Blackhawk

As usual worst possible opponent. Might not matter if we don't eliminate Beitar.

Apparently PAOK made an offer of 3.5 mil to Getafe for Maximovic, which was turned down.

Here is the list of players for the game with Beitar. Two changes can be made 24 hours before the game. List A: Μπάμπα , Τάισον , Φιλίπε Σοάρες , Εκόνγκ , Γιαξής, Κεντζιόρα , Κωνσταντέλιας , Κοτάρσκι , Λύρατζης , Μιχαηλίδης , Μουργκ , Νάρεϊ , Νάσμπεργκ , Σαμάτα , Σβαμπ , Ράφα Σοάρες , Ντόουγκλας , Ταλιχμανίδης , Μπράντον , Τσαούσης , Τσιγγάρας , Βιεϊρίνια , Βρακάς , Α.Ζίβκοβιτς , Z. Ζίβκοβιτς . List B: Μπαλωμένος , Γκορντεζιάνι , Κουλιεράκης , Παναγιώτου , Τζίμας

Monday (15:00 EEST) is the draw for the Qualifying Round 3 of the Conference League. That means that we will know our possible opponents if we manage to eliminate Beitar.

Tomorrow is the day when PAOK has to announce the players list for the upcoming game. There is a limit of 17 foreign based players set by UEFA.

First cuts to the roster made by Lucescu today: Gordeziani, Panagiotou, Kanis and Panagiotis Tzimas. More to follow.

And French for the return leg, but The Ukrainians might do the damage against the Russian owned PAOK on Thursday. Sadly, no VAR is available for the qualifying rounds.

Pelkas is signing with some Turkish club for 1.3 mil contract. PAOK offered him 700K.

Most likely scenario is for Konstantelias to be sold for big bucks.

Predicted 20 months ago. Reports are that Jose Boto is history is PAOK's Technical Director. If I was Ivan Savvidis I would not even bother hiring another one.

VS MATCHUP: PAOK Thessaloniki – Beitar Jerusalem COMPETITION: Europa Conference League – Qualifying Round 1 – Leg 1 DATE: 27-July-2023 TIME: 20:30 EET (17:30 UTC, 12:30 CDT, 03:30 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium (28,708) REFEREES: Mykola Balakin - Oleksandr Korniyko, Viktor Nyzhnyk (Ukraine) TELEVISION: Novasports (Greece) PAOK’s History against teams from Israel in European Competitions 2013-2014: Maccabi Haifa - PAOK FC 0:0 - Att: 10,000 – Europa League (Group Stage- Round 4) 2013-2014: PAOK FC – Maccabi Haifa 3:2 (35. Vitor, 40. Ninis, 66. Salpiggidis) - Att: 14,211 – Europa League (Group Stage- Round 3) 2012-2013: PAOK FC - Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 4:1 (47.Athanasiadis, 52. Athanasiadis, 79. Robert, 90. Pelkas) - Att: 9,544 – Europa League (Qualifying Round 3 – Leg 2) 2012-2013: Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv - PAOK FC 0:2 (62. Georgiadis, 72. Athanasiadis)– Att: 2,156 – Europa League (Qualifying Round 3 – Leg 1) 2004-2005: Maccabi Tel Aviv - PAOK FC 1:0 – Att: 9,500 – Champions League (Qualifying Round 3 – Leg 2) 2004-2005: PAOK FC – Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:2 (0:3 forfeit) (49. Giasemis) - Att: 20,655 – Champions League (Qualifying Round 3 – Leg 1) 2000-2001: Beitar Jerusalem - PAOK FC 3:3 (15. Katsabis, 43. Nalitzis, 89. Konstantinidis) – Att: 5,120 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 2) 2000-2001: PAOK FC – Beitar Jerusalem 3:1 (44. Camps,40. Own goal, 56. Nalitzis) - Att: 17,584 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 1) GAMES: 8 WINS: 4 TIES: 2 LOSSES: 2

So far we have sold 3,500 season tickets.

It's obvious Bradonjic is not in the plans for the senior squad. I see him, Kanis and probably some other players being loaned to Panserraikos or Kavala, our unofficial 'B' teams. What I am wondering s why is Dantas still on that list?

Full PAOK schedule: Round 1: PAOK - Asteras Tripolis Round 2: PAOK - AE Kifisia Round 3: OFI - PAOK Round 4: PAOK - Aris Round 5: PAS Giannina - PAOK Round 6: PAOK - NFC Volos Round 7: Panathinaikos - PAOK Round 8: PAOK - Atromitos Round 9: AEK - PAOK Round 10: Olympiakos - PAOK Round 11: PAOK - Panaitolikos Round 12: Panserraikos - PAOK Round 13: PAOK - PAS Lamia --------------------------------- Round 14: Asteras Tripolis - PAOK Round 15: AE Kifisia - PAOK Round 16: PAOK - OFI Round 17: Aris - PAOK Round 18: PAOK - PAS Giannina Round 19: NFC Volos - PAOK Round 20: PAOK - Panathinaikos Round 21: Atromitos - PAOK Round 22: PAOK - AEK Round 23: PAOK - Olympiakos Round 24: Panaitolikos - PAOK Round 25: PAOK - Panserraikos Round 26: PAS Lamia - PAOK Round 1: weekend of August 20-21, 2023 Round 26: March 3, 2024 Playoff Round 1: weekend of March 9-10, 2024 Playoff Round 10: weekend May 12, 2024

Draw was made today. First round: ΑΕΚ - Παναιτωλικός Βόλος - Λαμία Ολυμπιακός - Πανσερραϊκός ΟΦΗ - Άρης Παναθηναϊκός - Ατρόμητος ΠΑΟΚ - Αστέρας Τρίπολης ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα - Κηφισιά

Latest rumor is that Kotarski is on the list of possible acquisitions by Bayern Munich.

NAME: Mbwana Ally Samatta POSITION: Forward JERSEY NUMBER: 33 BIRTHDAY: 23-December-1992 BIRTH PLACE: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania HEIGHT 1.83 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 13-June-2015 (Nigeria - Chad AFCON Qualifying) PREVIOUS TEAMS: Fenerbahce Istanbul, KRC Genk (loan), FC Antwerp (loan), Fenerbahce Istanbul, Aston Villa, KRC Genk, TP Mazembe, Simba SC, African Lions\ CONTRACT ENDS: 30-Jun-2025 (+1 year option) SALARY: € per season

Game highlites:

Latest rumor is that PAOK is talking to CSKA Moscow about acquiring Colombian Jorge Carrascal for 4.5 mil which would give PAOK 50% ownership of the player. Samatta had to reschedule his flight to Thessaloniki and will now show up later than expected on Saturday (today).

They are saving Augusto for the return game against Beitar since we don't have many options in his position. He will miss the first one due to a red card ban.

Emmanoulidou finishes in 5th place in the final of 100m. Her time 11.40.

Maria Despolari gets the bronze medal in the 800 m final with 2:04.14

The team is coming back from Holland on Monday, so it would be useless for him to go there.

Good results in the full first day of the U23 European Championships: Emmanoulidou qualified to the final thanks to having the 6th best time (11.32) in the semifinals. She will need to do much better to medal in the final. In the men's hammer throw two of our athletes (Dousakis with 70.08 and Polychroniou with 68.36) made it to the final. Korakidis (66.09) did not make it. In men's discus throw, Bouzakis (53.44) qualified to the final. Pavlidis (53.05) failed to qualify. Pavlidis has been an utter disappointment since his national record throw of 64.90 back in the USA earlier this year. Despolari qualified to the finals of 800 meters with best qualifying time of all participants with 2:04.53. Retsa qualified to the pole vault final with a jump of 4.10 Dragomirova is in 18th place in the heptathlon after the first day. Also failing to make the finals are Stamatinikolas in long jump with 7.03, Kosmidou in hammer throw with 61.11, Karydi (12.88) and Rapti (12.49) in triple jump.

The friendly is against Al Taawoun on Saturday. Apparently it's a practice game behind closed doors (no TV coverage). I think all the second stringers will get to play in that one. The starters will play next day against Westerlo, which will serve as a last test before our European match against Beitar Jerusalem.