1972–73 PAOK FC season

PAOK
1972–73 season
President	Giorgos Pantelakis
Manager	Les Shannon
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	Runners-up
Greek Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Stavros Sarafis (19); All: ; Stavros Sarafis (25)
Highest home attendance	44,486 vs Aris
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

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	?

Kit

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

20 August 1972 Friendly	Kozani	2–2	PAOK	Kozani
	Poimenidis 1', 67'		Apostolidis 27' Vouzounerakis 83'

23 August 1972 Friendly	Edessaikos	1–4	PAOK	Edessa
	Doupkaris 56'		Paridis 24', 62' Terzanidis 29' Apostolidis 79'	Referee: Doumousiaris

24 August 1972 Friendly	Aris Ptolemaida	1–3	PAOK	Ptolemaida
	Tangalidis 12'		Sarafis 19' Aslanidis 35' (pen.) Paridis 56'

25 August 1972 Friendly	Lassani	0–4	PAOK	Kozani
			Vouzounerakis 25' Lazos 32' Paridis 40', 51'

29 August 1972 Friendly	PAOK	1–3	MTK	Thessaloniki
	Aslanidis 12' (pen.)		Kunszt 5' Becsei 50' Dunai 53'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium

31 August 1972 Friendly	Olympiacos	1–2	PAOK	Piraeus
	Papadimitriou 40' (pen.)		Paridis 47' Vouzounerakis 59'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Levogiannis

7 September 1972 Friendly	PAOK	2–0	Komlói Bányász SK	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 47' Vouzounerakis 85'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Pyloridis

9 September 1972 Friendly	PAOK	3–1	Xanthi	Thessaloniki
	Aslanidis 6' Koudas 48' Sarafis 69'		Mourtzas 16'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	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	Team v t e	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^[a]
3	Panathinaikos^[b]	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

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

^ 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								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	27	4	3	75	24	+51	85	15	1	1	40	11	+29	12	3	2	35	13	+22

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

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

Matches

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Win Draw Loss

17 September 1972 1	PAOK	3–1	Omonia	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 15' Apostolidis 82' Aslanidis 90'		Charalampous 3'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium

24 September 1972 2	Trikala	0–1	PAOK	Trikala
			Koudas 44'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium

1 October 1972 3	PAOK	1–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Aslanidis 54' Gounaris 56'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 42,150 Referee: Komninakis

8 October 1972 4	PAOK	3–0	Fostiras	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 12', 85' Vouzounerakis 25'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

22 October 1972 5	Egaleo	2–2	PAOK	Athens
	Stavropoulos 14', 36'		Koudas 44', 82'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium

29 October 1972 6	PAOK	1–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 38'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 39,500 Referee: Latsios

5 November 1972 7	Ethnikos	2–3	PAOK	Piraeus
	Kremmydas 3' Kritikopoulos 89'		Aslanidis 11' Fountoukidis 14' Sarafis 25'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,070 Referee: Kougias

12 November 1972 8	PAOK	4–1	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 44' Aslanidis 56' Fountoukidis 76' Sarafis 83'		Gesios 85'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 34,902 Referee: Zlatanos

26 November 1972 9	Atromitos	0–2	PAOK	Athens
			Sarafis 1' Apostolidis 20'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Papavassiliou

3 December 1972 10	PAOK	0–0	AEK	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 39,554 Referee: Marinos

10 December 1972 11	Panachaiki	2–2	PAOK	Patras
	Davourlis 29' Michalopoulos 42'		Sarafis 27' Koudas 59'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Referee: Armodoros

17 December 1972 12	Kavala	0–2	PAOK	Kavala
	Kopsachilis 65'		Apostolidis 43' Aslanidis 82'	Stadium: Kavala Stadium Attendance: 18,169

24 December 1972 13	PAOK	2–1	Panserraikos	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 9', 73'		Zarzopoulos 63'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 19,076 Referee: Latsios

31 December 1972 14	Kalamata	0–3	PAOK	Kalamata
			Fountoukidis 32' Apostolidis 77', 80'	Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium

7 January 1973 15	PAOK	2–1	Panionios	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 18' Aslanidis 90' (pen.)		Lagos 39'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Karvelis

21 January 1973 16	Olympiacos Volos	1–5	PAOK	Volos
	Valachas 43'		Fountoukidis 1' Sarafis 27', 52' Apostolidis 67' Gounaris 82'	Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 9,866 Referee: Nanos

28 January 1973 17	PAOK	1–0	Aris	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 41'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 44,486 Referee: Alexopoulos

4 February 1973 18	Omonia	1–3	PAOK	Nicosia
	Mouskos 38'		Apostolidis 5' Aslanidis 55' Koudas 86'	Stadium: GSP Stadium (1902) Attendance: 11,205 Referee: Pagourtzis

11 February 1973 19	PAOK	4–0	Trikala	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 41' Apostolidis 67', 72' Sarafis 70'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 17,134 Referee: Tsagarousianos

25 February 1973 20	Olympiacos	1–0	PAOK	Piraeus
	Losada 75'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 41,052 Referee: Fakis

4 March 1973 21	Fostiras	1–0	PAOK	Athens
	Remoundos 67'			Stadium: Tavros Stadium

11 March 1973 22	PAOK	4–1	Egaleo	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 10', 28' Apostolidis 11' Koudas 58'		Tsalamangas 48'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium

18 March 1973 23	Panathinaikos	0–2 (w/o)	PAOK	Athens
				Stadium: Leoforos Stadium
Note: Panathinaikos were sentenced with a two-match penalty after the eventful derby against Olympiacos on matchday 22 (suspended at 82nd minute). The two teams played a friendly game which ended 3–3.

26 March 1973 24	PAOK	3–0	Ethnikos	Thessaloniki
	Apostolidis 2' Sarafis 13', 65'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

1 April 1973 25	Iraklis	1–3	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Koutroubelis 2'		Sarafis 8' Apostolidis 30' Paridis 79'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium

8 April 1973 26	PAOK	2–1	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 38', 87'		Tsivgoulis 64'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium

15 April 1973 27	AEK	0–2	PAOK	Athens
			Sarafis 48' Apostolidis 51'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 29,654

22 April 1973 28	PAOK	3–5	Panachaiki	Thessaloniki
	Paridis 41', 64' Sarafis 89' (pen.)		Davourlis 30', 61', 82' Stravopodis 47' Pappas 87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 32,015 Referee: Armodoros

30 April 1973 29	PAOK	3–0	Kavala	Thessaloniki
	Lazos 48' Apostolidis 54' Paridis 74'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

6 May 1973 30	Panserraikos	1–3	PAOK	Serres
	Balabanidis 90'		Aslanidis 9' (pen.) Koudas 80' Terzanidis 89'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 11,049

13 May 1973 31	PAOK	3–0	Kalamata	Thessaloniki
	Paridis 44' (pen.), 60', 90'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

20 May 1973 32	Panionios	0–0	PAOK	Athens
				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 15,844 Referee: Papavassiliou

27 May 1973 33	PAOK	1–0	Olympiacos Volos	Thessaloniki
	Apostolidis 8'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,819

3 June 1973 34	Aris	1–2	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Kapernekas 26' (pen.)		Bellis 30' Paridis 36', 86'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 22,648 Referee: Vamvakopoulos

Greek Cup

First round

6 December 1972	Anagennisi Epanomi	0–3	PAOK	Thessaloniki
			Koudas 40' Aslanidis 44' Fountoukidis 65'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium

Second round

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3 January 1973	PAOK	5–1	Olympiacos Volos	Thessaloniki
	Aslanidis 12', 24' Sarafis 50', 58' Paridis 85'		Papadopoulos 16' (o.g.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 5,836

Third round

7 February 1973	Fostiras	1–2 (a.e.t.)	PAOK	Athens
	Deimezis 83'		Apostolidis 53' Sarafis 106'	Stadium: Tavros Stadium

Quarter–finals

18 April 1973	PAOK	2–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Paridis 26', 34'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

Semi–finals

23 May 1973	PAOK	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Ethnikos	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 57', 112' Terzanidis 98'		Kritikopoulos 30' Moutafis 119'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Kougias

Final

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17 June 1973	Olympiacos	1–0	PAOK	Piraeus
	Angelis 46'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 40,070 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

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12 September 1972 1st leg	Rapid Wien	0–0	PAOK	Wienna, Austria
		Report		Stadium: Prater stadion Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

26 September 1972 2nd leg	PAOK	2–2 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Rapid Wien	Thessaloniki, Greece
	Sarafis 32' (pen.) Koudas 79' Aslanidis 90'	Report	Gallos 23' Krankl 43'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 32,420 Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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.	Name	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA CWC		Total
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	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			2	0	0	2
TOTALS			75	15	2	92

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links

References

^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Ομόνοια 3–1 (17/9/1972)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 17 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Ηρακλής 4–1 (12/11/1972)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Καλαμάτα–ΠΑΟΚ 0–3 (31/12/1972)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ Stavros Sountoulidis (25 February 2017). "Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 1–0 (25/2/1973) - Eνα ντέρμπι που έμοιαζε με γουέστερν!" [A derby like a Western]. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Παναχαϊκή 3–5 (22/4/1973)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ Zastro (18 April 2019). "Η δωροδοκία (Το πριμ του Ολυμπιακού στους παίκτες της Παναχαϊκής)" [The bribery (Olympiacos' bonus to Panachaiki players)]. sdna.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Πανιώνιος–ΠΑΟΚ 0–0 (20/5/1973)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Αρης–ΠΑΟΚ 1–2 (3/6/1973)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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^ Manos Tsalgatidis (30 April 2018). "1973 Greek Cup final Olympiacos–PAOK 1–0 (17/6/1973)". inpaok.com (in Greek). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Τα παιχνίδια με τη Ραπίντ..." [The matches against Rapid Wien]. paokmania.gr (in Greek). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[table_note_res_CWC10.67127418921854-1] 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.

[table_note_PAO0.67127418921854-2] Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.

[3] "ΠΑΟΚ–Ομόνοια 3–1 (17/9/1972)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 17 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[4] "ΠΑΟΚ–Ηρακλής 4–1 (12/11/1972)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[5] "Καλαμάτα–ΠΑΟΚ 0–3 (31/12/1972)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[6] Stavros Sountoulidis (25 February 2017). "Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 1–0 (25/2/1973) - Eνα ντέρμπι που έμοιαζε με γουέστερν!" [A derby like a Western]. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[7] "ΠΑΟΚ–Παναχαϊκή 3–5 (22/4/1973)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[8] Zastro (18 April 2019). "Η δωροδοκία (Το πριμ του Ολυμπιακού στους παίκτες της Παναχαϊκής)" [The bribery (Olympiacos' bonus to Panachaiki players)]. sdna.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[9] "Πανιώνιος–ΠΑΟΚ 0–0 (20/5/1973)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[10] "Αρης–ΠΑΟΚ 1–2 (3/6/1973)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[11] "ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός Βόλου 5–1 (Κύπελλο)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[12] Manos Tsalgatidis (30 April 2018). "1973 Greek Cup final Olympiacos–PAOK 1–0 (17/6/1973)". inpaok.com (in Greek). Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[13] "Τα παιχνίδια με τη Ραπίντ..." [The matches against Rapid Wien]. paokmania.gr (in Greek). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

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