2025–26 PAOK FC season

PAOK
2025–26 season
PresidentIvan Savvidis
ManagerRăzvan Lucescu
StadiumToumba Stadium
Super League 12025–26 Super League Greece
Greek Cup2025–26 Greek Football Cup
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
All statistics correct as of 8 June 2025.

The 2025–26 PAOK FC season is the club's 100th season in existence and the club's 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the domestic league, PAOK are participating in this season's editions of the Greek Cup and in the Europa League. The season covers the period from 7 August 2025 to 30 June 2026.[1]

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Romania Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant Coach vacant
Goalkeeping Coach Portugal Jose Moreira
Head Fitness Coach Italy Matteo Spatafora
Fitness coach Italy Paolo Castorina
Rehabilitation Coach Greece Georgios Tsonakas

Last updated: 26 May 2025
Source:

Players

Current squad

As of 13 August 2025[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Czech Republic CZE Jiří Pavlenka
2 MF Guinea GUI Mady Camara
3 DF England ENG Jonjoe Kenny
5 DF Greece GRE Giannis Michailidis
6 DF Croatia CRO Dejan Lovren
7 FW Greece GRE Giorgos Giakoumakis (on loan from Cruz Azul)
8 MF France FRA Soualiho Meïté
9 FW Russia RUS Fyodor Chalov
10 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Pelkas
11 FW Brazil BRA Taison
14 MF Serbia SRB Andrija Živković
16 DF Poland POL Tomasz Kędziora
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Croatia CRO Luka Ivanušec (on loan from Feyenoord)
21 DF Ghana GHA Baba Rahman
23 DF Spain ESP Joan Sastre
25 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Thymianis
32 DF Scotland SCO Greg Taylor
47 FW England ENG Shola Shoretire
56 FW Greece GRE Anestis Mythou
65 MF Greece GRE Giannis Konstantelias
77 MF Bulgaria BUL Kiril Despodov
88 GK Georgia (country) GEO Luka Gugeshashvili
99 GK Greece GRE Antonis Tsiftsis
- MF Austria AUT Thomas Murg

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
3 DF England Jonjoe Kenny Germany Hertha BSC Free Transfer 20 June 2025 [3]
MF Austria Thomas Murg Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej Loan return 1 July 2025
MF Greece Lefteris Lyratzis Netherlands NEC Loan return 1 July 2025
MF Portugal Filipe Soares Portugal Farense Loan return 1 July 2025
MF Portugal André Ricardo Portugal Chaves Loan return 1 July 2025
88 GK Georgia (country) Luka Gugeshashvili Greece Panserraikos 1M 1 July 2025
32 DF Scotland Greg Taylor Scotland Celtic Free Transfer 1 July 2025 [4]
18 FW Croatia Luka Ivanušec Netherlands Feyenoord Loan 13 July 2025 [5]
7 FW Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis Mexico Cruz Azul Loan 13 August 2025 [6]
Total € 1,000,000.00

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
22 MF Austria Stefan Schwab Germany Holstein Kiel Free transfer 16 June 2025 [7]
20 DF Portugal Vieirinha Retired 30 June 2025 [8]
28 DF Poland Mateusz Wieteska Italy Cagliari End of loan 30 June 2025
FW Morocco Tarik Tissoudali United Arab Emirates Khor Fakkan 1,7M 2 July 2025 [9]
19 DF Spain Jonny Otto Spain Alavés Free transfer 2 July 2025 [10]
42 GK Croatia Dominik Kotarski Denmark Copenhagen €5M + 15% resale 9 July 2025 [11]
4 MF Peru Sergio Peña Peru Alianza Lima €315,000 9 July 2025 [12]
18 DF Mexico Jonathan Gómez Spain Albacete Loan 10 July 2025 [13]
DF Greece Lefteris Lyratzis Greece Panserraikos Loan 17 July 2025 [14]
45 DF Greece Marios Tsaousis Greece Panserraikos Free transfer 19 July 2025
MF Portugal Filipe Soares Portugal Nacional Free transfer 22 July 2025
MF Uruguay Nicolás Quagliata Peru Melgar Free transfer 22 July 2025
15 DF The Gambia Omar Colley Saudi Arabia Al-Diriyah Free transfer 23 July 2025
70 FW Tanzania Mbwana Samatta France Le Havre Free transfer 5 August 2025 [15]
71 FW Spain Brandon Thomas Cyprus Apollon Limassol Free transfer 6 August 2025 [16]
Total € 7,015,000.00

Pre-season and other friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friday, 11 July 2025 Friendly PAOK 2–0 Panserraikos Nea Mesimvria
18:30 EEST, UTC+03:00
  • Chatsidis 1'
  • Despodov 89'
 Stadium: PAOK Sport Center
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Wednesday, 16 July 2025 Friendly Ajax 2–1 PAOK Amsterdam
15:00 EEST, UTC+03:00
  • 29'
  • Bataoulas 71' (o.g.)
Stadium: De Toekomst
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Joey Kooij
Saturday, 19 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles 3–3 PAOK Zaltbommel
18:00 EEST, UTC+03:00
Stadium: Sportpark De Watertoren
Note: Two-hour game consisting of four 30 minute quarters
Wednesday, 23 July 2025 Friendly PAOK 3–1 Apollon Limassol Zaltbommel
18:00 EEST, UTC+03:00
113' Stadium: Sportpark De Watertoren
Note: Two-hour game consisting of four 30 minute quarters
Saturday, 26 July 2025 Friendly NEC 2–3 PAOK Zaltbommel
15:00 EEST, UTC+03:00 20' (pen.), 63'
Stadium: Sportpark De Watertoren
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Note: Two-hour game consisting of four 30 minute quarters

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League Greece 24 August 2025 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Greek Football Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Europa League 7 August 2025 Third qualifying round 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 050.00
Total 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 050.00

Source: Soccerway

Managerial statistics

Head Coach From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Romania Răzvan Lucescu 1 July 2025 Present 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 050.00

Last updated: 14 August 2025

Super League Greece

Main article: 2025–26 Super League Greece

Matches

Sunday, 24 August 2025 1 PAOK v AEL Thessaloniki
21:00 EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Sunday, 31 August 2025 2 PAOK v Atromitos Thessaloniki
21:00 EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba
3 OFI v PAOK Heraklion
EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
4 PAOK v Panetolikos Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba
5 Asteras Tripoli v PAOK Tripoli
EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis
6 PAOK v Olympiacos Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba
7 AEK v PAOK Athens
EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium
8 PAOK v Volos Thessaloniki
EEST, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Toumba
9 Panserraikos v PAOK Serres
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
10 Panathinaikos v PAOK Athens
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis
11 PAOK v Kifisia Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
12 Levadiakos v PAOK Livadeia
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
13 PAOK v Aris Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
14 Atromitos v PAOK Athens
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
15 PAOK v Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
16 Panetolikos v PAOK Agrinio
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
17 PAOK v OFI Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
18 Kifisia v PAOK
EET, UTC+02:00
19 PAOK v Panserraikos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
20 Aris v PAOK Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis
21 PAOK v AEK Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
22 AEL v PAOK Larissa
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: AEL FC Arena
23 PAOK v Asteras Tripoli Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
24 Olympiacos v PAOK Piraeus
EET, UTC+03:00 Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis
25 PAOK v Levadiakos Thessaloniki
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Toumba
5 Volos v PAOK Volos
EET, UTC+02:00 Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium

Results by round

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Ground
Result
Position
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Greek Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Greek Football Cup

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) First leg PAOK 0–0 Wolfsberger AC Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST
Report[17] Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 21,340[18]
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
14 August 2025 (2025-08-14) Second leg Wolfsberger AC 0–1 (a.e.t.)
(0–1 agg.)		 PAOK Klagenfurt
20:00 EEST Report[19]
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 6,720[20]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Note: Wolfsberger AC will play home matches at the Wörthersee Stadion, in Klagenfurt, instead of their regular venue, the Lavanttal-Arena, in Wolfsberg, which did not meet UEFA requirements.


Play-off round

21 August 2025 (2025-08-21) First leg Rijeka Croatia v Greece PAOK Rijeka, Croatia
21:45 EEST Report[21] Stadium: Stadion Rujevica
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
28 August 2025 (2025-08-28) Second leg PAOK Greece v Croatia Rijeka Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 EEST Report[22] Stadium: Toumba
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Statistics

Squad statistics

The squad was informed and the official page of PAOK FC.


As of 14 August 2025

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

No. Name Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Czech Republic Jiří Pavlenka 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Defenders
3 England Jonjoe Kenny 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
5 Greece Giannis Michailidis 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
16 Poland Tomasz Kędziora 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
21 Ghana Baba Rahman 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
32 Scotland Greg Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
23 Spain Joan Sastre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Greece Konstantinos Thymianis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
8 Austria Soualiho Meïté 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
65 Greece Giannis Konstantelias 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
2 Guinea Mady Camara 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 1 1 (1) 1
27 Russia Magomed Ozdoyev 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0
18 Croatia Luka Ivanušec 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0
10 Greece Dimitris Pelkas 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
Forwards
14 Serbia Andrija Živković 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
77 Bulgaria Kiril Despodov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Brazil Taison 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
9 Russia Fyodor Chalov 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
47 England Shola Shoretire 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
56 Greece Anestis Mythou 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 (2) 0
52 Greece Dimitrios Chatsidis 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0

Goalscorers

As of 14 August 2025

Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total
1 2 MF Guinea Camara 0 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 1 1

Clean sheets

As of 14 August 2025

Player League Cup EL Total Games played Percentage
Czech Republic Jiří Pavlenka 2 2 100,00%
Georgia (country) Luka Gugeshashvili %
Greece Antonis Tsiftsis %
Total 0 0 2 0 2 100,00%

Disciplinary record

As of 14 August 2025

S P N Name Super League Greek Cup Europa League Total
65 MF Greece Konstantelias 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
8 MF France Meïté 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
18 MF Croatia Ivanušec 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
27 MF Russia Ozdoyev 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
Players transferred out during the season

References

  1. ^ "2025/26 UEFA Europa League: Format, Dates, Draws, Final". UEFA. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ^ "First Team". Paokfc.gr.
  3. ^ "Jonjoe Kenny joins PAOK". 1 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Greg Taylor joins PAOK". 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Luka Ivanušec joins PAOK". 13 July 2025.
  6. ^ "George Giakoumakis joins PAOK". 13 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Thank you, Stefan". 16 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Thank you, Leader!". 11 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Thank you, Tarik". 2 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Thank you, Jonny". 2 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Thank you, Dom". 9 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Thank you, Sergio". 9 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Jonathan Gomez loaned to Albacete". 10 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Lyratzis joins Panserraikos". 17 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Thank you, Ally". 25 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Thank you, Brandon". 2 August 2025.
  17. ^ "PAOK vs Wolfsberger AC". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  18. ^ "PAOK vs. Wolfsberger AC" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Wolfsberger AC vs PAOK". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Wolfsberger AC vs. PAOK" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  21. ^ "Rijeka vs PAOK". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  22. ^ "PAOK vs Rijeka". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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