2018–19 PAOK FC season

The 2018–19 season was PAOK Football Club's 93rd in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team won the Super League unbeaten, defended their Greek Football Cup title won in 2018, and also competed in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

PAOK
2018–19 season
PresidentIvan Savvidis
ManagerRăzvan Lucescu
StadiumToumba Stadium
Super LeagueWinners
Greek CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Aleksandar Prijović (9)
All: Aleksandar Prijović (18)
Highest home attendance27,725 vs Benfica (29 August 2018)
Lowest home attendance10,837 vs PAS Giannina (30 January 2019)
Average home league attendance20,606

Coaching staff
This was Răzvan Lucescu's second 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 Mário Branco[1]
Members Giorgos Savvidis
Maria Goncharova
Artur Davidyan
Dimokratis Papadopoulos
Ilias Gerontidis
Consultant of Football Giorgos Koudas
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toumba Stadium (29,000 / 106×71 metres)
Training Ground PAOK Sport Center[2]

Source: PAOK F.C.

Players

Squad information
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Rodrigo Rey29EU 2017 18 0 2021 €1.5M Second nationality: Italy
3 RWB Léo Matos34Non-EU 2016 85 15 2021
5 CB Fernando Varela33EU 2016 75 2 2019 €1.4M Second nationality: Portugal
6 DF Alin Toșca28EU 2018 0 0 2019
7 AM Omar El Kaddouri30EU 2017 21 2 2021 €1.3M Second nationality: Belgium
8 MF Maurício32Non-EU 2017 27 4 2020
9 CF Aleksandar Prijović30EU 2017 60 37 2022 €1.9M
10 AM Dimitris Pelkas (3rd captain)27EU 2007 127 29 2021 PAOK U20
11 FW Nikos Karelis28EU 2018 0 0 2019
13 CB Stelios Malezas (Vice-captain)35EU 2005/2015 237 5 2019 €0.10M
15 CB José Ángel Crespo33EU 2016 82 3 2019
18 RW Dimitris Limnios22EU 2017 31 1 2021 €0.80M
19 MF Pontus Wernbloom34EU 2018 0 0 2021
20 DF Vieirinha (captain)35EU 2008/2017 158 30 2020 €1M
21 FW Diego Biseswar32EU 2016 76 10 2022
28 CM Yevhen Shakhov30Non-EU 2016 77 16 2019
31 GK Alexandros Paschalakis31EU 2017 24 0 2020
34 DF Yevhen Khacheridi33EU 2018 0 0 2021
47 FW Chuba Akpom25EU 2018 0 0 2021 €1.0M
70 RB Stelios Kitsiou27EU 2007 148 5 2020 PAOK U20
71 GK Panagiotis Glykos34EU 2007 165 0 2019
74 FW Amr Warda27Non-EU 2017 14 2 2020 €0.35M
87 DM José Cañas33EU 2016 64 2 2019
98 FW Léo Jabá22Non-EU 2018 0 0 2023 €2.3M
99 GK Marios Siampanis21EU 2015 3 0 2019 PAOK U20

Players in
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
23 DF Dimitris Giannoulis 25EU Atromitos Loan Return Winter 2022 Free [3]
11 FW Pedro Henrique Konzen 30Non-EU Astana Loan Return Winter 2020 Free [4]
27 MF Josip Mišic 26EU Sporting CP Loan Winter 2020 Free [5]
4 DF Sverrir Ingi Ingason 27EU FK Rostov Transfer Winter 2022 €4M [6]
9 FW Karol Świderski 24EU Jagiellonia Białystok Transfer Winter 2022 €2M [7]
98 FW Léo Jabá 22Non-EU Akhmat Grozny Transfer Summer 2023 €2.3M [8]
47 FW Chuba Akpom 25EU Arsenal Transfer Summer 2021 €1M [9]
6 DF Alin Toșca 28EU Real Betis Loan Summer 2019 Free [10]
11 FW Nikos Karelis 28EU Genk Loan Summer 2019 Free [11]
19 MF Pontus Wernbloom 34EU CSKA Moscow Free Transfer Summer 2021 Free [12]
34 DF Yevhen Khacheridi 33EU Dynamo Kyiv Free Transfer Summer 2021 Free [13]
74 FW Amr Warda 27Non-EU Atromitos Loan Return Summer Free
11 FW Pedro Henrique Konzen 30Non-EU Qarabağ Loan Return Summer Free
11 FW Lazaros Lamprou 23EU Panionios Loan Return Summer Free
70 RB Stelios Kitsiou 27EU Sint-Truidense Loan Return Summer Free -
8 MF Charis Charisis 26EU Sint-Truidense Loan Return Summer Free -
30 GK Nikos Melissas 27EU PAS Lamia Loan Return Summer Free
5 DF Dimitris Chatziisaias 28EU Atromitos Loan Return Summer Free
26 DM Ergys Kaçe 27EU Panathinaikos Loan Return Summer Free
27 FW Giannis Mystakidis 26EU Panathinaikos Loan Return Summer Free
4 LB Marin Leovac 32EU Rijeka Loan Return Summer Free
19 FW Jairo 28Non-EU Sheriff Tiraspol Loan Return Summer Free

Total spending: €9.3M

Players out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
9 CF Aleksandar Prijović 30EU Al-Ittihad Transfer Winter €10M [14]
74 FW Amr Warda 27Non-EU Atromitos Loan Winter Free [15]
70 RB Stelios Kitsiou 27EU Ankaragucu Loan Winter Free [16]
10 FW Djalma Campos 33EU Alanyaspor Transfer Summer €600K [17]
4 LB Marin Leovac 32EU GNK Dinamo Zagreb Transfer Summer €300K [18]
19 FW Jairo 28Non-EU Hajduk Split Free Transfer Summer Free [19]
11 FW Pedro Henrique Konzen 30Non-EU Astana Loan Summer Free [20]
11 FW Lazaros Lamprou 23EU Fortuna Sittard Loan Summer Free [21]
90 DF Dimitris Giannoulis 25EU Atromitos Loan Summer Free [22]
20 FW Efthymis Koulouris 24EU Atromitos Loan Summer Free [23]
5 DF Dimitris Chatziisaias 28EU Atromitos Loan Summer Free [24]
6 MF Charis Charisis 26EU Kortrijk Loan Summer Free [25]
27 FW Giannis Mystakidis 26EU PAS Giannina Loan Summer Free [26]
30 GK Nikos Melissas 27EU PAS Lamia Loan Summer Free [27]
75 MF Thibault Moulin 31EU Ankaragucu Loan Summer Free [28]
16 DF Marko Mihojevic 24EU OFI Loan Summer Free [28]
26 LB Panagiotis Deligiannidis 24EU OFI Loan Summer Free [29]
26 CB Achilleas Poungouras 25EU Panathinaikos Transfer Summer Free [30]
26 DM Ergys Kaçe 27EU Panathinaikos Loan Summer Free [31]

Total Income: €10.9M
Net income: €1.6M

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 June 2018 Friendly PAOK 5–0 U23 KAA Gent Horst, Netherlands
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Maurício  44'
Lamprou  57'
Pelkas  72'
Mystakidis  77'
Limnios  82'		 Stadium: Sporting Swolgen Tienray
29 June 2018 Friendly PAOK 2–2 RSC Anderlecht Horst, Netherlands
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 El Kaddouri  47', 53' Bornauw  43'
Gerkens  45'		 Stadium: Sporting Swolgen Tienray
2 July 2018 Friendly PAOK 1–2 Nordsjælland Horst, Netherlands
18:00 EET UTC+03:00 Koulouris  75' Olsen  6'
Donyoh  31'		 Stadium: Sporting Swolgen Tienray
9 July 2018 Friendly FCSB 1–2 PAOK Apeldoorn, Netherlands
20:00 EET UTC+03:00 Man  47' Vieirinha  5'
El Kaddouri  10'
12 July 2018 Friendly PAOK 1–1 Gent Arnhem, Netherlands
19:00 EET UTC+03:00 Jabá  75' Plastun  90' Stadium: Marasingel, Arnhem
15 July 2018 Friendly Royal Antwerp 3–1 PAOK Halderberge, Netherlands
13:30 EET UTC+03:00 Opare  16'
Bolingi  44'
Owusu  59'		 Lamprou  31' Stadium: vv Victoria ‘03
16 July 2018 Friendly PAOK 2–1 De Graafschap Silvolde, Netherlands
15:30 EET UTC+03:00 Matos  35'
Prijović  44'		 Thomassen  33' Stadium: Sportpark De Munsterman

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League Greece 25 August 2018 5 May 2019 Matchday 1 Winners 30 26 4 0 66 14 +52 086.67
Greek Cup 26 September 2018 11 May 2019 Group stage Winners 10 6 2 2 23 8 +15 060.00
UEFA Champion's League 24 July 2018 29 August 2018 Second qualifying round Play-off round 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 050.00
UEFA Europa League 20 September 2018 13 December 2018 Group stage Group stage 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 016.67
Total 52 36 8 8 104 42 +62 069.23

Last updated: 11 May 2019 (2019-05-11).

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics
Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Răzvan Lucescu 07.24.2018 06.28.2019 52 36 8 8 104 42 +62 069.23

Super League Greece
Main article: 2018–19 Super League Greece

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK[lower-alpha 1] (C) 30 26 4 0 66 14 +52 80 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Olympiacos 30 24 3 3 71 17 +54 75 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2] 30 18 6 6 50 19 +31 57 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 7 8 41 28 +13 52 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Aris Thessaloniki 30 15 4 11 46 33 +13 49
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[34]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[32]
  2. AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[33]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 26 4 0 66 14  +52 82 14 1 0 37 5  +32 12 3 0 29 9  +20

Last updated: 5 May 2019 (2019-05-05).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWDWWDWWWWWDWW
Position844211111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019 (2019-05-05). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
25 August 2018 1 PAOK 1–0 Asteras Tripoli Thessaloniki
19:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Khacheridi  24'
El Kaddouri  55'
Prijović  58' (pen.)		 Report Triantafyllopoulos  5'
Kotsiras  33'
Kyriakopoulos  46'
Valiente  73'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 16,255
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta)
Man of the Match: Amr Warda
2 September 2018 2 Panionios 0–1 PAOK Athens
19:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Report Khacheridi  18'
El Kaddouri  68'
Shakhov  82'		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 3,299
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Omar El Kaddouri
15 September 2018 3 OFI 1–3 PAOK Heraklion
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Papasterianos  21'  52'
Sassi  34'
Potouridis  49'
Platellas  81'		 Report Jabá  26'  53'
Biseswar  37'
Matos  45+4'  62'
Wernbloom  86'		 Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
Attendance: 5,186
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Diego Biseswar
23 September 2018 4 PAOK 2–0 AEK Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Maurício  22'
Prijović  29', 59'
Jabá  78'		 Report Mantalos  33' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 23,763
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Man of the Match: Aleksandar Prijović
30 September 2018 5 Olympiacos 0–1 PAOK Piraeus
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Koka  34' Report Vuković  49' (o.g.)
Cañas  66'
Matos  90'
Paschalakis  90+8'		 Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis
Attendance: 30,532
Referee: San Fedayi (Switzerland)
Man of the Match: Alexandros Paschalakis
7 October 2018 6 PAOK 2–0 Apollon Smyrni Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Maurício  16'  24'
Biseswar  78'
Garrós  90' (o.g.)
Vieirinha  90+1'		 Report Kontoes  36'
Bedinelli  43'
Gino  87'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,918
Referee: Georgios Tasis (Epirus)
Man of the Match: Maurício
21 October 2018 7 Aris 1–2 PAOK Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 García  2'
Valerianos  20'
Basha  37'
Younés 66'
Siopis  67'		 Report Prijović  19'  36' (pen.), 84'
Cañas  37'
Matos  57'
Warda  57'
Wernbloom  70'
Vieirinha  79'
Biseswar  90+3'		 Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis
Attendance: 16,434
Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)
Man of the Match: Alexandros Paschalakis
29 October 2018 8 PAOK 2–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Prijović  51'
Limnios  76'		 Report Kaçe  79'
Kourbelis  87'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 20,389
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Man of the Match: Léo Jabá
3 November 2018 9 Atromitos 1–1 PAOK Athens
16:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Sakic  38'
Ugrai  59'  73'		 Report Crespo  40'
Matos  62'
Wernbloom  69'		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 1,635
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Fernando Varela
11 November 2018 10 PAOK 2–1 Panetolikos Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00 Shakhov  51'
Marinakis  63' (o.g.)
Akpom  66'
Kitsiou  83'
Pelkas  90'		 Report Mazurek  52'
Marinakis  56'
Kamara  71'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,168
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)
Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom
24 November 2018 11 PAOK 2–0 Xanthi Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Kitsiou  15'
Prijović  47'
Maurício  65'		 Report Baxevanidis  63' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 14,747
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
Man of the Match: Dimitris Limnios
3 December 2018 12 Lamia 0–1 PAOK Lamia
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Barrales  75' Report Cañas  31'  63'
Varela  38'  54'		 Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,648
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)
Man of the Match: Alexandros Paschalakis
9 December 2018 13 PAOK 2–1 AE Larissa Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Prijović  45+3' (pen.)
Akpom  69'		 Report Karanikas  5'  45+1'
Acosta  26'
Nunić  36'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,219
Referee: Konstantinos Kotsanis (Drama)
Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom
17 December 2018 14 Levadiakos 1–2 PAOK Livadeia
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Liagas  22'
Panteliadis  38'
Zisopoulos  75'
Tsabouris  84'		 Report Matos  28'
Prijović  41'
Biseswar  46'		 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Stefanos Koumparakis (Thrace)
Man of the Match: Diego Biseswar
13 January 2019 16 Asteras Tripoli 0–3 PAOK Tripoli
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Triantafyllopoulos  24'
Fernández  72'
Kyriakopoulos  74'
Valiente  83'
Munafo  87'		 Report Shakhov  14'
Biseswar  44'
Vieirinha  65'  89'
Maurício  69'
Matos  74'  79'
Triantafyllopoulos  90+1' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis
Attendance: 2,115
Referee: Manolis Skoulas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Alexandros Paschalakis
19 January 2019 17 PAOK 3–0 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Biseswar  11'
Maurício  16'
Limnios  33'
Vieirinha  45+2'
Shakhov  48'  69'
El Kaddouri  52'		 Report Makrillos  33'  41'
Saramantas  39'
Durmishaj  48'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,961
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Diego Biseswar
27 January 2019 18 PAOK 4–0 OFI Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00 Vieirinha  22'
Matos  24'
Akpom  35', 80'
Jabá  65'
Varela  84'		 Report Mellado  41'
Nastos  43'
Giakoumakis  84'
Dinas  87'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,619
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)
Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom
30 January 2019 15 PAOK 2–1 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00 Pelkas  38' (pen.)  45'
Akpom 76'
Świderski  87'
Giannoulis  90'		 Report Evangelou  17'
Skondras  29'
Križman  41'
Manos  52'
Lila  55'
Siontis  77'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 10,837
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)
Man of the Match: Karol Świderski
Note: Match was initially scheduled on Sunday, 23 December 2018, but Matchday 15 of Greek Super League was postponed because of a strike declared by Greek referees after the incident with referee Athanasios Tzilos (attacked and beaten up by 4 assailants outside his home in Larissa on 19 December).
3 February 2019 19 AEK 1–1 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Bakakis  22'
Krstičić  46'
Ponce  74'
Klonaridis  89'
Boyé  90+3'		 Report Maurício  10'
Shakhov  18'
Jabá  22'  32'
Vieirinha  33'
Paschalakis  40'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 24,291
Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)
Man of the Match: José Ángel Crespo
10 February 2019 20 PAOK 3–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Vieirinha  3'
Biseswar  19'
Shakhov  42'
El Kaddouri  77'
Akpom  82'
Crespo  90+3'		 Report Vuković  31'
Guerrero  40'
Torosidis  60'
Podence  87'
Koka  90+3'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 25,097
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom
18 February 2019 21 Apollon Smyrni 1–5 PAOK Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 D'Urso  64' Report Pelkas  4'
Oliveira  9'
Biseswar  33'
Świderski  78'
Pedro Henrique  88'		 Stadium: Georgios Kamaras
Attendance: 1,228
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Dimitris Pelkas
24 February 2019 22 PAOK 1–1 Aris Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Varela  36'
Vieirinha  39'
Biseswar  45'
Matos  52'		 Report Tzanakakis  21'
Vélez  65'  85'
Korhut  73'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 22,544
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha
3 March 2019 23 Panathinaikos 0–2 PAOK Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Johansson  49'
Emmanouilidis  57'		 Report Maurício  2'
Jabá  47'  72'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 9,453
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Man of the Match: Alexandros Paschalakis
10 March 2019 24 PAOK 3–0 Atromitos Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00 Vieirinha 16'
Pedro Henrique  32'
Oliveira  39'
Biseswar  45+3' (pen.)
Świderski  81'		 Report Bruno  19'  90'
Stroungis  34'
Madson  65'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 19,941
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom
16 March 2019 25 Panetolikos 1–2 PAOK Agrinio
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Díaz  20'
Bajrovic  55' (pen.)		 Report Biseswar  25'
Oliveira  36'
Vieirinha  57'  64'
Matos  67'
Jabá  83'		 Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 3,520
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha
31 March 2019 26 Xanthi 1–2 PAOK Xanthi
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Almeida  6'  85'
William  74'
Casado  90'		 Report Oliveira  33'  84'
Pedro Henrique  67'		 Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 6,558
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Yevhen Shakhov
7 April 2019 27 PAOK 3–0 Lamia Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Crespo  24'
Pedro Henrique  34'
El Kaddouri  71'
Shakhov  78'
Biseswar  83'		 Report Scardovelli  17'
Bertoglio  36'
Bejarano  38'
Asigba  67'		 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 22,125
Referee: Georgios Tasis (Epirus)
Man of the Match: Diego Biseswar
14 April 2019 28 AE Larissa 1–1 PAOK Larissa
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Fatjon  6'
Jakimovski  64'
Bralić  87'		 Report Limnios  51'
Pelkas  55'		 Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 4,082
Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella)
Man of the Match: Dimitris Pelkas
21 April 2019 29 PAOK 5–0 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Shakhov  2', 60'
Biseswar  8' (pen.)
Pelkas 30'
Varela  53'
Świderski  81'		 Report Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 26,007
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Yevhen Shakhov
5 May 2019 30 PAS Giannina 0–2 PAOK Ioannina
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Križman  29'
Tzimopoulos  56'
Kargas  57'
Fabry Castro  62'
Pantelić  66'
Michael  78'		 Report Pelkas  58'
Akpom  60'
Ingason  73'
Cañas  74'
Shakhov  79'		 Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 2,802
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Dimitris Pelkas

• Man of the Match as has been voted by PAOK fans on official PAOK website and mobile app.

Greek Football Cup
Main article: 2018–19 Greek Football Cup

PAOK entered the competition as the two-time defending champions, having won consecutive editions in 2016–17 and 2017–18.

Group stage
Main article: 2018–19 Greek Football Cup § Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts POK ERG ARI AIT
1 PAOK 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 — 1–1 —
2 Ergotelis 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 1–2 3–2 —
3 Aris Thessaloniki 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 — — 2–1
4 Aittitos Spata 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1 0–6 1–1 —
Source: Hellenic Football Federation
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).

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 September 2018 1 PAOK 1–1 Aris Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Kitsiou  2'  59'
Pelkas  25' (pen.)
El Kaddouri  45'
Wernbloom  87'		 Report Younés  14'
Siopis  42'
García  45+3'
Colazo  81'		 Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Léo Jabá
14 November 2018 2 Ergotelis 1–2 PAOK Heraklion
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Kozoronis  61'
Iatroudis  68'
Boutsakis  90+3'		 Report Biseswar  11'
Jabá  63'
Wernbloom  79'		 Stadium: Pankritio
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)
Man of the Match: Diego Biseswar
20 December 2018 3 Aittitos Spata 0–6 PAOK Spata, East Attica
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 Report Karelis  16', 75'
Cañas  26'
Prijović  63', 84', 85'		 Stadium: Spata Municipal Stadium "Dimitrios Dimitriou"
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Aleksandar Prijović

Round of 16
8 January 2019 1st leg Panachaiki 2–1 PAOK Patra
17:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Plegas  14'
Loumbardeas  18'  68'
Bastakos  35'		 Report Karelis  56'
Pelkas  86'		 Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
Man of the Match: Alexandros Paschalakis
22 January 2019 2nd leg PAOK 5–0
(6–2 agg.)		 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Matos  5'
Jabá  37', 54'
Limnios  46'
Mišić  62'  67'		 Report Papatolios  8'
Argyropoulos  43'
Moustakopoulos  43'		 Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom

Quarter-finals
6 February 2019 1st leg Panionios 2–1 PAOK Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Stavropoulos  37'  90+1'
Papageorgiou  48'
Durmishaj  74'		 Report Lyratzis  19'
Świderski  58'
Pedro Henrique  62'
Akpom  88'		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Dimitris Pelkas
27 February 2019 2nd leg PAOK 4–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 agg.)		 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Giannoulis  26'
Crespo  28'
Biseswar  32'
Limnios  38'
Oliveira  52'
Świderski  83'
Akpom  114'
Vieirinha  119' (pen.)		 Report Papageorgiou  22'
Durmishaj  22'  34'
Korbos  57'
Kotnik  63'
Manthatis  64'  118'
Domingues  67'
Kocic  71'
Maniatis  90'
Camara  94'  99'
Banana  120'		 Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Manolis Skoulas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: José Ángel Crespo

Semi-finals
3 April 2019 1st leg PAOK 2–0 Asteras Tripoli Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Matos  17', 90+6'
Ingason  66'
El Kaddouri  73'		 Report Athanasiadis  18'
Kyriakopoulos  45+1'
Iglesias  60'  90+4'
Kaltsas  90+4'		 Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)
Man of the Match: Léo Matos
25 April 2019 2nd leg Asteras Tripoli 0–0
(0–2 agg.)		 PAOK Tripoli
16:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Triantafyllopoulos  37' Report Oliveira  76'
Ingason  85'		 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Alexandros Paschalakis

Final

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11 May 2019 Greek Cup Final AEK 0–1 PAOK Athens
20:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Oikonomou  26'
Livaja  28'
Krstičić  43'
Ponce  67'
Galo  90+6'		 Report Akpom  38'  45+1' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,040
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom*
Note: Match was played behind closed doors. Deputy Minister for Sports Giorgos Vassiliadis acknowledged in a statement that the authorities were unable to ensure the security of the final, citing recent tension between hardcore fans of the two clubs. The unusual decision followed violent clashes between PAOK and AEK hooligans in the two previous finals of the Cup, in Volos in 2017 and at the Olympic Stadium itself in 2018.* Dimitris Pelkas was voted Man of the Match by PAOK fans. Chuba Akpom earned the MVP of the Final award.

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 July 2018 1st leg PAOK 2–1 Basel Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Cañas  32'
Prijović  80'		 Report Serey Dié  32'
Stocker  69'
Frei  75'
Ajeti  82'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,670
Referee: Bobby Madley (England)
1 August 2018 2nd leg Basel 0–3
(1–5 agg.)		 PAOK Basel, Switzerland
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Zuffi  33'
Serey Dié  44'
Suchý  63'		 Report Varela  7'
Prijović  16'  52'
Matos  48'
El Kaddouri  60'
Pelkas  77'		 Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 14,328
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Third qualifying round
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 August 2018 1st leg PAOK 3–2 Spartak Moscow Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Prijović  29' (pen.)
Limnios  37'
Pelkas  44'
El Kaddouri  58'
Khacheridi  69'
Maurício  77'		 Report Popov  7'
Promes  17' 71'
Gigot  19'
Zobnin  40'
Lomovitski  72'
Fernando  83'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,463
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
14 August 2018 2nd leg Spartak Moscow 0–0
(2–3 agg.)		 PAOK Moscow, Russia
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Fernando  22'
Luiz Adriano  33'
Dzhikiya  37'
Zobnin  86'		 Report Matos  25'
Paschalakis  34'
El Kaddouri  37'		 Stadium: Otkritie Arena
Attendance: 40,385
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Play-off round
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Play-off round

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 August 2018 1st leg Benfica 1–1 PAOK Lisbon, Portugal
22:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Pizzi  45' (pen.)
Fernandes  52'
Almeida  83'		 Report Vieirinha  71'
Warda  76'  89'
Pelkas  84'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 44,084
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
29 August 2018 2nd leg PAOK 1–4
(2–5 agg.)		 Benfica Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Matos  8'  76'
Prijović  13'
Maurício  33'
Varela  49'
Pelkas  75'
Shakhov  84'		 Report Almeida  1'
Jardel  20'  34'
Salvio  26' (pen.), 49' (pen.)
Pizzi  39'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 27,725
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Group stage
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group L

Group stage (Group L)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHL BATE VID PAOK
1 Chelsea 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 1–0 4–0
2 BATE Borisov 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9 0–1 — 2–0 1–4
3 Vidi 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 2–2 0–2 — 1–0
4 PAOK 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3 0–1 1–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 September 2018 (2018-09-20) 1 PAOK 0–1 Chelsea Thessaloniki, Greece
19:55 EEST Wernbloom  87'
Warda  90+1'
El Kaddouri  90+3'		 Report Willian  7'
Azpilicueta  90'
Rüdiger  90+1'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,310
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
4 October 2018 (2018-10-04) 2 BATE Borisov 1–4 PAOK Barysaw, Belarus
22:00 EEST Valadzko  46'
Crespo  61' (o.g.)		 Report Prijović  6'
Jabá  11', 17'
Pelkas  73'		 Stadium: Borisov Arena
Attendance: 10,527
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 3 PAOK 0–2 MOL Vidi Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EEST Report Huszti  12'
Hadžić  23'
Stopira  45'
Nego  73'
Fiola  75'
Hodžić  85'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 15,118
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)
8 November 2018 (2018-11-08) 4 MOL Vidi 1–0 PAOK Budapest, Hungary
19:55 EST Fiola  20'
Hadžić  49'
Milanov  50'
Nikolov  57'		 Report Jabá  29'
El Kaddouri  47'
Limnios  82'		 Stadium: Groupama Arena
Attendance: 17,208
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
29 November 2018 (2018-11-29) 5 Chelsea 4–0 PAOK London, England
22:00 EST Giroud  27', 37'
Cahill  54'
Hudson-Odoi  60'
Morata  78'		 Report Khacheridi  7'
Wernbloom  50'
Pelkas  80'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 33,933
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
13 December 2018 (2018-12-13) 6 PAOK 1–3 BATE Borisov Thessaloniki, Greece
19:55 EST Vieirinha  36'
Matos  41'
Prijović  59'		 Report Skavysh  18'
Baha  27'
Signevich  42' (pen.), 45+1'  61'
Ryas  72'
Yablonskiy  90+5'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Statistics

Squad statistics
As of 11 May 2019

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

No.NameSuper LeagueGreek CupChampions LeagueEuropa League Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 Rodrigo Rey 00300000 30
31 Alexandros Paschalakis 300706060 490
71 Panagiotis Glykos 00000000 00
99 Marios Siampanis 00000000 00
Defenders
3 Léo Matos 2735 (2)36050 43 (2)6
4 Sverrir Ingason 104 (1)00000 5 (1)0
5 Fernando Varela 27250615 (1)0 43 (1)3
6 Alin Toșca 4 (2)040004 (1)0 12 (3)0
13 Stelios Malezas 0 (1)0300000 3 (1)0
15 José Ángel Crespo 3016 (1)06050 47 (1)1
20 Vieirinha 24 (2)531403 (1)0 34 (3)6
23 Dimitris Giannoulis 3 (5)0400000 7 (5)0
32 Lefteris Lyratzis 0 (1)01 (2)00000 1 (3)0
34 Yevhen Khacheridi 2 (1)0302 (1)020 9 (2)0
Midfielders
7 Omar El Kaddouri 10 (7)14 (2)04 (1)140 22 (10)2
8 Maurício 19 (1)5206040 31 (1)5
10 Dimitris Pelkas 17 (5)34 (2)1614 (1)1 31 (8)6
19 Pontus Wernbloom 5 (6)0210030 10 (6)1
21 Diego Biseswar 26 (1)86 (3)2000 (4)0 32 (8)10
21 Sérgio Oliveira 8 (3)33 (2)00000 11 (5)3
27 Josip Mišić 1 (4)02 (3)10000 3 (7)1
28 Yevhen Shakhov 16 (5)57 (2)00 (6)040 27 (13)5
53 Konstantinos Balogiannis 000 (1)00000 0 (1)0
87 José Cañas 11 (3)03 (1)16130 23 (4)2
Forwards
9 Karol Świderski 3 (8)42 (2)20000 5 (10)6
11 Nikos Karelis 1 (4)03 (1)30010 5 (5)3
18 Dimitris Limnios 14 (6)16 (1)16140 30 (7)3
47 Chuba Akpom 13 (7)66 (2)20 (2)00 (3)0 19 (14)8
90 Pedro Henrique 3 (4)3200000 5 (4)3
98 Léo Jabá 16 (8)36 (1)22 (2)052 29 (11)7
Players transferred out during the season
9 Aleksandar Prijović 1390 (2)3644 (2)2 23 (4)18
70 Stelios Kitsiou 20300000 50
74 Amr Warda 4 (5)0200 (6)10 (5)0 6 (16)1

Goalscorers
Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League Europa League Total
19CF Aleksandar Prijović934218
221MF Diego Biseswar820010
347FW Chuba Akpom62008
498FW Léo Jabá32027
520LWB Vieirinha51006
9FW Karol Świderski42006
10AM Dimitris Pelkas31116
3RWB Léo Matos33006
98MF Maurício50005
28MF Yevhen Shakhov50005
1190FW Pedro Henrique30003
26MF Sérgio Oliveira30003
5CB Fernando Varela20103
18FW Dimitris Limnios11103
11CF Nikos Karelis03003
167MF Omar El Kaddouri10102
87DM José Cañas01102
1815DF José Ángel Crespo10001
74MF Amr Warda00101
19MF Pontus Wernbloom01001
27MF Josip Mišić01001
Own goals40004
TOTAL 6623105104

Most assists
Rank Player Total
1 Léo Jabá 11
2 Diego Biseswar 10
3 Dimitris Pelkas 9
4 Dimitris Limnios 5
Chuba Akpom 5
6 Vieirinha 4
Léo Matos 4
Fernando Varela 4

Clean sheets
Player League Cup CL EL Total Games played Percentage
Alexandros Paschalakis 16 4 2 0 22 49 44.9 %
Rodrigo Rey 0 1 0 0 1 3 33.3 %
Total16520235244.2 %

Disciplinary record
S P N Name Super League Cup Champions League Europa League Total
3DFLéo Matos 610000210100920
7AMOmar El Kaddouri 4002002002001000
98FWLéo Jabá 311100000100511
20DFVieirinha 600000100100800
10AMDimitris Pelkas 300100300100800
28MFYevhen Shakhov 600000100000700
19MFPontus Wernbloom 300100000200600
8MFMaurício 300000200000500
21MFDiego Biseswar 500000000000500
34DFYevhen Khacheridi 200000100001301
87MFJosé Cañas 310000000000310
70RBStelios Kitsiou 200010000000210
5DFFernando Varela 300000100000400
18FWDimitris Limnios 200100000100400
26MFSérgio Oliveira 200200000000400
31GKAlexandros Paschalakis 200000100000300
15DFJosé Ángel Crespo 200100000000300
4DFSverrir Ingi Ingason 100200000000300
74FWAmr Warda 100000100100300
47FWChuba Akpom 000200000000200
9CFAleksandar Prijović 100000100000200
23DFDimitris Giannoulis 100100000000200
90FWPedro Henrique Konzen 100100000000200
27MFJosip Mišić 000100000000100
32DFLefteris Lyratzis 000100000000100

Awards

See also

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