1988–89 PAOK FC season

PAOK
1988–89 season
PresidentGreece Giannis Dedeoglou
ManagerNetherlands Rinus Israël
Greece Nikos Alefantos
Greece Stavros Sarafis
StadiumToumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki8th
Greek CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Skartados, Small (6)
All:
Skartados (12)
Highest home attendance39,848 vs Napoli

The 1988–89 season was PAOK Football Club's 62nd in existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round and faced Diego Maradona's Napoli in the UEFA Cup.

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Greece GRE Giannis Gitsioudis
— GK Greece GRE Apostolos Terzis
— DF Greece GRE Nikos Alavantas (captain)
— DF Greece GRE Apostolos Tsourelas
— DF Greece GRE Kostas Malioufas
— DF Greece GRE Nikos Karageorgiou
— DF Greece GRE Dimitris Mitoglou
— DF Greece GRE Michalis Leontiadis
— DF Greece GRE Antonis Mavreas
— DF Greece GRE Giannis Tsiplakis
— DF Australia AUS Charlie Yankos
— MF Greece GRE Giorgos Skartados
— MF Greece GRE Kostas Lagonidis
— MF Greece GRE Kyriakos Alexandridis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Brazil BRA Luís Fernando Abichabki
— MF Norway NOR Kjetil Osvold
— MF Greece GRE Giorgos Toursounidis
— MF Greece GRE Nikos Plitsis
— MF Greece GRE Thomas Siggas
— MF Greece GRE Paschalis Seretis
— FW England ENG Mike Small
— FW Australia AUS John Anastasiadis
— FW Greece GRE Stefanos Borbokis
— FW Greece GRE Aris Karasavvidis
— FW Greece GRE Michalis Iordanidis
— FW Greece GRE Stathis Karalidis
— FW Greece GRE Asterios Roussomanis

Transfers

Players transferred in
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer MF Brazil Luís Fernando Abichabki Brazil Coritiba 40 million Dr.
Summer MF Norway Kjetil Osvold Sweden Djurgården ?
Summer MF Greece Nikos Plitsis Greece Panargiakos Argos Orestiko ?
Summer FW England Mike Small Netherlands Vitesse ?
Summer FW Australia John Anastasiadis Australia Heidelberg United 6 million Dr.
Summer FW Greece Stathis Karalidis Greece AE Ampelokipoi ?
Winter DF Australia Charlie Yankos Australia APIA Leichhardt ?
Players transferred out
Transfer Window Pos. Name Club Fee
Summer MF Greece Lakis Papaioannou Greece PAS Giannina Free
Summer MF Greece Sotiris Mavromatis Greece Olympiacos ?
Summer FW Republic of Ireland Paul Bannon Greece AEL Free
Summer FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Nikić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar Free
Winter MF Greece Thomas Siggas Greece Apollon Kalamaria ?
Winter MF Greece Paschalis Seretis Greece Apollon Kalamaria ?
Winter FW Greece Michalis Iordanidis Greece Apollon Kalamaria ?

Kit

Pre-season

[1][2]

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 July 1988 Friendly FC 08 Villingen 2–5 PAOK West Germany
Skartados
Karageorgiou
Fernando
o.g.'
24 July 1988 Friendly FC Konstanz 1–10 PAOK West Germany
Skartados
Plitsis
Small
Karasavvidis
Anastasiadis
Tsourelas
Seretis
27 July 1988 Friendly SC Pfullendorf 0–7 PAOK West Germany
Fernando
Small
Anastasiadis
Skartados
Borbokis
29 July 1988 Friendly Tuttlingen 0–7 PAOK West Germany
Roussomanis
Karalidis
Karasavvidis
Tsiplakis
Siggas
Toursounidis
30 July 1988 Friendly VfL Sindelfingen 3–0 PAOK West Germany
5 August 1988 Friendly PAOK 3–2 Aris Thessaloniki
Small 28'
Fernando 46'
Iordanidis 90'		 Dimitriadis 45'
Kouis 61'		 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Plevritis
8 August 1988 Friendly Anagennisi Karditsa 0–6 PAOK Karditsa
Karasavvidis 25'
Iordanidis 32'
Triantafyllidis 36'
Karalidis 40'
Anastasiadis 44', 75'		 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa
Referee: Brentas
10 August 1988 Friendly AEK 4–2 PAOK Athens
Pittas 20', 55'
Patikas 42'
Nielsen 70' (pen.)		 Fernando 37'
Skartados 60' (pen.)		 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,648
Referee: Giakoumatos
12 August 1988 Friendly Edessaikos 1–2 PAOK Edessa
Papadopoulos 86' Small 43'
Iordanidis 51'		 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa
14 August 1988 Friendly PAOK 0–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Funes 51' Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Referee: Naziris
17 August 1988 Friendly Kavala 0–2 PAOK Kavala
Skartados 42' (pen.)
Anastasiadis 67'		 Stadium: Kavala Stadium
27 August 1988 Friendly PAOK 4–2 Ajax Thessaloniki
Fernando 13'
Skartados 16'
Alexandridis 64'
Malioufas 90'		 Wouters 25', 78' Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 12,375
31 August 1988 Friendly Kilkisiakos 3–2 PAOK Kilkis
Kotakis 30', 77'
Kourtidis 32'		 Leontiadis 27'
Iordanidis 86'		 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kilkis

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 30 11 10 9 34 30 +4 036.67
Greek Cup 8 5 1 2 15 7 +8 062.50
UEFA Cup 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 40 16 12 12 50 39 +11 040.00

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Netherlands Rinus Israël Start of season 22.01.1989 24 12 5 7 37 23 +14 050.00
Greece Nikos Alefantos 29.01.1989 09.04.1989 13 4 5 4 11 11 +0 030.77
Greece Stavros Sarafis (Interim) 16.04.1989 End of season 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 000.00

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1988–89 Alpha Ethniki

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 AEL 30 10 14 6 37 34 +3 34
7 Aris 30 11 11 8 31 26 +5 33
8 PAOK 30 11 10 9 34 30 +4 32
9 Doxa Drama 30 10 8 12 26 28 −2 28
10 Panionios 30 10 7 13 32 36 −4 27
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

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
30 11 10 9 34 30  +4 43 9 5 1 23 11  +12 2 5 8 11 19  −8

Last updated: 21 May 1989 (1989-05-21).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWLWWLWWWDWLWDDLLWDWDDDLDLWLLDD
Position4126383211132234444333456757878
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

[3][4][5][6][7][8]

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 September 1988 1 PAOK 2–1 AEL Thessaloniki
Kyrillidis 13' (o.g.)
Skartados 58'		 Kanieba 6' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Plevritis
18 September 1988 2 Apollon Athens 2–0 PAOK Athens
Karanikas 67'
Jurišić 85'		 Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 6,038
25 September 1988 3 PAOK 2–1 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Fernando 22', 80' Th.Dimopoulos 81' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,967
Referee: Bikas
2 October 1988 4 Olympiacos 0–1 PAOK Athens
Funes Red card 40' Lagonidis Red card 40'
Borbokis 56'
Karageorgiou Red card 81'		 Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 74,232
Referee: Charlavanis
9 October 1988 5 OFI 3–1 PAOK Heraklion
Mitoglou 37' (o.g.)
Charalambidis 43'
Hisis 66'
Goulis Red card 71'		 Skartados 63' (pen.)
Mavreas Red card 71'		 Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 9,067
Referee: Mintiouris
23 October 1988 6 PAOK 2–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
Small 21', 51' Mavros 63' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 12,317
Referee: Bikas
6 November 1988 7 Apollon Kalamaria 1–4 PAOK Thessaloniki
Traianopoulos 65' Siggas 28'
Small 44'
Alexandridis 72'
Borbokis 86'		 Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 3,566
Referee: Fillipiadis
13 November 1988 8 PAOK 1–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Skartados 59' (pen.) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 25,291
Referee: Germanakos
20 November 1988 9 Aris 0–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 12,947
Referee: Nikakis
27 November 1988 10 PAOK 5–1 Ethnikos Thessaloniki
Fernando 27'
Alexandridis 39'
Borbokis 41'
Lagonidis 51'
Leontiadis 53'		 Chortsas Red card 55'
Katsikogiannis 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,682
Referee: Giannopoulos
4 December 1988 11 Levadiakos 2–1 PAOK Levadeia
Barrios 7'
Lemonis 75'		 Small 27' Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Mintiouris
11 December 1988 12 PAOK 1–0 Doxa Drama Thessaloniki
Fernando 9' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 9,999
Referee: Karamanis
31 December 1988 13 PAOK 1–1 Olympiacos Volos Thessaloniki
Skartados 55' Skoutas 63' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,216
Note: Game was initially scheduled on 18 December, but was postponed because of snow.
8 January 1989 14 Diagoras 1–1 PAOK Rhodes
Bisdikis 16' Mitoglou 61' Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
15 January 1989 15 PAOK 0–1 AEK Thessaloniki
Christodoulou 24' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 31,969
Referee: Nikakis
22 January 1989 16 AEL 2–1 PAOK Larissa
Mitsibonas 69'
Karapialis 79'
Athanasiou Red card 79'		 Yankos 22' Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 10,986
Referee: Giakoumatos
29 January 1989 17 PAOK 3–2 Apollon Athens Thessaloniki
Small 9', 65'
Skartados 44'		 Vlachos 45'
Apostolou 84'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,070
5 February 1989 18 Iraklis 0–0 PAOK Thessaloniki
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 21,007
Referee: Dimitriadis
12 February 1989 19 PAOK 1–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Karasavvidis 66' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 32,112
Referee: Germanakos
20 February 1989 20 PAOK 0–0 OFI Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,798
Referee: Vasilakis
26 February 1989 21 Panionios 0–0 PAOK Athens
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 5,710
5 March 1989 22 PAOK 1–1 Apollon Kalamaria Kavala
Tsourelas 72' Vellios 64'
Seretis Red card 87'		 Stadium: Kavala Stadium
Referee: Vasilakis
Note: Game held at Kavala because PAOK had a stadium ban.
12 March 1989 23 Panathinaikos 1–0 PAOK Athens
Saravakos 25' (pen.) Stadium: Leoforos Stadium
Attendance: 13,771
Referee: Naziris
19 March 1989 24 PAOK 1–1 Aris Thessaloniki
Lagonidis 80' Dimitriadis 58' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 14,663
Referee: Filippidis
26 March 1989 25 Ethnikos 2–1 PAOK Piraeus
Chojnacki 37'
Batista 58'		 Yankos 20' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 6,599
2 April 1989 26 PAOK 2–0 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
Karageorgiou 56' (pen.)
Fernando 72'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 4,849
Referee: Iatropoulos
9 April 1989 27 Doxa Drama 1–0 PAOK Drama
Charalambidis 89' (pen.) Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Referee: Naziris
16 April 1989 28 Olympiacos Volos 4–1 PAOK Volos
Karamichalos 34'
Boda 50' (pen.), 60', 79'		 Anastasiadis 30' Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,093
Referee: Adamopoulos
7 May 1989 29 PAOK 1–1 Diagoras Thessaloniki
Osvold 61' (pen.) Krassonis 1' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 1,599
Referee: Kefalas
21 May 1989 30 AEK 0–0 PAOK Athens
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 25,934
Referee: Iatropoulos

Greek Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Greek Football Cup

First round (group stage)

[9][10]

21 August 1988 PAOK 3–0 Thriamvos Athens Thessaloniki
Skartados 63' (pen.)
Borbokis 85', 89'		 Matzounis Red card 76' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 3,134
Referee: Andreou
Note: Game held at Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium because Toumba was temporarily closed.
4 September 1988 Proodeftiki 1–0 PAOK Piraeus
Fotis 8' Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Stefanidis

Second round

30 November 1988 1st leg PAOK 3–0 Naoussa Thessaloniki
Skartados 50' (pen.), 77'
Lagonidis 70'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 1,793
Referee: Charlavanis
14 December 1988 2nd leg Naoussa 1–3
(1–6 agg.)		 PAOK Naousa
Markou 11' Small 25', 36'
Borbokis 62'		 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Naousa
Referee: Naoum

Third round

[11]

28 December 1988 1st leg PAOK 2–2 Levadiakos Thessaloniki
Skartados soccer ball with red X 56' 89'
Small 70'		 Kavouras 25', 86' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 6,625
Referee: Stefanidis
11 January 1989 2nd leg Levadiakos 0–2
(2–4 agg.)		 PAOK Livadeia
Lemonis soccer ball with red X 89' Small 52'
Anastasiadis 75'		 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Dimitriadis

Quarter-finals

1 February 1989 1st leg PAOK 2–0 Panionios Thessaloniki
Small 17'
Skartados 88'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,927
Referee: Amygdalis
15 February 1989 2nd leg Panionios 3–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 agg.)		 PAOK Athens
Mavros 33', 119'
Aposporis 47'		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Referee: Nikakis

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1988–89 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: First round

[12][13][14]

7 September 1988 1st leg Napoli Italy 1–0 Greece PAOK Naples, Italy
Maradona 59' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 62,662
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
6 October 1988 2nd leg PAOK Greece 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Italy Napoli Thessaloniki, Greece
Skartados 65' Report Careca 17' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 39,848
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of May 21, 1989

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

No. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
Greece Giannis Gitsioudis 29 0 8 0 2 0 39 0
Greece Apostolos Terzis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
Greece Antonis Mavreas 26 0 8 0 2 0 36 0
Greece Nikos Karageorgiou 26 1 6 0 2 0 34 1
Greece Dimitris Mitoglou 25 1 6 0 2 0 33 1
Greece Kostas Malioufas 23 0 7 0 2 0 32 0
Greece Michalis Leontiadis 20 1 5 0 1 0 26 1
Greece Apostolos Tsourelas 16 1 6 0 1 0 23 1
Greece Nikos Alavantas 15 0 4 0 0 0 19 0
Australia Charlie Yankos 7 1 2 0 0 0 9 1
Greece Giannis Tsiplakis 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Midfielders
Greece Kostas Lagonidis 23 2 7 1 2 0 32 3
Greece Giorgos Skartados 21 6 7 5 2 1 30 12
Brazil Luís Fernando Abichabki 21 5 4 0 2 0 27 5
Greece Kyriakos Alexandridis 18 2 5 0 2 0 25 2
Norway Kjetil Osvold 12 1 1 0 0 0 13 1
Greece Thomas Siggas 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Greece Giorgos Toursounidis 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Greece Paschalis Seretis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Forwards
Greece Stefanos Borbokis 25 3 7 3 2 0 34 6
England Mike Small 24 6 7 5 2 0 33 11
Greece Aris Karasavvidis 24 1 6 0 2 0 32 1
Australia John Anastasiadis 18 1 4 1 0 0 22 2
Greece Stathis Karalidis 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 MF Greece Giorgos Skartados 6 5 1 12
2 FW England Mike Small 6 5 0 11
3 FW Greece Stefanos Borbokis 3 3 0 6
4 MF Brazil Luís Fernando Abichabki 5 0 0 5
5 MF Greece Kostas Lagonidis 2 1 0 3
6 MF Greece Kyriakos Alexandridis 2 0 0 2
FW Australia John Anastasiadis 1 1 0 2
8 DF Greece Michalis Leontiadis 1 0 0 1
DF Greece Nikos Karageorgiou 1 0 0 1
DF Greece Apostolos Tsourelas 1 0 0 1
DF Greece Dimitris Mitoglou 1 0 0 1
DF Australia Charlie Yankos 1 0 0 1
MF Norway Kjetil Osvold 1 0 0 1
MF Greece Thomas Siggas 1 0 0 1
FW Greece Aris Karasavvidis 1 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 34 15 1 50

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

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