International call-ups and fixtures
October is an action-packed month for PAOK’s international players, with all the attention focused on the qualifiers for the European Championships. Read about the players on duty with their national teams over the next week.
Konstantinos Koulierakis and Giannis Constantelias are in Gustavo Poyet’s Greece squad for the games against Ireland (away 13.10, 21:45) and Holland (home 16.10, 21:45). The Greek side are looking for a return to winning ways to have have hopes of qualification.
Andrija Živkovic is in Serbia’s squad for the matches against Hungary (away 14.10, 21:45) and Montenegro (home 17.10, 21:45), while Tomas Kedziora remains a stable selection for the Polish national team that faces the Faroe Islands (away 12.10, 21:45) and Moldova (home 15.10, 21:45).
Kiril Despodov and the Bulgarian national team face Lithuania at home (14.10, 19:00) in the Euro 2024 qualifiers, while they will also play a friendly against Albania (17.10, 19:00) away from home.
Panagiotis Panagiotou, Dimitris Tsopouroglou and Argyris Darelas have been called up to the Greece Under-21 squad for the Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Croatia on 13.10 (Tripoli, 17:00) and Portugal on 17.10 (Guimaraes, 19:00).
The Albanian Under-21 national team have called upon Hermis Selimaj for the games against Finland (13.10) and Montenegro (17.10).
Vassilis Gordeziani has also been called up to the Georgia Under-21 squad for the Euro 2025 qualifiers, however due to his injury, he will not participate.
A constant in the Polish Under-17 national team, Maximilian Sczhnauczner has a World Cup ahead of him, which will be held in Indonesia from 10.11 to 02.12. Max was called up to the pre-selection October training camp and the friendlies against Slovakia (13.10) and the Czech Republic (17.10). Regarding the Under-17 World Cup, Poland have been drawn in a group with Argentina, Japan and Senegal.
The Greece Under-19 team will play three friendly games in Croatia, specifically in Zagreb (09-18.10), with six PAOK Academy players in the squad. These are Taxiarchis Filon, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Konstantinos Kastidis, Dimitris Kottas, Konstantinos Goumas and Stefanos Tzimas. The scheduled matches are against Bulgaria (11.10), Croatia (14.10) and Estonia (17.10).
In the Greece Under-17 squad 11 PAOK players were invited for a training camp in Athens from October 3 to 5. They are: Stathis Beleri, Giorgos Kosidis, Dimitris Bataula, Traianos Mokris, Konstantinos Vyrsokinos, Vassilis Eleftheriadis, Grigoris Minasidis, Thanasis Papanikopoulos, Antonis Tsitsila, Anesti Mythou, Bedri Dunga.
