2015–16 PAOK FC season

The 2015–16 season was PAOK's 90th in existence and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Cup in the Second Round and competed in UEFA Europa League starting from the second qualifying round.

PAOK

2015–16 season
President	Iakovos Angelides (until 21 December 2015) Ľuboš Micheľ
Manager	Igor Tudor, Vladimir Ivić
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League Greece	4th (1st at Playoffs)
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Stefanos Athanasiadis (11) All: Róbert Mak (19)
Highest home attendance	25,674 (vs Olympiacos)
Lowest home attendance	5,762 (vs Veria)
Average home league attendance	10,569
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

On 18 June 2015, Igor Tudor became PAOK's manager after signing a three-year contract.^[1] In 2016, he was sacked after poor results.^[2] Vladimir Ivić was appointed his successor.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Vladimir Ivić
Assistant manager	Miroslaw Sznaucner
Goalkeepers' coach	Silvije Čavlina
Fitness trainer	Paolo Artico

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Board of directors

Position	Staff
Owner	Ivan Savvidis
President	Ľuboš Micheľ
Team manager	Konstantinos Iosifidis
Scout	Lino
Scout	Giorgos Kostikos

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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 1 GK  GRE Markos Vellidis 2 DF  GRE Giannis Skondras 3 DF  GRE Nikos Spyropoulos (Released) 4 DF  CRO Marin Leovac 5 DF  GRE Dimitris Chatziisaias 6 MF  GRE Alexandros Tziolis (vice-captain) 7 MF  ISR Eyal Golasa 8 MF  NED Hedwiges Maduro (to Groningen (free)) 9 FW  BRA Jairo 10 FW  BUL Dimitar Berbatov 11 MF  SVK Róbert Mak 13 DF  GRE Stelios Malezas 14 FW  GRE Dimitris Salpingidis (Released) 15 DF  POR Miguel Vítor 16 MF  BIH Gojko Cimirot 18 FW  GRE Efthimis Koulouris (on loan to Anorthosis) 20 DF  POR Ricardo Costa (to Granada (free)) 21 MF  GRE Charis Charisis 22 DF  GRE Dimitris Konstantinidis 24 MF  CPV Garry Rodrigues

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  SWE Robin Olsen (on loan to Copenhagen) 26 MF  ALB Ergys Kaçe 27 FW  GRE Giannis Mystakidis 30 GK  GRE Nikos Melissas 31 DF  GRE Georgios Tzavellas 32 FW  ARG Facundo Pereyra (on loan to Racing Club) 33 FW  GRE Stefanos Athanasiadis (captain) 34 MF  GRE Nikos Korovesis 37 DF  ALB Kristi Qose (on loan to Panserraikos) 40 MF  BEL Maarten Martens (Retired) 44 DF  GRE Achilleas Poungouras (on loan to Veria) 52 MF  SVK Erik Sabo 70 DF  GRE Stelios Kitsiou 71 GK  GRE Panagiotis Glykos 77 MF  GRE Dimitris Pelkas 88 MF  GRE Kyriakos Savvidis (on loan to Michalovce) 93 MF  AUS Terry Antonis 96 MF  GRE Stelios Pozoglou 99 GK  GRE Marios Siampanis

Out on loan

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 — DF  GRE Nikos Vasaitis (on loan to APE Lagada) — DF  GRE Vasilios Chatzidimpas (on loan to Pierikos) — DF  GRE Savvas Toumanidis (on loan to Kavala) — MF  GRE Stefanos Polyzos (on loan to Aiginiakos) — MF  GRE Giannis Tsolakidis (on loan to Panelefsiniakos)

Transfers

Former Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov signed for the club

Lucas was sold to Deportivo La Coruña

In 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 — DF  CRO Marin Leovac (from Rijeka (€1.3M)) — MF  BIH Gojko Cimirot (from FK Sarajevo (€1.3M)) — MF  SVK Erik Sabo (from Spartak Trnava (€700,000)) — GK  SWE Robin Olsen (from Malmö FF (€650,000)) — MF  GRE Charis Charisis (from PAS Giannina (€480,000)) — FW  BRA Jairo (from Trenčín (€400,000)) — MF  GRE Nikos Korovesis (from PAS Giannina (€380,000)) — MF  AUS Terry Antonis (from Sydney FC (€330,000)) — DF  GRE Stelios Malezas (from Panetolikos (€100,000)) — FW  BUL Dimitar Berbatov (from Monaco (free)) — MF  CPV Garry Rodrigues (from Elche (free)) — GK  GRE Markos Vellidis (from PAS Giannina (€750,000)) — DF  GRE Dimitris Chatziisaias (from Panionios (550k))

Out 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 — MF  ESP Lucas (to Deportivo La Coruña (€1.5M)) — MF  ECU Christian Noboa (to Rostov (€1.5M)) — GK  CMR Charles Itandje (to Rizespor (free)) — DF  GRE Giorgos Katsikas (to Twente (free)) — GK  GRE Asterios Giakoumis (to Agrotikos Asteras (free)) — FW  GRE Dimitris Papadopoulos (to Asteras Tripolis (free)) — DF  SWE Sotiris Papagiannopoulos (to Östersunds FK (free)) — DF  ROU Răzvan Raț (to Rayo Vallecano (free)) — GK  ESP Jacobo (Released)

Kit

2015

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): No

Home

Away

Source: gazzetta.gr

2015–16

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): Sportingbet

Home

Away

Third

Fourth

Source: sport-fm.gr

Friendlies

All times at EET

Koot Azur v PAOK

4 July 2015 Friendly	Koot Azur	1–3	PAOK	Doorwerth, Netherlands
19:00	14' furtado	Report	33' Salpingidis 66' Savvidis 87' Martens	Stadium: WA Scholtenlaan 138, 6865 NA Doorweth

Bochum v PAOK

8 July 2015 Friendly	Bochum	4–3	PAOK	Arnhem, Netherlands
17:30	Costa 9' (o.g.) Hoogland 33' Vítor 43' (o.g.) Gregoritsch 67'	Report	Pereyra 6', 10' Kitsiou 46'	Stadium: Sportpark Schuytgraaf

FC Dnipro v PAOK

10 July 2015 Friendly	FC Dnipro	1–4	PAOK	Arnhem, Netherlands
17:00	23' Kalinić	Report	32' Lucas 51' Charisis 68' Mystakidis 88' Ricardo Costa

Veria F.C. v PAOK

14 August 2015 Friendly	Veria F.C.	2–1	PAOK	Veria, Greece
17:00	23' Nazlidis 23' Merebashvili	Report	73' Jairo

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	043.33
Greek Cup	9	3	3	3	14	12	+2	033.33
UEFA Europa League	12	4	6	2	18	7	+11	033.33
UEFA play-offs	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	050.00
Total	57	23	21	13	85	54	+31	040.35

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Igor Tudor1	Start Season	09.03.2016	44	17	17	10	68	42	+26	038.64

Head Coach	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Vladimir Ivic	09.03.2016	Present	11	6	4	1	17	6	+11	054.55

¹The match against olympiacos in the semifinal cup are not included

Super League Greece

Main article: 2015–16 Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Panathinaikos[a]	30	18	4	8	52	26	+26	55	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	AEK Athens[b]	30	17	6	7	43	21	+22	54
4	PAOK[c]	30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	45
5	Panionios	30	12	8	10	33	27	+6	44
6	PAS Giannina	30	12	6	12	36	40	−4	42	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[d]

Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[5]
Notes:

1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.^[3]
2. AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.^{[citation needed]}
3. PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.^[4]
4. The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

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	13	9	8	45	32	+13	48	9	4	2	24	12	+12	4	5	6	21	20	+1

Last updated: 5 February 2017 (2017-02-05).
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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D
Position	9	12	9	5	3	5	5	4	6	6	6	6	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4

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

Matches

PAOK v Xanthi

23 August 2015 1	PAOK	0–0	Xanthi	Thessaloniki
19:15 EET	Leovac  4' Savvidis  70' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	47' Bertos  59' Soltani  76' Papasterianos  80' Fliskas  87' Baxevanidis Manager: Răzvan Lucescu	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis

PAS Giannina v PAOK

30 August 2015 2	PAS Giannina	3–1	PAOK	Ioannina
21:30 EET	Manias 4' Sabo 51' (o.g.) Chávez 75'  48' Ferfelis  87' Manager: Giannis Petrakis	Report	23' Kaçe  42' Sabo  45'  62' Jairo 90+2' Vítor Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Referee: Athanasios Giaxos

Veria v PAOK

12 September 2015 3	Veria	0–3	PAOK	Veria
18:15 EET	Marangos  54' Nastos  90' Manager: Georgios Georgiadis	Report	17' Athanasiadis 25' Mak  54' Kitsiou 55' Tziolis Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Veria Stadium Referee: Michalis Voskakis

PAOK v AEK Athens

23 September 2015 4	PAOK	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:30 EET	Konstantinidis  26' Rodrigues 54' Athanasiadis 84' Tzavellas  86' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	39' Vargas  43' Buonanotte 47' Aravidis  67' Simões  90+4' Mantalos Manager: Traianos Dellas	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Atromitos v PAOK

27 September 2015 5	Atromitos	1–2	PAOK	Peristeri, Athens
20:30 EET	Godoy  24' Umbides 63' Usero  70' Harbunow  82' Kivrakidis  83' Garcia  90+3' Manager: Michalis Grigoriou	Report	72' Berbatov 90' Mak Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos

PAOK v Olympiacos

4 October 2015 6	PAOK	0–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
20:30 EET	Tzavellas  37' Ricardo Costa  48' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	16' Durmaz 27' Ideye 36' Milivojević  41' Kasami  72' Sebá  79' Botía Manager: Marco Silva	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Athanasios Giaxos

Iraklis v PAOK

18 October 2015 7	Iraklis	3–3	PAOK	Thessaloniki
20.30 EET	Makris 14' Vellios  15' 43' Intzoglou  56' Bartolini  90+1' 90+2' Manager: Nikos Papadopoulos	Report	35' Pelkas 65' 90' Berbatov 77'  90+1' Tzavellas  84' Leovac Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis

PAOK v Panathinaikos

25 October 2015 8	PAOK	3–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Berbatov 27' Rodrigues 31' Vítor 42'  44' Tzavellas  47' Leovac  74' Mak  84' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	27' Marinakis 74' Karelis Manager: Yannis Anastasiou	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

Asteras Tripoli v PAOK

1 November 2015 9	Asteras Tripoli	2–1	PAOK	Tripoli
15:00 EET	Giannou  38' Bertoglio 49' Iglesias  64' Sankaré 82' Manager: Staikos Vergetis	Report	23' Pelkas  39' Vítor  72' Sabo Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Referee: Andreas Pappas

PAOK v Panthrakikos

8 November 2015 10	PAOK	3–3	Panthrakikos	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Rodrigues 14' (47) Athanasiadis 61' Mak  87' Tziolis  90' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	25' Papageorgiou 42' (77)  71' Baykara  45'  90+3' Mejía  54' Hasomeris  67' Cherfa  87' Paschalakis Manager: Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos

PAOK v Panetolikos

22 November 2015 11	PAOK	0–0	Panetolikos	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET	Kitsiou  42' Pelkas  61' Rodrigues  90+4' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	28' Papoutsogianopoulos  42' Rusculleda  63' Kousas Manager: Giannis Matzourakis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Kalloni v PAOK

30 November 2015 12	Kalloni	1–3	PAOK	Mytilene
19:30 EET	Manousos 41' (pen.) Keita  85'  90+3' Tsabouris  90+1' Manager: Thalis Theodoridis	Report	7', 76',  26' Athanasiadis  22' Leovac  40' Skondras  68' Golasa 90' Mystakidis  90+3' Konstantinidis  90+3' Kaçe Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

PAOK v Panionios F.C.

6 December 2015 13	PAOK	2–1	Panionios F.C.	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET	Mak 11' Tzavellas 79'  44' Tziolis  89' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	47' Oikonomou  31' Chatziisaias  46' Risvanis  66' Dioudis  67' Chalkiadakis Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Aristeidis Vatsios

Levadiakos v PAOK

14 December 2015 14	Levadiakos	0–0	PAOK	Livadeia
19:30 EET	Moulopoulos 38' Manager: Apostolos Mantzios	Report	90+3' Kaçe  38' Athanasiadis  90+5' Leovac Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

PAOK v Platanias

20 December 2015 15	PAOK	1–0	Platanias	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET	Athanasiadis 67' Tzavellas  87' Leovac  90+2' Melissas  90+3' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	71' Munafo Manager: Georgios Paraschos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Christos Mitsios

PAOK v PAS Giannina

10 January 2016 17	PAOK	3–1	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET	Athanasiadis 43' Tzavellas  50' Charisis 52' Jairo 64' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	33' Giakos  46' Skondras 90' Kozoronis Manager: Giannis Petrakis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: George Kyzas

PAOK v Veria

17 January 2016 18	PAOK	2–1	Veria	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Berbatov 43' Athanasiadis  64' 74' Kaçe  87' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	64' Ostojić 65' Majewski  76' Georgiadis  80' Nastos Manager: Giorgos Georgiadis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos

Xanthi v PAOK

20 January 2016 16	Xanthi	1–1	PAOK	Xanthi
19:30 EET	Lisgaras  69' Triadis  77' Soltani 90+1' Manager: Răzvan Lucescu	Report	20' Charisis  25' Korovesis 31' Mystakidis  75' Rodrigues Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena Referee: Marios Lambropoulos

AEK Athens v PAOK

24 January 2016 19	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET	Barbosa  31' Vargas 33' Dídac  37' Aravidis  85' Manager: Gus Poyet	Report	9' Athanasiadis  33' Mak  66'  83' Berbatov  79' Charisis Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Athanasios Giahos

PAOK v Atromitos

30 January 2016 20	PAOK	1–1	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Mak 30'  31' Pelkas  68' Korovesis  79' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	78' Keita 81' Lazaridis  90+2' Barkas Manager: Traianos Dellas	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Andreas Pappas

Olympiacos v PAOK

7 February 2016 21	Olympiacos	1–0	PAOK	Piraeus
19:30 EET	Elabdellaoui 8' Milivojević  33' Botía  58' Zdjelar  60'  61' Fuster  87' Manager: Marco Silva	Report	17' Cimirot  50'  65' Tzavellas  61' Athanasiadis Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos

PAOK v Iraklis

14 February 2016 22	PAOK	0–1	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Kaçe  34' Vítor  90+2' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	39' Saramantas  44' Karasalidis  55' Tsilianidis  58' Boukouvalas 72' Leozinho  90+2' Pourtoulidis Manager: Nikos Papadopoulos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Dimitris Thanos

Panathinaikos v PAOK

21 February 2016 23	Panathinaikos	2–2	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET	Berg 10'  86' Pranjić  18' Lagos  28' Koutroubis  42' Kaltsas 51' Lod  62' Manager: Andrea Stramaccioni	Report	20' 56' Cimirot  40' Malezas  42'  90+1' Charisis 67'  90' Pelkas  70' Chatziisaias  78' Kitsiou Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: George Kominis

PAOK v Asteras Tripoli

27 February 2016 24	PAOK	2–0	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Pelkas 17' Chatziisaias  36' Kitsiou  36' Leovac  39' Antonis  49' Mak 76' Manager: Igor Tudor	Report	21' Panteliadis  39' Lluy  41' Dimoutsos Manager: Dimitris Terezopoulos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

Panthrakikos v PAOK

6 March 2016 25	Panthrakikos	2–1	PAOK	Komotini
15:00 EET	Igor 50' Ladakis  78' Papageorgiou 88' Giorgos Athanasiadis  90' Manager: Giannis Xatzinikolaou	Report	21' Chatziisaias  76' Antonis Manager: Igor Tudor	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Referee: Michalis Voskakis

Panetolikos v PAOK

12 March 2016 26	Panetolikos	0–3	PAOK	Agrinio
19:30 EET	Amr Warda  41' Chantakias  71' Makos  83' Manager: Giannis Matzourakis	Report	22' 39' Athanasiadis 69' Korovesis  89' Kitsiou Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

PAOK v AEL Kalloni

20 March 2016 27	PAOK	3–0	AEL Kalloni	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Mystakidis 28' Charisis  46' Athanasiadis 58' Korovesis 78' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	Manager: Nikos Karageorgiou	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Dimitris Karantonis

Panionios v PAOK

3 April 2016 28	Panionios	3–1	PAOK	Nea Smyrni, Athens
19:00 EET	Bakasetas 39' 66' Dioudis  61' Tasoulis  76' Siopis  90' Ansarifard 82' Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis	Report	27' Vítor 52' Tziolis  87' Athanasiadis Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou

PAOK v Levadiakos

10 April 2017 29	PAOK	2–0	Levadiakos	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET	Leovac 80' Mak 89' Vítor  90+1' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	6' Machairas  19' Belghazouani Manager: Dimitris Farantos	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

Platanias v PAOK

17 April 2016 30	Platanias	0–0	PAOK	Chania, Crete
19:00 EET	1' Banana Manager: Georgios Paraschos	Report	Tzavellas  88' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Stavros Madalos

Play-offs

Main article: 2015–16 Super League Greece Play-offs

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	PAOK	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	11	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4	AEK Athens	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	9
5	Panionios[b]	6	1	1	4	2	7	−5	4

Source: Superleague Greece: Standings, Schedule, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.^[6]
Notes:

1. AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
2. The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

Matches

PAOK v AEK Athens

11 May 2016 1	PAOK	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:30 EET	Tziolis  38' Glykos  45' Kitsiou  50' Rodrigues 61' Skondras  81' Mystakidis 83' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	24' Simões  37' Djebbour 44' Johansson  50' Vargas Manager: Stelios Manolas	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Stavros Madalos

Panathinaikos v PAOK

15 May 2016 2	Panathinaikos	1–1	PAOK	Athens
20:30 EET	Koutroubis  37' Berg 46' Tavlaridis  85' Manager: Andrea Stramaccioni	Report	20' Tziolis 49' Charisis  52' Malezas  85' Tzavellas Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: George Kyzas

Panionios v PAOK

23 May 2016 3	Panionios	0–2	PAOK	Nea Smyrni, Athens
18:15 EET	34'  90+2' Ikonomou Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis	Report	27' Athanasiadis  46' Pelkas  61' Charisis 77' Mak  89' Skondras Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

PAOK v Panionios

26 May 2016 4	PAOK	2–0	Panionios	Thessaloniki
18:15 EET	Athanasiadis 14' 25' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

AEK Athens v PAOK

29 May 2016 5	AEK Athens	0–0	PAOK	Athens
20:00 EET	Barbosa  26' Pekhart  41'  49' Manager: Stelios Manolas	Report	31' Tzavellas  42' Mak  65' Kaçe  80' Athanasiadis  90+3' Glykos Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Athanasios Giahos

PAOK v Panathinaikos

31 May 2016 6	PAOK	1–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
20:15 EET	Rodrigues 17' Vítor  57' Leovac  64' Glykos  90+3' Manager: Vladimir Ivić	Report	26' Lod  34' Evangelista  43' Klonaridis  62' Mesto  79' Zeca  89' Nano Andrea Stramaccioni	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos

Greek Football Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Greek Football Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PAOK	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Round of 16
2	Chania	3	1	1	1	6	9	−3	4
3	Panthrakikos	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Olympiacos Volos	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: epo.gr

PAOK v Panthrakikos

28 October 2015 1	PAOK	2–0	Panthrakikos	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Pelkas 73' Mak 86'	Report	Papachristos  57' Rogerio 67'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Chania v PAOK

3 December 2015 2	Chania	2–6	PAOK	Chania
17:15 EET	Stamatis 3' Lita 79' Brilakis  30'  45'	Report	Jairo 73' Sabo 23', 41', 85' Mystakidis 61' Pelkas 64' Konstantinidis  36' Olsen  78'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Olympiacos Volou v PAOK

17 December 2015 3	Olympiacos Volou	1–1	PAOK	Volos
15:00 EET	Alamanis 32' Nastos  41'	Report	Dimitriadis 16' Korovesis  57'	Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium Referee: Spiridon Stathopoulos

Round of 16

Kalloni v PAOK

6 January 2016 1st leg	Kalloni	2–1	PAOK	Mytilene
19:30 EET	Anastasiadis 3' Kaltsas  24' Georgiou 79'	Report	56' Charisis 89' Mak	Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis

PAOK v Kalloni

14 January 2016 2nd leg	PAOK	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Kalloni	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET	Mak  22' 65' Athanasiadis 58' Berbatov 86'	Report	Mikić  10'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Georgios Kominis

Quarter-finals

Panionios v PAOK

27 January 2016 1st leg	Panionios	1–1	PAOK	Nea Smyrni, Athens
15:45 EET	Masouras 35' Ansarifard 40' Risvanis 67' Siopis 85'	Report	15' 39'Pelkas  56'Athanasiadis  73'Cimirot  79'Skondras	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Michahl Boskakhs

PAOK v Panionios

11 February 2016 2nd leg	PAOK	0–0 (1–1 agg.)	Panionios	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Vítor 51' Berbatov 59' Mak 60'	Report	41'Ansarifard  58'Bakasetas  81'Bargan  85'Nikos Katharios  85'Risvanis	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Athanasios Tzilos

Semi-finals

PAOK v Olympiacos

2 March 2016 1st leg	PAOK	0–31	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Mhtsios

Olympiacos v PAOK

27 April 2016 2nd leg	Olympiacos	3–02	PAOK
17:00 EET

¹ Match abandoned in the 90th minute with the score at 1–2. It was later rewarded as a 0–3 win for Olympiacos.
² PAOK didn't show up to the match, so Olympiacos was awarded a 3–0 walkover

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round

All times at CET

Lokomotiva v PAOK

16 July 2015 1st leg	Lokomotiva	2–1	PAOK	Zagreb, Croatia
18:00 CET	Kolar 30' Andrijašević 45+1'	Report	82' Tzavellas 90+2' Mak	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yuriy Mozharovsky (Ukraine)

PAOK v Lokomotiva

23 July 2015 2nd leg	PAOK	6–0 (7–2 agg.)	Lokomotiva	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 CET	Lucas 3',  73' Mak 7', 84' Pelkas 14' Kitsiou  15', 34' Tziolis  29' Andrijašević 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,861 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Portugal)

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

PAOK v Spartak Trnava

30 July 2015 1st leg	PAOK	1–0	Spartak Trnava	Thessaloniki, Greece
19:00 CET	Lucas 82'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

Spartak Trnava v PAOK

6 August 2015 2nd leg	Spartak Trnava	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	PAOK	Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia
20:05 CET	Sabo 35' (pen.)	Report	Konstantinidis 48'	Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: TBD Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Play-off round

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Play-off round

PAOK v Brøndby

20 August 2015 1st leg	PAOK	5–0	Brøndby	Thessaloniki, Greece
19:00 CET	Mak 17', 80', 82' Pelkas 36' Rodrigues 51'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Brøndby v PAOK

27 August 2015 2nd leg	Brøndby	1–1 (1–6 agg.)	PAOK	Brøndby, Denmark
20:00 CET	Rashani 27'	Report	Costa 21'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: TBD Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KRA	DOR	PAOK	QAB
1	Krasnodar	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	2–1	2–1
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10			2–1	—	0–1	4–0
3	PAOK	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	7			0–0	1–1	—	0–0
4	Gabala	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2			0–3	1–3	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Gabala v PAOK

17 September 2015 1	Gabala	0–0	PAOK	Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

PAOK v Borussia Dortmund

1 October 2015 2	PAOK	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:05	Mak 34'	Report	Castro 72'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

PAOK v Krasnodar

22 October 2015 3	PAOK	0–0	Krasnodar	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:05		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Krasnodar v PAOK

5 November 2015 4	Krasnodar	2–1	PAOK	Krasnodar, Russia
19:00	Ari 33' Joãozinho 67' (pen.)	Report	Mak 90+1'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

PAOK v Gabala

26 November 2015 5	PAOK	0–0	Gabala	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Borussia Dortmund v PAOK

10 December 2015 6	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	PAOK	Dortmund, Germany
19:00		Report	Mak 33'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Statistics

Squad statistics

				Total				Super League Greece		UEFA Europa League		Greek Cup		UEFA play-offs
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	Markos Vellidis		13	13			11				2
2	DF	Giannis Skondras		17	25			7		7		5		6
4	DF	Marin Leovac		27	30	1		19	1	2		3		6
5	DF	Dimitris Chatziisaias		7	9	1		6	1			1		2
6	MF	Alexandros Tziolis		44	46	2		27	2	11		3		5
7	MF	Eyal Golasa		8	17			11		2		4
9	FW	Jairo		13	22	2		13	1	3		4	1	2
10	FW	Dimitar Berbatov		10	24	5		14	4	5		3	1	2
11	FW	Róbert Mak		42	45	19		24	6	12	9	5	3	4	1
13	DF	Stelios Malezas		21	25			12		5		2		6
15	DF	Miguel Vítor		37	38	2		23	2	8		4		3
16	MF	Gojko Cimirot		23	25	1		13	1	1		5		6
21	MF	Charis Charisis		18	23	2		14	1	2		3		4	1
22	DF	Dimitris Konstantinidis		11	15	1		9		5	1	1
24	FW	Garry Rodrigues		30	37	7		20	4	9	1	2		6	2
26	MF	Ergys Kaçe		25	32			19		10		1		2
27	FW	Giannis Mystakidis		11	30	5		16	3	8		4	1	2	1
30	GK	Nikos Melissas		4	5			2				3
31	DF	Georgios Tzavellas		43	44	2		26	2	10		4		4
33	FW	Athanasiadis		30	38	15		22	11	4		6	1	6	3
34	MF	Nikos Korovesis		11	19	2		12	2	2		4		1
52	MF	Erik Sabo		14	24	3		14		6		4	3
70	DF	Stelios Kitsiou		30	32	1		17		8	1	2		5
71	GK	Panagiotis Glykos		19	19			7		5		1		6
77	MF	Dimitris Pelkas		41	48	9		28	4	10	2	6	3	4
93	MF	Terry Antonis		3	6			4				2
25	GK	Robin Olsen		19	19			11		7		1				2
20	DF	Ricardo Costa		21	22	1		11		10	1	1				2
	MF	Kyriakos Savvidis			6			1		4		1
	FW	Efthimis Koulouris		3	4					4
	FW	Lucas Pérez		2	2	2				2	2					1
	MF	Anastasios Dimitriadis		1	2	1		1				1	1
	DF	Răzvan Raț			2					2						1
	DF	Hedwiges Maduro			2					2						1
	DF	Deligiannidis		1	2					1		1
	FW	Dimitris Salpingidis		1	1					1						1
	MF	Giorgos Kakko		1	2			1				1
	FW	Kristian Kushta			2			1				1
	DF	Poungouras			1					1
	MF	Panagiotoudis			1							1
	MF	Ktistopoulos			1							1
	DF	Tselepidis		1	1							1
	MF	Patralis		1	1							1
	DF	Topalidis		1	1							1
	DF	Syrakos		1	1							1

Last updated: May 2016
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net,uefa.com, paokfc.gr
Ordered by squad number
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Note:
¹ Players left the club in summer TW
² Players left the club in winter TW

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	Cup	Europa League	Play-offs	Total
1	11	MF	Róbert Mak	6	3	9	1	19
2	33	FW	Stefanos Athanasiadis	11	1	0	3	15
3	77	FW	Dimitris Pelkas	4	3	2	0	9
4	24	FW	Garry Rodrigues	4	0	1	2	7
5	10	FW	Dimitar Berbatov	4	1	0	0	5
	27	FW	Giannis Mystakidis	3	1	0	1	5
7	52	MF	Erik Sabo	0	3	0	0	3
8		FW	Lucas Pérez1	0	0	2	0	2
9	9	FW	Jairo	1	1	0	0	2
	21	MF	Charis Charisis	1	0	0	1	2
	34	MF	Nikos Korovesis	2	0	0	0	2
	6	MF	Alexandros Tziolis	2	0	0	0	2
	15	DF	Miguel Vítor	2	0	0	0	2
	31	DF	Georgios Tzavellas	2	0	0	0	2
15	16	MF	Gojko Cimirot	1	0	0	0	1
	70	RB	Stelios Kitsiou	0	0	1	0	1
	22	RB	Dimitris Konstantinidis	0	0	1	0	1
18	4	LB	Marin Leovac	1	0	0	0	1
	80	MF	Anastasios Dimitriadis	0	1	0	0	1
	5	DF	Dimitris Chatziisaias	1	0	0	0	1
21		DF	Ricardo Costa1	0	0	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	1	0	1
TOTALS				45	14	18	8	85

¹Players left the club in transfer windows.

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Super League			Europa League			Greek Cup			Playoffs			Total			Notes
31	DF		Georgios Tzavellas	8	1		5						1		1	14	1	1
11	MF		Róbert Mak	4			3			2			1			10
33	FW		Athanasiadis	6						1			1			8
4	DF		Marin Leovac	7									1			8
26	MF		Ergys Kaçe	5			1						1			7
70	DF		Stelios Kitsiou	5			1						1			7
77	MF		Dimitris Pelkas	3			2			1			1			7
15	DF		Miguel Vítor	4		1				1			1			6		1
21	MF		Charis Charisis	3	1					1			1			5	1
22	DF		Konstantinidis	2			2			1						5
6	MF		Alexandros Tziolis	2			1						1		1	4		1
2	DF		Giannis Skondras	1					1	1			2			4		1
24	FW		Garry Rodrigues	2			1									3
16	MF		Gojko Cimirot	2						1						3
20	FW		Ricardo Costa	1			2									3
71	GK		Panagiotis Glykos										3			3
34	MF		Nikos Korovesis	2						1						3
52	MF		Erik Sabo	2												2
5	DF		Dimitris Chatziisaias	2												2
93	MF		Terry Antonis	2												2
25	GK		Robin Olsen				1			1						2
	FW		Lucas Pérez				2									2
13	DF		Stelios Malezas	1									1			2
10	FW		Dimitar Berbatov		1					1						1	1
7	MF		Eyal Golasa	1												1
30	GK		Nikos Melissas	1												1
88	MF		Kyriakos Savvidis	1												1
80	MF		Anastasios Dimitriadis							1						1
9	FW		Jairo		1			1									2
			TOTAL	67	4	1	21	1	1	13	0	0	16	0	2	117	5	4

Last updated: 2017

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net, uefa.com, paokfc.gr
Only competitive matches
Ordered by ,   and
= Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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