2024–25 PAOK FC season

PAOK 2024–25 football season

PAOK
2024–25 season
President	Ivan Savvidis
Manager	Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League 1	Pre-season
Greek Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Konstantinos Koulierakis (3)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 13 August 2024.

The 2024–25 PAOK FC season is the club's 99th season in existence and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, PAOK are participating in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and in the Champions League. The season covers the period from 23 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach	Jose Moreira
Head Fitness Coach	Matteo Spatafora
Fitness coach	Paolo Castorina
Rehabilitation Coach	Georgios Tsonakas

Last updated: 26 May 2021
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Players

Current squad

As of 1 August 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	GUI	Mady Camara
3	DF	NOR	Ivan Näsberg
4	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Koulierakis
5	DF	GRE	Giannis Michailidis
6	MF	GRE	Theocharis Tsingaras
7	MF	GRE	Giannis Konstantelias
9	FW	RUS	Fyodor Chalov
10	MF	AUT	Thomas Murg
11	FW	BRA	Taison (vice-captain)
14	MF	SRB	Andrija Živković (vice-captain)
15	DF	NGA	William Troost-Ekong
16	DF	POL	Tomasz Kędziora
19	DF	ESP	Jonny Otto
20	DF	POR	Vieirinha (captain)
21	DF	GHA	Baba Rahman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	AUT	Stefan Schwab (vice-captain)
23	DF	ESP	Joan Sastre
24	DF	GRE	Marios Tsaousis
25	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Thymianis
31	MF	POR	André Ricardo
34	FW	MAR	Tarik Tissoudali
70	FW	TAN	Mbwana Samatta
42	GK	CRO	Dominik Kotarski
47	FW	ENG	Shola Shoretire
55	DF	POR	Rafa Soares
64	GK	GRE	Christos Talichmanidis
71	FW	ESP	Brandon Thomas
77	MF	BUL	Kiril Despodov
99	GK	GRE	Antonis Tsiftsis
—	DF	GRE	Lefteris Lyratzis

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Panagiotis Tzimas	PAS Giannina	Loan return	1 July 2024
24	MF	Marios Tsaousis	PAS Giannina	Loan return	1 July 2024
88	DF	Lefteris Lyratzis	Asteras Tripolis	Loan return	1 July 2024
50	MF	Filipe Soares	Famalicão	Loan return	1 July 2024
25	DF	Konstantinos Thymianis	Panserraikos	Free transfer	17 June 2024	^[2]
2	MF	Mady Camara	Roma	Free transfer	20 June 2024	^[3]
99	GK	Antonis Tsiftsis	Asteras Tripolis	€400,000 + 20% resale	23 June 2024	^[4]
16	DF	Tomasz Kędziora	Dynamo Kyiv	Free transfer	13 July 2024	^[5]
34	FW	Tarik Tissoudali	Gent	€2.2M	28 July 2024	^[6]
47	FW	Shola Shoretire	Manchester United	Free transfer	30 July 2024	^[7]
9	FW	Fyodor Chalov	CSKA Moscow	€3M	1 August 2024	^[8]
Total						€ 5,600,000.00

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
18	GK	Živko Živković		End of contract	30 June 2024
88	MF	Marcos Antônio	Lazio	End of loan	30 June 2024
16	DF	Tomasz Kędziora	Dynamo Kyiv	End of loan	30 June 2024
8	MF	Soualiho Meïté	Benfica	End of loan	30 June 2024
95	FW	Stefanos Tzimas	Nürnberg	Loan	27 June 2024	^[9]
	MF	Panagiotis Tzimas	Asteras Tripolis	Free transfer	29 June 2024	^[10]
50	MF	Filipe Soares	Farense	Loan	9 July 2024	^[11]
Total						€ 0.00

Pre-season and other friendlies

Win Draw Loss

PAOK v AEK Larnaca

Wednesday, 3 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	2–1	AEK Larnaca	Swolgen
19:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Schwab 28' Murg 39'		54'	Stadium: Multifunctionale accomodatie "De Kerkebos"

PAOK v Hibernian

Saturday, 6 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	0–1	Hibernian	Swolgen
17:00 EEST, UTC+03:00			5'	Stadium: Multifunctionale accomodatie "De Kerkebos"

PAOK v Genk

Wednesday, 10 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	1–3	Genk	Horst
19:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Baba 49'		6', 10', 85'	Stadium: Sportpark Ter Horst
Note: Two-hour game consisting of four 30 minute quarters

PAOK v Union Saint-Gilloise

Saturday, 13 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	1–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Horst
15:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Schwab 27' (pen.)		50', 66'	Stadium: Sportpark Ter Horst

PAOK v Vitesse

Saturday, 13 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	1–2	Vitesse	Driel
20:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Samatta 11'		51', 54'	Stadium: Sportpark RKSV Driel

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	17 August 2024		Matchday 1	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Greek Football Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Champions League	24 July 2024	13 August 2024	Second qualifying round	4	2	1	1	9	8	+1	050.00
Europa League	22 August 2024		Play-off round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				5	3	1	1	12	10	+2	060.00

Source: Soccerway

Managerial statistics


Head Coach	From	To	Record
Head Coach	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Răzvan Lucescu	1 July 2024	Present	5	3	1	1	12	10	+2	060.00

Last updated: 17 August 2024

Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens	1	1	3	0	+3	3	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2	Olympiacos	1	1	2	0	+2	3
3	PAOK	1	1	3	2	+1	3
4	Asteras Tripolis	1	1	1	0	+1	3
5	Lamia	1	1	1	0	+1	3	Qualification for the Europe play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2024. Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[12]

Matches

PAOK v Panserraikos

Saturday, 17 August 2024 1	PAOK	v	Panserraikos	Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST, UTC+03:00	Schwab 35' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Ozdoyev 45', 45+3'		31' (pen.), 49'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 7,668 Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)

PAOK v Panetolikos

Sunday, 25 August 2025 2	PAOK	v	Panetolikos	Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba Referee: Christos Vergetis (Arcardia)

Atromitos v PAOK

3	Atromitos	v	PAOK	Athens
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

PAOK v Panathinaikos

4	PAOK	v	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba

Volos v PAOK

5	Volos	v	PAOK	Volos
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium

PAOK v Aris

6	PAOK	v	Aris	Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba

Levadiakos v PAOK

7	Levadiakos	v	PAOK	Livadeia
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

AEK v PAOK

8	AEK	v	PAOK	Athens
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

PAOK v OFI

9	PAOK	v	OFI	Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00				Stadium: Toumba

Lamia v PAOK

10	Lamia	v	PAOK	Lamia
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium

PAOK v Olympiacos

11	PAOK	v	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

Asteras Tripoli v PAOK

12	Asteras Tripoli	v	PAOK	Tripoli
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis

PAOK v Athens Kallithea

13	PAOK	v	Athens Kallithea	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

Panserraikos v PAOK

14	Panserraikos	v	PAOK	Serres
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium

Panetolikos v PAOK

15	Panetolikos	v	PAOK	Agrinio
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

PAOK v Atromitos

16	PAOK	v	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

Panathinaikos v PAOK

17	Panathinaikos	v	PAOK	Athens
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis

PAOK v Volos

18	PAOK	v	Volos	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

Aris v PAOK

19	Aris	v	PAOK	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis

PAOK v Levadiakos

20	PAOK	v	Levadiakos	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

PAOK v AEK

21	PAOK	v	AEK	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

OFI v PAOK

22	OFI	v	PAOK	Heraklion
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis

PAOK v Lamia

23	PAOK	v	Lamia	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

Olympiacos v PAOK

24	Olympiacos	v	PAOK	Piraeus
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis

PAOK v Asteras Tripoli

25	PAOK	v	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: Toumba

Athens Kallithea FC v PAOK

26	Athens Kallithea FC	v	PAOK	Kallithea, Athens
EET, UTC+02:00				Stadium: El Paso

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
Result
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Greek Cup

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

PAOK

Borac Banja Luka

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) First leg	PAOK	3–2	Borac Banja Luka	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EEST	Koulierakis 17', 39' Schwab 21' Troost-Ekong 51'	Report^[13]	22' (pen.), 45+3'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 16,135^[14] Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)

Borac Banja Luka

PAOK

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) Second leg	Borac Banja Luka	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	PAOK	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
22:00 EEST		Report^[15]	Murg 25' Schwab 39'	Stadium: Banja Luka City Stadium Attendance: 9,500^[16] Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)

Third qualifying round

Malmö FF

PAOK

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) First leg	Malmö FF	2–2	PAOK	Malmö, Sweden
20:00 EEST	28', 67'	Report^[17]	Taison 42' Baba 70', 75' Sastre 72' Camara 84' Ozdoyev 90+2'	Stadium: Eleda Stadion Attendance: 18,658^[18] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

PAOK v Malmö FF

13 August 2024 (2024-08-13) Second leg	PAOK	3–4 (a.e.t.) (5–6 agg.)	Malmö FF	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EEST	Taison 21' Sastre 37' Koulierakis 43', 120' Živković 45+3' Baba 65' Murg 100'	Report^[19]	10', 45', 90+6', 99'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 17,678^[20] Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

PAOK

Shamrock Rovers

22 August 2024 (2024-08-22) First leg	PAOK	v	Shamrock Rovers	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EEST				Stadium: Toumba Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Shamrock Rovers

PAOK

29 August 2024 (2024-08-29) Second leg	Shamrock Rovers	v	PAOK	Dublin, Ireland
22:00 EEST				Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Statistics

Squad statistics

The squad was informed and the official page of PAOK FC.^{[citation needed]}

As of 17 August 2024

Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.

No.	Name	Super League		Greek Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
No.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
42	Dominik Kotarski	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
99	Antonis Tsiftsis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
3	Ivan Näsberg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	Tomasz Kędziora	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
21	Baba Rahman	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	4	1
19	Lefteris Lyratzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Joan Sastre	0 (1)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3 (1)	0
15	William Troost-Ekong	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
24	Marios Tsaousis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Rafa Soares	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Konstantinos Koulierakis	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	4	3
23	Jonny	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	Konstantinos Thymianis	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Midfielders
10	Thomas Murg	1	0	0	0	2 (2)	1	0	0	3 (2)	1
22	Stefan Schwab	1	2	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	4 (1)	2
20	Vieirinha	1	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
7	Giannis Konstantelias	1	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0	3 (2)	0
27	Magomed Ozdoyev	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	1
31	André Ricardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Theocharis Tsingaras	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
2	Mady Camara	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0	1 (4)	0
Forwards
14	Andrija Živković	1	0	0	0	2 (2)	1	0	0	3 (2)	1
71	Brandon Thomas	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
77	Kiril Despodov	0 (1)	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0	2 (3)	0
70	Mbwana Samatta	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
11	Taison	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	4	2
34	Tarik Tissoudali	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
47	Shola Shoretire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Fyodor Chalov	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0

Goalscorers

As of 17 August 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Champions League	Total
1	4	DF	Koulierakis	0	3	3
2	11	FW	Taison	0	2	2
	22	MF	Schwab	2	0	2
4	15	DF	Troost-Ekong	0	1	1
	10	MF	Murg	0	1	1
	21	DF	Baba	0	1	1
	14	FW	Živković	0	1	1
	27	MF	Ozdoyev	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTAL				3	9	12

Clean sheets

As of 17 August 2024

Player	CL	Total	Games played	Percentage
Dominik Kotarski	1	1	4	25,00%
Antonis Tsiftsis			1	00,00%
Total	1	1	5	20,00%

Disciplinary record

As of 17 August 2024

S	P	N	Name	Super League			Greek Cup			Champions League			Total
S	P	N	Name
22	MF		Schwab	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
21	MF		Baba	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
23	DF		Sastre	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	MF		Camara	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF		Ozdoyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF		Murg	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Koulierakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

References

^ "First Team". Paokfc.gr.
^ "Konstantinos Thymianis joins PAOK". 17 June 2024.
^ "Mady Camara joins PAOK". 20 June 2024.
^ "Tsiftsis joins PAOK". 23 June 2024.
^ "Kedziora is back". 13 July 2024.
^ "Tarik Tissoudali joins PAOK". 28 July 2024.
^ "Shola Shoretire joins PAOK". 30 July 2024.
^ "Fedor Chalov joins PAOK". 1 August 2024.
^ "Tzimas joins Nürnberg on loan". 27 June 2024.
^ "Στον Αστέρα Τρίπολης ο Παναγιώτης Τζίμας (translation: Panagiotis Tzimas to Asteras Tripolis)". 29 June 2024.
^ "Στη Φαρένσε ο Φιλίπε Σοάρες (translation: Filipe Soares to Farense)". 9 July 2024.
^ "Super League Greece 2024/2025". slgr.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "PAOK vs Borac". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ "PAOK vs. Borac" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Borac vs PAOK". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ "Borac vs. PAOK" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ "Malmö vs PAOK". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "Malmö vs. PAOK" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ "PAOK vs Malmö". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "PAOK vs. Malmö" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

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HFF competitions

Men	Cup (Final)
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Leagues

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European competitions

Men	Champions League (Final) Europa League (Final) Conference League (Final)
Women	Champions League (Final)
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Men	2024–25 UEFA Nations League (League B) 2026 FIFA World Cup (Qualification)
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Super League 1	AEK Athens Aris Asteras Tripolis Athens Kallithea Atromitos Lamia Levadiakos OFI Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panserraikos Panetolikos PAOK Volos
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