# 1972–73 PAOK FC season

The 1972–73 season was PAOK Football Club's 47th in existence and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round, and also faced Rapid Wien in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GRE | Ioannis Stefas |
| — | GK | GRE | Savvas Chatzioannou |
| — | GK | GRE | Apostolos Savvoulidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Iosifidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Gounaris |
| — | DF | GRE | Aristarchos Fountoukidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Pavlos Papadopoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Michalis Bellis |
| — | DF | GRE | Ioannis Chatziantoniou |
| — | DF | GRE | Babis Tsilingiridis |
| — | DF | GRE | Filotas Pellios |
| 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 | Petros Vouzounerakis |
| — | FW | GRE | Lefteris Tsakiropoulos |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Stavridis |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | GK | Ioannis Stefas | Korinthos | ? |
| Summer | DF | Babis Tsilingiridis | Xanthi | 1 million Dr. |
| Summer | FW | Petros Vouzounerakis | OFI | ? |

## 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 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 079.41 |
| Greek Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 92 | 31 | +61 | 076.19 |
Source: Competitions

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 13 | +59 | 94 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | PAOK | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 92 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 89 | 29 | +60 | 82 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Panachaiki | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 78 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 71 | |
* ↑ Since Olympiacos, winners of 1972–73 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup.
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.

#### 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 1973 (1973-06-03). 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 | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of June 18, 1973
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 |||||||||||
| | | Ioannis Stefas | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| | | Savvas Chatzioannou | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Savvoulidis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | | Ioannis Gounaris | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| | | Aristarchos Fountoukidis | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 |
| | | Pavlos Papadopoulos | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| | | Kostas Iosifidis | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | | Michalis Bellis | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| | | Ioannis Chatziantoniou | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| | | Babis Tsilingiridis | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | | Filotas Pellios | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | | Koulis Apostolidis | 33 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 16 |
| | | Giorgos Koudas | 31 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 15 |
| | | Christos Terzanidis | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| | | Stavros Sarafis | 28 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 25 |
| | | Vassilis Lazos | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| | | Giorgos Paraschos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | | Achilleas Aslanidis | 27 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 |
| | | Dimitris Paridis | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 12 |
| | | Giannis Mantzourakis | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | | Petros Vouzounerakis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | | Lefteris Tsakiropoulos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | Dimitris Stavridis | 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 | UEFA CWC | Total |
| 1 | | MF | Stavros Sarafis | 19 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | | MF | Koulis Apostolidis | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | | MF | Giorgos Koudas | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | | FW | Dimitris Paridis | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | | FW | Achilleas Aslanidis | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | | DF | Aristarchos Fountoukidis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | | DF | Ioannis Gounaris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | MF | Christos Terzanidis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | FW | Petros Vouzounerakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | MF | Vassilis Lazos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 75 | 15 | 2 | 92 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com