1996–97 PAOK FC season

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.

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

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
24 July 1996 Friendly SpVgg Ludwigsburg 1–0 PAOK Germany
26 July 1996 Friendly Thayngen 0–2 PAOK Germany
28 July 1996 Friendly Kickers Offenbach 2–1 PAOK Germany
Tasiopoulos
30 July 1996 Friendly SC Freiburg 0–0 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
6 August 1996 Friendly Poseidon Michaniona 0–5 PAOK Michaniona
Kapetanopoulos 47', 52'
Hatzizisis 68', 72'
Gioukoudis 90'
8 August 1996 Friendly PAOK 1–0 Xanthi Thessaloniki
Zouboulis 5' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
11 August 1996 Friendly PAOK 2–0 Southampton Thessaloniki
Pisz 55'
Kapetanopoulos 80'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
14 August 1996 Friendly Veria 1–2 PAOK Veria
Katsavos 20' Troupkos 6' (o.g.)
Dymkowski 30'		 Stadium: Veria Stadium
Referee: Tevekelis
19 August 1996 Friendly PAOK 2–0 Inter Bratislava Thessaloniki
Zouboulis 28'
Vryzas 77'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
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
Main article: 1996–97 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Main article: 1996–97 Greek Football Cup

Third round

[12]

2 October 1996 1st leg PAOK 4–0 Panionios Thessaloniki
Alexiou 29'
Toursounidis 34' (pen.)
Pisz 40'
Katsouris 79'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Vellios
14 November 1996 2nd leg Panionios 2–3
(2–7 agg.)		 PAOK Athens
Sapountzis 84'
Mantzios 85'		 Zouboulis 19', 65'
Dymkowski 43'		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

Round of 16

[13]

27 November 1996 1st leg PAOK 1–2 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Zouboulis 19'
Vryzas Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 28'		 Alexandris 52'
Đorđević 73' (pen.)		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 20,498
Referee: Psychomanis
11 December 1996 2nd leg Olympiacos 2–1
(4–2 agg.)		 PAOK Piraeus
Alexandris 40', 59' Tasiopoulos 41' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 4,503
Referee: Vorgias

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.NameAlpha EthnikiGreek Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
Greece Nikolaos Michopoulos 34040 380
Greece Vangelis Pourliotopoulos 0000 00
Defenders
Greece Tasos Tasiopoulos 31241 353
Greece Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 29140 331
Greece Panagiotis Katsouris 21131 242
Greece Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 18100 181
Romania Ionel Pârvu 18100 181
Greece Nikos Kolompourdas 17100 171
Greece Alexis Alexiou 11021 131
Russia Andrey Chernyshov 7030 100
Greece Makis Chavos 7020 90
Greece Nikos Panagiotidis 7010 80
Greece Giorgos Koumaropoulos 5020 70
Australia Joe Palatsides 4000 40
Greece Charalampos Nikolaou 2010 30
Greece Vangelis Nastos 1000 10
Greece Panagiotis Karametaxas 1000 10
Midfielders
Greece Theodoros Zagorakis 32230 352
Greece Giorgos Toursounidis 31631 347
Greece Achilleas Zafiriou 25030 280
Greece Kostas Frantzeskos 201600 2016
Greece Spyros Marangos 20400 204
Greece Giorgos Hatzizisis 16020 180
Poland Leszek Pisz 11041 151
Greece Pantelis Kafes 3000 30
Forwards
Greece Zisis Vryzas 31920 339
Greece Paraschos Zouboulis 25523 278
Poland Robert Dymkowski 16241 203
Australia John Anastasiadis 9030 120
Greece Antonis Gioukoudis 8020 100
Greece Kostas Inebolidis 6100 61

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1MFGreece Kostas Frantzeskos16016
2FWGreece Zisis Vryzas909
3FWGreece Paraschos Zouboulis538
4MFGreece Giorgos Toursounidis617
5MFGreece Spyros Marangos404
6DFGreece Tasos Tasiopoulos213
FWPoland Robert Dymkowski213
8MFGreece Theodoros Zagorakis202
DFGreece Panagiotis Katsouris112
10DFGreece Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos101
DFGreece Panagiotis Sidiropoulos101
DFGreece Nikos Kolompourdas101
DFRomania Ionel Pârvu101
FWGreece Kostas Inebolidis101
DFGreece Alexis Alexiou011
MFPoland Leszek Pisz011
Own goals101
TOTALS 53962

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

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