Accolades for PAOK at Max Sport Youth Cup
U11s claimed 1st place, U10s finished 3rd and U9s were 7th. An impressive the tally for PAOK Academy at the renowned Max Sport Youth Cup international tournament that was held in Serbia from 26 to 30 August.
PAOK also earned several individual accolades. Stratos Tachmetzidis was top scorer of the U9 category with 14 goals and Dimitris Chatsidis was named Best Forward of the U10s. In the U11 category, Stefanos Aliferopoulos was tournament MVP and Konstantinos Goumas’s 21 goals won the top scorer distinction.
PAOK’s victory in the U11 group (they defeated FK Partizan 2-1 in the final) see them also qualify directly for the U11 World Cup, to be held in Paris from 3 to 9 July 2016.
The expedition of PAOK youth squads consisted of the following players:
U11
PAOK squad: Maximilian Sznaucner, Spyros Angelidis, Stefanos Aliferopoulos, Giorgos Kampouris, Vasilis Karapatsias, Konstantinos Goumas, Thanasis Panagiotidis, Giorgos Makris, Dimitris Kottas, Dimitris Papaevangelou.
Coach: Andreas Balabanis
U10
PAOK squad: Stefanos Anastasiadis, Konstantinos Koutroulidis, Thiago Romano, Panagiotis Tsitskas, Giannis Chatzinas, Konstantinos Chatzigavriil, Dimitris Chatsidis, Marios Kalaitsidis, Konstantinos Kontonikolaou, Tryfon Kalioglou, Papageorgiou, Stefanos Tzimas.
Coach: Giorgos Gourtsas
U9
PAOK squad: Vasilis Eleftheriadis, Alexandros Kyfonidis, Panagiotis Nikolaidis, Giorgos Kosidis, Angelo Cika, Paschalis Andreadis, Stratos Tachmetzidis, Michalis Pourliotopoulos, Thanasis Filippidis, Orestis Chatzivasiliou.
Coaches: Nikos Nikolaidis, Anestis Aslanidis
