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1996–97 PAOK FC Season
The 1996–97 season was PAOK Football Club's 70th in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in third round. Players Squad Transfers ;Players transferred in ;Players transferred out Kit Pre-season Competitions Overview Managerial statistics Alpha Ethniki Standings Results summary Results by round Matches Greek Cup Third round Round of 16 Statistics Squad statistics ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" , Goalkeepers , - ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" , Defenders , - ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" , Midfielders , - ! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" , Forwards , - ...
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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 ...
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Panagiotis Katsouris
Panagiotis Katsouris (, 28 October 1976 – 9 February 1998) was a Greek football player. He played for Naoussa F.C. and PAOK FC until his sudden death in a car accident outside Thessaloniki. He was 21 years old. Career Katsouris began his professional career in Naoussa where he transferred from Academy Platonas Athens at age 17, making his debut in the First Division in 1993, with Naoussa being relegated that season. After two seasons in the Second Division he transferred to PAOK in the summer of 1996, along with major players such as Theodoros Zagorakis, Paris Zouboulis, Alexis Alexiou, Giorgos Toursounidis and Zisis Vryzas. Katsouris made his debut that season in a match against OFI in the Greek League and scored his first goal in a 1–0 victory over Athinaikos. By the end of his first season he had played in 21 league games, scoring 1 goal. He played a total of 29 games with PAOK, of which 24 were League appearances, 4 were Cup appearances and one was in the UEFA ...
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Giorgos Hatzizisis
Georgios Chatzizisis (; born 4 June 1978) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back 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 .... External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatzizisis, Georgios 1978 births Living people Greek men's footballers Super League Greece players PAOK FC players Kavala F.C. players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players Olympiacos Volos F.C. players S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players Men's association football fullbacks Greece men's international footballers People from Velventos Footballers from Western Macedonia ...
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Leszek Pisz
Leszek Pisz () (born 18 December 1966 in Dębica) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In 1995, he was voted the Polish Footballer of the Year. History Pisz arrived at Legia Warsaw in 1986 from Igloopol Dębica. At first, he was a substitute, but later he became a star of the team. He was known as a free-kicks specialist, scoring many goals from dead-ball situations. In 1995, Legia won the Ekstraklasa title and qualified for the Champions League, where the team made it to the quarterfinals. Pisz performed admirably in Legia's first group match against Rosenborg, scoring two goals, including the tying goal for Legia. That made him the first player to score for a Polish team during Champions League group stages. Pisz later moved to Greece, before returning to Poland and ending his career in 2002. Honours Legia Warsaw * Ekstraklasa: 1993–94, 1994–95 * Polish Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95 * Polish Super Cup The P ...
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Spyros Marangos
Spyros Marangos (born 20 February 1967) is a Greek football coach and former player. Career He played for Panionios, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Omonia and APOEL at the club level. He also made 26 appearances for the Greece national football team, and participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w .... He later became a coach. References 1967 births Living people People from Lefkada Greek men's footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Super League Greece players Panathinaikos F.C. players APOEL FC players AC Omonia players PAOK FC players Panionios F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. managers Cypriot First Division players 1994 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in C ...
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Achilleas Zafiriou
Achilleas Zafiriou (; born 22 July 1970) is a retired Greek 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 .... References 1970 births Living people Greek men's footballers PAOK FC players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Men's association football defenders Super League Greece players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Greece-footy-defender-stub ...
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Giorgos Toursounidis
Georgios Toursounidis (Greek: Γεώργιος Τουρσουνίδης; born 21 August 1970) is a retired Greek footballer. He played for PAOK and Xanthi. Toursounidis was born in 1970. He made 263 league appearances for PAOK, scoring 35 goals, and became a fan favorite due to his work ethic and obsession with the club. His most memorable game for PAOK was an away game against bitter rivals Aris Thessaloniki, with PAOK winning by a score of 4–0, when Toursounidis scored twice. He left PAOK in 1999, spending two seasons at Skoda Xanthi. In January 2002 Toursounidis signed a six-month contract with PAOK and retired after the end of the season. He was influential in the Greek national side's progression to the 1994 World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ..., but ...
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Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ...
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Theodoros Zagorakis
Theodoros Zagorakis ( ; born 27 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of the Greece team that won UEFA Euro 2004, and was also captain and later president of PAOK. He was named the Greek Male Athlete of the Year in 2004. He was elected as a Greek MEP at the May 2014 and May 2019 European Parliament Elections. He was also the president of the Hellenic Football Federation from March to September 2021. Club career Kavala Zagorakis was a central midfielder who could also play on the right side of midfield. He started his career with Kavala in 1988, the club that also produced Zisis Vryzas, with whom he became close friends. He was an important part of helping the team get into the Beta Ethniki. PAOK In the 1992–93 season, Zagorakis left Kavala as a winter transfer to join PAOK, part of a string of star transfers made that season. He played for PAOK until December 1997, and also captained the ...
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Vangelis Nastos
Vangelis Nastos (; born 13 September 1980) is a Greek former football defender who last played for Veria in the Greek Super League. Club career Nastos is a youth product of PAOK FC and had contract with the club of Thessaloniki from 1996 to 2003. In the meantime he had played for AEL and Kalamata on loan. Nastos previously played for Perugia Calcio, Vicenza Calcio and Ascoli Calcio in Serie B. His contract with Atromitos wasn't renewed and so the player was released by the club on 30 June 2015. He played six consecutive seasons for the club and he made a total of 117 appearances scoring six times. On 6 August 2015, he signed to Veria for a year. Nastos made his professional debut on 23 August 2015 in a match against PAS Giannina. However, his career was relatively short-lived as he retired from professional football on 1 July 2016. Honours Greek Cup * ''Winner (1):'' 2003 * ''Runners-up (2):'' 2011, 2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *I ...
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Joe Palatsides
Joe Palatsides (born 7 July 1965) is a Greek Australian soccer manager and former player, who last served as the head coach of the Melbourne Victory FC Youth. Playing career A defender, Palatsides began his senior football career with Brunswick Juventus where he quickly became a first team regular, his best season coming in their relegation year where he played in every home-and-away game, scoring 11 goals. He signed with Footscray JUST in 1989, but they would also be relegated, and he eventually made the move to South Melbourne when the National Soccer League moved to the summer format. After two seasons, he transferred to rivals Heidelberg United, where he spent a further three seasons in Australia's top flight competition. At 29, and with a wealth of senior football experience in Australia behind him, he tried his luck abroad in the country of his origin, firstly with Apollon Kalamarias in the Greek Super League. where he scored 3 goals in 12 appearances. Coaching ca ...
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Makis Chavos
Makis Chavos (; born 5 September 1969) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Chavos is best remembered for his four-and-a-half-year spell with PAOK. During the later stages of his career, he played with several clubs in the lower divisions. As a manager, he has coached several clubs in Greece and Cyprus. Playing career Club After playing as an amateur for Achilleas Triandria, Chavos transferred to Olympiacos in 1987. After making three appearances for the Reds during the first half of the 1987–88 season, he moved on loan to Apollon Kalamarias for the remainder of the season. He then transferred to Trikala and enjoyed a fairly successful season, appearing in 28 games and scoring 2 goals. He then transferred to Panserraikos for the next 3 years, appearing in a total of 82 games and scoring 8 goals. This earned him a move to PAOK in 1992 where he spent the next four and a half seasons with the Thessaloniki-based club. Whilst playing for PAOK, he received his ...
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