PAOK FC is a football club based in Thessaloniki, that competes in Super League, the most senior football league in Greece. The club was formed on 20 April 1926 by Greek refugees from Constantinople, and played their first official encounter on 12 December 1926, prevailing 3–1 over Nea Genea Kalamaria. Initially PAOK played against other local clubs in the Macedonia FCA (EPSM). In 1927–28, PAOK took part in the Macedonia FCA 1st Division for the first time. In 1930–31 they qualified for their maiden participation in the Panhellenic Championship. From 1930 to 1959 PAOK played in the Macedonia FCA 1st Division and qualified many times for the final phase of the Panhellenic Championship. PAOK currently plays in the top-flight Super League, which they have won four times (in 1976, 1985, 2019 and 2024). They are eight-time winners of the Greek Cup (in 1972, 1974, 2001, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021). The club is one of the three which have never been relegated from the top national division and the only team in Greece that have won the Double (in 2019) going unbeaten (26–4–0 record) in a national round-robin league tournament (league format since 1959).

Key

Key to league: Pos. = Final position Pl. = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals scored GA = Goals against Pts = Points

Key to rounds: W = Winners F = Final (Runner-up) SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16/R32 = Round of 16, round of 32, etc. PO = Play-off round FR = Fourth Round 3rTh = 3rd round thessaloniki's GS = Group stage AR = Additional Round

ChampionsRunners-up

Seasons

In 1927, a national championship was organised in the form of a round-robin tournament between the champions of the three governing bodies, Macedonia FCA (EPSM)- Athens FCA (EPSA)- and Piraeus FCA (EPSP). This national championship was set up again in 1929, and over the next years evolved into a tournament in which multiple teams took part. In 1959 the Alpha Ethniki - the precursor of the current Super League - was set up as a national round-robin tournament. At present, 16 clubs compete in the Super League, playing each other in a home and away series. The second through fifth place teams in the Super League enter a play-off for the second Greek entry. In the play-off, the teams play each other in a home and away round robin. However, they do not all start with 0 points. Instead, a weighting system applies to the teams' standing at the start of the play-off mini-league. The team finishing fifth in the Super League will start the play off with 0 points. The fifth place team’s end of season tally of points is used to calculate the sum of the points that other teams will have. The point difference of each of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th team from the fifth place team is then divided by five (if the result is a decimal number it is then rounded to a full number, with .5 or more being rounded up) and the resulting number respectively for each team is the number of points with which they will start the mini-league. On 18 August 2017, Super League decided that they will not be held play-offs for 2017-2018. SeasonLeagueGreekCupEuropeOther competitionsSeason Top scorerDivisionPos.Pl.WDLGFGAPtsName(s)Goals1926–27Macedonia 2nd1st8701———Not HeldPlay off matches—440092—1927–28Macedonia FCA2nd————281015Not HeldPan. Chamxxxxxxxx1928–29Macedonia FCA2nd1082032818Not HeldPan. Cham1929–30Macedonia FCA3rd10604231812Not HeldEttiene8Pan. Chamxxxxxxxx1930–31Macedonia FCA2nd540119108Not HeldPan. Cham5th145272026121931–32Macedonia FCAxxxxxxxxSFPan. Cham7th145181825111932–33North GroupxxxxxxxxR16Pan. Chamxxxxxxxx1933–34North Group3rd623119107Not HeldPan. Chamxxxxxxxx1934–35North Group3rd63121087Not HeldPan. Cham1935–36Pan. Cham7th14347213211Not Held1936–37Macedonia FCA1st8602191112Not HeldPan. Cham2nd41033921937–38Macedonia FCA2nd12———311917Not HeldPan. Chamxxxxxxxx1938–39Macedonia FCA3rd10———281323FNorth Group3rd————221420Pan. Chamxxxxxxxx1939–40Macedonia FCA2nd10622221224QFNorth Group1st4211769Pan. Cham2nd200235—1940–41 No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1945 due to the World War II1941–42 1942–43 1943–441944–451945–46Macedonia FCA3rd10—————21Not HeldPan. Chamxxxxxxxx1946–47Macedonia FCA5th10———161318R16Pan. Chamxxxxxxxx1947–48Macedonia FCA1st10———2510283rThPan. Cham3rd40132751948–49Macedonia FCA2nd10———21925SFPan. Chamxxxxxxxx1949–50Macedonia FCA1st10———251726QFPan. Cham1950–51Macedonia FCA3rd10———181422FPan. Chamxxxxxxxx1951–52Macedonia FCA————————R16Pan. Cham1952–53Macedonia FCA4th10415111119R321953–54Macedonia FCA1st10910301029R16Kouiroukidis22Pan. Cham4th102351514171954–55Macedonia FCA1st1082028728FPan. Cham4th105052113201955–56Macedonia FCA1st1091031629R16SF Pan. Cham2nd641118515FS Pan. Cham4th103431313201956–57Macedonia FCA1st1062210824R32Pan. Cham4th189182825371957–58Macedonia FCA3rd1052316822R16Pan. Cham8th2251073238421958–59Macedonia FCA2nd1053214823QFPan. Cham8th18549143432In 1959 the Alpha Ethniki - the precursor of the current Super League - was set up as a national round-robin tournament.1959–60Alpha Ethniki7th3010911323259R32Kiourtzis191960–61Alpha Ethniki10th307158313359R32Vasiliadis91961–62Alpha Ethniki6th3012612324360R16Giakoumis121962–63Alpha Ethniki4th301389443464QFGiakoumis141963–64Alpha Ethniki8th3010713223056R16Symeonidis61964–65Alpha Ethniki8th3091011293358R16Charalampidis81965–66Alpha Ethniki6th3010911434959R32Inter-Cities Fairs CupR32Koudas141966–67Alpha Ethniki4th3013116362067R64Afentoulidis121967–68Alpha Ethniki9th3413714454067QFInter-Cities Fairs CupR48Afentoulidis 231968–69Alpha Ethniki5th3416108583776QFKoudas261969–70Alpha Ethniki5th3412175522575FSarafis211970–71Alpha Ethniki8th34121012383268FInter-Cities Fairs CupR64Aslanidis141971–72Alpha Ethniki5th3418106532780WApostolidis171972–73Alpha Ethniki2nd342743752492FCup Winners' CupR32Sarafis251973–74Alpha Ethniki4th3416117623243WCup Winners' CupQFCup of Greater GreeceWAslanidis211974–75Alpha Ethniki3rd341987732846SFCup Winners' CupR32Sarafis151975–76Alpha Ethniki1st302172601749R16UEFA CupR64Koudas / Anastasiadis151976–77Alpha Ethniki3rd3421103632752FEuropean CupR16Guerino181977–78Alpha Ethniki2nd3416144482446FCup Winners' CupR16Orfanos211978–79Alpha Ethniki4th341897732345R16Cup Winners' CupR32Guerino161979–80Alpha Ethniki5th3417710533341SFKostikos181980–81Alpha Ethniki4th3415127523142FKermanidis121981–82Alpha Ethniki3rd3418106552246SFCup Winners' CupR32Kostikos231982–83Alpha Ethniki4th3418610492842FUEFA CupR32Dimopoulos161983–84Alpha Ethniki5th3011136332935QFUEFA CupR32Dimopoulos111984–85Alpha Ethniki1st301983542646FDimopoulos171985–86Alpha Ethniki10th3010713333827AREuropean CupR32Skartados121986–87Alpha Ethniki5th301398392329R32Skartados81987–88Alpha Ethniki3rd301758602739R32Bannon / Borbokis91988–89Alpha Ethniki8th3011109343032QFUEFA CupFRSkartados121989–90Alpha Ethniki3rd341987492646R16Greek League CupFRSkartados171990–91Alpha Ethniki4th341699563938SFUEFA CupFRSkartados171991–92Alpha Ethniki4th3413138444439FUEFA CupR32Skartados181992–93Alpha Ethniki5th3417611523857R32UEFA CupFRĐurđević131993–94Alpha Ethniki5th3414911453851R16Luhový181994–95Alpha Ethniki3rd342059552965R32Zouboulis101995–96Alpha Ethniki14th34101113424638SFZouboulis181996–97Alpha Ethniki4th341996532866R16Frantzeskos161997–98Alpha Ethniki4th342176744170SFUEFA CupR32Frantzeskos221998–99Alpha Ethniki4th3419510523162R16UEFA Cup2QRFrantzeskos / Kafes81999–00Alpha Ethniki5th3415109644455R16UEFA CupSRFrousos182000–01Alpha Ethniki4th301497664851WUEFA CupR32Nalitzis192001–02Alpha Ethniki4th261466554548QFUEFA CupR32Georgiadis172002–03Alpha Ethniki4th301659593853WUEFA CupR32Georgiadis182003–04Alpha Ethniki3rd301866472760R16UEFA CupSRSalpingidis182004–05Alpha Ethniki5th3013710433946R32Champions League3QSalpingidis16UEFA CupFR2005–06Alpha Ethniki6th3013710443146R32UEFA CupGSSalpingidis20In 2006 Super League Greece was formed and replaced Alpha Ethniki as the top tier of the Greek football league system.2006–07Super League6th3013611322945QFMięciel152007–08Super League9th3010515293535R32Salmon52008–09Super League2nd301893391663QFBakayoko10play-offs4th6 2 0 4 5 9 92009–10Super League3rd301956411662QFEuropa LeaguePOIvić10play-offs2nd6 4 1 1 7 3 162010–11Super League4th3014610322948SFChampions League3QSalpingidis12play-offs3rd6 4 0 2 118 12Europa LeagueR322011–12Super League3rd301488452750QFEuropa LeagueR32Athanasiadis17play-offs5th6 2 1 3 3 6 72012–13Super League2nd301884461962SFEuropa LeaguePOAthanasiadis23play-offs2nd6 3 0 3 7 7 132013–14Super League2nd342167683769FChampions LeaguePOAthanasiadis17play-offs3rd6 3 2 1 8 4 10Europa LeagueR322014–15Super League3rd342059574265R32Europa LeagueGSAthanasiadis18play-offs5th6 0 2 4 1 6 42015–16Super League4th301398453245SFEuropa LeagueGSMak20play-offs2nd6 3 3 0 8 3 122016–17Super League2nd302046521961WChampions League3QPrijović10play-offs4th6 3 0 3 7 5 5Europa LeagueR322017–18Super League2nd302145591964WEuropa LeaguePOPrijović272018–19Super League1st302640661480WChampions LeaguePOPrijović18Europa LeagueGS2019–20Super League2nd3621105562773SFChampions League3QŚwiderski14Europa LeaguePO2020–21Super League2nd3618108603464WChampions LeaguePOTzolis16Europa LeagueGS2021–22Super League2nd3619710583364FConference LeagueQFKurtić182022–23Super League4th3619107573267FConference League2QBrandon122023–24Super League1st362556873480SFConference LeagueQFA. Živković192024–25Super League3rd3218410623758QFChampions League3QA. Živković12Europa LeagueKPO2025–26Super League3rd3218104592564FEuropa LeagueKPOGiakoumakis15

Notes A. The Panhellenic Championship not held on 1928-29, 1934–35, 1949–50, and 1951-52.

B. — , (n/a) = Stats missing.

C. x = PAOK did not participate.

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