# 1995–96 PAOK FC season

The 1995–96 season was PAOK Football Club's 69th in existence and the club's 37th 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 | Vangelis Pourliotopoulos |
| — | GK | GRE | Asterios Themelis |
| — | DF | GRE | Alexis Alexiou (captain) |
| — | DF | GRE | Makis Chavos |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Panagiotidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Voltezos |
| — | DF | GRE | Giorgos Koumaropoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Tsoraklidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Theodoros Zagorakis |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Toursounidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Achilleas Zafiriou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Maurice van Ham |
| — | MF | DEN | Jesper Johansen |
| — | MF | GRE | Giannis Antonas |
| — | MF | GRE | Giotis Tsalouchidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Lagonidis |
| — | MF | YUG | Goran Aleksić |
| — | FW | GRE | Paraschos Zouboulis |
| — | FW | GRE | Antonis Gioukoudis |
| — | FW | AUS | John Anastasiadis |
| — | FW | ENG | Micky Quinn |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Nolis |
| — | FW | YUG | Miroslav Jović |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Asterios Themelis | AE Krini Thessaloniki | ? |
| Summer | DF | Giorgos Koumaropoulos | PAOK U20 | |
| Summer | DF | Giannis Tsoraklidis | PAOK U20 | |
| Summer | MF | Giotis Tsalouchidis | Olympiacos | Free |
| Summer | MF | Maurice van Ham | Beveren | Loan |
| Summer | MF | Jesper Johansen | BK Avarta | Free |
| Summer | FW | Micky Quinn | Coventry | Free |
| Summer | FW | Dimitris Nolis | Apollon Kalamaria | ? |
| Winter | MF | Goran Aleksić | Radnički Beograd | ? |
| Winter | FW | Miroslav Jović | Rad | ? |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Kostas Malioufas | Trikala | Free |
| Summer | MF | Nikos Plitsis | Panachaiki | Free |
| Summer | MF | Kostas Oikonomidis | Edessaikos | Free |
| Summer | MF | Goran Milanko | Chemnitzer FC | Free |
| Summer | MF | Frans van Rooy | Westerlo | Free |
| Summer | FW | Krzysztof Bociek | Stal Mielec | Free |
| Summer | FW | Aris Karasavvidis | Trikala | Free |
| Winter | MF | Kostas Lagonidis | Iraklis | Free |
| Winter | FW | Micky Quinn | | Retired |

## 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 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 029.41 |
| Greek Cup | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 083.33 |
| Total | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 043.48 |
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 % |
| Arie Haan | Start of season | 01.10.1995 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Stavros Sarafis (Interim) | 04.10.1995 | 26.11.1995 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 044.44 |
| Dragan Kokotović | 29.11.1995 | 04.02.1996 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 046.15 |
| Michalis Bellis | 11.02.1996 | 05.05.1996 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 035.71 |
| Gunder Bengtsson | 12.05.1996 | End of season | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 050.00 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Paniliakos | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 40 | |
| 13 | Kalamata | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 39 | |
| 14 | PAOK | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 38 | |
| 15 | Panachaiki | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 36 | |
| 16 | AEL (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 34 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* ↑ Head-to-head points (goal difference): Apollon Athens 3 (0), Paniliakos 3 (0).
* ↑ PAOK were deducted 3 points.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 May 1996 (1996-05-29). 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 | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of May 29, 1996
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 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| | | Vangelis Pourliotopoulos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| | | Makis Chavos | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| | | Alexis Alexiou | 29 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| | | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | 28 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 4 |
| | | Nikos Panagiotidis | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| | | Giannis Voltezos | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | | Giorgos Koumaropoulos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Giannis Tsoraklidis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| | | Giorgos Toursounidis | 33 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 5 |
| | | Achilleas Zafiriou | 29 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| | | Giotis Tsalouchidis | 29 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| | | Theodoros Zagorakis | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
| | | Maurice van Ham | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| | | Giannis Antonas | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| | | Jesper Johansen | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| | | Kostas Lagonidis | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| | | Goran Aleksić | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| | | Antonis Gioukoudis | 29 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 41 | 12 |
| | | John Anastasiadis | 30 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 41 | 4 |
| | | Paraschos Zouboulis | 31 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 18 |
| | | Dimitris Nolis | 17 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 5 |
| | | Miroslav Jović | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
| | | Micky Quinn | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Paraschos Zouboulis | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | | FW | Antonis Gioukoudis | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | | MF | Giorgos Toursounidis | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | | FW | Dimitris Nolis | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | | DF | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | | FW | John Anastasiadis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | | MF | Giotis Tsalouchidis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | MF | Kostas Lagonidis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | FW | Miroslav Jović | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | FW | Micky Quinn | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | | DF | Alexis Alexiou | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | | DF | Makis Chavos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | MF | Giannis Antonas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | MF | Jesper Johansen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 42 | 28 | 70 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com