2019–20 PAOK FC season

The 2019–20 season was PAOK Football Club's 94th in existence and the club's 61st consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team attempted to defend their Super League and Greek Football Cup titles won during the 2018–19 season, and also competed in the play-offs to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

PAOK

2019–20 season
President	Ivan Savvidis
Manager	Abel Ferreira
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League	2nd
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Karol Świderski (11) All: Karol Świderski (14)
Highest home attendance	26,377 vs Olympiacos (23 February 2020)
Lowest home attendance	11,995 vs Volos (27 January 2020)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Abel Ferreira
Assistant Coach	Carlos Martinho
Assistant Coach	Vítor Castanheira
Assistant Coach	Alexandros Maniatoglou
Trainer	Joao Martins
Trainer	Anestis Aslanidis
Team Manager	Dimitrios Saraidaris
Goalkeeping coach	Giorgos Skiathitis
Head Gymnast Rehabilitation	Georgios Tsonakas
Rehabilitation Trainer	Vasilios Kanaras
Fitness Coach	?
Data Analyst (Vis-Track)	Ioannis Tsaniklidis
Opponent Analysis	Ioannis Thomaidis
Opponent Analysis	Makis Kosmidis
Head of Medical Services	Efthymis Papasoulis[1]
Club's Doctor	Kostas Tziantzis
Exercise Physiology	Giorgos Ziogas
Nutritionist	Ioanna Paspala
Physiotherapist	Petros Nikolakoudis
Physiotherapist	Nikolaos Tsirelas
Physiotherapist	Athanasios Kapoulas
Physiotherapist	Nikolaos Gagalis
Physiotherapist	Nikolaos Mouratidis
Academy's Technical Director	Daniel Bigas Alsina

Last updated: 29 December 2019
Source: PAOK F.C.

Other information

Toumba Stadium

Owner	Dimera Group Limited
Chairman	Ivan Savvidis
Vice-president & CEO	Chrisostomos Gagatsis
Technical Director	Mário Branco[2]
Members	Giorgos Savvidis Maria Goncharova Artur Davidyan Dimokratis Papadopoulos Ilias Gerontidis
Consultant of Football	Giorgos Koudas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Toumba Stadium (29,000 / 106×71 metres)
Training Ground	PAOK Sport Center[3]

Source: PAOK F.C.

Players

Players in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
33	MF		Douglas Augusto	28	Non-EU	Corinthians	Transfer	Summer	2023	€3.0M	[4]
22	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	27	EU	Fortuna Sittard	Loan Return	Summer	2023	Free
24	MF		Anderson Esiti	31	Non-EU	Gent	Transfer	Summer	2023	€3.5M	[5]
99	MF		Miroslav Stoch	36	EU	Slavia Praha	Transfer	Summer	2023	€1.5M

Total spending: €8M

Players out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
74	FW		Amr Warda	31	Non-EU	AEL	Loan	Summer	Free
30	GK		Nikos Melissas	32	EU	Volos	Loan	Summer	Free
11	FW		Pedro Henrique Konzen	35	Non-EU	Kayserispor	Transfer	Summer	650K	[6]
1	GK		Rodrigo Rey	34	EU	Pachuca	Loan	Summer	Free	[7]
26	MF		Ergys Kaçe	32	Non-EU	AEL	Loan	Summer	Free	[8]
75	MF		Thibault Moulin	35	EU	Xanthi	Loan	Summer	Free	[9]
11	FW		Nikos Karelis	33	EU	Genk	End of Loan	Summer
26	MF		Sérgio Oliveira	33	EU	Porto	End of Loan	Summer
13	DF		Stelios Malezas	40	EU	Xanthi	End of contract	Summer
27	FW		Giannis Mystakidis	30	EU	Volos	Loan	Summer	Free
–	DF		Marios Tsaousis	25	EU	Volos	Loan	Summer	Free
–	DF		Apostolos Diamantis	25	EU	Volos	Loan	Summer	Free
13	GK		Panagiotis Glykos	38	EU		End of contract	Summer
–	DF		Lefteris Lyratzis	25	EU	Volos	Loan	Summer	Free
–	MF		Konstantinos Balogiannis	26	EU	Volos	Loan	Summer	Free
–	GK		Nikos Bourganis	28	EU	Karaiskakis	Loan	Summer	Free
–	MF		Anastasios Meletidis	26	EU	Karaiskakis	Loan	Summer	Free
–	MF		Zisis Chatzistravos	25	EU	Karaiskakis	Loan	Summer	Free
20	FW		Efthymis Koulouris	29	EU	Toulouse	Transfer	Summer	3.5M + 15% resale fee	[10]

Total Income: €4.15M Net income: €1.35M

Pre-season and other friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

AZ v PAOK

03.07.2019 Friendly	AZ	1–0	PAOK	Sportpark Wiesel, Wenum-Wiesel
20:00 EEST	Stengs 45'

Nordsjælland v PAOK

06.07.2019 Friendly	Nordsjælland	0–3	PAOK	Sportpark Wiesel, Wenum Wiesel
16:00 EEST			Akpom Gaitanidis Jabá

PEC Zwolle v PAOK

09.07.2019 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	2–2	PAOK	Sportpark Hulsterlanden, Nieuwleusen
20:00 EEST			Świderski Pedro Henrique

Universitatea Cluj v PAOK

12.07.2019 Friendly	Universitatea Cluj	0–5	PAOK	Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST			Limnios Pelkas Augusto El Kaddouri Gaitanidis

Sint-Truiden v PAOK

20.07.2019 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	0–4	PAOK	Mijnstadion, Beringen
17:00 EEST			Biseswar Augusto Jabá pen. Pedro Henrique

Anderlecht v PAOK

23.07.2019 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–3	PAOK	Complex Sportif Neerpede, Brussels
19:00 EEST			Pelkas Akpom Gaitanidis

PAOK v Al-Taawon

27.07.2019 Friendly	PAOK	1–1	Al-Taawon	Horst
16:00 EEST	Ingason 81'		? 31'

Fortuna Sittard v PAOK

27.07.2019 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	1–5	PAOK	Sittard
20:00 EEST	Damașcan		Akpom Pelkas	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

Doxa Drama v PAOK

13.11.2019 Friendly	Doxa Drama	1–3	PAOK	Drama
			o.g.' Akpom Lamprou

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	25 August 2019	19 July 2020	Matchday 1	Runner up	36	21	10	5	58	29	+29	058.33
Greek Cup	7 January 2020	24 June 2020	Round of 16	Semi-finals	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	083.33
UEFA Champion's League	6 August 2019	13 August 2019	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	000.00
UEFA Europa League	22 August 2019	29 August 2019	Play-offs	Play-offs	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total					46	27	11	8	78	42	+36	058.70

Last updated: 19 July 2020 (2020-07-19).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head coach	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Abel Ferreira	01.07.2019	19.07.2020	46	27	11	8	76	40	+36	058.70

Last updated: 19 July 2020

Super League Greece

Main article: 2019–20 Super League Greece

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos	26	20	6	0	53	9	+44	66	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	PAOK	26	18	5	3	50	23	+27	59
3	AEK Athens	26	15	6	5	42	22	+20	51
4	Panathinaikos	26	12	8	6	35	23	+12	44
5	OFI	26	10	4	12	35	35	0	34[a]

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

1. Head-to-head points: OFI 4, Aris 1.

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
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D
Position	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020 (2020-03-01). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

PAOK v Panetolikos

Sunday, 25 August 2019 1	PAOK	2–1	Panetolikos	Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Świderski 27' Augusto  29' Mišić 76'		90+2'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 17,968 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Giannoulis[11]

PAOK v Panionios

Sunday, 1 September 2019 2	PAOK	2–1	Panionios	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Akpom 14' Esiti  70' Świderski 74'		57'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 15,793 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Świderski[12]

Atromitos v PAOK

Saturday, 14 September 2019 3	Atromitos	2–3	PAOK	Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00	53' 37'		16'  90+5' Akpom 22' Matos 90+2' Crespo	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 2,053 Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis) Man of the Match: Mišić[13]

PAOK v Aris

Sunday, 22 September 2019 4	PAOK	2–2	Aris	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Matos 6'  30'  68' Mišić  31' 90+9' Akpom  61'		4' 88'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 23,926 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Mišić[14]

AEK v PAOK

Sunday, 29 September 2019 5	AEK	2–2	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	54' 79'		16', 58' Świderski 25' Biseswar  51' Giannoulis  82' Jabá	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 32,576 Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland) Man of the Match: Limnios[15]

Asteras Tripoli v PAOK

Sunday, 6 October 2019 6	Asteras Tripoli	1–2	PAOK	Tripoli
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	58'		33' Świderski 47' (o.g.)  65' Biseswar  73' El Kaddouri  80' Augusto	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Attendance: 3,068 Referee: Evangelos Manouhos Man of the Match: Świderski[16]

PAOK v Lamia

Sunday, 20 October 2019 7	PAOK	3–0	Lamia	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Mišić 2' Limnios 6' Świderski 11' Augusto  16' Giannoulis  42' Jabá  81'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 19,013 Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria) Man of the Match: Mišić[17]

Volos v PAOK

Saturday, 26 October 2019 8	Volos	0–2	PAOK	Volos
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00			Limnios 29' Pelkas 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens) Man of the Match: Limnios[18]

PAOK v Panathinaikos

Sunday, 3 November 2019 9	PAOK	2–2	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Stoch  40' Vieirinha 65', 90+11' (pen.) Biseswar  83' Crespo  90'		44' 87'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 22,466 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Man of the Match: Vieirinha[19]

OFI v PAOK

Saturday, 9 November 2019 10	OFI	0–1	PAOK	Heraklion
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00			21' Matos  41' El Kaddouri 56' Mišić  62' Giannoulis  77' Ingason	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Attendance: 5,807 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa) Man of the Match: Mišić[20]

PAOK v AEL

Sunday, 24 November 2019 11	PAOK	1–0	AEL	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Świderski 16'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 17,398 Referee: Georgios Tasis (Epirus) Man of the Match: Świderski[21]

Olympiacos v PAOK

Sunday, 1 December 2019 12	Olympiacos	1–1	PAOK	Piraeus
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	64'		21' Biseswar 29' Ingason  37' Augusto  52' Mišić  89' Pelkas  90+4' Živković	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: 31,616 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain) Man of the Match: Ingason[22]

PAOK v Xanthi

Saturday, 7 December 2019 13	PAOK	2–0	Xanthi	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Świderski  68' Biseswar 80' Maurício  83' Crespo 88'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 15,007 Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella) Man of the Match: Biseswar[23]

Panetolikos v PAOK

Sunday, 15 December 2019 14	Panetolikos	0–3	PAOK	Agrinio
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00			7'  27' Pelkas 66' Limnios 69' Akpom  74' Matos	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 2,127 Referee: Petros Tsagkarakis (Chania) Man of the Match: Akpom[24]

Panionios v PAOK

Thursday, 19 December 2019 15	Panionios	0–2	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00			48' Ingason 62'  87' Akpom  67' Giannoulis	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,474 Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace) Man of the Match: Akpom[25]

PAOK v Atromitos

Monday, 23 December 2019 16	PAOK	5–1	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Vieirinha 13' Ingason 34' 41' Świderski 53' (pen.) Mišić 82'		56'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 17,809 Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia) Man of the Match: Ingason[26]

Aris v PAOK

Saturday, 4 January 2020 17	Aris	4–2	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	17' 41' 47' 70'		10' Świderski  69' Ingason 77' Matos  80' Giannoulis	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Attendance: 16,249 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Mišić[27]

PAOK v AEK

Sunday, 12 January 2020 18	PAOK	1–0	AEK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Vieirinha 57' (pen.) Matos  82' Mišić  90+4'		90+1'  42'  90+5'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 21,332 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) Man of the Match: Vieirinha[28]

PAOK v Asteras Tripoli

Sunday, 19 January 2020 19	PAOK	3–1	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Świderski 29' Pelkas 59' Lamprou 80' Augusto  90+3'		84'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 15,168 Referee: Manolis Skoulas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Lamprou[29]

Lamia v PAOK

Thursday, 23 January 2020 20	Lamia	0–1	PAOK	Lamia
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00			13' Akpom  22' Maurício 33'  90+4' Matos Augusto  90+1'	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,072 Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Esiti[30]

PAOK v Volos

Monday, 27 January 2020 21	PAOK	1–0	Volos	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Vieirinha 60' (pen.) Esiti  90+1'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 11,995 Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta) Man of the Match: Limnios[31]

Panathinaikos v PAOK

Sunday, 2 February 2020 22	Panathinaikos	2–0	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	49' (pen.) 56'		Limnios  58'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,133 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan) Man of the Match: Mišić[32]

PAOK v OFI

Sunday, 9 February 2020 23	PAOK	4–0	OFI	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Biseswar 50'  80' Akpom 50', 60' (pen.) Lamprou 66' Mišić  70' Augusto 83'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 15,271 Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria) Man of the Match: Akpom[33]

AEL v PAOK

Saturday, 15 February 2020 24	AEL	1–2	PAOK	Larissa
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00	67'		14' Limnios 45+2' Augusto  90+1' Ingason	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) Man of the Match: Maurício[34]

PAOK v Olympiacos

Sunday, 23 February 2020 25	PAOK	0–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00			49'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 26,377 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) Man of the Match: Biseswar[35]

Xanthi v PAOK

Sunday, 1 March 2020 26	Xanthi	1–1	PAOK	Xanthi
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00	18'		4' Akpom  45+3' Vieirinha  62' Augusto  75' Ingason  83' Matos  90+1' Mišić	Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria) Man of the Match: Biseswar[36]

• Man of the Match as has been voted by PAOK fans on official PAOK website and mobile app.

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion.^[37]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos (C)	36	28	7	1	74	16	+58	91	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	PAOK	36	21	10	5	58	29	+29	73	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	36	20	9	7	59	32	+27	69	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Panathinaikos[a]	36	15	13	8	43	32	+11	58
5	Aris	36	10	12	14	48	51	−3	42	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	OFI	36	10	6	20	43	56	−13	36

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).^[39]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Panathinaikos were banned from UEFA club competitions for the first season they would qualify between the 2018–19 and 2020–21 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 24 April 2018 due to overdue payables, and since they did not qualify for either the 2018–19 or 2019–20 season, they were banned from the 2020–21 season.^[38]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D
Position	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2020 (2020-07-19). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

PAOK v Olympiacos

Sunday, 7 June 2020 1	PAOK	0–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Varela  48'		23'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Pelkas[40]

Panathinaikos v PAOK

Saturday, 13 June 2020 2	Panathinaikos	0–0	PAOK	Athens
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00			36'Pelkas  53' El Kaddouri  73' Matos  90+1' Mauricio  90+1' Giannoulis  90+3' Lamprou	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella) Man of the Match: Esiti[41]

PAOK v OFI

Saturday, 20 June 2020 3	PAOK	3–1	OFI	Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Tzolis 59'  84' Akpom 90+1' El Kaddouri  90+5' 90+10'		49'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria) Man of the Match: Tzolis[42]

Aris v PAOK

Sunday, 28 June 2020 4	Aris	0–2	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:15 EET, UTC+02:00	90+1'		3' 45+4' Świderski  4' Mauricio  15' Matos 36' Varela  65' Tzolis  87' Paschalakis	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany) Man of the Match: Stoch[43]

PAOK v AEK

Wednesday, 1 July 2020 5	PAOK	0–2	AEK	Thessaloniki
21:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Matos  31' Ingason  79' Varela  86'		Chyhrynskyi 42' Livaja 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy) Man of the Match: Michailidis[44]

OFI v PAOK

Saturday, 4 July 2020 6	OFI	2–2	PAOK	Heraklion
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00	18'  28'  59' 43'		5' Biseswar  39' Rodrigo  50'  81' Esiti 80' Michailidis  78' Akpom	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace) Man of the Match: Michailidis[45]

PAOK v Panathinaikos

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 7	PAOK	0–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
21:00 EET, UTC+02:00	El Kaddouri  35' Biseswar  59'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Man of the Match: Michailidis[46]

Olympiacos v PAOK

Sunday, 12 July 2020 8	Olympiacos	0–1	PAOK	Piraeus
21:45 EET, UTC+02:00			33' Giannoulis  47' El Kaddouri  52' Biseswar  85' 90' Mihaj	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Evangelos Manouhos Man of the Match: Mihaj[47]

AEK v PAOK

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 9	AEK	0–0	PAOK	Athens
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00			90' Michailidis	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Danny Makkelie (The Netherlands) Man of the Match: Michailidis[48]

PAOK v Aris

Sunday, 19 July 2020 10	PAOK	0–0	Aris	Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00	El Kaddouri  18' Świderski  45' Vieirinha  90+5'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Clement Turpin (France)

Greek Football Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Greek Football Cup

PAOK entered the competition as the three-time defending champions, having won consecutive editions in 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19.

Round of 16

OFI v PAOK

Tuesday, 7 January 2020 1st leg	OFI	0–3	PAOK	Heraklion
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00			24' Limnios 32' Bisewar  40' Ingason 64' Akpom	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Attendance: ? Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Mišić[49]

PAOK v OFI

Wednesday, 15 January 2020 2nd leg	PAOK	4–1 (7–1 agg.)	OFI	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Lamprou 12' Pelkas 23' (pen.), 55' Świderski 80' Michailidis  89'		27'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: ? Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria) Man of the Match: Lamprou[50]

Quarter-finals

PAOK v Panathinaikos

Wednesday, 5 February 2020 1st leg	PAOK	2–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Pelkas  8' Vieirinha 34' (pen.) Mišić  43' Fernando Varela 72' 90+2'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: ? Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) Man of the Match: Vieirinha[51]

Panathinaikos v PAOK

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 2nd leg	Panathinaikos	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	PAOK	Athens
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00			12' Świderski  44' Maurício  84' Limnios	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: ? Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy) Man of the Match: Pelkas[52]

Semi-finals

PAOK v Olympiacos

Wednesday, 4 March 2020 1st leg	PAOK	3–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Pelkas 10'  61' 69' (pen.) Mišić 12'  27' Matos  43' Maurício  80' Giannoulis  85'		Hassan 3' Guilherme 8' Cissé  28' Semedo  30' Elabdellaoui  33' Camara  71'	Stadium: Toumba Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain) Man of the Match: Pelkas[53]

Olympiacos v PAOK

Wednesday, 24 June 2020 2nd leg	Olympiacos	2–0 (4–3 agg.)	PAOK	Piraeus
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00	65' 85'		32' Esiti  53' Ingason  58' Dimitris Limnios  67'  90+3' El Kaddouri  89' Varela	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Referee: Björn Kuipers (The Netherlands) Man of the Match: Tzolis[54]

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

PAOK v Ajax

6 August 2019 1st leg	PAOK	2–2	Ajax	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EEST	Matos  28', 39' Akpom 32'	Report	Ziyech 10' Mazraoui  37' Huntelaar 57'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 23,418 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Man of the Match: Akpom[55]

Ajax v PAOK

13 August 2019 2nd leg	Ajax	3–2 (5–4 agg.)	PAOK	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:30 EEST	Martínez  26' Tadić 43' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Dest  60' Tagliafico 79' Onana  90+4'	Report	Biseswar  79', 23', 90+4' Pelkas  30' El Kaddouri  50' Paschalakis  55' Giannoulis  65' Matos  85' Crespo  90+5' Limnios  90+5'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,942 Referee: Craig Pawson (England) Man of the Match: Biseswar[56]

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Slovan Bratislava v PAOK

22 August 2019 1st leg	Slovan Bratislava	1–0	PAOK	Bratislava, Slovakia
21:00 EEST	Medveděv  70' Ljubičić  79' Abena  79', 90+4'	Report	Matos  45' Crespo  76' Augusto  79' Akpom  90+7'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 20,233 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Man of the Match: Esiti[57]

PAOK v Slovan Bratislava

29 August 2019 2nd leg	PAOK	3–2 (3–3(a) agg.)	Slovan Bratislava	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EEST	Limnios 49' Świderski 50' Varela 75' Živković  79' Giannoulis 87'	Report	Medveděv 38' De Marco 61'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 20,776 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden) Man of the Match: Giannoulis[58]

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 19 July 2020

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

No.		Name	Super League		Greek Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
31		Alexandros Paschalakis	16	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	26	0
60		Symeon Papadopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88		Živko Živković	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Defenders
2		Rodrigo Soares	7 (7)	0	2 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	10 (9)	0
3		Léo Matos	26 (4)	4	2	0	2	1	1	0	31 (4)	5
4		Sverrir Ingi Ingason	27 (1)	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	33 (1)	4
5		Fernando Varela	27 (1)	1	5	1	2	0	2	0	36 (1)	2
6		Enea Mihaj	3 (1)	1	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (2)	1
15		José Ángel Crespo	15 (1)	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	19 (1)	2
20		Vieirinha	14 (6)	5	2 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	16 (7)	6
23		Dimitris Giannoulis	34	0	6	0	2	0	2	1	44	1
49		Giannis Michailidis	4 (3)	1	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (5)	1
Midfielders
7		Omar El Kaddouri	16 (7)	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	22 (7)	1
8		Maurício	18 (9)	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	24 (9)	0
10		Dimitris Pelkas	11 (9)	3	4	4	2	0	2	0	19 (9)	7
19		Pontus Wernbloom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Diego Biseswar	24 (7)	2	4 (1)	1	2	2	2	0	32 (8)	5
24		Anderson Esiti	12 (9)	0	2 (2)	0	2	0	2	0	18 (11)	0
27		Josip Mišić	25 (1)	5	4	1	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	29 (3)	6
33		Douglas Augusto	15 (3)	2	1	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	16 (6)	2
51		Theocharis Tsingaras	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
Forwards
9		Karol Świderski	23 (11)	11	2 (2)	2	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	1	25 (16)	14
18		Dimitris Limnios	27 (8)	4	4 (1)	1	0 (2)	0	1	1	32 (11)	6
47		Chuba Akpom	14 (19)	8	4 (2)	1	2	1	2	0	22 (21)	10
98		Léo Jabá	2 (4)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5 (4)	0
99		Miroslav Stoch	6 (5)	0	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	7 (8)	0
22		Lazaros Lamprou	4 (6)	2	1 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	5 (10)	3
68		Christos Tzolis	6 (3)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7 (3)	1
Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Greek Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL				0	0	0	0	0

Most assists

Rank	Player	Total

Clean sheets

Player	League	Cup	CL	EL	Total	Games played	Percentage
Alexandros Paschalakis	6	3	0	0	9	26	34,62%
Živko Živković	11	0	0	0	11	20	55,00%
Total	17	3	0	0	20	46	43,48%

Disciplinary record

S	P	N	Name	Super League			Cup			Champions League			Europa League			Total
3	DF		Léo Matos	8	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0
7	AM		Omar El Kaddouri	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0
10	AM		Dimitris Pelkas	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
21	MF		Diego Biseswar	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
18	FW		Dimitris Limnios	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
31	GK		Alexandros Paschalakis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF		José Ángel Crespo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
23	DF		Dimitris Giannoulis	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
33	DF		Douglas Augusto	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
47	FW		Chuba Akpom	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
88	GK		Živko Živković	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
5	DF		Fernando Varela	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
24	MF		Anderson Esiti	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
27	MF		Josip Mišić	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
98	FW		Léo Jabá	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
99	FW		Miroslav Stoch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Sverrir Ingi Ingason	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
9	FW		Karol Świderski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Maurício	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
49	DF		Giannis Michailidis	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	DF		Vieirinha	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
22	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
68	FW		Christos Tzolis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF		Rodrigo Soares	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Enea Mihaj	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Awards

Fans' Man of the Match award As has been voted by PAOK fans on official PAOK website and mobile app. Rank Player League Cup CL EL Total 1 Total 0 0 0 0 0

Player of the Month award Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans voting on paokfc.gr Month Player Source August Giannoulis [59] September Mišić [60] October Mišić [61] November Ingason [62] December Ingason [63] January Mišić [64] February Mišić [65] March – [66] April – [67] May – [67] June Esiti [68] July Michailidis [69] Season MVP award Mišić inpaok.com[70] Best Goal of the season award Player Date Venue Opponent Score Result Douglas Augusto[71] 15 February 2020 AEL FC Arena AEL 0–2 1–2