List of PAOK FC records and statistics

PAOK Football Club, commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki or PAOK, is a professional football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Established on 20 April 1926 by Greek refugees who fled to Thessaloniki from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), they play their home games at Toumba Stadium, with a capacity of 29,000 seats.
This list encompasses the major honours won by PAOK, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. The list also includes the attendance records at Toumba Stadium, the team's domestic records and an all-time summary table of results in European competitions.

Honours

Domestic

League Greece
*Winners : 1975–76, 1984–85, 2018–19, 2023–24
Greek Cup
*Winners : 1971–72, 1973–74, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Double
*Winners : 2018–19

Continental

UEFA Champions League
* Round of 16 : 1976–77Cup Winners' Cup:
* Quarter-finalists : 1973–74UEFA Europa League:
* Round of 24 : 2024–25UEFA Conference League
* Quarter-finalists : 2021–22, 2023–24

Regional

Macedonia FCA Championship:
*Winners : 1936–37, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57
Macedonia-Thrace FCA Championship:
*Winners : 1939–40

Other

Greater Greece Cup
*Winners : 1973

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances in all competitions: Giorgos Koudas, 607.
Most league appearances: Giorgos Koudas, 504.
Most Greek Cup appearances: Giorgos Koudas, 70.
Most Greek Cup final appearances: Giorgos Koudas, 9.
Most Continental appearances: Andrija Živković, 64.
Youngest debutant: Apostolos Tsourelas, 16 years, 6 months and 18 days.
Oldest first-team player: Vieirinha, 39 years, 3 months and 17 days.
Most consecutive appearances: Giannis Nikolaidis, 106.
Most consecutive league appearances: Nikos Michopoulos, 107.
Longest-serving player: Giorgos Koudas, 20 years, 5 months and 2 days.
Most decorated player: Vieirinha, 5 trophies - Fernando Varela and José Ángel Crespo, 5 trophies.
Foreign player with most appearances: Vieirinha, 344.
Most appearances as a substitute: Diego Biseswar, 97.
Most times subbed off: Dimitris Salpingidis, 133.

Rank

Player

Years

League

Cup

Europe

Total

sortname|Giorgos|Koudasnowrap|1963–1984

Goalscorers

Most goals in all competitions: Stavros Sarafis, 169.
Most league goals: Stavros Sarafis, 136.
Most Greek Cup goals: Giorgos Koudas, 27.
Most Continental goals: Stefanos Athanasiadis, 20.
First player to score for PAOK: Christoforos Pantermalis.
Most goals in a season: Aleksandar Prijović, 27.
Most league goals in a season: Giorgos Koudas, 20.
Most Greek Cup goals in a season: Dimitris Raptopoulos, 12.
Most continental goals in a season: Robert Mak, 9.
Most hat-tricks: Stavros Sarafis and Giorgos Kostikos, 4.
Most hat-tricks in a season: Giorgos Kostikos, 3 - with 1 hat-trick and 2 four-goal hauls.
Fastest hat-trick: Giorgos Kostikos, 15 minutes.
Hat-trick of free kicks: Kostas Frantzeskos, 1.
Most foot shot goals: Giorgos Koudas, 144.
Most headed goals: Stavros Sarafis, 51.
Most free kick goals: Kostas Frantzeskos, 32.
Most penalties scored: Giorgos Skartados, 27.
Most consecutive penalties scored: Achilleas Aslanidis and Neto Guerino, 9.
Most goals scored in a game: Dimitris Raptopoulos, 6.
Most goals scored as a substitute: Zvonimir Vukić and Nikos Frousos, 14.
Most seasons as team's leading goalscorer: Giorgos Skartados, 6.
Youngest goalscorer: Stefanos Tzimas, 17 years, 1 month and 26 days.
Oldest goalscorer: Vieirinha, 38 years, 3 months and 22 days.

Top goalscorers

Bold indicates active player

Last updated: 22 January 2026
League top goalscorers:

Rank

Name

Goals

Goalkeepers

Most minutes without conceding a goal: Alexandros Paschalakis, 971 - if stoppage time is included, 1008.
Most clean sheets: Mladen Furtula, 137 from 277 games.
Most clean sheets in a season: Kostas Chalkias, 24 from 38 games.
Most penalties saved: Dominik Kotarski, Nikos Michopoulos and Mladen Furtula, 7.
Most penalties saved in a season: Dominik Kotarski, 3.
Most penalty shoot-out saves: Mladen Furtula, 6.
Most penalty shoot-out saves in a game: Giannis Gitsioudis, 4.

Managerial records

First manager: Kostas Andreadis.
Longest-serving manager by time: Răzvan Lucescu .
Shortest-serving manager: Mario Beretta, 38 days.
Most spells : Angelos Anastasiadis, 4.
Won a trophy both as a player and manager: Angelos Anastasiadis - 1 Cup and 1 Championship as a player, 1 Cup as a manager.
Longest-serving manager by matches: Răzvan Lucescu, 327.
Most wins: Răzvan Lucescu, 200.
Highest winning percentage: Răzvan Lucescu, 61.1%.
Most trophies: Răzvan Lucescu, 4.

Managers who won a domestic title with PAOK:

Name

League

Cup

Club records

Matches

Firsts

First match: PAOK – Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki 2–1, 4 May 1926.
First official match: PAOK – Nea Genea Kalamaria 3–1, 12 December 1926.
First Panhellenic Championship final stage match: Olympiacos – PAOK 3–1, 1 February 1931.
First league match: PAOK – Megas Alexandros Katerini 3–2, 25 October 1959.
First Greek Cup match: PAOK – Meliteas 3–0, 27 September 1931.
First European match:

Wins

Record Panhellenic Championship final stage win: PAOK – Panetolikos 7–1, 18 May 1955.
Record league win:
Record Greek Cup win:
Record European win:
Most wins in a season: 40 wins from 58 games.
Most league wins in a season:
Fewest league wins in a season: 7 wins from 30 games.
Most consecutive wins: 15.
Most consecutive home wins: 27.
Most consecutive league wins: 10.
Most consecutive league wins from start of season: 8.
Most consecutive Greek Cup wins at Toumba: 50.
Most consecutive continental wins: 6.
Biggest comeback win: PAOK – Spartak Trnava 5–3, UEFA Cup, 12 August 1997.

Defeats

Record Panhellenic Championship final stage defeat: Panathinaikos – PAOK 7–1, 28 June 1931.
Record league defeat: Olympiacos – PAOK 6–0, 3 June 1962.
Record Greek Cup defeat: 4–0 on 5 occasions, vs Olympiacos, vs AEK Athens and vs PAS Giannina
Record European defeat:
Record European defeat at Toumba: PAOK – Benfica 1–4, 29 August 2018.
Most league defeats in a season: 15 in 30 matches.
Fewest league defeats in a season: Unbeaten in 30 matches.
Most consecutive undefeated league games: 51.
Most consecutive undefeated Greek Cup games at Toumba: 80.
Most consecutive defeats:

Goals

Highest goals scored per game average in a season: 2.38.
Most goals scored in a season: 135 in 58 games.
Most league goals scored in a season: 87 in 36 games.
Most league goals scored at home in a season: 60 in 17 games.
Fewest league goals scored in a season: 22 in 30 games.
Most league goals conceded in a season: 49 in 30 games.
Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 14 in 30 games.
Fewest league goals conceded at home in a season: 3 in 17 games. '
Most consecutive league games scoring: 69. '
Most consecutive league games scoring away: 35. ''''

Points

Most points in a season:
Fewest points in a season:
Most points in a European competition group stage: 16. '
Most points in the UEFA Europa League group stage: 12. '
Fewest points in the UEFA Europa League group stage: 3.

Attendances

Season ticket sales record: 22,154.
Highest league home attendance: 45,252.
Highest Greek Cup home attendance: 44,045.
Highest European home attendance: 45,200.
Lowest league home attendance: 381.
Lowest Greek Cup home attendance: 164.
Lowest European home attendance: 1,012.
Highest league away attendance: 74,232 ^* and 74,043 – Athens Olympic Stadium.
Highest Greek Cup away attendance: 48,104 – Athens Olympic Stadium.
Highest European away attendance: 73,174 – Old Trafford.
Lowest European away attendance: 668 – Victoria Stadium.
Highest neutral ground attendance: 72,240 – Athens Olympic Stadium.

^* Due to the International Amnesty Concert which was scheduled for the following day, some gates of the Athens Olympic Stadium were closed. Olympiacos had already acquired the tickets of those gates which were included in the attendance count.

Domestic records

Outline	Record
Double winners, going [List of unbeaten Association football\|football club seasons\|unbeaten] in a national round-robin league tournament.	2018–19 season
Champions, starting the season with a points deduction.	2018–19 Super League Greece
Worst league title defence.	10th place
Most consecutive league games scoring.	69
Most consecutive league games scoring away.	35
Fewest league goals conceded at home in a season.	3 in 17 games
Most seasons with a points deduction.	9
Most consecutive seasons with a points deduction.	4
Most league wins against Olympiacos.	48
Record league win against Olympiacos.	PAOK 6–1 Olympiacos – Serres Municipal Stadium
Record league away win against Olympiacos.	Olympiacos 0–4 PAOK – Karaiskakis Stadium
Away comeback win from 0–2 down against AEK Athens	AEK 2–3 PAOK – Agia Sophia Stadium
Winners of 3 consecutive Greek Cup finals against the same opponent.	2017, 2018 and 2019 Greek Cup finals
Winners of 2 consecutive Greek Cup finals that were held at the opponent's home ground.	2018 and 2019 Greek Cup finals
Greek Cup runners-up.	15 times
Biggest European win by a Greek football club.	Locomotive Tbilisi 0–7 PAOK
Most points in a European competition group stage.	16, 2023–24 UEFA Conference League
Consecutive continental away wins.	4
Won all away matches in the group stage of a European competition.	3
Most UEFA Europa League appearances.	30
Most consecutive UEFA Europa League appearances.	12
Most UEFA Conference League matches.	34

European record

Last updated: 29 January 2026