# 1998–99 PAOK FC season

The 1998–99 season was PAOK Football Club's 72nd in existence and the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first 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 | GRE | Nikolaos Michopoulos |
| — | GK | GRE | Nikolaos Argyriou |
| — | GK | GRE | Asterios Themelis |
| — | DF | PER | Percy Olivares |
| — | DF | YUG | Božidar Bandović |
| — | DF | ITA | Mirko Taccola |
| — | DF | GRE | Anastasios Katsabis |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Georgios Koulakiotis |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Kolompourdas |
| — | DF | GRE | Vangelis Nastos |
| — | DF | GRE | Vasilios Samaras |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Toursounidis (captain) |
| — | MF | GRE | Achilleas Zafiriou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Frantzeskos |
| — | MF | LBR | Joe Nagbe |
| — | MF | GRE | Pantelis Kafes |
| — | MF | GRE | Pantelis Konstantinidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Triantafyllos Macheridis |
| — | MF | GRE | Christos Velis |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Lagonidis |
| — | MF | AUT | Dietmar Berchtold |
| — | MF | UZB | Abdukahhor Marifaliev |
| — | FW | GRE | Zisis Vryzas |
| — | FW | PER | Paul Cominges |
| — | FW | YUG | Slobodan Krčmarević |
| — | FW | COL | Adolfo Valencia |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Kyriakidis |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Božidar Bandović | Olympiacos | Free |
| Summer | DF | Mirko Taccola | Lucchese | Free |
| Summer | DF | Anastasios Katsabis | Panionios | ? |
| Summer | DF | Vasilios Samaras | Panachaiki | ? |
| Summer | MF | Pantelis Konstantinidis | Apollon Athens | 300 million Dr. |
| Summer | MF | Triantafyllos Macheridis | AEK | Exchange |
| Summer | MF | Kostas Lagonidis | Apollon Kalamaria | Free |
| Summer | MF | Dietmar Berchtold | Waldhof Mannheim | Free |
| Summer | MF | Abdukahhor Marifaliev | MHSK Tashkent | Free |
| Summer | FW | Kostas Kyriakidis | Doxa Drama | 60 million Dr. |
| Winter | FW | Slobodan Krčmarević | Anorthosis Famagusta | 130 million Dr. |
| Winter | FW | Adolfo Valencia | Independiente Medellín | Free |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Panagiotis Sidiropoulos | | Retired |
| Summer | DF | Tasos Tasiopoulos | Paniliakos | Free |
| Summer | DF | Joe Palatsides | Olympiacos Volos | Free |
| Summer | MF | Spyros Marangos | Omonia | Loan |
| Summer | FW | Paraschos Zouboulis | AEK | Exchange |
| Summer | FW | Zoltán Kovács | Újpest | End of loan |
| Winter | GK | Asterios Themelis | Proodeftiki | Free |
| Winter | MF | Dietmar Berchtold | Apollon Athens | Free |
| Winter | MF | Abdukahhor Marifaliev | Dustlik | Free |

## Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Alpha Ethniki | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 055.88 |
| Greek Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | 39 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 053.85 |
Source: Competitions

### Managerial statistics

| Head coach | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Head coach | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Oleg Blokhin | Start of season | 29.08.1998 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Angelos Anastasiadis | 13.09.1998 | 07.02.1999 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 068.42 |
| Arie Haan | 15.02.1999 | End of season | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 050.00 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 75 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 74 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Ionikos | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 60 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Aris | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 60 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Aris–Ionikos 1–1, Ionikos–Aris 3–0.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 1999 (1999-05-30). 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of May 30, 1999
Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.
| No. | No. | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| | | Nikolaos Michopoulos | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| | | Nikolaos Argyriou | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | | Anastasios Katsabis | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| | | Božidar Bandović | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 |
| | | Percy Olivares | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| | | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| | | Mirko Taccola | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| | | Georgios Koulakiotis | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| | | Vasilios Samaras | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | | Vangelis Nastos | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | | Nikos Kolompourdas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | | Kostas Frantzeskos | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 |
| | | Achilleas Zafiriou | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | | Pantelis Kafes | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
| | | Pantelis Konstantinidis | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| | | Joe Nagbe | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| | | Giorgos Toursounidis | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| | | Triantafyllos Macheridis | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| | | Christos Velis | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Lagonidis | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | Dietmar Berchtold | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | Abdukahhor Marifaliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | | Zisis Vryzas | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 |
| | | Paul Cominges | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| | | Slobodan Krčmarević | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| | | Adolfo Valencia | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| | | Kostas Kyriakidis | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | | MF | Kostas Frantzeskos | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | | MF | Pantelis Kafes | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | | DF | Božidar Bandović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | | FW | Paul Cominges | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | | DF | Mirko Taccola | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | | DF | Anastasios Katsabis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | MF | Pantelis Konstantinidis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | FW | Zisis Vryzas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | | FW | Slobodan Krčmarević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | FW | Adolfo Valencia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | | DF | Percy Olivares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | MF | Giorgos Toursounidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | FW | Kostas Kyriakidis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | | MF | Joe Nagbe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | DF | Georgios Koulakiotis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 52 | 8 | 0 | 60 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com