2020–21 PAOK FC season

The 2020–21 PAOK FC season was the club's 95th season in existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, PAOK participated in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

PAOK

2020–21 season
President	Ivan Savvidis
Manager	Pablo García
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League	2nd
Greek Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Karol Świderski (11) All: Christos Tzolis (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

On 23 May 2021, PAOK defeated league champions Olympiacos in the Greek Cup Final to win the domestic cup for the 8th time in club history.^[1]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Pablo García
Assistant Coach	Mirosław Sznaucner
Goalkeeping Coach	Mario Galinovic

Last updated: 31 October 2020
Source: paokfc.gr

Players

Current squad

As of 7 March 2021^[2]

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 88 GK  SRB Živko Živković 31 GK  GRE Alexandros Paschalakis 64 GK  GRE Christos Talichmanidis 2 DF  BRA Rodrigo 4 DF  ISL Sverrir Ingi Ingason 5 DF  CPV Fernando Varela 6 DF  ALB Enea Mihaj 21 DF  GHA Baba Rahman (on loan from Chelsea) 16 DF  NOR Adrian Pereira 19 DF  GRE Lefteris Lyratzis 49 DF  GRE Giannis Michailidis 15 DF  ESP José Ángel Crespo (vice-captain) 7 MF  MAR Omar El Kaddouri 8 MF  EGY Amr Warda 10 MF  AUT Thomas Murg

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  POR Vieirinha (captain) 99 MF  BIH Vladimir Bradonjić 23 MF  JPN Shinji Kagawa 32 MF  GEO Nika Ninua 33 MF  BRA Douglas Augusto 51 MF  GRE Theocharis Tsingaras 29 MF  GRE Georgios Vrakas 22 MF  AUT Stefan Schwab 65 MF  GRE Giannis Konstantelias 11 FW  GRE Christos Tzolis 14 FW  SRB Andrija Živković 97 FW  GRE Lazaros Lamprou 27 FW  CZE Michael Krmenčík (on loan from Club Brugge) 9 FW  POL Karol Świderski 70 FW  GRE Georgios Koutsias

Transfers

Players in

As of 30 January 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
22	MF		Stefan Schwab	34	EU	Rapid Wien	Free Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[3]
32	MF		Nika Ninua	25	Non-EU	Dinamo Tbilisi	Transfer	Summer	2024	€850,000	[4]
16	DF		Adrian Pereira	25	Non-EU	Viking	Transfer	Summer	2024	€760,000	[5]
14	MF		Andrija Živković	29	Non-EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[6]
29	MF		Georgios Vrakas	24	EU	Napoli U19	Free Transfer	Summer	2023		[7]
18	MF		Moussa Wagué	26	Non-EU	Barcelona	Loan	Summer	2021	Free	[8]
25	FW		Antonio Čolak	31	EU	Rijeka	Transfer	Summer	2021	€3,000,000	[9]
10	MF		Thomas Murg	30	EU	Rapid Wien	Transfer	Summer	2024	€2,000,000	[10]
8	MF		Amr Warda	31	Non-EU	Volos	Transfer	Winter	2022	Free	[11]
97	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	27	EU	Twente	End of loan	Winter	2021	Free	[12]
27	FW		Michael Krmenčík	27	EU	Club Brugge	Loan	Winter	2021	Free	[13]
23	MF		Shinji Kagawa	31	Non-EU	–	Transfer	Winter	2022	Free	[14]
21	DF		Baba Rahman	27	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan	Winter	2021	Free	[15]
99	MF		Vladimir Bradonjić	25	EU	Radnik Bijeljina	Transfer	Winter	2024	Free	[16]

Players Out

As of 26 March 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
22	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	27	EU	Twente	Loan	Summer	Free	[17]
8	MF		Maurício	36	Non-EU	Panathinaikos	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18]
-	FW		Illya Markovskyy	28	Non-EU	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Transfer	Summer	Free	[19]
60	GK		Symeon Papadopoulos	25	EU	Volos	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[20]
–	GK		Nikolaos Botis	16	EU	Inter Milan U19	Transfer	summer	€600,000
99	FW		Miroslav Stoch	35	EU	TBA	Released	Summer	Free	[citation needed]
19	MF		Pontus Wernbloom	39	EU	IFK Göteborg	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[citation needed]
–	FW		Alexandros Gargalatzidis	25	EU	OFI	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
–	DF		Apostolos Diamantis	25	EU	OFI	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[22]
–	GK		Nikos Melissas	32	EU	Panetolikos	Free transfer	Summer	Free	[23]
–	DF		Marios Tsaousis	25	EU	Spartak Trnava	Loan	Summer	Free
–	MF		Zisis Chatzistravos	25	EU	Lamia	Loan	Summer	Free
47	FW		Chuba Akpom	29	EU	Middlesbrough	Transfer	Summer	€3,000,000	[24] (40% of the transfer fee to Arsenal)
18	FW		Dimitris Limnios	27	EU	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	€3,300,000 +15% resale	[25]
74	MF		Amr Warda	31	Non-EU	Volos	Free Transfer	Summer	Free
10	FW		Dimitris Pelkas	31	EU	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	Summer	€1,600,000 +20% resale	[26]
–	MF		Konstantinos Balogiannis	26	EU	OFI	Transfer	Summer	Free (+30% of any resale plus €100,000 resigning price)	[27]
–	FW		Antonis Gaitanidis	25	EU	Levadiakos	Loan	Summer	Free	[28]
–	DM		Ergys Kaçe	32	Non-EU	Aris	Transfer	Summer	Free	[29]
–	DF		Marko Mihojević	29	EU	Göztepe	Transfer	Summer	€500,000
–	MF		Thibault Moulin	35	EU	MOS Caen	Free Transfer	Summer	Free
–	GK		Nikos Bourganis	28	EU	Karaiskakis	Loan	Summer	Free
–	MF		Josip Mišić	31	EU	Sporting CP	Loan Return	Summer	Free
3	DF		Léo Matos	39	Non-EU	Vasco Da Gama	Transfer	Summer	Free	[30]
21	MF		Diego Biseswar	32	EU	Apollon Limassol	Loan	Winter	Free	[31]
23	DF		Dimitris Giannoulis	25	EU	Norwich City	Loan	Winter	€1,000,000
18	DF		Moussa Wagué	26	EU	FC Barcelona	Loan return	Winter
24	MF		Anderson Esiti	31	Non-EU	Göztepe	Loan	Winter
1	GK		Rodrigo Rey	34	Non-EU	Gimnasia La Plata	Free transfer	Winter
25	FW		Antonio Čolak	31	EU	Malmö FF	Loan	Winter	free (+buy option €3,000,000)	[32]
98	FW		Léo Jabá	27	Non-EU	Vasco Da Gama	Loan	Winter	Loan	[33]

Total spending: €6,600,000

Total income: €8,800,000

Net income €2,200,000

Pre-season and other friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Atromitos v PAOK

7 August 2020 Friendly	Atromitos	0–0	PAOK	Volos
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00			89' Świderski	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: C. doors Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria)

PAOK v Volos

10 August 2020 Friendly	PAOK	2–0	Volos	Volos
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Schwab  39' Akpom 58' Koutsias 81' Wernbloom  90'			Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: C. doors Referee: Stathis Gkortsilas (Macedonia)

Panathinaikos v PAOK

5 September 2020 Friendly	Panathinaikos	0–1	PAOK	Kallithea, Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00			39' Akpom	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: C. doors

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	12 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	2nd	36	18	10	8	60	34	+26	050.00
Greek Football Cup	20 January 2021	22 May 2021	Round of 16	Winners	7	6	1	0	18	6	+12	085.71
UEFA Champions League	25 August 2020	30 September 2020	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020	10 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	016.67
Total					53	27	14	12	93	53	+40	050.94

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Managerial statistics

Head Coach	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Abel Ferreira	25 August 2020	29 October 2020	11	4	5	2	14	9	+5	036.36
Pablo García	30 October 2020	26 May 2021	42	23	9	10	79	44	+35	054.76

Last updated: 27 May 2021

Super League Greece

Main article: 2020–21 Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Aris	26	15	6	5	34	16	+18	51	Qualification for the Play-off round
3	AEK Athens	26	14	6	6	41	29	+12	48
4	PAOK	26	13	8	5	49	26	+23	47
5	Panathinaikos	26	13	6	7	30	19	+11	45
6	Asteras Tripolis	26	11	9	6	27	25	+2	42

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against.

Matches

PAOK v AEL

11 September 2020 1	PAOK	1–0	AEL	Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Tzolis 16' Ingason  40' El Kaddouri  55' Pelkas  69' Michailidis  73'		42' Durmishaj  50' Trujić  53' Michail	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Petros Tsagarakis Man of the Match: Tzolis[34]

PAOK v Atromitos

18 September 2020 2	PAOK	1–1	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00	A. Živković 57'		77' (o.g.) Mihaj  28' Gianniotis  40' Charisis  88' Salomon  93' Muñiz	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Dimitris Karantonis Man of the Match: A. Živković[35]

Volos v PAOK

26 September 2020 3	Volos	0–0	PAOK	Volos
18:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Perea  45' Douvikas  78' Tekio  82' Guarrotxena  95'			Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Vasilis Fotias Man of the Match: Čolak[36]

PAOK v OFI

4 October 2020 4	PAOK	3–0	OFI	Thessaloniki
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00	El Kaddouri 8',  49' Ingason  84' Świderski 89', 90+2'		24' Mellado  29' Selimović  43' Neira  93' Diamantis	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras Man of the Match: Z. Živković[37]

AEK v PAOK

18 October 2020 5	AEK	1–1	PAOK	Athens
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Ansarifard 23' Nedelcearu  40' Krstičić  46' Shakhov  77' Livaja  84'		55' Michailidis 89' Murg	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) Man of the Match: Murg[38]

Panetolikos v PAOK

1 November 2020 7	Panetolikos	1–3	PAOK	Agrinio
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Ariyibi 55' (pen.) Jakoliš  8' Díaz  28' Karasalidis  93'		18' Świderski  25' Giannoulis  30' A. Živković  39' Schwab  75' Wagué  84' Esiti 88',  89' Ninua 90+5' (pen.) Čolak	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos Man of the Match: Ninua[39]

Apollon Smyrni v PAOK

8 November 2020 8	Apollon Smyrni	1–3	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Ioannidis  40' Tsiloulis 63' Slivka  70' Tsabouris  71' Lisgaras  77' Bručić  77'		15' Świderski  68' Murg 78' (pen.) Schwab 90+7' (pen.) Douglas Augusto	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Schwab[40]

PAOK v PAS Giannina

22 November 2020 9	PAOK	2–1	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Esiti  30' Świderski 52' El Kaddouri  83', 90+1' A. Živković  84'		31',  45+2'  57' Erramuspe  75' Kartalis  90' Pantelakis	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[41]

Lamia v PAOK

29 November 2020 10	Lamia	0–2	PAOK	Lamia
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Bejarano  50' Skondras  55'		12'  55' Tzolis  39' Ingason 64' Vieirinha	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Evangelos Manouhos Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[42]

PAOK v Asteras Tripoli

6 December 2020 11	PAOK	2–0	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Giannoulis  28' El Kaddouri  38' Świderski  59' Tzolis 64' A. Živković 70' (pen.),  82' Schwab  73' Wagué  76' Murg  90+3'		23' R. García  38' Suárez  61' Fernández  80' Tasoulis	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella) Man of the Match: Tzolis[43]

Aris v PAOK

13 December 2020 12	Aris	1–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Bruno Gama 40' (pen.) Silva  67' Benalouane  75'		8' Douglas Augusto  21' Tsingaras  90+1' Giannoulis	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (The Netherlands) Man of the Match: Wagué[44]

PAOK v Panathinaikos

20 December 2020 13	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Świderski 11',  61' Michailidis  45+1' Giannoulis  56' Vieirinha  58' Ingason 65' Crespo  85' Schwab  86'		6', 16' Aitor  61' Macheda	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary) Man of the Match: Świderski[45]

AEL v PAOK

3 January 2021 14	AEL	1–1	PAOK	Larissa
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Filip  55' Pinakas 69',  83' Bertos  90'		88' Ingason 90+6' (pen.) Vieirinha  90+7' Fernando Varela	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Angelos Evangelou Athens Man of the Match: Tzolis[46]

Atromitos v PAOK

7 January 2021 15	Atromitos	3–2	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Kotsopoulos  15' Galvão  47' Muñiz 64' Kivrakidis  74' Charisis 85' Natsos 90+2',  95'		16' Tzolis 22' Świderski  36' Vieirinha  41' Michailidis  53' A. Živković 82' Warda  83' Lamprou	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Warda[47]

PAOK v Volos

10 January 2021 16	PAOK	3–1	Volos	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Schwab 29' (pen.) A. Živković  43' Vieirinha  48' Ingason 66' El Kaddouri  79' Krmenčík 90'		11',  45' Kiakos  29' Klaiman  72' Douvikas	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa) Man of the Match: Warda[48]

PAOK v Olympiacos

13 January 2021 6	PAOK	1–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Krmenčík  21' Paschalakis  35' Ingason 51',  61'		77' Ba  67' Rafinha	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy) Man of the Match: Warda[49]
Note: the match was postponed due to European obligations of both teams

OFI v PAOK

17 January 2021 17	OFI	0–3	PAOK	Heraklion
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Waterman  22'		42' Adrian Pereira 48' Tzolis 53' Varela  64' Crespo 67' Krmenčík	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Tzolis[50]

PAOK v AEK

24 January 2021 18	PAOK	2–2	AEK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Ingason  13' Crespo 40' Tzolis  57' Vieirinha 70' Warda  78' El Kaddouri  90+7'		38' Livaja  40' Bakakis 18' Shakhov 51' Galanopoulos  78' Lopes	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Man of the Match: Vieirinha[51]

Olympiacos v PAOK

27 January 2021 19	Olympiacos	3–0	PAOK	Piraeus
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	El-Arabi 50' Camara 77' Vrousai 89'			Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Brych (Germany) Man of the Match: Warda[52]

PAOK v Panetolikos

31 January 2021 20	PAOK	5–0	Panetolikos	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Augusto  27' Murg 39' Schwab 51' Tzolis 57' Świderski 61', 90' Pereira  79'		55' Tsingaras  83' Dálcio	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Angelos Evangelou Man of the Match: Pereira[53]

PAOK v Apollon Smyrni

7 February 2021 21	PAOK	2–2	Apollon Smyrni	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Warda 29' Ingason  34', 88'		52' (pen.),  56' Tsabouris 81' Fernández	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella) Man of the Match: Warda[54]

PAS Giannina v PAOK

15 February 2021 22	PAS Giannina	0–2	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Domínguez  35' Oikonomopoulos  70'		21',  90+3' Vieirinha 56' Živković 62' (pen.) Schwab  87' Tsingaras	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos Man of the Match: Tzolis[55]

PAOK v Lamia

21 February 2021 23	PAOK	4–0	Lamia	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Baba 19' Tzolis 48' Warda 51' A. Živković 66' Schwab  74'		71' Elmar  79' Guga	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis Man of the Match: Tzolis[56]

Asteras Tripoli v PAOK

27 February 2021 24	Asteras Tripoli	2–1	PAOK	Tripoli
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Sito 37' L. Fernández 54'		74' Kagawa 84' A. Živković	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens) Man of the Match: A. Živković[57]

PAOK v Aris

7 March 2021 25	PAOK	2–2	Aris	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	A. Živković  12' Schwab  50' Ingason 87' Krmenčík  90' Vieirinha 90+4' (pen.)		26' Bertoglio 69' Manos  81' Mancini  90+2' Boucher	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock) Man of the Match: Ingason[58]

Panathinaikos v PAOK

14 March 2021 26	Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Maurício  35' Macheda 39' Mollo  62' Ioannidis 82' Carlitos  90+2'		42' Świderski  65' Crespo  76' Baba 84'  88'Krmenčík  90+4' El Kaddouri	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium) Man of the Match: Krmenčík[59]

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
26	13	8	5	49	26	+23	47	8	5	0	30	11	+19	5	3	5	19	15	+4

Last updated: 14 March 2021.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L
Position	3	3	5	2	4	6	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion.^[60]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos (C)	36	28	6	2	82	19	+63	90	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	PAOK	36	18	10	8	60	34	+26	64	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
3	Aris	36	17	10	9	41	26	+15	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	AEK Athens	36	17	9	10	53	45	+8	60
5	Panathinaikos	36	14	11	11	41	34	+7	53
6	Asteras Tripolis	36	12	15	9	36	38	−2	51

Source: Super League Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-off); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-off); 4) Regular season position.^[61]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. PAOK qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.

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
10	5	2	3	11	8	+3	17	3	1	1	7	2	+5	2	1	2	4	6	−2

Last updated: 16 May 2021.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2021 (2021-05-12). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

PAOK v AEK

Sunday, 21 March 2021 1	PAOK	3–1	AEK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	A. Živković 3', 89' Soares  17' Świderski 46' Schwab  23' El Kaddouri  87' Paschalakis  90+4'		44' Szymański 45+3' Oliveira  79' Shakhov	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) Man of the Match: A. Živković[62]

Panathinaikos v PAOK

Sunday, 4 April 2021 2	Panathinaikos	3–0	PAOK	Athens
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Macheda 39' Poungouras  53' Villafáñez 79' Aitor 85' Schenkeveld  90'		26' Schwab  36' Baba  78' Crespo  90' El Kaddouri	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[63]

Asteras Tripoli v PAOK

Sunday, 11 April 2021 3	Asteras Tripoli	1–1	PAOK	Tripoli
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00	Kotsiras  13' Munafo  60' 65'		51' A. Živković 56' Świderski  60' Augusto  78' Crespo  81' Warda  90+5' El Kaddouri	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Greece) Man of the Match: Świderski[64]

PAOK v Olympiacos

Sunday, 18 April 2021 4	PAOK	2–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	A. Živković 49', 63'		39' Papadopoulos  69' Reabciuk	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia) Man of the Match: A. Živković[65]

Aris v PAOK

Wednesday, 21 April 2021 5	Aris	0–1	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	García  31'		6' Schwab  40' Świderski  60' Baba  67' Douglas  84'  86' Amr Warda	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Willy Delajod (France) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[66]

PAOK v Panathinaikos

Sunday, 25 April 2021 6	PAOK	0–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Tsiggaras  45+1' Lyratzis  79'		20' Vélez  60' Ngbakoto  77' Niasse	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[67]

AEK v PAOK

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 7	AEK	1–2	PAOK	Athens
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Shakhov  26' Galanopoulos  45' Lopes  50' Tanković  86' 90+2' (pen.)		43' A. Živković  45' Douglas 48' Krmenčík 50' (pen.)  66' Schwab  90+1' Tsingaras	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Irfan Peljto (BiH) Man of the Match: Warda[68]

PAOK v Aris

Sunday, 9 May 2021 8	PAOK	2–0	Aris	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Michailidis  14' Schwab  51' 70' Krmenčík  78' A. Živković 90+1'		15' Benalouane  54' Gama  84' Bertoglio	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Alexey Kulbakov (Belarus) Man of the Match: Michailidis[69]

Olympiacos v PAOK

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 9	Olympiacos	1–0	PAOK	Piraeus
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	32'		7' Warda	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Vasilis Fotias Man of the Match: Tzolis[70]

PAOK v Asteras Tripoli

Sunday, 16 May 2021 10	PAOK	0–1	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Warda  86'		28' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[71]

Greek Football Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Greek Football Cup

First round

PAOK v AEL

20 January 2021 1st leg	PAOK	5–0	AEL	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Tzolis 9', 23', 74' Krmenčík 47' A. Živković  49' Ingason 55'		69' Iliadis	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis Man of the Match: Tzolis[72]

AEL v PAOK

3 February 2021 2nd leg	AEL	1–2 (1–7 agg.)	PAOK	Larissa
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	39' (o.g.) Pereira  40' Gotzamanidis  86' Glynos		19' Tsingaras 29' Krmenčík  49' Lamprou	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis Man of the Match: Lamprou[73]

Quarter-finals

PAOK v Lamia

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 1st leg	PAOK	5–2	Lamia	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Tzolis 6', 67',  85' Schwab 55' Rodrigo 82' Krmenčík 88'		11' Adejo  17' Piti 24',  36' Bejarano	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Aristidis Vatsios Man of the Match: Krmenčík[74]

Lamia v PAOK

Wednesday, 3 March 2021 2nd leg	Lamia	1–1 (3–6 agg.)	PAOK	Lamia
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00	James 52'		14' Ninua  34' Murg 45' Schwab	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Evangelos Manouhos Man of the Match: Kagawa[75]

Semi-finals

AEK v PAOK

Wednesday 7 April 2021 1st leg	AEK	0–1	PAOK	Athens
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Oliveira  19' Mantalos  48' García  80' Albanis  87'		20' A. Živković  45+3' Vieirinha  57' El Kaddouri 90+4' Murg	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[76]

PAOK v AEK

Thursday 29 April 2021 2nd leg	PAOK	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	AEK	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Ingason  34' Vieirinha  45', 60' Krmenčík 84'  87' A. Živković 90+5'		37' Ansarifard  59' 69' Galanopoulos  87' Svarnas  90+2' Nedelcearu	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy) Man of the Match: Baba[77]

Final

Main article: 2021 Greek Football Cup final

Olympiacos v PAOK

Saturday 22 May 2021 Greek Cup Final	Olympiacos	1–2	PAOK	Athens
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00	M'Vila 50'		36' (pen.) Vieirinha  45+2' Douglas 90' Krmenčík  90+2' Schwab	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Danny Makkelie (The Netherlands) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[78]

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round and Play-off round

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

PAOK v Beşiktaş

25 August 2020 Second qualifying round	PAOK	3–1	Beşiktaş	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EEST	Tzolis 7', 24' Michailidis  22' Pelkas 30',  69' Akpom 41' Ingason  45+1' El Kaddouri  63'	Report	N'Sakala  11' Larin 37'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy) Man of the Match: Tzolis[79]

PAOK v Benfica

15 September 2020 Third qualifying round	PAOK	2–1	Benfica	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EEST	Pelkas  1' Varela  29' Michailidis  45' Giannoulis 63' A. Živković 75' Schwab  79' Esiti  90+2'	Report	Almeida  44' Silva 90+4'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Brych (Germany) Man of the Match: Giannoulis[80]

Krasnodar v PAOK

22 September 2020 Play-off First leg	Krasnodar	2–1	PAOK	Krasnodar, Russia
22:00 EEST	Pantaleão  6' Claesson 39' (pen.),  55' Cabella 70' Berg  88' Olsson  90+1'	Report	Pelkas 7', 32' Schwab  8' Crespo  76' Ingason  90+1'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[81]

PAOK v Krasnodar

30 September 2020 Play-off Second leg	PAOK	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Krasnodar	Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EEST	Ingason  24' Pelkas  37' El Kaddouri 77',  90+1'	Report	Vilhena  33' Pantaleão  35' Michailidis 73' (o.g.) Cabella 78'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[82]

Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group E

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[83]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PSV	GRA	PAOK	OMO
1	PSV Eindhoven	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–2	3–2	4–0
2	Granada	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11			0–1	—	0–0	2–1
3	PAOK	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6			4–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Omonia	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4			1–2	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

PAOK v Omonia

22 October 2020 1	PAOK	1–1	Omonia	Thessaloniki, Greece
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingason  33' Murg 56' Giannoulis  59'	Report	Bauthéac 16',  17' Lang  24' Papoulis  36' Tzionis  61'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland) Man of the Match: Murg[84]

Granada v PAOK

29 October 2020 2	Granada	0–0	PAOK	Granada, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Herrera  45' Vallejo  68'	Report	Rodrigo  42' Giannoulis  64' A. Živković  74' Douglas  90+2'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Man of the Match: Douglas[85]

PAOK v PSV

5 November 2020 3	PAOK	4–1	PSV	Thessaloniki, Greece
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Douglas  18' Schwab 47' A. Živković 56', 66' Tzolis 58'	Report	Zahavi 21' (pen.) Sangaré  77'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) Man of the Match: A. Živković[86]

PSV v PAOK

26 November 2020 4	PSV	3–2	PAOK	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Gakpo 20' Madueke 51' Malen 53' Dumfries  90+5'	Report	Varela 4',  90+6' Tsingaras  8' Tzolis 13' El Kaddouri  64' Douglas  71' Biseswar  90+4'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) Man of the Match: A. Živković[87]

Omonia v PAOK

3 December 2020 5	Omonia	2–1	PAOK	Strovolos, Cyprus
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Kakoullis 9' Sene  30' Gómez 84' (pen.)	Report	El Kaddouri  31' Tzolis 39' Crespo  56' Živković  64' Giannoulis  75'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Craig Pawson (England) Man of the Match: Tzolis[88]

PAOK v Granada

10 December 2020 6	PAOK	0–0	Granada	Thessaloniki, Greece
18:55 CET (UTC+2)	Esiti  34' Čolak  74' Crespo  89' Douglas  89'	Report	Pérez  86' Germán  86' Suárez  89'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[89]

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 22 May 2021

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	18	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	25	0
88		Živko Živković	18	0	1	0	4	0	5	0	28	0
64		Christos Talichmanidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2		Rodrigo Soares	17 (5)	0	4 (2)	1	1	0	4 (1)	0	26 (8)	1
4		Sverrir Ingason	25 (1)	5	5	1	4	0	4	0	38 (1)	6
5		Fernando Varela	20 (3)	1	3	0	4	0	6	1	33 (3)	2
6		Enea Mihaj	3 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (3)	0
15		José Ángel Crespo	14 (7)	0	4 (1)	0	3	0	5	0	26 (8)	0
16		Adrian Pereira	9 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11 (1)	0
19		Lefteris Lyratzis	4 (3)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	7 (5)	0
49		Giannis Michailidis	16 (3)	0	2 (1)	0	4	0	1	0	23 (4)	0
21		Baba Rahman	11 (2)	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	15 (2)	1
Midfielders
7		Omar El Kaddouri	18 (8)	2	2 (2)	0	4	1	4 (1)	0	28 (11)	3
10		Thomas Murg	14 (10)	2	2 (3)	1	0	0	3 (3)	1	19 (16)	4
22		Stefan Schwab	28 (5)	7	5 (1)	1	4	0	5	1	42 (6)	9
29		Georgios Vrakas	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
32		Nika Ninua	2 (7)	1	2 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	4 (8)	2
33		Douglas Augusto	18 (3)	1	4	0	0	0	2 (3)	0	24 (6)	1
51		Theocharis Tsingaras	9 (7)	0	2 (3)	1	0	0	2 (2)	0	13 (12)	1
20		Vieirinha	19 (2)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	23 (2)	5
8		Amr Warda	14 (9)	3	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	19 (10)	3
65		Giannis Konstantelias	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
23		Shinji Kagawa	1 (4)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (6)	0
Forwards
9		Karol Świderski	21 (14)	11	4 (1)	0	0 (3)	0	1 (5)	0	26 (23)	11
11		Christos Tzolis	25 (8)	6	4	5	4	2	3 (2)	3	36 (10)	16
97		Lazaros Lamprou	1 (8)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (10)	0
27		Michael Krmenčík	13 (9)	4	3 (3)	5	0	0	0	0	16 (12)	9
14		Andrija Živković	27 (6)	10	5 (1)	1	2 (1)	1	5 (1)	2	39 (9)	14
70		Georgios Koutsias	0 (2)	0	0 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (5)	0
Players transferred out during the season
47		Chuba Akpom	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
18		Dimitris Limnios	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
10		Dimitris Pelkas	3 (1)	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	7 (1)	2
3		Léo Matos	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
18		Moussa Wagué	4 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	0	5 (7)	0
23		Dimitris Giannoulis	11 (1)	0	0	0	4 (1)	1	3	0	18 (2)	1
21		Diego Biseswar	2 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	0	3 (7)	0
24		Anderson Esiti	5 (4)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	2	0	7 (6)	0
1		Rodrigo Rey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		Antonio Čolak	3 (7)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	5	0	8 (8)	1
98		Léo Jabá	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0

Goalscorers

As from 22 May 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Greek Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	11	FW	Tzolis	6	5	2	3	16
2	14	FW	A. Živković	10	1	1	2	14
3	9	FW	Świderski	11	0	0	0	11
4	22	MF	Schwab	7	1	0	1	9
	27	FW	Krmenčík	4	5	0	0	9
6	4	DF	Ingason	5	1	0	0	6
7	20	DF	Vieirinha	4	1	0	0	5
8	10	MF	Murg	2	1	0	1	4
9	7	MF	El Kaddouri	2	0	1	0	3
	8	MF	Warda	3	0	0	0	3
11	10	MF	Pelkas	0	0	2	0	2
	5	DF	Varela	1	0	0	1	2
	32	MF	Ninua	1	1	0	0	2
14	25	FW	Čolak	1	0	0	0	1
	33	MF	Douglas Augusto	1	0	0	0	1
	23	DF	Giannoulis	0	0	1	0	1
	15	DF	Crespo	1	0	0	0	1
	51	MF	Tsingaras	0	1	0	0	1
	2	DF	Rodrigo	0	1	0	0	1
	21	DF	Baba	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL				60	17	8	8	93

Clean sheets

As of 22 May 2021

Player	League	Cup	CL	EL	Total	Games played	Percentage
Alexandros Paschalakis	6	1	0	1	8	25	32,00%
Živko Živković	7	1	0	1	9	28	32,14%
Total	13	2	0	2	17	53	32,08%

Disciplinary record

As of 22 May 2021

S	P	N	Name	Super League			Cup			Champions League			Europa League			Total
7	AM		Omar El Kaddouri	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	1
31	GK		Alexandros Paschalakis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF		José Ángel Crespo	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
33	DF		Douglas Augusto	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	0	0
88	GK		Živko Živković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Fernando Varela	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	DF		Sverrir Ingason	7	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0
9	FW		Karol Świderski	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
49	DF		Giannis Michailidis	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
11	FW		Christos Tzolis	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	DF		Rodrigo Soares	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF		Enea Mihaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Stefan Schwab	9	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
14	FW		Andrija Živković	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	0	0
32	MF		Nika Ninua	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Thomas Murg	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
51	MF		Theocharis Tsingaras	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
20	MF		Vieirinha	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
97	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	FW		Michael Krmenčík	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
16	DF		Adrian Pereira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Amr Warda	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
23	MF		Shinji Kagawa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	DF		Baba Rahman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	DF		Lefteris Lyratzis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	AM		Dimitris Pelkas	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	MF		Diego Biseswar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Dimitris Giannoulis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0
24	MF		Anderson Esiti	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
25	FW		Antonio Čolak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
98	FW		Léo Jabá	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Moussa Wagué	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0