# 1999–2000 PAOK FC season

The 1999–00 season was PAOK Football Club’s 74th in existence and the club’s 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Football Cup in the First round and will also enter in UEFA Cup starting from the First round.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Nikolaos Michopoulos |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Ante Covic |
| 32 | GK | POL | Grzegorz Szamotulski |
| 44 | GK | GRE | Apostolos Papadopoulos |
| 2 | DF | YUG | Božidar Bandović |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Stelios Venetidis |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Anastasios Katsabis |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Koffi Amponsah |
| 6 | DF | YUG | Vidak Bratić |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Christian Dollberg |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Georgios Koulakiotis |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Dionysis Chasiotis |
| 26 | DF | GRE | Achilleas Zafiriou |
| 31 | DF | RUS | Omari Tetradze |
| 30 | DF | GRE | Vassilios Borbokis |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Spyros Marangos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Kostas Frantzeskos |
| 10 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Toursounidis |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Pantelis Konstantinidis |
| 12 | MF | LBR | Joe Nagbe |
| 15 | MF | GRE | Pantelis Kafes |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Georgios Fotakis |
| 20 | MF | EGY | Abdel Sattar Sabry |
| 24 | MF | GRE | Loukas Karadimos |
| 25 | MF | GRE | Triantafyllos Machairidis |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Zisis Vryzas |
| 13 | FW | COL | Adolfo Valencia |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis |
| 16 | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Frousos |
| 18 | FW | GRE | Georgios Georgiadis |
| 20 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Nalitzis |
| 27 | FW | CYP | Stefanos Voskaridis |
| 28 | FW | HON | Milton Núñez |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | FW | Milton Núñez | Nacional | 3M € |
| Summer | FW | Nikolaos Frousos | Ionikos | 1M € |
| Summer | DF | Stelios Venetidis | Xanthi | 800k € |
| Summer | FW | Georgios Georgiadis | Newcastle | 500k € |
| Summer | FW | Stefanos Voskaridis | Apollon Limassol | 250k € |
| Summer | MF | Loukas Karadimos | Kavala | Free |
| Summer | DF | Omari Tetradze | Roma | Free |
| Summer | MF | Fotis Kiskabanis | Kilkisiakos | 100k € |
| Summer | GK | Ante Covic | Marconi Stallions | Free |
| Summer | FW | Adolfo Valencia | Independiente Medellín | Free |
| Summer | MF | Abdel Sattar Sabry | Tirol Innsbruck | Free |
| Summer | GK | Grzegorz Szamotulski | Legia Warsaw | Free |
| Summer | DF | Christian Dollberg | Boca Juniors | Free |
| Summer | MF | Spyros Marangos | Omonia | Loan return |
| Summer | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | PAOK U20 | |
| Summer | MF | Dimitrios Zavadias | Pierikos | 50k € |
| Winter | DF | Koffi Amponsah | Olympiacos | Free |
| Winter | FW | Dimitris Nalitzis | Panionios | Free |
| Winter | DF | Vidak Bratić | Vojvodina | Free |
| Winter | DF | Vassilios Borbokis | Derby County | Free |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Percy Olivares | Panathinaikos | 1M € |
| Summer | GK | Nikolaos Argyriou | Iraklis | Free |
| Summer | DF | Fotis Kiskabanis | AEL | Loan |
| Summer | MF | Vasilis Samaras | AEL | Free |
| Summer | DF | Vaggelis Nastos | AEL | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | Iraklis | Free |
| Summer | DF | Patrice Abanda | Apollon Kalamarias | Free |
| Summer | MF | Dimitrios Zavadias | Kavala | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Joseph Elanga | Apollon Kalamarias | Free |
| Summer | MF | Slobodan Krčmarević | Panionios | Free |
| Summer | MF | Georgios Fotakis | Kallithea | Loan |
| Summer | MF | Kostas Lagonidis | Retired | |
| Winter | FW | Milton Núñez | Sunderland | 1.85M € |
| Winter | MF | Abdel Sattar Sabry | Benfica | 800k € |
| Winter | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | AEL | Loan |
| Winter | MF | Giorgos Toursounidis | Xanthi | Free |
| Winter | GK | Ante Covic | Kavala | Loan |
| Winter | MF | T. Machairidis | Benfica | Free |
| Winter | DF | Mirko Taccola | Palermo | Free |
| Winter | FW | Adolfo Valencia | New York | Free |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Alpha Ethniki | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 044.12 |
| Greek Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 075.00 |
| Total | 44 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 90 | 49 | +41 | 052.27 |
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 Season | 28.11.1999 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 061.11 |
| Stavros Sarafis (Interim) | 29.11.1999 | 29.12.1999 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Dusan Bajevic | 01.01.2000 | End season | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 040.91 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 66 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | OFI | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | PAOK | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Iraklis | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off |
| 7 | Aris | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): Iraklis 3 (+1), Aris 3 (-1).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2000 (2000-05-28). 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 | 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 | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
1-9: Arie Haan 10-13: Stavros Sarafis (Interim) 14-34: Dusan Bajevic

## Greek Cup
### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAOK | AGE | OLV | VER | POS | PNC |
| 1 | PAOK | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 15 | Round of 16 | | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | — | 5–0 |
| 2 | Agersani | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Round of 16 | — | | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Olympiacos Volos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | | 0–2 | — | | 2–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Veria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | | — | 1–0 | — | | 4–0 | — |
| 5 | Poseidon Michaniona | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | — | | — |
| 6 | Panachaiki | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | | — | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |

#### Matches

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### Second round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 28 May 2000
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 |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Nikolaos Michopoulos | 17 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 (1) | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | Ante Covic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | | Grzegorz Szamotulski | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Božidar Bandović | 8 (1) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 15 (3) | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Stelios Venetidis | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Anastasios Katsabis | 27 (3) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 (3) | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | Koffi Amponsah | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Vidak Bratić | 11 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (1) | 2 |
| 22 | 22 | Georgios Koulakiotis | 9 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 (4) | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | Dionysis Chasiotis | 22 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 (1) | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | Achilleas Zafiriou | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 |
| 31 | 31 | Omari Tetradze | 27 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 (2) | 0 |
| | | Christian Dollberg | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| | | Vassilios Borbokis | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Spyros Marangos | 25 (5) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 32 (5) | 3 |
| 8 | 8 | Kostas Frantzeskos | 28 (12) | 4 | 4 (1) | 2 | 3 (3) | 2 | 35 (16) | 8 |
| 10 | 10 | Giorgos Toursounidis | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | Pantelis Konstantinidis | 24 (3) | 4 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 29 (5) | 4 |
| 12 | 12 | Joe Nagbe | 20 (3) | 1 | 4 (1) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 28 (5) | 1 |
| 15 | 15 | Pantelis Kafes | 26 (14) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 (14) | 4 |
| 20 | 20 | Abdel Sattar Sabry | 12 (1) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 (1) | 6 |
| 24 | 24 | Loukas Karadimos | 15 (8) | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 21 (12) | 0 |
| | | Triantafyllos Machairidis | 9 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 16 (2) | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | Zisis Vryzas | 24 (13) | 3 | 5 (2) | 1 | 4 (2) | 1 | 33 (17) | 5 |
| 13 | 13 | Adolfo Valencia | 14 (8) | 5 | 3 (1) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 (9) | 8 |
| 14 | 14 | Nikolaos Frousos | 25 (8) | 11 | 6 (2) | 5 | 3 (1) | 2 | 34 (11) | 18 |
| 18 | 18 | Georgios Georgiadis | 26 (3) | 5 | 4 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 (4) | 9 |
| 20 | 20 | Dimitris Nalitzis | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
| 27 | 27 | Stefanos Voskaridis | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | Milton Núñez | 10 (6) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (7) | 0 |
| | | Dimitris Salpingidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, uefa.com, epo.gr, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | Nikolaos Frousos | 11 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 20 | FW | Dimitris Nalitzis | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 18 | FW | Georgios Georgiadis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 13 | FW | Adolfo Valencia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | Kostas Frantzeskos | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | Abdel Sattar Sabry | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | | DF | Vassilios Borbokis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | Zisis Vryzas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | Pantelis Kafes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | Pantelis Konstantinidis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | | DF | Christian Dollberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | MF | Spyros Marangos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | DF | Vidak Bratić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 12 | MF | Joe Nagbe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 64 | 14 | 12 | 90 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, uefa.com, epo.gr, rsssf.com