2012–13 PAOK FC season

PAOK
2012–13 season
Chairman	Zisis Vryzas
Manager	Georgios Georgiadis
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League	2nd
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Stefanos Athanasiadis (13); All: ; Stefanos Athanasiadis (23)
Highest home attendance	26,901 vs Asteras Tripoli (17 April 2013)
Lowest home attendance	2,223 vs Aiginiakos (22 December 2012)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was PAOK Football Club's 87th in existence and the club's 54th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in the Third Round and also competed in UEFA Europa League starting from the third qualifying round.

On 31 May 2012, Giorgos Donis signed a two-year contract, becoming PAOK's manager^[1] after the sacking of László Bölöni in the end of 2011–12 season.^[2]

Season overview

On 23 May, it was announced that 35-year-old Pablo García renewed his contract with the club's outfit for one more year.^[3]
On 25 May, PAOK released László Bölöni from the position of first team head coach, after a one-year cooperation.^[2]
On 25 May, Lino also renewed his contract for one more year.^[4]
On 28 May, Pantelis Konstantinidis resigned^[5] from the position of vice-president and technical director, claiming a different perception and philosophy, on the strategy to be followed for the new season.^[6]
On 31 May, PAOK appointed Giorgos Donis as the new manager on a two-year contract, with immediate effect.^[1]
On 7 June, it was announced that club's new technical director would be Georgios Georgiadis.^[7]
On 1 July, Kostas Chalkias, Sotiris Balafas, Bruno Cirillo, Vladimir Ivić and Mirosław Sznaucner leave PAOK upon the expiry of their contracts. The players were part of the main squad for the last years.
On 5 July, the team departed for Arnhem, Netherlands where the players would prepare for the upcoming season.
On 6 July, the Defender Bongani Khumalo joined PAOK on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.^[8]^[9]
On 8 July, PAOK completed the signing of Guinean striker Sambégou Bangoura from Panseraikos on a free transfer.^[10]
On 20 July, Kostas Stafylidis agreed to sign a 5-year contract with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.^[11] The transfer was reported to be worth €1.5 million. PAOK kept the player for one year as a loan.^[12]^[13]
On 26 July, after the friendly match against PSV Eindhoven, Giorgos Donis announced that Guinean Sambégou Bangoura, was not counted for the upcoming season.^[14]
On 27 July, when Dario Krešić realised that he is not counted as the main goalkeeper of the team, asked to leave from the club.^[15] PAOK released him the next day.^[16]
On 28 July Stelios Malezas was sold to Fortuna Düsseldorf on a transfer that was reported to be worth €450 thousand.^[17] The player leaves the club after nine years and 129 appearances.
On 10 August Russian businessman Ivan Savvidi bought 51% of shares of the Club making him the major shareholder.^[18]^[19] PAOK passes to a new era,^[20] after many years of financial problems.
On 13 August, centre back Matheus Vivian and midfielder Liam Lawrence join PAOK on a two-year contract.^[21]^[22]
On 31 October, midfielder Ergys Kace signed his first professional contract, with a duration of 4,5 years.^[23] The new contract came as an award for the good appearances that he made.^[24]
On 11 December, PAOK agreed on a one-and-a-half-year contract with the Greece national football team captain, Kostas Katsouranis.^[25] On 14 December the player was officially presented by club's president.^[26]

Players

Current squad

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Jacobo Sanz Ovejero	GK	10 July 1983 (30)	Asteras Tripoli
21	Asterios Giakoumis	GK	3 May 1988 (25)	Agrotikos Asteras
27	Charles Itandje	GK	2 November 1982 (30)	Atromitos	In in Winter TW
71	Panagiotis Glikos	GK	3 June 1986 (27)	Olympiakos Volou
Defenders
2	Alexis Apostolopoulos	RB	7 November 1991 (21)	Youth system
3	Kostas Stafylidis	LB	2 December 1993 (19)	Youth system
4	Giorgos Katsikas	CB	14 June 1990 (22)	Iraklis
6	Dimitris Stamou	CB	27 April 1991 (22)	Iraklis	Out in Winter TW
13	Gordon Schildenfeld	CB	18 March 1985 (27)	Dynamo Moscow	In in Winter TW
16	Lino	LB, LW	1 June 1977 (36)	Porto
22	Dimitris Konstantinidis	RB	2 June 1994 (18)	Youth system
30	Bongani Khumalo	CB	6 January 1987 (26)	Tottenham Hotspur
39	Christos Intzidis	CB	9 January 1993 (20)	Youth system
44	Matheus Vivian	CB	5 April 1982 (31)	Nantes
77	Etto	RB	8 March 1981 (32)	Dinamo Zagreb
Midfielders
5	Pablo García (Captain)	DM	11 May 1977 (36)	Real Madrid
8	Kostas Panagiotoudis	DM	3 December 1994 (19)	Youth system	Out in Winter TW
9	Zvonimir Vukić	AM	19 July 1979 (33)	Partizan	In in Winter TW
10	Dimitris Pelkas	AM / DM	26 October 1993 (19)	Youth system
18	Georgios Fotakis	AM / DM	29 October 1981 (31)	Larissa
20	Liam Lawrence	AM / RW	13 December 1981 (31)	Portsmouth
25	Costin Lazăr	DM / AM	24 April 1981 (32)	Rapid București
26	Ergys Kaçe	DM	8 July 1993 (20)	Youth system
28	Kostas Katsouranis	DM / CB	21 June 1979 (33)	Panathinaikos	In in Winter TW
62	Sekou Oliseh	AM	5 June 1990 (22)	CSKA Moscow	In in Winter TW
70	Stelios Kitsiou	DM	28 September 1993 (20)	Youth system
95	Dimitris Popovic	M	11 February 1995 (21)	Youth system
Forwards
7	Giorgos Georgiadis	RW / LW	14 November 1987 (25)	Panserraikos
11	Bertrand Robert	LW	16 November 1983 (29)	Panthrakikos
14	Dimitris Salpigidis (Vice-captain)	RW / CF	18 August 1981 (31)	Panathinaikos
33	Stefanos Athanasiadis	CF	24 December 1988 (24)	Youth system
90	Abdoul Camara	W / CF	20 February 1990 (22)	Sochaux	In in Winter TW
99	Apostolos Giannou	CF / AM	25 January 1990 (23)	Kavala	Out in Winter TW

Last updated: 31 January 2013
Source: Squad at PAOK FC official website

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
26	MF	Ergys Kaçe	20		Anagennisi Epanomi	Loan return	Summer	2017	Free	paokfc.gr
21	GK	Asterios Giakoumis	24	EU	Agrotikos Asteras	Loan return	Summer		Free
30	CB	Bongani Khumalo	26		Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	Summer	2013	Free	paok24.com
3	LB	Kostas Stafylidis	19	EU	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan	Summer	2013	Free	paok24.com
1	GK	Jacobo Sanz Ovejero	30	EU	Asteras Tripoli	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	paokfc.gr
44	CB	Matheus Vivian	30	EU	Nantes	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	paokfc.gr
20	RW	Liam Lawrence	30	EU	Portsmouth	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	paokfc.gr
28	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	33	EU	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Winter	2014	Free	paokfc.gr
13	DF	Gordon Schildenfeld	27		Dynamo Moscow	Loan	Winter	2013	Free	fcdynamo.ru
9	AM	Zvonimir Vukić	33		Partizan	Transfer	Winter	2014	Free	paokfc.gr
27	GK	Charles Itandje	30	EU	Atromitos	Transfer	Winter	2015	0.2M^[27]	paokfc.gr
90	LW	Abdoul Camara	22	EU	Sochaux	Loan	Winter	2013	Free	paokfc.gr
62	AM	Sekou Oliseh	22		CSKA Moscow	Loan	Winter	2013	Free	paokfc.gr

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
88	FW	Frédéric Nimani	23	EU	Monaco	Loan return	Summer	Free
1	GK	Kostas Chalkias	38	EU	Retired	End of contract	Summer	Free	sport24.gr
4	MF	Sotiris Balafas	25	EU	Hoverla Uzhhorod	End of contract	Summer	Free	paok24.com
8	DF	Bruno Cirillo	35	EU	Alki Larnaca	End of contract	Summer	Free	balla.com.cy
21	MF	Vladimir Ivić	35		Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
27	DF	Mirosław Sznaucner	33	EU	Veria	End of contract	Summer	Free
3	LB	Kostas Stafylidis	19	EU	Bayer Leverkusen	Transfer	Summer	€1.5M	bayer04.de
91	GK	Dario Krešić	28		Lokomotiv Moscow	Contract termination	Summer	Free	paokfc.gr^{[permanent dead link]}
13	DF	Stelios Malezas	27	EU	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Transfer	Summer	€0.45M	paok24.com
28	MF	Stavros Tsoukalas	24	EU	PAS Giannina	Contract termination	Summer	Free	paokfc.gr
14	FW	Thanasis Papazoglou	24	EU	OFI	Contract termination	Summer	Free	paokfc.gr
8	MF	Kostas Panagiotoudis	19	EU	Panionios	Loan	Winter	Free	paokfc.gr
6	DF	Dimitris Stamou	22	EU	Kerkyra	Loan	Winter	Free	aokerkyra.com.gr
44	CB	Matheus Vivian	30	EU	Guingamp	Contract termination	Winter	Free	paokfc.gr
99	CF	Apostolos Giannou	23	EU	Platanias	Loan	Winter	Free	paokfc.gr

Last updated: 31 January 2013

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Giorgos Donis
Assistant coach	Makis Aggelinas
Goalkeeping coach	Panagiotis Maliaritsis
Physical fitness coaches	Grigoris Georgitsas Grigoris Kavalieratos
Scouters	Miodrag Medan Antonis Lemonakis Georgios Kostikos
Technical director	Georgios Georgiadis
General manager	Konstantinos Iosifidis

Source: PAOK FC official website

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Pame Stoixima, Pepsi Max

Home

Away

Third

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Place	Opponents	Result F – A	Source
10 July 2012	Heelsum	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Report
14 July 2012	Arnhem	Mons	2–0	Report
18 July 2012	Arnhem	Zwolle	4–1	Report
21 July 2012	Arnhem	Mallorca	0–0	Report

Date	Place	Opponents	Result F – A	Source
26 July 2012	Thessaloniki	PSV Eindhoven	0–2	Report
14 August 2012	Thessaloniki	Skoda Xanthi	2–1	Report
8 September 2012	Thessaloniki	Panserraikos	1–0	Report
11 October 2012	Litochoro	Vataniakos	2–0	Report

Last updated: 11 October 2012
Source: Preseason Friendlies in PAOK FC official site

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super League	—	—	2nd	26 August 2012	21 April 2013
Greek Cup	Third Round	Semi-finals		13 December 2012
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	—	Play-off round	2 August 2012	30 August 2012

Updated to match played 19 April 2013
Source: Competitions

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	30	18	8	4	46	19	+27	060.00
Greek Cup	8	5	1	2	15	7	+8	062.50
UEFA Europa League	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	075.00
UEFA play-offs	6	3	0	3	7	7	+0	050.00
Total	48	29	9	10	76	38	+38	060.42

Source: Competitions

Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	24	5	1	64	16	+48	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	PAOK	30	18	8	4	46	19	+27	62	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Asteras Tripolis	30	17	5	8	41	25	+16	56
4	Atromitos	30	11	13	6	26	22	+4	46
5	PAS Giannina	30	12	8	10	28	24	+4	44

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points;^[28] 3) Head-to-head goal difference.^[29]
If in current league table there are tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, they are considered to share places and listed in Greek language alphabetic order.^[30]
If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated.^[31] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw^[32]
(C) Champions

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	18	8	4	46	19	+27	62	12	2	1	28	8	+20	6	6	3	18	11	+7

Last updated: 21 April 2013.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	7	4	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

Source: PAOK at Super League Greece official site and PAOK at soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 August 2012 1	PAOK	1–0	Panthrakikos	Thessaloniki
19:15 EEST (UTC+03)	Athanasiadis 57' Kaçe 87'	Report	Lucero 2' Ladakis 86'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 5,324^[33] Referee: Dimitrios Thanos, Grevena

3 September 2012 2	Atromitos	1–0	PAOK	Peristeri, Athens
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Lazaridis 79' Karamanos 90+1'	Report	Fotakis 26' Kace 68' Apostolopoulos 85'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 3,910^[33] Referee: Stavros Tritsonis, Athens

16 September 2012 3	PAOK	2–1	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
18:15 EEST (UTC+03)	Khumalo 19' Lawrence 46' Kace 68' Athanasiadis 75', 88' (pen.)	Report	Perrone 20' (pen.), 67' Pipinis 48' Bartolini 68' 90+3' Fülöp 73' Formica 90'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 5,601^[33] Referee: Christos Mitsios, Epirus

22 September 2012 4	Skoda Xanthi	0–3	PAOK	Xanthi
19:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Komesidis 9' Onwuachi 45+1'	Report	Athanasiadis 10' (pen.) Lino 14' Etto 29' Robert 54' Katsikas 61' Lazăr 77', 89'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 2,330^[33] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos, Dodecanese

30 September 2012 5	PAOK	4–1	Aris	Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Lawrence 12', 90+9' Katsikas 23', 87' 90+1' Kace 27' Fotakis 30', 72' Khumalo 37' Athanasiadis 43' Georgiadis 76' Stafylidis 88'	Report	Pulido 27' Kapetanos 32' Aganzo 39', 87' Kasnaferis 47' Gianniotas 87' 90+9' Papasterianos 87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 20,440^[33] Referee: Anastasios Kakos, Corfu

6 October 2012 6	OFI	1–1	PAOK	Heraklion
19:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Papazoglou 8' Vando 17' 90+2' Verón 45+3' Moniakis 50'	Report	Fotakis 18' Lazăr 34' Glikos 40' Salpingidis 45+1' Etto 83' Intzidis 90+1'	Stadium: Yedi Kule Attendance: 2,487^[33] Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos, Phthiotis

20 October 2012 7	PAOK	1–0	AEK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Athanasiadis 51' Lawrence 65' 69' Jacobo 90'	Report	Kondoes 53' Fetsis 70' Lagos 78' Yago 86' Kourellas 89'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 15,239^[33] Referee: Dimitrios Thanos, Grevena

27 October 2012 8	Kerkyra	0–0	PAOK	Corfu
19:30 EEST (UTC+03)		Report	Lazăr 37' Athanasiadis 78' Kitsiou 83'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 889^[33] Referee: Michalis Voskakis, Rethymno

4 November 2012 9	Panionios	1–2	PAOK	Nea Smyrni, Athens
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Rokas 38' Kolovos 44' Aravidis 56' Spyropoulos 90+2'	Report	Athanasiadis 39' (pen.), 42' Lazăr 44' Khumalo 55' Fotakis 71' Etto 74' Jacobo 90+3'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,953^[33] Referee: Georgios Kominis, Thesprotia

11 November 2012 10	PAOK	2–0	Platanias	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Panagiotoudis 64' Salpigidis 68' (pen.) Lino 73', 74'	Report	Aguilera 44' Potouridis 67' Argyropoulos 69'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 7,765^[33] Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos, Trikala

18 November 2012 11	Panathinaikos	2–0	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Vyntra 23' Zeca 51' Vitolo 84' (pen.)	Report	Katsikas 81' Giannou 83' Jacobo 85' 85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,511^[33] Referee: Stavros Tritsonis, Athens

25 November 2012 12	PAOK	1–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Athanasiadis 76', 88'	Report	Djebbour 27'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 23,023^[33] Referee: Stavros Mantalos, Athens

2 December 2012 13	Veria	0–0	PAOK	Veria
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Bargan 6' Kali 57' Amarantidis 81'	Report	Athanasiadis 28' Vivian 36'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 2,862^[33] Referee: Ilias Spathas, Piraeus

8 December 2012 14	PAOK	1–0	Levadiakos	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Kace 18' Fotakis 37' Lino 69'	Report	Mendy 60'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 6,015^[33] Referee: Michalis Voskakis, Rethymno

17 December 2012 15	PAS Giannina	1–3	PAOK	Ioannina
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Fegrouche 19' Ilić 76'	Report	Salpigidis 20', 67' Athanasiadis 32', 86' Kace 49' Lawrence 54' Vivian 62'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 3,241^[33] Referee: Andreas Pappas, Athens

6 January 2013 16	Panthrakikos	1–4	PAOK	Komotini
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Baykara 20' Kace 32' (o.g.) Koutsopoulos 39' Adilović 62' Ladakis 63'	Report	Robert 23' Lazăr 70' Salpigidis 76' Katsikas 82' Giannou 87' Katsouranis 90' Stafylidis 90+2'	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,914^[33] Referee: Anastasios Kakos, Corfu

13 January 2013 17	PAOK	0–0	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Lino 65' Lawrence 68' Pelkas 74' Stafylidis 78'	Report	Chumbinho 54' Iglesias 61' Giannoulis 83'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,684^[33] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos, Dodecanese

19 January 2013 18	Asteras Tripoli	1–0	PAOK	Tripoli
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Navarro 24'	Report	Vivian 68' Athanasiadis 68' Stafylidis 76' Katsikas 85'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 2,218^[33] Referee: Stavros Mantalos, Athens

27 January 2013 19	PAOK	0–1	Skoda Xanthi	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Kace 22' Katsouranis 80'	Report	Dié 9' Onwuachi 45+1' Paíto 48' Goutas 88'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,996^[33] Referee: Athanasios Giachos, Chios

3 February 2013 20	Aris	2–2	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Aganzo 5', 71' (pen.), 78' Coelho 12' Vellidis 75' Triantafyllakos 75'	Report	Athanasiadis 2', 75' Camara 26' Konstantinidis 27' 70' Lazăr 51' Schildenfeld 54'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 12,673^[33] Referee: Michalis Voskakis, Rethymno

9 February 2013 21	PAOK	3–1	OFI Crete	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Athanasiadis 35', 38' Camara 43' Katsikas 45+1' Lawrence 49', 57'	Report	Perogamvrakis 9' Bourbos 26'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 8,850^[33] Referee: Giorgos Kyzas, Drama

16 February 2013 22	AEK	0–0	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Mitropoulos 66' Fountas 83'	Report	Kace 15' Katsouranis 30' Lawrence 85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,105^[33] Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos, Trikala

23 February 2013 23	PAOK	3–1	Kerkyra	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Salpigidis 25', 34' Katsouranis 27' Athanasiadis 30'	Report	Tsoumanis 20' Gesios 33', 68'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 7,701^[33] Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos, Phthiotis

3 March 2013 24	PAOK	4–2	Panionios	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Kace 31' Salpigidis 50' Katsouranis 62', 80' Vukić 87'	Report	Andralas 34' Kurdi 60' Goundoulakis 63' (pen.) Kolovos 64'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,654^[33] Referee: Gerasimos Dichos, Preveza

9 March 2013 25	Platanias	1–2	PAOK	Platanias
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Itandje 24' (o.g.) Dimitris 56' Kanakoudis 67' Anastasakos 88'	Report	Salpigidis 3', 32', 76' Stafylidis 23' 46'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,896^[33] Referee: Ioannis Delfakis. Arcadia

17 March 2013 26	PAOK	2–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+02)	Camara 58' Vukić 81'	Report	Sow 1' 39' Kajiyama 83' Zeca 84'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 19,856^[33] Referee: Dimitris Stiliaras, Aitoloakarnanía

31 March 2013 27	Olympiacos	0–0	PAOK	Piraeus
19:30 EET (UTC+02)		Report	Schildenfeld 34' Vukić 89' Camara 90+4'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 28.417^[33] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos, Dodecanese

6 April 2013 28	PAOK	2–0	Veria	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET (UTC+02)	Mokaké 34' (o.g.) Lawrence 43' Lino 84' Athanasiadis 85'	Report	Kaltsas 72'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9.020^[33] Referee: Michalis Voskakis, Rethymno

14 April 2013 29	Levadiakos	0–1	PAOK	Livadeia
19:00 EET (UTC+02)	Romeu 54' Poy 86'	Report	Fotakis 43' Robert 50' Lawrence 69' Kitsiou 81' Konstantinidis 82' Schildenfeld 86'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1.021^[33] Referee: Haralambos Lalogeropoulos, Athens

21 April 2013 30	PAOK	2–0	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+02)	Glykos 59' Georgiadis 68' Fotakis 73' Katsouranis 80' Kitsiou 90+1'	Report	De Vincenti 59' Keita 90+2'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9.758^[33] Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos, Trikala

Last updated: 21 April 2013
Source: Super League Greece, PAOK FC official website

Play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	PAOK	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	13	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Atromitos	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
4	Asteras Tripolis	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	9	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	PAS Giannina	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7

Source: Superleague Greece: Standings and Schedule
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) classification of regular season
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since Asteras Tripolis lost the 2012–13 Greek Football Cup final to a team already qualified for European competitions, Olympiacos, all of the Europa League allocations were made through play-off positions.

Matches

15 May 2013 1	Atromitos	2–1	PAOK	Peristeri, Athens
19:15 EET	Iglesias 72' Chumbinho 90' Tavlaridis 90+2' Manager: Georgios Paraschos	Report	32' Camara 60' Salpigidis 83' Lazăr 86' Georgiadis Manager: Georgios Georgiadis	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 3117 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

19 May 2013 2	PAOK	0–1	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
18:15 EET	Kaçe 81' Manager: Georgios Georgiadis	Report	29' Roumpoulakos 44' Oikonomou 58' Kolovetsios 72' Berios 88' De Vincenti 88' Lila Manager: Giannis Christopoulos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 8088 Referee: Marios Labropoulos

22 May 2013 3	Asteras Tripoli	1–2	PAOK	Tripoli
20:30 EET	Kourbelis 40' Tsabouris 65' Perrone 90+1' Manager: Sakis Tsiolis	Report	25' Lazăr 40' Etto 62' Vukić 77' 89' Athanasiadis 80' Katsouranis 89' Schildenfeld Manager: Georgios Georgiadis	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 2634 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

26 May 2013 4	PAOK	1–0	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
18:15 EET	Kaçe 52' 87' Oliseh 57' 58' Katsouranis 74' Lazăr 77' Manager: Georgios Georgiadis	Report	23' Kontoes Manager: Sakis Tsiolis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10529 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

29 May 2013 5	PAOK	1–2	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
18:15 EET	Salpigidis 33' Stafylidis 57' Robert 90+1' Manager: Georgios Georgiadis	Report	46' 90+3' Napoleoni 57' Iglesias 74' Ballas Manager: Georgios Paraschos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9538 Referee: Dimitris Styliaras

2 June 2013 6	PAS Giannina	1–2	PAOK	Ioannina
20:30 EET	De Vincenti 31' (pen.) 38' Keita 32' Tzimopoulos 78' Manager: Giannis Christopoulos	Report	38' Konstantinidis 55' Khumalo 70' 76' Katsouranis 74' Schildenfeld 88' Salpigidis Manager: Georgios Georgiadis	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 3381 Referee: Stavros Mandalos

Greek Cup

Third round

13 December 2012 1st Leg	Aiginiakos	1–3	PAOK	Katerini
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Exarchos 18'	Report	Giannou 11' Salpingidis 28' Fotakis 62' Pelkas 87'	Stadium: Katerini Municipal Stadium Referee: Giannis Topouzis, Thrace

22 December 2012 2nd Leg	PAOK	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Aiginiakos	Thessaloniki
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Giannou 35' Stafylidis 64'	Report	Giakoumis 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 2,223^[34] Referee: Christos Granas, Xanthi

Fourth round

10 January 2013 1st Leg	Kallithea	2–0	PAOK	Kallithea, Athens
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Stavrou 57' D'Acol 79' (pen.) Maroukakis 83', 84' Matsoukas 90+1'	Report Report	Kace 45' Vivian 78' Stafylidis 80'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 1,150^[35] Referee: Marios Lampropoulos, Ilia

24 January 2013 2nd Leg	PAOK	6–0 (6–2 agg.)	Kallithea	Thessaloniki
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Athanasiadis 6', 41', 56' Lazăr 12' Lawrence 38' (pen.) Katsouranis 43'	Report	Arvanitis 24' Villarejo 38' Maroukakis 85'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,035^[36] Referee: Christos Mitsios, Epirus

Quarter-finals

28 February 2013 1st Leg	PAOK	2–0	Levadiakos	Thessaloniki
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	García 12' Athanasiadis 57' Salpingidis 60' Lazăr 89'	Report Report	Martins 15' Romeu 90'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,548 Referee: Athanasios Giachos, Chios

6 March 2013 2nd Leg	Levadiakos	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	PAOK	Livadeia
18:00 EET (UTC+02)		Report		Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Referee: Stavros Mantalos, Athens

Semi-finals

17 April 2013 1st Leg	PAOK	2–1	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
EET (UTC+02)	Athanasiadis 24' Katsouranis 45+2' Lawrence 81' Camara 87' Salpingidis 89'	Report Report	Navaro 64', 88' Kalantzis 84' Bartolini 87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 26,901^[37] Referee: Stavros Mantalos, Athens

27 April 2013 2nd Leg	Asteras Tripolis	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	PAOK	Tripoli
EET (UTC+02)	Kourbelis 50' Usero 61' 86' Kontoes 75' Álvarez 76'	[1]	53' Kaçe 45+1' Itandje 83' Oliseh	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)

Last updated: 19 April 2013
Source: epo.gr PAOK FC official website^{[permanent dead link]}

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

2 August 2012 1st Leg	Bnei Yehuda	0–2	PAOK	Ramat Gan, Israel
19:00 CET	Azuz 56' Nahum 61'	Report	Etto 38' Georgiadis 62' Athanasiadis 72', 89'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 2,156^[38] Referee: Pavle Radovanović, Montenegro

9 August 2012 2nd Leg	PAOK	4–1 (6–1 agg.)	Bnei Yehuda	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 CET	Athanasiadis 48', 52' Robert 79' Pelkas 90+1'	Report	Marinković 7' Menashe 44' 50' Abu-Zaid 58' Ivaškevičius 81'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,544^[39] Referee: Cristian Balaj, Romania

Play-off round

23 August 2012 1st Leg	PAOK	2–1	Rapid Wien	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 CET	Lazăr 52' 74' Khumalo 56' Athanasiadis 69' Salpingidis 80' Katsikas 83', 84'	Report	Burgstaller 23' Alar 25' Schimpelsberger 31'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 19,628^[40] Referee: Andre Marriner, England

[table_note_res_ELPO0.92689218042739-34] Since Asteras Tripolis lost the 2012–13 Greek Football Cup final to a team already qualified for European competitions, Olympiacos, all of the Europa League allocations were made through play-off positions.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	8	4	46	19	+27	62	12	2	1	28	8	+20	6	6	3	18	11	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	8	4	46	19	+27	62	12	2	1	28	8	+20	6	6	3	18	11	+7

2012–13 PAOK FC season

Season overview

Players

Current squad

Transfers

In

Out

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Kit

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Super League

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Results summary

Results by round

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Play-offs

Matches

Greek Cup

Third round

Fourth round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	8	4	46	19	+27	62	12	2	1	28	8	+20	6	6	3	18	11	+7