# 1988–89 PAOK FC season

The 1988–89 season was PAOK Football Club's 62nd in existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and faced Diego Maradona's Napoli in the UEFA Cup.

## 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 | Giannis Gitsioudis |
| — | GK | GRE | Apostolos Terzis |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Alavantas (captain) |
| — | DF | GRE | Apostolos Tsourelas |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Malioufas |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Karageorgiou |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitris Mitoglou |
| — | DF | GRE | Michalis Leontiadis |
| — | DF | GRE | Antonis Mavreas |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Tsiplakis |
| — | DF | AUS | Charlie Yankos |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Skartados |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Lagonidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Kyriakos Alexandridis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Luís Fernando Abichabki |
| — | MF | NOR | Kjetil Osvold |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Toursounidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Nikos Plitsis |
| — | MF | GRE | Thomas Siggas |
| — | MF | GRE | Paschalis Seretis |
| — | FW | ENG | Mike Small |
| — | FW | AUS | John Anastasiadis |
| — | FW | GRE | Stefanos Borbokis |
| — | FW | GRE | Aris Karasavvidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Michalis Iordanidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Stathis Karalidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Asterios Roussomanis |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | MF | Luís Fernando Abichabki | Coritiba | 40 million Dr. |
| Summer | MF | Kjetil Osvold | Djurgården | ? |
| Summer | MF | Nikos Plitsis | Panargiakos Argos Orestiko | ? |
| Summer | FW | Mike Small | Vitesse | ? |
| Summer | FW | John Anastasiadis | Heidelberg United | 6 million Dr. |
| Summer | FW | Stathis Karalidis | AE Ampelokipoi | ? |
| Winter | DF | Charlie Yankos | APIA Leichhardt | ? |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | MF | Lakis Papaioannou | PAS Giannina | Free |
| Summer | MF | Sotiris Mavromatis | Olympiacos | ? |
| Summer | FW | Paul Bannon | AEL | Free |
| Summer | FW | Nikola Nikić | Željezničar | Free |
| Winter | MF | Thomas Siggas | Apollon Kalamaria | ? |
| Winter | MF | Paschalis Seretis | Apollon Kalamaria | ? |
| Winter | FW | Michalis Iordanidis | Apollon Kalamaria | ? |

## 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 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 036.67 |
| Greek Cup | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 062.50 |
| UEFA Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 040.00 |
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 % |
| Rinus Israël | Start of season | 22.01.1989 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 050.00 |
| Nikos Alefantos | 29.01.1989 | 09.04.1989 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 030.77 |
| Stavros Sarafis (Interim) | 16.04.1989 | End of season | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 000.00 |

## Alpha Ethniki
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | AEL | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 34 |
| 7 | Aris | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 33 |
| 8 | PAOK | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 32 |
| 9 | Doxa Drama | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 28 |
| 10 | Panionios | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 27 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 1989 (1989-05-21). 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of May 21, 1989
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 Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| | | Giannis Gitsioudis | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Terzis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | | Antonis Mavreas | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| | | Nikos Karageorgiou | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| | | Dimitris Mitoglou | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| | | Kostas Malioufas | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | | Michalis Leontiadis | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| | | Apostolos Tsourelas | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| | | Nikos Alavantas | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| | | Charlie Yankos | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | | Giannis Tsiplakis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | | Kostas Lagonidis | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| | | Giorgos Skartados | 21 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 12 |
| | | Luís Fernando Abichabki | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| | | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| | | Kjetil Osvold | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| | | Thomas Siggas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | | Giorgos Toursounidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | Paschalis Seretis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | | Stefanos Borbokis | 25 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 6 |
| | | Mike Small | 24 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 11 |
| | | Aris Karasavvidis | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| | | John Anastasiadis | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| | | Stathis Karalidis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | | MF | Giorgos Skartados | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | | FW | Mike Small | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | | FW | Stefanos Borbokis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | | MF | Luís Fernando Abichabki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | | MF | Kostas Lagonidis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | MF | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | FW | John Anastasiadis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | DF | Michalis Leontiadis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | Nikos Karageorgiou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | Apostolos Tsourelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | Dimitris Mitoglou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | Charlie Yankos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Kjetil Osvold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Thomas Siggas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | FW | Aris Karasavvidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 34 | 15 | 1 | 50 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com