# 1997–98 PAOK FC season

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

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 | GRE | Tasos Tasiopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Kolompourdas |
| — | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Sidiropoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Katsouris |
| — | DF | GRE | Georgios Koulakiotis |
| — | DF | GRE | Vangelis Nastos |
| — | DF | RSA | Andrew Rabutla |
| — | DF | AUS | Joe Palatsides |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Theodoros Zagorakis (captain) |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Toursounidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Achilleas Zafiriou |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Frantzeskos |
| — | MF | GRE | Spyros Marangos |
| — | MF | LBR | Joe Nagbe |
| — | MF | GRE | Christos Velis |
| — | MF | GRE | Pantelis Kafes |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Hatzizisis |
| — | FW | GRE | Zisis Vryzas |
| — | FW | GRE | Paraschos Zouboulis |
| — | FW | PER | Paul Cominges |
| — | FW | HUN | Zoltán Kovács |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Inebolidis |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Nikolaos Argyriou | Kavala | 100 million Dr. |
| Summer | DF | Andrew Rabutla | Jomo Cosmos | ? |
| Summer | DF | Percy Olivares | Cruz Azul | ? |
| Summer | MF | Joe Nagbe | Lugano | ? |
| Summer | MF | Christos Velis | Athinaikos | ? |
| Summer | FW | Paul Cominges | Melgar | ? |
| Winter | DF | Georgios Koulakiotis | Veria | 120 million Dr. |
| Winter | FW | Zoltán Kovács | Újpest | Loan |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Vangelis Pourliotopoulos | Ionikos | Free |
| Summer | DF | Giorgos Koumaropoulos | Apollon Kalamaria | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Charalampos Nikolaou | Veria | Free |
| Summer | DF | Panagiotis Karametaxas | ILTEX Lykoi | Free |
| Summer | DF | Nikos Panagiotidis | Aris | Free |
| Summer | DF | Ionel Pârvu | Dinamo Onești | Free |
| Summer | FW | Robert Dymkowski | Pogoń Szczecin | End of loan |
| Summer | FW | John Anastasiadis | South Melbourne | Free |
| Summer | FW | Antonis Gioukoudis | Poseidon Michaniona | Free |
| Winter | DF | Andrew Rabutla | Jomo Cosmos | Free |
| Winter | MF | Giorgos Hatzizisis | Kavala | Free |
| Winter | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | Leicester City | 550 million Dr. |
| Winter | FW | Kostas Inebolidis | Ethnikos Asteras | 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 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 061.76 |
| Greek Cup | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 48 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 98 | 60 | +38 | 058.33 |
Source: Competitions

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 24 | +66 | 85 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 74 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 70 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Ionikos | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 62 | |
| 6 | Iraklis | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 51 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 May 1998 (1998-05-17). 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 | 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 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of May 17, 1998
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 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| | | Nikolaos Argyriou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | | Percy Olivares | 31 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 6 |
| | | Tasos Tasiopoulos | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| | | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| | | Nikos Kolompourdas | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| | | Panagiotis Sidiropoulos | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | | Georgios Koulakiotis | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | | Vangelis Nastos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | Panagiotis Katsouris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | | Andrew Rabutla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | | Achilleas Zafiriou | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| | | Joe Nagbe | 31 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 9 |
| | | Kostas Frantzeskos | 29 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 22 |
| | | Spyros Marangos | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 10 |
| | | Giorgos Toursounidis | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 9 |
| | | Christos Velis | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| | | Theodoros Zagorakis | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 5 |
| | | Pantelis Kafes | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| | | Giorgos Hatzizisis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | | Zisis Vryzas | 30 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 8 |
| | | Paraschos Zouboulis | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 6 |
| | | Paul Cominges | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 11 |
| | | Zoltán Kovács | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | | MF | Kostas Frantzeskos | 17 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 | | FW | Paul Cominges | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | | MF | Spyros Marangos | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | | MF | Giorgos Toursounidis | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | | MF | Joe Nagbe | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | | FW | Zisis Vryzas | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | | FW | Paraschos Zouboulis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | | DF | Percy Olivares | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | | FW | Zoltán Kovács | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | | MF | Pantelis Kafes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | DF | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | DF | Tasos Tasiopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | DF | Panagiotis Katsouris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | MF | Christos Velis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 74 | 10 | 14 | 98 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com