# 1978–79 PAOK FC season

The 1978–79 season was PAOK Football Club's 53rd in existence and the club's 20th 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 | Apostolos Filis |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Iosifidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Gounaris |
| — | DF | GRE | Filotas Pellios |
| — | DF | GRE | Theodoros Apostolidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Alavantas |
| — | DF | GRE | Ilias Katsanikas |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Koudas (captain) |
| — | MF | GRE | Koulis Apostolidis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Angelos Anastasiadis |
| — | MF | GRE | Stavros Sarafis |
| — | MF | GRE | Ioannis Damanakis |
| — | MF | GRE | Thomas Siggas |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Orfanos |
| — | FW | GRE | Panagiotis Kermanidis |
| — | FW | BRA | Neto Guerino |
| — | FW | GRE | Giorgos Kostikos |
| — | FW | GRE | Nikos Panagiotidis |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Apostolos Filis | Panionios | Exchange |
| Summer | DF | Ilias Katsanikas | Polykastro | ? |
| Summer | DF | Theodoros Apostolidis | Kastoria | ? |
| Summer | MF | Thomas Siggas | Naoussa | ? |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Dimitris Festeris | Doxa Drama | Free |
| Summer | MF | Giannis Pathiakakis | Panionios | Exchange |

## 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 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 052.94 |
| Greek Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 79 | 30 | +49 | 052.63 |
Source: Competitions

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 56 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 45 | |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 38 | |
| 6 | Iraklis | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 34 | |
* ↑ AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 June 1979 (1979-06-03). 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 | 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 | Α | H | Α |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Greek Cup
### Second round

Bye

### Third round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of June 3, 1979
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 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Filis | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | | Ioannis Gounaris | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Iosifidis | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| | | Theodoros Apostolidis | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| | | Filotas Pellios | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| | | Nikos Alavantas | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | | Ilias Katsanikas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | | Ioannis Damanakis | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| | | Stavros Sarafis | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 14 |
| | | Giorgos Koudas | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| | | Angelos Anastasiadis | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| | | Koulis Apostolidis | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| | | Thomas Siggas | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | | Panagiotis Kermanidis | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 12 |
| | | Kostas Orfanos | 32 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 15 |
| | | Giorgos Kostikos | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 |
| | | Neto Guerino | 29 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 16 |
| | | Nikos Panagiotidis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA CWC | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Neto Guerino | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | | FW | Kostas Orfanos | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | | MF | Stavros Sarafis | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | | FW | Panagiotis Kermanidis | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | | FW | Giorgos Kostikos | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | | MF | Giorgos Koudas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | MF | Ioannis Damanakis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | MF | Angelos Anastasiadis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | DF | Theodoros Apostolidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 73 | 4 | 2 | 79 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com