2019–20_PAOK_FC_season

2019–20 PAOK FC season

2019–20 PAOK FC season

PAOK 2019–20 football season


The 2019–20 season was PAOK Football Club's 94th in existence and the club's 61st consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team attempted to defend their Super League and Greek Football Cup titles won during the 2018–19 season, and also competed in the play-offs to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

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Coaching staff

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Last updated: 29 December 2019
Source: PAOK F.C.

Other information

Toumba Stadium
Owner Dimera Group Limited
Chairman Russia Greece Ivan Savvidis
Vice-president & CEO Greece Chrisostomos Gagatsis
Technical Director Portugal Mário Branco[2]
Members Russia Greece Giorgos Savvidis
Russia Maria Goncharova
Russia Artur Davidyan
Greece Dimokratis Papadopoulos
Greece Ilias Gerontidis
Consultant of Football Greece Giorgos Koudas
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toumba Stadium (29,000 / 106×71 metres)
Training Ground PAOK Sport Center[3]

Source: PAOK F.C.

Players

Players in

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Total spending: Decrease €8M

Players out

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Increase Total Income: €4.15M Net income: Decrease €1.35M

Pre-season and other friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

03.07.2019 Friendly AZ 1–0 PAOK Sportpark Wiesel, Wenum-Wiesel
20:00 EEST Stengs 45'
06.07.2019 Friendly Nordsjælland 0–3 PAOK Sportpark Wiesel, Wenum Wiesel
16:00 EEST Akpom
Gaitanidis
Jabá
09.07.2019 Friendly PEC Zwolle 2–2 PAOK Sportpark Hulsterlanden, Nieuwleusen
20:00 EEST Świderski
Red card Pedro Henrique
23.07.2019 Friendly Anderlecht 1–3 PAOK Complex Sportif Neerpede, Brussels
19:00 EEST Pelkas
Akpom
Gaitanidis
27.07.2019 Friendly PAOK 1–1 Al-Taawon Horst
16:00 EEST Ingason 81' ? 31'

Competitions

Overview

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Last updated: 19 July 2020 (2020-07-19).
Source: Competitions

Managerial statistics

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Last updated: 19 July 2020

Super League Greece

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Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: OFI 4, Aris 1.

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020 (2020-03-01). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sunday, 25 August 2019 1 PAOK 2–1 Panetolikos Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Świderski 27'
Augusto Yellow card 29'
Mišić 76'
90+2' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 17,968
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Giannoulis[11]
Sunday, 1 September 2019 2 PAOK 2–1 Panionios Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Akpom 14'
Esiti Yellow card 70'
Świderski 74'
57' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,793
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Świderski[12]
Saturday, 14 September 2019 3 Atromitos 2–3 PAOK Athens
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00 53' 37' 16' Yellow card 90+5' Akpom
22' Matos
90+2' Crespo
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 2,053
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
Man of the Match: Mišić[13]
Sunday, 22 September 2019 4 PAOK 2–2 Aris Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Matos 6' Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 68'
Mišić Yellow card 31' 90+9'
Akpom Yellow card 61'
4'
88'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 23,926
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Mišić[14]
Sunday, 29 September 2019 5 AEK 2–2 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 54' 79' 16', 58' Świderski
soccer ball with red X 25' Biseswar
Yellow card 51' Giannoulis
Yellow card 82' Jabá
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 32,576
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
Man of the Match: Limnios[15]
Sunday, 6 October 2019 6 Asteras Tripoli 1–2 PAOK Tripoli
17:15 EET, UTC+02:00 58' 33' Świderski
47' (o.g.)
Yellow card 65' Biseswar
Yellow card 73' El Kaddouri
Yellow card 80' Augusto
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis
Attendance: 3,068
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos
Man of the Match: Świderski[16]
Sunday, 20 October 2019 7 PAOK 3–0 Lamia Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Mišić 2'
Limnios 6'
Świderski 11'
Augusto Yellow card 16'
Giannoulis Yellow card 42'
Jabá Yellow card 81'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 19,013
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)
Man of the Match: Mišić[17]
Saturday, 26 October 2019 8 Volos 0–2 PAOK Volos
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Limnios 29'
Pelkas 74' (pen.)
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: 4,566
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Limnios[18]
Sunday, 3 November 2019 9 PAOK 2–2 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Stoch Yellow card 40'
Vieirinha 65', 90+11' (pen.)
Biseswar Yellow card 83'
Crespo Yellow card 90'
44'
87'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 22,466
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha[19]
Saturday, 9 November 2019 10 OFI 0–1 PAOK Heraklion
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Yellow card 21' Matos
Yellow card 41' El Kaddouri
56' Mišić
Yellow card 62' Giannoulis
Yellow card 77' Ingason
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
Attendance: 5,807
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Mišić[20]
Sunday, 24 November 2019 11 PAOK 1–0 AEL Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Świderski 16' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 17,398
Referee: Georgios Tasis (Epirus)
Man of the Match: Świderski[21]
Sunday, 1 December 2019 12 Olympiacos 1–1 PAOK Piraeus
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 64' Yellow card 21' Biseswar
29' Ingason
Yellow card 37' Augusto
Yellow card 52' Mišić
Yellow card 89' Pelkas
Yellow card 90+4' Živković
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis
Attendance: 31,616
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
Man of the Match: Ingason[22]
Saturday, 7 December 2019 13 PAOK 2–0 Xanthi Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Świderski Yellow card 68'
Biseswar 80'
Maurício Yellow card 83'
Crespo 88'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,007
Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella)
Man of the Match: Biseswar[23]
Sunday, 15 December 2019 14 Panetolikos 0–3 PAOK Agrinio
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 7' Yellow card 27' Pelkas
66' Limnios
69' Akpom
Yellow card 74' Matos
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Petros Tsagkarakis (Chania)
Man of the Match: Akpom[24]
Thursday, 19 December 2019 15 Panionios 0–2 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 48' Ingason
62' Yellow card 87' Akpom
Yellow card 67' Giannoulis
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 1,474
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)
Man of the Match: Akpom[25]
Monday, 23 December 2019 16 PAOK 5–1 Atromitos Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Vieirinha 13'
Ingason 34' 41'
Świderski 53' (pen.)
Mišić 82'
56' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 17,809
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)
Man of the Match: Ingason[26]
Saturday, 4 January 2020 17 Aris 4–2 PAOK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 17'
41'
47'
70'
10' Świderski
Yellow card 69' Ingason
77' Matos
Yellow card 80' Giannoulis
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis
Attendance: 16,249
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Mišić[27]
Sunday, 12 January 2020 18 PAOK 1–0 AEK Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Vieirinha 57' (pen.)
Matos Yellow card 82'
Mišić Yellow card 90+4'
Red card 90+1'
Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 90+5'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 21,332
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha[28]
Sunday, 19 January 2020 19 PAOK 3–1 Asteras Tripoli Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Świderski 29'
Pelkas 59'
Lamprou 80'
Augusto Yellow card 90+3'
84' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,168
Referee: Manolis Skoulas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Lamprou[29]
Thursday, 23 January 2020 20 Lamia 0–1 PAOK Lamia
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Yellow card 13' Akpom
Yellow card 22' Maurício
33' Yellow card 90+4' Matos
Augusto Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,072
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
Man of the Match: Esiti[30]
Monday, 27 January 2020 21 PAOK 1–0 Volos Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Vieirinha 60' (pen.)
Esiti Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 11,995
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta)
Man of the Match: Limnios[31]
Sunday, 2 February 2020 22 Panathinaikos 2–0 PAOK Athens
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 49' (pen.)
56'
Limnios Yellow card 58' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 19,133
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Man of the Match: Mišić[32]
Sunday, 9 February 2020 23 PAOK 4–0 OFI Thessaloniki
18:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Biseswar soccer ball with red X 50' Yellow card 80'
Akpom 50', 60' (pen.)
Lamprou 66'
Mišić Yellow card 70'
Augusto 83'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 15,271
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)
Man of the Match: Akpom[33]
Saturday, 15 February 2020 24 AEL 1–2 PAOK Larissa
17:15 EET, UTC+03:00 67' 14' Limnios
45+2' Augusto
Yellow card 90+1' Ingason
Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 3,120
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Man of the Match: Maurício[34]
Sunday, 23 February 2020 25 PAOK 0–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+03:00 49' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: 26,377
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Man of the Match: Biseswar[35]
Sunday, 1 March 2020 26 Xanthi 1–1 PAOK Xanthi
19:00 EET, UTC+03:00 18' 4' Akpom
Yellow card 45+3' Vieirinha
Yellow card 62' Augusto
Yellow card 75' Ingason
Yellow card 83' Matos
Yellow card 90+1' Mišić
Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 1,808
Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria)
Man of the Match: Biseswar[36]

Man of the Match as has been voted by PAOK fans on official PAOK website and mobile app.

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion.[37]

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Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[39]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were banned from UEFA club competitions for the first season they would qualify between the 2018–19 and 2020–21 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 24 April 2018 due to overdue payables, and since they did not qualify for either the 2018–19 or 2019–20 season, they were banned from the 2020–21 season.[38]

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2020 (2020-07-19). Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sunday, 7 June 2020 1 PAOK 0–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Varela Yellow card 48' 23' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Pelkas[40]
Saturday, 13 June 2020 2 Panathinaikos 0–0 PAOK Athens
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Yellow card 36'Pelkas
Yellow card 53' El Kaddouri
Yellow card 73' Matos
Yellow card 90+1' Mauricio
Yellow card 90+1' Giannoulis
Yellow card 90+3' Lamprou
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Vasilios Fotias (Pella)
Man of the Match: Esiti[41]
Saturday, 20 June 2020 3 PAOK 3–1 OFI Thessaloniki
20:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Tzolis 59' Yellow card 84'
Akpom 90+1'
El Kaddouri Yellow card 90+5' 90+10'
49' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)
Man of the Match: Tzolis[42]
Sunday, 28 June 2020 4 Aris 0–2 PAOK Thessaloniki
19:15 EET, UTC+02:00 Red card 90+1' soccer ball with red X 3' 45+4' Świderski
Yellow card 4' Mauricio
Yellow card 15' Matos
36' Varela
Yellow card 65' Tzolis
Yellow card 87' Paschalakis
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Man of the Match: Stoch[43]
Wednesday, 1 July 2020 5 PAOK 0–2 AEK Thessaloniki
21:00 EET, UTC+02:00 Matos Yellow card 31'
Ingason Yellow card 79'
Varela Yellow card 86'
Chyhrynskyi 42'
Livaja 81' (pen.)
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Man of the Match: Michailidis[44]
Saturday, 4 July 2020 6 OFI 2–2 PAOK Heraklion
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00 18'
Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 59'
43'
5' Biseswar
Yellow card 39' Rodrigo
Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 81' Esiti
80' Michailidis
Yellow card 78' Akpom
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)
Man of the Match: Michailidis[45]
Wednesday, 8 July 2020 7 PAOK 0–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
21:00 EET, UTC+02:00 El Kaddouri Yellow card 35'
Biseswar Yellow card 59'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Man of the Match: Michailidis[46]
Sunday, 12 July 2020 8 Olympiacos 0–1 PAOK Piraeus
21:45 EET, UTC+02:00 Yellow card 33' Giannoulis
Yellow card 47' El Kaddouri
Yellow card 52' Biseswar
Yellow card 85' 90' Mihaj
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos
Man of the Match: Mihaj[47]
Wednesday, 15 July 2020 9 AEK 0–0 PAOK Athens
21:30 EET, UTC+02:00 Yellow card 90' Michailidis Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Danny Makkelie (The Netherlands)
Man of the Match: Michailidis[48]
Sunday, 19 July 2020 10 PAOK 0–0 Aris Thessaloniki
20:00 EET, UTC+02:00 El Kaddouri Yellow card 18'
Świderski Yellow card 45'
Vieirinha Red card 90+5'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: C. doors due to COVID-19
Referee: Clement Turpin (France)

Greek Football Cup

PAOK entered the competition as the three-time defending champions, having won consecutive editions in 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19.

Round of 16

Tuesday, 7 January 2020 1st leg OFI 0–3 PAOK Heraklion
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00 24' Limnios
32' Bisewar
Yellow card 40' Ingason
64' Akpom
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
Attendance: ?
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
Man of the Match: Mišić[49]
Wednesday, 15 January 2020 2nd leg PAOK 4–1
(7–1 agg.)
OFI Thessaloniki
15:00 EET, UTC+03:00 Lamprou 12'
Pelkas 23' (pen.), 55'
Świderski 80'
Michailidis Yellow card 89'
27' Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: ?
Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria)
Man of the Match: Lamprou[50]

Quarter-finals

Wednesday, 5 February 2020 1st leg PAOK 2–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas Yellow card 8'
Vieirinha 34' (pen.)
Mišić Yellow card 43'
Fernando Varela 72'Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Toumba
Attendance: ?
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha[51]
Wednesday, 12 February 2020 2nd leg Panathinaikos 0–1
(0–3 agg.)
PAOK Athens
20:00 EET, UTC+03:00 12' Świderski
Yellow card 44' Maurício
Yellow card 84' Limnios
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Man of the Match: Pelkas[52]

Semi-finals

Wednesday, 4 March 2020 1st leg PAOK 3–2 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00 Pelkas 10' Yellow card 61' 69' (pen.)
Mišić 12' Yellow card 27'
Matos Yellow card 43'
Maurício Yellow card 80'
Giannoulis Red card 85'
Hassan 3'
Guilherme 8'
Cissé Yellow card 28'
Semedo Yellow card 30'
Elabdellaoui Yellow card 33'
Camara Yellow card 71'
Stadium: Toumba
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
Man of the Match: Pelkas[53]
Wednesday, 24 June 2020 2nd leg Olympiacos 2–0
(4–3 agg.)
PAOK Piraeus
21:30 EET, UTC+03:00 65'
85'
Yellow card 32' Esiti
Yellow card 53' Ingason
Yellow card 58' Dimitris Limnios
Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card 90+3' El Kaddouri
Yellow card 89' Varela
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis
Referee: Björn Kuipers (The Netherlands)
Man of the Match: Tzolis[54]

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 August 2019 1st leg PAOK Greece 2–2 Netherlands Ajax Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EEST Matos Yellow card 28', 39'
Akpom 32'
Report Ziyech 10'
Mazraoui Yellow card 37'
Huntelaar 57'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 23,418
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Man of the Match: Akpom[55]
13 August 2019 2nd leg Ajax Netherlands 3–2
(5–4 agg.)
Greece PAOK Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:30 EEST Martínez Yellow card 26'
Tadić 43' (pen.), 84' (pen.)
Dest Yellow card 60'
Tagliafico 79'
Onana Yellow card 90+4'
Report Biseswar Yellow card 79', 23', 90+4'
Pelkas Yellow card 30'
El Kaddouri Yellow card 50'
Paschalakis Yellow card 55'
Giannoulis Yellow card 65'
Matos Yellow card 85'
Crespo Yellow card 90+5'
Limnios Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 53,942
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
Man of the Match: Biseswar[56]

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

22 August 2019 1st leg Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 1–0 Greece PAOK Bratislava, Slovakia
21:00 EEST Medveděv Yellow card 70'
Ljubičić Yellow card 79'
Abena Yellow card 79', 90+4'
Report Matos Yellow card 45'
Crespo Yellow card 76'
Augusto Yellow card 79'
Akpom Yellow card 90+7'
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 20,233
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Man of the Match: Esiti[57]
29 August 2019 2nd leg PAOK Greece 3–2
(3–3(a) agg.)
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EEST Limnios 49'
Świderski 50'
VarelaYellow card 75'
Živković Yellow card 79'
Giannoulis 87'
Report Medveděv 38'
De Marco 61'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 20,776
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Man of the Match: Giannoulis[58]

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 19 July 2020

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

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Goalscorers

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Most assists

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Clean sheets

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Disciplinary record

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Awards

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References

  1. "Ο αντικαταστάτης του Παπακώστα". 29 December 2019.
  2. Saliu, Mohammed (25 July 2019). "Anderson Esiti joins Greek Champions PAOK Saloniki". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. "Υπέγραψε ο Πέδρο Ενρίκε". www.gazzetta.gr. 9 August 2019.
  4. "Greek Superleague Fixtures 2019–20". slgr.gr. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. "Super League 1 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. No vote as there were just two games due to COVID-19
  7. No vote as there were no games due to COVID-19
  8. "Κορυφαίος όλων ο Μίσιτς!". 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

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