2021–22 PAOK FC season

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PAOK
2021–22 season
PresidentIvan Savvidis
ManagerRăzvan Lucescu
StadiumToumba Stadium
Super League 1Pre-season
Greek Cup
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:

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The 2021–22 PAOK FC season is the club's 96th season in existence and the club's 63rd 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 and in the inaugural Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 22 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head Coach Romania Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant Coach Italy Cristiano Bacci
Goalkeeping Coach Portugal Jose Moreira
Head Fitness Coach Italy
Fitness coach Italy
Rehabilitation Coach Greece

Last updated: 26 May 2021
Source: aokfc.gr

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 31 August 2021[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
88 GK Serbia SRB Živko Živković
31 GK Greece GRE Alexandros Paschalakis
64 GK Greece GRE Christos Talichmanidis
2 DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo
4 DF Iceland ISL Sverrir Ingi Ingason
5 DF Cape Verde CPV Fernando Varela (vice-captain)
6 DF Albania ALB Enea Mihaj
13 DF Brazil BRA Lucas Taylor
19 DF Greece GRE Lefteris Lyratzis
49 DF Greece GRE Giannis Michailidis
15 DF Spain ESP José Ángel Crespo (vice-captain)
16 DF Brazil BRA Sidcley (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
7 MF Morocco MAR Omar El Kaddouri
10 MF Austria AUT Thomas Murg
20 MF Portugal POR Vieirinha (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
44 MF Nigeria NGA Anderson Esiti
99 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vladimir Bradonjić
23 MF Japan JPN Shinji Kagawa
8 MF Brazil BRA Douglas Augusto
51 MF Greece GRE Charis Tsingaras
22 MF Austria AUT Stefan Schwab
65 MF Greece GRE Giannis Konstantelias
- MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Tzimas
21 FW Suriname SUR Diego Biseswar
14 FW Serbia SRB Andrija Živković
47 FW England ENG Chuba Akpom
27 MF Slovenia SVN Jasmin Kurtić (on loan from Parma)
9 FW Poland POL Karol Świderski
18 FW Portugal POR Nélson Oliveira
70 FW Greece GRE Georgios Koutsias
28 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Mitriță

Transfers[]

In[]

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
– FW Suriname Diego Biseswar Cyprus Apollon Limassol Loan return
13 DF Brazil Lucas Taylor Ukraine Dnipro-1 Free transfer 29 June 2021 [2]
– GK Greece Nikos Bourganis Greece Karaiskakis Loan return
– DF Greece Marios Tsaousis Slovakia Spartak Trnava Loan return
– DF Greece Stathis Tachatos Greece Trikala Loan return
– DF Greece Petros Kaloutsikidis Greece Niki Volos Loan return
– MF Nigeria Anderson Esiti Turkey Göztepe Loan return
– MF Greece Zisis Chatzistravos Greece Lamia Loan return
– MF Greece Anastasios Meletidis Cyprus Onisilos Sotira Loan return
– MF Greece Konstantinos Korelas Greece Karaiskakis Loan return
– FW Greece Vasilios Fasidis Greece Trikala Loan return
– FW Greece Antonis Gaitanidis Greece Levadiakos Loan return
– FW Greece Dimitrios Panidis Greece Trikala Loan return
– FW Portugal Nélson Oliveira Greece AEK Athens Free Transfer
– FW Greece Panagiotis Tzimas Greece Asteras Tripolis 350,000
27 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić Italy Parma Loan 18 July 2021 [3]
47 FW England Chuba Akpom England Middlesbrough Loan 25 August 2021 [4]
16 DF Brazil Sidcley Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Loan 27 August 2021 [5]
28 FW Romania Alexandru Mitriță United States New York City Loan 31 August 2021 [6]
Total € 350,000

Out[]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
– DF Greece Dimitrios Giannoulis England Norwich City 7,500,000 1 July 2021 [7]
– FW Brazil Léo Jabá Brazil CR Vasco da Gama Loan 1 April 2021
– FW Croatia Antonio Čolak Sweden Malmö FF Loan 6 March 2021
27 FW Czech Republic Michael Krmenčík Belgium Club Brugge End of loan 30 June 2021
21 DF Ghana Baba Rahman England Chelsea End of loan 30 June 2021
11 FW Greece Christos Tzolis England Norwich City 13,000,000 12 August 2021
29 FW Greece Georgios Vrakas Greece Levadiakos Loan 21 August 2021 [8]
16 DF Norway Adrian Pereira Norway Rosenborg 500,000 24 August 2021 [9]
8 MF Egypt Amr Warda Cyprus Anorthosis Free transfer (but with a 50% resale-clause) 29 August 2021 [10]
32 MF Georgia (country) Nika Ninua Cyprus Anorthosis Loan 30 August 2021 [11]
97 FW Greece Lazaros Lamprou Greece OFI Loan 31 August 2021 [12]
Total € 21,000,000

Pre-season and other friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friday, 9 July 2021 Friendly PAOK 3–1 Volos Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Goal 44'
Esiti Goal 47'
Michailidis Goal 86'		 Goal 39' van Weert Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Aggelos Aggelakis
Wednesday, 14 July 2021 Friendly PSV 1–0 PAOK Eindhoven
21:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Madueke Goal 25' Yellow card 42' A. Živković
Yellow card 84' Schwab
Yellow card 87' Lyratzis		 Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:
Saturday, 17 July 2021 Friendly Charleroi 0–2 PAOK Sportpark Wiesel, Wenum-Wiesel
14:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Goal 47' Oliveira
Goal 89' Murg		 Attendance: behind closed doors
Wednesday, 21 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo 1–2 PAOK Sportpark Wiesel, Wenum-Wiesel
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Rai Vloet Goal 17' Goal 14', Goal 33' Oliveira Attendance: behind closed doors
Sunday, 25 July 2021 Friendly Feyenoord 1–2 PAOK Rotterdam
15:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Burger Goal 2' Goal 14' (pen.) Tzolis
Goal 52' Koutsias		 Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
Saturday, 4 September 2021 Friendly Veria 0–1 PAOK Veria
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Goal 69' (pen.) Kagawa Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Dimitris Maloutas (Imathia)

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League Greece 12 September 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
May 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa Conference League 3 August 2021 Third qualifying round 5 3 1 1 8 3 +5 060.00
Total 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 050.00

Last updated: 16 September 2021
Source: Soccerway

Managerial statistics[]

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Romania Răzvan Lucescu 27 May 2021 Present 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 050.00

Last updated: 16 September 2021

Super League Greece[]

Main article: 2021–22 Super League Greece

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
9 Asteras Tripolis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Qualification for the Play-out round
10 Olympiacos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 PAOK 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
12 Lamia 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
13 Apollon Smyrnis 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2021. Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points 3) Head-to-head goal difference 4) Goals scored 5) Goals against

Matches[]

Sunday, 12 September 2021 1 PAOK 0–1 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00
Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Sunday, 19 September 2021 2 Asteras Tripoli v PAOK Tripoli
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis
Wednesday, 22 September 2021 3 Panetolikos v PAOK Agrinio
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
4 PAOK v AEK Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
5 OFI v PAOK Heraklion
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
6 PAOK v Volos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
7 Olympiacos v PAOK Piraeus
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis
8 PAOK v Apollon Smyrni Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
9 Panathinaikos v PAOK Athens
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis
10 Atromitos v PAOK Athens
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
11 PAOK v Aris Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
12 Ionikos v PAOK Nikaia
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Neapolis Public Stadium
13 PAOK v Lamia Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
14 PAS Giannina v PAOK Ioannina
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Zosimades
15 PAOK v Asteras Tripoli Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
16 PAOK v Panetolikos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
17 AEK v PAOK Athens
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
18 PAOK v OFI Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
19 Volos v PAOK Volos
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: = Panthessaliko Stadium
20 PAOK v Olympiacos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
21 Apollon Smyrni v PAOK Athens
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Georgios Kamaras
22 PAOK v Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
23 PAOK v Atromitos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
24 Aris v PAOK Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis
25 PAOK v Ionikos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
26 Lamia v PAOK Lamia
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium

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
1 0 0 1 0 1  −1 0 0 0 1 0 1  −1 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 12 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHAHAHAA
ResultL
Position11
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2021. Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss


Greek Football Cup[]

Main article:

First round[]

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UEFA Europa Conference League[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round
3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) First leg Bohemians Republic of Ireland 2–1 Greece PAOK Dublin
21:45 EEST Coote Goal 23', 52' Oliveira Yellow card 62' Goal 77'
Tzolis Yellow card 77'
Kurtić Yellow card 90+1'
Biseswar Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Manukka (Finland)
Man of the Match: Oliveira[13]
12 August 2021 Second leg PAOK Greece 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Republic of Ireland Bohemians Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST Schwab Goal 4'
Biseswar Goal 28'
El Kaddouri Yellow card 76'
Murg Yellow card 4'
Esiti Yellow card 90+6'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
Man of the Match: Biseswar[14]

Play-off round[]

19 August 2021 First leg PAOK Greece 1–1 Croatia Rijeka Thessaloniki
21:00 EEST Kurtić Yellow card 86'
Goal 90+4' (o.g.)		 Goal 33' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 8,091
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
Man of the Match: Schwab[15]
26 August 2021 Second leg Rijeka Croatia 0–2
(1–3 agg.)		 Greece PAOK Rijeka
21:00 EEST Goal 10' El Kaddouri
Yellow card 16' Taylor
Yellow card 60' Świderski
Goal 80' Yellow card 89' Murg		 Stadium: Stadion Rujevica
Attendance: 6,722
Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine)
Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[16]

Group stage[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group F

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[17]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification COP PAO SLO LIN
1 Denmark Copenhagen 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 Advance to round of 16 — 21 Oct 9 Dec 30 Sep
2 Greece PAOK 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Advance to preliminary knockout round 4 Nov — 30 Sep 9 Dec
3 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0 1–3 25 Nov — 21 Oct
4 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 25 Nov 0–2 4 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Statistics[]

Squad statistics[]

The squad was informed by Transfermarkt and the official page of PAOK FC.


As of 16 September 2021

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

No. Name Super League Europa Conference League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
31 Greece Alexandros Paschalakis 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0
88 Serbia Živko Živković 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
64 Greece Christos Talichmanidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Brazil Rodrigo Soares 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
4 Iceland Sverrir Ingason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cape Verde Fernando Varela 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 0
6 Albania Enea Mihaj 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
13 Brazil Lucas Taylor 1 0 0 0 2 (2) 0 3 (2) 0
15 Spain José Ángel Crespo 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
16 Brazil Sidcley 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (1) 0
19 Greece Lefteris Lyratzis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 Greece Giannis Michailidis 0 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 2 (1) 0
Midfielders
7 Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 1
10 Austria Thomas Murg 1 0 0 0 1 (4) 1 2 (4) 1
22 Austria Stefan Schwab 1 0 0 0 4 1 5 1
27 Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 0 (1) 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 4 (2) 0
8 Brazil Douglas Augusto 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0
51 Greece Charis Tsingaras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Portugal Vieirinha 1 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 5 (1) 0
21 Suriname Diego Biseswar 1 0 0 0 4 (1) 1 5 (1) 1
65 Greece Giannis Konstantelias 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
23 Japan Shinji Kagawa 1 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 2 (2) 0
44 Nigeria Anderson Esiti 0 0 0 0 2 (3) 0 2 (3) 0
Forwards
9 Poland Karol Świderski 1 0 0 0 2 (3) 0 3 (3) 0
47 England Chuba Akpom 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 1 1 (1) 1
18 Portugal Nélson Oliveira 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
14 Serbia Andrija Živković 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
70 Greece Georgios Koutsias 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 (2) 0
28 Romania Alexandru Mitriță 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 1 1 (1) 1
Players transferred out during the season
11 Greece Christos Tzolis 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0

Goalscorers[]

As of 16 September 2021

Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Greek Cup Europa Conference League Total
1 18 FW Portugal Oliveira 0 0 1 1
22 MF Austria Schwab 0 0 1 1
21 MF Suriname Biseswar 0 0 1 1
7 MF Morocco El Kaddouri 0 0 1 1
10 MF Austria Murg 0 0 1 1
47 FW England Akpom 0 0 1 1
28 FW Romania Mitriță 0 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 1 1
TOTAL 0 0 0 8 8

Clean sheets[]

As of 16 September 2021

Player League Cup ECL Total Games played Percentage
Greece Alexandros Paschalakis 0 0 3 3 5 60,00%
Serbia Živko Živković 0 0 0 0 1 00,00%
Total 0 0 3 3 6 50,00%

Disciplinary record[]

As of 16 September 2021

S P N Name Super League Cup Europa Conference League Total
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18 FW Portugal Nélson Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
27 MF Slovenia Jasmin Kurtić 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
21 MF Suriname Diego Biseswar 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
7 MF Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Austria Thomas Murg 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
44 MF Nigeria Anderson Esiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
13 DF Brazil Lucas Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
9 MF Poland Karol Świderski 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
20 MF Portugal Vieirinha 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 MF Austria Stefan Schwab 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
49 DF Greece Giannis Michailidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
11 FW Greece Christos Tzolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

References[]

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  10. ^ https://www.paokfc.gr/nea/20210829-stin-anorthosi-o-warda/
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  14. ^ https://www.paokfc.gr/nea/20210819-fans-man-of-the-match-o-biseswar/
  15. ^ https://www.paokfc.gr/nea/20210826-fans-man-of-the-match-o-schwab/
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  17. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

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