2017–18 PAOK FC season

PAOK
2017–18 season
PresidentIvan Savvidis
ManagerAleksandar Stanojević (until 11 August)
Răzvan Lucescu (from 11 August)
StadiumToumba Stadium
Super League2nd
Greek CupWinners
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Aleksandar Prijović (19)
All:
Aleksandar Prijović (27)

The 2017–18 season was PAOK Football Club's 92nd in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The season was marked by two derby matches (vs Olympiacos on 25 February and vs AEK on 11 March) that were awarded against PAOK by court decision. The team defended their Greek Cup title won in 2017 and also competed in UEFA Europa League.

Coaching staff

This is Răzvan Lucescu's first season with PAOK.
Position Staff
Head Coach Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant manager Diego Longo
Assistant manager Cristiano Bacci
Team Manager Pantelis Konstantinidis
Goalkeeping coach Giorgos Skiatitis
Head Gymnast Rehabilitation Georgios Tsonakas
Gymnast Rehabilitation Vasilios Kanaras
Fitness Coach Matteo Spatafora
Data Analyst (Vis-Track) Kyriakos Tsitsiridis
Opponent Analysis Ioannis Thomaidis
Head of Medical Services Emmanouil Papakostas
Club's Doctor Kostas Tziantzis
Exercise Physiology Giorgos Ziogas
Nutritionist Ioanna Paspala
Physiotherapist Petros Nikolakoudis
Physiotherapist Nikolaos Tsirelas
Physiotherapist Athanasios Kapoulas
Physiotherapist Nikolaos Gagalis
Physiotherapist Nikolaos Mouratidis
Academy's Technical Director Daniel Bigas Alsina

Last updated: 18 August 2017
Source: PAOK F.C.

Other information

Toumba Stadium
Owner Dimera Group Limited
Chairman Ivan Savvidis
Vice President & CEO Chrisostomos Gagatsis
Technical Director Ľuboš Micheľ
Members Giorgos Savvidis
Maria Goncharova
Artur Davidyan
Dimokratis Papadopoulos
Ilias Gerontidis
Consultant of Football Giorgos Koudas
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toumba Stadium (28,701 / 106×71 metres)
Training Ground PAOK Sport Center

Source: PAOK F.C.

Players

Squad information

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Rodrigo Rey 33 EU 2017 18 0 2021 €1.5M Second nationality: Italy
3 RWB Léo Matos (Vice-captain) 38 Non-EU 2016 85 14 2021
5 CB Fernando Varela 37 EU 2016 74 3 2019 €1.4M Second nationality: Portugal
6 DF Dorian Lévêque 35 EU 2017 1 0 2020
7 AM Omar El Kaddouri 34 EU 2017 21 2 2021 €1.3M Second nationality: Belgium
8 MF Maurício 36 Non-EU 2017 27 4 2020
9 CF Aleksandar Prijović (Vice-captain) 34 EU 2017 59 37 2022 €1.9M
10 FW Djalma Campos 37 EU 2016 76 12 2019 Second nationality: Portugal
13 CB Stelios Malezas (captain) 39 EU 2005/2015 236 5 2018 €0.10M
15 CB José Ángel Crespo (Vice-captain) 37 EU 2016 80 3 2019
16 DF Marko Mihojević 28 EU 2018 1 0 2020
18 LW Dimitris Limnios 26 EU 2017 31 1 2021 €0.80M
20 CF Efthimis Koulouris 28 EU 2009 83 14 2021 PAOK U20
21 FW Diego Biseswar 36 EU 2016 76 10 2019
28 CM Yevhen Shakhov 34 Non-EU 2016 77 16 2019
29 MF Róbert Mak 33 EU 2014/2017 116 33 2018
30 DF Márcio Azevedo 38 Non-EU 2018 7 0 2018
31 GK Alexandros Paschalakis 35 EU 2017 24 0 2020
41 FB Panagiotis Deligiannidis 28 EU 2012 12 1 2020 PAOK U20
44 CB Achilleas Poungouras 29 EU 2012 12 0 2019 PAOK U20
71 GK Panagiotis Glykos (Vice-captain) 38 EU 2007 165 0 2019
75 MF Thibault Moulin 35 EU 2018 3 0 2021 €1.3M
77 FW Dimitris Pelkas (Vice-captain) 31 EU 2007 126 29 2021 PAOK U20
87 DM José Cañas 37 EU 2016 64 2 2019
88 DF Vieirinha (Vice-captain) 39 EU 2008/2017 155 30 2020 €1M
99 GK Marios Siampanis 25 EU 2015 3 0 2019 PAOK U20

Players in

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
18 LW Dimitris Limnios 26 EU Atromitos Transfer Summer 2021 €0.80M
6 DF Dorian Lévêque 35 EU Guingamp Free transfer Summer 2020 Free
22 DF Dimitris Konstantinidis 30 EU Omonia Loan return Summer 2019 Free
30 GK Nikos Melissas 31 EU Sparta Loan return Summer 2020 Free
34 MF Nikos Korovesis 33 EU PAS Giannina Loan return Summer 2018 Free
19 FW Jairo 32 Non-EU PAS Giannina Loan return Summer 2019 Free
93 MF Terry Antonis 31 EU Western Sydney Wanderers Loan return Summer 2018 Free
90 DF Dimitris Giannoulis 29 EU Anorthosis Loan return Summer 2020 Free
29 MF Róbert Mak 33 EU Zenit Saint Petersburg Loan Summer 2018 Free
1 GK Rodrigo Rey 33 EU Godoy Cruz Transfer Summer 2021 €1.5M
31 GK Alexandros Paschalakis 35 EU PAS Giannina Free transfer Summer 2018 Free
7 AM Omar El Kaddouri 34 EU Empoli Transfer Summer 2021 €1.3M
8 MF Maurício 36 Non-EU Zenit Saint Petersburg Free transfer Summer 2020 Free
88 MF Vieirinha 39 EU VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer 2020 €1M
2 DF Carlos Zambrano 35 EU Rubin Kazan Loan Summer 2018 ?
30 DF Márcio Azevedo 38 Non-EU Shakhtar Donetsk Loan Winter 2018
— MF Thibault Moulin 35 EU Legia Warsaw Transfer Winter 2021 €1.3M
— DF Marko Mihojević 28 EU FK Sarajevo Transfer Winter 2021 €500k

Total spending: €6.40M

Players out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
70 RB Stelios Kitsiou 31 EU Sint-Truidense Loan Summer Free
8 MF Charis Charisis 30 EU Sint-Truidense Loan Summer Free
90 DF Dimitris Giannoulis 29 EU Atromitos Loan Summer Free
5 DF Dimitris Chatziisaias 32 EU Atromitos Loan Summer Free
14 FW Facundo Pereyra 37 Non-EU Released Summer Free
93 MF Terry Antonis 31 EU Venlo Free transfer Summer Free
34 MF Nikos Korovesis 33 EU Platanias Free transfer Summer Free
19 FW Jairo 32 Non-EU Sheriff Tiraspol Loan Summer Free
30 GK Nikos Melissas 31 EU PAS Lamia Loan Summer Free
33 CF Stefanos Athanasiadis 36 EU Maccabi Haifa Free transfer Summer Free
7 FW Amr Warda 31 Non-EU Atromitos Loan Summer Free
11 FW Pedro Henrique Konzen 34 Non-EU Qarabağ Loan with option to buy (€5m) Summer €500k
16 MF Gojko Cimirot 32 EU Standard Liège Transfer Winter €2.5M
2 DF Carlos Zambrano 35 EU Rubin Kazan End of Loan Winter
22 RB Dimitris Konstantinidis 30 EU Brescia Free transfer Winter Free
26 DM Ergys Kaçe 31 EU Panathinaikos Loan with option to buy Winter Free
27 FW Giannis Mystakidis 30 EU Panathinaikos Loan Winter Free
4 LB Marin Leovac 36 EU Rijeka Loan with option to buy Winter Free
23 GK Željko Brkić 38 EU Contract termination Winter Free

Total Income: €3M
Net income: €3.4M

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 July 2017 Friendly Tubize 0–4 PAOK Horst, Netherlands
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report 12' Prijović
35' Henrique
66' Biseswar
79' (pen.) Koulouris
 82' Kaçe		 Stadium: Molenstraat, Swolgen
7 July 2017 Friendly Gent 2–0 PAOK Horst, Netherlands
17:00 EET UTC+03:00 Matton 31'
Mamadou Sylla 86'		 Club report Stadium: Molenstraat, Swolgen
12 July 2017 Friendly VVV-Venlo 0–1 PAOK Arnhem, Netherlands
18:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report  25' Malezas
70' Prijović
 86' Crespo		 Stadium: Marasingel, Arnhem
15 July 2017 Friendly Ajax 4–2 PAOK Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 EET UTC+03:00 Mazraoui 5'
Huntelaar 26'
Cassierra 66'
Flemming 89'		 Club report 38' Varela
51' Prijović		 Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst
21 July 2017 Friendly PAOK 2–0 Anorthosis Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EET UTC+03:00 Djalma 10'
Prijović 16'
Matos  70'		 Club report  29' Carlitos
 78' Schildenfeld
 90' João Victor		 Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
8 August 2017 Friendly PAOK 1–1 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki, Greece
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Prijović 1' Club report 19' Nikolias Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Koula Hasan
9 August 2017 Friendly PAOK 0–1 Lamia Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EET UTC+03:00 Club report 89' Tsoukalos Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Athanasios Sezos
2 September 2017 Friendly Volos N.F.C. 4–2 PAOK Volos, Greece
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Iliopoulos 11'
Pitu Garcia 17'
Matzis 38'
Demirtzoglou 90'		 Club report 20' El Kaddouri
77' Gargalatzidis		 Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 20 August 2017 6 May 2018 Matchday 1 Runner up 30 21 4 5 59 19 +40 070.00
Greek Cup 20 September 2017 12 May 2018 Group stage Winners 10 10 0 0 28 6 +22 100.00
UEFA Europa League 27 July 2017 24 August 2017 Third qualifying round Play-off round 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 050.00
Total 44 33 5 6 93 29 +64 075.00

Last updated: 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Aleksandar Stanojević Start Season (16.06.2017) 11.08.2017 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 050.00
Răzvan Lucescu 11.08.2017 Present 41 33 4 4 91 22 +69 080.49

Super League

Main article: 2017–18 Super League Greece

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 30 21 7 2 50 12 +38 70 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 21 4 5 59 19 +40 64 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Olympiacos 30 18 6 6 63 28 +35 57 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 11 4 43 21 +22 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Asteras Tripolis 30 12 9 9 39 24 +15 45
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).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.
  2. ^ Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.
  3. ^ Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.

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 21 4 5 59 19  +40 67 13 0 2 36 10  +26 8 4 3 23 9  +14

Note: PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDWDWWDWLWLWDWWWWWWWWWWLLLWWWWW
Position1055432122323333332111112222222
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

20 August 2017 1 Levadiakos 0–0 PAOK Livadeia
19:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Niasse  26'
Tripotseris  32'
Adilehou  45'
Brandão  65'		 Report  2' Malezas
 52' Mak		 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1.161
Referee: Stavros Mantalos
27 August 2017 2 PAOK 3–1 Kerkyra Thessaloniki
19:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Prijović 41'
Shakhov  45+1'
Pelkas 54'
Mak 59'
Kaçe  90+3'		 Report 45+2' (pen.) Nunes
 90+3' Bauman		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras
11 September 2017 3 Apollon Smyrni 0–0 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Juárez  30'  32'
Kontoes  41'
Čović  83'		 Report  25' Pelkas
 50' El Kaddouri
 75' Crespo
 84' Kaçe
 87' Maurício		 Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 1.913
Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras
16 September 2017 4 PAOK 1–0 Panetolikos Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas  71'
Prijović 75'		 Report  36' Bejarano
 44' Mihaj		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
24 September 2017 5 PAOK 1–0 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
16:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Prijović 55' Report  24' Mavropanos
 50' Karanikas
 71' Soltani
 84' Chalkiadakis		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
30 September 2017 6 AEL 1–1 PAOK Larissa
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Farkaš  50'
Aganović  66'
Perrone  78'
Andoni  82'
Križman 89'		 Report  18' Maurício
 37' Zambrano
44'  55' Matos
 52' Pelkas
 70' Prijović
 87' Koulouris		 Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 4.813
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis
15 October 2017 7 PAOK 4–0 Lamia Thessaloniki
16:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Leovac 10'
Prijović 24', 88'
Pelkas  38' 50'
Shakhov  52'
Maurício  89'		 Report Anastasopoulos  58'  71' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
22 October 2017 8 Olympiacos 1–0 PAOK Piraeus
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Cissé  22'
Androutsos  24'
Engels 51'
Ofoe  90+1'
Pardo  90+1'		 Report  22' Prijović
 31' Matos
 77' Cimirot
 89' El Kaddouri		 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30.250
Referee: Georgios Kominis
30 October 2017 9 PAOK 2–0 Asteras Tripoli Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Maurício 34', 38' Report  29' Tsoukalas
 72' Giannoulis		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis
5 November 2017 10 AEK 1–0 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Araujo  8'
Livaja 10'
Christodoulopoulos  23'
Lopes  67'
Galanopoulos  80'
Anestis  89'		 Report  8'  35' Zambrano
 28' Prijović
 45+3' Shakhov
 50' El Kaddouri
 63' Vieirinha
 90+1'  90+1' Biseswar		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,056
20 November 2017 11 PAOK 2–1 Atromitos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vieirinha 45' (pen.)
Fernando Varela  65'
Djalma Campos 71'
Prijović  89'
Rey  90+3'		 Report 22' Stefanos Strouggis
 25' Vasilakakis
 30' Diguiny		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou
26 November 2017 12 Panionios 2–2 PAOK Nea Smyrni, Athens
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Kotnik  40'
Spiridonović 48'
Yeşil 86'  87'		 Report 41' (pen.) Koulouris
90+3' Léo Matos		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
2 December 2017 13 Xanthi 0–3 PAOK Xanthi
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Jorge Casado  24'
Baxevanidis  67'
Svarnas  87'		 Report 25' (o.g.) Pablo
 27' José Cañas
33' Mak
 57' Limnios
62' José Ángel Crespo		 Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Manolis Skoulas
10 December 2017 14 PAOK 4–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas 8', 51'  9'
Léo Matos  39'
Koulouris 67' (pen.)
Prijović 77'
Mak  79'		 Report  23'  66' Insúa
 80' Dioudis
 80' Villafáñez
 81' Kourbelis		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 26,140
Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras
16 December 2017 15 Platanias 0–1 PAOK Chania, Crete
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vanderson  61'
Stamou  80'		 Report 56' Malezas
 84' José Cañas		 Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,672
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
6 January 2018 16 PAOK 5–0 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Matos 18'
Campos 48', 59'
Prijović 57', 59' (pen.)		 Report  26' Niasse
 26' Belghazouani
 37'  90+4'Tsabouris		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 12.012
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios
14 January 2018 17 Kerkyra 0–3 PAOK Corfu
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Report 23' Matos
57' Campos
78' Pelkas		 Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
21 January 2018 18 PAOK 3–0 Apollon Smyrni Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mak 26'
Koné 45+1' (o.g.)
Limnios  83'
Prijović 90+1'		 Report  24' Kontoes
 29'  84' Nadales		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Neofutiadis
28 January 2018 19 Panetolikos 0–1 PAOK Agrinio
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Clésio  61'
Marinakis  73'
Vasiloudis  78'
Chantakias  80'
Mihaj  87'		 Report  57' Biseswar
87' (pen.) Prijović
 90' Maurício
 90+3' Shakhov		 Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Thanos
4 February 2018 20 PAS Giannina 1–3 PAOK Ioannina
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Garoufalias  37'
Conde 71'
Cikarski  78'
Boukouvalas  81'		 Report 10' Pelkas
 37' Crespo
40', 45' Prijović
 90' Shakhov
 90+1' Vieirinha		 Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiautis
12 February 2018 21 PAOK 3–0 AEL Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Shakhov 12'
Varela 40'
Prijović 49'		 Report  45' Fatjon
 69' Deletić
 81' Gojković		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
17 February 2018 22 Lamia 0–2 PAOK Lamia
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Omo  66'
Papadopoulos  87'
Acosta  90+1'		 Report 57' Pelkas
61' Maurício
 88' Limnios		 Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
25 February 2018 23 PAOK 0–3 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos
Note: Match was suspended before kick-off due to crowd trouble. Olympiacos were awarded a 3–0 win.
4 March 2018 24 Asteras Tripoli 3–2 PAOK Tripoli
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Kyriakopoulos 18'
Triantafyllopoulos  51'
Tonso 53'
Iglesias  62' 90+8'
Dudú  69'
Kaltsas  90+6'		 Report 37' Campos
 72' Azevedo
 80' Malezas
 82' 90+7' Prijović
 90+1' Pelkas		 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
11 March 2018 25 PAOK 0–3 AEK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Matos  4'
Campos  19'
Crespo  38'
Pelkas  57'
Maurício  86'
Varela 90'		 Report  9' Bakasetas
 25' Galo
 54' Araujo
 87' Christodoulopoulos		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Georgios Kominis
Note: Match was suspended at 90th minute with PAOK leading 1–0. AEK were awarded a 3–0 win and PAOK had 3 points deducted (as well as 2 points from next season's championship).
31 March 2018 26 Atromitos 0–2 PAOK Peristeri, Athens
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Risvanis  35'
Bruno  61'		 Report  23' Pelkas
36' Campos
56' Crespo
 73' Vieirinha
 74' Cañas
 89' Mak		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
14 April 2018 27 PAOK 3–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Shakhov 02'
El Kaddouri 15'
Mak  61'
Prijović 66'
Matos  77'		 Report 66'Durmishaj Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras
22 April 2018 28 PAOK 2–1 Xanthi Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Varela  28'
Crespo  50'
Biseswar 68'
Prijović  83'
Koulouris 85'		 Report  16' Castro
16' Jendrišek
 30' Đuričković
 45' Sylla		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: C. doors
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios
29 April 2018 29 Panathinaikos 0–3 PAOK Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Fanis Tzandaris  56'
Emanuel Insúa  61'
Luciano  65'		 Report 27' 65' Prijović
 38' Leo Matos
84' Shakhov		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
6 May 2018 30 PAOK 3–0 Platanias Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Dimitris Pelkas 9'  11'
Prijovic 15' 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis

Greek Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Greek Football Cup

Group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK LEV APP AIG
1 PAOK 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Round of 16 2–1 — —
2 Levadiakos 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 — — 5–0
3 Apollon Pontus 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 0–1 1–2 —
4 Aiginiakos 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0 0–5 — 0–1
Source: epo.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 September 2017 1 PAOK 2–1 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas 40' 41'
Zambrano  44'
Shakhov 71'		 Report  44' Belghazouani
46' Giakoumakis
 64' Kaltsas
 83' Adilehou		 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris
25 October 2017 2 Apollon Pontus 0–1 PAOK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Georgiadis  73'
Vergonis  73'		 Report  43' Biseswar
 67' Deligiannidis
90' Mak		 Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis
29 November 2017 3 Aiginiakos 0–5 PAOK Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Karakostas  33'
Andrikopoulos  38'		 Report 5' Limnios
53', 67' Prijović
 58' Zambrano
71' El Kaddouri
82' Shakhov		 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Konstantinos Kotsanis (Drama)

Round of 16

19 December 2017 1st leg Trikala 1–5 PAOK Trikala
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Panos 16'
Andreopoulos  18'
Kapos  18'		 Report 5', 58' Matos
 45' Deligiannidis
 48' 70' Biseswar
80' Campos
90+4' Shakhov		 Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
9 January 2018 2nd leg PAOK 2–1
(7–2 agg.)		 Trikala Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Crespo  8'
Prijović 78', 90+4' (pen.)		 Report  36' Tsiaras
90+1' Milosavljev		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)

Quarter-finals

24 January 2018 First leg PAOK 2–0 Atromitos Thessaloniki
21:45 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas 18'
Matos  24'
Shakhov 86'		 Report  7' Kivrakidis
 70' Bušuladžić		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
8 February 2018 Second leg Atromitos 1–3
(1–5 agg.)		 PAOK Peristeri, Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Bušuladžić  24'
Vasilakakis 54'
Sakic  60'		 Report 30' Shakhov
68' Cañas
79' Koulouris		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras

Semi-finals

28 February 2018 First leg Panionios 1–3 PAOK Nea Smyrni, Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vlachos  37'
Masouras  52'
Stavropoulos  56'
Korbos 85'		 Report 24' Maurício
34' Prijović
 44' Limnios
73' Biseswar		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas
17 April 2018 Second leg PAOK 3–1
(6–2 agg.)		 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Koulouris 21'
Pelkas 68'
Prijović 80' (pen.)		 Report  33'  70' Makrillos
40' Masouras
 45+1' Giorgos Saramantas		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Sezos

Final

Main article: 2018 Greek Football Cup final
12 May 2018 Final AEK 0–2 PAOK Athens
20:30 EET Marko Livaja  46'
Anastasios Bakasetas  71'
Vranješ  64'  80'
Kostas Galanopoulos  90'		 Report  6' Djalma Campos
 20' Léo Matos
25' Prijovic
 45+1' José Ángel Crespo
65'  65' Vieirinha
 80' Mauricio
90+2'  90+4' Pelkas
 90+4' Fernando Varela		 Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 35,545
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 July 2017 First leg Olimpik Donetsk 1–1 PAOK Kyiv, Ukraine
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Bilenkyi 49'
Kravchenko  70'		 UEFA Report  53' Shakhov
59' Henrique
 73' Leovac		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: Alain Bieri
3 August 2017 Second leg PAOK 2–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Olimpik Donetsk Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mak 24'
Cimirot 45+1'
Leovac  60'		 UEFA Report  4' Nyemchaninov
 51' Tsymbalyuk
 58'Kravchenko		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,960
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Play-off round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 August 2017 First leg PAOK 3–1 Östersund Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Rey  21'
Matos 38'
Prijović 77', 88' (pen.)		 UEFA Report 21' (pen.) Nouri
 37' Mukiibi
 87' Keita		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: –
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
24 August 2017 Second leg Östersund 2–0
(3 (a) –3 agg.)		 PAOK Östersund, Sweden
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Mukiibi  19'
Pettersson  68'
Ghoddos 71', 77'
Hopcutt  84'
Edwards  90'
Aiesh  90+4'		 UEFA Report  20' Matos
 27' Prijović
 70' Pedro Henrique
 77' Cimirot		 Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 12 May 2018

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

No. Name Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Rodrigo Rey 12 0 2 0 4 0 18 0
31 Alexandros Paschalakis 17 0 7 0 0 0 24 0
99 Marios Siampanis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
3 Léo Matos 27 4 7 2 4 1 38 7
5 Fernando Varela 26 2 6 0 4 0 36 2
6 Dorian Lévêque 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Stelios Malezas 7 (1) 1 9 0 0 0 16 (1) 1
15 José Ángel Crespo 23 (1) 2 5 (1) 0 4 0 32 (2) 2
16 Marko Mihojević 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Márcio Azevedo 4 (3) 0 3 0 0 0 7 (3) 0
41 Panagiotis Deligiannidis 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0
44 Achilleas Poungouras 1 (1) 0 2 0 0 0 3 (1) 0
Midfielders
7 Omar El Kaddouri 18 (4) 1 3 (3) 1 0 0 21 (7) 2
8 Maurício 22 (2) 3 5 1 0 0 27 (2) 4
21 Diego Biseswar 20 (15) 1 8 (2) 2 4 (1) 0 32 (18) 3
28 Yevhen Shakhov 19 (11) 3 10 (3) 5 4 (1) 0 33 (15) 8
34 Georgios Vrakas 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
75 Thibault Moulin 2 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 3 (3) 0
77 Dimitris Pelkas 23 (2) 8 10 (1) 4 3 (3) 0 36 (6) 12
87 José Cañas 15 (1) 0 5 (1) 1 2 0 22 (2) 1
88 Vieirinha 24 (1) 1 5 (2) 1 0 0 29 (3) 2
Forwards
9 Aleksandar Prijović 27 (4) 19 8 (3) 6 4 2 39 (7) 27
10 Djalma Campos 23 (6) 6 5 (4) 1 4 0 32 (10) 7
18 Dimitris Limnios 21 (10) 0 9 1 1 (1) 0 31 (11) 1
20 Efthimis Koulouris 13 (7) 3 7 (3) 2 1 (1) 0 21 (11) 5
29 Róbert Mak 25 (12) 3 7 (2) 1 4 1 36 (14) 5
Players transferred out during the season
33 Stefanos Athanasiadis 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0
11 Pedro Henrique 1 0 0 0 4 (4) 1 5 (4) 1
16 Gojko Cimirot 15 (3) 0 4 0 4 1 23 (3) 1
2 Carlos Zambrano 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
26 Ergys Kaçe 4 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 5 (2) 0
27 Giannis Mystakidis 0 0 2 (2) 0 0 0 2 (2) 0
4 Marin Leovac 9 1 0 0 4 0 13 1

Goalscorers

'Match played 12 May 2018.'

Rank No. Pos. Player League Cup Europa League Total
1 9 CF Aleksandar Prijović 19 6 2 27
2 77 AM Dimitris Pelkas 8 4 0 12
3 28 MF Yevhen Shakhov 3 5 0 8
4 10 MF Djalma Campos 6 1 0 7
5 3 RB Leo Matos 4 2 1 7
6 20 CF Efthimis Koulouris 3 2 0 5
7 29 FW Róbert Mak 3 1 1 5
8 8 MF Maurício 3 1 0 4
9 21 AMF Diego Biseswar 1 2 0 3
10 20 CF José Ángel Crespo 2 0 0 2
11 5 CB Fernando Varela 2 0 0 2
12 7 MF Omar El Kaddouri 1 1 0 2
13 88 MF Vieirinha 1 1 0 2
14 13 CB Stelios Malezas 1 0 0 1
15 4 LB Marin Leovac 1 0 0 1
16 18 FW Dimitris Limnios 0 1 0 1
17 87 DM José Cañas 0 1 0 1
18 16 MF Gojko Cimirot 0 0 1 1
19 11 FW Pedro Henrique 0 0 1 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 60 28 6 94

Clean sheets

Last updated on 6 May 2018.
Rank Name Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total Games played
— Alexandros Paschalakis 13 4 0 17 24
— Rodrigo Rey 6 0 1 7 18
Total 19 4 1 24 42

Disciplinary record

S P N Name Super League Cup Europa League Total
77 AM Pelkas 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 MF Maurício 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
28 MF Yevhen Shakhov 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
26 DM Kaçe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 DF Leo Matos 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
2 DF Zambrano 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
9 CF Aleksandar Prijović 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
4 LB Marin Leovac 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
29 AM Róbert Mak 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
13 DF Stelios Malezas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 DF Crespo 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
87 ΜF José Cañas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 MF El Kaddouri 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 MF Gojko Cimirot 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
1 GK Rodrigo Rey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
11 W Pedro Henrique 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
20 CF Koulouris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 MF Biseswar 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
41 MF Deligiannidis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18 FW Dimitris Limnios 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
88 FW Vieirinha 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 DF Fernando Varela 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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