# 1985–86 PAOK FC season

The 1985–86 season was PAOK Football Club's 59th in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and also participated in the European 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 | GRE | Apostolos Terzis |
| — | GK | GRE | Lakis Stergioudas |
| — | GK | GRE | Giannis Gitsioudis |
| — | GK | GRE | Takis Pantelis |
| — | DF | YUG | Ivan Jurišić |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Alavantas (captain) |
| — | DF | GRE | Apostolos Tsourelas |
| — | DF | GRE | Haris Baniotis |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Malioufas |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Psarras |
| — | DF | GRE | Pantelis Sachanidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Skartados |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Vassilis Vasilakos |
| — | MF | GRE | Thomas Siggas |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Pittas |
| — | MF | GRE | Kyriakos Alexandridis |
| — | MF | GRE | Sotiris Mavromatis |
| — | MF | GRE | Nikos Liakos |
| — | FW | YUG | Rade Paprica |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Orfanos |
| — | FW | GRE | Giorgos Kostikos |
| — | FW | GRE | Aris Karasavvidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Michalis Iordanidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Stefanos Borbokis |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Giannis Gitsioudis | Iraklis | Free |
| Summer | MF | Dimitris Pittas | Ethnikos | 15 million Dr. |
| Summer | FW | Kostas Orfanos | Olympiacos | Free |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Kostas Iosifidis | | Retired |
| Summer | MF | Ioannis Damanakis | Makedonikos | Free |
| Summer | FW | Christos Dimopoulos | Panathinaikos | 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 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 033.33 |
| Greek Cup | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| European Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 029.41 |
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 % |
| Walter Skocik | Start of season | 02.03.1986 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 023.08 |
| Michalis Bellis | 09.03.1986 | End of season | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 050.00 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | AEL | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 30 |
| 9 | Apollon Kalamarias | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 28 |
| 10 | PAOK | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 27 |
| 11 | Apollon Smyrnis | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 24 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 24 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 April 1986 (1986-04-27). 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of April 27, 1986
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 | European Cup | European Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| | | Apostolos Terzis | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| | | Lakis Stergioudas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | | Giannis Gitsioudis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | Takis Pantelis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | | Nikos Alavantas | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | | Ivan Jurišić | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Tsourelas | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| | | Haris Baniotis | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| | | Giannis Psarras | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| | | Kostas Malioufas | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | | Pantelis Sachanidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | | Thomas Siggas | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| | | Giorgos Skartados | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 12 |
| | | Dimitris Pittas | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| | | Vassilis Vasilakos | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 4 |
| | | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| | | Nikos Liakos | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| | | Sotiris Mavromatis | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | | Aris Karasavvidis | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| | | Kostas Orfanos | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| | | Giorgos Kostikos | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| | | Rade Paprica | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| | | Michalis Iordanidis | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| | | Stefanos Borbokis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total |
| 1 | | MF | Giorgos Skartados | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | | FW | Giorgos Kostikos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | MF | Vassilis Vasilakos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | | FW | Aris Karasavvidis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | MF | Thomas Siggas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | MF | Sotiris Mavromatis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | FW | Kostas Orfanos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | MF | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | MF | Dimitris Pittas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | MF | Nikos Liakos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | DF | Giannis Psarras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | DF | Haris Baniotis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | FW | Rade Paprica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | FW | Michalis Iordanidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 33 | 1 | 2 | 36 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com