# 1977–78 PAOK FC season

The 1977–78 season was PAOK Football Club's 52nd in existence and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and also participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

## 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 |
| — | GK | YUG | Mladen Furtula |
| — | GK | GRE | Dimitris Festeris |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Iosifidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Gounaris |
| — | DF | GRE | Filotas Pellios |
| — | DF | GRE | Aristarchos Fountoukidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Alavantas |
| — | DF | GRE | Themis Kapousouzis |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Koudas (captain) |
| — | MF | GRE | Koulis Apostolidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Angelos Anastasiadis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Stavros Sarafis |
| — | MF | GRE | Ioannis Damanakis |
| — | MF | GRE | Giannis Pathiakakis |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Voulgaris |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Orfanos |
| — | FW | GRE | Panagiotis Kermanidis |
| — | FW | BRA | Neto Guerino |
| — | FW | GRE | Giorgos Kostikos |
| — | FW | GRE | Alexandros Boditsopoulos |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Dimitris Festeris | Pandramaikos | ? |
| Summer | MF | Giannis Pathiakakis | Apollon Athens | ? |
| Summer | FW | Giorgos Kostikos | Pierikos | 6.5 million Dr. |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Diamantis Milinis | Panserraikos | Free |
| Summer | MF | Christos Terzanidis | Panathinaikos | 3 million Dr. |
| Summer | FW | Dimitris Paridis | | 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 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 047.06 |
| Greek Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 083.33 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 075.00 |
| Total | 44 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 054.55 |
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 % |
| Billy Bingham | Start of season | 23.10.1977 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Dimitris Kalogiannis (Interim) | 30.10.1977 | 26.12.1977 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 050.00 |
| Lakis Petropoulos | 08.01.1978 | End of season | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 058.33 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AEK Athens (C) | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 53 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | PAOK | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 46 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 25 | +38 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 44 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 38 | |
* ↑ Since AEK Athens also won the Greek Cup and qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, the Cup finalists, PAOK earned a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup first 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: 28 May 1978 (1978-05-28). 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 | 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 | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of June 4, 1978
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 CWC | UEFA CWC | Total | Total |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| | | Mladen Furtula | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| | | Dimitris Festeris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | | Kostas Iosifidis | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| | | Ioannis Gounaris | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| | | Filotas Pellios | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| | | Aristarchos Fountoukidis | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| | | Nikos Alavantas | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | | Themis Kapousouzis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | | Giorgos Koudas | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 6 |
| | | Koulis Apostolidis | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| | | Ioannis Damanakis | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 5 |
| | | Stavros Sarafis | 21 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 |
| | | Angelos Anastasiadis | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 |
| | | Giannis Pathiakakis | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| | | Dimitris Voulgaris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | | Kostas Orfanos | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 21 |
| | | Panagiotis Kermanidis | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 11 |
| | | Giorgos Kostikos | 25 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| | | Neto Guerino | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| | | Alexandros Boditsopoulos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA CWC | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Kostas Orfanos | 15 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | | FW | Panagiotis Kermanidis | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | | MF | Stavros Sarafis | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | | MF | Giorgos Koudas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | | FW | Neto Guerino | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | | MF | Ioannis Damanakis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | | MF | Angelos Anastasiadis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | | MF | Giannis Pathiakakis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | DF | Kostas Iosifidis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | FW | Giorgos Kostikos | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | DF | Filotas Pellios | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | | MF | Koulis Apostolidis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | FW | Alexandros Boditsopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | FW | Michalis Malaxianakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 48 | 17 | 6 | 71 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com