1997–98 PAOK FC season

The 1997–98 season was PAOK Football Club's 71st in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in third round.

PAOK
1997–98 season
President Giorgos Batatoudis
Manager Angelos Anastasiadis
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki4th
Greek CupSemi-finals
UEFA Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Frantzeskos (17)

All:
Frantzeskos (22)
Highest home attendance33,117 vs Arsenal

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  GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos
GK  GRE Nikolaos Argyriou
GK  GRE Asterios Themelis

DF  PER Percy Olivares
DF  GRE Tasos Tasiopoulos
DF  GRE Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos
DF  GRE Nikos Kolompourdas
DF  GRE Panagiotis Sidiropoulos
DF  GRE Panagiotis Katsouris
DF  GRE Georgios Koulakiotis
DF  GRE Vangelis Nastos
DF  RSA Andrew Rabutla
DF  AUS Joe Palatsides
No. Pos. Nation Player

MF  GRE Theodoros Zagorakis (captain)
MF  GRE Giorgos Toursounidis
MF  GRE Achilleas Zafiriou
MF  GRE Kostas Frantzeskos
MF  GRE Spyros Marangos
MF  LBR Joe Nagbe
MF  GRE Christos Velis
MF  GRE Pantelis Kafes
MF  GRE Giorgos Hatzizisis

FW  GRE Zisis Vryzas
FW  GRE Paraschos Zouboulis
FW  PER Paul Cominges
FW  HUN Zoltán Kovács
FW  GRE Kostas Inebolidis

Transfers

Players transferred in
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK Nikolaos Argyriou Kavala 100 million Dr.
Summer DF Andrew Rabutla Jomo Cosmos ?
Summer DF Percy Olivares Cruz Azul ?
Summer MF Joe Nagbe Lugano ?
Summer MF Christos Velis Athinaikos ?
Summer FW Paul Cominges Melgar ?
Winter DF Georgios Koulakiotis Veria 120 million Dr.
Winter FW Zoltán Kovács Újpest Loan
Players transferred out
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK Vangelis Pourliotopoulos Ionikos Free
Summer DF Giorgos Koumaropoulos Apollon Kalamaria Loan
Summer DF Charalampos Nikolaou Veria Free
Summer DF Panagiotis Karametaxas ILTEX Lykoi Free
Summer DF Nikos Panagiotidis Aris Free
Summer DF Ionel Pârvu Dinamo Onești Free
Summer FW Robert Dymkowski Pogoń Szczecin End of loan
Summer FW John Anastasiadis South Melbourne Free
Summer FW Antonis Gioukoudis Poseidon Michaniona Free
Winter DF Andrew Rabutla Jomo Cosmos Free
Winter MF Giorgos Hatzizisis Kavala Free
Winter MF Theodoros Zagorakis Leicester City 550 million Dr.
Winter FW Kostas Inebolidis Ethnikos Asteras Free

Kit

Pre-season

[1][2][3]

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 July 1997 Friendly SpVgg Unterhaching 3–3 PAOK Germany
Frantzeskos
Cominges
21 July 1997 Friendly Hermes Stuttgart 1–6 PAOK Germany
29 July 1997 Friendly PAOK 1–0 Budapesti VSC Thessaloniki
Nagbe 75' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Papachintzios
1 August 1997 Friendly PAOK 1–1 Rad Thessaloniki
Marangos 84' Nikolić 21' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
4 August 1997 Friendly PAOK 5–0 Jomo Cosmos Thessaloniki
Marangos 2'
Zouboulis 30'
Cominges 70', 75'
Hatzizisis 76'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 2,555
7 August 1997 Friendly Poseidon Michaniona 2–4 PAOK Michaniona
Tsoraklidis 12'
Kotsiopoulos 34'
Toursounidis 15'
Frantzeskos 16'
Sidiropoulos 71'
Zouboulis 79'

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 34 21 7 6 74 41 +33 061.76
Greek Cup 8 4 1 3 10 6 +4 050.00
UEFA Cup 6 3 2 1 14 13 +1 050.00
Total 48 28 10 10 98 60 +38 058.33

Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Panathinaikos 34 28 1 5 90 24 +66 85 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 34 22 8 4 61 30 +31 74 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 21 7 6 74 41 +33 70
5 Ionikos 34 18 8 8 46 31 +15 62
6 Iraklis 34 14 9 11 49 45 +4 51 Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 21 7 6 74 41  +33 70 13 3 1 38 13  +25 8 4 5 36 28  +8

Last updated: 17 May 1998 (1998-05-17).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultDLDWDWWDLWWWWWWWWLWDDWLWWWLWWDWWLW
Position1014159887887665544444444444444444444
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

31 August 1997 1 PAOK 0–0 AEK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 30,347
Referee: Chatzis
13 September 1997 2 OFI 2–1 PAOK Heraklion
Anastasiou 13'
Riznić 39'
Toursounidis 15' (pen.)
Nagbe  85'
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 4,705
Referee: Vorgias
21 September 1997 3 PAOK 1–1 Xanthi Thessaloniki
Toursounidis 13' Kyparissis 57' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,948
Referee: Varouchas
27 September 1997 4 PAOK 4–0 Kalamata Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 5'
Marangos 61'
Zouboulis 69'
Cominges 88'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,861
Referee: Bikas
5 October 1997 5 Proodeftiki 3–3 PAOK Piraeus
Dagas  39'
Zajmi 61', 70'
Almanidis 90+3'
Frantzeskos 33', 89' 90+1'
Vryzas  39'
Zagorakis 87' (pen.)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,221
Referee: Vorgias
18 October 1997 6 PAOK 2–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 34'
Toursounidis 45+2'
Ofori-Quaye 27' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 26,471
Referee: Bikas
26 October 1997 7 Kavala 0–1 PAOK Kavala
Cominges 78' Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium
Attendance: 5,256
1 November 1997 8 PAOK 2–2 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 29'
Olivares 61'
Marangos  64'
Konstantinou 9', 86'
Stoltidis  84'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 9,007
Referee: Kalathenos
9 November 1997 9 Ionikos 3–2 PAOK Piraeus
Frousos 32'
Xanthopoulos 45'
Kalykas 76'
Frantzeskos 48', 60'
Toursounidis 54'
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Referee: Velliodis
16 November 1997 10 PAOK 2–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Nagbe 12'
Cominges 87'
Lagonikakis 16' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 16,877
Referee: Kalyvas
23 November 1997 11 Paniliakos 1–2 PAOK Pyrgos
Barnjak 42'
Nousias  73'
Frantzeskos 23'
Toursounidis 35'
Kolompourdas  83'
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Referee: Papapetrou
30 November 1997 12 Panionios 0–3 PAOK Athens
Kafes 18'
Marangos 40'
Nagbe 70'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 3,093
Referee: Mintiouris
7 December 1997 13 PAOK 1–0 Apollon Athens Thessaloniki
Nagbe 27' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,760
Referee: Borovilos
13 December 1997 14 Panachaiki 1–4 PAOK Patras
Samaras 32' Nagbe 15'
Zagorakis 28' (pen.)
Kalla 68' (o.g.)
Katsouris 81'
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
21 December 1997 15 PAOK 3–1 Veria Thessaloniki
Marangos 29'
Frantzeskos 42'
Toursounidis 69'
Kapetanopoulos 74'
Troupkos 71' 88' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,057
Referee: Vorgias
3 January 1998 16 Ethnikos 0–1 PAOK Piraeus
Zouboulis 73' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,743
Referee: Velliodis
11 January 1998 17 PAOK 1–0 Athinaikos Thessaloniki
Kovács 90' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,548
Referee: Chatzistavridis
18 January 1998 18 AEK 3–0 PAOK Athens
Maladenis 17', 90+1'
Batista 57'
Kapetanopoulos  79'
Zagorakis  88'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 22,129
Referee: Papoutselis
25 January 1998 19 PAOK 1–0 OFI Thessaloniki
Nagbe 54' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,274
1 February 1998 20 Xanthi 2–2 PAOK Xanthi
Tengelidis 2'
Kyparissis 66'
Nagbe 12'
Kovács 48'
Frantzeskos 64'
Stadium: Xanthi Ground
Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Ampelakias
8 February 1998 21 Kalamata 1–1 PAOK Kalamata
Hagan 10' Toursounidis 38'
Kovács 50'
Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,274
Referee: Kaznaferis
15 February 1998 22 PAOK 3–1 Proodeftiki Thessaloniki
Toursounidis 7'
Koulakiotis  12'
Frantzeskos 20', 89'
Almanidis 4' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,855
Referee: Ampelakias
22 February 1998 23 Olympiacos 2–0 PAOK Athens
Karapialis 46'
Alexandris 59'
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 32,275
Referee: Voutsaras
1 March 1998 24 PAOK 2–0 Kavala Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 50'
Vryzas 77'
Athanasiadis 90+2' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,412
Referee: Douros
8 March 1998 25 Iraklis 2–3 PAOK Thessaloniki
Xhumba 2'
Konstantinou 64'
Kovács 42', 54'
Tasiopoulos 45'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 23,009
15 March 1998 26 PAOK 3–1 Ionikos Thessaloniki
Cominges 23', 26'
Frantzeskos 30'
Frousos 31' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 16,420
Referee: Kaznaferis
22 March 1998 27 Panathinaikos 3–1 PAOK Athens
G.Ch. Georgiadis 20', 70'
G.S. Georgiadis 89'
Marangos 83'
Velis  88'
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,432
Referee: Begos
29 March 1998 28 PAOK 3–2 Paniliakos Thessaloniki
Cominges 27'
Olivares 31'
Marangos 47'
Zouboulis 80'
Kyzeridis 29'
Rosales 55'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,967
Referee: Athanasopoulos
5 April 1998 29 PAOK 6–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
Toursounidis 16', 37'
Nagbe 51'
Marangos 57'
Vryzas 74'
Cominges 82'
Paiteris 68' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Sotiropoulos
12 April 1998 30 Apollon Athens 4–4 PAOK Athens
Tatsis 16', 58'
Karagounis 32'
Labriakos 83'
Cominges 27', 35' (pen.)
Frantzeskos 30'
Nagbe 77'
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Referee: Begos
3 May 1998 31 PAOK 4–1 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
Nagbe 20'
Olivares 23'
Frantzeskos 34', 36'
Klejch 54' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,198
10 May 1998 32 Veria 1–3 PAOK Veria
Pangouras 73' Cominges 22', 55'
Vryzas 54'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,312
Referee: Stefanopoulos
13 May 1998 33 PAOK 0–1 Ethnikos Thessaloniki
Athanasiadis 12' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 3,434
Referee: Velliodis
17 May 1998 34 Athinaikos 0–5 PAOK Athens
Olivares 16'
Zouboulis 29', 58'
Kafes 44'
Toursounidis 75'
Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium

Greek Cup

Round of 32

19 November 1997 1st leg PAOK 3–1 Proodeftiki Thessaloniki
Vryzas 8', 50'
Toursounidis 27' (pen.)
Almanidis 48' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 2,628
Referee: Chatzistavridis
3 December 1997 2nd leg Proodeftiki 1–0
(2–3 agg.)
PAOK Piraeus
Almanidis 84' (pen.) Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 427
Referee: Borovilos

Round of 16

8 January 1998 1st leg PAOK 2–0 Ionikos Thessaloniki
Marangos 28'
Nagbe 47'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,099
Referee: Vorgias
29 January 1998 2nd leg Ionikos 1–2
(1–4 agg.)
PAOK Piraeus
Staboulis 89' Marangos 34'
Vryzas 85'
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Vallianos

Quarter-finals

[9]

11 February 1998 1st leg PAOK 2–0 Xanthi Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 36'
Velis 83'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,565
Referee: Mintiouris
25 February 1998 2nd leg Xanthi 1–0
(1–2 agg.)
PAOK Xanthi
Vilanakis 13' Stadium: Xanthi Ground
Attendance: 2,926
Referee: Kalathenos

Semi-finals

4 March 1998 1st leg Panionios 1–0 PAOK Athens
Vokolos 90+3' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,217
Referee: Stefanopoulos
18 March 1998 2nd leg PAOK 1–1
(1–2 agg.)
Panionios Thessaloniki
Vryzas 82' Nalitzis 23' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 20,345
Referee: Begos

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

[10][11]

12 August 1997 1st leg PAOK 5–3 Spartak Trnava Thessaloniki, Greece
19:45 Zagorakis 32' (pen.)
Marangos 35', 45'  68'
Frantzeskos 52'
Olivares 80'
Report Ujlaky 22', 27'  31'
Luhový 24'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 26,492
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
26 August 1997 2nd leg Spartak Trnava 0–1
(3–6 agg.)
PAOK Trnava, Slovakia
Report Zagorakis 80' Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium
Attendance: 15,850
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

First round

[12][13]

16 September 1997 1st leg PAOK 1–0 Arsenal Thessaloniki, Greece
20:45 EEST Tasiopoulos  19'
Frantzeskos 61'
Zouboulis  71'
Zafiriou  78'
Zagorakis  87'
Report Wright  30'
Adams  69'
Vieira  89'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 33,117
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
30 September 1997 2nd leg Arsenal 1–1
(1–2 agg.)
PAOK London, England
Bergkamp 22'
Dixon  23'
Adams  65'
Report Tasiopoulos  37'
Sidiropoulos  74'
Vryzas 87'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 37,982
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Second round

[14][15]

4 November 1997 2nd leg PAOK 4–4
(6–9 agg.)
Atlético Madrid Thessaloniki, Greece
20:45 Frantzeskos 17'
Olivares 55'
Zagorakis 76' (pen.)
Zouboulis 81'
Report Lardín 2'
Bogdanović 28'
Santi 51'
Kiko 90'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 25,378
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 17 May 1998

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

No.NameAlpha EthnikiGreek CupUEFA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
Nikolaos Michopoulos 3208050 450
Nikolaos Argyriou 300010 40
Defenders
Percy Olivares 3148062 456
Tasos Tasiopoulos 2817040 391
Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 2417050 361
Nikos Kolompourdas 2604060 360
Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 2104040 290
Georgios Koulakiotis 703000 100
Vangelis Nastos 700000 70
Panagiotis Katsouris 311010 51
Andrew Rabutla 000010 10
Midfielders
Achilleas Zafiriou 3306050 440
Joe Nagbe 3186160 439
Kostas Frantzeskos 29176164 4122
Spyros Marangos 3157233 4110
Giorgos Toursounidis 2786160 399
Christos Velis 2306160 351
Theodoros Zagorakis 1522063 235
Pantelis Kafes 1426000 202
Giorgos Hatzizisis 002000 20
Forwards
Zisis Vryzas 3038451 438
Paraschos Zouboulis 2754061 376
Paul Cominges 18114020 2411
Zoltán Kovács 1455000 195

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1MF Kostas Frantzeskos171422
2FW Paul Cominges110011
3MF Spyros Marangos52310
4MF Giorgos Toursounidis8109
MF Joe Nagbe8109
6FW Zisis Vryzas3418
7FW Paraschos Zouboulis5016
DF Percy Olivares4026
9FW Zoltán Kovács5005
MF Theodoros Zagorakis2035
11MF Pantelis Kafes2002
12DF Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos1001
DF Tasos Tasiopoulos1001
DF Panagiotis Katsouris1001
MF Christos Velis0101
Own goals1001
TOTALS 74101498

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

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