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Pafos won the Cypriot cup and will be seeded. SEEDED TEAMS Benfica Lisbon (POR) 90.000 Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 50.500 FC Midtjylland (DEN) 48.250 PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE) 48.250 Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) 32.500 Anderlecht Brussels (BEL) 30.750 Pafos (CYP) 24.125 - unknown (winner of Ferencvaros tie in Round 1) - unknown (winner of Qarabag tie in Round 1) UNSEEDED TEAMS Besiktas Istanbul (TUR) 15.500 Twente Enschede (NED) 13.585 Tromso IL (NOR) 8.247 FC Sankt Gallen (SUI) 6.940 Hammarby IF (SWE) 6.000 - unknown (winner of Dynamo Kiev tie in Round 1) - unknown (winner of Hajduk Split tie in Round 1) - unknown (winner of Sherif Tiraspol in Round 1) - unknown (winner of CSKA Sofia tie in Round 1)

Our pre-season training will once again take place in the land of Dutch Eagle. Apparently we will use the same facilities we did last summer. The dates mentioned are June 19 - July 13, 2026, which means the team will return to Thessaloniki approximately 10 days before our first Europa league match.

U21: Greece - Qatar 1:2 U19: Greece - Cyprus 2:0 Greece - england 1:2

Maccabi Tel Aviv won the cup in Israel so the updated Qualifying Round 2 seedings are as follows : SEEDED TEAMS Benfica Lisbon (POR) 90.000 Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 50.500 FC Midtjylland (DEN) 48.250 PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE) 48.250 Maccabi tel Aviv (ISR) 32.500 Anderlecht Brussels (BEL) 30.750 - unknown - unknown UNSEEDED TEAMS Besiktas Istanbul (TUR) 15.500 Twente Enschede (NED) 13.585 Tromso IL (NOR) 8.247 FC Sankt Gallen (SUI) 6.940 Hammarby IF (SWE) 6.000 - unknown - unknown - unknown

Both friendlies are now confirmed: June 4, 2026, 20:00 EEST: Sweden - Greece (Strawberry Arena, Stockholm) June 7, 2026, 22:00 EEST: Greece - Italy (Pankrytio Stadium, Iraklio)

Upcoming PAOK players international duties: SENIOR NATIONAL TEAMS GREECE – Zafiris 04.06.2026 20:00 EEST: Sweden - Greece (Friendly) 07.06.2026 22:00 EEST: Greece – Italy (Friendly) SERBIA – Zivkovic 31.05.2026 17:30 EEST: Cape Verde - Serbia (Friendly) 05.06.2026 05:00 EEST: Mexico – Serbia (Friendly) POLAND - Kedziora 31.05.2026 18:30 EEST: Poland – Ukraine (Friendly) 03.06.2026 21:45 EEST: Poland – Nigeria (Friendly) MEXICO – Sanchez 01.06.2026 05:00 EEST: Mexico – Australia (Friendly) 05.06.2026 05:00 EEST: Mexico – Serbia (Friendly) 11.06.2026 22:00 EEST: Mexico – South Africa (World Cup) 19.06.2026 04:00 EEST: Mexico – South Korea (World Cup) 25.06.2026 04:00 EEST: Mexico – Czechia (World Cup) GHANA – Baba 02.06.2026 21:45 EEST: Wales - Ghana (Friendly) 18.06.2026 02:00 EEST: Ghana – Panama (World Cup) 23.06.2026 23:00 EEST: Ghana – England (World Cup) 28.06.2026 00:00 EEST: Ghana – Croatia (World Cup) YOUTH NATIONAL TEAMS GREECE U21 – Chatsidis, Polykratis, Sarris 27.05.2026 16:00 EEST: Greece – Qatar (Friendly) played in Croatia 30.05.2026 18:30 EEST: Croatia - Greece (Friendly) played in Croatia GREECE U19 – Argitidis, Aretis, Berdois, Gioka, Kyriazidis, Toursounidis 27.05.2026 10:00 EEST: Cyprus – Greece (Friendly) played in Cyprus 28.05.2026 12:30 EEST: Greece – England (Friendly) played in Cyprus 03.06.2026 18:00 EEST: Greece – Serbia (EURO Qualifying) played at Toumba Stadium 06.06.2026 18:00 EEST: Greece – Portugal (EURO Qualifying) played at Toumba Stadium 09.06.2026 18:00 EEST: Greece – Kazakhstan (EURO Qualifying) played at Toumba Stadium

Updated seedings above. The remaining teams will be decided by the cup finals results in Cyprus and Israel (2 teams) as well as teams qualifying from Round 1 (4 teams)

After winning the Greek Cup the women's PAOK Handball Club also won the Greek championship by defeating AEK 29:20 in third and deciding game to secure the title.

Not according to transfermarkt. Ozdoev should be ok as a backup. Just need some solid starters in those positions. Meite has nagging injuries, and Zafiris gas been a major disappointment for the money we paid for him.

Good job. Bravo to the ladies of PAOK.

Before signing anybody the team needs to clarify if we are keeping Lucescu as the coach. Next step should be a decision on which current players are staying and which are going. The following contracts expire on June 30, 2026 Vogliaco Lovren Baba Sastre Ozdoev Bianco Ivanusec Taison Giakoumakis Kedziora (automatic one year extension option) Meite (automatic one year extension option) BTW the team today announced that they are negotiating with Ozdoev for a contract extension.

Looks like the Italy game is back on. They agreed not to bring the U21 team.

The 4 mil will go to Lucescu for breaking his contract with us. We'll have to come up with more money to hire a replacement.

Greek Cup final takes place this Sunday. The girls are going to try and get the double this season. GREEK CUP - FINAL 24-MAY-2026, 17:00 EEST Agrinio - Panaitolikos Stadium PAOK Thessaloniki - Asteras Tripolis TV: ERT 2 Sport

Frantzeskakis is in a good form. I see him breaking the 80 meters this season. So far this year there are seven Greek hammer throwers with throws over 70 meters, and the son of Polychroniou at 69.15 meters is ranked 8th. BTW, Christos Polychroniou who is 2nd in the all time rankings with 80.08 meters has been banned for lifetime by IAAF for repeated doping violations.