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1972–73 PAOK FC Season
The 1972–73 season was PAOK FC, PAOK Football Club's 47th in existence and the club's Superleague Greece#Seasons in Alpha Ethniki and Superleague Greece, 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round, and also faced SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien in the 1972–73 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round. Players Squad Transfers ;Players transferred in Kit Pre-season Competitions Overview Alpha Ethniki Standings Results summary Results by round Matches Greek Cup First round Second round Third round Quarter–finals Semi–finals Final UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round Statistics Squad statistics ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" , Goalkeepers , - ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-alig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PAOK FC
PAOK FC (, ), short for "Pan-Thessalonian Sports club, Athletic Club of Constantinople, Constantinopolitans" (), and commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki, PAOK Salonika or simply PAOK, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. PAOK are one of the top domestic clubs, the most widely supported in Northern Greece. Established on 20 April 1926 by Greek refugees who fled to Thessaloniki from Istanbul, Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), they play their home games at Toumba Stadium, a 29,000 seating capacity football ground. Their name, along with the club's emblem, the Roman Empire, Byzantine-style double-headed eagle with retracted wings, honours the memory of the people and places (mostly from the city of Constantinople) that once belonged to the Eastern Roman Empire. PAOK currently plays in the top-flight Super League Greece, Super League, which they have won four times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michalis Bellis
Michalis Bellis (; born 1 February 1940) is a Greek retired football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ... and later manager. References 1940 births Living people Greek men's footballers Polykastro F.C. players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Panathinaikos F.C. players Panachaiki F.C. players PAOK FC players Super League Greece players Men's association football defenders Greece men's international footballers Greek football managers Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) managers A.S. Rodos managers Kavala F.C. managers Makedonikos F.C. managers PAOK FC managers Apollon Kalamarias F.C. managers Footballers from Thessaloniki 20th-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Drachma
The drachma ( ) was the official currency of modern Greece from 1832 until the launch of the euro in 2001. First modern drachma The drachma was reintroduced in May 1832, shortly before the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece. It replaced the ''phoenix (currency), phoenix'' at par. The drachma was subdivided into 100 Greek lepton, lepta. Coins The first coinage consisted of copper denominations of 1 lepton, 2 lepta, 5 lepta and 10 lepta, silver denominations of drachma, drachma, 1 drachma and 5 drachmae and a gold coin of 20 drachmae. The drachma coin weighed 4.5g and contained 90% silver, with the 20 drachmae coin containing 5.8g of gold. In 1868, Greece joined the Latin Monetary Union and the drachma became equal in weight and value to the French franc. The new coinage issued consisted of copper coins of 1, 2, 5 and 10 lepta, with the 5- and 10-lepton coins bearing the names ''obolos'' () and ''diobolon'' (), respectively; silver coins of 20 lepta, 50 lepta, 1 drachma, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthi F
Xanthi is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi (regional unit), Xanthi regional unit of the modern regions of Greece, region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountains, Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided by the Kosynthos River, into the west part, where the old and the modern town are located, and the east part that boasts a rich natural environment. The "Old Town of Xanthi" is known throughout Greece for its distinctive architecture, combining many Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine Greek churches with neoclassicism, neoclassical mansions of Greek merchants from the 18th and 19th centuries and Ottoman-Era mosques. Other landmarks in Xanthi include the Archaeological Museum of Abdera, Thrace, Abdera and the Greek Folk Art Museum. Xanthi is famous throughout Greece (especially Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia and Western Thrace, Thrace) for its annual spring Xanthi Carnival, carnival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korinthos F
Corinth ( ; , ) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece. The successor to the ancient city of Corinth, it is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is the capital of Corinthia. It was founded as Nea Korinthos (), or New Corinth, in 1858 after an earthquake destroyed the existing settlement of Corinth, which had developed in and around the site of the ancient city. History Corinth derives its name from Ancient Corinth, a city-state of antiquity. The site was occupied from before 3000 BC. Ancient Greece Historical references begin with the early 8th century BC, when ancient Corinth began to develop as a commercial center. Between the 8th and 7th centuries, the Bacchiad family ruled Corinth. Cypselus overthrew the Bacchiad family, and between 657 and 585 BC, he and his son Periander r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Mantzourakis
Giannis Mantzourakis (; born 6 June 1949) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Early life Born in Romania to a Greek father and Romanian mother. His father an ethnic Greek and communist fighter was a refugee from the Greek civil war, who lived in Bucharest, right after the second World war. Mantzourakis speaks fluent Romanian and he also holds a Romanian citizenship. Club career Mantzourakis began his youth football career with Şcoala Sportivă 2 București where he met Mircea Lucescu who was three years older than him. He made his senior debut in Cluj-Napoca the birthplace of his mother playing for CFR Cluj in the Romanian Second Division in 1967. Mantzourakis helped his side to get promoted to the Romanian First Division becoming the team's top goalscorer in the 1968–69 season. Right after their promotion, Mantzourakis left Cluj to play for Rapid Bucharest. In the same year he played for the Olympic team of Romania under head coach Dumitru Teodor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Paridis
Dimitris Paridis (; 20 September 1945 – 22 August 2015) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward. Career Paridis was born in Agios Andreas Kavala, to a family that hailed from Nicopolis in Pontus. He first started playing football for Keravnos Agios Andreas, a local football team in Kavala. In 1961, he debuted for AEK Kavala which later merged with other teams in that city to form Kavala. After two seasons in the Second Division he transferred to PAOK in the summer of 1968. He played with PAOK at 183 championship games scoring 49 goals. With PAOK he was won 2 Greek Cups (1972, 1974) and 1 Greek Championship (1976). He ended his career in 1977. Personal Paridis died after a long battle with cancer at age 69. The stadium of Agios Andreas Kavala is named in his honor. Honours PAOK * Alpha Ethniki: 1975–76 * Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achilleas Aslanidis
Achilleas Aslanidis (; born 5 January 1950) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 11 appearances for the Greece national team between 1973 and 1975. Honours Club ;PAOK *Alpha Ethniki (1): 1975–76 *Greek Cup (2): 1971–72, 1973–74 ; Panathinaikos *Alpha Ethniki (1): 1976–77 *Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ... (1): 1976–77 References * * 1950 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Super League Greece players PAOK FC players Panathinaikos F.C. players Footballers from Thessaloniki 20th-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgos Paraschos
Georgios Paraschos (; born 23 August 1952) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Club career Paraschos began his career from the youth academy of PAOK in 1967. He became a professional player in 1971 and played with the Kastoria team until 1985, making appearances for the club in the Alpha Ethniki. He most prominently captained Kastoria to a shock win over the flamboyant and heavily favoured side Iraklis Thessaloniki in the 1979-80 Greek Football Cup, 1980 Greek Cup final. International career Paraschos had four caps for with Greece national football team, Greece between 1977 and 1980. Managerial career As a coach, Paraschos started in 1985, but as an amateur, in 1989–90 in Greek football, 1989 he coached Kastoria F.C., Kastoria (Beta Ethniki, 2nd Division) until 1991–92 in Greek football, 1992. After that he coached teams such as: Trikala F.C., Trikala, Anagennisi Karditsa F.C., Anagenissi Karditsa, Kavala F.C., Kavala, Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki), I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christos Terzanidis
Christos Terzanidis (; 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 ...: 1977 References External links * 1945 births Living people Footballers from Kavala Greek Macedonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koulis Apostolidis
Kyriakos "Koulis" Apostolidis (Greek: Κυριάκος "Κούλης" Αποστολίδης; born 3 March 1946) is a Greek former footballer. He began his career in the North American Soccer League and finished it with PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece. Apostolidis lead the NASL in goals in 1971 and later earned six caps with the Greece national football team. He has also coached in the Greek First Division, most recently with PAOK Thessaloniki FC. Playing Youth and college Apostolidis joined PAOK in 1959 making his debut with the first team in 1963. In 1964, he left for studies in the United States. Apostolidis attended University of San Francisco where he played on men's soccer team under coach Stephen Negoesco from 1964 to 1967 and The Greek Americans A.C. in the San Francisco amateur soccer league His senior year, he was selected as a first team All American. Professional In 1968, Apostolidis signed with the Vancouver Royals of the North American Soccer League. The Royals fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
