BUL	Kiril Despodov
99	GK	GRE	Antonis Tsiftsis
—	DF	GRE	Lefteris Lyratzis

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Panagiotis Tzimas	PAS Giannina	Loan return	1 July 2024
24	MF	Marios Tsaousis	PAS Giannina	Loan return	1 July 2024
88	DF	Lefteris Lyratzis	Asteras Tripolis	Loan return	1 July 2024
50	MF	Felipe Soares	Famalicão	Loan return	1 July 2024
25	DF	Konstantinos Thymianis	Panserraikos	Free transfer	17 June 2024	^[2]
2	MF	Mady Camara	Roma	Free transfer	20 June 2024	^[3]
99	GK	Antonis Tsiftsis	Asteras Tripolis	400K + 20% resale	23 June 2024	^[4]
16	DF	Tomasz Kędziora	Dynamo Kyiv	Free transfer	13 July 2024	^[5]
34	FW	Tarik Tissoudali	Gent	2.2 mio	28 July 2024	^[6]
Total						€ 2,600,000.00

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
18	GK	Živko Živković		End of contract	30 June 2024
88	MF	Marcos Antônio	Lazio	End of loan	30 June 2024
16	DF	Tomasz Kędziora	Dynamo Kyiv	End of loan	30 June 2024
8	MF	Soualiho Meïté	Benfica	End of loan	30 June 2024
95	FW	Stefanos Tzimas	Nürnberg	Loan	27 June 2024	^[7]
	MF	Panagiotis Tzimas	Asteras Tripolis	Free transfer	29 June 2024	^[8]
50	MF	Felipe Soares	Farense	Loan	9 July 2024	^[9]
Total						€ 0.00

Pre-season and other friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Wednesday, 3 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	2–1	AEK Larnaca	Swolgen
19:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Schwab 28' Murg 39'		54'	Stadium: Multifunctionale accomodatie "De Kerkebos"

Saturday, 6 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	0–1	Hibernian	Swolgen
17:00 EEST, UTC+03:00			5'	Stadium: Multifunctionale accomodatie "De Kerkebos"

Wednesday, 10 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	1–3	Genk	Horst
19:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Baba 49'		6', * 10', * 85'	Stadium: Sportpark Ter Horst
Note: Two-hour game consisting of four 30 minute quarters

Saturday, 13 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	1–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Horst
15:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Schwab 27' (pen.)		50', 66'	Stadium: Sportpark Ter Horst

Saturday, 13 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	1–2	Vitesse	Driel
20:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Samatta 11'		51', * 54'	Stadium: Sportpark RKSV Driel

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece			Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Greek Football Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	24 July 2024		Second qualifying round	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Total				1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00

Source: Soccerway

Managerial statistics


Head Coach	From	To	Record
Head Coach	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Răzvan Lucescu	1 July 2024	Present	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00

Last updated: 24 July 2024

Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e
10	Panathinaikos	Qualification for the Relegation play-outs
11	Panetolikos
12	Panserraikos
13	PAOK
14	Volos

First match(es) will be played: 17 August 2024. 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).^[10]

Matches

Saturday, 17 August 2024 1	PAOK	v	Panserraikos	Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba

2	PAOK	v	Panetolikos	Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba

3	Atromitos	v	PAOK	Athens
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

4	PAOK	v	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba

5	Volos	v	PAOK	Volos
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium

6	PAOK	v	Aris	Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba

7	Levadiakos	v	PAOK	Livadeia
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

8	AEK	v	PAOK	Athens
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

9	PAOK	v	OFI	Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba

10	Lamia	v	PAOK	Lamia
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium

11	PAOK	v	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

12	Asteras Tripoli	v	PAOK	Tripoli
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis

13	PAOK	v	Athens Kallithea	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

14	Panserraikos	v	PAOK	Serres
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium

15	Panetolikos	v	PAOK	Agrinio
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

16	PAOK	v	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

17	Panathinaikos	v	PAOK	Athens
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis

18	PAOK	v	Volos	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

19	Aris	v	PAOK	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis

20	PAOK	v	Levadiakos	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

21	PAOK	v	AEK	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

22	OFI	v	PAOK	Heraklion
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis

23	PAOK	v	Lamia	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

24	Olympiacos	v	PAOK	Piraeus
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis

25	PAOK	v	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

26	Athens Kallithea FC	v	PAOK	Kallithea, Athens
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: El Paso

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground
Result
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Greek Cup

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) First leg	PAOK	3-2	Borac Banja Luka	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EEST	Koulierakis 17', 39' Schwab 21' Troost-Ekong 51'	Report^[11]	22' (pen.), 45+3'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 16,135^[12] Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) Second leg	Borac Banja Luka	v	PAOK	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
22:00 EEST				Stadium: Banja Luka City Stadium Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)

Statistics

Squad statistics

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

As of 28 July 2024

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

No.	Name	Super League		Greek Cup		Champions League		Total
No.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
42	Dominik Kotarski	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
99	Antonis Tsiftsis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	Ivan Näsberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Tomasz Kędziora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Baba Rahman	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19	Lefteris Lyratzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Joan Sastre	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	William Troost-Ekong	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
24	Marios Tsaousis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Rafa Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Konstantinos Koulierakis	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2
25	Konstantinos Thymianis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
10	Thomas Murg	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	Stefan Schwab	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	Vieirinha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Giannis Konstantelias	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
27	Magomed Ozdoyev	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
31	André Ricardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Theocharis Tsingaras	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
2	Mady Camara	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
Forwards
14	Andrija Živković	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
71	Brandon Thomas	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
77	Kiril Despodov	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
70	Mbwana Samatta	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
11	Taison	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
34	Tarik Tissoudali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 24 July 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Champions League	Total
1	4	DF	Koulierakis	2	2
2	12	DF	Troost-Ekong	1	1
Own goals				0	0
TOTAL				3	3

Clean sheets

As of 24 July 2024

Player	ECL	Total	Games played	Percentage
Dominik Kotarski	0	0	1	0,00%
Christos Talichmanidis				%
Total	0	0	1	0,00%

Disciplinary record

As of 24 July 2024

S	P	N	Name	Super League			Greek Cup			Champions League			Total
S	P	N	Name
22	MF		Schwab	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

References

^ "First Team". Paokfc.gr.
^ "Konstantinos Thymianis joins PAOK". 17 June 2024.
^ "Mady Camara joins PAOK". 20 June 2024.
^ "Tsiftsis joins PAOK". 23 June 2024.
^ "Kedziora is back". 13 July 2024.
^ "Tarik Tissoudali joins PAOK". 28 July 2024.
^ "Tzimas joins Nürnberg on loan". 27 June 2024.
^ "Στον Αστέρα Τρίπολης ο Παναγιώτης Τζίμας (translation: Panagiotis Tzimas to Asteras Tripolis)". 29 June 2024.
^ "Στη Φαρένσε ο Φιλίπε Σοάρες (translation: Panagiotis Tzimas to Farense)". 9 July 2024.
^ "Super League Greece 2024/2025". slgr.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "PAOK vs Borac". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ "PAOK vs. Borac" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "First Team". Paokfc.gr.

[2] "Konstantinos Thymianis joins PAOK". 17 June 2024.

[3] "Mady Camara joins PAOK". 20 June 2024.

[4] "Tsiftsis joins PAOK". 23 June 2024.

[5] "Kedziora is back". 13 July 2024.

[6] "Tarik Tissoudali joins PAOK". 28 July 2024.

[7] "Tzimas joins Nürnberg on loan". 27 June 2024.

[8] "Στον Αστέρα Τρίπολης ο Παναγιώτης Τζίμας (translation: Panagiotis Tzimas to Asteras Tripolis)". 29 June 2024.

[9] "Στη Φαρένσε ο Φιλίπε Σοάρες (translation: Panagiotis Tzimas to Farense)". 9 July 2024.

[10] "Super League Greece 2024/2025". slgr.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[11] "PAOK vs Borac". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[12] "PAOK vs. Borac" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

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