# 1996–97 PAOK FC season

The 1996–97 season was PAOK Football Club's 70th in existence and the club's 38th 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 | Vangelis Pourliotopoulos |
| — | GK | GRE | Asterios Themelis |
| — | DF | GRE | Tasos Tasiopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Katsouris |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Kolompourdas |
| — | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Sidiropoulos |
| — | DF | ROU | Ionel Pârvu |
| — | DF | RUS | Andrey Chernyshov |
| — | DF | GRE | Alexis Alexiou |
| — | DF | GRE | Makis Chavos |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Panagiotidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Giorgos Koumaropoulos |
| — | DF | AUS | Joe Palatsides |
| — | DF | GRE | Vangelis Nastos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GRE | Charalampos Nikolaou |
| — | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Karametaxas |
| — | MF | GRE | Theodoros Zagorakis (captain) |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Toursounidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Achilleas Zafiriou |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Frantzeskos |
| — | MF | GRE | Spyros Marangos |
| — | MF | POL | Leszek Pisz |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Hatzizisis |
| — | MF | GRE | Pantelis Kafes |
| — | FW | GRE | Zisis Vryzas |
| — | FW | GRE | Paraschos Zouboulis |
| — | FW | POL | Robert Dymkowski |
| — | FW | AUS | John Anastasiadis |
| — | FW | GRE | Antonis Gioukoudis |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Inebolidis |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Vangelis Nastos | PAOK U20 | |
| Summer | DF | Panagiotis Karametaxas | Apollon Chrysochoriou | ? |
| Summer | DF | Charalampos Nikolaou | AEL | ? |
| Summer | DF | Tasos Tasiopoulos | Athinaikos | ? |
| Summer | DF | Nikos Kolompourdas | Köln II | Free |
| Summer | DF | Panagiotis Katsouris | Naoussa | ? |
| Summer | DF | Andrey Chernyshov | Sturm Graz | ? |
| Summer | MF | Leszek Pisz | Legia Warsaw | ? |
| Summer | MF | Giorgos Hatzizisis | Eordaikos | ? |
| Summer | FW | Zisis Vryzas | Xanthi | 250 million Dr. |
| Summer | FW | Robert Dymkowski | Pogoń Szczecin | Loan |
| Winter | GK | Asterios Themelis | Anagennisi Kolindros | Loan Return |
| Winter | DF | Joe Palatsides | Apollon Kalamaria | ? |
| Winter | DF | Panagiotis Sidiropoulos | Ionikos | ? |
| Winter | DF | Ionel Pârvu | Steaua București | ? |
| Winter | MF | Kostas Frantzeskos | OFI | 100 million Dr. |
| Winter | MF | Spyros Marangos | Panathinaikos | ? |
| Winter | MF | Pantelis Kafes | Pontioi Veria | ? |
| Winter | FW | Kostas Inebolidis | Aetos Skydra | ? |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Asterios Themelis | Anagennisi Kolindros | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Giannis Tsoraklidis | Poseidon Michaniona | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Giannis Voltezos | Kastoria | Free |
| Summer | MF | Giannis Antonas | Panionios | Free |
| Summer | MF | Giotis Tsalouchidis | Veria | Free |
| Summer | MF | Jesper Johansen | K. Beerschot V.A.C. | Free |
| Summer | MF | Maurice van Ham | Beveren | End of loan |
| Summer | MF | Goran Aleksić | Créteil | Free |
| Summer | FW | Miroslav Jović | Energie Cottbus | Free |
| Summer | FW | Dimitris Nolis | Kastoria | Free |
| Winter | DF | Alexis Alexiou | Apollon Kalamaria | Free |
| Winter | DF | Makis Chavos | Xanthi | Free |
| Winter | DF | Andrey Chernyshov | Greuther Fürth | Free |
| Winter | MF | Leszek Pisz | Kavala | 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 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 055.88 |
| Greek Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 055.26 |
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 % |
| Gunder Bengtsson | Start of season | 01.12.1996 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | +0 | 038.46 |
| Christos Archontidis | 08.12.1996 | 02.02.1997 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 030.00 |
| Angelos Anastasiadis | 09.02.1997 | End of season | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | +27 | 086.67 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 72 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | OFI | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 66 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 66 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 64 | |
| 6 | Kavala | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 55 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 1997 (1997-05-25). 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of May 25, 1997
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 | Total | Total |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| | | Nikolaos Michopoulos | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | | Vangelis Pourliotopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| | | Tasos Tasiopoulos | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 3 |
| | | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| | | Panagiotis Katsouris | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| | | Panagiotis Sidiropoulos | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| | | Ionel Pârvu | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| | | Nikos Kolompourdas | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| | | Alexis Alexiou | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| | | Andrey Chernyshov | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | | Makis Chavos | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | | Nikos Panagiotidis | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | | Giorgos Koumaropoulos | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | Joe Palatsides | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Charalampos Nikolaou | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | Vangelis Nastos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Panagiotis Karametaxas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| | | Theodoros Zagorakis | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| | | Giorgos Toursounidis | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 7 |
| | | Achilleas Zafiriou | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Frantzeskos | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 |
| | | Spyros Marangos | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| | | Giorgos Hatzizisis | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| | | Leszek Pisz | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| | | Pantelis Kafes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| | | Zisis Vryzas | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| | | Paraschos Zouboulis | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 8 |
| | | Robert Dymkowski | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 3 |
| | | John Anastasiadis | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | | Antonis Gioukoudis | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Inebolidis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | | MF | Kostas Frantzeskos | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | | FW | Zisis Vryzas | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | | FW | Paraschos Zouboulis | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | | MF | Giorgos Toursounidis | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | | MF | Spyros Marangos | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | DF | Tasos Tasiopoulos | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | | FW | Robert Dymkowski | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | DF | Panagiotis Katsouris | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | | DF | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | DF | Panagiotis Sidiropoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | DF | Nikos Kolompourdas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | DF | Ionel Pârvu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | FW | Kostas Inebolidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | DF | Alexis Alexiou | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | MF | Leszek Pisz | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 53 | 9 | 62 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com