# 1971–72 PAOK FC season

The 1971–72 season was PAOK Football Club's 46th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and managed to go all the way and win their first domestic title in club's history.

## 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 | GRE | Apostolos Savvoulidis |
| — | GK | GRE | Savvas Chatzioannou |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Iosifidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Gounaris |
| — | DF | GRE | Aristarchos Fountoukidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Michalis Bellis |
| — | DF | GRE | Pavlos Papadopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Chatziantoniou |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Chatzikapetanis |
| — | DF | GRE | Christos Kalifoulis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Koudas (captain) |
| — | MF | GRE | Koulis Apostolidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Stavros Sarafis |
| — | MF | GRE | Christos Terzanidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Vassilis Lazos |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Paraschos |
| — | FW | GRE | Achilleas Aslanidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Paridis |
| — | FW | GRE | Giannis Mantzourakis |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Stavridis |
| — | FW | GRE | Stelios Poulasouchidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Lefteris Tsakiropoulos |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Kostas Iosifidis | Elpida Toumba | 20.000 Dr. |
| Summer | MF | Koulis Apostolidis | Dallas Tornado | Free |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Kostas Pirtsos | Lamia | Free |

## 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 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 052.94 |
| Greek Cup | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 100.00 |
| Total | 40 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 060.00 |
Source: Competitions

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 82 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Aris | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 81 | |
| 5 | PAOK | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 80 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Panachaiki | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 70 | |
| 7 | Panionios | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 69 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 June 1972 (1972-06-25). 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 | 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 | A | H | Α | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of July 5, 1972
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 |||||||||
| | | Apostolos Savvoulidis | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| | | Savvas Chatzioannou | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| | | Ioannis Gounaris | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| | | Kostas Iosifidis | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| | | Michalis Bellis | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| | | Aristarchos Fountoukidis | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| | | Pavlos Papadopoulos | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| | | Ioannis Chatziantoniou | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Chatzikapetanis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Christos Kalifoulis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| | | Koulis Apostolidis | 34 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 17 |
| | | Christos Terzanidis | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| | | Giorgos Koudas | 31 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 11 |
| | | Stavros Sarafis | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 |
| | | Vassilis Lazos | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| | | Giorgos Paraschos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| | | Achilleas Aslanidis | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 8 |
| | | Dimitris Paridis | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 |
| | | Giannis Mantzourakis | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| | | Dimitris Stavridis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | Stelios Poulasouchidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | Lefteris Tsakiropoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | | MF | Koulis Apostolidis | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | | MF | Stavros Sarafis | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | | MF | Giorgos Koudas | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | | FW | Achilleas Aslanidis | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | | FW | Dimitris Paridis | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | | FW | Giannis Mantzourakis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | DF | Michalis Bellis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | DF | Ioannis Gounaris | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | DF | Aristarchos Fountoukidis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | | MF | Christos Terzanidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | DF | Pavlos Papadopoulos | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 53 | 16 | 69 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com