1996–97 PAOK FC season

PAOK
1996–97 season
President	Giorgos Kalyvas ; Giorgos Batatoudis
Manager	Gunder Bengtsson ; Christos Archontidis ; Angelos Anastasiadis
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	4th
Greek Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: ; Frantzeskos (16)
Highest home attendance	35,850 vs Olympiacos
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GRE	Nikolaos Michopoulos
—	GK	GRE	Vangelis Pourliotopoulos
—	GK	GRE	Asterios Themelis

—	DF	GRE	Tasos Tasiopoulos
—	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos
—	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Katsouris
—	DF	GRE	Nikos Kolompourdas
—	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Sidiropoulos
—	DF	ROU	Ionel Pârvu
—	DF	RUS	Andrey Chernyshov
—	DF	GRE	Alexis Alexiou
—	DF	GRE	Makis Chavos
—	DF	GRE	Nikos Panagiotidis
—	DF	GRE	Giorgos Koumaropoulos
—	DF	AUS	Joe Palatsides
—	DF	GRE	Vangelis Nastos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GRE	Charalampos Nikolaou
—	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Karametaxas

—	MF	GRE	Theodoros Zagorakis (captain)
—	MF	GRE	Giorgos Toursounidis
—	MF	GRE	Achilleas Zafiriou
—	MF	GRE	Kostas Frantzeskos
—	MF	GRE	Spyros Marangos
—	MF	POL	Leszek Pisz
—	MF	GRE	Giorgos Hatzizisis
—	MF	GRE	Pantelis Kafes

—	FW	GRE	Zisis Vryzas
—	FW	GRE	Paraschos Zouboulis
—	FW	POL	Robert Dymkowski
—	FW	AUS	John Anastasiadis
—	FW	GRE	Antonis Gioukoudis
—	FW	GRE	Kostas Inebolidis

Transfers

Players transferred in

Transfer Window	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
Summer	DF	Vangelis Nastos	PAOK U20
Summer	DF	Panagiotis Karametaxas	Apollon Chrysochoriou	?
Summer	DF	Charalampos Nikolaou	AEL	?
Summer	DF	Tasos Tasiopoulos	Athinaikos	?
Summer	DF	Nikos Kolompourdas	Köln II	Free
Summer	DF	Panagiotis Katsouris	Naoussa	?
Summer	DF	Andrey Chernyshov	Sturm Graz	?
Summer	MF	Leszek Pisz	Legia Warsaw	?
Summer	MF	Giorgos Hatzizisis	Eordaikos	?
Summer	FW	Zisis Vryzas	Xanthi	250 million Dr.
Summer	FW	Robert Dymkowski	Pogoń Szczecin	Loan
Winter	GK	Asterios Themelis	Anagennisi Kolindros	Loan Return
Winter	DF	Joe Palatsides	Apollon Kalamaria	?
Winter	DF	Panagiotis Sidiropoulos	Ionikos	?
Winter	DF	Ionel Pârvu	Steaua București	?
Winter	MF	Kostas Frantzeskos	OFI	100 million Dr.
Winter	MF	Spyros Marangos	Panathinaikos	?
Winter	MF	Pantelis Kafes	Pontioi Veria	?
Winter	FW	Kostas Inebolidis	Aetos Skydra	?

Players transferred out

Transfer Window	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee
Summer	GK	Asterios Themelis	Anagennisi Kolindros	Loan
Summer	DF	Giannis Tsoraklidis	Poseidon Michaniona	Loan
Summer	DF	Giannis Voltezos	Kastoria	Free
Summer	MF	Giannis Antonas	Panionios	Free
Summer	MF	Giotis Tsalouchidis	Veria	Free
Summer	MF	Jesper Johansen	K. Beerschot V.A.C.	Free
Summer	MF	Maurice van Ham	Beveren	End of loan
Summer	MF	Goran Aleksić	Créteil	Free
Summer	FW	Miroslav Jović	Energie Cottbus	Free
Summer	FW	Dimitris Nolis	Kastoria	Free
Winter	DF	Alexis Alexiou	Apollon Kalamaria	Free
Winter	DF	Makis Chavos	Xanthi	Free
Winter	DF	Andrey Chernyshov	Greuther Fürth	Free
Winter	MF	Leszek Pisz	Kavala	Free

Kit

Pre-season

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Win Draw Loss

20 July 1996 Friendly	Thayngen	0–3	PAOK	Germany
			Vryzas

24 July 1996 Friendly

SpVgg Ludwigsburg

1–0

PAOK

Germany

26 July 1996 Friendly

Thayngen

0–2

PAOK

Germany

28 July 1996 Friendly	Kickers Offenbach	2–1	PAOK	Germany
			Tasiopoulos

30 July 1996 Friendly

SC Freiburg

0–0

PAOK

Germany

2 August 1996 Friendly	Ehingen	1–3	PAOK	Germany
	40'		Karametaxas 20' Dymkowski Tasiopoulos

5 August 1996 Friendly	PAOK	3–0	Leicester City	Thessaloniki
	Zouboulis 3', 65' Vryzas 76'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Papadopoulos

6 August 1996 Friendly	Poseidon Michaniona	0–5	PAOK	Michaniona
			Kapetanopoulos 47', 52' Hatzizisis 68', 72' Gioukoudis 90'

8 August 1996 Friendly	PAOK	1–0	Xanthi	Thessaloniki
	Zouboulis 5'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

11 August 1996 Friendly	PAOK	2–0	Southampton	Thessaloniki
	Pisz 55' Kapetanopoulos 80'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

14 August 1996 Friendly	Veria	1–2	PAOK	Veria
	Katsavos 20'		Troupkos 6' (o.g.) Dymkowski 30'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Referee: Tevekelis

19 August 1996 Friendly	PAOK	2–0	Inter Bratislava	Thessaloniki
	Zouboulis 28' Vryzas 77'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium

21 August 1996 Friendly	Edessaikos	2–3	PAOK	Edessa
	Kolev 38' (pen.) Georgopoulos 70'		Kapetanopoulos 6' Gioukoudis 52' Zouboulis 56'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa Referee: Aggelakis

26 August 1996 Friendly	AEK	3–1	PAOK	Athens
	Toursounidis 56' (o.g.) Kostis 59' Nikolaidis 67'		Vryzas 50'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

28 August 1996 Friendly	Doxa Drama	2–0	PAOK	Drama
	Kiosses 24' Tavlaridis 82'			Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium Referee: Mintiouris

2 September 1996 Friendly	Aris	0–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Referee: Zachariadis
Note: Game length was 45 minutes.

2 September 1996 Friendly	Iraklis	3–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Jovanović 35' (pen.) Mirtsekis 40' Lagonidis 44'			Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Referee: Papachintzios
Note: Game length was 45 minutes.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	34	19	9	6	53	28	+25	055.88
Greek Cup	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	050.00
Total	38	21	9	8	62	34	+28	055.26

Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics


Head Coach	From	To	Record
Head Coach	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Gunder Bengtsson	Start of season	01.12.1996	13	5	4	4	15	15	+0	038.46
Christos Archontidis	08.12.1996	02.02.1997	10	3	4	3	10	9	+1	030.00
Angelos Anastasiadis	09.02.1997	End of season	15	13	1	1	37	10	+27	086.67

Alpha Ethniki

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	AEK Athens	34	22	6	6	75	28	+47	72	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	OFI	34	20	6	8	51	28	+23	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	PAOK	34	19	9	6	53	28	+25	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Panathinaikos	34	20	4	10	60	25	+35	64
6	Kavala	34	16	7	11	42	43	−1	55

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	9	6	53	28	+25	66	12	5	0	32	6	+26	7	4	6	21	22	−1

Last updated: 25 May 1997 (1997-05-25).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	15	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	7	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	7	9	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4

Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Win Draw Loss

8 September 1996 1	OFI	3–1	PAOK	Heraklion
	Anastasiou 24' Frantzeskos 35' 49' Moutas 68'		Dymkowski 90'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Begos

14 September 1996 2	PAOK	2–0	Iraklis	Thessaloniki
	Toursounidis 27' (pen.), 71' (pen.)			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,720 Referee: Papachintzios

29 September 1996 3	Kalamata	0–0	PAOK	Kalamata
				Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,722 Referee: Papadakos

14 October 1996 4	Apollon Athens	0–0	PAOK	Athens
				Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Chatzis

20 October 1996 5	PAOK	1–0	Athinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Katsouris 58'		Gino 77'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 8,776 Referee: Papatriantafyllou

27 October 1996 6	Panachaiki	2–0	PAOK	Patras
	Savvidis 8', 59'		Chernyshov 78'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium

3 November 1996 7	PAOK	1–1	Edessaikos	Thessaloniki
	Vryzas 55'		Andreadis 34'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 5,131 Referee: Velliodis

18 November 1996 8	Aris	0–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
			Kapetanopoulos 17'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 11,462 Referee: Vellios

24 November 1996 9	PAOK	2–0	Ionikos	Thessaloniki
	Toursounidis 43' (pen.) Vryzas 45'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 3,560 Referee: Varouchas

1 December 1996 10	Panathinaikos	5–0	PAOK	Athens
	Warzycha 7', 62', 65' Goumas 37' Nasiopoulos 70'			Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,873

8 December 1996 11	PAOK	0–0	Veria	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 4,112

15 December 1996 12	PAOK	1–1	Paniliakos	Thessaloniki
	Toursounidis 82' (pen.) Panagiotidis 90'		Strantzalis 40' Papadopoulos 68' Barnjak 90'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 4,316 Referee: Kaznaferis

22 December 1996 13	Olympiacos	1–0	PAOK	Piraeus
	Karapialis 55'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 14,694 Referee: Chatzis

5 January 1997 14	PAOK	0–0	AEK	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 24,056 Referee: Borovilos

11 January 1997 15	Xanthi	1–1	PAOK	Xanthi
	Teggelidis 11' 45' Samaras 88'		Frantzeskos 53' 71' Hatzizisis 83'	Stadium: Xanthi Ground Attendance: 3,475 Referee: Fasolis

15 January 1997 16	PAOK	3–0	Kavala	Thessaloniki
	Vryzas 16' Frantzeskos 29' Zouboulis 50'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 6,412 Referee: Giannadakis

19 January 1997 17	Kastoria	1–2	PAOK	Kastoria
	Duda 80'		Frantzeskos 50', 54'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 5,114 Referee: Varouchas

26 January 1997 18	PAOK	2–1	OFI	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos 30', 72'		Marinakis 89'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Varouchas

2 February 1997 19	Iraklis	2–0	PAOK	Thessaloniki
	Kofidis 7' Gonias 67' (pen.)			Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 14,460 Referee: Vellios

9 February 1997 20	PAOK	2–0	Kalamata	Thessaloniki
	Toursounidis 48' (pen.) Pârvu 51'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,474 Referee: Psychomanis

16 February 1997 21	PAOK	3–1	Apollon Athens	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos 7' Tasiopoulos 72' Inebolidis 83'		Damigos 87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 4,381 Referee: Mintiouris

24 February 1997 22	Athinaikos	2–3	PAOK	Athens
	Sabbadini 16' Velis 27'		Frantzeskos 45' Sidiropoulos 56' Vryzas 57'	Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium Referee: Kalathenos

2 March 1997 23	PAOK	2–0	Panachaiki	Thessaloniki
	Marangos 45', 84'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,576

9 March 1997 24	Edessaikos	1–4	PAOK	Edessa
	Samolis 27' Kryos 79'		Frantzeskos 24' Marangos 32' Zagorakis 63' Kolompourdas 88'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa Attendance: 7,155 Referee: Douros

16 March 1997 25	PAOK	2–1	Aris	Thessaloniki
	Vryzas 70', 75'		Mavrogenidis 82'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 28,038 Referee: Kaznaferis

22 March 1997 26	Ionikos	2–1	PAOK	Piraeus
	Filis 28' Brewster 55'		Dymkowski 63'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 2,021

26 March 1997 27	PAOK	1–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos 87'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 13,110

6 April 1997 28	Veria	1–2	PAOK	Veria
	Troupkos 45'		Tasiopoulos 44' Kapetanopoulos 72'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 5,844

13 April 1997 29	Paniliakos	0–2	PAOK	Pyrgos
			Marangos 12' Gitsis 28' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Referee: Chatzistavridis

20 April 1997 30	PAOK	0–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Sidiropoulos 56'		Dabizas 90'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 35,850 Referee: Kalathenos

4 May 1997 31	AEK	1–2	PAOK	Athens
	Kostis 90'		Zouboulis 23' Vryzas 59'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 11,250 Referee: Douros

11 May 1997 32	PAOK	4–1	Xanthi	Thessaloniki
	Zouboulis 12', 88' Frantzeskos 63', 80'		Sebwe 89'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 13,143

18 May 1997 33	Kavala	0–3	PAOK	Kavala
			Toursounidis 48' (pen.) Frantzeskos 62' Zouboulis 75'	Stadium: Kavala Stadium Attendance: 7,527 Referee: Bikas

25 May 1997 34	PAOK	6–0	Kastoria	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos 12', 36', 54' Vryzas 19', 28' Zagorakis 86'		Nolis 70'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 24,129 Referee: Papapetrou

Greek Cup

Third round

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2 October 1996 1st leg	PAOK	4–0	Panionios	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET	Alexiou 29' Toursounidis 34' (pen.) Pisz 40' Katsouris 79'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Vellios

14 November 1996 2nd leg	Panionios	2–3 (2–7 agg.)	PAOK	Athens
14:30 EET	Sapountzis 84' Mantzios 85'		Zouboulis 19', 65' Dymkowski 43'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

Round of 16

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27 November 1996 1st leg	PAOK	1–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET	Zouboulis 19' Vryzas 23' 28'		Alexandris 52' Đorđević 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 20,498 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

11 December 1996 2nd leg	Olympiacos	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	PAOK	Piraeus
18:15 EET	Alexandris 40', 59'		Tasiopoulos 41'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 4,503 Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of May 25, 1997

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

No.	Name	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Total
No.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Nikolaos Michopoulos	34	0	4	0	38	0
	Vangelis Pourliotopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	Tasos Tasiopoulos	31	2	4	1	35	3
	Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos	29	1	4	0	33	1
	Panagiotis Katsouris	21	1	3	1	24	2
	Panagiotis Sidiropoulos	18	1	0	0	18	1
	Ionel Pârvu	18	1	0	0	18	1
	Nikos Kolompourdas	17	1	0	0	17	1
	Alexis Alexiou	11	0	2	1	13	1
	Andrey Chernyshov	7	0	3	0	10	0
	Makis Chavos	7	0	2	0	9	0
	Nikos Panagiotidis	7	0	1	0	8	0
	Giorgos Koumaropoulos	5	0	2	0	7	0
	Joe Palatsides	4	0	0	0	4	0
	Charalampos Nikolaou	2	0	1	0	3	0
	Vangelis Nastos	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Panagiotis Karametaxas	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
	Theodoros Zagorakis	32	2	3	0	35	2
	Giorgos Toursounidis	31	6	3	1	34	7
	Achilleas Zafiriou	25	0	3	0	28	0
	Kostas Frantzeskos	20	16	0	0	20	16
	Spyros Marangos	20	4	0	0	20	4
	Giorgos Hatzizisis	16	0	2	0	18	0
	Leszek Pisz	11	0	4	1	15	1
	Pantelis Kafes	3	0	0	0	3	0
Forwards
	Zisis Vryzas	31	9	2	0	33	9
	Paraschos Zouboulis	25	5	2	3	27	8
	Robert Dymkowski	16	2	4	1	20	3
	John Anastasiadis	9	0	3	0	12	0
	Antonis Gioukoudis	8	0	2	0	10	0
	Kostas Inebolidis	6	1	0	0	6	1

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	MF	Kostas Frantzeskos	16	0	16
2	FW	Zisis Vryzas	9	0	9
3	FW	Paraschos Zouboulis	5	3	8
4	MF	Giorgos Toursounidis	6	1	7
5	MF	Spyros Marangos	4	0	4
6	DF	Tasos Tasiopoulos	2	1	3
6	FW	Robert Dymkowski	2	1	3
8	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	2	0	2
8	DF	Panagiotis Katsouris	1	1	2
10	DF	Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos	1	0	1
	DF	Panagiotis Sidiropoulos	1	0	1
	DF	Nikos Kolompourdas	1	0	1
	DF	Ionel Pârvu	1	0	1
	FW	Kostas Inebolidis	1	0	1
	DF	Alexis Alexiou	0	1	1
	MF	Leszek Pisz	0	1	1
Own goals			1	0	1
TOTALS			53	9	62

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, rsssf.com

External links

References

^ "PAOK–Leicester City 3–0 (Friendly)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "PAOK–Southampton 2–0 (Friendly)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 11 August 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Φιλικό τουρνουά με Άρη και Ηρακλή". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 4 September 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "ΟΦΗ–ΠΑΟΚ 3–1 (8/9/1996)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Παναθηναϊκός–ΠΑΟΚ 5–0 (1/12/1996)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–ΟΦΗ 2–1 (26/1/1997)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ Stavros Sountoulidis (16 March 2017). "1997: Το αεροπλανάκι των ΠΑΟΚτσήδων στο ντέρμπι με τον Αρη!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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^ "Καβάλα–ΠΑΟΚ 0–3 (18/5/1997)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Καστοριά 6–0 (25/5/1997)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 25 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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^ "ΠAOK–Ολυμπιακός 1–2 (Κύπελλο)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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[2] "PAOK–Southampton 2–0 (Friendly)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 11 August 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[3] "Φιλικό τουρνουά με Άρη και Ηρακλή". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 4 September 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[4] "ΟΦΗ–ΠΑΟΚ 3–1 (8/9/1996)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[5] "Παναθηναϊκός–ΠΑΟΚ 5–0 (1/12/1996)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[6] "ΠΑΟΚ–ΟΦΗ 2–1 (26/1/1997)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[7] Stavros Sountoulidis (16 March 2017). "1997: Το αεροπλανάκι των ΠΑΟΚτσήδων στο ντέρμπι με τον Αρη!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[8] "ΠΑΟΚ–Παναθηναϊκός 1–0 (26/3/1997)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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[11] Giorgos Minos (26 May 1997). "Μεθυσμένη πολιτεία..." [A drunken state...]. tanea.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[12] "Πανιώνιος–ΠΑΟΚ 2–3 (Κύπελλο)". paokmania.gr (in Greek). 14 November 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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1996–97 season
President	Giorgos Kalyvas Giorgos Batatoudis
Manager	Gunder Bengtsson Christos Archontidis Angelos Anastasiadis
Stadium	Toumba Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	4th
Greek Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: All: Frantzeskos (16)
Highest home attendance	35,850 vs Olympiacos
← 1995–96 1997–98 →