2007–08 PAOK FC season

The 2007–08 season was PAOK Football Club’s 82nd in existence and the club’s 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in the fourth round.

PAOK

2007–08 season
Chairman	Thodoris Zagorakis
Manager	Georgios Paraschos , Fernando Santos
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League	9th
Greek Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Glen Salmon (4) All: Glen Salmon (5)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 1 GK  POR Daniel Fernandes 31 GK  GRE Kostas Paliouras 33 GK  GRE Kyriakos Tohouroglou 40 GK  GRE Dimitris Kyriakidis 71 GK  GRE Panagiotis Glykos 2 DF  GRE Nikos Arabatzis 4 DF  CYP Elias Charalambous 13 DF  GRE Stelios Malezas 21 DF  BRA Baiano 24 DF  NGA Ifeanyi Udeze 25 DF  BRA Allan 27 DF  POL Mirosław Sznaucner 30 DF  CRO Goran Gavrančić 34 DF  GRE Vangelis Georgiou 44 DF  NED Ruud Knol 45 DF  GRE Christos Melissis 95 DF  GRE Panagiotis Kourdakis

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 MF  GRE Pantelis Konstantinidis 18 MF  GRE Lambros Vangelis 19 MF  ESP Toni González 21 MF  GRE Stavros Tsoukalas 22 MF  ARG Ricardo Verón 23 MF  GRE Vassilis Lakis 25 MF  GRE Sotiris Balafas 26 MF  GRE Stelios Delibasis 43 MF  GRE Georgios Georgiadis 46 MF  GRE Chousein Moumin 88 MF  GRE Stelios Iliadis 7 FW  POR Sérgio Conceição 9 FW  ROU Viorel Frunză 10 FW  GRE Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 11 FW  GRE Zisis Vryzas 14 FW  SRB Ivica Iliev 16 FW  GRE Dimitrios Orfanos 28 FW  GRE Stefanos Athanasiadis 29 FW  RSA Glen Salmon

Transfers

Players transferred in

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
	MF	Ricardo Verón	Siena	200K
	DF	Goran Gavrančić	Dynamo Kyiv	150K (Loan)
	MF	Baiano	Anápolis Futebol Clube	100K
	FW	Viorel Frunză	CFR Cluj	75K (Loan)
	MF	Vassilis Lakis	AEK Athens F.C.	Free
	DF	M. Sznaucner	Iraklis	Free
	DF	Ruud Knol	Vitesse	Free
	GK	P. Glykos	Olympiacos Volou	Free
	DF	Ifeanyi Udeze	Bendel Insurance	Free
	FW	Ivica Iliev	Messina	Free
	FW	Dimitrios Orfanos	Ap. Kalamarias	Free
	FW	Glen Salmon	NAC Breda	Free
	MF	Sérgio Conceição	Al-Qadisiyah FC	Free
	FW	Zisis Vryzas	Xanthi F.C.	Free
	DF	V. Georgiou	PAOK U20
	GK	Kostas Paliouras	PAOK U20
	MF	G. Pechlivanis	PAOK U20
	DF	P. Kourdakis	PAOK U20

Players transferred out

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
28 May 2007	DF	Theodoros Zagorakis		End of career^1
1 Jun 2007	DF	Cosmin Bărcăuan	Shakhtar	End of loan
	FW	Marcin Mięciel	Bochum	250K
	DF	Giannis Voskopoulos	Panserraikos F.C.	Free
	FW	Sándor Torghelle	Carl Zeiss Jena	Free
	DF	D. Papastergiou	Thermaikos F.C.	Free
	MF	Nenad Stojaković	Shirin Faraz F.C.	Free
	FW	Yiasoumis Yiasoumi	Aris Limassol FC	Free
	DF	Índio	SE Gama	Free
1 Jan 2008	MF	Chousein Moumin	Panserraikos F.C.	Loan
6 Jan 2008	MF	Zisis Vryzas		End of career^2

¹ On 18 June 2007 become president.
² On 6 January 2008, Vryzas played his last game. On 8 January 2008, Vryzas was officially appointed as the Technical Director of PAOK FC. He joined the club's board along with former teammate and current chairman of the club, Theodoros Zagorakis.

Kit

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	30	10	5	15	29	35	−6	033.33
Greek Cup	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total	31	10	5	16	31	39	−8	032.26

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Georgios Paraschos	Start Season	02.09.2007	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Fernando Santos	03.09.2007	End season	30	10	5	15	31	38	−7	033.33

Super League Greece

Main article: 2007–08 Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Asteras Tripolis	30	11	11	8	28	24	+4	44
8	Skoda Xanthi	30	10	6	14	33	39	−6	36
9	PAOK	30	10	5	15	29	35	−6	35[lower-alpha 1]
10	Iraklis	30	8	11	11	28	33	−5	35[lower-alpha 1]
11	Levadiakos	30	10	3	17	32	51	−19	33

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: PAOK–Iraklis Thessaloniki 3–0, Iraklis Thessaloniki–PAOK 1–0.

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	10	5	15	29	35	−6	35	9	2	4	22	12	+10	1	3	11	7	23	−16

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L
Position	12	7	9	10	11	10	10	8	8	9	7	8	6	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Xanthi v PAOK

1 September 2007 Matchday 1	Xanthi	1 – 0	PAOK	Xanthi
20:15 EET	Mauro Poy  63' Manager: Emilio Ferrera		Manager: Georgios Paraschos	Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena Attendance: 2.139 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

PAOK v Iraklis

22 September 2007 Matchday 2	PAOK	3 – 0	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
21:30 EET	Christos Melissis  6' Lambros Vangelis  47' Vassilis Lakis  64' Manager: Fernando Santos		Manager: Ivan Jovanović	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11.637 Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis

Panathinaikos v PAOK

29 September 2007 Matchday 3	Panathinaikos	2 – 0	PAOK	Athens
19:00 EET	Giorgos Karagounis  43' (pen.) Dimitris Salpingidis  83' Manager: José Peseiro	Report	Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas

PAOK v OFI

6 October 2007 Matchday 4	PAOK	2 – 2	OFI	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET	Lambros Vangelis  8' Pantelis Konstantinidis  9' Manager: Fernando Santos		6' Leozinho  36' Nikos Kounenakis Manager: Reiner Maurer	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 7.395 Referee: Theodoros Gaitatzis

Aris v PAOK

21 October 2007 Matchday 5	Aris	3 – 1	PAOK	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET	Koke  16' (57) Ronald García  73' Manager: Dušan Bajević		23' Sotiris Balafas Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 11.565 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

PAOK v Apollon Kalamarias

21 October 2007 Matchday 6	PAOK	4 – 1	Apollon Kalamarias	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET	Christos Melissis  26' Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  70' Glen Salmon  82' Pantelis Konstantinidis  90' Manager: Fernando Santos		66' Emanuel Perrone Manager: Makis Katsavakis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 4.430 Referee: Lazaros Polatian

Olympiacos v PAOK

3 November 2007 Matchday 7	Olympiacos	2 – 1	PAOK	Piraeus
20.30 EET	Vasilis Torosidis  51' Darko Kovačević  66' Manager: Takis Lemonis		42' Pantelis Konstantinidis Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 28.077 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

PAOK v Ergotelis

11 November 2007 Matchday 8	PAOK	1 – 0	Ergotelis	Thessaloniki
15:45 EET	Glen Salmon  87' Manager: Fernando Santos		Manager: Nikos Karageorgiou	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 6.364 Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis

PAOK v Panionios

25 November 2007 Matchday 9	PAOK	3 – 1	Panionios	Thessaloniki
15:45 EET	Georgios Georgiadis  7' Pantelis Konstantinidis  14' Stelios Malezas  24' Manager: Fernando Santos		28' Marcelo Pletsch Manager: Ewald Lienen	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11.506 Referee: Christoforos Zografos

Asteras Tripoli v PAOK

2 December 2007 Matchday 10	Asteras Tripoli	2 – 0	PAOK	Tripoli
18:00 EET	Lucio Filomeno  14' Danijel Cesarec  65' Manager: Paulo Campos		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 3.685 Referee: Michalis Germanakos

PAOK v Veria

8 December 2007 Matchday 11	PAOK	2 – 0	Veria	Thessaloniki
15:45 EET	Toni González  3' Glen Salmon  52' Manager: Fernando Santos		Manager: Ratko Dostanić	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 3.261 Referee: Giannis Stavridis

Atromitos v PAOK

15 December 2007 Matchday 12	Atromitos	0 – 0	PAOK	Peristeri, Athens
15:45 EET	Manager: Guillermo Hoyos		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 2.770 Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis

PAOK v Levadiakos

22 December 2007 Matchday 13	PAOK	1 – 0	Levadiakos	Thessaloniki
15:45 EET	Vassilis Lakis  88' Manager: Fernando Santos		Manager: Georgi Vasilev	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 7.297 Referee: Georgios Kaznaferis

AEK Athens v PAOK

30 December 2007 Matchday 14	AEK Athens	2 – 0	PAOK	Athens
18:00 EET	Ismael Blanco  33' Júlio César  90' Manager: Lorenzo Serra Ferrer		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24.257 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

PAOK v AEL

6 January 2008 Matchday 15	PAOK	1 – 0	AEL	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  15' Manager: Fernando Santos		Manager: Giorgos Donis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9.726 Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis

PAOK v Xanthi

13 January 2008 Matchday 16	PAOK	0 – 1	Xanthi	Thessaloniki
15:45 EET	Manager: Fernando Santos		35' Tomasz Radzinski Manager: Nikos Kehagias	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10.204 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Iraklis v PAOK

20 January 2008 Matchday 17	Iraklis	1 – 0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET	Dimitris Giantsis  13' Manager: Ángel Pedraza		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 8.381 Referee: Michalis Germanakos

PAOK v Panathinaikos

27 January 2008 Matchday 18	PAOK	0 – 1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET	Manager: Fernando Santos		34' Dimitris Salpingidis Manager: José Peseiro	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 19.000 Referee: Vasilios Pamporidis

OFI v PAOK

3 February 2008 Matchday 19	OFI	2 – 0	PAOK	Heraklion
15:45 EET	Nikos Kounenakis  20' Joseph Obinna  90' Manager: Georgios Paraschos		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 2.540 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

PAOK v Aris

10 February 2008 Matchday 20	PAOK	3 – 0	Aris	Thessaloniki
15:45 EET	Sotiris Balafas  32' Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  37' Glen Salmon  45' Manager: Fernando Santos		Manager: Dusan Bajevic	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22.000 Referee: Giannis Stavridis

Apollon Kalamarias v PAOK

17 February 2008 Matchday 21	Apollon Kalamarias	0 – 2	PAOK	Thessaloniki
15:45 EET	Manager: Makis Katsavakis		29' Vassilis Lakis  85' Ivica Iliev Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 5.439 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos

PAOK v Olympiacos

23 February 2008 Matchday 22	PAOK	1 – 1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET	Toni González  2' Manager: Fernando Santos		22' Darko Kovačević Manager: Takis Lemonis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22.000 Referee: Vasilis Pamporidis

Ergotelis v PAOK

1 March 2008 Matchday 23	Ergotelis	2 – 0	PAOK	Heraklion
15:45 EET	Júnior  60' Dimitrios Grammozis  81' Manager: Nikos Karageorgiou		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 6.750 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

Panionios v PAOK

8 March 2008 Matchday 24	Panionios	0 – 0	PAOK	Nea Smyrni, Athens
18:00 EET	Manager: Ewald Lienen		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2.632 Referee: Georgios Daloukas

PAOK v Asteras Tripoli

15 March 2008 Matchday 25	PAOK	0 – 1	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
15:45 EET	Manager: Fernando Santos		90' Mauro Milano Manager: Panagiotis Tzanavaras	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 12.796 Referee: Nathanail Charalampidis

Veria v PAOK

22 March 2008 Matchday 26	Veria	0 – 0	PAOK	Veria
18:00 EET	Manager: Panagiotis Tsalouchidis		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3.481 Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos

PAOK v Atromitos

30 March 2008 Matchday 27	PAOK	1 – 0	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET	Georgios Georgiadis  43' Manager: Fernando Santos		Manager: Guillermo Hoyos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 7.721 Referee: Panicos Kailis

Levadiakos v PAOK

6 April 2008 Matchday 28	Levadiakos	2 – 0	PAOK	Livadeia
17:00 EET	Leonardo  12' Paraskevas Andralas  70' Manager: Babis Tennes		Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Levadia Municipal StadiumLivadeia Referee: Petros Konstantineas

PAOK v AEK Athens

13 April 2008 Matchday 29	PAOK	0 – 4	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET	Manager: Fernando Santos		20' Sokratis Papastathopoulos  23' Ismael Blanco  25' Nikos Liberopoulos  82' Mohamed Kallon Manager: Nikos Kostenoglou	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11.569 Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos

AEL v PAOK

20 April 2008 Matchday 30	AEL	4 – 3	PAOK	Larissa
17:00 EET	Ilias Kotsios  45' Tümer Metin  59' Maciej Żurawski  65' (72), pen.' (pen.) Manager: Nikos Kostenoglou		8' (41) Stefanos Athanasiadis  30' Sotiris Balafas Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: 6.428 Referee: Ioannis Giannopoulos

Greek Football Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Greek Football Cup

Fourth round

Thrasyvoulos v PAOK

10 October 2007	Thrasyvoulos	4 – 2	PAOK	Fyli, Attica
20:30	Efstathios Rokas  3' Manolis Liapakis  16' Georgios Poulakos  54' Giannis Katsikis  90' Manager: Sakis Tsiolis		67' Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  88' Glen Salmon Manager: Fernando Santos	Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of Full season 2007-2008

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

No.		Name	Super League		Greek Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Daniel Fernandes	30	0	0	0	30	0
44		Dimitris Kyriakidis	0	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
3		Pantelis Konstantinidis	24 (6)	4	1	0	25 (6)	4
4		Elias Charalambous	20 (1)	0	0	0	20 (1)	0
5		Christos Melissis	24	2	0	0	24	2
13		Stelios Malezas	11 (2)	1	0	0	11 (2)	1
21		Agenaldo Baiano	20 (1)	0	0	0	20 (1)	0
27		Mirosław Sznaucner	19	0	0	0	19	0
30		Goran Gavrančić	7	0	0	0	7	0
34		Vangelis Georgiou	2	0	0	0	2	0
44		Ruud Knol	23	0	1	0	24	0
Midfielders
6		Sotiris Balafas	24 (2)	3	1	0	25 (2)	3
7		Sérgio Conceição	7 (3)	0	0	0	7 (3)	0
8		Stelios Iliadis	16 (4)	0	1	0	17 (4)	0
18		Lambros Vangelis	16 (3)	2	0	0	16 (3)	2
19		Toni González	16 (7)	2	1	0	17 (7)	2
22		Ricardo Verón	11 (1)	0	0	0	11 (1)	0
23		Vassilis Lakis	22 (7)	3	1	0	23 (7)	3
43		Georgios Georgiadis	25 (8)	2	1	0	26 (8)	2
46		Chousein Moumin	6 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	7 (3)	0
88		Giannis Pechlivanis	1	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9		Viorel Frunză	4 (3)	0	0	0	4 (3)	0
10		Christodoulopoulos	25 (7)	3	1 (1)	1	26 (8)	4
14		Ivica Iliev	18 (11)	1	1	0	19 (11)	1
16		Dimitrios Orfanos	5 (4)	0	1	0	6 (4)	0
28		Stefanos Athanasiadis	4 (3)	2	0	0	4 (3)	2
29		Glen Salmon	24 (2)	4	1	1	25 (2)	5
		Zisis Vryzas	13 (10)	0	1 (1)	0	14 (11)	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Glen Salmon	4	1	5
2	3	DF	Konstantinidis	4	0	4
3	10	FW	Christodoulopoulos	3	1	4
4	6	MF	Sotiris Balafas	3	0	3
5	23	MF	Vassilis Lakis	3	0	3
6	28	FW	Athanasiadis	2	0	2
7	43	MF	Georgios Georgiadis	2	0	2
8	19	MF	Toni González	2	0	2
9	18	MF	Lambros Vangelis	2	0	2
10	5	DF	Christos Melissis	2	0	2
11	14	FW	Ivica Iliev	1	0	1
12	13	DF	Stelios Malezas	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTALS				29	2	31

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Super League			Greek Cup			Total			Notes
6	MF		Sotiris Balafas	8	1					8	1
29	FW		Glen Salmon	7						7
43	MF		Georgios Georgiadis	6						6
10	FW		Christodoulopoulos	5			1			6
44	DF		Ruud Knol	4	1					4	1
22	MF		Ricardo Verón	5						5
3	DF		Konstantinidis	4						4
27	DF		Mirosław Sznaucner	4						4
1	GK		Daniel Fernandes	3						3
5	DF		Christos Melissis	3						3
4	DF		Elias Charalambous	3						3
19	MF		Toni González	3						3
18	MF		Lambros Vangelis	3						3
14	FW		Ivica Iliev	3						3
21	DF		Baiano	3						3
8	MF		Stelios Iliadis	2						2
23	MF		Vassilis Lakis	2						2
7	DF		Sérgio Conceição	1						1
13	DF		Stelios Malezas	1						1
34	DF		Vangelis Georgiou	1						1
16	FW		Dimitrios Orfanos	1						1
	FW		Zisis Vryzas	1						1
			TOTAL	73	2	0	1	0	0	74	2	0

Only competitive matches
Ordered by ,   and
= Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
0 shown as blank

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net

External links

• PAOK FC official website