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Olympiacos–PAOK Rivalry
The football rivalry between Olympiacos and PAOK is considered the fiercest intercity rivalry in Greece and a large number of games between the two football teams have been stigmatized by nasty incidents. History Cultural rivalry Thessalonians feel that Athens in general and especially Piraeus has consistently been favored by the Greek State over their city and state and the fans of Thessalonian teams consider their Athenian and Piraeus rivals, the so-called Π.Ο.Κ., the main reason that their teams have been marginalized. Statistics Head-to-head Records *Record Alpha Ethniki win **Olympiacos ***Home: Olympiacos – PAOK 6–0, Karaiskakis Stadium, 3 June 1962(Psichos 40', 47', Sideris 76', 80', 81', 84' pen.) ***Away: PAOK – Olympiacos 0–4, Toumba Stadium, 27 January 1965(Botinos 20', Gioutsos 47', Aganian 59', Sideris 74') **PAOK ***Home: PAOK – Olympiacos 6–1, Serres Stadium, 6 December 1987( Bannon 5', Mavromatis 14', Siggas 18', Baniotis 41', Borbokis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Kick (association Football)
A penalty kick (commonly known as a penalty or a spot kick) is a method of restarting play in association football, in which a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal while it is defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper. It is awarded when an offence punishable by a direct free kick is committed by a player in their own penalty area. The shot is taken from the penalty mark, which is 11 m (12 yards) from the goal line and centred between the touch lines. Procedure The ball is placed on the penalty mark, regardless of where in the penalty area the foul occurred. The player taking the kick must be identified to the referee. Only the kicker and the defending team's goalkeeper are allowed to be within the penalty area; all other players must be within the field of play, outside the penalty area, behind the penalty mark, and a minimum of 9.15m (10 yd) from the penalty mark (this distance is denoted by the penalty arc). The goalkeeper is allowed to move before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Losanta
Julio Daniel Losada (born 16 June 1950 in Uruguay) is a former Uruguayan footballer most notable for his time spent at Greek club Olympiacos. He also played for C.A. Peñarol. At the age of 22, he made the trip to Piraeus and joined Olympiakos as yet another superstar of the Goulandris era. President of the club at the time, Goulandris was noted for signing star players; Losada being one of the largest. Together with teammate and French International striker Yves Triantafillos, Losada created one of the greatest attacking lines in Olympiacos history. Small in height, Losada was fierce from the right wing and quickly became a legend to the Olympiacos fans, who he played in front of for 8 seasons. Finishing his time with the Greek club in 1980, Losada played with the red and white shirt during 146 games, scoring 30 goals in the Greek First Division. He is second in the club's all time appearances for a foreign player behind Predrag Đorđević. Julio Losada was capped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michalis Kritikopoulos
Michalis Kritikopoulos ( el, Μιχάλης Κρητικόπουλος; 3 January 1946 – 20 July 2002) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Born in Kaisariani, Kritikopoulosa began playing football as a striker for local side G.S. Kaisariani in 1962. In 1964, he joined Ethnikos Piraeus F.C., where he would play for nine seasons. In 1973, Kritikopoulosa joined Olympiacos where he played until 1980, winning three Alpha Ethniki and one Greek Football Cup titles. He finished his career with Apollon Athens F.C., retiring in 1981 at age 35. All told, Kritikopoulos scored 175 league goals making him one of the league's all-time leading goal-scorers. Kritikopoulos made 28 appearances and scored three goals for the Greece national team from 1969 to 1977. He made his debut in a friendly against Australia on 19 July 1969. Personal life In 2002, Kritikopoulos died from a cardiac arrest whilst playing in a friendly match for Olympiacos' veterans in Andr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Persidis
Peter Persidis (8 March 1947 – 21 January 2009) was an international Austrian footballer. Career His father Kostas Persidis was also a footballer in Greece. He played at Proodeftiki F.C. (1937-1939) and Aris Piraeous (1943-1944). Persidis started his professional career at First Vienna, than returned to his father's home country in the early 1970s, and went on to win three Greek titles with Olympiacos prior to returning to Vienna in 1975 to play for SK Rapid Wien. A sweeper, and the club's captain from 1978 to 1980, he won the 1981–82 Austrian title with Rapid under Hickersberger. Coaching career He coached VSE St. Pölten. He also later worked as Josef Hickersberger Josef Hickersberger (born 27 April 1948) is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austria national football team and Austrian club side Rapid Wien. Club career Hickersberger was born in Amstetten, Austria. He started hi ...'s assistant at Rapid and was briefly the club's caretaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neto Guerino
Guerino Minervino Neto (born 24 March 1950 in São Paulo), commonly known as Neto Guerino, is a Brazilian former football player who played as a striker. Guerino played for Clube Atlético Mineiro and Nacional Futebol Clube in the Campeonato Brasileiro, before moving abroad to play in Greece. He had a very successful career in Greece and specifically Thessaloniki, playing there for almost thirteen years. His biggest success was with PAOK FC, being a key member of the squad that won the 1976 Greek championship, scoring 11 goals in 30 games. In 1984, he left PAOK for Apollon Kalamarias and played for two years before retiring. Honours ;PAOK *Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...: 1975–76 References External linksbio [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgos Koudas
Giorgos Koudas ( el, Γιώργος Κούδας; born 23 November 1946) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent his entire career in PAOK. Due to his fierce competitiveness and his Macedonian heritage, his nickname was ''Alexander the Great''. Playing career Club Born in Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Koudas began playing football for PAOK where he made his first-team debut in December 1963, aged 17. Koudas, nicknamed ''Alexander the Great'', spent his entire football career with PAOK, making 504 appearances in the Alpha Ethniki from 1963 to 1984, and 607 appearances in all competitions (PAOK all-time records). Koudas won two out of nine Greek Cup finals he appeared in and in the 1972 Cup final, he scored both goals as PAOK defeated Panathinaikos 2–1 and earned their first domestic title in club's history. During the summer of 1966, Olympiacos unsuccessfully tried to acquire Koudas from PAOK, approaching him directly without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christos Terzanidis
Christos Terzanidis ( el, Χρήστος Τερζανίδης; born 13 February 1945) is a retired Greek footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Melissokomeio in Kavala, Terzanidis played for PAOK F.C. and Panathinaikos F.C. He was a significant member of the PAOK wonder-team during the seventies. He won three major titles with PAOK scoring a total of 20 goals, then moved to Panathinaikos before he finally closed his career in Makedonikos F.C. He earned 27 caps and scored 1 goal for the Greece national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1980. Honours ;PAOK *Greek Cup: 1972, 1974 *Greek Championship: 1976 ;Panathinaikos *Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being t ...: 1977 References External links * 1945 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
Panagiotis Tsalouchidis ( el, Παναγιώτης Τσαλουχίδης; born 30 March 1963) is a Greek former footballer who played professionally from 1983 to 1999 for Veria, Olympiacos and PAOK, making 500 league appearances in Greek football. Tsalouchidis also represented Greece at international level, earning 76 caps between 1987 and 1995, and representing his nation at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He is sometimes referred to by his diminutive Giotis (Γιώτης). Post-playing career On 26 August 2015, Tsalouchidis was appointed as team manager of Veria. The former club player, who's also considered as a club legend, joined his former team, replacing Giorgos Lanaris Georgios Lanaris ( gr, Γεώργιος Λαναρής; born 26 June 1979) is a Greek former footballer best known for his time with his hometown club Veria F.C. as a forward. Club career Pontioi Veria Lanaris loved football from a very young a .... References External links * Profile at PlayerHisto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanos Borbokis
Stefanos Borbokis ( el, Στέφανος Μπορμπόκης; born 1 September 1966) is a Greek former footballer. He is the brother of Vassilis Borbokis who also played for PAOK FC. Club career Borbokis began his career at PAOK FC in 1986 and became an influential part of the team playing 214 Alpha Ethniki games and scoring 32 goals. The 1987/88 season was by far his best season scoring 10 goals helping PAOK finish 3rd. That season he scored a goal in a 3–1 win against arch city rivals Aris FC, another goal in a 4–1 win against Panathinaikos and a double in a 6–1 win against Olympiakos (PAOK's biggest ever victory against the reds). The following 1988/89 season he scored a historic winner in PAOK's only ever win against Olympiakos (0-1) at the Athens Olympic Stadium. He also debuted in the UEFA Cup that season against Diego Maradona's Napoli FC, losing 2–1 on aggregate to the eventual 1988/89 Uefa Cup champions. In the 1991/92 Uefa Cup Borbokis scored the winner agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haris Baniotis
Charis Baniotis ( el, Χάρης Μπανιώτης; born 27 March 1960) is a retired Greece, Greek football defender. His nephew is Konstantinos Baniotis. References 1960 births Living people Greek men's footballers PAOK FC players Panthrakikos F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players Super League Greece players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Komotini {{Greece-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Siggas
Thomas Singas ( el, Θωμάς Σίγγας; born 5 September 1958) is a retired Greek football midfielder. Honours * Greek Championship: :: 1984–85 References 1958 births Living people Greek footballers Naoussa F.C. players PAOK FC players Apollon Pontus F.C. players Panserraikos F.C. players Super League Greece players Association football midfielders Footballers from Naousa, Imathia {{Greece-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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