1997–98 PAOK FC season

PAOK 1997–98 Toumba Stadium Angelos Anastasiadis President Giorgos Batatoudis Alpha Ethniki 4th Greek Cup Semi-finals UEFA Cup 2nd round Frantzeskos (17) Frantzeskos (22) 33,117 vs Arsenal _paokfc9798h _paokfc9798h _paokfc9798h _arg_94_home _color_3_stripes_white 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 _paokfc9798a _paokfc9798a _color_3_stripes_black FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 season was PAOK Football Club's 71st in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in third round. Players Squad 000000 FFFFFF 1 GRE GK Nikolaos Michopoulos 2 GRE DF Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 3 PER DF Percy Olivares 4 GRE DF Tasos Tasiopoulos 5 GRE DF Nikos Kolompourdas 6 GRE MF Achilleas Zafiriou 7 GRE MF Theodoros Zagorakis captain 8 GRE MF Kostas Frantzeskos 9 GRE FW Zisis Vryzas 10 GRE MF Giorgos Toursounidis 11 GRE MF Spyros Marangos 12 LBR MF Joe Nagbe 14 GRE DF Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 15 PER FW Paul Cominges 000000 FFFFFF 16 AUS DF Joe Palatsides 17 GRE DF Panagiotis Katsouris 18 GRE FW Paraschos Zouboulis 19 RSA DF Andrew Rabutla 20 GRE MF Christos Velis 21 GRE GK Nikolaos Argyriou 23 HUN FW Zoltán Kovács 24 GRE DF Georgios Koulakiotis 28 GRE MF Pantelis Kafes 29 GRE MF Giorgos Hatzizisis 30 GRE FW Kostas Inebolidis 31 GRE DF Vangelis Nastos 33 GRE GK Asterios Themelis Transfers Players transferred in Transfer WindowPos. Playing positionNameClubFeeSummerGKGRE Nikolaos ArgyriouGRE Kavala100 million Dr.SummerDFRSA Andrew RabutlaRSA Jomo Cosmos?SummerDFPER Percy OlivaresMEX Cruz Azul?SummerMFLBR Joe NagbeSWI Lugano?SummerMFGRE Christos VelisGRE Athinaikos?SummerFWPER Paul ComingesPER Melgar?WinterDFGRE Georgios KoulakiotisGRE Veria120 million Dr.WinterFWHUN Zoltán KovácsHUN ÚjpestLoan Players transferred out Transfer WindowPos. Playing positionNameClubFeeSummerGKGRE Vangelis PourliotopoulosGRE IonikosFreeSummerDFGRE Giorgos KoumaropoulosGRE Apollon KalamariaLoanSummerDFGRE Charalampos NikolaouGRE VeriaFreeSummerDFGRE Panagiotis KarametaxasGRE ILTEX LykoiFreeSummerDFGRE Nikos PanagiotidisGRE ArisFreeSummerDFROM Ionel PârvuROM Dinamo OneștiFreeSummerFWPOL Robert DymkowskiPOL Pogoń SzczecinEnd of loanSummerFWAUS John AnastasiadisAUS South MelbourneFreeSummerFWGRE Antonis GioukoudisGRE Poseidon MichanionaFreeWinterDFRSA Andrew RabutlaRSA Jomo CosmosFreeWinterMFGRE Giorgos HatzizisisGRE KavalaFreeWinterMFGRE Theodoros ZagorakisENG Leicester City550 million Dr.WinterFWGRE Kostas InebolidisGRE Ethnikos AsterasFree Pre-season SpVgg Unterhaching–PAOK 3–3 (Friendly) http://www.tanea.gr/1997/07/21/sports/paok-aresan-oi-ksenoi-sto-filiko/ el tanea.gr 21 July 1997 27 May 2022TSV 1860 Munich–PAOK 2–2 (Friendly) http://www.tanea.gr/1997/07/28/sports/paok-o-gnwstos-frantzeskos/ el tanea.gr 28 July 1997 27 May 2022PAOK–Budapesti VSC 1–0 (Friendly) http://www.tanea.gr/1997/07/30/sports/arese-o-paok-sto-1-0-epi-twn-oyggrwn/ el tanea.gr Giannis Nikolaou 30 July 1997 27 May 2022 #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly 19 July 1997 SpVgg Unterhaching 3–3 PAOK Frantzeskos Cominges Germany D Friendly 21 July 1997 Hermes Stuttgart 1–6 PAOK Germany W Friendly 23 July 1997 SV Wacker Burghausen 3–1 PAOK Toursounidis Germany L Friendly 27 July 1997 TSV 1860 Munich 2–2 PAOK 35 57 Frantzeskos 42 Toursounidis 65 pen. Germany D Friendly 29 July 1997 PAOK 1–0 Budapesti VSC Nagbe 75 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki Papachintzios W Friendly 1 August 1997 PAOK 1–1 Rad Marangos 84 Nikolić 21 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki D Friendly 4 August 1997 PAOK 5–0 Jomo Cosmos Marangos 2 Zouboulis 30 Cominges 70 75 Hatzizisis 76 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 2,555 W Friendly 7 August 1997 Poseidon Michaniona 2–4 PAOK Tsoraklidis 12 Kotsiopoulos 34 Toursounidis 15 Frantzeskos 16 Sidiropoulos 71 Zouboulis 79 Michaniona W Competitions Overview 2 Alpha Ethniki 21 7 6 74 41 Greek Cup 4 1 3 10 6 UEFA Cup 3 2 1 14 13 Alpha Ethniki 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki Standings PAOK Results summary 13 3 1 38 13 8 4 5 36 28 1998 05 17 y Competitive matches February 2022 Results by round table b Round Ground H /A /H /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /H /A /H /A /H /A Result D /L /D /W /D /W /W /D /L /W /W /W /W /W /W /W /W /L /W /D /D /W /L /W /W /W /L /W /W /D /W /W /L /W Position 10 /14 /15 /9 /8 /8 /7 /8 /8 /7 /6 /6 /5 /5 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 /4 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 complete League matches February 2022 Matches ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 2–1 (18/10/1997) http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/166822-glitose-ton-diasyrmo-o-olympiakos-1997 el paokmania.gr 18 October 2021 30 May 2022ΠΑΟΚ–Παναθηναϊκός 2–1 (16/11/1997) http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/arxeio/aspromavres-istories/135472-lytrosi-me-paolo-kominxes-sto-87 el paokmania.gr 16 November 2021 30 May 2022Πανιώνιος–ΠΑΟΚ 0–3 (30/11/1997) http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/184347-peripatos-sti-vroxeri-nea-smyrni-1997 el paokmania.gr 30 November 2020 30 May 2022ΠΑΟΚ–Πανιώνιος 6–1 (5/4/1998) http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/174561-eksi-balakia-sta-dixtya-tou-strakosa-1998 el paokmania.gr 5 April 2020 30 May 2022Βέροια–ΠΑΟΚ 1–3 (10/5/1998) http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/175729-diplo-sti-veroia-me-kominxes-1998 el paokmania.gr 10 May 2020 30 May 2022 #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 31 August 1997 PAOK 0–0 AEK Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 30,347 Chatzis D 2 13 September 1997 OFI 2–1 PAOK Anastasiou 13 Riznić 39 Toursounidis 15 pen. Nagbe 0 85 Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Heraklion 4,705 Vorgias L 3 21 September 1997 PAOK 1–1 Xanthi Toursounidis 13 Kyparissis 57 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 8,948 Varouchas D 4 27 September 1997 PAOK 4–0 Kalamata Frantzeskos 5 Marangos 61 Zouboulis 69 Cominges 88 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 4,861 Bikas W 5 5 October 1997 Proodeftiki 3–3 PAOK Dagas 0 39 Zajmi 61 70 Almanidis 90+3 Frantzeskos 33 89 90+1' Vryzas 0 39 Zagorakis 87 pen. Nikaia Municipal Stadium Piraeus 3,221 Vorgias D 6 18 October 1997 PAOK 2–1 Olympiacos Frantzeskos 34 Toursounidis 45+2 Ofori-Quaye 27 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 26,471 Bikas W 7 26 October 1997 Kavala 0–1 PAOK Cominges 78 Anthi Karagianni Stadium Kavala 5,256 W 8 1 November 1997 PAOK 2–2 Iraklis Frantzeskos 29 Olivares 61 Marangos 0 64 Konstantinou 9 86 Stoltidis 0 84 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 9,007 Kalathenos D 9 9 November 1997 Ionikos 3–2 PAOK Frousos 32 Xanthopoulos 45 Kalykas 76 Frantzeskos 48 60 Toursounidis 54' Neapoli Stadium Piraeus Velliodis L 10 16 November 1997 PAOK 2–1 Panathinaikos Nagbe 12 Cominges 87 Lagonikakis 16 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 16,877 Kalyvas W 11 23 November 1997 Paniliakos 1–2 PAOK Barnjak 42 Nousias 0 73 Frantzeskos 23 Toursounidis 35 Kolompourdas 0 83 Pyrgos Stadium Pyrgos Papapetrou W 12 30 November 1997 Panionios 0–3 PAOK Kafes 18 Marangos 40 Nagbe 70 Nea Smyrni Stadium Athens 3,093 Mintiouris W 13 7 December 1997 PAOK 1–0 Apollon Athens Nagbe 27 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 4,760 Borovilos W 14 13 December 1997 Panachaiki 1–4 PAOK Samaras 32 Nagbe 15 Zagorakis 28 pen. Kalla 68 o.g. Katsouris 81 Kostas Davourlis Stadium Patras W 15 21 December 1997 PAOK 3–1 Veria Marangos 29 Frantzeskos 42 Toursounidis 69' Kapetanopoulos 74 Troupkos 71' 88 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 7,057 Vorgias W 16 3 January 1998 Ethnikos 0–1 PAOK Zouboulis 73 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 2,743 Velliodis W 17 11 January 1998 PAOK 1–0 Athinaikos Kovács 90 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 10,548 Chatzistavridis W 18 18 January 1998 AEK 3–0 PAOK Maladenis 17 90+1 Batista 57 Kapetanopoulos 0 79 Zagorakis 0 88 Nikos Goumas Stadium Athens 22,129 Papoutselis L 19 25 January 1998 PAOK 1–0 OFI Nagbe 54 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 8,274 W 20 1 February 1998 Xanthi 2–2 PAOK Tengelidis 2 Kyparissis 66 Nagbe 12' Kovács 48 Frantzeskos 64 Xanthi Ground Xanthi 4,936 Ampelakias D 21 8 February 1998 Kalamata 1–1 PAOK Hagan 10 Toursounidis 38' Kovács 50 Kalamata Municipal Stadium Kalamata 5,274 Kaznaferis D 22 15 February 1998 PAOK 3–1 Proodeftiki Toursounidis 7 Koulakiotis 0 12 Frantzeskos 20 89 Almanidis 4 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 7,855 Ampelakias W 23 22 February 1998 Olympiacos 2–0 PAOK Karapialis 46 Alexandris 59 Athens Olympic Stadium Athens 32,275 Voutsaras L 24 1 March 1998 PAOK 2–0 Kavala Frantzeskos 50 Vryzas 77 Athanasiadis 90+2' Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 6,412 Douros W 25 8 March 1998 Iraklis 2–3 PAOK Xhumba 2 Konstantinou 64 Kovács 42 54 Tasiopoulos 45 Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki 23,009 W 26 15 March 1998 PAOK 3–1 Ionikos Cominges 23 26 Frantzeskos 30 Frousos 31 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 16,420 Kaznaferis W 27 22 March 1998 Panathinaikos 3–1 PAOK G.Ch. Georgiadis 20 70 G.S. Georgiadis 89 Marangos 83 Velis 0 88 Athens Olympic Stadium Athens 10,432 Begos L 28 29 March 1998 PAOK 3–2 Paniliakos Cominges 27 Olivares 31 Marangos 47' Zouboulis 80 Kyzeridis 29 Rosales 55 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 5,967 Athanasopoulos W 29 5 April 1998 PAOK 6–1 Panionios Toursounidis 16 37 Nagbe 51 Marangos 57 Vryzas 74 Cominges 82 Paiteris 68 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki Sotiropoulos W 30 12 April 1998 Apollon Athens 4–4 PAOK Tatsis 16 58 Karagounis 32 Labriakos 83 Cominges 27 35 pen. Frantzeskos 30 Nagbe 77 Rizoupoli Stadium Athens Begos D 31 3 May 1998 PAOK 4–1 Panachaiki Nagbe 20 Olivares 23 Frantzeskos 34 36 Klejch 54 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 6,198 W 32 10 May 1998 Veria 1–3 PAOK Pangouras 73 Cominges 22 55 Vryzas 54 Veria Stadium Veria 3,312 Stefanopoulos W 33 13 May 1998 PAOK 0–1 Ethnikos Athanasiadis 12 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 3,434 Velliodis L 34 17 May 1998 Athinaikos 0–5 PAOK Olivares 16 Zouboulis 29 58 Kafes 44 Toursounidis 75 Vyronas National Stadium Athens W Greek Cup 1997–98 Greek Football Cup Round of 32 1st leg 19 November 1997 19:30 EET PAOK 3–1 Report (pages 13-14) Proodeftiki Vryzas 8 50 Toursounidis 27 pen. Almanidis 48 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 2,628 Savvas Chatzistavridis (Drama) W 2nd leg 3 December 1997 14:30 EET Proodeftiki 1–0 2–3 Report (page 15) PAOK Almanidis 84 pen. Nikaia Municipal Stadium Piraeus 427 Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia) L Round of 16 1st leg 9 January 1998 19:00 EET PAOK 2–0 Report (pages 17-18) Ionikos Marangos 28 Nagbe 47 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 11,099 Sotiris Vorgias (Athens) W 2nd leg 29 January 1998 14:45 EET Ionikos 1–2 1–4 Report (page 19) PAOK Staboulis 89 Marangos 34 Vryzas 85 Neapoli Stadium Piraeus 1,150 Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania) W Quarter-finals ΠAOK–Ξάνθη 2–0 (Κύπελλο) http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/172475-skor-prokrisis-se-varia-atmosfaira-1998 el paokmania.gr 11 February 2022 30 May 2022 1st leg 11 February 1998 17:30 EET PAOK 2–0 Report (pages 19-20) Skoda Xanthi Frantzeskos 36 Velis 84 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 10,565 Naoum Mintiouris (Serres) W 2nd leg 25 February 1998 17:30 EET Skoda Xanthi 1–0 1–2 Report (page 20) PAOK Vilanakis 13 A.O. Xanthi Stadium Xanthi 2,926 Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese) L Semi-finals 1st leg 4 March 1998 17:00 EET Panionios 1–0 Report (pages 23-24) PAOK Vokolos 90+2 Nea Smyrni Stadium Nea Smyrni 2,217 Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus) L 2nd leg 18 March 1998 17:00 EET PAOK 1–1 1–2 Report (page 24) Panionios Vryzas 82 Nalitzis 23 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 20,345 Dimitris Begos (Argolida) D UEFA Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round 1997–98 UEFA Cup#Second qualifying round Second qualifying round PAOK–Spartak Trnava 5–3 http://www.tanea.gr/1997/08/13/sports/konta-stin-prokrisi/ el tanea.gr Giannis Nikolaou 13 August 1997 27 May 2022Spartak Trnava–PAOK 0–1 http://www.tanea.gr/1997/08/27/sports/den-fobithikame-pote/ el tanea.gr Giorgos Minos 27 August 1997 27 May 2022 1st leg 12 August 1997 19:45 PAOK GRE 5–3 Report SVK Spartak Trnava Zagorakis 32 pen.Marangos 35 45 0 68Frantzeskos 52Olivares 80 Ujlaky 22 27 0 31 Luhový 24 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki, Greece 26,492 Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) W 2nd leg 26 August 1997 Spartak Trnava SVK 0–1 3–6 Report GRE PAOK Zagorakis 80 Anton Malatinský Stadium Trnava, Slovakia 15,850 Claude Colombo (France) W First round 1997–98 UEFA Cup#First round First round PAOK vs Arsenal (September 1997) https://sport-retro.gr/o-christos-sotirakopoulos-sto-sport-retro-gr-gia-tin-prokrisi-tou-paok-epi-tis-arsenal/ el sport-retro.gr Manos Androulakis 30 September 2017 1 June 2022Greeks' late goal sends Arsenal tumbling out http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-greeks-late-goal-sends-arsenal-tumbling-out-1233381.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-greeks-late-goal-sends-arsenal-tumbling-out-1233381.html 24 May 2022 subscription live independent.co.uk Mike Rowbottom 1 October 1997 1 June 2022 1st leg 16 September 1997 20:45 EEST PAOK GRE 1–0 Report ENG Arsenal Tasiopoulos 19Frantzeskos 61Zouboulis 71Zafiriou 78Zagorakis 87 Wright 30Adams 69Vieira 89 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki, Greece 33,117 Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) W 2nd leg 30 September 1997 Arsenal ENG 1–1 1–2 Report GRE PAOK Bergkamp 22Dixon 23Adams 65 Tasiopoulos 37Sidiropoulos 74Vryzas 87 Highbury London, England 37,982 Michel Piraux (Belgium) D Second round 1997–98 UEFA Cup#Second round Second round Atlético Madrid–PAOK 5–2 http://www.tanea.gr/1997/10/22/sports/ton-prodwse-i-amyna/ el tanea.gr Giorgos Minos 22 October 1997 27 May 2022PAOK–Atlético Madrid 4–4 http://www.tanea.gr/1997/11/05/sports/gennaios-tayromaxos/ el tanea.gr Giorgos Minos 5 November 1997 27 May 2022 1st leg 21 October 1997 21:30 Atlético Madrid ESP 5–2 Report GRE PAOK Vieri 10 31 55Lardín 12Kiko 75 Frantzeskos 19Marangos 65 Vicente Calderón Stadium Madrid, Spain Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) L 2nd leg 4 November 1997 20:45 PAOK GRE 4–4 6–9 Report ESP Atlético Madrid Frantzeskos 17Olivares 55Zagorakis 76 pen.Zouboulis 81 Lardín 2Bogdanović 28Santi 51Kiko 90 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki, Greece 25,378 John Rowbotham (Scotland) D Statistics Squad statistics May 17, 1998 Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers |- GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos 32 0 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 GRE Nikolaos Argyriou 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Defenders |- PER Percy Olivares 31 0 4 8 0 0 6 0 2 GRE Tasos Tasiopoulos 28 0 1 7 0 0 4 0 0 GRE Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos 24 0 1 7 0 0 5 0 0 GRE Nikos Kolompourdas 26 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 GRE Panagiotis Sidiropoulos 21 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 GRE Georgios Koulakiotis 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 GRE Vangelis Nastos 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GRE Panagiotis Katsouris 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 RSA Andrew Rabutla 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Midfielders |- GRE Achilleas Zafiriou 33 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 LBR Joe Nagbe 31 0 8 6 0 1 6 0 0 GRE Kostas Frantzeskos 29 0 17 6 0 1 6 0 4 GRE Spyros Marangos 31 0 5 7 0 2 3 0 3 GRE Giorgos Toursounidis 27 0 8 6 0 1 6 0 0 GRE Christos Velis 23 0 0 6 0 1 6 0 0 GRE Theodoros Zagorakis 15 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 GRE Pantelis Kafes 14 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 GRE Giorgos Hatzizisis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Forwards |- GRE Zisis Vryzas 30 0 3 8 0 4 5 0 1 GRE Paraschos Zouboulis 27 0 5 4 0 0 6 0 1 PER Paul Cominges 18 0 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 HUN Zoltán Kovács 14 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 |} Source: Match reports in competitive matches, RSSSF Goalscorers Rank Ranking No. Squad Number Pos. Position PlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupUEFA CupTotal 1MFGRE Kostas Frantzeskos1714222FWPER Paul Cominges1100113MFGRE Spyros Marangos523104MFGRE Giorgos Toursounidis8109 MFLBR Joe Nagbe81096FWGRE Zisis Vryzas34187FWGRE Paraschos Zouboulis5016 DFPER Percy Olivares40269FWHUN Zoltán Kovács5005 MFGRE Theodoros Zagorakis203511MFGRE Pantelis Kafes200212DFGRE Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos1001 DFGRE Tasos Tasiopoulos1001 DFGRE Panagiotis Katsouris1001 MFGRE Christos Velis0101Own goals1001TOTALS74101498 Source: Match reports in competitive matches, RSSSF External links RSSSF PAOK FC official website References Category:PAOK FC seasons PAOK