1978–79 PAOK FC season

The 1978–79 season was PAOK Football Club's 53rd in existence and the club's 20th 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
1978–79 season
PresidentGreece Giorgos Pantelakis
ManagerPoland Egon Piechaczek
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki4th
Greek CupRound of 16
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Guerino, Orfanos (15)

All:
Neto Guerino (16)
Highest home attendance41,909 vs AEK

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 Apostolos Filis

DF   GRE Kostas Iosifidis
DF   GRE Ioannis Gounaris
DF   GRE Filotas Pellios
DF   GRE Theodoros Apostolidis
DF   GRE Nikos Alavantas
DF   GRE Ilias Katsanikas

MF   GRE Giorgos Koudas (captain)
MF   GRE Koulis Apostolidis
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GRE Angelos Anastasiadis
MF   GRE Stavros Sarafis
MF   GRE Ioannis Damanakis
MF   GRE Thomas Siggas

FW   GRE Kostas Orfanos
FW   GRE Panagiotis Kermanidis
FW   BRA Neto Guerino
FW   GRE Giorgos Kostikos
FW   GRE Nikos Panagiotidis

Transfers

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Players transferred in
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK   Apostolos Filis   Panionios Exchange
Summer DF   Ilias Katsanikas   Polykastro ?
Summer DF   Theodoros Apostolidis   Kastoria ?
Summer MF   Thomas Siggas   Naoussa ?
Players transferred out
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer GK   Dimitris Festeris   Doxa Drama Free
Summer MF   Giannis Pathiakakis   Panionios Exchange

Pre-season

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  Win   Draw   Loss

9 August 1978 Friendly Heuriger 3–6 PAOK Lastrup, West Germany
Guerino    
Alavantas  
Iosifidis  
Damanakis  
Kermanidis  
14 August 1978 Friendly Kouchalen Sport 2–2 PAOK Lastrup, West Germany
Th.Apostolidis  
Guerino   pen.'
15 August 1978 Friendly Lingen 1–5 PAOK Lastrup, West Germany
Dilsen   76' Kermanidis   1'
Orfanos   10', 35'
Alavantas   65'
Guerino   75'
21 August 1978 Friendly PAOK 0–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Rammos
24 August 1978 Friendly PAOK 0–1 Aris Thessaloniki
Zelidis   23' Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
27 August 1978 Friendly Olympiacos 0–0 PAOK Piraeus
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,076
30 August 1978 Friendly PAOK 2–0 Panionios Thessaloniki
Damanakis   37'
Guerino   57' (pen.)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Kaltsidis

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 34 18 9 7 73 23 +50 052.94
Greek Cup 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 050.00
Cup Winners' Cup 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 050.00
Total 38 20 9 9 79 30 +49 052.63

Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Olympiacos[a] 34 26 4 4 63 27 +36 56 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Aris 34 22 6 6 63 26 +37 50
4 PAOK 34 18 9 7 73 23 +50 45
5 Panathinaikos 34 14 10 10 46 37 +9 38
6 Iraklis 34 12 10 12 51 46 +5 34
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
Notes:
  1. ^ AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.

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 18 9 7 73 23  +50 63 16 1 0 60 7  +53 2 8 7 13 16  −3

Last updated: 3 June 1979 (1979-06-03).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHΑHΑ
ResultWLWWLDLWDWDDWLWDWWWLDWDWLWDWWLWWWD
Position1655779776665666544555555554444444
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

3 September 1978 1 PAOK 4–1 Kavala Thessaloniki
Koudas   2'
Kermanidis   61', 77'
Kostikos   80'
Espinosa   63' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,336
Note: PAOK opening three home league games were held at the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium because Toumba Stadium was closed temporarily due to damage sustained in the June 1978 earthquake.
10 September 1978 2 AEK 3–2 PAOK Athens
Mavros   1'
Domazos   65', 85'
Intzoglou   14' (o.g.)
Koudas   87'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 27,854
24 September 1978 3 PAOK 4–0 Egaleo Thessaloniki
Sarafis   4'
Guerino   36', 47', 78'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 6,392
Referee: Paschalidis
1 October 1978 4 PAOK 5–0 PAS Giannina Thessaloniki
Guerino   50', 66'
Sarafis   55'
Kermanidis   68', 76'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,675
14 October 1978 5 Olympiacos 1–0 PAOK Piraeus
Losada   51' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,704
Referee: Labropoulos
21 October 1978 6 PAOK 1–1 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Koudas   8'
Siggas   87'
Chatzieleftheriou   47' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 14,608
Referee: Armodoros
5 November 1978 7 Panionios 2–1 PAOK Athens
Anastopoulos   23'
Núñez   50' (pen.)
Sarafis   44' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,710
Referee: Grippas
12 November 1978 8 PAOK 1–0 Aris Thessaloniki
Guerino   72' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 36,567
Referee: Sarakinos
19 November 1978 9 Ethnikos 2–2 PAOK Piraeus
Karaiskos   56'
Vasilopoulos   65'
Damanakis   55'
Koudas   58'
Guerino   79'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Kollyropoulos
Note: Match was replayed on 7 March. PAOK appealed against the integrity of the game because referee Kollyropoulos gave a signal for a quick kick off and Ethnikos equalised with Karaiskos while PAOK players were celebrating the opening goal at their bench.
10 December 1978 10 PAOK 3–0 Panachaiki Thessaloniki
Sarafis   48'
Kostikos   70' Orfanos   84'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
17 December 1978 11 Apollon Athens 0–0 PAOK Athens
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 6,800
24 December 1978 12 Panathinaikos 2–2 PAOK Athens
Gómez   29'
Kizas   51'
Eleftherakis   62'
Kermanidis   32'
Kostikos   60'
Stadium: Leoforos Stadium
Attendance: 11,407
Referee: Sarakinos
31 December 1978 13 PAOK 4–2 Kastoria Thessaloniki
Anastasiadis   49'
Kermanidis   52'
Kostikos   57'
Sarafis   75' (pen.)
Touboglou   73' (pen.)
Paunovski   81'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 9,825
Referee: Panagopoulos
7 January 1979 14 Rodos 1–0 PAOK Rhodes
Drakos   45' Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Attendance: 4,522
Referee: Kollyropoulos
14 January 1979 15 PAOK 5–0 Panserraikos Thessaloniki
Kostikos   1'
Guerino   30'
Sarafis   37' (pen.)
Anastasiadis   85'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,340
21 January 1979 16 OFI 1–1 PAOK Heraklion
Rellis   80'
Vasileiou   83' (pen.)
Tzirakis   65' (o.g.) Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 5,151
Referee: Printezis
28 January 1979 17 PAOK 4–0 AEL Thessaloniki
Orfanos   5', 43', 70'
Sarafis   39'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,816
Referee: Panagopoulos
4 February 1979 18 Kavala 0–3 PAOK Kavala
Guerino   27'
Kostikos   32'
Orfanos   72'
Stadium: Kavala Stadium
Referee: Patarakis
11 February 1979 19 PAOK 2–1 AEK Thessaloniki
Guerino   49' (pen.)
Koudas   56'
Kostikos   84'
Ravousis   40'
Bajević   88'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 41,909
Referee: Dedes
18 February 1979 20 Egaleo 1–0 PAOK Athens
Pigaditis   19' (pen.) Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 6,448
Referee: Armodoros
25 February 1979 21 PAS Giannina 1–1 PAOK Ioannina
Korobelis   39' Kostikos   4' Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 5,725
Referee: Panagopoulos
4 March 1979 22 PAOK 2–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Orfanos   45', 80' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 25,362
Referee: Lekkas
7 March 1979 9 Ethnikos 1–1 PAOK Piraeus
Karaiskos   54' (pen.) Guerino   15' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 10,205
Referee: Tsolakis
11 March 1979 23 Iraklis 0–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 13,886
18 March 1979 24 PAOK 5–0 Panionios Thessaloniki
Orfanos   55', 84'
Guerino   65'
Kermanidis   67'
Damanakis   79'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Vardakas
25 March 1979 25 Aris 1–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Pallas   16' (pen.)
Ballis   17'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Platopoulos
1 April 1979 26 PAOK 5–0 Ethnikos Thessaloniki
Damanakis   35'
Sarafis   49' (pen.)
Orfanos   58'
Koudas   72'
Kostikos   76'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,882
Referee: Labropoulos
8 April 1979 27 Panachaiki 0–0 PAOK Patras
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 6,721
Referee: Kritikos
15 April 1979 28 PAOK 3–0 Apollon Athens Thessaloniki
Th.Apostolidis   34'
Orfanos   42'
Sarafis   58'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,040
Referee: Dedes
25 April 1979 29 PAOK 3–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Kermanidis   43', 52'
Orfanos   72'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 27,656
Referee: Vourakis
6 May 1979 30 Kastoria 1–0 PAOK Kastoria
Stavridis   79' Stadium: Kastoria Stadium
Attendance: 3,239
Referee: Marinelis
13 May 1979 31 PAOK 6–1 Rodos Thessaloniki
Kostikos   17'
Th.Apostolidis   47'
Orfanos   51', 62'
Sarafis   56'
Kermanidis   86'
Georgalis   83' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 10,708
20 May 1979 32 Panserraikos 0–1 PAOK Serres
Guerino   53' Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,844
27 May 1979 33 PAOK 3–1 OFI Thessaloniki
Guerino   2', 41' (pen.)
Orfanos   72'
Papadopoulos   85' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,684
Referee: Marinelis
3 June 1979 34 AEL 1–1 PAOK Larissa
Kritikos   85' (pen.) Guerino   40' (pen.) Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 1,844
Referee: Panagopoulos

Greek Cup

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First round

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8 November 1978 PAOK 2–1 Panelefsiniakos Thessaloniki
Sarafis   10', 71' Tsolakidis   70' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 1,106

Second round

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Bye

Third round

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21 February 1979 Olympiacos 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
PAOK Piraeus
Kritikopoulos   17'
Rohrbach   61' (pen.)
Guerino   7'
Kermanidis   53'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,453
Referee: Panagopoulos
Penalties
Galakos  
Rohrbach  
Lemonis  
Persias  
Kyrastas  
Katsavakis  
Kaltsas  
Kelesidis  
  Guerino
  Sarafis
  Orfanos
  Pellios
  Kermanidis
  Apostolidis
  Kostikos
  Furtula

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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First round

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13 September 1978 1st leg PAOK   2–0   Servette Thessaloniki, Greece
Kermanidis   77'
Sarafis   86'
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Constantin Barbulescu (Romania)
27 September 1978 2nd leg Servette   4–0
(4–2 agg.)
  PAOK Geneva, Switzerland
Pfister   15'
Hamberg   64'
Elia   85', 88'
Report Stadium: Charmilles Stadium
Referee: László Pádár (Hungary)

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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As of June 3, 1979

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 21 0 1 0 1 0 23 0
  Apostolos Filis 13 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
Defenders
  Ioannis Gounaris 33 0 2 0 2 0 37 0
  Kostas Iosifidis 31 0 2 0 2 0 35 0
  Theodoros Apostolidis 29 2 2 0 1 0 32 2
  Filotas Pellios 29 0 2 0 0 0 31 0
  Nikos Alavantas 13 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
  Ilias Katsanikas 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Midfielders
  Ioannis Damanakis 33 1 2 0 2 0 37 1
  Stavros Sarafis 30 11 2 2 2 1 34 14
  Giorgos Koudas 26 4 0 0 2 0 28 4
  Angelos Anastasiadis 22 2 1 0 1 0 24 2
  Koulis Apostolidis 19 0 1 0 2 0 22 0
  Thomas Siggas 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
Forwards
  Panagiotis Kermanidis 33 10 2 1 2 1 37 12
  Kostas Orfanos 32 15 2 0 1 0 35 15
  Giorgos Kostikos 30 10 2 0 2 0 34 10
  Neto Guerino 29 15 2 1 2 0 33 16
  Nikos Panagiotidis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

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   Neto Guerino 15 1 0 16
2 FW   Kostas Orfanos 15 0 0 15
3 MF   Stavros Sarafis 11 2 1 14
4 FW   Panagiotis Kermanidis 10 1 1 12
5 FW   Giorgos Kostikos 10 0 0 10
6 MF   Giorgos Koudas 4 0 0 4
7 MF   Ioannis Damanakis 2 0 0 2
MF   Angelos Anastasiadis 2 0 0 2
DF   Theodoros Apostolidis 2 0 0 2
Own goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 73 4 2 79

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

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References

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