The Derby of Thessaloniki, Derby of Macedonia, or Derby of Northern Greece, is a

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local rivalry between

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and PAOK, both of which are based in

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, Macedonia,

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. Aris play their home games at the

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district of eastern Thessaloniki, while PAOK are based at the

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in the neighbouring

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district. The two stadiums are 1.54 km apart.

History

Social rivalry

The rivalry between these two

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can be traced back to the

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, where a rivalry began between

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local

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(Αris fans) and

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(PAOK fans). These refugees were mostly

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migrants from

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and

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. They settled in the region of Macedonia after the

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in 1923. The antagonism between those social groups has been expressed in many ways and one of them was football.

Football rivalry

Aris were founded in 1914 and PAOK in 1926. On 12 June 1927, the first derby of Thessaloniki took place, ending with a 2–1 PAOK victory. Up to 1959, the two teams were fighting for the Macedonia Football Clubs Association (EPSM) local championship title and they also met some times in the final stage of the

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. In 1959, the ''Alpha Ethniki'' - the precursor of the current

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- was set up as a national round-robin tournament. Aris vs PAOK rivalry has continued to grow more and more heated over the years as the two clubs battle for supremacy in

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Other rivalries

Aris and PAOK are traditional rivals in other sports as well, especially

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, where in the 1980s they were competing for the

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Statistics

Head-to-head

¹ Including play-off games *Record Alpha Ethniki win ** Aris *** Home: Aris – PAOK 5–1,

(27 February 1966)
( Alexiadis 24', Psifidis 43', Chatzikostas 65' pen., Siropoulos 69', 75' – Koudas 60' pen.) *** Away: PAOK – Aris 1–4,

(30 August 1998)
(

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63' – Charisteas 15', 54', Koulakiotis 68' o.g., Panopoulos 73') ** PAOK *** Home: PAOK – Aris 5–0,

(16 February 1975)
( Paridis 23', Koudas 28', 51', Tsilingiridis 66', Sarafis 87') *** Away: Aris – PAOK 0–4,

(7 December 1994)
( Toursounidis 22', 57', Lagonidis 61', Bociek 90'+2') *Bigger grade difference ** Aris *** Point system 3–2–1: +8 (75 vs 67), 1967–68 *** Point system 2–1–0: +6 (47 vs 41), 1979–80 and (33 vs 27), 1985-86 *** Point system 3–1–0: +15 (50 vs 35), 2007–08 ** PAOK *** Point system 3–2–1: +23 (92 vs 69), 1972–73 *** Point system 2–1–0: +16 (46 vs 30), 1984-85 *** Point system 3–1–0: +47 (69 vs 22), 2013–14 *Attendance records in Alpha Ethniki ** Aris home: ***27,000 Aris – PAOK 1–0,

(25 March 1979) ***26,000 Aris – PAOK 0–1,

(16 November 1980) ***24,589 Aris – PAOK 2–0,

(7 October 1979) ** PAOK home: ***44,486 PAOK – Aris 1–0,

(28 January 1973) ***42,795 PAOK – Aris 2–0,

(3 February 1980) ***42,296 PAOK – Aris 2–2,

(22 February 1976)

Match list

Super League Greece (1959 — present)

¹ PAOK in 7th place and Aris in 8th place, due to better goal average in regular season. •There were no games in 1997–98 , 2005–06 , 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2017–18 seasons due to the relegation of Aris to lower divisions.

Greek Cup

¹ The original match was played on 26 March 1950 at Sintrivani Stadium. It was interrupted in the 85th minute, while Aris were leading by 1–0. ² Match suspended at 89th minute because Aris players started a fight with the referee. ³ Final group standings: PAOK 7 (q), Ergotelis 4 (q), Aris 4, Aittitos Spata 1.
• Series won: Aris 7, PAOK 9.

Top scorers

Including all the Alpha Ethniki and Greek Cup games since 1959–60. *Three goals for Aris: Petkakis,

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, Kouis, Zelilidis Cámpora and Aganzo. *Three goals for PAOK: Fountoukidis, Apostolidis, Paridis, Orfanos, Borbokis, Lagonidis, Zouboulis, Yiasoumi and Athanasiadis. * Giorgos Koutsis has scored once for Aris against PAOK and once for PAOK against Aris.

Head-to-head ranking in Super League Greece

• Total: PΑΟΚ 45 times higher, Aris 18 times higher.

European records

Aris

PAOK

Last updated: 11 August 2022

Men in both teams

References

External links

Footballderbies.com
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