1987–88 PAOK FC season
# 1987–88 PAOK FC season

The 1987–88 season was PAOK Football Club's 61st in existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round.

## Players

### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | GRE | Giannis Gitsioudis |
| — | GK | GRE | Apostolos Terzis |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Alavantas (captain) |
| — | DF | GRE | Apostolos Tsourelas |
| — | DF | GRE | Haris Baniotis |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Malioufas |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Karageorgiou |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitris Mitoglou |
| — | DF | GRE | Michalis Leontiadis |
| — | DF | GRE | Antonis Mavreas |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Tsiplakis |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Psarras |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Triantafyllidis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Skartados |
| — | MF | GRE | Thomas Siggas |
| — | MF | GRE | Lakis Papaioannou |
| — | MF | GRE | Kyriakos Alexandridis |
| — | MF | GRE | Sotiris Mavromatis |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Lagonidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Paschalis Seretis |
| — | FW | IRL | Paul Bannon |
| — | FW | GRE | Stefanos Borbokis |
| — | FW | GRE | Aris Karasavvidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Michalis Iordanidis |
| — | FW | YUG | Nikola Nikić |
| — | FW | GRE | Asterios Roussomanis |

## Transfers

### Transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Summer | MF | Paschalis Seretis | Xanthi | Loan return |
| Summer | MF | Kostas Lagonidis | Xanthi | ? |
| Summer | FW | Paul Bannon | NAC Breda | 10 million Dr. |
| Summer | FW | Nikola Nikić | Aris | Free |
| Winter | DF | Giannis Tsiplakis | Pandramaikos | ? |
| Winter | DF | Michalis Leontiadis | Pandramaikos | ? |
| Winter | DF | Antonis Mavreas | Kalamata | ? |
| Winter | DF | Nikos Triantafyllidis | Pontioi Veria | ? |

### Transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Summer | GK | Takis Pantelis | Panionios | Free |
| Summer | DF | Ivan Jurišić | | Released |
| Summer | MF | Peter Skouras | Diagoras | Free |
| Summer | MF | Vassilis Vasilakos | AEK | 10 million Dr. |
| Winter | DF | Giannis Psarras | Panachaiki | Free |
| Winter | DF | Haris Baniotis | Olympiacos | 80 million Dr. |
| Winter | Mgr. | Thijs Libregts | Olympiacos | 20 million Dr. |

## Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Alpha Ethniki | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 056.67 |
| Greek Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 057.58 |

Source: Competitions

### Managerial statistics

| Head Coach | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Head Coach | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Thijs Libregts | Start of season | 06.12.1987 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 054.55 |
| Michalis Bellis | 20.12.1987 | End of season | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 059.09 |

## Alpha Ethniki

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AEL (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 40 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | PAOK | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | OFI | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 37 | |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 36 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 15 May 1988 (1988-05-15). Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics

### Squad statistics

    As of May 15, 1988

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

| No. | No. | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| | | Giannis Gitsioudis | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Terzis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| | | Nikos Karageorgiou | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| | | Kostas Malioufas | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| | | Antonis Mavreas | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| | | Michalis Leontiadis | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| | | Apostolos Tsourelas | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| | | Dimitris Mitoglou | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| | | Haris Baniotis | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| | | Giannis Psarras | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | | Giannis Tsiplakis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | Nikos Triantafyllidis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | Nikos Alavantas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| | | Sotiris Mavromatis | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| | | Giorgos Skartados | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 |
| | | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 |
| | | Lakis Papaioannou | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| | | Thomas Siggas | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| | | Kostas Lagonidis | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| | | Paschalis Seretis | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| | | Stefanos Borbokis | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9 |
| | | Aris Karasavvidis | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| | | Paul Bannon | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 |
| | | Michalis Iordanidis | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
| | | Nikola Nikić | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| | | Asterios Roussomanis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | FW | Paul Bannon | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | | FW | Stefanos Borbokis | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | | MF | Giorgos Skartados | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | | MF | Kyriakos Alexandridis | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | | MF | Sotiris Mavromatis | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | | MF | Kostas Lagonidis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | FW | Aris Karasavvidis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | DF | Michalis Leontiadis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | FW | Michalis Iordanidis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | | MF | Lakis Papaioannou | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | DF | Haris Baniotis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | MF | Thomas Siggas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | DF | Nikos Karageorgiou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | DF | Antonis Mavreas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | DF | Kostas Malioufas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | DF | Dimitris Mitoglou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | DF | Giannis Psarras | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 60 | 4 | 64 |

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

