1976–77 PAOK FC season

PAOK
1976–77 season
President	Giorgos Pantelakis
Manager	Branko Stanković ; Billy Bingham
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Runners-up
European Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Neto Guerino (13); All: ; Neto Guerino (18)
Highest home attendance	45,252 vs AEK
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season was PAOK Football Club's 51st in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and also competed in the European 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	YUG	Mladen Furtula
—	GK	GRE	Diamantis Milinis

—	DF	GRE	Kostas Iosifidis
—	DF	GRE	Ioannis Gounaris
—	DF	GRE	Filotas Pellios
—	DF	GRE	Aristarchos Fountoukidis
—	DF	GRE	Themis Kapousouzis

—	MF	GRE	Giorgos Koudas (captain)
—	MF	GRE	Koulis Apostolidis
—	MF	GRE	Angelos Anastasiadis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GRE	Stavros Sarafis
—	MF	GRE	Christos Terzanidis
—	MF	GRE	Ioannis Damanakis
—	MF	GRE	Dimitris Voulgaris

—	FW	BRA	Neto Guerino
—	FW	GRE	Panagiotis Kermanidis
—	FW	GRE	Kostas Orfanos
—	FW	GRE	Dimitris Paridis
—	FW	GRE	Alexandros Boditsopoulos
—	FW	GRE	Nikos Panagiotidis

Transfers

Players transferred in

Transfer Window	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
Summer	MF	Ioannis Damanakis	AO Chania	?

Players transferred out

Transfer Window	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
Summer	FW	Achilleas Aslanidis	Panathinaikos	7.5 million Dr.

Kit

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

9 August 1976 Friendly	Akropolis	0–15	PAOK	Malente, West Germany
			Orfanos Boditsopoulos Sarafis Kermanidis Damanakis

11 August 1976 Friendly	Eutin 08	0–1	PAOK	Malente, West Germany
			Kermanidis 30'

15 August 1976 Friendly	TSV Plön 1864	2–6	PAOK	Malente, West Germany
			Guerino Apostolidis Koudas Damanakis

17 August 1976 Friendly	VfB Lübeck	0–1	PAOK	Malente, West Germany
			Koudas 23'

28 August 1976 Friendly	PAOK	1–0	Aris	Thessaloniki
	Kermanidis 10'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

1 September 1976 Friendly	Iraklis	2–3	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Antoniewicz 9' Touboglou 57'		Apostolidis 14' Anastasiadis 41' (pen.) Damanakis 77'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Referee: Vassaras

5 September 1976 Friendly	AEK	2–1	PAOK	Athens
	Mavros 55' Apostolidis 85' (o.g.)		Koudas 6'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Moumtzis

8 September 1976 Friendly	PAOK	2–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Apostolidis 5' Kermanidis 61'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

10 September 1976 Friendly	PAOK	3–0	AO Chania	Thessaloniki
	Anastasiadis 35' Sarafis 55' Paridis 77' (pen.)			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Pobieris

12 September 1976 Friendly	PAOK	4–0	AO Chania	Thessaloniki
	Anastasiadis 34' Paridis 72' Voulgaris 78' Damanakis 85'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Tikmoglou

19 September 1976 Friendly	Panathinaikos	1–2	PAOK	Athens
	Papadimitriou 11'		Paridis 8' (pen.) Pellios 36'	Stadium: Leoforos Stadium Referee: Karasoulas

26 September 1976 Friendly	PAOK	2–1	Pierikos	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 4' Koudas 19'		Mytilinaios 54'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Drizis

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	34	21	10	3	63	27	+36	061.76
Greek Cup	5	4	0	1	13	5	+8	080.00
European Cup	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	025.00
Total	43	26	11	6	79	39	+40	060.47

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics


Head Coach	From	To	Record
Head Coach	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Branko Stanković	Start of season	03.04.1977	33	22	7	4	66	32	+34	066.67
Billy Bingham	11.04.1977	End of season	10	4	4	2	13	7	+6	040.00

Alpha Ethniki

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	23	8	3	70	20	+50	54	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	34	23	6	5	70	27	+43	52	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	PAOK	34	21	10	3	63	27	+36	52	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
4	AEK Athens	34	24	3	7	63	29	+34	51	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Aris	34	17	8	9	58	34	+24	42

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd total goal ratio; 3rd decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, was qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, runner-up PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.

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	21	10	3	63	27	+36	73	12	5	0	33	9	+24	9	5	3	30	18	+12

Last updated: 27 June 1977 (1977-06-27).
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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	D
Position	13	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

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

Matches

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Win Draw Loss

3 October 1976 1	Kavala	0–0	PAOK	Kavala
				Stadium: Kavala Stadium Referee: Panagopoulos

17 October 1976 2	PAOK	2–0	Panachaiki	Thessaloniki
	Gounaris 30' Damanakis 65'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Ioannidis

24 October 1976 3	Atromitos	1–6	PAOK	Athens
	Athanasopoulos 34'		Kermanidis 8' Sarafis 20', 25' Koudas 38', 43' Anastasiadis 80'	Stadium: Leoforos Stadium Attendance: 7,033 Referee: Sarakinos

31 October 1976 4	PAOK	3–0	Panionios	Thessaloniki
	Kermanidis 37' Koudas 51' (pen.), 55'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Pantzalis

7 November 1976 5	Kastoria	0–2	PAOK	Kastoria
			Orfanos 58' Kermanidis 85'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 3,992 Referee: Paschalidis

14 November 1976 6	Aris	1–2	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Drampis 6'		Kermanidis 83' Orfanos 84'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Papazoglou

21 November 1976 7	PAOK	6–1	Pierikos	Thessaloniki
	Apostolidis 15' Guerino 37', 50' Damanakis 52' Orfanos 80', 85'		Kalampakas 67'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexopoulos

28 November 1976 8	Panserraikos	3–3	PAOK	Serres
	Tsirikas 3' (pen.) Kaltsas 35' Pantazis 42'		Guerino 10' Apostolidis 13' Kermanidis 52'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Referee: Sarakinos

5 December 1976 9	PAOK	2–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 30' 30' Kermanidis 75'		Aidiniou 13' Synetopoulos 38'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 45,147 Referee: Ornerakis

12 December 1976 10	Iraklis	0–3	PAOK	Thessaloniki
			Iosifidis 78' Anastasiadis 84' (pen.) Sarafis 89'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 22,174 Referee: Marinos

19 December 1976 11	PAOK	0–0	AEK	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 45,252 Referee: Levogiannis

26 December 1976 12	PAS Giannina	4–5	PAOK	Ioannina
	Espinosa 11', 90' Glasmanis 48' Brentanos 59' (pen.)		Guerino 10', 27' Kermanidis 36' Damanakis 73' Sarafis 77'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Referee: Sarakinos

2 January 1977 13	PAOK	2–1	Ethnikos	Thessaloniki
	Kermanidis 6', 31'		Kritikos 56'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 15,932 Referee: Patarakis

9 January 1977 14	PAOK	2–1	Panetolikos	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 70', 75' (pen.)		Fountoukidis 2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,087 Referee: Xanthos

16 January 1977 15	Panathinaikos	0–0	PAOK	Athens
				Stadium: Leoforos Stadium Attendance: 23,684 Referee: Lagogiannis

23 January 1977 16	PAOK	2–0	Apollon Athens	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 9' Guerino 42'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 12,681 Referee: Zlatanos

30 January 1977 17	OFI	2–1	PAOK	Rethymno
	Alexandris 7' Gialamas 9'		Sarafis 89'	Stadium: Rethymno Stadium Attendance: 5,850 Referee: Vassaras

6 February 1977 18	PAOK	1–1	Kavala	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 72' (pen.)		Machairidis 35'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 17,275 Referee: Lekkas

13 February 1977 19	Panachaiki	1–2	PAOK	Patras
	Ioakeimidis 71' (pen.)		Orfanos 36' Guerino 55'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 10,219 Referee: Thomaidis

20 February 1977 20	PAOK	2–1	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
	Iosifidis 44' Apostolidis 80'		Skarpelis 15'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,501 Referee: Tsoukaladelis

27 February 1977 21	Panionios	0–0	PAOK	Athens
				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 5,710 Referee: Petrakis

6 March 1977 22	PAOK	2–1	Kastoria	Thessaloniki
	Anastasiadis 63' Guerino 75'		Kopanos 81'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 16,528 Referee: Fakis

13 March 1977 23	PAOK	2–0	Aris	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 75' Orfanos 81'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 41,950 Referee: Marinelis

20 March 1977 24	Pierikos	1–2	PAOK	Katerini
	Kostikos 21'		Anastasiadis 34' Guerino 50'	Stadium: Katerini Stadium Referee: Saraliotis

27 March 1977 25	PAOK	3–0	Panserraikos	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 19' (pen.) Koudas 62' Sarafis 71'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 17,703 Referee: Panagopoulos

3 April 1977 26	Olympiacos	2–0	PAOK	Piraeus
	Kritikopoulos 2' Delikaris 12'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 39,200 Referee: Paschalidis

11 April 1977 27	PAOK	2–0	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
	Kermanidis 67' Koudas 89'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 25,895 Referee: Lagogiannis

1 May 1977 28	AEK	1–0	PAOK	Athens
	Nikoloudis 11'		Damanakis 43'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 22,161 Referee: Tsoukaladelis

15 May 1977 29	PAOK	1–1	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 21'		Kontogeorgakis 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 15,543 Referee: Marinelis

22 May 1977 30	Ethnikos	1–2	PAOK	Piraeus
	Intzoglou 31'		Sarafis 59' Terzanidis 84'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Karakitsos

5 June 1977 31	Panetolikos	1–2	PAOK	Agrinio
	Papaioannou 45'		Orfanos 20', 61'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 7,455 Referee: Labropoulos

12 June 1977 32	PAOK	0–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 44,705 Referee: Patarakis

19 June 1977 33	Apollon Athens	0–0	PAOK	Athens
				Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Referee: Lagogiannis

26 June 1977 34	PAOK	1–1	OFI	Thessaloniki
	Anastasiadis 36' (pen.)		Karaiskos 76'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 3,909 Referee: Paschalidis

Greek Cup

First round

1 December 1976	PAOK	3–0	Panthrakikos	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 2' Kermanidis 64' Orfanos 87'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Lekkas

Second round

Bye

Third round

9 February 1977	PAOK	2–1	AEK	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 21' Apostolidis 50'		Mavros 44'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 44,045 Referee: Levogiannis

Quarter–finals

17 March 1977	Ethnikos	2–3	PAOK	Piraeus
	Rohrbach 87' Intzoglou 80' 90'		Kermanidis 43' Guerino 64' Koudas 74'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,997 Referee: Petropoulos

Semi–finals

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8 June 1977	PAOK	4–0	Fostiras	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 4', 42' Guerino 57' (pen.), 82'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 18,517

Final

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22 June 1977	Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	Piraeus
	Papadimitriou 29' Vakalis 83'		Terzanidis 43' Gounaris 64'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 28,490 Referee: Platopoulos

European Cup

First round

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15 September 1976 1st leg	Omonia	0–2	PAOK	Nicosia, Cyprus
		Report	Koudas 38' Sarafis 87'	Stadium: GSP Stadium (1902) Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)

29 September 1976 2nd leg	PAOK	1–1 (3–1 agg.)	Omonia	Thessaloniki, Greece
	Sarafis 67'	Report	Demetriou 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Second round

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20 October 1976 1st leg	Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	PAOK	Kyiv, Soviet Union
	Buryak 12', 22' Kolotov 27' Slobodyan 60'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium, Kyiv Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

3 November 1976 2nd leg	PAOK	0–2 (0–6 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Thessaloniki, Greece
		Report	Kolotov 73' Blokhin 82'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 27,350 Referee: Cesare Gussoni (Italy)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of June 27, 1977

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

No.	Name	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		European Cup		Total
No.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Mladen Furtula	15	0	3	0	4	0	22	0
	Diamantis Milinis	20	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
Defenders
	Kostas Iosifidis	33	2	4	0	4	0	41	2
	Ioannis Gounaris	32	1	5	0	4	0	41	1
	Filotas Pellios	31	0	5	0	4	0	40	0
	Aristarchos Fountoukidis	28	0	2	0	3	0	33	0
	Themis Kapousouzis	11	0	1	0	2	0	14	0
Midfielders
	Stavros Sarafis	31	8	5	0	4	2	40	10
	Angelos Anastasiadis	30	5	5	0	4	0	39	5
	Ioannis Damanakis	30	3	5	0	4	0	39	3
	Koulis Apostolidis	30	3	4	1	4	0	38	4
	Christos Terzanidis	29	1	5	1	3	0	37	2
	Giorgos Koudas	26	6	4	1	4	1	34	8
	Dimitris Voulgaris	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Forwards
	Neto Guerino	30	13	5	5	2	0	37	18
	Panagiotis Kermanidis	27	10	3	2	4	0	34	12
	Kostas Orfanos	24	11	5	3	1	0	30	14
	Dimitris Paridis	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	Alexandros Boditsopoulos	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	Nikos Panagiotidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	European Cup	Total
1	FW	Neto Guerino	13	5	0	18
2	FW	Kostas Orfanos	11	3	0	14
3	FW	Panagiotis Kermanidis	10	2	0	12
4	MF	Stavros Sarafis	8	0	2	10
5	MF	Giorgos Koudas	6	1	1	8
6	MF	Angelos Anastasiadis	5	0	0	5
7	MF	Koulis Apostolidis	3	1	0	4
8	MF	Ioannis Damanakis	3	0	0	3
9	DF	Kostas Iosifidis	2	0	0	2
9	MF	Christos Terzanidis	1	1	0	2
11	DF	Ioannis Gounaris	1	0	0	1
TOTALS			63	13	3	79

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links

References

^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Εθνικός 2–1 (2/1/1977)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 2 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Απόλλων Αθηνών 2–0 (23/1/1977)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 23 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "Παναχαϊκή–ΠΑΟΚ 1–2 (13/2/1977)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 2–0 (13/3/1977) - Δύο κεφαλιές στα δίχτυα του ... συμπολίτη" [Two headers into the fellow citizen's net]. paokmania.gr (in Greek). 13 March 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ Stavros Sountoulidis (1 May 2020). "ΑΕΚ–ΠΑΟΚ 1–0 (1/5/1977) - Μια επεισοδιακή Πρωτομαγιά στη Φιλαδέλφεια" [An eventful May Day at Nikos Goumas Stadium]. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ Giannis Sotiriou (12 June 2019). "ΠΑΟΚ–Παναθηναϊκός 0–0 (12/6/1977) - Μια ισοπαλία...ένα χαμένο πρωτάθλημα!" [A draw that cost the league title]. inpaok.com (in Greek). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Φωστήρας 4–0 (Κύπελλο)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ Panagiotis Kiriklidis (3 May 2018). "1977 Greek Cup final Panathinaikos–PAOK 2–1 (22/6/1977)". inpaok.com (in Greek). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "Ομόνοια–ΠΑΟΚ 0–2 (15/9/1976)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 15 September 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "Τα ματς με τη Δυναμό Κιέβου..." [The matches against Dynamo Kyiv]. paokmania.gr (in Greek). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[table_note_res_CWC10.37692894524752-1] Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, was qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, runner-up PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.

[2] "ΠΑΟΚ–Εθνικός 2–1 (2/1/1977)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 2 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[3] "ΠΑΟΚ–Απόλλων Αθηνών 2–0 (23/1/1977)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 23 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[4] "Παναχαϊκή–ΠΑΟΚ 1–2 (13/2/1977)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[5] "ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 2–0 (13/3/1977) - Δύο κεφαλιές στα δίχτυα του ... συμπολίτη" [Two headers into the fellow citizen's net]. paokmania.gr (in Greek). 13 March 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[6] Stavros Sountoulidis (1 May 2020). "ΑΕΚ–ΠΑΟΚ 1–0 (1/5/1977) - Μια επεισοδιακή Πρωτομαγιά στη Φιλαδέλφεια" [An eventful May Day at Nikos Goumas Stadium]. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[7] Giannis Sotiriou (12 June 2019). "ΠΑΟΚ–Παναθηναϊκός 0–0 (12/6/1977) - Μια ισοπαλία...ένα χαμένο πρωτάθλημα!" [A draw that cost the league title]. inpaok.com (in Greek). Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[8] "ΠΑΟΚ–Φωστήρας 4–0 (Κύπελλο)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[9] Panagiotis Kiriklidis (3 May 2018). "1977 Greek Cup final Panathinaikos–PAOK 2–1 (22/6/1977)". inpaok.com (in Greek). Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[10] "Ομόνοια–ΠΑΟΚ 0–2 (15/9/1976)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 15 September 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[11] "Τα ματς με τη Δυναμό Κιέβου..." [The matches against Dynamo Kyiv]. paokmania.gr (in Greek). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

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