Blackhawk

Would be nice to get a convincing win, but I kind of doubt it. Konstantelias did not practice today due to fever. Eagle's countrymen were assigned to ref this match.

It's been a while since we beat them at home. We are due for a win.

VS MATCHUP: P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki - Olympiakos Piraeus COMPETITION: Superleague 1 - Round 23 DATE: 18-February-2024 TIME: 20:30 EET (18:30 UTC, 12:30 CST, 05:30 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium (28,703) REFEREES: Christian Dingert - Benedikt Kempes, Nikolai Kimmeyer (Germany) TELEVISION: Novasports Prime (Greece, Cyprus), Net TV Plus (worldwide except Greece & Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia) P.A.O.K. vs Olympiakos history: Superleague 2022-2023: 0:1 - Attendance: 15,535 (PLAYOFFS) 2022-2023: 0:0 - Attendance: 23,585 2021-2022: 1:2 (Murg) - Attendance: 7,369 (PLAYOFFS) 2021-2022: 1:1 (own goal) - Attendance: nf 2020-2021: 2:0 (Zivkovic 2) - Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS) 2020-2021: 1:1 (Ingason) - Attendance: nf 2019-2020: 0:1 - Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS) 2019-2020: 0:1 - Attendance: 26,377 2018-2019: 3:1 (Vieirinha, Biseswar, Akpom) - Attendance: 25,097 2017-2018: 0:3 - Attendance: 24,717 (Olympiakos won on forfeit as they got scared of flying paper and decided not to play the game) 2016-2017: 2:0 (Shakhov, Prijovic) - Attendance: 26,379 2015-2016: 0:2 - Attendance: 25,674 2014-2015: 0:0 - Attendance: 24,411 2013-2014: 2:1 (Athanasiadis, Tzavellas) - Attendance: 23,344 2012-2013: 1:1 (Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 23,023 2011-2012: 0:2 - Attendance: 18,299 2010-2011: 2:1 (Koutsianikoulis, Vitolo-p) - Attendance: 20,023 2009-2010: 1:0 (Muslimovic) - Attendance: 24,109 (PLAYOFFS) 2009-2010: 1:2 (Vieirinha) - Attendance: 24,109 2008-2009: 0:0 - Attendance: 22,214 2007-2008: 1:1 (Gonzales) - Attendance: 22,000 2006-2007: 2:3 (Mieciel, Torghelle) - Attendance: 23,483 2005-2006: 1:2 (Shikabala) - Attendance: 7,050 Alpha Ethniki (Professional) 2004-2005: 1:1 (Salpiggidis) - Attendance: 23,950 2003-2004: 0:2 - Attendance: no fans 2002-2003: 1:1 (Georgiadis-p) - Attendance: 22,296 2001-2002: 1:1 (Spasic) - Attendance: 22,200 2000-2001: 2:4 (Nalitzis, Frousos) - Attendance: 5,723 1999-2000: 0:2 - Attendance: 25,550 1998-1999: 1:2 (Frantzeskos) - Attendance: 25,858 (match abandoned in 83rd minute) 1997-1998: 2:1 (Franzeskos, Toursounidi) - Attendance: 26,471 1996-1997: 0:0 - Attendance: 35,850 1995-1996: 0:0 - Attendance: 6,699 (played at Trikala) 1994-1995: 2:0 (Bocziek 2, Kapetanopoulos) - Attendance: 26,404 1993-1994: 1:1 (Luhovy) - Attendance: 10,291 1992-1993: 0:0 - Attendance: 7,988 1991-1992: 1:2 (Lagonidis) - Attendance: 8,577 (end of the 21 year Olympiakos winless streak at Toumba) 1990-1991: 3:2 (Skartados 2, Alexiou) - Attendance: 17,870 1989-1990: 4:1 (Skartados 2, Lagonidis, Alexoulis-p) - Attendance: 17,169 1988-1989: 1:0 (Karasavidis) - Attendance: 32,112 1987-1988: 6:1 (Borbokis 2, Bannon, Mavromatis, Siggas, Baniotis) - Attendance: 10,827 (played in Serres) 1986-1987: 4:1 (Skartados-p, Baniotis, Alexandridis, Papaioannou) - Attendance: 40,718 1985-1986: 1:0 (Orfanos) - Attendance: 24,970 1984-1985: 1:0 (Kostikos-p) - Attendance: 41,073 1983-1984: 4:0 (Dimopoulos, Koudas, Skartados, Kostikos) - Attendance: 13,138 (played in Serres) 1982-1983: 1:1 (Guerino) - Attendance: 33,334 1981-1982: 3:0 (Dimopoulos 2, own) - Attendance: 22,744 1980-1981: 1:0 (Vasilakos) - Attendance: 21,359 (Gyula Lorant, PAOK coach suffers heart attack and dies on the bench during this match) 1979-1980: 2:0 (Kostikos, Kermanidis) - Attendance: 36.016 Alpha Ethniki (Amateur/Semi-Professional) 1978-1979: 2:0 (Orfanos 2) - Attendance: 25,362 1977-1978: 1:0 (Guerino) - Attendance: 30,477 1976-1977: 2:1 (Guerino, Kermanidis) - Attendance: 45,147 1975-1976: 3:1 (Kermanidis, Sarafis, Guerino) - Attendance: 33,378 1974-1975: 2:0 (Kermanidis, Terzanidis) - Attendance: 37,448 1973-1974: 1:0 (Sarafis) - Attendance: 42,976 1972-1973: 1:0 (Gounaris) - Attendance: 42,150 1971-1972: 4:3 (Sarafis 2, Apostolidis, Manzourakis) - Attendance: 21,161 1970-1971: 0:0 - Attendance: 25,462 (beginning of the 21 year Olympiakos winless streak at Toumba) 1969-1970: 1:2 (Afentoulidis-p) - Attendance: 35,740 1968-1969: 2:1 (Koudas 2) - Attendance: 26,745 1967-1968: 1:0 (Charalambidis) - Attendance: 26,446 1966-1967: 2:0 (Afentoulidis 2) - Attendance: 31,504 1965-1966: 3:2 (Koudas, Afentoulidis, Charalambidis) - Attendance: 22,736 1964-1965: 0:4 - Attendance: 17,309 1963-1964: 0:0 - Attendance: 18,884 1962-1963: 2:2 (Vasiliadios, Savvidis) - Attendance: 19,510 1961-1962: 0:1 - Attendance: 15.691 1960-1961: 0:2 - Attendance: 6,000 1959-1960: 2:0 (Leandros, Katikaridis) - Attendance: 14,050 Panhellenic Championship 1958-1959: 2:3 (Kalogiannis, Kiourtzis)- Attendance: 10,000 1957-1958: 1:0 (Leandros) - Attendance: ? 1956-1957: 2:1 (Kouiroukidis 2)- Attendance: 15,000 1955-1956: 1:2 (Gentzis)- Attendance: ? 1954-1955: 2:3 (Papadakis, Gentzis)- Attendance: ? 1953-1954: 1:2 (Gentzis)- Attendance: ? 1947-1948: 0:3 - Attendance: ? 1936-1937: 1:5 (Bostanzoglou) - Attendance: ? 1935-1936: 2:2 (?)- Attendance: ? 1931-1932: 0:2 - Attendance: ? 1930-1931: 3:0 (Papagiordanidis, Pazaroglou, Biblis)- Attendance: ? GAMES: 80 WINS: 35 TIES: 19 LOSSES: 26

Unfortunately at the end Nigeria lost 2:1. Ivory Coast lifts the trophy.

He might be the MVP of the tournament if Nigeria wins it.

1:1 final score At least we did not lose.

Kedziora 1:1

Despodov with a post. We must tie the game.

Stupid goal

Yes, AEK is the better team on the field. We will need to improve in 2nd half if we want the 3 points.

Meite close.

I would not put anything past them in order to gain any advantage they can.

The idea is that they have not been corrupted by the domestic system, but that does not mean they can't be influenced. I believe it's usually the 4th ref that picks them up at the airport and shows them around before the game. In this case it's Diamantopoulos, who is part of the system that is currently controlled by Melissanidis. Let's hope the ref is not a factor in Sunday's game. This ref called several PAOK games in the past. One against Aris, where we won 3:2, and two against Panathinaikos, both losses.

Officiating crew from Azerbaijan assigned for this game.

VS MATCHUP: P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – Panathinaikos Athens COMPETITION: Greek Cup – Semifinal – Leg 1 DATE: 14-February-2024 TIME: 19:30 EET (17:30 UTC, 11:30 CST, 04:30 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703) REFEREES: Lindhart Allard - Rogier Honig, Patrick Inia (Holland) TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport 1HD (Greece), Cytavision Sports (Cyprus), Antenna Satellite/Pacific (USA, Canada/Australia) PAOK – Panathinaikos Greek Cup history: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022-2023: QF – Leg 2: Panathinaikos - PAOK 1:1 (Oliveira-p) - Attendance: ? 2022-2023: QF – Leg 1: PAOK – Panathinaikos 2:0 (Brandon, Taison) - Attendance: ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021-2022: FINAL: PAOK – Panathinaikos 0:1 - Attendance: 45,409 (OAKA Stadium) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019-2020: QF – Leg 2: Panathinaikos - PAOK 0:1 (Swiderski) - Attendance: ? 2019-2020: QF – Leg 1: PAOK – Panathinaikos 2:0 (Vieirinha-p, Varela) - Attendance: ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016-2017: SF – Leg 2: PAOK – Panathinaikos 4:0 (Pelkas, Matos, Shakhov, Prijovic) - Attendance: ? 2016-2017: SF – Leg 1: Panathinaikos - PAOK 2:0 - Attendance: 10,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013-2014: FINAL: PAOK – Panathinaikos 1:4 (Vukic-p) - Attendance: 44,356 (OAKA Stadium) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006-2007: QF – Leg 2: Panathinaikos - PAOK 3:1 et (Georgiadis) - Attendance: 23,747 2006-2007: QF – Leg 1: PAOK – Panathinaikos 2:1 (Konstantinidis, Mieciel) - Attendance: 13,924 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993-1994: R3 – Leg 2: PAOK – Panathinaikos 0:0 4:5 pen. - Attendance: 14,690 1993-1994: R3 – Leg 1: Panathinaikos - PAOK 0:0 - Attendance: 3,532 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990-1991: SF – Leg 2: PAOK – Panathinaikos 1:0 (Skartados) - Attendance: 25,918 1990-1991: SF – Leg 1: Panathinaikos - PAOK 2:0 - Attendance: 18,607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984-1985: SF – Leg 2: PAOK – Panathinaikos 4:0 (Siggas, Kostikos, Alexandridis, Karasavidis) - Attendance: 40,561 1984-1985: SF – Leg 1: Panathinaikos - PAOK 2:0 - Attendance: 48,104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981-1982: SF – Leg 2: PAOK – Panathinaikos 1:0 (Koudas) - Attendance: 38,774 1981-1982: SF – Leg 1: Panathinaikos - PAOK 2:0 - Attendance: 24,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1976-1977: FINAL: PAOK – Panathinaikos 1:2 (Terzanidis) - Attendance: 28,490 (Karaiskaki Stadium) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972-1973: QF: PAOK – Panathinaikos 2:0 (Paridis 2) - Attendance: 38,869 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1971-1972: FINAL: PAOK – Panathinaikos 2:1 (Koudas 2) - Attendance: 34,831 (Karaiskaki Stadium) – CUP WINNER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970-1971: QF: PAOK – Panathinaikos 3:2 (Sarafis, Paridis, own goal) - Attendance: 28,830 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1967-1968: QF: PAOK – Panathinaikos 1:2 et (Foundoukidis) - Attendance: 12,263 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954-1955: FINAL: PAOK – Panathinaikos 0:2 - Attendance: 6,729 (Leoforos Alexandras) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950-1951: SF: PAOK – Panathinaikos 1:0 (Papadakis) - Attendance: ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1948-1949: QF: PAOK – Panathinaikos 0:1 - Attendance: ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMES: 26 WINS: 12 TIES: 3 LOSSES: 11

They would have to rise from dead first.

Official contract signing will take place tomorrow. The new 3 year deal includes approximately 300K per year raise. The new contract calls for salaries totaling 2 mil per year for Lucescu and his coaching staff. Additionally, there is a buyout option set at 7 mil for any team outside of Greece in order to break his contract with PAOK. This buyout option is not is not applicable to any team from the countries in the Middle East. Buyout option for those teams is apparently much higher.

Should be able to avoid relegation to League C. Second place in the group is possible.

Announcement by the Dutch team thanking PAOK fans: «Προς όλους τους νέους ακολούθους μας. Είμαστε ευτυχείς που βλέπουμε ότι πρόσφατα πολλοί άνθρωποι βρήκαν (και τους άρεσε) τη σελίδα Facebook του SteDoCo. Καταλαβαίνουμε ότι αυτό οφείλεται στην άφιξη στο SteDoCo 1 του Diego Biseswar, ο οποίος έχει παίξει αρκετά χρόνια για τον ΠΑΟΚ στην Ελλάδα. Χαιρόμαστε που βλέπουμε ότι ο Ντιέγκο έχει ακόμα τόσους πολλούς οπαδούς στην Ελλάδα. Θέλουμε να σας ευχαριστήσουμε για όλα τα συγχαρητήρια και τα θετικά μηνύματα και ελπίζουμε ότι ο Ντιέγκο θα νιώσει σαν στο σπίτι του μαζί μας και σύντομα θα δείξει τις ικανότητές του στο γήπεδο, όπως έκανε στον ΠΑΟΚ. Λάβετε υπόψη ότι θα δείξουμε τον Ντιέγκο με στολή SteDoCo το αργότερο αυτή την Παρασκευή. Μπορείτε επίσης να μας ακολουθήσετε στο Instagram (stedocoheren1) και στο X (@1stedoco).»

Ekong with another goal from a penalty kick in the semifinal game between Nigeria and South Africa in the Africa Cup of Nations. I's say he take over from Schwab as far as penalties is concerned for PAOK.

Another 2,000 followers were added to the SteDoCo FB page since yesterday. Before Biseswar they had around 600. Now they have over 4,000.

SUPERLEAGUE 1 - INTERNATIONAL TV RIGHTS NET TV PLUS - available worldwide except Greece & Cyprus Aris Thessaloniki Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Athens Panserraikos Serres PAOK Thessaloniki PAS Giannina ANTENNA SATELLITE/PACIFIC - available in USA, Canada/Australia AEK Athens NFC Volos OFI Crete Olympiakos Piraeus Panathinaikos Athens Panaitolikos Agrinio PAS Lamia SPORT PLUS - available in USA, Canada/Australia AE Kifisia Aris Thessaloniki Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Athens Panserraikos Serres PAS Giannina PAOK Thessaloniki ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GREEK CUP - INTERNATIONAL TV RIGHTS Antenna Satellite (USA, Canada) Antenna Pacific (Antenna Pacific) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up to date Greek soccer TV schedules: https://www.facebook.com/Greeksoccerontv

SUPERLEAGUE 1 - DOMESTIC TV RIGHTS - GREECE & CYPRUS Novasports: Aris Thessaloniki Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Athens PAOK Thessaloniki Panserraikos Serres PAS Giannina COSMOTE (Greece) / Prime Tel (Cyprus): AEK Athens AE Kifisia NFC Volos OFI Olympiakos Piraeus Panaitolikos Agrinio Panathinaikos Athens PAS Lamia GREEK CUP - DOMESTIC TV RIGHTS COSMOTE (Greece), Cytavision (Cyprus) Up to date Greek soccer TV schedules: https://www.facebook.com/Greeksoccerontv

Draw for UEFA 2024-2025 Nations League will take place on February 8. Greece will take part in League B and will be seeded in Pot 4 for the draw. Here are the Pots for League B: Pot 1 Austria Czechia England Wales Pot 2 Finland Ukraine Iceland Norway Pot 3 Slovenia Ireland Albania Montenegro Pot 4 Georgia Greece Turkey Kazakhstan

Diego Biseswar has signed a contract with 4th division Dutch team VV SteDoCo to continue his football career at age 35. Prior to the Biseswar signing, the team Facebook page apparently had 500 followers. Once the signing was announced the followers to the page almost quadrupled. I would bet that most of these new followers are PAOK fans.