PAOK’s new-look Under-17s
After having waited for virtually a whole season, PAOK’s Under-17 side are hoping that they will never have to go through a year like the last… non-existent campaign due to the pandemic. For the club’;s new-look Under-17s, the 2021-22 season starts on September 5. The first match, Aris vs. PAOK at 11.00 in Pylaia.
The Super League championship for the Under-17 category starts with a total of 17 teams and some changes that will determine the clubs which make up the season-ending Final Four tournament, from which the champions will emerge.
The northern group (B) is composed of: PAOK, Aris, Panetolikos, Xanthi, PAS Giannina, Volos, Larissa and Lamia, while the southern group (A) are: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK, Asteras Tripolis, Atromitos, Panionios, Apollon Smyrnis, OFI and Ionikos.
In Group A, two rounds of nine matchdays will be held, i.e. 16 matches for each team. In the B group, three rounds of seven matchdays will be held, a total of 21 matches for each team. In the 3rd round, the teams that won the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places after the end of the first two rounds will play in four home and three away games. The other teams of the group will play in three home games and four away games, based on a draw. The champion will emerge through the process of the Final Four.
The Under-17s profile
Petros Tsiapakidis is in charge this season, backed up by a very capable backroom staff, which has already been training these players in previous years. The squad consists of players born in 2005, many of whom are internationals, while some are already also included in the Under-19 squad. Several new «little ones» have been added, born in 2006, and many of whom will interchange between the Under-17 and Under-16 sides. As every year, there were some departures, but also additions. And so, we welcome Evangelos Kiatos, Evangelos Economidis and Panagiotis Deliopoulos to the squad.
Goalkeepers: Spyridon Angelidis, Vassilios Nikolakoulis, Vassilios Sovas, Evangelos Kiatos, Evangelos Economidis
Defenders: Georgios Chourdakis, Charalambos Georgiadis, Vassilios Pasachidis, Stavros Iliadis, Konstantinos Kastidis, Taxiarchis Filon, Konstantinos Skourtis, Tryfon Kalioglou, Panagiotis Theodosiadis Nikolaos Deligiannou, George Koupenos
Midfielders: Dimitrios Kottas, Dimitrios Papaevangelou, Vassilios Papageorgiou, Mario Leka, Panagiotis Deliopoulos, Stefanos Aliferopoulos, Dimitrios Vagionas, Minas Vassiliadis, Stelios Almasidis, Maximilian SznaSznaucner
Forwards: Georgios Ganopoulos, Ioannis Gitersos, Alexandros Adam, Nikolaos Mavris, Konstantinos Ignatiou, Manolis Ibrahim, Stefanos Tzimas, Gustavo Varela
The coaching team
Coach: Petros Tsiapakidis
Assistant Coach: Ebenezer Hagan
Gymnast: Mert Isbilir
Goalkeeping coach: Dimitrios Kryonas
Video analysis: Alexandros Theodoridis
Doctor: Argyrios Karavelis
Physiotherapist: George Gagalis
Caregiver: Thomas Tseos
General leader: Stavros Sarafis
