1977–78 PAOK FC season

PAOK
1977–78 season
President	Giorgos Pantelakis
Manager	Billy Bingham ; Dimitris Kalogiannis ; Lakis Petropoulos
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	Runners-up
Greek Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kostas Orfanos (15); All: ; Kostas Orfanos (21)
Highest home attendance	30,477 vs Olympiacos

The 1977–78 season was PAOK Football Club's 52nd in existence and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and also participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' 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	Dimitris Festeris

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

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GRE	Stavros Sarafis
—	MF	GRE	Ioannis Damanakis
—	MF	GRE	Giannis Pathiakakis
—	MF	GRE	Dimitris Voulgaris

—	FW	GRE	Kostas Orfanos
—	FW	GRE	Panagiotis Kermanidis
—	FW	BRA	Neto Guerino
—	FW	GRE	Giorgos Kostikos
—	FW	GRE	Alexandros Boditsopoulos

Transfers

Players transferred in

Transfer Window	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
Summer	GK	Dimitris Festeris	Pandramaikos	?
Summer	MF	Giannis Pathiakakis	Apollon Athens	?
Summer	FW	Giorgos Kostikos	Pierikos	6.5 million Dr.

Players transferred out

Transfer Window	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
Summer	GK	Diamantis Milinis	Panserraikos	Free
Summer	MF	Christos Terzanidis	Panathinaikos	3 million Dr.

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

14 August 1977 Friendly	TSV Westerland	2–5	PAOK	West Germany
	pen.' pen.'		Pathiakakis Damanakis Guerino Kermanidis

24 August 1977 Friendly	PAOK	3–2	Aris	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 45' (pen.) Damanakis 54' Kostikos 70'		Foiros 21' Pallas 24'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Chiotakis

28 August 1977 Friendly	PAOK	0–0	AEK	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Zlatanos

1 September 1977 Friendly	Olympiacos	3–1	PAOK	Piraeus
	Karavitis 29' Kritikopoulos 42' Galakos 83'		Orfanos 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Marinos

4 September 1977 Friendly	PAOK	2–0	Panionios	Thessaloniki
	Pathiakakis 26' Koudas 67'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

7 September 1977 Friendly	PAOK	4–0	Apollon Limassol	Thessaloniki
	Fountoukidis 12' Kermanidis 35', 51' Guerino 64' (pen.)			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	34	16	14	4	48	24	+24	047.06
Greek Cup	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	083.33
Cup Winners' Cup	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	075.00
Total	44	24	14	6	71	32	+39	054.55

Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	34	21	11	2	74	27	+47	53	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	PAOK	34	16	14	4	48	24	+24	46	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Panathinaikos	34	19	7	8	63	25	+38	45	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Olympiacos	34	17	10	7	46	20	+26	44	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	PAS Giannina	34	14	10	10	45	39	+6	38

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

Since AEK Athens, winners of 1977–78 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1978–79 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	16	14	4	48	24	+24	62	13	4	0	35	9	+26	3	10	4	13	15	−2

Last updated: 28 May 1978 (1978-05-28).
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	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	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	9	7	4	7	4	8	8	8	8	6	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Win Draw Loss

11 September 1977 1	Panathinaikos	0–0	PAOK	Athens
				Stadium: Leoforos Stadium Attendance: 22,752

18 September 1977 2	Apollon Athens	1–1	PAOK	Athens
	Asimakopoulos 44' (pen.)		Pathiakakis 42'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 6,316 Referee: Lagogiannis

2 October 1977 3	PAOK	3–0	Pierikos	Thessaloniki
	Koudas 73' Orfanos 81', 87'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,428

9 October 1977 4	OFI	2–1	PAOK	Heraklion
	Papadopoulos 15' Foustanakis 43'		Kermanidis 29'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 7,046

16 October 1977 5	PAOK	1–0	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 8'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,779

23 October 1977 6	Panachaiki	2–0	PAOK	Patras
	Ioakeimidis 44' Spentzopoulos 71'			Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 6,297

30 October 1977 7	PAOK	1–1	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
	Kermanidis 20'		Gesios 67'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Printezis

6 November 1977 8	Kastoria	1–1	PAOK	Kastoria
	Argyros 69'		Orfanos 70'	Stadium: Kastoria Stadium Attendance: 4,278

13 November 1977 9	PAOK	1–0	Ethnikos	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 56'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 8,502 Referee: Charalabidis

23 November 1977 10	PAOK	3–1	Kavala	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 12' (pen.) Sarafis 22'		Triantafyllidis 18'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 2,970

27 November 1977 11	Aris	0–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 13,729 Referee: Saraliotis

4 December 1977 12	PAOK	2–0	Veria	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 43', 83'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 3,709 Referee: Lekkas

11 December 1977 13	Olympiacos	0–0	PAOK	Piraeus
				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 15,714

18 December 1977 14	PAOK	0–0	Panionios	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 2,928 Referee: Pachygiannakis

26 December 1977 15	Panserraikos	1–2	PAOK	Serres
	Chatzistavridis 82'		Malaxianakis 44' Boditsopoulos 80'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Note: Matchday 15 was played with reserve squad/amateur players due to a strike declared from semi professional players.

8 January 1978 16	PAOK	1–1	AEK	Thessaloniki
	Damanakis 67'		Bajević 44'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 17,552 Referee: Papavassiliou

15 January 1978 17	Egaleo	2–1	PAOK	Athens
	Forakis 13' Chatziskoulidis 62'		Orfanos 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 4,751 Referee: Vourakis

22 January 1978 18	PAOK	3–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 29', 63' Koudas 46'		Giannakoulas 60'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,061

29 January 1978 19	PAOK	3–0	Apollon Athens	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 33', 39' Koudas 63'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 8,169

5 February 1978 20	Pierikos	1–1	PAOK	Katerini
	Mischos 5'		Anastasiadis 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Katerini Stadium

12 February 1978 21	PAOK	5–0	OFI	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 24' Orfanos 37', 70' (pen.) Iosifidis 43' Pathiakakis 56'			Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 11,152 Referee: Labropoulos

19 February 1978 22	PAS Giannina	1–1	PAOK	Ioannina
	Liakos 37'		Damanakis 32'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 6,718

26 February 1978 23	PAOK	1–1	Panachaiki	Thessaloniki
	Anastasiadis 27'		Spentzopoulos 90'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,392 Referee: Paschalidis

5 March 1978 24	Iraklis	0–1	PAOK	Thessaloniki
			Sarafis 25'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 21,205 Referee: Chiotakis

12 March 1978 25	PAOK	2–1	Kastoria	Thessaloniki
	Damanakis 16' Anastasiadis 44' Guerino 58'		Kopanos 38'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Triantafyllou

19 March 1978 26	Ethnikos	1–1	PAOK	Piraeus
	Karaiskos 57' (pen.)		Koudas 67'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 10,794

26 March 1978 27	Kavala	0–0	PAOK	Kavala
				Stadium: Kavala Stadium Attendance: 5,825 Referee: Triantafyllou

2 April 1978 28	PAOK	2–1	Aris	Thessaloniki
	Kermanidis 3' Koudas 64'		Pallas 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 23,693 Referee: Fakis

9 April 1978 29	Veria	1–3	PAOK	Veria
	Chatzaras 20' (pen.) Papatzikos 78'		Kermanidis 16' Damanakis 47' Orfanos 90'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 9,125 Referee: Printezis

16 April 1978 30	PAOK	1–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 16'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 30,477 Referee: Fakis

23 April 1978 31	Panionios	0–0	PAOK	Athens
				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,272

7 May 1978 32	PAOK	2–1	Panserraikos	Thessaloniki
	Kermanidis 17', 49'		Kaltsas 65'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 4,590

14 May 1978 33	AEK	2–0	PAOK	Athens
	Bajević 17' Mavros 89'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 21,741

28 May 1978 34	PAOK	4–1	Egaleo	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 22', 85' Anastasiadis 70' (pen.) Kermanidis 87'		Konstantinou 53'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Saraliotis

Greek Cup

First round

21 December 1977	PAOK	6–1	Levadiakos	Thessaloniki
	Orfanos 20', 78' Kostikos 37', 90' Kermanidis 45' Iosifidis 54'		Margaritis 83'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium

Second round

[8]

1 February 1978	PAOK	4–1	Olympiacos Volos	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis 2', 64' Orfanos 23' (pen.), 43' (pen.)		Voulgaris 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Panagopoulos

Third round

[9]

8 March 1978	Iraklis	0–1	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Gesios 9'		Kermanidis 79'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 26,903 Referee: Pantzalis

Quarter–finals

19 April 1978	PAOK	5–0	Veria	Thessaloniki
	Guerino 2', 4' Koudas 52' Sarafis 63' Apostolidis 80'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 6,599

Semi–finals

17 May 1978	Aris	0–1 (a.e.t.)	PAOK	Thessaloniki
			Orfanos 112'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 22,900 Referee: Fakis

Final

[10]

4 June 1978	AEK	2–0	PAOK	Piraeus
	Bajević 50' Mavros 80'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,483 Referee: Zlatanos

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

[11]

14 September 1977 1st leg	PAOK	2–0	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Thessaloniki, Greece
	Pellios 25' Orfanos 57' Anastasiadis 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 23,328 Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

28 September 1977 2nd leg	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	PAOK	Sosnowiec, Poland
		Report	Kermanidis 47' Damanakis 69'	Stadium: Stadion Ludowy Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

Second round

[12]

19 October 1977 1st leg	Vejle	3–0	PAOK	Vejle, Denmark
	Eg 12' Jacquet 79' Østergaard 88'	Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Germany)

2 November 1977 2nd leg	PAOK	2–1 (2–4 agg.)	Vejle	Thessaloniki, Greece
	Orfanos 23' Kermanidis 89'	Report	Jacquet 74'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of June 4, 1978

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
	Mladen Furtula	33	0	6	0	4	0	43	0
	Dimitris Festeris	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
	Kostas Iosifidis	33	1	6	0	4	0	43	1
	Ioannis Gounaris	31	0	5	0	4	0	40	0
	Filotas Pellios	27	0	4	0	2	1	33	1
	Aristarchos Fountoukidis	17	0	1	0	2	0	20	0
	Nikos Alavantas	6	0	3	0	0	0	9	0
	Themis Kapousouzis	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
Midfielders
	Giorgos Koudas	31	5	5	1	4	0	40	6
	Koulis Apostolidis	31	0	5	1	3	0	39	1
	Ioannis Damanakis	27	4	6	0	4	1	37	5
	Stavros Sarafis	21	5	6	3	0	0	27	8
	Aggelos Anastasiadis	19	3	4	0	3	1	26	4
	Giannis Pathiakakis	18	2	3	0	4	0	25	2
	Dimitris Voulgaris	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
	Kostas Orfanos	33	15	6	5	4	1	43	21
	Panagiotis Kermanidis	31	7	5	2	4	2	40	11
	Giorgos Kostikos	25	0	3	2	4	0	32	2
	Neto Guerino	24	4	5	2	1	0	30	6
	Alexandros Boditsopoulos	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA CWC	Total
1	FW	Kostas Orfanos	15	5	1	21
2	FW	Panagiotis Kermanidis	7	2	2	11
3	MF	Stavros Sarafis	5	3	0	8
4	MF	Giorgos Koudas	5	1	0	6
4	FW	Neto Guerino	4	2	0	6
6	MF	Ioannis Damanakis	4	0	1	5
7	MF	Aggelos Anastasiadis	3	0	1	4
8	MF	Giannis Pathiakakis	2	0	0	2
	DF	Kostas Iosifidis	1	1	0	2
	FW	Giorgos Kostikos	0	2	0	2
11	DF	Filotas Pellios	0	0	1	1
	MF	Koulis Apostolidis	0	1	0	1
	FW	Alexandros Boditsopoulos	1	0	0	1
	FW	Michalis Malaxianakis	1	0	0	1
TOTALS			48	17	6	71

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links

References

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[table_note_res_CWC10.85782120416771-1] Since AEK Athens, winners of 1977–78 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup.

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