2015–16 PAOK FC season

PAOK
2015–16 season
President	; (until 21 December 2015); Ľuboš Micheľ
Manager	Igor Tudor, Vladimir Ivić
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League Greece	4th (1st at Playoffs)
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Stefanos Athanasiadis (11); All: Róbert Mak (19)
Highest home attendance	25,674 (vs Olympiacos)
Lowest home attendance	5,762 (vs Veria)
Average home league attendance	10,569
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was PAOK's 90th in existence and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Cup in the Second Round and will also compete in UEFA Europa League starting from the Group stage.

On 18 June 2015, Igor Tudor become PAOK's manager after signing a three-year contract.^[1] In 2016, he was sacked after poor results.^[2] Vladimir Ivić was appointed his successor.

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Vladimir Ivić
Assistant manager	Miroslaw Sznaucner
Goalkeepers' coach	Silvije Čavlina
Fitness trainer	Paolo Artico

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Board of Directors[]

Position	Staff
Owner	Ivan Savvidis
President	Ľuboš Micheľ
Team manager	Konstantinos Iosifidis
Scout	Lino
Scout	Giorgos Kostikos

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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
1	GK	GRE	Markos Vellidis
2	DF	GRE	Giannis Skondras
3	DF	GRE	Nikos Spyropoulos (Released)
4	DF	CRO	Marin Leovac
5	DF	GRE	Dimitris Chatziisaias
6	MF	GRE	Alexandros Tziolis (vice-captain)
7	MF	ISR	Eyal Golasa
8	MF	NED	Hedwiges Maduro (to Groningen (free))
9	FW	BRA	Jairo
10	FW	BUL	Dimitar Berbatov
11	MF	SVK	Róbert Mak
13	DF	GRE	Stelios Malezas
14	FW	GRE	Dimitris Salpingidis (Released)
15	DF	POR	Miguel Vítor
16	MF	BIH	Gojko Cimirot
18	FW	GRE	Efthimis Koulouris (on loan to Anorthosis)
20	DF	POR	Ricardo Costa (to Granada (free))
21	MF	GRE	Charis Charisis
22	DF	GRE	Dimitris Konstantinidis
24	MF	POR	Garry Rodrigues


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	SWE	Robin Olsen (on loan to Copenhagen)
26	MF	ALB	Ergys Kaçe
27	FW	GRE	Giannis Mystakidis
30	GK	GRE	Nikos Melissas
31	DF	GRE	Georgios Tzavellas
32	FW	ARG	Facundo Pereyra (on loan to Racing Club)
33	FW	GRE	Stefanos Athanasiadis (captain)
34	MF	GRE	Nikos Korovesis
37	DF	ALB	Kristi Qose (on loan to Panserraikos)
40	MF	BEL	Maarten Martens (Retired)
44	DF	GRE	Achilleas Poungouras (on loan to Veria)
52	MF	SVK	Erik Sabo
70	DF	GRE	Stelios Kitsiou
71	GK	GRE	Panagiotis Glykos
77	MF	GRE	Dimitris Pelkas
88	MF	GRE	Kyriakos Savvidis (on loan to Michalovce)
93	MF	AUS	Terry Antonis
96	MF	GRE	Stelios Pozoglou
99	GK	GRE	Marios Siampanis

Out on loan[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GRE	Nikos Vasaitis (on loan to APE Lagada)
—	DF	GRE	Vasilios Chatzidimpas (on loan to Pierikos)
—	DF	GRE	Savvas Toumanidis (on loan to Kavala)
—	MF	GRE	Stefanos Polyzos (on loan to Aiginiakos)
—	MF	GRE	Giannis Tsolakidis (on loan to Panelefsiniakos)

Transfers[]

Former Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov signed for the club

Lucas was sold to Deportivo La Coruña

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CRO	Marin Leovac (from Rijeka (€1.3M))
—	MF	BIH	Gojko Cimirot (from FK Sarajevo (€1.3M))
—	MF	SVK	Erik Sabo (from Spartak Trnava (€700,000))
—	GK	SWE	Robin Olsen (from Malmö FF (€650,000))
—	MF	GRE	Charis Charisis (from PAS Giannina (€480,000))
—	FW	BRA	Jairo (from Trenčín (€400,000))
—	MF	GRE	Nikos Korovesis (from PAS Giannina (€380,000))
—	MF	AUS	Terry Antonis (from Sydney FC (€330,000))
—	DF	GRE	Stelios Malezas (from Panetolikos (€100,000))
—	FW	BUL	Dimitar Berbatov (from Monaco (free))
—	MF	CPV	Garry Rodrigues (from Elche (free))
—	GK	GRE	Markos Vellidis (from PAS Giannina (€750,000))
—	DF	GRE	Dimitris Chatziisaias (from Panionios (550k))

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Lucas (to Deportivo La Coruña (€1.5M))
—	MF	ECU	Christian Noboa (to Rostov (€1.5M))
—	GK	CMR	Charles Itandje (to Rizespor (free))
—	DF	GRE	Giorgos Katsikas (to Twente (free))
—	GK	GRE	Asterios Giakoumis (to Agrotikos Asteras (free))
—	FW	GRE	Dimitris Papadopoulos (to Asteras Tripolis (free))
—	DF	SWE	Sotiris Papagiannopoulos (to Östersunds FK (free))
—	DF	ROU	Răzvan Raț (to Rayo Vallecano (free))
—	GK	ESP	Jacobo (Released)

Kit[]

2015

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): No

Home

Away

Source: gazzetta.gr

2015–16

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): Sportingbet

Home

Away

Third

Home ( 2 )

Source: sport-fm.gr

Friendlies[]

All times at EET

4 July 2015 Friendly	Koot Azur	1 - 3	PAOK	showDoorwerth, Netherlands
19:00	14' furtado	Report	33' Salpingidis 66' Savvidis 87' Martens	Stadium: WA Scholtenlaan 138, 6865 NA Doorweth

8 July 2015 Friendly	Bochum	4 - 3	PAOK	showArnhem, Netherlands
17:30	Costa 9' (o.g.) Hoogland 33' Vítor 43' (o.g.) Gregoritsch 67'	Report	Pereyra 6', 10' Kitsiou 46'	Stadium: Sportpark Schuytgraaf

10 July 2015 Friendly	FC Dnipro	1 - 4	PAOK	showArnhem, Netherlands
17:00	23' Kalinić	Report	32' Lucas 51' Charisis 68' Mystakidis 88' Ricardo Costa

14 August 2015 Friendly	Veria F.C.	2 - 1	PAOK	showVeria, Greece
17:00	23' Nazlidis 23' Merebashvili	Report	73' Jairo

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	043.33
Greek Cup	9	3	3	3	14	12	+2	033.33
UEFA Europa League	12	4	6	2	18	7	+11	033.33
UEFA play-offs	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	050.00
Total	57	23	21	13	85	54	+31	040.35

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics[]


Head Coach	From	To	Record
Head Coach	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Igor Tudor¹	Start Season	09.03.2016	44	17	17	10	68	42	+26	038.64


Head Coach	From	To	Record
Head Coach	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Vladimir Ivic	09.03.2016	Present	11	6	4	1	17	6	+11	054.55

¹The match against olympiacos in the semi-final cup are not included

Super League Greece[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Panathinaikos^[a]	30	18	4	8	52	26	+26	55	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	AEK Athens^[b]	30	17	6	7	43	21	+22	54
4	PAOK^[c]	30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	45
5	Panionios	30	12	8	10	33	27	+6	44
6	PAS Giannina	30	12	6	12	36	40	−4	42	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[d]

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).^[5]
Notes:

^ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.^[3]
^ AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.^{[citation needed]}
^ PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.^[4]
^ The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

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
30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	48	9	4	2	24	12	+12	4	5	6	21	20	+1

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: Competitive matches

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D
Position	9	12	9	5	3	5	5	4	6	6	6	6	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4

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

Matches[]

23 August 2015 Matchday 1	PAOK	0 - 0	Xanthi	showThessaloniki
19:15 EET	Leovac 4' Savvidis 70' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	47' Bertos 59' Soltani 76' Papasterianos 80' Fliskas 87' Baxevanidis Manager: Răzvan Lucescu	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Mixalis Koukoulakis

30 August 2015 Matchday 2	PAS Giannina	3 - 1	PAOK	showIoannina
21:30 EET	Manias 4' Sabo 51' (o.g.) Chávez 75' 48' Ferfelis 87' Manager: Giannis Petrakis	Report	23' Kaçe 42' Sabo 45' 62' Jairo 90+2' Vítor Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Referee: Athanasios Giaxos

12 September 2015 Matchday 3	Veria	0 - 3	PAOK	showVeria
18:15 EET	Marangos 54' Nastos 90' Manager: Georgios Georgiadis	Report	17' Athanasiadis 25' Mak 54' Kitsiou 55' Tziolis Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Veria Stadium Referee: Mixalis Voskakis

23 September 2015 Matchday 4	PAOK	2 - 1	AEK Athens	showThessaloniki
20:30 EET	Konstantinidis 26' Rodrigues 54' Athanasiadis 84' Tzavellas 86' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	39' Vargas 43' Buonanotte 47' Aravidis 67' Simões 90+4' Mantalos Manager: Traianos Dellas	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

27 September 2015 Matchday 5	Atromitos	1 - 2	PAOK	showPeristeri, Athens
20:30 EET	Godoy 24' Umbides 63' Usero 70' Harbunow 82' Kivrakidis 83' Garcia 90+3' Manager: Michalis Grigoriou	Report	72' Berbatov 90' Mak Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Xaralampos Kalogeropoulos

4 October 2015 Matchday 6	PAOK	0 - 2	Olympiacos	showThessaloniki
20:30 EET	Tzavellas 37' Ricardo Costa 48' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	16' Durmaz 27' Ideye 36' Milivojević 41' Kasami 72' Sebá 79' Botía Manager: Marco Silva	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Athanasios Giaxos

18 October 2015 Matchday 7	Iraklis	3 - 3	PAOK	showThessaloniki
20.30 EET	Makris 14' Vellios 15' 43' Intzoglou 56' Bartolini 90+1' 90+2' Manager: Nikos Papadopoulos	Report	35' Pelkas 65' 90' Berbatov 77' 90+1' Tzavellas 84' Leovac Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: Mixalis Koukoulakis

25 October 2015 Matchday 8	PAOK	3 - 1	Panathinaikos	showThessaloniki
19:30 EET	Berbatov 27' Rodrigues 31' Vítor 42' 44' Tzavellas 47' Leovac 74' Mak 84' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	27' Marinakis 74' Karelis Manager: Yannis Anastasiou	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

1 November 2015 Matchday 9	Asteras Tripoli	2 - 1	PAOK	showTripoli
15:00 EET	Giannou 38' Bertoglio 49' Iglesias 64' Sankaré 82' Manager: Staikos Vergetis	Report	23' Pelkas 39' Vítor 72' Sabo Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Referee: Andreas Pappas

8 November 2015 Matchday 10	PAOK	3 - 3	Panthrakikos	showThessaloniki
17:15 EET	Rodrigues 14' (47) Athanasiadis 61' Mak 87' Tziolis 90' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	25' Papageorgiou 42' (77) 71' Baykara 45' 90+3' Mejía 54' Hasomeris 67' Cherfa 87' Paschalakis Manager: Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos

22 November 2015 Matchday 11	PAOK	0 - 0	Panetolikos	showThessaloniki
15:00 EET	Kitsiou 42' Pelkas 61' Rodrigues 90+4' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	28' Papoutsogianopoulos 42' Rusculleda 63' Kousas Manager: Giannis Matzourakis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

30 November 2015 Matchday 12	Kalloni	1 - 3	PAOK	showMytilene
19:30 EET	Manousos 41' (pen.) Keita 85' 90+3' Tsabouris 90+1' Manager: Thalis Theodoridis	Report	7', 76', 26' Athanasiadis 22' Leovac 40' Skondras 68' Golasa 90' Mystakidis 90+3' Konstantinidis 90+3' Kaçe Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

6 December 2015 Matchday 13	PAOK	2 - 1	Panionios F.C.	showThessaloniki
15:00 EET	Mak 11' Tzavellas 79' 44' Tziolis 89' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	47' Oikonomou 31' Chatziisaias 46' Risvanis 66' Dioudis 67' Chalkiadakis Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Aristeidis Vatsios

14 December 2015 Matchday 14	Levadiakos	0 - 0	PAOK	showLivadeia
19:30 EET	Moulopoulos 38' Manager: Apostolos Mantzios	Report	90+3' Kaçe 38' Athanasiadis 90+5' Leovac Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

20 December 2015 Matchday 15	PAOK	1 - 0	Platanias	showThessaloniki
15:00 EET	Athanasiadis 67' Tzavellas 87' Leovac 90+2' Melissas 90+3' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	71' Munafo Manager: Georgios Paraschos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Xrhstos Mhtsios

10 January 2016 Matchday 17	PAOK	3 - 1	PAS Giannina	showThessaloniki
15:00 EET	Athanasiadis 43' Tzavellas 50' Charisis 52' Jairo 64' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	33' Giakos 46' Skondras 90' Kozoronis Manager: Giannis Petrakis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: George Kyzas

17 January 2016 Matchday 18	PAOK	2 - 1	Veria	showThessaloniki
17:15 EET	Berbatov 43' Athanasiadis 64' 74' Kaçe 87' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	64' Ostojić 65' Majewski 76' Georgiadis 80' Nastos Manager: Giorgos Georgiadis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Dhmhtropoulos

20 January 2016 Matchday 16	Xanthi	1 - 1	PAOK	showXanthi
19:30 EET	Lisgaras 69' Triadis 77' Soltani 90+1' Manager: Răzvan Lucescu	Report	20' Charisis 25' Korovesis 31' Mystakidis 75' Rodrigues Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena Referee: Marios Labropoulos

24 January 2016 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	1 - 0	PAOK	showAthens
19:30 EET	Barbosa 31' Vargas 33' Dídac 37' Aravidis 85' Manager: Gus Poyet	Report	9' Athanasiadis 33' Mak 66' 83' Berbatov 79' Charisis Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Athanasios Giahos

30 January 2016 Matchday 20	PAOK	1 - 1	Atromitos	showThessaloniki
19:30 EET	Mak 30' 31' Pelkas 68' Korovesis 79' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	78' Keita 81' Lazaridis 90+2' Barkas Manager: Traianos Dellas	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Andreas Pappas

7 February 2016 Matchday 21	Olympiacos	1 - 0	PAOK	showPiraeus
19:30 EET	Elabdellaoui 8' Milivojević 33' Botía 58' Zdjelar 60' 61' Fuster 87' Manager: Marco Silva	Report	17' Cimirot 50' 65' Tzavellas 61' Athanasiadis Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Alexandros Dhmhtropoulos

14 February 2016 Matchday 22	PAOK	0 - 1	Iraklis	showThessaloniki
19:30 EET	Kaçe 34' Vítor 90+2' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	39' Saramantas 44' Karasalidis 55' Tsilianidis 58' Boukouvalas 72' Leozinho 90+2' Pourtoulidis Manager: Nikos Papadopoulos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Dimitris Thanos

21 February 2016 Matchday 23	Panathinaikos	2 - 2	PAOK	showAthens
19:30 EET	Berg 10' 86' Pranjić 18' Lagos 28' Koutroubis 42' Kaltsas 51' Lod 62' Manager: Andrea Stramaccioni	Report	20' 56' Cimirot 40' Malezas 42' 90+1' Charisis 67' 90' Pelkas 70' Chatziisaias 78' Kitsiou Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Referee: George Kominis

27 February 2016 Matchday 24	PAOK	2 - 0	Asteras Tripoli	showThessaloniki
19:30 EET	Pelkas 17' Chatziisaias 36' Kitsiou 36' Leovac 39' Antonis 49' Mak 76' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	21' Panteliadis 39' Lluy 41' Dimoutsos Manager: Dimitris Terezopoulos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

6 March 2016 Matchday 25	Panthrakikos	2 - 1	PAOK	showKomotini
15:00 EET	Igor 50' Ladakis 78' Papageorgiou 88' Giorgos Athanasiadis 90' Manager:	Report	21' Chatziisaias 76' Antonis Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Referee: Mixalis Voskakis

12 March 2016 Matchday 26	Panetolikos	0 - 3	PAOK	showAgrinio
19:30 EET	Amr Warda 41' Chantakias 71' Makos 83' Manager: Giannis Matzourakis	Report	22' 39' Athanasiadis 69' Korovesis 89' Kitsiou Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

20 March 2016 Matchday 27	PAOK	3 - 0	AEL Kalloni	showThessaloniki
17:15 EET	Mystakidis 28' Charisis 46' Athanasiadis 58' Korovesis 78' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	Manager: Nikos Karageorgiou	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Dimitris Karantonis

3 April 2016 Matchday 28	Panionios	3 - 1	PAOK	showNea Smyrni, Athens
19:00 EET	Bakasetas 39' 66' Dioudis 61' Tasoulis 76' Siopis 90' Ansarifard 82' Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis	Report	27' Vítor 52' Tziolis 87' Athanasiadis Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou

10 April 2017 Matchday 29	PAOK	2 - 0	Levadiakos	showThessaloniki
19:00 EET	Leovac 80' Mak 89' Vítor 90+1' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	6' Machairas 19' Belghazouani Manager: Dimitris Farantos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

17 April 2016 Matchday 30	Platanias	0 - 0	PAOK	showChania, Crete
19:00 EET	Tzavellas 88' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	1' Banana Manager: Georgios Paraschos	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Stavros Madalos

Super League Greece UEFA play-offs[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	PAOK	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	11	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
4	AEK Athens	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	9
5	Panionios^[b]	6	1	1	4	2	7	−5	4

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) Regular season position.^[6]
Notes:

^ AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Greek Football Cup.
^ The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

Matches[]

11 May 2016 Matchday 1	PAOK	2 - 1	AEK Athens	showThessaloniki
20:30 EET	Tziolis 38' Glykos 45' Kitsiou 50' Rodrigues 61' Skondras 81' Mystakidis 83' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	24' Simões 37' Djebbour 44' Johansson 50' Vargas Manager: Stelios Manolas	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Stavros Madalos

15 May 2016 Matchday 2	Panathinaikos	1 - 1	PAOK	showAthens
20:30 EET	Koutroubis 37' Berg 46' Tavlaridis 85' Manager: Andrea Stramaccioni	Report	20' Tziolis 49' Charisis 52' Malezas 85' Tzavellas Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Referee: George Kyzas

23 May 2016 Matchday 3	Panionios	0 - 2	PAOK	showNea Smyrni, Athens
18:15 EET	34' 90+2' Ikonomou Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis	Report	27' Athanasiadis 46' Pelkas 61' Charisis 77' Mak 89' Skondras Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

26 May 2016 Matchday 4	PAOK	2 - 0	Panionios F.C.	showThessaloniki
18:15 EET	Athanasiadis 14' 25' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

29 May 2016 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	0 - 0	PAOK	showAthens
20:00 EET	Barbosa 26' Pekhart 41' 49' Manager: Stelios Manolas	Report	31' Tzavellas 42' Mak 65' Kaçe 80' Athanasiadis 90+3' Glykos Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Athanasios Giahos

31 May 2016 Matchday 6	PAOK	1 - 1	Panathinaikos	showThessaloniki
20:15 EET	Rodrigues 17' Vítor 57' Leovac 64' Glykos 90+3' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	26' Lod 34' Evangelista 43' Klonaridis 62' Mesto 79' Zeca 89' Nano Andrea Stramaccioni	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

Greek Football Cup[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PAOK	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7
2	Chania	3	1	1	1	6	9	−3	4
3	Panthrakikos	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Olympiacos Volos	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: epo.gr

28 October 2015	PAOK	2 - 0	Panthrakikos	showThessaloniki
17:15 EET	Pelkas 73' Mak 86'	Report	Papachristos 57' Rogerio 67'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

3 December 2015	Chania	2 - 6	PAOK	showChania
17:15 EET	Stamatis 3' Lita 79' Brilakis 30' 45'	Report	Jairo 73' Sabo 23', 41', 85' Mystakidis 61' Pelkas 64' Konstantinidis 36' Olsen 78'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

17 December 2015	Olympiacos Volou	1 - 1	PAOK	showVolos
15:00 EET	Alamanis 32' Nastos 41'	Report	Dimitriadis 16' Korovesis 57'	Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium Referee: Spiridon Stathopoulos

Round of 16[]

6 January 2016 1st leg	Kalloni	2 - 1	PAOK	showMytilene
19:30 EET	Anastasiadis 3' Kaltsas 24' Georgiou 79'	Report	56' Charisis 89' Mak	Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis

14 January 2016 2nd leg	PAOK	3 - 0 (4–2 agg.)	Kalloni	showThessaloniki
17:15 EET	Mak 22' 65' Athanasiadis 58' Berbatov 86'	Report	Mikić 10'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Georgios Kominis

Quarter-finals[]

27 January 2016 1st leg	Panionios	1 - 1	PAOK	showNea Smyrni, Athens
15:45 EET	Masouras 35' Ansarifard 40' Risvanis 67' Siopis 85'	Report	15' 39'Pelkas 56'Athanasiadis 73'Cimirot 79'Skondras	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Michahl Boskakhs

11 February 2016 2nd leg	PAOK	0 - 0 (1–1 agg.)	Panionios	showThessaloniki
19:30 EET	Vítor 51' Berbatov 59' Mak 60'	Report	41'Ansarifard 58'Bakasetas 81'Bargan 85'Nikos Katharios 85'Risvanis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Athanasios Tzilos

Semi-Finals[]

2 March 2016 1st leg	PAOK	0 - 3 ¹	Olympiacos	showThessaloniki
19:30 EET		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Mhtsios

27 April 2016 2nd leg	Olympiacos	3 - 0 ²	PAOK	show
17:00 EET

¹ Match abandoned in the 90th minute with the score at 1–2. It was later rewarded as a 0–3 win for Olympiacos.
² PAOK didn't show up to the match, so Olympiacos was awarded a 3–0 walkover

UEFA Europa League[]

Second qualifying round[]

All times at CET

16 July 2015 1st leg	Lokomotiva	2 - 1	PAOK	showZagreb, Croatia
18:00 CET	Kolar 30' Andrijašević 45+1'	Report	Mak 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: TBD Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky (Ukraine)

23 July 2015 2nd leg	PAOK	6 - 0 (7–2 agg.)	Lokomotiva	showThessaloniki, Greece
20:00 CET	Lucas 3' Mak 7', 84' Pelkas 14' Kitsiou 34' Andrijašević 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: (Portugal)

Third qualifying round[]

30 July 2015 1st leg	PAOK	1 - 0	Spartak Trnava	showThessaloniki, Greece
19:00 CET	Lucas 82'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

6 August 2015 2nd leg	Spartak Trnava	1 - 1 (1–2 agg.)	PAOK	showZlaté Moravce, Slovakia
20:05 CET	Sabo 35' (pen.)	Report	Konstantinidis 48'	Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: TBD Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Play-off round[]

20 August 2015 1st leg	PAOK	5 - 0	Brøndby	showThessaloniki, Greece
19:00 CET	Mak 17', 80', 82' Pelkas 36' Rodrigues 51'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

27 August 2015 2nd leg	Brøndby	1 - 1 (1–6 agg.)	PAOK	showBrøndby, Denmark
20:00 CET	Rashani 27'	Report	Costa 21'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KRA	DOR	PAOK	QAB
1	Krasnodar	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	2–1	2–1
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	0–1	4–0
3	PAOK	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	7		0–0	1–1	—	0–0
4	Gabala	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2		0–3	1–3	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2015 1	Gabala	0 - 0	PAOK	showBaku, Azerbaijan
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

1 October 2015 2	PAOK	1 - 1	Borussia Dortmund	showThessaloniki, Greece
21:05	Mak 34'	Report	Castro 72'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

22 October 2015 3	PAOK	0 - 0	Krasnodar	showThessaloniki, Greece
21:05		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

5 November 2015 4	Krasnodar	2 - 1	PAOK	showKrasnodar, Russia
19:00	Ari 33' Joãozinho 67' (pen.)	Report	Mak 90+1'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

26 November 2015 5	PAOK	0 - 0	Gabala	showThessaloniki, Greece
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

10 December 2015 6	Borussia Dortmund	0 - 1	PAOK	showDortmund, Germany
19:00		Report	Mak 33'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Statistics[]

Squad statistics[]

				Total				Super League Greece		UEFA Europa League		Greek Cup		UEFA play-offs
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	Markos Vellidis		13	13			11				2
2	DF	Giannis Skondras		17	25			7		7		5		6
4	DF	Marin Leovac		27	30	1		19	1	2		3		6
5	DF	Dimitris Chatziisaias		7	9	1		6	1			1		2
6	MF	Alexandros Tziolis		44	46	2		27	2	11		3		5
7	MF	Eyal Golasa		8	17			11		2		4
9	FW	Jairo		13	22	2		13	1	3		4	1	2
10	FW	Dimitar Berbatov		10	24	5		14	4	5		3	1	2
11	FW	Róbert Mak		42	45	19		24	6	12	9	5	3	4	1
13	DF	Stelios Malezas		21	25			12		5		2		6
15	DF	Miguel Vítor		37	38	2		23	2	8		4		3
16	MF	Gojko Cimirot		23	25	1		13	1	1		5		6
21	MF	Charis Charisis		18	23	2		14	1	2		3		4	1
22	DF	Dimitris Konstantinidis		11	15	1		9		5	1	1
24	FW	Garry Rodrigues		30	37	7		20	4	9	1	2		6	2
26	MF	Ergys Kaçe		25	32			19		10		1		2
27	FW	Giannis Mystakidis		11	30	5		16	3	8		4	1	2	1
30	GK	Nikos Melissas		4	5			2				3
31	DF	Georgios Tzavellas		43	44	2		26	2	10		4		4
33	FW	Athanasiadis		30	38	15		22	11	4		6	1	6	3
34	MF	Nikos Korovesis		11	19	2		12	2	2		4		1
52	MF	Erik Sabo		14	24	3		14		6		4	3
70	DF	Stelios Kitsiou		30	32	1		17		8	1	2		5
71	GK	Panagiotis Glykos		19	19			7		5		1		6
77	MF	Dimitris Pelkas		41	48	9		28	4	10	2	6	3	4
93	MF	Terry Antonis		3	6			4				2
25	GK	Robin Olsen		19	19			11		7		1				²
20	DF	Ricardo Costa		21	22	1		11		10	1	1				²
	MF	Kyriakos Savvidis			6			1		4		1
	FW	Efthimis Koulouris		3	4					4
	FW	Lucas Pérez		2	2	2				2	2					¹
	MF	Anastasios Dimitriadis		1	2	1		1				1	1
	DF	Răzvan Raț			2					2						¹
	DF	Hedwiges Maduro			2					2						¹
	DF	Deligiannidis		1	2					1		1
	FW	Dimitris Salpingidis		1	1					1						¹
	MF	Giorgos Kakko		1	2			1				1
	FW	Kristian Kushta			2			1				1
	DF	Poungouras			1					1
	MF	Panagiotoudis			1							1
	MF	Ktistopoulos			1							1
	DF	Tselepidis		1	1							1
	MF	Patralis		1	1							1
	DF	Topalidis		1	1							1
	DF	Syrakos		1	1							1

Last updated: May 2016
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net,uefa.com, paokfc.gr
Ordered by squad number
0 shown as blank

Note:
¹ Players left the club in summer TW
² Players left the club in winter TW

Goalscorers[]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	Cup	Europa League	Play-offs	Total
1	11	MF	Róbert Mak	6	3	9	1	19
2	33	FW	Athanasiadis	11	1	0	3	15
3	77	FW	Dimitris Pelkas	4	3	2	0	9
4	24	FW	Garry Rodrigues	4	0	1	2	7
5	10	FW	Dimitar Berbatov	4	1	0	0	5
	27	FW	Mystakidis	3	1	0	1	5
7	52	MF	Erik Sabo	0	3	0	0	3
8		FW	Lucas Pérez¹	0	0	2	0	2
9	9	FW	Jairo	1	1	0	0	2
	21	MF	Charis Charisis	1	0	0	1	2
	34	MF	Nikos Korovesis	2	0	0	0	2
	6	MF	Alexandros Tziolis	2	0	0	0	2
	15	DF	Miguel Vítor	2	0	0	0	2
	31	DF	Georgios Tzavellas	2	0	0	0	2
15	16	MF	Gojko Cimirot	1	0	0	0	1
	70	RB	Stelios Kitsiou	0	0	1	0	1
	22	RB	Konstantinidis	0	0	1	0	1
18	4	LB	Marin Leovac	1	0	0	0	1
	80	MF	Dimitriadis	0	1	0	0	1
	5	DF	Chatziisaias	1	0	0	0	1
21		DF	Ricardo Costa¹	0	0	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	1	0	1
TOTALS				45	14	18	8	85

¹Players left the club in transfer windows.

Disciplinary record[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Super League			Europa League			Greek Cup			Play offs			Total			Notes
No.	Pos	Nat	Name																Notes
31	DF		Georgios Tzavellas	8	1		5						1		1	14	1	1
11	MF		Róbert Mak	4			3			2			1			10
33	FW		Athanasiadis	6						1			1			8
4	DF		Marin Leovac	7									1			8
26	MF		Ergys Kaçe	5			1						1			7
70	DF		Stelios Kitsiou	5			1						1			7
77	MF		Dimitris Pelkas	3			2			1			1			7
15	DF		Miguel Vítor	4		1				1			1			6		1
21	MF		Charis Charisis	3	1					1			1			5	1
22	DF		Konstantinidis	2			2			1						5
6	MF		Alexandros Tziolis	2			1						1		1	4		1
2	DF		Giannis Skondras	1					1	1			2			4		1
24	FW		Garry Rodrigues	2			1									3
16	MF		Gojko Cimirot	2						1						3
20	FW		Ricardo Costa	1			2									3
71	GK		Panagiotis Glykos										3			3
34	MF		Nikos Korovesis	2						1						3
52	MF		Erik Sabo	2												2
5	DF		Chatziisaias	2												2
93	MF		Terry Antonis	2												2
25	GK		Robin Olsen				1			1						2
	FW		Lucas Pérez				2									2
13	DF		Stelios Malezas	1									1			2
10	FW		Dimitar Berbatov		1					1						1	1
7	MF		Eyal Golasa	1												1
30	GK		Nikos Melissas	1												1
	MF		Kyriakos Savvidis	1												1
	MF		Dimitriadis							1						1
9	FW		Jairo		1			1									2
			TOTAL	67	4	1	21	1	1	13	0	0	16	0	2	117	5	4

Last updated: 2017

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net, uefa.com, paokfc.gr
Only competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
0 shown as blank

References[]

^ "Ιγκόρ Τούντορ για τρία χρόνια στον ΠΑΟΚ". 18 June 2015.
^ https://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-greece-idUKL3N15T0E0 PAOK sack Croatian manager Tudor after poor run] Reuters
^ "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^ "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
^ "Super League play off 2015–2016 - Season rules" (PDF). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links[]

PAOK FC official website

[table_note_PAT0.37136658344947-4] Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.^[3]

[table_note_AEK0.37136658344947-5] AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.^{[citation needed]}

[table_note_TSP0.37136658344947-7] PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.^[4]

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.37136658344947-8] The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.82323488864267-10] AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Greek Football Cup.

[table_note_PIO0.82323488864267-11] The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

[1] "Ιγκόρ Τούντορ για τρία χρόνια στον ΠΑΟΚ". 18 June 2015.

[2] ttps://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-greece-idUKL3N15T0E0 PAOK sack Croatian manager Tudor after poor run] Reuters

[3] "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[6] "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

[9] "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[12] "Super League play off 2015–2016 - Season rules" (PDF). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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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
30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	48	9	4	2	24	12	+12	4	5	6	21	20	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	48	9	4	2	24	12	+12	4	5	6	21	20	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	48	9	4	2	24	12	+12	4	5	6	21	20	+1