# 2014–15 PAOK FC season

The 2014–15 season was PAOK Football Club's 89th in existence and the club's 56th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Football Cup in the Second Round and will also compete in UEFA Europa League starting from the Play-off round.
On 19 May 2014, Angelos Anastasiadis become PAOK's manager by signing a two-year contract.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Jacobo |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Giannis Skondras |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Tzavellas |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Katsikas |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Răzvan Raț |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Eyal Golasa |
| 8 | MF | NED | Hedwiges Maduro |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Papadopoulos |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Facundo Pereyra |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Róbert Mak |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Sotirios Papagiannopoulos |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis (vice-captain) |
| 15 | DF | POR | Miguel Vítor |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa |
| 18 | FW | GRE | Efthimis Koulouris |
| 20 | DF | POR | Ricardo Costa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | GRE | Nikos Spyropoulos |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Konstantinidis |
| 23 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Deligiannidis |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Stelios Pozatzidis |
| 25 | MF | ROU | Costin Lazar |
| 26 | MF | ALB | Ergys Kaçe |
| 27 | GK | CMR | Charles Itandje |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Lucas |
| 32 | MF | GRE | Fanis Tzandaris |
| 33 | FW | GRE | Stefanos Athanasiadis (captain) |
| 37 | DF | ALB | Kristi Qose |
| 40 | MF | BEL | Maarten Martens |
| 50 | GK | GRE | Asterios Giakoumis |
| 70 | DF | GRE | Stelios Kitsiou |
| 71 | GK | GRE | Panagiotis Glykos (vice-captain) |
| 88 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Savvidis |
| 96 | MF | GRE | Stelios Pozoglou |

### Out on loan

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 | ESP | Jacobo (at Tenerife) |
| — | GK | GRE | Nikos Melissas (at Iraklis Psachna) |
| — | DF | ALB | Kristi Qose (at Apollon Kalamarias) |
| — | MF | GRE | Stefanos Polyzos (at Aiginiakos) |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Panagiotoudis (at Veria) |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Pelkas (at Vitória Setúbal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Giannoulis (at Pierikos) |
| — | MF | ESP | Lucas (at Deportivo La Coruna) |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Popovic (at Aiginiakos) |
| — | FW | GRE | Giannis Mystakidis (at Pierikos) |
| — | FW | GRE | Vasilis Papadopoulos (at Apollon Kalamarias) |

## Kit

Supplier: Nike Sponsor(s): Pame Stoixima
| Home | Away | Third | Fourth |
Source: PAOK FC official website

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League Greece | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 058.82 |
| Greek Cup | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 037.50 |
| UEFA play-offs | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Total | 51 | 23 | 10 | 18 | 73 | 58 | +15 | 045.10 |
Last updated: 10 February 2017 (2017-02-10). 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 % |
| Angelos Anastasiadis | Start Season | 16.03.2015 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 050.00 |
| G. Georgiadis (Interim) | 16.03.2015 | 30.06.2015 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 030.77 |

## Super League Greece
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 23 | +56 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | PAOK | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 65 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | Asteras Tripolis | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 59 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Atromitos | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 February 2017 (2017-02-10). 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 | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Play-offs
### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 15 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Asteras Tripolis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 10 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Atromitos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | PAOK | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 4 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Greek Cup
### Greek Football Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAS | KER | APK | PAOK |
| 1 | PAS Giannina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Round of 16 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Kerkyra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Round of 16 | — | | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Apollon Kalamarias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | | — | — | | 1–0 |
| 4 | PAOK | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | | 1–1 | — | — | |
Win  Draw  Loss

## UEFA Europa League
### Play-off Round

Win  Draw  Loss

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FIO | GUI | PAO | DMI |
| 1 | Fiorentina | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2 | Guingamp | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | PAOK | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 6–1 |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 4 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Total | Super League Greece | Super League Greece | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEFA play-offs | UEFA play-offs | |
| N | Pos. | Name | Nat. | GS | App | Gls | Min | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 2 | DF | Giannis Skondras | | | 37 | 2 | | 26 | 2 | 7 | | 2 | | 2 | | |
| 3 | DF | Giorgos Tzavellas | | | 23 | 1 | | 13 | 1 | 4 | | | | 6 | | |
| 4 | DF | Giorgos Katsikas | | | 19 | | | 12 | | 6 | | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Răzvan Raț | | | 39 | 3 | | 25 | 3 | 7 | | 2 | | 5 | | |
| 6 | MF | Alexandros Tziolis | | | 34 | 1 | | 20 | | 7 | | 2 | 1 | 5 | | |
| 7 | MF | Eyal Golasa | | | 33 | | | 24 | | 6 | | 3 | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Hedwiges Maduro | | | 16 | 1 | | 10 | 1 | 4 | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | D. Papadopoulos | | | 32 | 8 | | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | | 4 | | |
| 10 | FW | Facundo Pereyra | | | 42 | 13 | | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | | 6 | 1 | |
| 11 | MF | Róbert Mak | | | 35 | 8 | | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | | |
| 14 | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | | | 31 | 3 | | 22 | 3 | 8 | | 1 | | | | |
| 15 | DF | Miguel Vítor | | | 41 | 2 | | 29 | 2 | 6 | | 2 | | 4 | | |
| 16 | MF | Christian Noboa | | | 17 | 2 | | 14 | 2 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 18 | FW | Efthimis Koulouris | | | 15 | | | 10 | | | | 1 | | 4 | | |
| 20 | DF | Ricardo Costa | | | 15 | | | 10 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 21 | DF | Nikos Spyropoulos | | | 10 | | | 6 | | 3 | | 1 | | | | |
| 22 | DF | Dimitris Konstantinidis | | | 15 | | | 12 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 23 | DF | P. Deligiannidis | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | DF | Stelios Pozatzidis | | | 7 | | | 5 | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 26 | MF | Ergys Kaçe | | | 39 | 4 | | 25 | 4 | 7 | | 2 | | 5 | | |
| 27 | GK | Charles Itandje | | | 26 | | | 19 | | | | 1 | | 6 | | |
| 32 | MF | Fanis Tzandaris | | | 29 | 1 | | 20 | | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| 33 | FW | S. Athanasiadis | | | 41 | 18 | | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | | 4 | | |
| 40 | MF | Maarten Martens | | | 15 | 2 | | 8 | | 5 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| 50 | GK | Asterios Giakoumis | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | |
| 70 | DF | Stelios Kitsiou | | | 30 | | | 18 | | 4 | | 2 | | 6 | | |
| 71 | GK | Panagiotis Glykos | | | 24 | | | 15 | | 8 | | 1 | | | | |
| 88 | MF | Kyriakos Savvidis | | | 9 | | | 4 | | | | 2 | | 3 | | |
| 96 | MF | Stelios Pozoglou | | | 12 | | | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | 5 | | |
| | DF | Achilleas Poungouras | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | $^1$ |
| | MF | S. Papagiannopoulos | | | 7 | | | 7 | | | | | | | | |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | Cup | Europa League | Play-offs | Total |
| 1 | 33 | FW | Athanasiadis | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | Pereyra | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Róbert Mak | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Papadopoulos | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 26 | MF | Kaçe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | Răzvan Raț | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | Salpingidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 16 | MF | Christian Noboa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | Skondras | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | DF | Miguel Vítor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | MF | Martens | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | MF | Alexandros Tziolis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | MF | Maduro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 32 | MF | Tzandaris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 3 | MF | Tzavellas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Other$^1$ | Other$^1$ | Other$^1$ | Other$^1$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 57 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 73 |
$^1$Match on 25 January 2015 (Niki Volou) awarded 0-3 by FA decision.

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Name | Super League | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total | Total |
| 33 | FW | Athanasiadis | 7 | 1 | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| 5 | DF | Răzvan Raț | 7 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 11 | 1 | |
| 26 | MF | Ergys Kaçe | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Miguel Vítor | 7 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 9 | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | Skondras | 5 | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | 8 | 1 | |
| 32 | MF | Tzandaris | 7 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 8 | | |
| 9 | FW | Papadopoulos | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | | |
| 6 | MF | Eyal Golasa | 6 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 7 | | |
| 8 | MF | Maduro | 5 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 6 | | |
| 6 | MF | Tziolis | 2 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 5 | | |
| 70 | DF | Stelios Kitsiou | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 5 | | |
| 3 | DF | Tzavellas | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 4 | | 1 |
| 20 | DF | R. Costa | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 16 | MF | Christian Noboa | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 11 | MF | Róbert Mak | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 21 | DF | Spyropoulos | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 22 | DF | Konstantinidis | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
| 10 | FW | Pereyra | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Salpingidis | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 96 | MF | Pozoglou | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 4 | DF | Giorgos Katsikas | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 71 | GK | Glykos | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 27 | GK | Charles Itandje | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 18 | FW | Koulouris | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| | DF | Papagiannopoulos | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 30 | DF | Pozatzidis | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| | | TOTAL | 87 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 6 | 3 |
Last updated: 2015
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net,uefa.com, paokfc.gr, soccerway.com
Only competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card. 0 shown as blank