1968–69 PAOK FC season

PAOK
1968–69 season
President	Giorgos Pantelakis
Manager	Jane Janevski
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	5th
Greek Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Koudas (26); All: ; Koudas (20)
Highest home attendance	29,442 vs Aris
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 season was PAOK Football Club's 43rd in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in second 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	Apostolos Savvoulidis
—	GK	GRE	Kostas Pirtsos

—	DF	GRE	Aristarchos Fountoukidis
—	DF	GRE	Emilios Theofanidis
—	DF	GRE	Giorgos Makris
—	DF	GRE	Giorgos Papachristoudis
—	DF	GRE	Nikos Mitrakas
—	DF	GRE	Christos Katsikaris

—	MF	GRE	Giorgos Koudas (captain)
—	MF	GRE	Stavros Sarafis
—	MF	GRE	Christos Terzanidis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GRE	Ignatios Mouratidis
—	MF	GRE	Ioannis Giakoumis
—	MF	GRE	Vassilis Lazos
—	MF	GRE	Pavlos Siantsis
—	MF	GRE	Avessalom Konstantinidis

—	FW	GRE	Anestis Afentoulidis
—	FW	GRE	Dimitris Paridis
—	FW	GRE	Achilleas Aslanidis
—	FW	GRE	Leandros Symeonidis
—	FW	GRE	Andreas Konstantinidis

Transfers

Players transferred in

Transfer Window	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
Summer	GK	Kostas Pirtsos	AE Neapoli Thessaloniki	?
Summer	MF	Pavlos Siantsis	Ermis Amyntaio	?
Summer	MF	Christos Terzanidis	Orfeas Eleftheroupoli	225.000 Dr.
Summer	FW	Dimitris Paridis	Kavala	100.000 Dr. + Exchange
Summer	FW	Achilleas Aslanidis	Apollon Kalamaria	650.000 Dr.

Players transferred out

Transfer Window	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
Summer	DF	Giorgos Tatsis	Kavala	Exchange
Summer	FW	Onoufrios Charalampidis	Kavala	Exchange
Summer	FW	Grigoris Macheridis	Kavala	Exchange

Kit

Pre-season

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Win Draw Loss

18 August 1968 Friendly	PAOK	2–1	Kavala	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 64', 69'		Tatsis 48'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,629

25 August 1968 Friendly	Kavala	3–1	PAOK	Kavala
	Barbalexis 11' Macheridis 79' Karabetakis 85'		Paridis 48'	Stadium: Kavala Old Stadium Referee: Angelidis

1 September 1968 Friendly	PAOK	3–2	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium

8 September 1968 Friendly	PAOK	2–1	Apollon Kalamaria	Thessaloniki
	Theofanidis 25' (pen.) Aslanidis 54' (pen.)		Tsoplakis 43'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Giannakos

12 September 1968 Friendly	PAOK	1–4	Partizan	Thessaloniki
	Koudas		Tošić 13', 84' Đorđević 20' Papachristoudis 25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium

15 September 1968 Friendly	PAOK	1–2	AEK	Thessaloniki
	Mitrakas 47'		Papageorgiou 30' Ventouris 82'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,522

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	34	16	10	8	58	37	+21	047.06
Greek Cup	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	066.67
Total	37	18	10	9	71	44	+27	048.65

Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Aris	34	17	11	6	54	33	+21	79	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Panionios	34	18	7	9	55	34	+21	77	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	PAOK	34	16	10	8	58	37	+21	76
6	AEK Athens^[a]	34	17	7	10	58	33	+25	74
7	Egaleo	34	13	10	11	48	41	+7	70

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
Notes:

^ AEK Athens were deducted 1 point.

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
34	16	10	8	58	37	+21	58	12	4	1	39	12	+27	4	6	7	19	25	−6

Last updated: 15 June 1969 (1969-06-15).
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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	1	3	4	3	2	5	3	4	7	5	7	7	9	9	10	9	6	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Win Draw Loss

22 September 1968 1	PAOK	4–1	OFI	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 33', 37' 64' Aslanidis 44' Lazos 88'		Karakyriakos 59'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 18,960

30 September 1968 2	Apollon Athens	1–1	PAOK	Athens
	Ramfos 7'		Sarafis 2'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 13,565

6 October 1968 3	PAOK	2–1	Veria	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 14' Sarafis 63'		Michailidis 51'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 18,487

20 October 1968 4	AEK	0–1	PAOK	Piraeus
			Koudas 67'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 26,336 Referee: Giannopoulos
Note: Game held at Karaiskakis Stadium because there were repair and maintenance works at Nikos Goumas Stadium.

27 October 1968 5	PAOK	1–1	Panionios	Thessaloniki
	Theofanidis 31'		Intzoglou 1'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,596 Referee: Christos Michas

3 November 1968 6	Iraklis	3–1	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Kalliontzis 21', 74' Kasapis 60'		Koudas 42'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 21,014 Referee: Famelis
Note: Game held at Toumba Stadium because Kaftanzoglio Stadium was temporarily closed.

10 November 1968 7	PAOK	5–0	AEL Limassol	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 11', 14', 72' Sarafis 73' Theofanidis 89'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 2,211

17 November 1968 8	Aris	2–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Syropoulos 20' Alexiadis 83'		Giakoumis 67'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 20,123 Referee: Christos Michas

24 November 1968 9	Pierikos	3–1	PAOK	Katerini
	Amanatidis 57' Felekidis 70' Papadopoulos 90'		Paridis 53'	Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 4,715

1 December 1968 10	PAOK	1–0	Vyzas Megara	Thessaloniki
	Paridis 74'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,902 Referee: Panakis

15 December 1968 11	Olympiacos	3–0	PAOK	Piraeus
	Michas 64' Botinos 72' Sideris 84'		Lazos 60'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 21,116 Referee: Vamvakopoulos

22 December 1968 12	Chalkida	1–1	PAOK	Chalkis
	Rongas 72'		Giakoumis 84'	Stadium: Chalkida Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Giannopoulos

29 December 1968 13	Egaleo	2–2	PAOK	Athens
	Markopoulos 84' Makris 90+3'		Paridis 28' Fountoukidis 55' Lazos 56' Theofanidis 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 8,096 Referee: Pagourtzis

5 January 1969 14	Trikala	1–1	PAOK	Trikala
	Beveniou 30'		Koudas 60'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,484 Referee: Kreouzis

12 January 1969 15	PAOK	1–2	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Theofanidis 27' (pen.)		Gonios 12' Domazos 73'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 26,572 Referee: Christos Michas

19 January 1969 16	Ethnikos	0–2	PAOK	Piraeus
			Aslanidis 11' Afentoulidis 23' Terzanidis 43'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 7,757 Referee: Dikopoulos

26 January 1969 17	PAOK	2–1	Panserraikos	Thessaloniki
	Afentoulidis 47' Theofanidis 69' Aslanidis 89' (pen.)		Iliadis 65'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 13,368 Referee: Geroukalis

2 February 1969 18	OFI	1–1	PAOK	Heraklion
	Papoutsakis 75' (pen.) Papadopoulos 85'		Mitrakas 89'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 7,302 Referee: Kougios

9 February 1969 19	PAOK	2–0	Apollon Athens	Thessaloniki
	Fountoukidis 48' Makris 72' Sarafis 82'		Kyriakou 72'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,358 Referee: Papavasiliou

16 February 1969 20	Veria	1–1	PAOK	Veria
	Mittas 87' (pen.)		Aslanidis 53'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 7,741 Referee: Levogiannis

23 February 1969 21	PAOK	1–1	AEK	Thessaloniki
	Terzanidis 23'		Papaioannou 59'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 18,247 Referee: Dikopoulos

2 March 1969 22	Panionios	1–0	PAOK	Athens
	Ch.Intzoglou 60' Th.Intzoglou 71'			Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 8,490 Referee: Famelis

9 March 1969 23	PAOK	1–0	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
	Paridis 12'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 16,150 Referee: Eleftheriadis

15 March 1969 24	AEL Limassol	0–2	PAOK	Limassol
			Koudas 10' Sarafis 59'	Stadium: GSO Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Marinos

23 March 1969 25	PAOK	0–0	Aris	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 29,442 Referee: Karpodinis

30 March 1969 26	PAOK	5–1	Pierikos	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 10' Afentoulidis 44' Fountoukidis 55' Koudas 62', 68'		Papadopoulos 89'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,833

6 April 1969 27	Vyzas Megara	2–1	PAOK	Megara
	Emmanouil 40' Seitaridis 87'		Koudas 69'	Stadium: Megara Stadium Referee: Kougias

20 April 1969 28	PAOK	2–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 1' (pen.), 42'		Sideris 87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 26,745 Referee: Pazaropoulos

27 April 1969 29	PAOK	5–1	Chalkida	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 2' Koudas 8', 14' Paridis 27' Afentoulidis 61'		Simitzis 72'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,956

18 May 1969 30	PAOK	1–1	Egaleo	Thessaloniki
	Afentoulidis 49'		Stavropoulos 86'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,448 Referee: Papavasiliou

25 May 1969 31	PAOK	3–1	Trikala	Thessaloniki
	Afentoulidis 14' (pen.), 49' Koudas 76'		Kalatzis 38'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 6,798

1 June 1969 32	Panathinaikos	2–0	PAOK	Athens
	Gonios 28' Athanasopoulos 42'			Stadium: Leoforos Stadium Attendance: 22,787 Referee: Pazaropoulos

8 June 1969 33	PAOK	3–0	Ethnikos	Thessaloniki
	Paridis 5', 25' Sarafis 55'			Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium Attendance: 6,607

15 June 1969 34	Panserraikos	2–4	PAOK	Serres
	Tsakiris 8' Bitzidis 20' (pen.) Naskos 43'		Koudas 29', 90' Sarafis 65' 70' Afentoulidis 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,411 Referee: Famelis

Greek Cup

Second round

16 April 1969	PAOK	6–0	Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 2', 5' Paridis 21' Sarafis 44', 60' Fountoukidis 71'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

Third round

4 June 1969	Panetolikos	2–3 (a.e.t.)	PAOK	Agrinio
	Kalamidas 34' Koutsogiannis 75'		Koudas 25', 97' Paridis 30'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 4,691

Quarter-finals

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3 July 1969	Ethnikos	5–4 (a.e.t.)	PAOK	Piraeus
	Chatzioannoglou 23' Leventakos 32' Kritikopoulos 38', 69', 95'		Fountoukidis 8' Koudas 14', 29' Paridis 44'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of July 3, 1969

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

No.	Name	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Total
No.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Apostolos Savvoulidis	24	0	2	0	26	0
	Kostas Pirtsos	13	0	2	0	15	0
Defenders
	Aristarchos Fountoukidis	31	2	2	2	33	4
	Emilios Theofanidis	28	4	3	0	31	4
	Giorgos Makris	24	0	2	0	26	0
	Nikos Mitrakas	23	1	3	0	26	1
	Giorgos Papachristoudis	21	0	2	0	23	0
	Christos Katsikaris	16	0	0	0	16	0
Midfielders
	Stavros Sarafis	33	9	3	2	36	11
	Giorgos Koudas	29	20	3	6	32	26
	Christos Terzanidis	29	1	3	0	32	1
	Ioannis Giakoumis	22	1	3	0	25	1
	Ignatios Mouratidis	18	0	3	0	21	0
	Vassilis Lazos	17	1	1	0	18	1
	Avessalom Konstantinidis	9	0	0	0	9	0
	Pavlos Siantsis	8	0	0	0	8	0
Forwards
	Dimitris Paridis	29	7	3	3	32	10
	Anestis Afentoulidis	24	8	3	0	27	8
	Achilleas Aslanidis	24	4	1	0	25	4
	Andreas Konstantinidis	4	0	0	0	4	0
	Leandros Symeonidis	1	0	0	0	1	0

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	MF	Giorgos Koudas	20	6	26
2	MF	Stavros Sarafis	9	2	11
3	FW	Dimitris Paridis	7	3	10
4	FW	Anestis Afentoulidis	8	0	8
5	DF	Emilios Theofanidis	4	0	4
	FW	Achilleas Aslanidis	4	0	4
	DF	Aristarchos Fountoukidis	2	2	4
8	DF	Nikos Mitrakas	1	0	1
	MF	Christos Terzanidis	1	0	1
	MF	Ioannis Giakoumis	1	0	1
	MF	Vassilis Lazos	1	0	1
TOTALS			58	13	71

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links

References

^ Stavros Sountoulidis (2 August 2020). "Κούδας: Η επιστροφή του "άσωτου υιού" στον ΠΑΟΚ! (pics & vids)" [Koudas' return]. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "Η επιστροφή του Γιώργου Κούδα (1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "Η επιστροφή του Γιώργου Κούδα στη Τούμπα (1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Παρτιζάν 1–4 (Φιλικό)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–ΟΦΗ 4–1 (22/09/1968)". oficrete.gr (in Greek). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ Stavros Sountoulidis (12 March 2017). "ΑΕΚ–ΠΑΟΚ 0–1 (20/10/1968)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "Αρης–ΠΑΟΚ 2–0 (17/11/1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 17 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "Πιερικός–ΠΑΟΚ 3–1 (24/11/1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 24 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "Χαλκίδα–ΠΑΟΚ 1–1 (24/11/1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "ΑΕΛ Λεμεσού–ΠΑΟΚ 0–2 (15/03/1969)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 15 March 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 2–1 (20/04/1969)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "Εθνικός–ΠΑΟΚ 5–4 (παρ.) (Κύπελλο)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 3 July 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[table_note_AEK0.45052542465298-5] AEK Athens were deducted 1 point.

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[2] "Η επιστροφή του Γιώργου Κούδα (1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[3] "Η επιστροφή του Γιώργου Κούδα στη Τούμπα (1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[4] "ΠΑΟΚ–Παρτιζάν 1–4 (Φιλικό)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[6] "ΠΑΟΚ–ΟΦΗ 4–1 (22/09/1968)". oficrete.gr (in Greek). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[7] Stavros Sountoulidis (12 March 2017). "ΑΕΚ–ΠΑΟΚ 0–1 (20/10/1968)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[8] "Αρης–ΠΑΟΚ 2–0 (17/11/1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 17 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[9] "Πιερικός–ΠΑΟΚ 3–1 (24/11/1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 24 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[10] "Χαλκίδα–ΠΑΟΚ 1–1 (24/11/1968)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[11] "ΑΕΛ Λεμεσού–ΠΑΟΚ 0–2 (15/03/1969)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 15 March 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[12] "ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 2–1 (20/04/1969)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[13] "Εθνικός–ΠΑΟΚ 5–4 (παρ.) (Κύπελλο)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 3 July 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

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