1977–78 PAOK FC season

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.

PAOK
1977–78 season
PresidentGreece Giorgos Pantelakis
ManagerEngland Billy Bingham
Greece Dimitris Kalogiannis
Greece Lakis Petropoulos
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha EthnikiRunners-up
Greek CupRunners-up
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kostas Orfanos (15)

All:
Kostas Orfanos (21)
Highest home attendance30,477 vs Olympiacos

Players

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Squad

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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 Angelos 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

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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.
Summer FW   Dimitris Paridis Retired

Pre-season

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  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

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Overview

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Competition Record
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

Managerial statistics

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Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
  Billy Bingham Start of season 23.10.1977 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 050.00
  Dimitris Kalogiannis (Interim) 30.10.1977 26.12.1977 10 5 5 0 16 5 +11 050.00
  Lakis Petropoulos 08.01.1978 End of season 24 14 7 3 43 18 +25 058.33

Alpha Ethniki

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Standings

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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[a]
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
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) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since AEK Athens also won the Greek Cup and qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, the Cup finalists, PAOK earned a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup first round.

Results summary

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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

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDDWLWLDDWWDWDDWDLWWDWDDWWDDWWWDWLW
Position9747488886645555444434433444322222
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  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.), 31'
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

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First round

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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

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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

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

Quarter–finals

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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

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

Final

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

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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First round

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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)

Second round

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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

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Squad statistics

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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
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
  Angelos 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

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Rank No. 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
FW   Neto Guerino 4 2 0 6
6 MF   Ioannis Damanakis 4 0 1 5
7 MF   Angelos 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

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References

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