1971–72 PAOK FC season

PAOK 1971–72 football season
PAOK
1971–72 season
PresidentGreece Giorgos Pantelakis
ManagerEngland Les Shannon
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki5th
Greek CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Koulis Apostolidis (12)
All:
Koulis Apostolidis (17)
Highest home attendance40,051 vs Panathinaikos
Home colours

The 1971–72 season was PAOK Football Club's 46th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and managed to go all the way and win their first domestic title in club's history.

Players

Squad

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 Greece GRE Apostolos Savvoulidis
— GK Greece GRE Savvas Chatzioannou
— DF Greece GRE Kostas Iosifidis
— DF Greece GRE Ioannis Gounaris
— DF Greece GRE Aristarchos Fountoukidis
— DF Greece GRE Michalis Bellis
— DF Greece GRE Pavlos Papadopoulos
— DF Greece GRE Ioannis Chatziantoniou
— DF Greece GRE Kostas Chatzikapetanis
— DF Greece GRE Christos Kalifoulis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Greece GRE Giorgos Koudas (captain)
— MF Greece GRE Koulis Apostolidis
— MF Greece GRE Stavros Sarafis
— MF Greece GRE Christos Terzanidis
— MF Greece GRE Vassilis Lazos
— MF Greece GRE Giorgos Paraschos
— FW Greece GRE Achilleas Aslanidis
— FW Greece GRE Dimitris Paridis
— FW Greece GRE Giannis Mantzourakis
— FW Greece GRE Dimitris Stavridis
— FW Greece GRE Stelios Poulasouchidis
— FW Greece GRE Lefteris Tsakiropoulos

Transfers

Players transferred in
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer DF Greece Kostas Iosifidis Greece Elpida Toumba 20.000 Dr.
Summer MF Greece Koulis Apostolidis United States Dallas Tornado Free
Players transferred out
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK Greece Kostas Pirtsos Greece Lamia Free

Kit

Pre-season

[1][2]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Kastoria Greece v Greece PAOK
17 August 1971 Friendly Kastoria Greece 2–3 Greece PAOK Kastoria
Afentoulidis 15'
Siantsis 61'		 Apostolidis 39', 51'
Koudas 60'
Florina Greece v Greece PAOK
20 August 1971 Friendly Florina Greece 1–2 Greece PAOK Florina
Emmanouelidis 75' Tsakiropoulos 49'
Karamitsos 85'
PAOK Greece v Greece AEL
25 August 1971 Friendly PAOK Greece 1–3 Greece AEL Thessaloniki
Mantzourakis 60' (pen.) Kontogiorgos 8'
Zervas 37', 44'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
PAOK Greece v Uruguay Nacional Montevideo
7 September 1971 Friendly PAOK Greece 1–1 Uruguay Nacional Montevideo Thessaloniki
Apostolidis 77' Morales 32' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 16,270
AEL Greece v Greece PAOK
9 September 1971 Friendly AEL Greece 2–0 Greece PAOK Larissa
Boutos 44'
Seitaridis 88'		 Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Note: PAOK used substitute and reserve squad players.
Niki Polygyros Greece v Greece PAOK
12 September 1971 Friendly Niki Polygyros Greece 0–2 Greece PAOK Polygyros
Papachristoudis 48'
Tsotsolis 50'
Note: PAOK used substitute and reserve squad players.
PAS Giannina Greece v Greece PAOK
15 September 1971 Friendly PAS Giannina Greece 2–0 Greece PAOK Ioannina
Charitidis 72'
Lazos 82' (o.g.)
Note: PAOK used substitute and reserve squad players.

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 34 18 10 6 53 27 +26 052.94
Greek Cup 6 6 0 0 16 4 +12 100.00
Total 40 24 10 6 69 31 +38 060.00

Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Standings

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 AEK Athens 34 20 8 6 57 23 +34 82 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Aris 34 18 11 5 52 25 +27 81
5 PAOK 34 18 10 6 53 27 +26 80 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Panachaiki 34 11 14 9 40 35 +5 70
7 Panionios 34 13 9 12 32 33 −1 69
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

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
34 18 10 6 53 27  +26 64 13 3 1 38 13  +25 5 7 5 15 14  +1

Last updated: 25 June 1972 (1972-06-25).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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

Matches

[3][4][5][6][7][8]

  Win   Draw   Loss

AEK v PAOK
19 September 1971 1 AEK 1–0 PAOK Athens
Ventouris 79' Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 28,581
PAOK v Trikala
26 September 1971 2 PAOK 2–2 Trikala Thessaloniki
Apostolidis 31'
Sarafis 33'		 Chondros 71'
Sinatkas 81'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 17,016
PAOK v Iraklis
3 October 1971 3 PAOK 1–1 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Sarafis 6' Aidiniou 24' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 27,188
Referee: Kougias
Ethnikos v PAOK
10 October 1971 4 Ethnikos 1–1 PAOK Piraeus
Kritikopoulos 29' Kremmydas 59' (o.g.) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Levogiannis
PAOK v Apollon Athens
17 October 1971 5 PAOK 3–0 Apollon Athens Thessaloniki
Mantzourakis 31' (pen.)
Apostolidis 63', 80'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Pagourtzis
Olympiacos Volos v PAOK
24 October 1971 6 Olympiacos Volos 0–1 PAOK Volos
Bellis 4' Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 10,610
PAOK v Kavala
31 October 1971 7 PAOK 2–0 Kavala Thessaloniki
Aslanidis 51'
Apostolidis 87'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 15,528
Olympiakos Nicosia v PAOK
7 November 1971 8 Olympiakos Nicosia 0–1 PAOK Nicosia
Bellis 76' Stadium: Old GSP Stadium
PAOK v Pierikos
14 November 1971 9 PAOK 3–0 Pierikos Thessaloniki
Apostolidis 9'
Aslanidis 40', 84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Panionios v PAOK
21 November 1971 10 Panionios 0–1 PAOK Athens
Koudas 82' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Fostiras v PAOK
12 December 1971 11 Fostiras 1–0 PAOK Athens
Panopoulos 49' Stadium: Tavros Stadium
Referee: Famelis
PAOK v Veria
19 December 1971 12 PAOK 5–0 Veria Thessaloniki
Koudas 2'
Apostolidis 10'
Paridis 68', 76'
Sarafis 72'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 15,289
Panachaiki v PAOK
26 December 1971 13 Panachaiki 1–1 PAOK Patras
Davourlis 58' Sarafis 49' Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Referee: Dikopoulos
PAOK v Egaleo
2 January 1972 14 PAOK 1–2 Egaleo Thessaloniki
Sarafis 55' Kyriakidis 48', 84' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 15,714
Panathinaikos v PAOK
9 January 1972 15 Panathinaikos 1–0 PAOK Athens
Fylakouris 9' Stadium: Leoforos Stadium
Attendance: 25,968
PAOK v Aris
16 January 1972 16 PAOK 0–0 Aris Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 37,869
Referee: Vamvakopoulos
Olympiacos v PAOK
23 January 1972 17 Olympiacos 1–1 PAOK Piraeus
Pamboullis 75' Apostolidis 76' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 37,405
Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)
PAOK v AEK
30 January 1972 18 PAOK 2–0 AEK Thessaloniki
Sarafis 18'
Paridis 56'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 35,411
Trikala v PAOK
6 February 1972 19 Trikala 1–2 PAOK Trikala
Papasimos 86' Paridis 84'
Koudas 88'		 Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,703
Iraklis v PAOK
13 February 1972 20 Iraklis 1–1 PAOK Thessaloniki
Aidiniou 62' (pen.) Sarafis 43' Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 38,752
Referee: Latsios
PAOK v Ethnikos
20 February 1972 21 PAOK 1–0 Ethnikos Thessaloniki
Koudas 14' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Apollon Athens v PAOK
27 February 1972 22 Apollon Athens 0–1 PAOK Athens
Sarafis 21' Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 8,814
PAOK v Olympiacos Volos
12 March 1972 23 PAOK 1–0 Olympiacos Volos Thessaloniki
Gounaris 77' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,020
Referee: Alexopoulos
Kavala v PAOK
19 March 1972 24 Kavala 0–0 PAOK Kavala
Stadium: Kavala Stadium
Attendance: 17,296
PAOK v Olympiakos Nicosia
26 March 1972 25 PAOK 5–1 Olympiakos Nicosia Thessaloniki
Koudas 19'
Paridis 24'
Apostolidis 25'
Aslanidis 27'
Terzanidis 59' (pen.)		 Pavlou 38' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 9,733
Pierikos v PAOK
2 April 1972 26 Pierikos 0–0 PAOK Katerini
Stadium: Katerini Stadium
Attendance: 10,400
PAOK v Panionios
16 April 1972 27 PAOK 1–0 Panionios Thessaloniki
Koudas 20' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 17,512
PAOK v Fostiras
23 April 1972 28 PAOK 4–2 Fostiras Thessaloniki
Bellis 9'
Apostolidis 16'
Aslanidis 41'
Koudas 68'		 Panopoulos 26'
Natsis 67'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Armodoros
Veria v PAOK
30 April 1972 29 Veria 1–0 PAOK Veria
Terzis 69' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 8,149
PAOK v Panachaiki
14 May 1972 30 PAOK 3–2 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
Androutsos 4' (o.g.)
Aslanidis 47'
Gounaris 88'		 Michalopoulos 51'
Kalfin 61'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Egaleo v PAOK
21 May 1972 31 Egaleo 2–1 PAOK Athens
Exomanidis 38'
Kyriakidis 77'		 Apostolidis 40' Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 7,165
PAOK v Panathinaikos
28 May 1972 32 PAOK 1–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Apostolidis 39' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 40,051
Referee: Marinos
Aris v PAOK
4 June 1972 33 Aris 3–3 PAOK Thessaloniki
Papaioannou 18'
Syropoulos 35'
Alexiadis 39'		 Fountoukidis 21'
Paridis Red card 38'
Mantzourakis soccer ball with red X 47' 65'
Gounaris 88'		 Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 13,420
Referee: Zlatanos
PAOK v Olympiacos
25 June 1972 34 PAOK 4–3 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Apostolidis 6'
Mantzourakis 33'
Sarafis 39', 48'		 Gioutsos 19'
Karavitis 24'
Pamboullis 47'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,161

Greek Cup

First round

[9]

PAOK v Foinikas Polichni
1 September 1971 PAOK 5–1 Foinikas Polichni Thessaloniki
Sarafis 65', 80'
Aslanidis 68', 90'
Papadopoulos 84'		 Lazaridis 38' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Zidopoulos

Second round

[10]

PAOK v Pierikos
5 December 1971 PAOK 3–1 Pierikos Thessaloniki
Paridis 9'
Fountoukidis 41'
Apostolidis 64'		 Mytilinaios 85' Stadium: Toumba Stadium

Third round

Quarter–finals

[11]

Aris v PAOK
7 June 1972 Aris 1–2 PAOK Thessaloniki
Semertzis 16'
Balafas Red card 43'		 Apostolidis 5', 22' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 13,919
Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)
Note: The match was suspended at 89th minute because Aris players started a fight with the referee.

Semi–finals

[12]

PAOK v Lamia
28 June 1972 PAOK 2–0 Lamia Thessaloniki
Koudas 47'
Apostolidis 56'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 23,589

Final

[13][14]

Panathinaikos v PAOK
5 July 1972 Panathinaikos 1–2 PAOK Piraeus
Papadimitriou 89' Koudas 2', 88' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 34,831
Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of July 5, 1972

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

No. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
Greece Apostolos Savvoulidis 32 0 4 0 36 0
Greece Savvas Chatzioannou 4 0 3 0 7 0
Defenders
Greece Ioannis Gounaris 34 3 6 0 40 3
Greece Kostas Iosifidis 32 0 5 0 37 0
Greece Michalis Bellis 31 3 6 0 37 3
Greece Aristarchos Fountoukidis 28 1 5 1 33 2
Greece Pavlos Papadopoulos 27 0 6 0 33 0
Greece Ioannis Chatziantoniou 3 0 1 0 4 0
Greece Kostas Chatzikapetanis 3 0 1 0 4 0
Greece Christos Kalifoulis 1 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
Greece Koulis Apostolidis 34 12 6 5 40 17
Greece Christos Terzanidis 32 1 6 0 38 1
Greece Giorgos Koudas 31 7 6 4 37 11
Greece Stavros Sarafis 21 10 5 2 26 12
Greece Vassilis Lazos 13 0 5 0 18 0
Greece Giorgos Paraschos 4 0 1 0 5 0
Forwards
Greece Achilleas Aslanidis 25 6 4 2 29 8
Greece Dimitris Paridis 28 5 2 1 30 6
Greece Giannis Mantzourakis 13 3 3 0 16 3
Greece Dimitris Stavridis 2 0 0 0 2 0
Greece Stelios Poulasouchidis 2 0 0 0 2 0
Greece Lefteris Tsakiropoulos 1 0 1 0 2 0

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 MF Greece Koulis Apostolidis 12 5 17
2 MF Greece Stavros Sarafis 10 2 12
3 MF Greece Giorgos Koudas 7 4 11
4 FW Greece Achilleas Aslanidis 6 2 8
5 FW Greece Dimitris Paridis 5 1 6
6 FW Greece Giannis Mantzourakis 3 0 3
DF Greece Michalis Bellis 3 0 3
DF Greece Ioannis Gounaris 3 0 3
9 DF Greece Aristarchos Fountoukidis 1 1 2
10 MF Greece Christos Terzanidis 1 0 1
DF Greece Pavlos Papadopoulos 0 1 1
Own goals 2 0 2
TOTALS 53 16 69

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links

  • www.rsssf.com
  • PAOK FC official website

References

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Alpha Ethniki
  • AEK Athens
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  • Aris
  • Egaleo
  • Ethnikos Piraeus
  • Fostiras
  • Iraklis
  • Kavala
  • Olympiacos
  • Olympiakos Nicosia
  • Olympiacos Volos
  • Panachaiki
  • Panathinaikos
  • Panionios
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  • Pierikos
  • Trikala
  • Veria