2020–21 PAOK FC season explained

The 2020–21 PAOK FC season was the club's 95th season in existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, PAOK participated in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

On 23 May 2021, PAOK defeated league champions Olympiacos in the Greek Cup Final to win the domestic cup for the 8th time in club history.^[1]

Players

Current squad

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Transfers

Players in

As of 30 January 2021

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Players Out

As of 26 March 2021

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^[14] (40% of the transfer fee to Arsenal)

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^{[22] [23]} Total spending: €6,600,000

Total income: €8,800,000

Net income €2,200,000

Competitions

Managerial statistics

Head Coach	From	To	Record
Abel Ferreira	25 August 2020	29 October 2020
Pablo García	30 October 2020	26 May 2021

Last updated: 27 May 2021

Super League Greece

See main article: 2020–21 Super League Greece.

League table

Matches

Results by round

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion.^[24]

Greek Football Cup

See main article: 2020–21 Greek Football Cup.

Final

See main article: 2021 Greek Football Cup final.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying round and Play-off round

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Europa League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[25]

Statistics

Squad statistics

! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Defenders|-! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Midfielders|-! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Forwards|-! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Players transferred out during the season|-|}

Goalscorers

As from 22 May 2021

width=5		width=5		width=5		width=170	Player	width=30	Super League	width=30	Greek Cup	width=30px	Champions League	width=30px	Europa League	width=50	Total
1	11	FW	Tzolis	6	5	2	3	16
2	14	FW	A. Živković	10	1	1	2	14
3	9	FW		11	0	0	0	11
4	22	MF	Schwab	7	1	0	1	9
	27	FW		4	5	0	0	9
6	4	DF	Ingason	5	1	0	0	6
7	20	DF	Vieirinha	4	1	0	0	5
8	10	MF	Murg	2	1	0	1	4
9	7	MF	El Kaddouri	2	0	1	0	3
	8	MF	Warda	3	0	0	0	3
11	10	MF	Pelkas	0	0	2	0	2
	5	DF	Varela	1	0	0	1	2
	32	MF	Ninua	1	1	0	0	2
14	25	FW	Čolak	1	0	0	0	1
	33	MF	Douglas Augusto	1	0	0	0	1
	23	DF		0	0	1	0	1
	15	DF	Crespo	1	0	0	0	1
	51	MF	align=left		0	1	0	0	1
	2	DF	align=left		0	1	0	0	1
	21	DF	align=left		1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL				60	17	8	8	93

Clean sheets

As of 22 May 2021

Player	League	Cup	CL	EL	Total	Games played	Percentage
Alexandros Paschalakis	6	1	0	1	8	25	32,00%
Živko Živković	7	1	0	1	9	28	32,14%
Total	13	2	0	2	17	53	32,08%

Disciplinary record

As of 22 May 2021

			Name	Super League			Cup			Champions League			Europa League			Total
7	AM		Omar El Kaddouri	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	1
31	GK		Alexandros Paschalakis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF		José Ángel Crespo	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
33	DF		Douglas Augusto	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	0	0
88	GK		Živko Živković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Fernando Varela	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	DF		Sverrir Ingason	7	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0
9	FW		Karol Świderski	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
49	DF		Giannis Michailidis	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
11	FW		Christos Tzolis	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	DF		Rodrigo Soares	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF		Enea Mihaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Stefan Schwab	9	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
14	FW		Andrija Živković	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	0	0
32	MF		Nika Ninua	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Thomas Murg	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
51	MF		Theocharis Tsingaras	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
20	MF		Vieirinha	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
97	FW		Lazaros Lamprou	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	FW		Michael Krmenčík	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
16	DF		Adrian Pereira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Amr Warda	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
23	MF		Shinji Kagawa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	DF		Baba Rahman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	DF		Lefteris Lyratzis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	AM		Dimitris Pelkas	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	MF		Diego Biseswar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Dimitris Giannoulis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0
24	MF		Anderson Esiti	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
25	FW		Antonio Čolak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
98	FW		Léo Jabá	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Moussa Wagué	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Notes and References

1. News: Paok win Greek cup final over Olympiakos . 24 May 2021 . Greek City Times . 23 May 2021.
2. Web site: First Team . paokfc.gr.
3. Web site: Υπέγραψε ο Ουάρντα στον ΠΑΟΚ. www.gazzetta.gr.
4. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ: Ο Λάζαρος Λάμπρου επιστρέφει στην ομάδα | Cityportal.gr. 30 December 2020.
5. Web site: Officieel: Club leent Michael Krmencik uit aan PAOK (zonder aankoopoptie). 4 January 2021. sporza.be.
6. Web site: Shinji Kagawa joins PAOK. 27 January 2021.
7. Web site: Baba Rahman joins PAOK. 30 January 2021.
8. Web site: Παίκτης του ΠΑΟΚ ο Βλάντιμιρ Μπράντονιτς. 31 January 2021.
9. Web site: Επίσημα στην Τβέντε ο Λάμπρου. 31 July 2020.
10. Web site: Ελεύθερος από τον ΠΑΟΚ στο Βόλο ο Συμεών Παπαδόπουλος!. www.metrosport.gr.
11. Web site: Ποδοσφαιριστής του ΟΦΗ ο Γκαργκαλατζίδης. 21 August 2020. Ofi FC.
12. Web site: Στα "ασπρόμαυρα" ο Διαμαντής. 23 August 2020. Ofi FC.
13. Web site: ypegrapse-o-melissas. August 23, 2020. el.
14. Web site: Boro Sign Striker Chuba Akpom | Middlesbrough FC. www.mfc.co.uk.
15. Web site: Σ' ευχαριστούμε Δημήτρη. 21 September 2020.
16. Web site: Thank you Dimitris. 5 October 2020.
17. Web site: Και επίσημα στον ΟΦΗ ο Μπαλογιάννης. www.metrosport.gr.
18. Web site: Γαϊτανίδης, Μανιώτης & Μαρίνος στον ΛΕΒΑΔΕΙΑΚΟ - Levadiakos FC | ΠΑΕ ΛΕΒΑΔΕΙΑΚΟΣ | Official Site. 6 October 2020.
19. Web site: Παίκτης του Άρη για δύο χρόνια ο Κάτσε. Επιμέλεια: Δημήτρης Σαμόλης Δημοσίευση: 03. Οκτ 2020 12:09. www.sport24.gr.
20. Web site: Λέο Μάτος: "Ήταν η ιδανική στιγμή να αποχωρήσω". www.gazzetta.gr.
21. Web site: ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ: Στα ΓΑΛΑΖΙΑ ο Μπισεσβάρ! (ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ). Κατερίνα. Κυριάκου. 19 January 2021. 21 March 2023.
22. Web site: "Αυτή είναι η οψιόν αγοράς του Τσόλακ από τη Μάλμε". www.metrosport.gr. 21 March 2023.
23. Web site: "Στη Βάσκο Ντα Γκάμα ο Λέο Ζαμπά". 25 March 2021.
24. Web site: Greek Superleague Fixtures 2020–21 . slgr.gr. 2020-02-08.
25. Web site: 2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know. 17 June 2020. 4 July 2020. UEFA.com.