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Marseille vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of the first leg of PAOK’s UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final tie with Marseille, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match against the French at the Orange Velodrome.
- This is the sixth time that PAOK face a team from France and the first time they will play Marseille. In their previous games against French clubs, PAOK have qualified twice, have suffered two eliminations, and one victory and a scoreless draw in the Europa League group stage.
- The first match with a French team came in the 1973-74 season in the second round of the Cup Winners’ Cup. After having eliminated Legia Warsaw, PAOK was drawn with Lyon. A 3-3 draw in France (10′ Lacombe, 51′ Di Nalo, 65′ Ravier – 44′ Aslanidis, 50′ Terzanidis, 81′ Sarafis), laid the foundations for qualification, which was confirmed with a 4-0 triumph at the Toumba (25′ Paris, 39′ Aslanidis, 61′ Paris, 81′ Terzanidis).
- For the first time in their history, PAOK then played in the spring in the European competitions, and in March 1974 they faced Milan in the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners’ Cup, suffering a 3-0 defeat in Milan in the first leg, and a 2-2 draw in Thessaloniki.
- The next qualifier was against Sochaux, in 1982-83 in the first round of the UEFA Cup. A 1-0 victory in Thessaloniki (78′ Chr. Dimopoulos) put PAOK in the driving seat, and the tie was decided in extra time when Christos Dimopoulos scored to make it 1-1 in the 95th minute to make the tie 2-1 on aggregate in favor of the Double-headed Eagle, who were then eliminated by Sevilla in the second round.
- The next match against French opposition was against Paris Saint-Germain, and in addition to elimination from the first round of the UEFA Cup, it also brought a European ban for PAOK after crowd troubles at the Toumba during the second leg. PAOK had lost 2-0 in the first leg in Paris, and the score at half-time at the Toumba was again 2-0 in favor of Paris when violence broke out and the match was stopped and abandoned.
- In 2005-06 during the Europa League group stage, PAOK defeated Rennes 5-1 in one of their most productive nights in Europe. The score was opened with an own goal by Rosa in the third minute, and was followed by goals from Christodoulopoulos (38), Giasemakis (79), Salpiggidis (83), and Giasoumis (89).
- The last time PAOK met a French team was against Guincamp in the Europa League group stage in the 2014-15 season, when PAOK lost 2-1 at the Toumba (22′ Athanasiadis – 7′, 83′ Beauvais), and also suffered a 2-0 defeat in France.
