# 1970–71 PAOK FC season

The 1970–71 season was PAOK Football Club's 45th in existence and the club's 12th 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 | GRE | Savvas Chatzioannou |
| — | GK | GRE | Apostolos Savvoulidis |
| — | GK | GRE | Stelios Christodoulou |
| — | GK | GRE | Kostas Pirtsos |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Gounaris |
| — | DF | GRE | Aristarchos Fountoukidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Michalis Bellis |
| — | DF | GRE | Pavlos Papadopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Chatziantoniou |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Vergos |
| — | DF | GRE | Giorgos Makris |
| — | DF | GRE | Giorgos Kontogiorgos |
| — | DF | GRE | Giorgos Papachristoudis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Koudas (captain) |
| — | MF | GRE | Stavros Sarafis |
| — | MF | GRE | Christos Terzanidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Vassilis Lazos |
| — | MF | GRE | Thomas Dramalis |
| — | FW | GRE | Achilleas Aslanidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Paridis |
| — | FW | GRE | Giannis Mantzourakis |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Stavridis |
| — | FW | GRE | Stelios Poulasouchidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Giorgos Stergiadis |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Savvas Chatzioannou | N.Y. Greek American Atlas | Free |
| Summer | DF | Kostas Vergos | Olympiacos | ? |
| Summer | DF | Michalis Bellis | Panachaiki | Free |
| Summer | DF | Ioannis Gounaris | Doxa Neapoli | ? |
| Summer | FW | Dimitris Stavridis | Doxa Neapoli | ? |
| Summer | FW | Stelios Poulasouchidis | Aris Ptolemaida | ? |
| Summer | FW | Giannis Mantzourakis | Rapid București | Free |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | MF | Ioannis Giakoumis | Naoussa | Free |
| Summer | MF | Ignatios Mouratidis | Naoussa | Free |
| Summer | FW | Anestis Afentoulidis | Kastoria | 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 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 035.29 |
| Greek Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 080.00 |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 050.00 |
| Total | 41 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 041.46 |
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 % |
| Ivica Horvat | Start of season | 03.01.1971 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Giorgos Chasiotis (Interim) | 11.01.1971 | 07.02.1971 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 020.00 |
| Les Shannon | 13.02.1971 | End of season | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 050.00 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 71 | |
| 7 | Olympiacos | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 71 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | PAOK | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 68 | |
| 9 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 68 | |
| 10 | Aris | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 67 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 June 1971 (1971-06-13). 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of June 13, 1971
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 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| | | Savvas Chatzioannou | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| | | Stelios Christodoulou | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Savvoulidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Pirtsos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | | Ioannis Gounaris | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| | | Pavlos Papadopoulos | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| | | Aristarchos Fountoukidis | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| | | Ioannis Chatziantoniou | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| | | Michalis Bellis | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Vergos | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | | Giorgos Kontogiorgos | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | | Giorgos Makris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Giorgos Papachristoudis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | | Giorgos Koudas | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 |
| | | Stavros Sarafis | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
| | | Christos Terzanidis | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| | | Vassilis Lazos | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| | | Thomas Dramalis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | | Achilleas Aslanidis | 33 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 14 |
| | | Dimitris Paridis | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 8 |
| | | Dimitris Stavridis | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
| | | Giannis Mantzourakis | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
| | | Stelios Poulasouchidis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Giorgos Stergiadis | 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 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Achilleas Aslanidis | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | | MF | Giorgos Koudas | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | | FW | Dimitris Paridis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | | FW | Dimitris Stavridis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | | MF | Stavros Sarafis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | | FW | Giannis Mantzourakis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | | MF | Christos Terzanidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | MF | Vassilis Lazos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 38 | 15 | 1 | 54 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com