2021–22 PAOK FC season

The 2021–22 PAOK FC season is the club's 96th season in existence and the club's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, PAOK are participating in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and in the inaugural Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 22 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

PAOK

2021–22 season
President	Ivan Savvidis
Manager	Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Super League 1	2nd
Greek Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa Conference League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jasmin Kurtić (15 goals) All: Jasmin Kurtić (18 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season Overview

Restricted attendance and games behind closed doors were common in this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thessaloniki, however the team recorded its best run at a UEFA competition since 1974 by reaching the last 8 of the newly created UEFA Europa Conference League in its inaugural season.

Starting in the 3rd qualifying round, the team had a sluggish start in the qualifying rounds, barely scraping by against Irish side Bohemians after a shock 2–1 defeat against them at the Aviva Stadium, by narrowly winning the return leg 2–0 at Toumba Stadium. Răzvan Lucescu, the much revered PAOK manager who led the team to the Double in 2018–19 and had major success with Al–Hilal, along with his assistant Cristiano Bacci, returned to the club in the pre–season, but the struggle against Bohemians was met with intense criticism and backlash. A last minute own–goal by Niko Galešić gave PAOK a 1–1 draw at home against Croatian club Rijeka, which was met with more criticism, with many fearing that the team was not capable of advancing to the group stage of the new competition. Contrary to the first match at home, PAOK won 0–2 at Stadion Rujevica and managed to advance to the group stage.

Coincing with the team's initial boost and then slump in form in the league, PAOK had an unspectacular group stage phase but had a bright spot in the 1–2 away win over eventual group toppers Copenhagen. In spite of the team not performing too well in the group stage, the 11 points accumulated were enough to hoist the team above Slovan Bratislava (who deprived PAOK of a Europa League group stage spot two years earlier) and advance the team to the Knockout round play–offs as the second placed team in the group. After the group stage ended, PAOK managed to undo the November slump in the league and would go on an unbeaten streak that would stretch until the end of the league's regular season, earning plaudits for Lucescu and Bacci.

The team easily disarmed AEL in the Greek Football Cup in December before memorably knocking out rivals AEK in the quarter–finals, courtesy of two late goals from club top scorer Jasmin Kurtić and Alexandru Mitriță after PAOK were 1–0 down on aggregate at the Olympic Stadium.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant Coach	Cristiano Bacci
Goalkeeping Coach	Jose Moreira
Head Fitness Coach	Matteo Spatafora
Fitness coach	Paolo Castorina
Rehabilitation Coach	Georgios Tsonakas

Last updated: 26 May 2021
Source:

Players

Current squad

As of 15 February 2022^[1]

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 31 GK  GRE Alexandros Paschalakis 88 GK  SRB Živko Živković 64 GK  GRE Christos Talichmanidis 4 DF  ISL Sverrir Ingi Ingason 49 DF  GRE Giannis Michailidis 5 DF  CPV Fernando Varela (vice-captain) 6 DF  ALB Enea Mihaj 15 DF  ESP José Ángel Crespo (vice-captain) 16 DF  BRA Sidcley (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 20 MF  POR Vieirinha (captain) 13 DF  BRA Lucas Taylor 19 DF  GRE Lefteris Lyratzis 8 MF  BRA Douglas Augusto 23 DF  ESP Joan Sastre

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  AUT Stefan Schwab 50 MF  POR Filipe Soares 27 MF  SVN Jasmin Kurtić (on loan from Parma) 51 MF  GRE Theocharis Tsingaras 7 MF  MAR Omar El Kaddouri 21 FW  SUR Diego Biseswar 65 MF  GRE Giannis Konstantelias 28 FW  ROU Alexandru Mitriță 14 FW  SRB Andrija Živković 10 MF  AUT Thomas Murg 11 FW  BRA Léo Jabá 29 FW  CRO Antonio Čolak 47 FW  ENG Chuba Akpom 18 FW  POR Nélson Oliveira 70 FW  GRE Georgios Koutsias

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
–	FW	Diego Biseswar	Apollon Limassol	Loan return
13	DF	Lucas Taylor	Dnipro-1	Free transfer	29 June 2021	[2]
–	GK	Nikos Bourganis	Karaiskakis	Loan return
–	DF	Marios Tsaousis	Spartak Trnava	Loan return
–	DF	Stathis Tachatos	Trikala	Loan return
–	DF	Petros Kaloutsikidis	Niki Volos	Loan return
–	MF	Anderson Esiti	Göztepe	Loan return
–	MF	Zisis Chatzistravos	Lamia	Loan return
–	MF	Anastasios Meletidis	Onisilos Sotira	Loan return
–	MF	Konstantinos Korelas	Karaiskakis	Loan return
–	FW	Vasilios Fasidis	Trikala	Loan return
–	FW	Antonis Gaitanidis	Levadiakos	Loan return
–	FW	Dimitrios Panidis	Trikala	Loan return
–	FW	Nélson Oliveira	AEK Athens	Free Transfer
–	FW	Panagiotis Tzimas	Asteras Tripolis	350,000
27	MF	Jasmin Kurtić	Parma	Loan	18 July 2021	[3]
47	FW	Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough	Loan	25 August 2021	[4]
16	DF	Sidcley	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan	27 August 2021	[5]
28	MF	Alexandru Mitriță	New York City	Loan	31 August 2021	[6]
32	MF	Nika Ninua	Anorthosis	Loan Return	3 January 2022
11	FW	Léo Jabá	Vasco da Gama	Loan Return
29	FW	Antonio Čolak	Malmö FF	Loan Return
23	DF	Joan Sastre	Mallorca	Loan	14 January 2022	[7]
50	MF	Filipe Soares	Moreirense	3.0 M	27 January 2022	[8]
Total							€3.350,000

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
–	DF	Dimitrios Giannoulis	Norwich City	7,500,000	1 July 2021	[9]
27	FW	Michael Krmenčík	Club Brugge	End of loan	30 June 2021
21	DF	Baba Rahman	Chelsea	End of loan	30 June 2021
11	FW	Christos Tzolis	Norwich City	13,000,000	12 August 2021
29	FW	Georgios Vrakas	Levadiakos	Loan	21 August 2021	[10]
16	DF	Adrian Pereira	Rosenborg	500,000	24 August 2021	[11]
	DF	Pavlos Logaras	Volos		24 August 2021
8	MF	Amr Warda	Anorthosis	Free transfer (but with a 50% resale-clause)	29 August 2021	[12]
32	MF	Nika Ninua	Anorthosis	Loan	30 August 2021
97	FW	Lazaros Lamprou	OFI	Loan	31 August 2021	[13]
23	MF	Shinji Kagawa	Sint-Truiden	Free transfer	18 December 2021
2	DF	Rodrigo Soares	Juventude	Free transfer	14 January 2022	[14]
9	FW	Karol Świderski	Charlotte FC	5.5 M	26 January 2022	[15]
32	MF	Nika Ninua	Lamia	Loan	28 January 2022	[16]
65	MF	Giannis Konstantelias	Eupen	Loan	18 January 2022	[17]
44	MF	Anderson Esiti	Ferencváros	Free Transfer	15 February 2022	[18]
Total																€26,500,000

Pre-season and other friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

PAOK v Volos

Friday, 9 July 2021 Friendly	PAOK	3–1	Volos	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Gordeziani 44' Esiti 47' Michailidis 86'		39' van Weert	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Aggelos Aggelakis

PSV v PAOK

Wednesday, 14 July 2021 Friendly	PSV	1–0	PAOK	Eindhoven
21:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Madueke 25'		42' A. Živković  84' Schwab  87' Lyratzis	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dennis Higler

Charleroi v PAOK

Saturday, 17 July 2021 Friendly	Charleroi	0–2	PAOK	Sportpark Wiesel, Wenum-Wiesel
14:00 EET, UTC+02:00			47' Oliveira 89' Murg	Attendance: behind closed doors

Heracles Almelo v PAOK

Wednesday, 21 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	1–2	PAOK	Sportpark Wiesel, Wenum-Wiesel
15:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Rai Vloet 17'		14', 33' Oliveira	Attendance: behind closed doors

Feyenoord v PAOK

Sunday, 25 July 2021 Friendly	Feyenoord	1–2	PAOK	Rotterdam
15:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Burger 2'		14' (pen.) Tzolis 52' Koutsias	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Veria v PAOK

Saturday, 4 September 2021 Friendly	Veria	0–1	PAOK	Veria
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00			69' (pen.) Kagawa	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Dimitris Maloutas (Imathia)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	12 September 2021	17 May 2022	Matchday 1	36	19	7	10	58	33	+25	052.78
Greek Football Cup	1 December 2021	21 May 2022	Round of 16	7	2	4	1	7	5	+2	028.57
UEFA Europa Conference League	3 August 2021	14 April 2022	Third qualifying round	16	8	3	5	20	13	+7	050.00
Total				59	29	14	16	85	51	+34	049.15

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Managerial statistics

Head Coach	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Răzvan Lucescu	27 May 2021	Present	59	29	14	16	85	51	+34	049.15

Last updated: 21 May 2022

Super League Greece

Main article: 2021–22 Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos	26	20	5	1	47	14	+33	65	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	PAOK	26	16	5	5	50	24	+26	53
3	AEK Athens	26	14	4	8	42	28	+14	46
4	Aris	26	13	6	7	28	21	+7	45
5	Panathinaikos	26	13	3	10	41	21	+20	42

Source: Superleague Greece
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).

Matches

PAOK v PAS Giannina

Sunday, 12 September 2021 1	PAOK	0–1	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Vieirinha  64' Schwab  84'		86' Conde	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 8,024 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Schwab[19]

Asteras Tripoli v PAOK

Sunday, 19 September 2021 2	Asteras Tripoli	0–1	PAOK	Tripoli
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00			27' (pen.) Vieirinha  41' Schwab  69' Michailidis	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Attendance: 740 Referee: Evangelos Manouhos Man of the Match: Paschalakis[20]

Panetolikos v PAOK

Wednesday, 22 September 2021 3	Panetolikos	1–2	PAOK	Agrinio
18:15 EET, UTC+03:00	59'		31'  57' Mitriță  55' Kurtić  69' Douglas Augusto 80' Sidcley	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 1,258 [21] Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis Man of the Match: Paschalakis[22]

PAOK v AEK

Sunday, 26 September 2021 4	PAOK	2–0	AEK	Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Sidcley  39' Biseswar 42' Živković  71' Kurtić 79' (pen.) Świderski  86' Esiti  90+6'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 10,326 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy) Man of the Match: Biseswar[23]

OFI v PAOK

Sunday, 3 October 2021 5	OFI	1–3	PAOK	Heraklion
16:00 EET, UTC+03:00	90+1'		15' Świderski  22' Mihaj  41' 71' Douglas Augusto  44' Živković 58' Kurtić	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Attendance: 3,014 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos Man of the Match: Kurtić[24]

PAOK v Volos

Sunday, 17 October 2021 6	PAOK	4–4	Volos	Thessaloniki
16:00 EET, UTC+03:00	24' (o.g.) Akpom 30' A. Živković 32', 42' Esiti  69' Douglas Augusto  73' Vieirinha 80' Michailidis  81' Murg  90+4'		13', 54', 62', 82'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 7,607 Referee: Dimitris Karantonis (Imathia) Man of the Match: A. Živković[25]

Olympiacos v PAOK

Sunday, 24 October 2021 7	Olympiacos	2–1	PAOK	Piraeus
20:30 EET, UTC+03:00	22', 31'		Sidcley  16' Biseswar  44' Murg 81'	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: no fans allowed Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) Man of the Match: Murg[26]

PAOK v Apollon Smyrni

Saturday, 30 October 2021 8	PAOK	4–1	Apollon Smyrni	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Schwab 5' (pen.) El Kaddouri  31' Świderski 66' Michailidis 72' Douglas Augusto 90+4' (pen.)		14'	Stadium: Toumba Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta) Man of the Match: Świderski[27]

Panathinaikos v PAOK

Sunday, 7 November 2021 9	Panathinaikos	1–3	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	59'		13',  82' Akpom  45+2' Taylor  53' Michailidis 85' (pen.), 90+8' Kurtić	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Attendance: 12,792 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Man of the Match: Kurtić[28]

Atromitos v PAOK

Sunday, 21 November 2021 10	Atromitos	2–0	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00			67' Varela  68' El Kaddouri	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 751 Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens) Man of the Match: Živković[29]

PAOK v Aris

Sunday, 28 November 2021 11	PAOK	0–1	Aris	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Taylor  45+1' Kurtić  83' A. Živković  85'		41'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 12,605 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland) Man of the Match: not appointed

Ionikos v PAOK

Sunday, 5 December 2021 12	Ionikos	3–2	PAOK	Nikaia
19:15 EET, UTC+02:00	20', 34' (pen.), 49'		18' Świderski  23' Esiti 60' Murg  76' Schwab	Stadium: Neapolis Public Stadium Attendance: 1,265 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos Man of the Match: A. Živković[30]

PAOK v Lamia

Sunday, 12 December 2021 13	PAOK	2–1	Lamia	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	A. Živković  7' Michailidis  9' Lyratzis 11' Kurtić 64'		7'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos Man of the Match: Lyratzis[31]

PAS Giannina v PAOK

Wednesday, 15 December 2021 14	PAS Giannina	0–4	PAOK	Ioannina
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00			31' (pen.), 63' Kurtić  59' Murg 68' Douglas Augusto 89' Akpom	Stadium: Zosimades Attendance: 1,684 Referee: Vasilis Fotias Man of the Match: Kurtić[32]

PAOK v Asteras Tripoli

Sunday, 19 December 2021 15	PAOK	3–2	Asteras Tripoli	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Akpom 43' Kurtić 49' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Schwab  74'		12', 60'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta) Man of the Match: Kurtić[33]

PAOK v Panetolikos

Wednesday, 12 January 2022 16	PAOK	2–0	Panetolikos	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Kurtić 10', 29' Rodrigo  55' Jabá 90+2'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Spiridon Zabalas Man of the Match: Lyratzis[34]
Note: match was originally scheduled for January 5, 2022 but postponed due to too many COVID-cases at Panetolikos

PAOK v OFI

Saturday, 15 January 2022 18	PAOK	3–0	OFI	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Crespo  28' Kurtić 55' (pen.), 76' Douglas Augusto  57' Świderski 84'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Vasilis Fotias Man of the Match: Kurtić[35]

Volos v PAOK

Sunday, 23 January 2022 19	Volos	0–4	PAOK	Volos
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00			21' (pen.) Kurtić 29' Ingason 64' Sastre 73' Akpom	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 377 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Akpom[36]

PAOK v Olympiacos

Sunday, 30 January 2022 20	PAOK	1–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	A. Živković  33' 42' (o.g.) Kurtić  45+1' Crespo  90+4'		44'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Miguel Garcia Godinho (Portugal) Man of the Match: Ingason[37]

Apollon Smyrni v PAOK

Wednesday, 2 February 2022 21	Apollon Smyrni	0–2	PAOK	Athens
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00			31' Murg  33' Akpom  63' Ingason 90+2' (pen.) Kurtić	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Attendance: 235 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos Man of the Match: Tsingaras[38]

PAOK v Panathinaikos

Sunday, 6 February 2022 22	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Ingason  45+3', 77' Kurtić  45+7' Mitriță  70' A. Živković  73' Douglas Augusto  84' Sastre 88'		6'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) Man of the Match: Sastre[39]

PAOK v Atromitos

Sunday, 13 February 2022 23	PAOK	1–0	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Crespo 57',  66'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Andreas Gamaris (Athens) Man of the Match: Mitriță[40]

Aris v PAOK

Sunday, 20 February 2022 24	Aris	0–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00			57' Soares  59' Jabá  84' Douglas Augusto	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Attendance: 9,191 Referee: Brych (Germany) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[41]

PAOK v Ionikos

Sunday, 27 February 2022 25	PAOK	1–1	Ionikos	Thessaloniki
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00	Schwab 33' (pen.) Soares  39' Michailidis  69' El Kaddouri  84' Mitriță  88'		58'	Stadium: Toumba Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[42]

AEK v PAOK

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 17	AEK	1–1	PAOK	Athens
20:30 EET, UTC+02:00	28'		19' Tsingaras 36' Kurtić  ?' Z. Živković  89' Crespo	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy) Man of the Match: Kurtić[43]
Note: Match was originally scheduled for January 9, 2022 but was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak at PAOK.

Lamia v PAOK

Sunday, 6 March 2022 26	Lamia	0–2	PAOK	Lamia
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00			Michailidis  22', 52' 37' Jabá  38' El Kaddouri  89' Paschalakis	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Jabá[44]

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	16	5	5	50	24	+26	53	8	3	2	25	13	+12	8	2	3	25	11	+14

Last updated: 6 March 2022.
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	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W
Position	11	7	5	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. 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 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion.^[45]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos (C)	36	25	8	3	62	26	+36	83	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	PAOK	36	19	7	10	58	33	+25	64	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Aris	36	18	8	10	39	28	+11	62
4	Panathinaikos	36	18	7	11	52	26	+26	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
5	AEK Athens	36	16	8	12	56	42	+14	56
6	PAS Giannina	36	12	10	14	34	42	−8	46

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.^[46]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Panathinaikos 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	3	2	5	8	9	−1	11	2	1	2	5	4	+1	1	1	3	3	5	−2

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	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W
Position	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2022 (2022-05-17). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

PAOK v PAS Giannina

Sunday, 13 March 2022 1	PAOK	1–0	PAS Giannina	Thessaloniki
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00	Murg  19' Soares  43' Akpom 90+1' Crespo  90+4'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 3,366 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)

AEK v PAOK

Sunday, 20 March 2022 2	AEK	0–1	PAOK	Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00			45+1' Tsingaras 50' Čolak  69' Jabá  45+1' Ingason	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

Panathinaikos v PAOK

Sunday, 3 April 2022 3	Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00	34' 64'		70' A. Živković  90+2' Ingason	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia)

Aris v PAOK

Sunday, 17 April 2022 5	Aris	1–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	17'		9' Kurtić  37'  71' Mihaj  41' Soares  90+5' Sidcley	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Attendance: 7,902 Referee: Miguel Garcia Godinho (Portugal)

PAOK v AEK

Sunday, 1 May 2022 6	PAOK	1–1	AEK	Thessaloniki
21:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Čolak 27' Mitriță  58' Sastre  81'		15'	Stadium: Toumba Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

PAOK v Olympiacos

Wednesday, 4 May 2022 4	PAOK	1–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Murg 10' Sidcley  90+3' Akpom  90+4'		51', 62'	Stadium: Toumba Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)
Note: match was postponed due to PAOK’s duties in the European Conference League

PAS Giannina v PAOK

Sunday, 8 May 2022 7	PAS Giannina	1–0	PAOK	Ioannina
18:00 EET, UTC+03:00	77'		90' Schwab	Stadium: Zosimades Attendance: 1,452 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

PAOK v Aris

Wednesday, 11 May 2022 8	PAOK	0–1	Aris	Thessaloniki
18:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Ingason  44' Kurtić  65' Sastre  82'		63'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 6,932 Referee: Brych (Germany)

Olympiacos v PAOK

Saturday, 14 May 2022 9	Olympiacos	1–1	PAOK	Piraeus
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00	41'		2' Filipe Soares  50' Kurtić	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: 28,765 Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)

PAOK v Panathinaikos

Tuesday, 17 May 2022 10	PAOK	2–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Schwab 14' Akpom 21'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 7,437 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Greek Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Greek Football Cup

Round of 16

AEL v PAOK

Wednesday, 1 December 2021 1st leg	AEL	1–1	PAOK	Larissa
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00	64'		79' Taylor 90+5'Kurtić	Stadium: Alcazar Attendance: ? Referee: Evangelos Manouhos Man of the Match: Kurtić[47]

PAOK v AEL

Wednesday, 22 December 2021 2nd leg	PAOK	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	AEL	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET, UTC+02:00	23' (o.g.) 82', 90+1',  89'  90+2' Akpom		62'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens) Man of the Match: Akpom[48]

Quarter-finals

PAOK v AEK

Wednesday, 19 January 2022 1st leg	PAOK	0–0	AEK	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Akpom  68' Kurtić  90+2' Świderski  90+4'			Stadium: Toumba Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: István Vad (Hungary) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[49]

AEK v PAOK

Wednesday, 9 February 2022 2nd leg	AEK	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	PAOK	Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00			30' Akpom  37' Sidcley 90+5',  90+6' Kurtić 90+7' Mitriță	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden) Man of the Match: Kurtić[50]
Note: Match was originally scheduled for January 26, 2022 but postponed due to the bad wheater conditions in Athens

Semi-finals

PAOK v Olympiacos

Thursday, 21 April 2022 1st leg	PAOK	0–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00	Akpom  27' Crespo  68' Douglas Augusto  70'			Stadium: Toumba Referee: Daniele Chiffi (Italy)

Olympiacos v PAOK

Wednesday, 27 April 2022 2nd leg	Olympiacos	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.)	PAOK	Piraeus
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00	105' (pen.)		45' Živković  105+3' Ingason 109' Čolak  ?' Douglas Augusto	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Referee: Valentin Pizarro Gómez (Spain)
Note: Douglas Augusto was sent off while being subbed off already and sitting on the bench

Final

Main article: 2022 Greek Football Cup final

Panathinaikos v PAOK

Saturday, 21 May 2022 Greek Cup Final	Panathinaikos	1–0	PAOK	Athens
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00	34' (pen.)		7' Douglas Augusto  22' Filipe Soares  90+5' Crespo  90+7' Kurtić  90+7' Živković  90+7' Mitriță	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

Bohemians v PAOK

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) First leg	Bohemians	2–1	PAOK	Dublin, Ireland
21:45 EEST	Coote 23', 52' Breslin  66' Talbot  70'	Report	Oliveira  62' 78' Tzolis  77' Kurtić  90+1' Biseswar  90+6'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland) Man of the Match: Oliveira[51]

PAOK v Bohemians

12 August 2021 Second leg	PAOK	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Bohemians	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EEST	Schwab 4' Biseswar 28' El Kaddouri  76' Murg  4' Esiti  90+6'	Report	Buckley  90+2' Cornwall  90+4'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: N/A Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria) Man of the Match: Biseswar[52]

Play-off round

PAOK v Rijeka

19 August 2021 First leg	PAOK	1–1	Rijeka	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EEST	Kurtić  86' Galešić 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Gnezda Čerin  14' Lepinjica 33' Galović  68'	Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 8,091 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France) Man of the Match: Schwab[53]

Rijeka v PAOK

26 August 2021 Second leg	Rijeka	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	PAOK	Rijeka, Croatia
21:00 EEST	Issah  14' Galović  50' Drmić  74'	Report	10' El Kaddouri  16' Taylor  60' Świderski 80'  89' Murg	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 6,722 Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine) Man of the Match: El Kaddouri[54]

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group F

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[55]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COP	PAO	SLO	LIN
1	Copenhagen	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	15	Advance to round of 16		—	1–2	2–0	3–1
2	PAOK	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	1–1	2–0
3	Slovan Bratislava	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8			1–3	0–0	—	2–0
4	Lincoln Red Imps	6	0	0	6	2	17	−15	0			0–4	0–2	1–4	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Lincoln Red Imps v PAOK

Thursday, 16 September 2021 1	Lincoln Red Imps	0–2	PAOK	Gibraltar
19:45 EET, UTC+03:00	Torilla  39' Soler  56'	Report	45' Michailidis 45+2' Akpom 56' Mitriță	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 668 Referee: Rob Harvey (Ireland) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[56]

PAOK v Slovan Bratislava

Thursday, 30 September 2021 2	PAOK	1–1	Slovan Bratislava	Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EET, UTC+03:00	Akpom 9' Mitriță  68'	Report	Green 14' De Kamps  17' Medveděv  40' Henty  86' Mráz  90+2'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 7,537 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[57]

Copenhagen v PAOK

Thursday, 21 October 2021 3	Copenhagen	1–2	PAOK	Copenhagen, Denmark
19:45 EET, UTC+03:00	Grabara  9' Lerager  41' Jóhannesson  52' Pep Biel 80' Wind  88'	Report	Sidcley 19' Michailidis  22' Živković 38',  82' Paschalakis  69' Świderski  83'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 19,552 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium) Man of the Match: A. Živković[58]

PAOK v Copenhagen

Thursday, 4 November 2021 4	PAOK	1–2	Copenhagen	Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Živković 8',  89' Świderski  53' Kurtić  74' Michailidis  90+4' Varela  90+5'	Report	Ankersen 34' Pep Biel 50' Stage  77' Kristiansen  89' Johnsson  90+1' Jóhannesson  90+2' Gabrielsen  90+4'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,166 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) Man of the Match: A. Živković[59]

Slovan Bratislava v PAOK

Thursday, 25 November 2021 5	Slovan Bratislava	0–0	PAOK	Bratislava, Slovakia
19:45 EET, UTC+02:00		Report		Stadium: Tehelné Pole Attendance: Behind closed doors due to COVID-19 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands) Man of the Match: A. Živković[60]

PAOK v Lincoln Red Imps

Thursday, 9 December 2021 6	PAOK	2–0	Lincoln Red Imps	Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00	A. Živković 17' Schwab 55',  57' Biseswar  83' Lyratzis  84'	Report	Lopes  80' Toscano  87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 4,648 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway) Man of the Match: A. Živković[61]

Knockout round play-offs

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League § Knockout round play-offs

Midtjylland v PAOK

17 February 2022 (2022-02-17) First leg	Midtjylland	1–0	PAOK	Herning, Denmark
19:45 EET, UTC+02:00	Andersson 20' Onyedika  73'	Report	36' Mitriță  42' Schwab  90+4' Crespo	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,088 Referee: Craig Pawson (England) Man of the Match: Lyratzis[62]

PAOK v Midtjylland

24 February 2022 Second leg	PAOK	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (5–3 p)	Midtjylland	Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00	A. Živković 20' Crespo  23' Vieirinha 26',  62' Kurtić  56' Lyratzis  90+2'	Report	Høegh 80' Onyedika  90+2' Dyhr  101'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 7,468 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium) Man of the Match: Paschalakis[63]
	Penalties
	Čolak Sidcley Schwab Mitriță Kurtić		Meyer Andersson Dyhr Lind

Round of 16

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League § Round of 16

PAOK v Gent

10 March 2022 (2022-03-10) First leg	PAOK	1–0	Gent	Thessaloniki, Greece
19:45 EET, UTC+02:00	A. Živković  45' Kurtić 58'  79' Vieirinha  61'	Report	Okumu  2' Torunarigha  83' Castro-Montes  87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,098 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Gent v PAOK

17 March 2022 Second leg	Gent	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	PAOK	Ghent, Belgium
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Odjidja-Ofoe  32' Depoitre 40' Owusu  71'	Report	Crespo 20' Douglas Augusto 77' Čolak  87'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 12,388 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Quarter-finals

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League § Quarter-finals

Marseille v PAOK

7 April 2022 First leg	Marseille	2–1	PAOK	Marseille, France
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Gerson 13',  76'  90+4' Payet 45' Kamara  90' Dieng  90+4'	Report	El Kaddouri 48' Biseswar  73' Kurtić  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,182 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

PAOK v Marseille

14 April 2022 Second leg	PAOK	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Marseille	Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EET, UTC+02:00	Douglas Augusto  65' Schwab  90+3'	Report	Payet 34'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 27,648 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Statistics

Squad statistics

The squad was informed and the official page of PAOK FC.^{[citation needed]}

As of 21 May 2022

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

No.		Name	Super League		Greek Cup		Europa Conference League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
31		Alexandros Paschalakis	34	0	5	0	16	0	55	0
88		Živko Živković	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
Defenders
4		Sverrir Ingason	15 (5)	2	7	0	6	0	28 (5)	2
5		Fernando Varela	16	0	0	0	6 (1)	0	22 (1)	0
6		Enea Mihaj	11 (3)	0	1	0	4 (2)	0	16 (5)	0
13		Lucas Taylor	12 (5)	0	1 (1)	0	6 (4)	0	19 (10)	0
15		José Ángel Crespo	10 (1)	1	5	0	12	1	27 (1)	2
16		Sidcley	20 (11)	1	4 (3)	0	6 (4)	1	30 (18)	2
19		Lefteris Lyratzis	10 (3)	1	7	0	6 (1)	0	23 (4)	1
49		Giannis Michailidis	19	2	1	0	5 (1)	0	25 (1)	2
23		Joan Sastre	14 (2)	2	0 (1)	0	0	0	14 (3)	2
24		Marios Tsaousis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
7		Omar El Kaddouri	5 (9)	0	1 (1)	0	7 (4)	2	13 (14)	2
10		Thomas Murg	17 (8)	4	3 (1)	0	3 (9)	1	23 (18)	5
22		Stefan Schwab	16 (17)	3	3 (2)	0	10 (4)	2	29 (23)	5
27		Jasmin Kurtić	26 (5)	15	5 (2)	2	11 (2)	1	42 (9)	18
8		Douglas Augusto	16 (5)	3	6	0	8 (2)	1	30 (7)	4
51		Theocharis Tsingaras	18 (1)	0	2	0	6 (1)	0	26 (2)	0
20		Vieirinha	14 (7)	1	2 (2)	0	10 (3)	1	26 (12)	2
21		Diego Biseswar	20 (9)	1	4 (3)	0	12 (4)	1	36 (16)	2
50		Filipe Soares	9 (4)	1	1 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	10 (7)	1
Forwards
47		Chuba Akpom	19 (15)	7	6 (1)	2	8 (3)	2	33 (19)	11
18		Nélson Oliveira	1 (4)	0	0 (2)	0	2	1	3 (6)	1
14		Andrija Živković	24 (6)	3	6 (1)	0	14	4	44 (7)	7
70		Georgios Koutsias	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (3)	0	0 (5)	0
28		Alexandru Mitriță	13 (11)	1	0 (5)	1	4 (5)	1	17 (21)	3
11		Léo Jabá	7 (5)	2	2	0	0	0	9 (5)	2
29		Antonio Čolak	8 (7)	2	0 (2)	1	1 (5)	0	9 (14)	3
Players transferred out during the season
11		Christos Tzolis	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
23		Shinji Kagawa	1	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	2 (2)	0
2		Rodrigo Soares	4 (4)	0	0	0	3	0	7 (4)	0
9		Karol Świderski	8 (8)	4	2 (1)	0	5 (5)	0	15 (14)	4
65		Giannis Konstantelias	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0 (4)	0
44		Anderson Esiti	4 (7)	0	1	0	5 (3)	0	10 (10)	0

Goalscorers

As of 21 May 2022

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Greek Cup	Europa Conference League	Total
1	27	MF	Kurtić	15	2	1	18
2	47	FW	Akpom	7	2	2	11
3	14	FW	Živković	3	0	4	7
4	10	MF	Murg	4	0	1	5
	22	MF	Schwab	3	0	2	5
6	9	FW	Świderski	4	0	0	4
	8	MF	Douglas Augusto	3	0	1	4
8	28	FW	Mitriță	1	1	1	3
	29	FW	Čolak	2	1	0	3
10	21	MF	Biseswar	1	0	1	2
	16	DF	Sidcley	1	0	1	2
	4	DF	Ingason	2	0	0	2
	23	DF	Sastre	2	0	0	2
	20	MF	Vieirinha	1	0	1	2
	11	FW	Léo Jabá	2	0	0	2
	49	DF	Michailidis	2	0	0	2
	5	DF	Crespo	1	0	1	2
	7	MF	El Kaddouri	0	0	2	2
19	18	FW	Oliveira	0	0	1	1
	19	DF	Lyratzis	1	0	0	1
	50	MF	Filipe Soares	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	1	1	4
TOTAL				58	7	20	85

Clean sheets

As of 21 May 2022

Player	League	Cup	ECL	Total	Games played	Percentage
Alexandros Paschalakis	12	2	6	20	55	36,36%
Živko Živković	1	0	0	1	4	25,00%
Total	13	2	6	21	59	35,59%

Disciplinary record

As of 21 May 2022

S	P	N	Name	Super League			Greek Cup			Europa Conference League			Total
18	FW		Nélson Oliveira	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF		Jasmin Kurtić	7	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	16	0	0
21	MF		Diego Biseswar	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0
7	MF		Omar El Kaddouri	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
10	MF		Thomas Murg	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
13	DF		Lucas Taylor	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
20	MF		Vieirinha	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
22	MF		Stefan Schwab	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	0	0
49	DF		Giannis Michailidis	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	8	0	1
28	FW		Alexandru Mitriță	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
8	MF		Douglas Augusto	6	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	9	0	1
16	DF		Sidcley	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
14	FW		Andrija Živković	6	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	11	0	0
6	DF		Enea Mihaj	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
31	GK		Alexandros Paschalakis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
5	DF		Fernando Varela	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
47	FW		Chuba Akpom	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
19	DF		Lefteris Lyratzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF		José Ángel Crespo	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
4	DF		Sverrir Ingi Ingason	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
50	MF		Filipe Soares	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11	FW		Léo Jabá	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
51	MF		Charis Tsingaras	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
88	GK		Živko Živković	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	FW		Antonio Čolak	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Joan Sastre	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
11	FW		Christos Tzolis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Rodrigo Soares	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	MF		Karol Świderski	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0
44	MF		Anderson Esiti	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0