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VS MATCHUP: Olympique Lyon – PAOK Thessaloniki FC COMPETITION: Europa – League Phase – Matchday 8 DATE: 29-January-2026 TIME: 22:00 EEST (19:00 UTC, 14:00 CDT, 06:00 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Lyon – Groupama Stadium (59,186) REFEREES: TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport (Greece), Cytavision Sports (Cyprus), Stan Sports (Australia), Paramount+, ViX (USA) PAOK’s History against teams from France in European Competitions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2025-2026: LOSC Lille – PAOK FC 3:4 – (18. Meite, 23. Zivkovic, 42. Konstantelias, 74. Zivkovic) - Att: 23,666 – Europa League – League Phase – MD3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021-2022: PAOK FC – Olympique Mareille 0:1 - Att: 27,648 – Europa Conference League – Quarterfinal – Leg 2 2021-2022: Olympique Mareille – PAOK FC 2:1 – (48. El Kaddouri) - Att: 8,783 – Europa Conference League – Quarterfinal – Leg 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014-2015: PAOK FC – EA Guingamp 1:2 – (22. Athanasiadis) - Att: 12,101 – Europa League (Group Stage – Round 6) 2014-2015: EA Guingamp – PAOK FC 2:0 – Att: 8,783 – Europa League (Group Stage – Round 2) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-2006: PAOK FC – Stade Rennais FC 5:1 – (3. Own goal, 37. Christodoulopoulos, 79. Giasemis, 82. Salpiggidis, 89. Giasemis) – Att: 1,012 – UEFA Cup (Group Stage – Round 4) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1992-1993: PAOK FC – Paris Saint-Germain 0:3ff – Att: 26,500 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 2) Paris St. Germain wonthe game 3:0 on forfeit after the game at Toumba was abandoned in the 45th minute when PAOK fans stormed the field. The score at that time was 2:0 for PSG. As a result, UEFA banned PAOK for 2 years from any European competition that the team would qualify for. 1992-1993: Paris Saint-Germain – PAOK FC 2:0 – Att: 17,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1982-1983: FC Sochaux Montbeliard – PAOK FC 2:1 aet – (95. C. Dimopoulos) – Att: 17,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 2) 1982-1983: PAOK FC – FC Sochaux Montbeliard 1:0 – (78. C. Dimopoulos) - Att: 30,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1973-1974: PAOK FC – Olympique Lyon 4:0 – (25. Paridis, 61. Paridis, 37. Alsanidis (p), 80. Sarafis) - Att: 30,416 – Cup Winners Cup (Round 2 – Leg 2) 1973-1974: Olympique Lyon– PAOK FC 3:3 – (44. Aslanidis, 50. Terzanidis, 81. Sarafis) – Att: 26,500 – Cup Winners Cup (Round 2 – Leg 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMES: 12 WINS: 4 TIES: 1 LOSSES: 7

Also with a tie at Lyon we will at least end up in the 9 - 16 position, which would mean that in the playoff game we will play the second leg at Toumba.

Current table: 1. Olympique Lyon 7 6 0 1 14 : 3 18 2. Aston Villa 7 6 0 1 11 : 4 18 3. SC Freiburg 7 5 2 0 10 : 3 17 4. FC Midtjylland 7 5 1 1 16 : 8 16 5. SC Bragga 7 5 1 1 11 : 5 16 6. AS Roma 7 5 0 2 12 : 5 15 7. Ferencvaros Budapest 7 4 3 0 12 : 7 15 8. Real Betis 7 4 2 1 11 : 6 14 9. FC Porto 7 4 2 1 10 : 6 14 10. KRC Genk 7 4 1 2 9 : 6 13 11. Crvena Zvezda Beograd 7 4 1 2 6 : 5 13 12. PAOK Thessaloniki 7 3 3 1 15 : 10 12 13. VfB Stuttgart 7 4 0 3 12 : 7 12 14. Celta Vigo 7 4 0 3 14 : 10 12 15. AC Bologna 7 3 3 1 11 : 7 12 16. Nottingham Forest 7 3 2 2 11 : 7 11 17. Viktoria Plzen 7 2 5 0 7 : 3 11 18. Fenerbahce Istanbul 7 3 2 2 9 : 6 11 19. Panathinaikos Athens 7 3 2 2 10 : 8 11 20. GNK Dinamo Zagreb 7 3 1 3 12 : 14 10 21. LOSC Lille 7 3 0 4 11 : 9 9 22. SK Brann 7 2 3 2 9 : 10 9 23. Young Boys Berne 7 3 0 4 8 : 13 9 24. Celtic Glasgow 7 2 2 3 9 : 13 8 25. PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 7 2 1 4 11 : 15 7 26. Feyenoord Roterdam 7 2 0 5 10 : 13 6 27. FC Basel 1893 7 2 0 5 9 : 12 6 28. Red Bull Salzburg 7 2 0 5 8 : 12 6 29. FCSB 7 2 0 5 8 : 15 6 30. Go Ahead Eagles 7 2 0 5 6 : 14 6 31. SK Sturm Graz 7 1 1 5 4 : 11 4 32. Glasgow Rangers 7 1 1 5 4 : 11 4 33. OGC Nice 7 1 0 6 7 : 14 3 34. Utrecht FC 7 0 1 6 3 : 11 1 35. Malmo FF 7 0 1 6 3 : 13 1 36. Maccabi Tel Aviv 7 0 1 6 2 : 19 1 If only one of our three ties against weaker teams was a win we would now be certain to finish in the top 8.

The buyout option is 5 mil. Hopefully we can reach a deal with Cruz Azul at around 3 to 3.5 mil. The other stumbling block will be his salary. Right now he is making around 3 mil (we are paying around 1.8 mil and the Mexicans the rest). I don't see us paying him that much if we sign him outright.

Major win against a very good opponent.

The entrance of Konstantelias all the difference in 2nd half.

Zivko goal

Good move.

Pelkas is flirting with a second yellow card.

If we can keep it up like this in the 2nd half and get the tie I will be very happy. I expect Konstantelias to get some minutes in the 2nd half, and hopefully we can create some chances to score as a result.

Konstantelias practiced today, so there is a chance that he will at least be on the bench.

Sastre is on his way out. His contract expires in June 2026 and the plans are not to renew it. That's why we are looking at RBs. Apparently Lucescu made a decision that he does not want a new CB right now. For that reason we stopped negotiating with Zenith for Drkusic. Either that, or it is a part of the negotiating process. .

EPO is also working on a friendly against Paraguay in March 2026.

Last regular season game. It will be played at Toumba Stadium. Round 18 24-Jan-2026, 15:00 EET Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium PAOK Thessaloniki 'B' - Kambaniakos Chalastra TV: Sportal.gr

Next games: WOMEN'S FOOTBALL LEAGUE - Round 11 24-JANUARY-2026, 13:45 EET Arkadi - Gypedo Panarkadikou Asteras Tripolis - PAOK Thessaloniki TV: ERT 2 Sport WOMEN'S GREEK CUP - Quartefinal Leg 2 28-JANUARY-2026, 15:00 EET Nea Mesymvria - PAOK Training Grounds PAOK Thessaloniki - AE Rethymnos TV:

Konstantelias did not train again today. I don't see him playing Thursday. Meite is ok and practiced today. He will surely get the start. Italian official in this game.

Yes, I read about it yesterday. The 300 meter race is not a standard discipline in track & field, meaning that it is not included in the olympics or any world/european/national championships. Having said that, I think Franks is ready to break the Greek record in 400 meters, both indoors and outdoors this year.

MVP so far is Chatzidis. On the Taison goal, Chatzidis passed to pappou who is double his age.

Grandpa Taison 2:0

VS MATCHUP: PAOK Thessaloniki – Real Betis COMPETITION: Europa League – League Phase – MD6 DATE: 22-January-2026 TIME: 22:00 EET (20:00 UTC, 14:00 CST, 06:00 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium Stadium (28,708) REFEREES: Simone Sozza - Alberto Tegoni, Giovanni Baccini (Italy) TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport (Greece), Stan Sport (Australia), DAZN (Canada), Paramount+, ViX (USA) PAOK’s History against teams from Spain in European Competitions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2025-2026: RC Celta Vigo – PAOK 3:1 – (37. Giakoumakis) - Att: 20,849 – Europa League (Group Phase – MD2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-2025: Real Sociedad – PAOK 2:0 – Att: 23,872 – Europa League (Group Phase – MD8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020-2021: PAOK – Granada CF 0:0 - Att: no fans - Europa League (Group Stage - Round 6) 2020-2021: Granada CF – PAOK 0:0 – Att: nf – Europa League (Group Stage - Round 2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010-2011: PAOK – Villareal CF 1:0 – (69. Vieirinha) - Att: 22,779 - Europa League (Group Stage - Round 4) 2010-2011: Villareal CF – PAOK 1:0 – Att: 14,760 – Europa League (Group Stage - Round 3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997-1998: Atletico Madrid – PAOK 5:2 – (20. Frantzeskos, 65. Maragos) - Att: 28,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 2, Leg 2) 1997-1998: PAOK – Atletico Madrid 4:4 – (15. Frantzeskos, 55. Olivares, 75. Zagorakis, 82. Zouboulis) – Att: 25,378 – UEFA Cup (Round 2, Leg 1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990-1991: PAOK – Sevilla FC 0:0 (3:4 pen) – Att: 35,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 2, Leg 2) 1990-1991: Sevilla FC – PAOK 0:0 – Att: 40,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 2, Leg 2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1982-1983: Sevilla FC – PAOK 4:0 –- Att: 52,532 – UEFA Cup (Round 2, Leg 2) 1982-1983: PAOK – Sevilla FC 2:0 – (49. Dimopoulos C., 61. Kostikos) – Att: 17,725 – UEFA Cup (Round 2, Leg 1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975-1976: FC Barcelona – PAOK 6:1 – (77. Anastasiadis) - Att: 30,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 1, Leg 2) 1975-1976: PAOK – FC Barcelona 1:0 – (73. Koudas) - Att: 45,020 – UEFA Cup (Round 1, Leg 1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMES: 14 WINS: 3 TIES: 5 LOSSES: 6

Good move by the team as the upcoming schedule is very hectic, specially in February.

Initial budget for the Nest of the Two-Headed Eagle AE was set at 1 mil Euro. With this development, the ball towards the construction of the new stadium should start rolling. Next step is to secure all the permits to raise down the old stadium and the permits to start the construction of the new one. The company also needs to finalize the design of the stadium with Popoulous. One of the sticking points is the Kaftanzoglio Stadium. The government promised that work was going to begin in November 2025 in order to have the stadium ready for PAOK to move in for the next season (2026-2027). Unfortunately as is always the case in Greece, the work has not started yet.

Mykonos - PAOK 1:6 In the 1st leg of the quarterfinals in the Greek Cup.

Big win. Now we wait for either Panathinaikos or Aris in the semifinals.