2012–13 PAOK FC season

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Chairman Zisis Vryzas Stadium Toumba Stadium Greek Cup Semi-finals		Manager Georgios Georgiadis Super League 2nd UEFA Europa League Play-off round

The 2012–13 season was PAOK Football Club’s 87th in existence and the club’s 54th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Football Cup in the Third Round and will also compete in UEFA Europa League starting from the Third qualifying round.

On 31 May 2012, Giorgos Donis signed a two-year contract, becoming PAOK's manager after the sacking of László Bölöni in the end of 2011–12 season.

Season overview

On 23 May, it was announced that 35-year-old Pablo García renewed his contract with the club's outfit for one more year.

On 25 May, PAOK released László Bölöni from the position of first team head coach, after a one-year cooperation.

On 25 May, Lino also renewed his contract for one more year.

On 28 May, Pantelis Konstantinidis resigned from the position of vice-president and technical director, claiming a different perception and philosophy, on the strategy to be followed for the new season.

On 31 May, PAOK appointed Giorgos Donis as the new manager on a two-year contract, with immediate effect.

On 7 June, it was announced that club’s new technical director will be Georgios Georgiadis.

On 1 July, Kostas Chalkias, Sotiris Balafas, Bruno Cirillo, Vladimir Ivić and Mirosław Sznaucner leave PAOK upon the expiry of their contracts. The players were part of the main squad for the last years.

On 5 July, the team departed for Arnhem, Netherlands where the players will get prepared for the upcoming season.

On 6 July, the Defender Bongani Khumalo joined PAOK on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.

On 8 July, PAOK completed the signing of Guinean striker Sambégou Bangoura from Panseraikos on a free transfer.

On 20 July, Kostas Stafylidis agreed to sign a 5-year contract with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The transfer was reported to be worth €1.5 million. PAOK will keep the player for one year as a loan.

On 26 July, after the friendly match against PSV Eindhoven, Giorgos Donis announced that Guinean Sambégou Bangoura, was not counted for the upcoming season.

On 27 July, when Dario Krešić realised that he is not counted as the main goalkeeper of the team, asked to leave from the club. PAOK released him the next day.

On 28 July Stelios Malezas was sold to Fortuna Düsseldorf on a transfer that was reported to be worth €450 thousand. The player leaves the club after nine years and 129 appearances.

On 10 August Russian businessman Ivan Savvidi bought 51% of shares of the Club making him the major shareholder. PAOK passes to a new era, after many years of financial problems.

On 13 August, centre back Matheus Vivian and midfielder Liam Lawrence join PAOK on a two-year contract.

On 31 October, midfielder Ergys Kace signed his first professional contract, with a duration of 4,5 years. The new contract came as an award for the good appearances that he made.

On 11 December, PAOK agreed on a one and a half year contract with the Greece national football team captain, Kostas Katsouranis. On 14 December the player was officially presented by club's president.

Current squad

Last updated: 31 January 2013
Source: Squad at PAOK FC official website

Out

Last updated: 31 January 2013

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Pame Stoixima, Pepsi Max

Source:

Overview

Last updated: 19 April 2013
Source: Competitions

Source: Competitions

League table

Updated to games played on 21 April 2013.
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference.

If in current league table there are tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, they are considered to share places and listed in Greek language alphabetic order.

If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated. In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw
¹Panathinaikos will start the league season with minus 2 points because of last year's episodes in the home match against Olympiacos.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Last updated: 21 April 2013.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Last updated: 21 April 2013.
Source: PAOK at Super League Greece official site PAOK at soccerway.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Last updated: 21 April 2013
Source: Super League Greece, PAOK FC official website

Playoff table

Updated to games played on 2 June 2013.
Source: Βαθμολογία Playoffs ΟΠΑΠ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) classification of regular season
¹ Since Asteras Tripolis lost the 2012–13 Greek Football Cup final to a team already qualified for European competitions, Olympiacos, all of the Europa League allocations were made through playoff positions.
² PAS Giannina were not licensed to play in the Europa League and therefore were replaced by the next Europa League licensed team in the table not already qualified for any European competitions, which was Skoda Xanthi, who played in the second qualifying round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoff results

Updated to games played on 2 June 2013.
Source: Super League Greece (Greek)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-finals

Last updated: 19 April 2013
Source: epo.gr PAOK FC official website

Play-off round

Last updated: 30 August 2012
Source: PAOK FC at uefa.com

Squad statistics

As of Full Season-All matches

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

Last updated: 2 June 2013
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net, uefa.com, paokfc.gr soccerway.com
Ordered by squad number
0 shown as blank

¹Out in Winter TW
²In in Winter TW

Goalscorers

Last updated: All matches
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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Assists

Last updated: 17 April 2013
Source: superleaguegreece.net, uefa.com, paokfc.gr
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Disciplinary record

Last updated: 14 April 2013
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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References

2012–13 PAOK FC season Wikipedia

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