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Real Sociedad vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s UEFA Europa League match with Real Sociedad, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match, some interesting statistics about the match in Spain.
- PAOK will face a fifth team from Spain in their obligations in European competitions for Matchday 8 of the Europa League. All of them are for the UEFA Cup and its successor, the Europa League.
- The first contest against Spanish teams was with Barcelona, which had a certain Johan Cruyff in their ranks. On September 16, 1975, PAOK prevailed 1-0 in Thessaloniki (72’ Koudas). In the return match, the Double-headed Eagle were defeated 6-1.
- In the next two meetings with Spanish opposition, they faced Sevilla, in 1982-83 and 1990-91, and were eliminated. In their first meeting, PAOK won at the Toumba with a 2-0 result and lost in Spain 4-0.
- In 1990-91, no goals were scored in 210 minutes of matches and qualification was decided on penalties, where the Spaniards prevailed 4-3 on spot-kicks at the Toumba.
- This was followed by the matches with Atletico Madrid in 1997-98, where PAOK were defeated 5-2 in Spain and in the return match there was an impressive 4-4 draw.
- The 2010-11 season was the club’s first experience in the group stage, where the matches with Villarreal ended with a victory for each team, 1-0 in Spain for Villarreal and 1-0 at the Toumba for PAOK.
- The last time PAOK faced a Spanish team was in 2020-21, where they were in the same group as Granada and the matches ended with two goalless draws.
- In total, PAOK has 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in 12 matches against Spanish teams. Four of the draws were 0-0 and one was 4-4.
- Real Sociedad have faced a team from our country in the past, Olympiacos in the group stage of the 2003-04 Champions League, where they won 1-0 in Spain and in Athens the match ended in a 2-2 draw.
