# 1980–81 PAOK FC season

The 1980–81 season was PAOK Football Club's 55th in existence and the club's 22nd 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | YUG | Mladen Furtula |
| — | GK | GRE | Apostolos Filis |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Iosifidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Gounaris |
| — | DF | HUN | József Salomon |
| — | DF | GRE | Theodoros Apostolidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Filotas Pellios |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Alavantas |
| — | DF | GRE | Apostolos Tsourelas |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Koudas (captain) |
| — | MF | GRE | Stavros Sarafis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Angelos Anastasiadis |
| — | MF | GRE | Ioannis Damanakis |
| — | MF | GRE | Thomas Siggas |
| — | MF | GRE | Vassilis Vasilakos |
| — | MF | GRE | Kyriakos Alexandridis |
| — | MF | GRE | Vasilis Georgopoulos |
| — | MF | GRE | Stathis Triantafyllidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Giorgos Kostikos |
| — | FW | GRE | Panagiotis Kermanidis |
| — | FW | BRA | Neto Guerino |
| — | FW | GRE | Christos Dimopoulos |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | József Salomon | Diósgyőri VTK | ? |
| Summer | MF | Vasilis Georgopoulos | Panachaiki | ? |
| Summer | MF | Stathis Triantafyllidis | Kavala | 6 million Dr. |
| Summer | FW | Christos Dimopoulos | Panetolikos | 5.4 million Dr. |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | FW | Kostas Orfanos | Olympiacos | 21 million Dr. |

## 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 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 044.12 |
| Greek Cup | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 077.78 |
| Total | 43 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 051.16 |
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 % |
| Gyula Lóránt | Start of season | 31.05.1981 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 050.00 |
| Aristarchos Fountoukidis (Interim) | 03.06.1981 | End of season | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 060.00 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 42 | +21 | 44 | |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 43 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | AEL | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 37 | |
* ↑ Since Olympiacos, winners of 1980–81 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 June 1981 (1981-06-14). 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 | 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 |
| Result | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of June 21, 1981
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 |||||||||
| | | Mladen Furtula | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Filis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| | | Ioannis Gounaris | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Iosifidis | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| | | József Salomon | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| | | Theodoros Apostolidis | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| | | Nikos Alavantas | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| | | Filotas Pellios | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| | | Apostolos Tsourelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| | | Giorgos Koudas | 31 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 10 |
| | | Ioannis Damanakis | 25 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 3 |
| | | Thomas Siggas | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| | | Vassilis Vasilakos | 22 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
| | | Vasilis Georgopoulos | 21 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 3 |
| | | Stavros Sarafis | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 |
| | | Stathis Triantafyllidis | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 4 |
| | | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| | | Angelos Anastasiadis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| | | Panagiotis Kermanidis | 34 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 12 |
| | | Neto Guerino | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| | | Giorgos Kostikos | 24 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 11 |
| | | Christos Dimopoulos | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Panagiotis Kermanidis | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | | FW | Giorgos Kostikos | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | | MF | Giorgos Koudas | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | | MF | Stavros Sarafis | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | | MF | Vassilis Vasilakos | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | | MF | Stathis Triantafyllidis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | | MF | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | | MF | Thomas Siggas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | MF | Ioannis Damanakis | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | | MF | Vasilis Georgopoulos | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | | FW | Neto Guerino | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | FW | Christos Dimopoulos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | DF | Filotas Pellios | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | MF | Angelos Anastasiadis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | DF | Theodoros Apostolidis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 52 | 19 | 71 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com