43 Facts About PAOK FC

PAOK FC, commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki or simply PAOK, is a Greek professional football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia.

PAOK FC currently plays in the top-flight Super League, which they have won three times.

PAOK FC is the oldest department of the major multi-sport club AC P A O K, which is closely linked with Hermes Sports Club, that was formed in 1875 by the Greek community of Pera, a district of Istanbul.

PAOK FC's policy was to be open to every citizen of Thessaloniki, leading to a minor rivalry with AEK Thessaloniki, the other Constantinopolitan club of the city, in which only refugees were allowed to play.

The original logo of PAOK FC was a horseshoe and a four-leaf clover.

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In 1937, PAOK FC won their first title, the Macedonia champions of Macedonia, and participated in the Panhellenic Championship, finishing 2nd.

PAOK FC was 22 years old when he died in Battle of Morava–Ivan.

Nikolaos Sotiriadis, who played from 1932 until 1940 for PAOK FC, died on 28 January 1941 in Kleisura, fighting with the rank of Sergeant for the 5th Infantry Regiment.

In 1948, PAOK FC won the Macedonia Championship for second time in history, and then participated in the final phase of the Panhellenic Championship where they were ranked 3rd.

PAOK FC footballers dedicated the title to the memory of team captain, Thrasyvoulos Panidis, who had lost his life in the civil war few days before.

Four consecutive seasons, PAOK FC won the Macedonia championship and participated in the Panhellenic Championship, finishing 4th each year.

On inauguration day, 15,000 PAOK FC supporters packed Toumba Stadium, as that was the stadium's capacity back then.

On 14 July 1966, PAOK FC fans were shocked by the news of Koudas' descent to Piraeus, accompanied by his father and determined to sign for Olympiacos, who tempted him by offering a much higher annual salary without going into a negotiation with his club.

PAOK FC participated in 7 Greek Cup finals from 1970 to 1978.

PAOK FC reached the final for third straight year, sixth in total and it would be the fifth time traveling to Athens for the trophy match.

PAOK FC players had 10,000 fans on their side and they vowed that it was about time to return with the trophy at Thessaloniki.

PAOK FC had tremendous complaints against referee Fakis for not taking the proper disciplinary action against Olympiacos players who committed violent fouls.

That season, PAOK FC reached the Greek Cup final for fifth consecutive year.

PAOK FC players were told in the half-time break that he had to be transported to the hospital and his death was revealed to them only after the game had ended.

On 29 June 1983, PAOK FC participated in the Greek Cup final which was held for first time at the newly built Olympic Stadium of Athens.

PAOK FC were later sentenced with a 3pt deduction and a 5 home games behind closed doors penalty by court decision.

PAOK FC were seriously threatened with a possible relegation for first time in history.

PAOK FC's death was verified in AHEPA Hospital shortly afterwards.

In February 2009, PAOK FC announced that a football tournament, bearing his name, would be held annually.

On 13 November 2006, Goumenos resigned from PAOK FC presidency leaving huge debts behind and few weeks later, Nikos Vezyrtzis–Apostolos Oikonomidis duo assumed temporary management of the club.

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PAOK FC board appointed Romanian Laszlo Boloni as the club's new head coach for the following season.

In June 2013, PAOK FC appointed Huub Stevens as their new coach, but he was dismissed in March 2014 after achieving poor results.

PAOK FC claimed that the object that fell onto Garcia was a sealed cash register paper roll, which can be as heavy as a stone and when thrown from a certain height and distance with a certain force can be a very powerful blow.

PAOK FC representatives claimed that the whole incident was a certain tactic from Olympiacos, which eventually did not work out because there was no injury sustained.

PAOK FC said about a year later, that AEK players and himself realized that Savvidis was actually carrying a gun on his belt when they received photos on their cellphones and not while they were on the pitch.

PAOK FC replied that they would be informed outside on the pitch.

PAOK FC said that Savvidis' invasion of the pitch wasn't proper.

PAOK FC received a legal document with 3 questions from first-instance court judge and gave a definite answer in one of them and a vague response in the other two.

Kostas Koemtzopoulos, one of PAOK FC's founding members, came up with this idea, inspired by his favourite brand of cigarettes.

PAOK FC administration have already presented to the Greek public authorities an architecture study of a new Stadium at Toumba.

On 21 June 2022, PAOK FC has formalized the beginning of a collaboration with a team consisting of domestic engineering and consulting firm SALFO and global architectural design company Populous to deliver the project's master plan.

PAOK FC is the most widely supported football club in Northern Greece and with the 3rd largest fanbase in the country, according to the latest polls and researches.

Research by Marca in August 2018 reported that PAOK FC are the most popular Greek football team on social media.

The notorious Gate 4 is home to many PAOK FC organized supporters' groups from around the globe, with the homonymous Gate 4 fan club which was founded in April 1976, being the most familiar everywhere.

Constantly on tour in order to follow their beloved team everywhere, some 3,000 PAOK FC fans descended to the Olympic Stadium of Athens for the game against Panathinaikos on 3 October 1999.

Six PAOK FC fans lost their lives and many others were injured.

PAOK FC fans maintain a strong friendship with the supporters of Serbian club Partizan, the Grobari.

Rivalry between Olympiacos and PAOK FC is the fiercest intercity football rivalry in Greece and is long-standing, emerging in the 1960s, when Olympiacos unsuccessfully tried to acquire Giorgos Koudas from PAOK FC, approaching him directly without going into a negotiation with his club.