PAOK was founded in April 1926 by noble Konstantinoupolitians who arrived as immigrants in Thessaloniki, after the exchange of population between Greece and Turkey, according to the Laussane treaty of 1924. These people were: L. Nikolaidis, K. Komitsopoulos, D. Mitsionis, the Dimitriadis brothers, the MP Koultatsoglou, Kouemtzopoulos, Karamaounas and a few more. The constitution of PAOK, with index number 822, was legitimated by the City Court of Thessaloniki on April 28, 1926.

The first President of PAOK was Christos Triantafyllou. The initial idea was to name the team AEK of Thessaloniki. However, this did not happen because this name had already been given to another club in Athens. Consequently, they decided to name the new club as Panthessalonikean Athletic Union of Konstantinoupolitans (P.A.O.K). The historic two-headed Eagle of the Byzantine Empire, symbol of glory and sovereignty was established as the emblem of PAOK. The colors of the team were black and white, in order to symbolize the end of the sorrow and the unknown future of immigration.

The first section to be founded was soccer. Later on, in 1928, other sections were also founded such as basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, water polo, boxing and cycling. The soccer team was put in the second division of the local championship of Thessaloniki. The following year, it was promoted to the first division, after beating Iraklis 1-0, which was the champion of Thessaloniki. From this point on, the football team was considered one of the most historical Greek teams with a great and fanatical crowd all over Greece and beyond. The first stadium was built in the area of the University of Thessaloniki. In 1957, the second stadium was built in the neighborhood of Konstantinopolitans immigrants, called Toumpa (Toumpa, meaning tomb), which in recent years has become the home stadium.

2 Championships - 1976, 1985

4 Cups - 1972, 1974, 2001, 2003

PAOK Team Photo

PAOK Roster - Coach: Fernando Santos (Portugal)

No. Last Name  First Name Position D.O.B Previous Team 1 Fernandez Daniel Goalkeeper 25/09/83 Celta De Vigo 2 Arabatzis Nikos Defender 10/03/84 Panserraikos 3 Konstantinidis Pantelis Defender 16/08/75 Panathinaikos 4 Haralambous Elias Midfielder 25/09/80 Omonoia 5 Melissis Christos Defender 01/12/82 Panserraikos 6 Balafas Sotiris Midfielder 19/08/86 Anagen.Artas 8 Eliadis Stelios Midfielder 03/06/86 Apollon Kal. 10 Christodoulopoulos Marios Midfielder 19/12/86 As.Neapolis 11 Georgiadis Giorgos Forward 08/03/72 Iraklis 13 Malezas Stellios Defender 11/03/85 Irodotos 14 Iliev Ivica Forward 27/10/79 Messina 15 Vrizas Zissis Forward 09/11/73 Skoda Xanthi 16 Orfanos Dimitris Forward 02/11/82 Apol.Kalamari 18 Vangelis Labros Midfielder 10/02/82 Siena 19 Gonzalez Antonio Midfielder 07/01/82 Murcia 21 Bayano Agenaldo Defender 02/12/83 Rio Brango 23 Lakis Vassilis Midfielder 10/09/76 Aek 24 Udeze Ifeanyi Defender 21/07/80 Aek 26 Delibasis Stellios Midfielder 04/12/87 Am.Paok 27 Sznaucner Miroslav Defender 09/05/79 Iraklis 28 Athanasiadis Stefanos Forward 24/12/88 Am.Paok 29 Salmon Glen George Forward 24/12/77 Brenda 31 Paliouras Costas Goalkeeper 08/05/88 32 Papastergiou Dimitris Defender 24/03/88 33 Tohouroglou Kyriakos Goalkeeper 13/08/72 Olympiacos 34 Georgiou Evangelos Defender 04/11/88 35 Gounelas Giorgos Defender 25/06/89 Keravnos Kr 38 Tsoukalas Stavros 23/05/88 40 Kiriakidis Dimitris Goalkeeper 24/06/86 Nestos Chriso 44 Knol Ruud Defender 13/03/81 Fitese 46 Mumin Husein Midfielder 24/03/87 Panthrakikos 77 Glykos Panagiotis Goalkeeper 10/10/86 Askv 88 Pehlivanis Giannis Midfielder 01/05/88 Am.Paok

PAOK in National Division
Year	Division	P	W	D	L	G	Pts
1979-80	A	5th	17	7	10	53-33	41
1980-81	A	4th	15	12	7	62-31	42
1981-82	A	3rd	18	10	6	55-22	46
1982-83	A	4t	18	6	10	49-28	42
1983-84	A	5th	11	13	6	33-29	35
1984-85	A	1st	19	8	3	54-26	46
1985-86	A	10th	10	7	13	33-38	27
1986-87	A	5th	13	9	8	39-23	29
1987-88	A	3rd	17	5	8	60-27	39
1988-89	A	8th	11	10	9	34-30	32
1989-90	A	3rd	19	8	7	49-26	46
1990-91	A	4th	16	9	9	56-39	38
1991-92	A	4th	13	13	8	44-44	39
1992-93	A	5th	17	6	11	52-38	57
1993-94	A	5th	14	9	11	45-38	51
1994-95	A	3rd	20	5	9	55-29	65
1995-96	A	14th	10	11	13	42-46	38
1996-97	A	4th	19	9	6	53-28	66
1997-98	A	4th	21	7	6	74-41	70
1998-99	A	4th	19	5	10	52-31	62
1999-00	A	5th	15	10	9	64-44	55
2000-01	A	4th	14	9	7	66-48	51
2001-02	A	4th	14	6	6	55-45	48
2002-03	A	4th	16	5	9	59-38	53
2003-04	A	3rd	18	6	6	47-27	60
2004-05	A	5th	13	7	10	43-39	46
2005-06	A	6th	13	7	10	44-31	46
2006-07	Super League	6th	13	6	11	32-29	45