# 1979–80 PAOK FC season

The 1979–80 season was PAOK Football Club's 54th in existence and the club's 21st 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 | GRE | Filotas Pellios |
| — | DF | GRE | Theodoros Apostolidis |
| — | 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 |
| — | FW | GRE | Giorgos Kostikos |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Orfanos |
| — | FW | GRE | Panagiotis Kermanidis |
| — | FW | BRA | Neto Guerino |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Apostolos Tsourelas | AE Pylaia | 1 million Dr. |
| Summer | MF | Vassilis Vasilakos | Almyros | 1.4 million Dr. |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club |
| Summer | MF | Koulis Apostolidis | 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 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 050.00 |
| Greek Cup | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 057.14 |
| Total | 41 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 051.22 |
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 % |
| Egon Piechaczek | Start of season | 27.04.1980 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 054.29 |
| Gyula Lóránt | 30.04.1980 | End of season | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 033.33 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 45 | |
| 5 | PAOK | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 41 | |
| 6 | PAS Giannina | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 37 | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 36 | |
* 1 2 3rd-place play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 1–0

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 1980 (1980-05-18). 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | Α | H | Α |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of May 21, 1980
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 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Filis | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| | | Kostas Iosifidis | 33 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| | | Ioannis Gounaris | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| | | Theodoros Apostolidis | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| | | Nikos Alavantas | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| | | Filotas Pellios | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Tsourelas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| | | Angelos Anastasiadis | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | | Giorgos Koudas | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| | | Ioannis Damanakis | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
| | | Vassilis Vasilakos | 22 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 5 |
| | | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 3 |
| | | Stavros Sarafis | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 |
| | | Thomas Siggas | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| | | Panagiotis Kermanidis | 29 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 6 |
| | | Giorgos Kostikos | 29 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 18 |
| | | Neto Guerino | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 |
| | | Kostas Orfanos | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Giorgos Kostikos | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | | FW | Neto Guerino | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | | FW | Kostas Orfanos | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | | FW | Panagiotis Kermanidis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | | MF | Stavros Sarafis | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | | MF | Vassilis Vasilakos | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | | MF | Giorgos Koudas | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | MF | Ioannis Damanakis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | MF | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | | DF | Theodoros Apostolidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | DF | Nikos Alavantas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | DF | Kostas Iosifidis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 53 | 12 | 65 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com