1996–97 PAOK FC season

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PAOK
1996–97 season
PresidentGreece Giorgos Kalyvas
Greece Giorgos Batatoudis
ManagerSweden Gunder Bengtsson
Greece Christos Archontidis
Greece Angelos Anastasiadis
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki4th
Greek CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
All:
Frantzeskos (16)
Highest home attendance35,850 vs Olympiacos

The 1996–97 season was PAOK Football Club's 70th in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in third round.

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 Greece GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos
GK Greece GRE Vangelis Pourliotopoulos
GK Greece GRE Asterios Themelis

DF Greece GRE Tasos Tasiopoulos
DF Greece GRE Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos
DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Katsouris
DF Greece GRE Nikos Kolompourdas
DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Sidiropoulos
DF Romania ROU Ionel Pârvu
DF Russia RUS Andrey Chernyshov
DF Greece GRE Alexis Alexiou
DF Greece GRE Makis Chavos
DF Greece GRE Nikos Panagiotidis
DF Greece GRE Giorgos Koumaropoulos
DF Australia AUS Joe Palatsides
DF Greece GRE Vangelis Nastos
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Greece GRE Charalampos Nikolaou
DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Karametaxas

MF Greece GRE Theodoros Zagorakis (captain)
MF Greece GRE Giorgos Toursounidis
MF Greece GRE Achilleas Zafiriou
MF Greece GRE Kostas Frantzeskos
MF Greece GRE Spyros Marangos
MF Poland POL Leszek Pisz
MF Greece GRE Giorgos Hatzizisis
MF Greece GRE Pantelis Kafes

FW Greece GRE Zisis Vryzas
FW Greece GRE Paraschos Zouboulis
FW Poland POL Robert Dymkowski
FW Australia AUS John Anastasiadis
FW Greece GRE Antonis Gioukoudis
FW Greece GRE Kostas Inebolidis

Transfers

Players transferred in
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer DF Greece Vangelis Nastos Greece PAOK U20
Summer DF Greece Panagiotis Karametaxas Greece Apollon Chrysochoriou ?
Summer DF Greece Charalampos Nikolaou Greece AEL ?
Summer DF Greece Tasos Tasiopoulos Greece Athinaikos ?
Summer DF Greece Nikos Kolompourdas Germany Köln II Free
Summer DF Greece Panagiotis Katsouris Greece Naoussa ?
Summer DF Russia Andrey Chernyshov Austria Sturm Graz ?
Summer MF Poland Leszek Pisz Poland Legia Warsaw ?
Summer MF Greece Giorgos Hatzizisis Greece Eordaikos ?
Summer FW Greece Zisis Vryzas Greece Xanthi 250 million Dr.
Summer FW Poland Robert Dymkowski Poland Pogoń Szczecin Loan
Winter GK Greece Asterios Themelis Greece Anagennisi Kolindros Loan Return
Winter DF Australia Joe Palatsides Greece Apollon Kalamaria ?
Winter DF Greece Panagiotis Sidiropoulos Greece Ionikos ?
Winter DF Romania Ionel Pârvu Romania Steaua București ?
Winter MF Greece Kostas Frantzeskos Greece OFI 100 million Dr.
Winter MF Greece Spyros Marangos Greece Panathinaikos ?
Winter MF Greece Pantelis Kafes Greece Pontioi Veria ?
Winter FW Greece Kostas Inebolidis Greece Aetos Skydra ?
Players transferred out
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK Greece Asterios Themelis Greece Anagennisi Kolindros Loan
Summer DF Greece Giannis Tsoraklidis Greece Poseidon Michaniona Loan
Summer DF Greece Giannis Voltezos Greece Kastoria Free
Summer MF Greece Giannis Antonas Greece Panionios Free
Summer MF Greece Giotis Tsalouchidis Greece Veria Free
Summer MF Denmark Jesper Johansen Belgium K. Beerschot V.A.C. Free
Summer MF Netherlands Maurice van Ham Belgium Beveren End of loan
Summer MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Aleksić France Créteil Free
Summer FW Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Jović Germany Energie Cottbus Free
Summer FW Greece Dimitris Nolis Greece Kastoria Free
Winter DF Greece Alexis Alexiou Greece Apollon Kalamaria Free
Winter DF Greece Makis Chavos Greece Xanthi Free
Winter DF Russia Andrey Chernyshov Germany Greuther Fürth Free
Winter MF Poland Leszek Pisz Greece Kavala Free

Kit

Pre-season

[1][2][3]

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 July 1996 Friendly Thayngen 0–3 PAOK Germany
Vryzas
26 July 1996 Friendly Thayngen 0–2 PAOK Germany
2 August 1996 Friendly Ehingen 1–3 PAOK Germany
40' Karametaxas 20'
Dymkowski
Tasiopoulos
5 August 1996 Friendly PAOK 3–0 Leicester City Thessaloniki
Zouboulis 3', 65'
Vryzas 76'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Papadopoulos
14 August 1996 Friendly Veria 1–2 PAOK Veria
Katsavos 20' Troupkos 6' (o.g.)
Dymkowski 30'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: Tevekelis
21 August 1996 Friendly Edessaikos 2–3 PAOK Edessa
Kolev 38' (pen.)
Georgopoulos 70'
Kapetanopoulos 6'
Gioukoudis 52'
Zouboulis 56'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Referee: Aggelakis
26 August 1996 Friendly AEK 3–1 PAOK Athens
Toursounidis 56' (o.g.)
Kostis 59'
Nikolaidis 67'
Vryzas 50' Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
28 August 1996 Friendly Doxa Drama 2–0 PAOK Drama
Kiosses 24'
Tavlaridis 82'
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Referee: Mintiouris
2 September 1996 Friendly Aris 0–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Zachariadis
Note: Game length was 45 minutes.
2 September 1996 Friendly Iraklis 3–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Jovanović 35' (pen.)
Mirtsekis 40'
Lagonidis 44'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Papachintzios
Note: Game length was 45 minutes.

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 34 19 9 6 53 28 +25 055.88
Greek Cup 4 2 0 2 9 6 +3 050.00
Total 38 21 9 8 62 34 +28 055.26

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Sweden Gunder Bengtsson Start of season 01.12.1996 13 5 4 4 15 15 +0 038.46
Greece Christos Archontidis 08.12.1996 02.02.1997 10 3 4 3 10 9 +1 030.00
Greece Angelos Anastasiadis 09.02.1997 End of season 15 13 1 1 37 10 +27 086.67

Alpha Ethniki

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 AEK Athens 34 22 6 6 75 28 +47 72 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 OFI 34 20 6 8 51 28 +23 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 19 9 6 53 28 +25 66
5 Panathinaikos 34 20 4 10 60 25 +35 64
6 Kavala 34 16 7 11 42 43 −1 55
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

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
34 19 9 6 53 28  +25 66 12 5 0 32 6  +26 7 4 6 21 22  −1

Last updated: 25 May 1997 (1997-05-25).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultLWDDWLDDWLDDLDDWWWLWWWWWWLWWWDWWWW
Position1588999910710101111111111979766665555555544
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 September 1996 1 OFI 3–1 PAOK Heraklion
Anastasiou 24'
Frantzeskos 35' soccer ball with red X 49'
Moutas 68'
Dymkowski 90' Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Referee: Begos
14 September 1996 2 PAOK 2–0 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Toursounidis 27' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,720
Referee: Papachintzios
29 September 1996 3 Kalamata 0–0 PAOK Kalamata
Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,722
Referee: Papadakos
14 October 1996 4 Apollon Athens 0–0 PAOK Athens
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Chatzis
20 October 1996 5 PAOK 1–0 Athinaikos Thessaloniki
Katsouris 58' Gino Red card 77' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,776
Referee: Papatriantafyllou
27 October 1996 6 Panachaiki 2–0 PAOK Patras
Savvidis 8', 59' Chernyshov Red card 78' Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
3 November 1996 7 PAOK 1–1 Edessaikos Thessaloniki
Vryzas 55' Andreadis 34' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,131
Referee: Velliodis
18 November 1996 8 Aris 0–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Kapetanopoulos Red card 17' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 11,462
Referee: Vellios
24 November 1996 9 PAOK 2–0 Ionikos Thessaloniki
Toursounidis 43' (pen.)
Vryzas 45'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Varouchas
1 December 1996 10 Panathinaikos 5–0 PAOK Athens
Warzycha 7', 62', 65'
Goumas 37'
Nasiopoulos 70'
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 4,873
8 December 1996 11 PAOK 0–0 Veria Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,112
15 December 1996 12 PAOK 1–1 Paniliakos Thessaloniki
Toursounidis 82' (pen.)
Panagiotidis Red card 90'
Strantzalis 40'
Papadopoulos Red card 68'
Barnjak Red card 90'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,316
Referee: Kaznaferis
22 December 1996 13 Olympiacos 1–0 PAOK Piraeus
Karapialis 55' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 14,694
Referee: Chatzis
5 January 1997 14 PAOK 0–0 AEK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,056
Referee: Borovilos
11 January 1997 15 Xanthi 1–1 PAOK Xanthi
Teggelidis 11' Red card 45'
Samaras Red card 88'
Frantzeskos soccer ball with red X 53' 71'
Hatzizisis Red card 83'
Stadium: Xanthi Ground
Attendance: 3,475
Referee: Fasolis
15 January 1997 16 PAOK 3–0 Kavala Thessaloniki
Vryzas 16'
Frantzeskos 29'
Zouboulis 50'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,412
Referee: Giannadakis
19 January 1997 17 Kastoria 1–2 PAOK Kastoria
Duda 80' Frantzeskos 50', 54' Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Attendance: 5,114
Referee: Varouchas
26 January 1997 18 PAOK 2–1 OFI Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 30', 72' Marinakis 89' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Varouchas
2 February 1997 19 Iraklis 2–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Kofidis 7'
Gonias 67' (pen.)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 14,460
Referee: Vellios
9 February 1997 20 PAOK 2–0 Kalamata Thessaloniki
Toursounidis 48' (pen.)
Pârvu 51'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,474
Referee: Psychomanis
16 February 1997 21 PAOK 3–1 Apollon Athens Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 7'
Tasiopoulos 72'
Inebolidis 83'
Damigos 87' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,381
Referee: Mintiouris
24 February 1997 22 Athinaikos 2–3 PAOK Athens
Sabbadini 16'
Velis 27'
Frantzeskos 45'
Sidiropoulos 56'
Vryzas 57'
Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium
Referee: Kalathenos
2 March 1997 23 PAOK 2–0 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
Marangos 45', 84' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,576
9 March 1997 24 Edessaikos 1–4 PAOK Edessa
Samolis Red card 27'
Kryos 79'
Frantzeskos 24'
Marangos 32'
Zagorakis 63'
Kolompourdas 88'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Attendance: 7,155
Referee: Douros
16 March 1997 25 PAOK 2–1 Aris Thessaloniki
Vryzas 70', 75' Mavrogenidis 82' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 28,038
Referee: Kaznaferis
22 March 1997 26 Ionikos 2–1 PAOK Piraeus
Filis 28'
Brewster 55'
Dymkowski 63' Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 2,021
26 March 1997 27 PAOK 1–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 87' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,110
6 April 1997 28 Veria 1–2 PAOK Veria
Troupkos 45' Tasiopoulos 44'
Kapetanopoulos 72'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 5,844
13 April 1997 29 Paniliakos 0–2 PAOK Pyrgos
Marangos 12'
Gitsis 28' (o.g.)
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Referee: Chatzistavridis
20 April 1997 30 PAOK 0–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Sidiropoulos Red card 56' Dabizas Red card 90' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 35,850
Referee: Kalathenos
4 May 1997 31 AEK 1–2 PAOK Athens
Kostis 90' Zouboulis 23'
Vryzas 59'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 11,250
Referee: Douros
11 May 1997 32 PAOK 4–1 Xanthi Thessaloniki
Zouboulis 12', 88'
Frantzeskos 63', 80'
Sebwe 89' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,143
18 May 1997 33 Kavala 0–3 PAOK Kavala
Toursounidis 48' (pen.)
Frantzeskos 62'
Zouboulis 75'
Stadium: Kavala Stadium
Attendance: 7,527
Referee: Bikas
25 May 1997 34 PAOK 6–0 Kastoria Thessaloniki
Frantzeskos 12', 36', 54'
Vryzas 19', 28'
Zagorakis 86'
Nolis soccer ball with red X 70' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,129
Referee: Papapetrou

Greek Cup

Third round

[12]

2 October 1996 1st leg PAOK 4–0 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Vellios
14 November 1996 2nd leg Panionios 2–3
(2–7 agg.)
PAOK Athens
14:30 EET
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

Round of 16

[13]

27 November 1996 1st leg PAOK 1–2 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 20,498
Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)
11 December 1996 2nd leg Olympiacos 2–1
(4–2 agg.)
PAOK Piraeus
18:15 EET
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 4,503
Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of May 25, 1997

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

No. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
Greece Nikolaos Michopoulos 34 0 4 0 38 0
Greece Vangelis Pourliotopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
Greece Tasos Tasiopoulos 31 2 4 1 35 3
Greece Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 29 1 4 0 33 1
Greece Panagiotis Katsouris 21 1 3 1 24 2
Greece Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 18 1 0 0 18 1
Romania Ionel Pârvu 18 1 0 0 18 1
Greece Nikos Kolompourdas 17 1 0 0 17 1
Greece Alexis Alexiou 11 0 2 1 13 1
Russia Andrey Chernyshov 7 0 3 0 10 0
Greece Makis Chavos 7 0 2 0 9 0
Greece Nikos Panagiotidis 7 0 1 0 8 0
Greece Giorgos Koumaropoulos 5 0 2 0 7 0
Australia Joe Palatsides 4 0 0 0 4 0
Greece Charalampos Nikolaou 2 0 1 0 3 0
Greece Vangelis Nastos 1 0 0 0 1 0
Greece Panagiotis Karametaxas 1 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
Greece Theodoros Zagorakis 32 2 3 0 35 2
Greece Giorgos Toursounidis 31 6 3 1 34 7
Greece Achilleas Zafiriou 25 0 3 0 28 0
Greece Kostas Frantzeskos 20 16 0 0 20 16
Greece Spyros Marangos 20 4 0 0 20 4
Greece Giorgos Hatzizisis 16 0 2 0 18 0
Poland Leszek Pisz 11 0 4 1 15 1
Greece Pantelis Kafes 3 0 0 0 3 0
Forwards
Greece Zisis Vryzas 31 9 2 0 33 9
Greece Paraschos Zouboulis 25 5 2 3 27 8
Poland Robert Dymkowski 16 2 4 1 20 3
Australia John Anastasiadis 9 0 3 0 12 0
Greece Antonis Gioukoudis 8 0 2 0 10 0
Greece Kostas Inebolidis 6 1 0 0 6 1

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 MF Greece Kostas Frantzeskos 16 0 16
2 FW Greece Zisis Vryzas 9 0 9
3 FW Greece Paraschos Zouboulis 5 3 8
4 MF Greece Giorgos Toursounidis 6 1 7
5 MF Greece Spyros Marangos 4 0 4
6 DF Greece Tasos Tasiopoulos 2 1 3
FW Poland Robert Dymkowski 2 1 3
8 MF Greece Theodoros Zagorakis 2 0 2
DF Greece Panagiotis Katsouris 1 1 2
10 DF Greece Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 1 0 1
DF Greece Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 1 0 1
DF Greece Nikos Kolompourdas 1 0 1
DF Romania Ionel Pârvu 1 0 1
FW Greece Kostas Inebolidis 1 0 1
DF Greece Alexis Alexiou 0 1 1
MF Poland Leszek Pisz 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
TOTALS 53 9 62

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

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