UEFA Competitions
PAOK has participated in every UEFA sanctioned competition except for the Champions League. On many occasions, mostly in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, PAOK managed to eliminate famous European clubs, and the club's name was made known outside Greek borders as well. Also highlighted were the club's fanatically obsessed fans, massively following the club on every occasion.
PAOK's best Cup Winner's cup performance was in the 1973–74 season, when they reached the quarter-finals of the competition. Eliminating Legia Warsaw and Olympique Lyonnais on the way, PAOK were finally eliminated by Milan. After a 3–0 defeat at the San Siro, PAOK were held to a 2–2 draw at Toumba Stadium and knocked out.
PAOK's most successful UEFA Cup run was the 1997–98 season.PAOK qualified for the second round by beating Arsenal 2–1 on aggregate. They went on to lose 9–6 on aggregate to Atlético Madrid..
The most recent European-level achievement was the elimination of Turkish club Fenerbahçe in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League playoff round, and the subsequent group stage success against Villareal CF, Dinamo Zagreb and Club Brugge. This campaign ended in Russia against CSKA Moscow, with PAOK however going down with no less than a hard fight.
- The club's biggest win in a European competition was 7–0 against Lokomotivi Tbilisi in 1999, while the heaviest defeat was 0–6 to Wiener SC in 1965.
- PAOK also holds the second place in the record for consecutive participations in the UEFA Cup, one behind Club Brugge. The club had participated in the UEFA Cup nine times in a row from 1997–98 up to 2005–06. PAOK missed the chance to tie with Brugge in 2006, as the club was banned by UEFA from taking part in the 2006–07 season of the UEFA Cup, despite having qualified, because of the club's long-unsettled debts.
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