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FCSB vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s UEFA Europa League, Knockout Phase second-leg clash with FCSB at the Toumba Stadium, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match with some interesting facts and stats.
- This is the third time PAOK have faced FCSB this season and the first time in Romania.
- The two rivals met on Matchday 2 of the League Phase of the Europa League and the Romanian team won 1-0 at the Toumba, while in the first-leg match on February 13, 2025 in the knockout phase they also won, this time via a 2-1 scoreline.
- Dinamo Bucharest were the first Romanian team that PAOK faced in European competitions. This was in the 1970-71 season in the Fairs Cup.
- In the first match held in Bucharest, PAOK were defeated 5-0 (8’ Dumitrășe, 51’ Dumitrășe, 65’ Popescu, 72’ Dinu, 85’ Popescu). In the second match, in Thessaloniki, PAOK prevailed 1-0 with a goal by Koudas in the 81st minute.
- The next meeting with a team from Romania was in the group stage in 2005-06, in the first UEFA test competitions towards the Europa League. On 1 December 2005 in Bucharest, Rapid won 1-0 against PAOK.
- This is the club’s sixth match against a team from Romania. So far, PAOK have one home win and two losses, while in their three away games they have recorded three defeats.
- In total, the record is 1-0-5 in these six games with teams from Romania.
- In addition to PAOK, FCSB have also faced Panathinaikos in the 1998-99 season in the Champions League qualifiers, where the two teams drew 2-2 in Romania and Panathinaikos prevailed 6-3 in Athens.
