The wonderful journey of U11s, U10s and U9s in Germany
PAOK Youth and Development sections presented their credentials in tournaments held in Germany. The U11, U10 and U9 squads played attractive football, achieved important victories, finished high in the final standings and collected valuable experiences.
U11
With a total of nine wins, two draws and one defeat, scoring 20 goals and conceding just 3, PAOK U11s finished 17th among 180 teams participating in the highly competitive Deichmann U11 Junior Cup tournament.
PAOK U11 results are as follows:
PΑΟΚ – Düneberger SV 2-0
PΑΟΚ – SC Staaken 1919 4-0
PΑΟΚ – VfB Peine 3-0
PΑΟΚ – BSV Kopenhagen 1-0
PΑΟΚ – SSVg Velbert I 0-0
PΑΟΚ – FC Wegberg-Beeck 4-0
PΑΟΚ – Juventus 1-2
PΑΟΚ – Manchester City 1-1
PΑΟΚ – FA Copenhagen 2000 1-0
PΑΟΚ – Luton FC 1-0
PΑΟΚ – FK Sarajevo 1-0
PΑΟΚ – Füchse Berlin 2-0
The squad consisted of the following players: Panagiotis Theodosiadis, Spyridon Angelidis, Stefanos Aliferopoulos, Christos Almyras, Vasilios Karapatsias, Athanasios Panagiotidis, Georgios Kampouris, Konstantinos Theodosiadis, Dimitrios Kottas, Dimitrios Papaevangelou, Efrem Fotiadis, Christos Kosidis, Konstantinos Goumas.
The players were accompanied by coaches Andreas Balabanis and Antonis Krinitsas, as well as goalkeeping coach Vasilis Petropoulos.
U10
PAOK U10s managed to finish in 14th place among the 120 teams participating in the Pfingst Cup, well above the youth squads of renowned clubs such as Chelsea, Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven.
PAOK U10 results are as follows:
PΑΟΚ – BV Westfalia Wickede 7-0
SuS Krefeld – PΑΟΚ 0-8
PΑΟΚ – FC Nürnberg 5-1
PΑΟΚ – SKV Rutesheim 5-0
AZSV Aalten – PΑΟΚ 1-5
PΑΟΚ – Arminia Bielefeld 3-1
Wormerveer – PΑΟΚ 0-5
Juventus – PΑΟΚ 1-0
PΑΟΚ – Borussia Dortmund 0-0 (1-2 pen.)
PΑΟΚ – Stuttgarter Kickers 1-0
PΑΟΚ – Bayern München 0-1
The squad consisted of the following players: Stefanos Anastasiadis, Konstantinos Koutroulidis, Vasilis Papageorgiou, Konstantinos Chatzigavriil, Konstantinos Kontonikolaou, Konstantinos Polykratis, Efstathios Panakidis, Stefanos Tzimas, Dimitrios Chatsidis, Tiago Romano, Ioannis Chatzinas, Tryfon Kalioglou.
The players were accompanied by coaches Giorgos Gourtsas and Nikos Papageorgiou, PAOK Academy Head of scouting Giannis Avramidis and Football Prints manager Κyriakos Alexandridis.
U9
The minnows of PAOK produced fine displays and finished 7th among 100 teams participating in the Kids Cup. In the match for 7th place, they defeated Sparta Praha 1-0.
PAOK U9 results are as follows:
PΑΟΚ – Hengelo 2-1
PΑΟΚ – Dorsten 2-0
PΑΟΚ – Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-1
PΑΟΚ – Helsinki 1-0
PΑΟΚ – FV Löchgau 3-0
PΑΟΚ – FC Lokomotiv Moskva 0-0
PΑΟΚ – Reutlingen 3-0
PΑΟΚ – SK Slavia Praha 2-1
PΑΟΚ – FC Steaua București 0-0
PΑΟΚ – Cambridge 1-3
The squad consisted of the following players: Vasilios Eleftheriadis, Panagiotis Nikolaidis, Athanasios Philippidis, Efstratios Tachmetzidis, Georgios Kosidis, Petros Karakostas, Dimitrios Bataoulas, Konstantinos Gouridis, Savvas Partsalidis, Paschalis Andreadis, Angelos Tsikas, Petros Marghioni, Konstantinos Atridis, Bedri Dunga.
The players were accompanied by coaches Nikolaos Nikolaidis and Anestis Aslanidis.
