| 2001–02 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman |  Petros Kalafatis | ||
| Manager |  Dušan Bajević | ||
| Stadium | Toumba Stadium | ||
| Alpha Ethniki | 4th | ||
| Greek Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| UEFA Cup | Third round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Georgios Georgiadis (15) All:  Georgios Georgiadis (17) | ||
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The 2001–02 season was PAOK Football Club's 76th in existence and the club's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Football Cup in the First round and will also enter in UEFA Cup starting from the First round.
Players
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
- Players transferred in
| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | GK |  V. Pourliotopoulos |  Panionios | 250k | 
| Summer | DF |  V. Koutsopoulos |  Leonidio | 100k | 
| Summer | DF |  Georgios Chatzizisis |  Apollon Smyrni | Free | 
| Summer | MF |  Luciano de Souza |  Olympiacos | Free | 
| Summer | FW |  Yiasoumis Yiasoumi |  APOEL | Free | 
| Summer | DF |  Vaggelis Nastos |  Kalamata | End of loan | 
| Summer | DF |  Dimitrios Zavadias |  Athinaikos | End of loan | 
| Summer | MF |  Fotis Kiskabanis |  AEL | End of loan | 
| Summer | DF |  Petros Kanakoudis |  PAOK U20 | |
| Winter | MF |  Giorgos Koutsis |  Aris | Free | 
- Players transferred out
| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | DF |  Stelios Venetidis |  Olympiacos | 3.3M€ | 
| Summer | FW |  Dimitris Nalitzis |  Udinese | 750k€ | 
| Summer | MF |  Dimitrios Orfanos |  Panserraikos | Free | 
| Summer | MF | .svg.png.webp) Vidak Bratić | .svg.png.webp) Red Star | Free | 
| Summer | DF |  Nikolaos Kolobourdas |  Iraklis | Free | 
| Summer | DF |  Fotis Kiskabanis |  Olympiacos Volou | Loan | 
| Summer | GK | .svg.png.webp) Ante Covic |  Dinamo Zagreb | Free | 
| Summer | MF |  Christos Karypidis |  Kavala | Loan | 
| Winter | DF |  Omari Tetradze |  Spartak Vladikavkaz | Free | 
Kit
Friendlies
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Alpha Ethniki | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 53.85 | 
| Greek Cup | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 70.00 | 
| UEFA Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 50.00 | 
| Total | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 66 | +26 | 57.14 | 
Source: Competitions
Alpha Ethniki
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | AEK Athens | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 58[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round | 
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round | 
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 48 | |
| 5 | Skoda Xanthi | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 42 | |
| 6 | Iraklis | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 36 | 
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
Notes:
- ↑ Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.
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 | 
| 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 
Last updated: 8 May 2002.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
Matches
Win Draw Loss
| 23 September 2001 1 | PAOK | 1–1 | Aris | Thessaloniki | 
| 20:15 EET | Okkas  72' | Liolidis  67' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 30 September 2001 2 | Iraklis | 3–1 | PAOK | Thessaloniki | 
| 20:00 EET | Fofonka  63' Koutsoures  69' Kormaris  72' | Okkas  60' | Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 
| 14 October 2001 3 | PAOK | 1–1 | Olympiacos | Thessaloniki | 
| 19:00 EET | Spasic  64' | Giannakopoulos  55' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 21 October 2001 4 | PAOK | 3–1 | Panionios | Thessaloniki | 
| 18:45 EET | Borbokis  32' Konstantinidis  57' Okkas  85' | Mouzaoui  22' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 4 November 2001 5 | Ionikos | 1–1 | PAOK | Piraeus | 
| 16:00 EET | Tsakmakidis  18' | Kafes  44' | Stadium: Neapoli Stadium | 
| 18 November 2001 6 | PAOK | 3–1 | Egaleo | Thessaloniki | 
| 16:00 EET | Okkas  44' Yiasoumi  46' Georgiadis  90+4' (pen.) | Nikolopoulos  1' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 2 December 2001 8 | PAOK | 2–1 | Ethnikos Asteras | Thessaloniki | 
| 16:00 EET | Basinas  43' (o.g.) Okkas  72' | Kontopoulos  34' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 9 December 2001 9 | Panathinaikos | 1–2 | PAOK | Athens | 
| 16:00 EET | Kolkka  7' | Okkas  69' Pantelis Konstantinidis  84' | Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium | 
| 16 December 2001 10 | PAOK | 3–2 | OFI | Thessaloniki | 
| 16:00 EET | Georgiadis  13' Konstantinidis  55' Okkas  60' Yiasoumi  67' | Adamos  5' Soares  47' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 13 January 2002 11 | Akratitos | 1–2 | PAOK | Athens | 
| 16:00 EET | Semos  45' | Okkas  1' Georgiadis  26' | Stadium: Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium | 
| 20 January 2002 12 | Panachaiki | 3–3 | PAOK | Patra | 
| 16:00 EET | Histilloles  65' Borbokis  66' (o.g.) Cominges  75' | Yiasoumi  30' Georgiadis  32', 57' | Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium | 
| 27 January 2002 13 | PAOK | 3–2 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki | 
| 18:00 EET | Georgiadis  19' Katsabis  41' Okkas  75' | Nikolaidis  33' Lakis  38' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 2 February 2002 14 | Aris | 2–3 | PAOK | Thessaloniki | 
| 18:00 EET | Charisteas  8' Navas  90+3' | Yiasoumi  12' Spasic  22', 59' | Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 
| 10 February 2002 15 | PAOK | 3–0 | Iraklis | Thessaloniki | 
| 20:00 EET | Yiasoumi  38' Okkas  84' Kafes  90+3' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 17 February 2002 16 | Olympiacos | 3–2 | PAOK | Athens | 
| 20:00 EET | Giovanni  9' Giannakopoulos  14' Djordjevic  17' | Georgiadis  54', 58' (pen.) | Stadium: Olympic Stadium | 
| 24 February 2002 17 | Panionios | 1–1 | PAOK | Nea Smyrni, Athens | 
| 16:00 EET | Mouzaoui  5' | Yiasoumi  15' | Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium | 
| 2 March 2002 18 | PAOK | 2–0 | Ionikos | Thessaloniki | 
| 19:00 EET | Georgiadis  31' (pen.) Kafes  60' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 10 March 2002 19 | Egaleo | 2–1 | PAOK | Athens | 
| 18:00 EET | Papoutsis  57' Chloros  88' | Georgiadis  45' | Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium | 
| 17 March 2002 20 | PAOK | 1–0 | Xanthi | Thessaloniki | 
| 20:00 EET | Spasic  44' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 23 March 2002 21 | Ethnikos Asteras | 1–3 | PAOK | Athens | 
| 18:30 EET | Berneanou  25' | Georgiadis  10', 28' (pen.) Borbokis  89' | Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium | 
| 31 March 2002 22 | PAOK | 2–2 | Panathinaikos | Thessaloniki | 
| 19:00 EET | Spasic  23' Frousos  51' | Karagounis  67' Konstantinou  73' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 7 April 2002 23 | OFI | 4–1 | PAOK | Heraklion | 
| 16:15 EET | Stavrakakis  14' Soares  28', 74' Moschogiannis  71' | Georgiadis  23' (pen.) | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 
| 14 April 2002 24 | PAOK | 6–3 | Akratitos | Thessaloniki | 
| 18:30 EET | Georgiadis  24', 61', 67' (pen.) Spasic  30', 33' Engomitis  73' | Iliopoulos  22' Ziakas  71' (pen.), 90+2' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 21 April 2002 25 | PAOK | 3–2 | Panachaiki | Thessaloniki | 
| 16:30 EET | Spasic  38' Katsabis  41' Kafes  89' | Kobayashi  74' Gitsis  85' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 8 May 2002 26 | AEK Athens | 6–2 | PAOK | Athens | 
| 16:30 EET | Tsiartas  2' Nikolaidis  24', 54' Lakis  41' Konstantinidis  63' Ivić  90' | Georgiadis  29' Voskaridis  85', 89' | Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium | 
Greek Cup
First round
Group 8
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAOK | CHA | PNE | OLV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAOK | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 16 | Second Round | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | ||
| 2 | Chalkidona | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |||
| 3 | Panelefsiniakos | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||
| 4 | Olympiakos Volos | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 
Matches
| 4 August 2001 Matchday 1 | Olympiacos Volos | 1–2 | PAOK | Volos | 
| 13:00 EEST | 
 | Report (page 21) | Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium | 
| 13 August 2001 Matchday 2 | Panelefsiniakos | 0–2 | PAOK | Elefsina | 
| 13:00 EEST | Report (page 22) | Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Eleusina | 
| 20 August 2001 Matchday 3 | PAOK | 4–1 | Chalkidona | Thessaloniki | 
| 13:00 EEST | 
 | Report (page 22) | 
 | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 26 August 2001 Matchday 4 | PAOK | 5–2 | Olympiacos Volos | Thessaloniki | 
| 13:00 EEST | Report (page 23) | 
 | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
| 10 October 2001 Matchday 5 | PAOK | 2–2 | Panelefsiniakos | Thessaloniki | 
| 13:00 EEST | Report (page 23) | 
 | Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Epanomi | 
| 8 November 2001 Matchday 6 | Chalkidona | 0–1 | PAOK | Nikaia | 
| 13:00 EET | Report (page 24) | 
 | Stadium: Pantelis Nikolaidis Stadium | 
Second round
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Third round
| 19 December 2001 1st leg | Chalkidona | 0–3 | PAOK | Nikaia | 
| 14:15 EET | Report (page 37) | 
 | Stadium: Pantelis Nikolaidis Stadium | 
| 15 January 2002 2nd leg | PAOK | 1–0 (4–0 agg.) | Chalkidona | Thessaloniki | 
| 16:00 EET | 
 | Report (page 38-39) | Stadium: Toumba Stadium | 
Quarter-finals
| 30 January 2002 1st leg | AEK Athens | 2–1 | PAOK | Nea Filadelfeia | 
| 19:00 EET | Report (page 39) | 
 | Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,310 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia) | 
| 6 February 2002 2nd leg | PAOK | 0–4 (1–6 agg.) | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki | 
| 19:00 EET | Report (page 40) | 
 | Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 15,109 Referee: Giorgos Tsangarakis (Chania) | 
UEFA Cup
First round
| 20 September 2001 1st leg | Kärnten   | 0–0 |  PAOK | Graz, Austria | 
| 20:30 CET | Report | Stadium: UPC-Arena Referee:  Paul McKeon | 
| 27 September 2001 2nd leg | PAOK   | 4–0 (4–0 agg.) |  Kärnten | Thessaloniki, Greece | 
| 20:00 CET | Konstantinidis  24', 51' Kafes  50' Luciano  74' | Report | Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee:  da Silva | 
Second round
| 18 October 2001 1st leg | PAOK   | 6–1 |  Marila Příbram | Thessaloniki, Greece | 
| 20:00 CET | Yiasoumi  22', 27' Okkas  37', 87' Konstantinidis  50' Luciano  75' | Report | Siegl  56' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee:  Victor Esquinas Torres | 
| 1 November 2001 2nd leg | Marila Příbram   | 2–2 (3–8 agg.) |  PAOK | Příbram, Czech Republic | 
| 14:00 CET | Čížek  36' Kučera  61' | Report | Luciano  15' Yiasoumi  61' | Stadium: Na Litavce Referee:  Nicolai Vollquartz | 
Third round
| 22 November 2001 1st leg | PAOK   | 3–2 |  PSV Eindhoven | Thessaloniki, Greece | 
| 18:30 CET | Yiasoumi  36', 69' Udeze  44' | Report | de Jong  19' Bruggink  81' | Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee:  Stéphane Bré | 
| 6 December 2001 2nd leg | PSV Eindhoven   | 4–1 (6–4 agg.) |  PAOK | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 
| 19:30 CET | Vennegoor of Hesselink  2', 58' Gakhokidze  33' Van Bommel  90' | Report | Luciano  59' | Stadium: Philips Stadion Referee:  Graziano Cesari | 
Statistics
Squad statistics
- As of 8 May 2002
Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.
| No. | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||
| 15 |  Vangelis Pourliotopoulos | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 16 |  Apostolos Papadopoulos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 33 |  Kyriakos Tohouroglou | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Defenders | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Vassilios Borbokis | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| 3 |  Vangelis Koutsopoulos | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | |||
| 4 |  Anastasios Katsabis | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |||
| 5 |  Georgios Koulakiotis | 10 (3) | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 (2) | 0 | 22 (5) | 1 | |||
| 19 |  Koffi Amponsah | 16 | 0 | 6 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 (1) | 0 | |||
| 21 |  Vaggelis Nastos | 18 (10) | 0 | 7 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 (11) | 2 | |||
| 23 |  Dionysis Chasiotis | 13 (3) | 0 | 6 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 (6) | 0 | |||
| 24 |  Ifeanyi Udeze | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 25 |  Edgardo Adinolfi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 26 |  Petros Kanakoudis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 27 |  Georgios Chatzizisis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 28 |  Marian Zeman | 4 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 | |||
| 31 |  Omari Tetradze | 5 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 11 (2) | 0 | |||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Pantelis Kafes | 23 (2) | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 36 (2) | 8 | |||
| 6 |  Dimitris Zavadias | 7 (5) | 0 | 7 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 15 (8) | 0 | |||
| 8 |  Luciano de Souza | 9 (4) | 0 | 7 (2) | 2 | 6 (1) | 4 | 22 (7) | 6 | |||
| 14 |  Giorgos Koutsis | 13 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (2) | 0 | |||
| 20 | .svg.png.webp) Sladan Spasic | 20 (12) | 8 | 8 (2) | 2 | 2 (2) | 0 | 30 (16) | 10 | |||
| 22 |  Guy Feutchine | 8 (5) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 | 16 (11) | 0 | |||
| 30 |  Panayiotis Engomitis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |||
| 44 |  Loukas Karadimos | 12 (2) | 0 | 8 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 21 (5) | 0 | |||
| 99 |  P. Konstantinidis | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 7 | |||
| Forwards | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Stefanos Voskaridis | 3 (3) | 2 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (5) | 2 | |||
| 9 |  Ioannis Okkas | 25 (4) | 10 | 7 (3) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 38 (7) | 14 | |||
| 10 |  Nikolaos Frousos | 17 (11) | 1 | 6 (1) | 3 | 2 (2) | 0 | 25 (14) | 4 | |||
| 11 |  Georgios Georgiadis | 25 (1) | 15 | 5 (1) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 36 (2) | 17 | |||
| 18 |  Yiasoumis Yiasoumi | 21 (6) | 6 | 5 (2) | 2 | 6 (2) | 5 | 32 (10) | 13 | |||
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, uefa.com, epo.gr, rsssf.com
Goalscorers
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | FW |  Georgios Georgiadis | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 
| 2 | 9 | FW |  Ioannis Okkas | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 
| 3 | 18 | FW |  Yiasoumis Yiasoumi | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 
| 4 | 20 | MF | .svg.png.webp) Sladan Spasic | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 
| 5 | 1 | MF |  Pantelis Kafes | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 
| 6 | 99 | MF |  P. Konstantinidis | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 
| 7 | 8 | MF |  Luciano de Souza | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 
| 8 | 10 | FW |  Nikolaos Frousos | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 
| 9 | 7 | FW |  Stefanos Voskaridis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 10 | 4 | DF |  Anastasios Katsabis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 11 | 2 | DF |  Vassilios Borbokis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 12 | 30 | MF |  Panayiotis Engomitis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| 13 | 21 | DF |  Vaggelis Nastos | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 14 | 5 | DF |  Georgios Koulakiotis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 15 | 24 | DF |  Ifeanyi Udeze | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| TOTALS | 55 | 21 | 16 | 92 | |||
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, uefa.com, epo.gr, rsssf.com













