PAOK Football Club (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinopolitón, "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans"), 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 +PAOK FC honoursTypeCompetitionTitlesSeasonsDomesticSuper League Greece41975–76, 1984–85, 2018–19, 2023–24Greek Cup81971–72, 1973–74, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21RegionalMacedonia FCA Championship71936–37, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57Macedonia–Thrace FCA Championship11939–40

Double Winners (1): 2018–19

European competitions European Cup/UEFA Champions League Round of 16 (1): 1976–77 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Quarter-finalists (1): 1973–74 UEFA Europa League: Round of 24 (2): 2024–25, 2025–26 UEFA Conference League Quarter-finalists (2): 2021–22, 2023–24

Minor & Unofficial Titles Greater Greece Cup Winners (1): 1973 OPAP Summer League Winners (2): 1969, 1974

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, 70. 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 (17 September 1961 → 11 October 1964). Most consecutive league appearances: Nikos Michopoulos, 107 (19 February 1995 → 8 March 1998). Longest-serving player: Giorgos Koudas, 20 years, 5 months and 2 days (21 December 1963 → 23 May 1984). Most decorated player: Vieirinha, 5 trophies (2 Championships, 3 Cups) - Fernando Varela and José Ángel Crespo, 5 trophies (1 Championship, 4 Cups). Foreign player with most appearances: Vieirinha, 344. Most appearances as a substitute: Diego Biseswar, 97 (251 total apps). Most times subbed off: Dimitris Salpingidis, 133 (306 apps as a starter). +Players with most appearances for PAOK FCRankPlayerYearsLeagueCupEuropeTotal1 50470336072 1971–19853976928494 3 1970–198237659224574 1967–198135854214335 1966–197833643163956 19992002–20062010–201526236603587 Vieirinha2008–20122017–202525335563448 1982–199226559183429 1988–1999261621734110 1963–19661971–19792813519335

Most league appearances: RankNameApps 1 Giorgos Koudas 504 2 Kostas Iosifidis 397 3 Giannis Gounaris 376 4 Stavros Sarafis 358 5 Aristos Fountoukidis 336 6 Koulis Apostolidis 281 7 Giorgos Skartados 265 8 Dimitris Salpingidis 262 9 Giorgos Toursounidis 261 10 Vieirinha 253 11 Giannis Giakoumis 252 12 Giannis Nikolaidis 245 13 Toulis Mouratidis 244 14 Giannis Damanakis 242 15 Nikos Alavantas 240 16 Christos Terzanidis 23717 Giorgos Kostikos 233 Neto Guerino 233 Panagiotis Kermanidis 233 20 Kostas Lagonidis 228 21 Filotas Pellios 222 22 Mladen Furtula 216 23 Stefanos Borbokis 215 24 Leandros Symeonidis 213 25 Stefanos Athanasiadis 208 26 John Anastasiadis 203 27 Theodoros Zagorakis 200

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 (PAOK – Nea Genea Kalamaria 3–1, 12 December 1926). Most goals in a season: Aleksandar Prijović, 27 (during the 2017–18 season). Most league goals in a season: Giorgos Koudas, 20 (during the 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki). Most Greek Cup goals in a season: Dimitris Raptopoulos, 12 (during the 1958–59 Greek Cup). Most continental goals in a season: Robert Mak, 9 (during the 2015–16 season). 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 (during the 1981–82 season). Fastest hat-trick: Giorgos Kostikos, 15 minutes (Panachaiki – PAOK 0–3, 9 December 1984). Hat-trick of free kicks: Kostas Frantzeskos, 1 (PAOK – Kastoria 6–0, 25 May 1997). 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 (out of 33 attempts - 81.8% conversion rate). Most consecutive penalties scored: Achilleas Aslanidis and Neto Guerino, 9. Most goals scored in a game: Dimitris Raptopoulos, 6 (PAOK – AE Chalastra 10–1, Greek Cup, 21 December 1958). 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 (PAOK – Ionikos 6–0, 5 March 2023). Oldest goalscorer: Vieirinha, 38 years, 3 months and 22 days (PAOK – Panathinaikos 4–1, 15 May 2024).

Top goalscorers +Top goalscorers for PAOK FCRankPlayerYearsLeagueCupEuropeTotal1 1362671692 1963–1984133274164 3 19992002–20062010–2015909141134 1982–1992842441125 2007–20092010–20177115201066 Lampis Kouiroukidis1953–196080180987 Giorgos Kostikos1977–198678154978 1974–198366140809 1973–1981601237510 1968–1977501937211 2020–present4371969 1968–1976551136913 1980–1985481456714 1954–1969551106615 1963–19661971–19795111062 Giorgos Georgiadis1999–20032007–20084514362

*Bold indicates active player

Last updated: 13 September 2026

League top goalscorers: RankNameGoals 1 Stavros Sarafis 136 2 Giorgos Koudas 133 3 Dimitris Salpingidis 90 4 Giorgos Skartados 84 5 Giorgos Kostikos 78 6 Stefanos Athanasiadis 71 7 Neto Guerino 66 8 Panagiotis Kermanidis 60 9 Achilleas Aslanidis 55 10 Koulis Apostolidis 5111 Dimitris Paridis 50 Kostas Orfanos 50 13 Anestis Afentoulidis 49 14 Christos Dimopoulos 4815 Giorgos Georgiadis 45 Kostas Frantzeskos 45 17 Andrija Živković 4318 Giannis Giakoumis 41 19 Leandros Symeonidis 40 20 Kostas Lagonidis 37 21 Vieirinha 3622 Giorgos Toursounidis 35 Aleksandar Prijović 3524 Apostolos Vasiliadis 33 Paris Zouboulis 33 Noulis Charalampidis 33 27 Stefanos Borbokis 31

*Bold indicates active player

Last updated: 13 September 2026

Goalkeepers

Most minutes without conceding a goal: Alexandros Paschalakis, 971 - if stoppage time is included, 1008 (during the 2017–18 season). Most clean sheets: Mladen Furtula, 137 from 277 games (from 1975 to 1984). Most clean sheets in a season: Kostas Chalkias, 24 from 38 games (during the 2009–10 season). Most penalties saved: Dominik Kotarski, Nikos Michopoulos and Mladen Furtula, 7. Most penalties saved in a season: Dominik Kotarski, 3 (during the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons). Most penalty shoot-out saves: Mladen Furtula, 6. Most penalty shoot-out saves in a game: Giannis Gitsioudis, 4 (Sparti – PAOK 1–0 (aet, 0–2 pen.), Greek Cup, 20 December 1989).

Managerial records

First manager: Kostas Andreadis. Longest-serving manager by time: Răzvan Lucescu (7 seasons in total). Shortest-serving manager: Mario Beretta, 38 days (from June 14 to July 22, 2010). Most spells (not as caretaker): Angelos Anastasiadis, 4. Won a trophy both as a player and manager: Angelos Anastasiadis - 1 Cup (1974) and 1 Championship (1976) as a player, 1 Cup (2003) as a manager. Longest-serving manager by matches: Răzvan Lucescu, 361. Most wins: Răzvan Lucescu, 215. Highest winning percentage: Răzvan Lucescu, 59.5%. Most trophies: Răzvan Lucescu, 4 (2 Championships, 2 Cups).

Managers who won a domestic title with PAOK: NameLeagueCup Răzvan Lucescu2 (2019, 2024)2 (2018, 2019) Gyula Lóránt1 (1976) Walter Skocik1 (1985) Les Shannon2 (1972, 1974) Dušan Bajević1 (2001) Angelos Anastasiadis1 (2003) Vladimir Ivić1 (2017) Pablo García1 (2021)

Club records

Matches

Firsts

First match: (friendly) PAOK – Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki 2–1, 4 May 1926. First official match: (EPSM) PAOK – Nea Genea Kalamaria 3–1, 12 December 1926. First Panhellenic Championship final stage (1928–1959) 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: (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) PAOK – Wiener SC 2–1, 15 September 1965. (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) Rapid Wien – PAOK 0–0, 13 September 1972.

Wins

Record Panhellenic Championship final stage (1928–1959) win: PAOK – Panetolikos 7–1, 18 May 1955. Record league win: (Home) PAOK – Lamia 7–0, 16 February 2025. (Away) A.E. Kifisia – PAOK 0–6, 21 December 2023. Record Greek Cup win: (Home) PAOK – Atlantis Thessaloniki 11–0, 18 October 1959. (Away) Lamia – PAOK 1–9, 20 February 1985. Record European win: (Away) Locomotive Tbilisi – PAOK 0–7, UEFA Cup, 16 September 1999. (Domestic record) (Home) PAOK – Lokomotiva Zagreb 6–0, UEFA Europa League, 23 July 2015. Most wins in a season: 40 wins from 58 games (during the 2023–24 season). Most league wins in a season: 27 wins from 34 games (during the 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki). 26 wins from 30 games (during the 2018–19 Super League Greece). Fewest league wins in a season: 7 wins from 30 games (during the 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki). Most consecutive wins: 15 (during the 2017–18 season). Most consecutive home wins: 27 (8 November 1978 → 24 February 1980). Most consecutive league wins: 10 (during the 2017–18 Super League Greece). Most consecutive league wins from start of season: 8 (during the 2018–19 Super League Greece). Most consecutive Greek Cup wins at Toumba: 50 (16 April 1969 → 30 November 1988, PAOK had 1 draw and 1 defeat on Greek Cup home games held at other venues). Most consecutive continental wins: 6 (during the 2023–24 season). Biggest comeback win: PAOK – Spartak Trnava 5–3, UEFA Cup, 12 August 1997 (down 0–3 in the 27th minute).

Defeats Record Panhellenic Championship final stage (1928–1959) 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 (1951 and 1975), vs AEK Athens (1965 and 2002) and vs PAS Giannina (2010) Record European defeat: (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) Wiener SC – PAOK 6–0, 28 September 1965. (UEFA Cup) Barcelona – PAOK 6–1, 1 October 1975. Record European defeat at Toumba: (UEFA Champions League) PAOK – Benfica 1–4, 29 August 2018. Most league defeats in a season: 15 in 30 matches (during the 2007–08 Super League Greece). Fewest league defeats in a season: Unbeaten in 30 matches (during the 2018–19 Super League Greece). (Domestic record, shared with Panathinaikos) Most consecutive undefeated league games: 51 (11 March 2018 → 4 January 2020). Most consecutive undefeated Greek Cup games at Toumba: 80 (16 April 1969 → 31 January 1996, PAOK had 1 defeat on a Greek Cup home game held at Kaftanzoglio Stadium). Most consecutive defeats:

Goals Highest goals scored per game average in a season: 2.38 (during the 2000–01 season). Most goals scored in a season: 135 in 58 games (during the 2023–24 season). Most league goals scored in a season: 87 in 36 games (during the 2023–24 Super League Greece). Most league goals scored at home in a season: 60 in 17 games (during the 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki). Fewest league goals scored in a season: 22 in 30 games (during the 1963–64 Alpha Ethniki).