Derby of Northern Greece

Derby of Northern Greece

275px Aris vs P.A.O.K. (1–1) at Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium during the 1991–92 season.
Other names	Thessaloniki's derby
Locale	Thessaloniki, Greece
Teams	Aris F.C., PAOK FC
Latest meeting	Aris 1–1 P.A.O.K., 16 March 2014 (2014-03-16)
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Most wins	P.A.O.K. (50)
Largest victory	P.A.O.K. 5–0 Aris, 16 February 1975 (1975-02-16)

The Derby of Northern Greece, or Thessaloniki's derby, is a football rivalry played between Aris and P.A.O.K., clubs which are both located in Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Both teams claim the title of the city's and states most successful team. The rivalry between them is extremely intense, characterizing their long history.

History

Social rivalry

The rivalry between those two Thessalonikian Macedonian clubs can be traced back to a rivalry between local Greeks (Αris) and Greek refugees from Asia Minor, Pontus and Constantinople (PAOK) who settled in the region of Macedonia after the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. The antagonism between those social groups was expressed in many ways, one of them being football after the establishment of PAOK in 1926.

Football rivalry

Aris and PAOK are traditional rivals in other sports as well, specially in basketball, where in the 1980s they were bashing for the Championship. As it concerns football, the minute after PAOK was formed, he constantly contested Aris primacy in the local championship, since up to 1959, when the Greek national championship was established in its current form, it was conducted in a way where the champions of the three major local championships in Thessaloniki, Athens and Piraeus were playing each other for the title. Their conflict continued in the following years up to modern times with both clubs contend for the title of the greatest and most successful football club in Northern Greece, leading many times in serious incidents between their supporters.

Competition	Aris	PAOK
Greek League Champions	3 (1928, 1932, 1946)	2 (1976, 1985)
Greek Cup Winners	1 (1970)	4 (1972, 1974, 2001, 2003)
Total	4	6

Statistics

Head-to-head

	Aris wins	Draws	PAOK wins
Alpha Ethniki (1959–60 - present) 1
At Aris home	19	24	12
At PAOK home	9	14	31
Total	28	38	43
Greek Cup
At Aris home	6	3	2
At PAOK home	1	4	5
Neutral field	1	0	0
Total	8	7	7
Total
	36	45	50

Alpha Ethniki goals	Aris	PAOK
At Aris home	61	45
At PAOK home	38	84
Total	99	129

¹ Including play-off games

• Record Alpha Ethniki win
  • Aris
    • Home: Aris – PAOK 5–1, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (27 February 1966)
      (Alexiadis 24', Psifidis 43', Chatzikostas 65' pen., Siropoulos 69', 75' – Koudas 60' pen.)
    • Away: PAOK – Aris 1–4, Toumba Stadium (30 August 1998)
      (Kafes 63' – Charisteas 15', 54', Koulakiotis 68' o.g., Panopoulos 73')
  • PAOK
    • Home: PAOK – Aris 5–0, Toumba Stadium (16 February 1975)
      (Paridis 23', Koudas 28', 51', Tsilingiridis 66', Sarafis 87')
    • Away: Aris – PAOK 0–4, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (7 December 1994)
      (Toursounidis 21', 57', Lagonidis 60', Bociek 90'+2')

• Bigger grade difference
  • Aris
    • Point system 3–2–1:   +8 (75 vs 67), 1967–68
    • Point system 2–1–0:   +6 (47 vs 41), 1979–80
    • Point system 3–1–0: +15 (50 vs 35), 2007–08
  • PAOK
    • Point system 3–2–1: +23 (92 vs 69), 1972–73
    • Point system 2–1–0: +19 (49 vs 30), 1975–76
    • Point system 3–1–0: +33 (60 vs 27), 2003–04

• Attendance records in Alpha Ethniki
  • Aris home:
    • 27,000 Aris – PAOK 1–0, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (25 March 1979)
    • 26,000 Aris – PAOK 0–1, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (16 November 1980)
    • 24,589 Aris – PAOK 2–0, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (7 October 1979)
  • PAOK home:
    • 44,486 PAOK – Aris 1–0, Toumba Stadium (28 January 1973)
    • 42,795 PAOK – Aris 2–0, Toumba Stadium (3 February 1980)
    • 42,296 PAOK – Aris 2–2, Toumba Stadium (22 February 1976)

Match list

Super League Greece (1959–60 - present)

	Aris – PAOK					PAOK – Aris
Season	R.	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score	R.	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score
1959–60	2	01–11–1959	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	8,973	0–1	17	28–02–1960	Toumba Stadium	9,983	0–0
	p-o	31–07–1960	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	N/A	0–01
1960–61	20	05–03–1961	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	N/A	1–1	5	16–10–1960	Toumba Stadium	N/A	3–0
1961–62	23	28–03–1962	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	N/A	1–1	8	19–11–1961	Toumba Stadium	8,850	2–1
1962–63	12	16–12–1962	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	9,223	0–3	27	12–05–1963	Toumba Stadium	N/A	3–0
1963–64	19	02–02–1964	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	9,560	0–0	4	06–10–1963	Toumba Stadium	17,912	0–1
1964–65	25	09–05–1965	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	8,791	0–0	10	13–12–1964	Toumba Stadium	21,655	0–2
1965–66	14	27–02–1966	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	12,496	5–1	29	12–06–1966	Toumba Stadium	11,804	1–1
1966–67	28	04–06–1967	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	12,421	1–0	13	22–01–1967	Toumba Stadium	20,177	0–0
1967–68	20	18–02–1968	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	16,146	2–2	3	22–10–1967	Toumba Stadium	28,748	2–3
1968–69	8	17–11–1968	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	20,123	2–0	25	23–03–1969	Toumba Stadium	29,442	0–0
1969–70	6	02–11–1969	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	15,348	0–0	23	08–03–1970	Toumba Stadium	28,516	0–0
1970–71	4	04–11–1970	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	16,475	1–0	21	21–02–1971	Toumba Stadium	29,890	2–2
1971–72	33	14–06–1972	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	13,420	3–3	16	16–01–1972	Toumba Stadium	37,869	0–0
1972–73	34	03–06–1973	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	22,648	1–2	17	28–01–1973	Toumba Stadium	44,486	1–0
1973–74	29	05–05–1974	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	22,100	1–0	12	23–12–1973	Toumba Stadium	41,428	0–1
1974–75	2	06–10–1974	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	18,246	2–1	19	16–02–1975	Toumba Stadium	36,025	5–0
1975–76	2	19–10–1975	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	21,069	0–0	17	22–02–1976	Toumba Stadium	42,296	2–2
1976–77	6	14–11–1976	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	21,500	1–2	23	13–03–1977	Toumba Stadium	41,950	2–0
1977–78	11	27–11–1977	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	13,229	0–0	28	02–04–1978	Toumba Stadium	23,693	2–1
1978–79	25	25–03–1979	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	27,000	1–0	8	12–11–1978	Toumba Stadium	36,567	1–0
1979–80	2	07–10–1979	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	24,589	2–0	19	03–02–1980	Toumba Stadium	42,795	2–0
1980–81	10	16–11–1980	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	26,000	0–1	27	12–04–1981	Toumba Stadium	28,157	1–1
1981–82	12	20–12–1981	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	23,482	2–1	29	25–04–1982	Toumba Stadium	26,499	1–0
1982–83	21	06–03–1983	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	18,699	0–0	4	31–10–1982	Toumba Stadium	21,026	0–2
1983–84	5	02–10–1983	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	24,099	0–0	20	12–02–1984	Toumba Stadium	12,453	0–1
1984–85	17	03–02–1985	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	20,280	3–0	2	30–09–1984	Toumba Stadium	30,890	2–0
1985–86	8	03–11–1985	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	16,444	3–1	23	09–03–1986	Toumba Stadium	24,179	1–0
1986–87	4	20–09–1986	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	20,968	0–1	19	22–02–1987	Toumba Stadium	26,282	2–0
1987–88	27	17–04–1988	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	16,752	1–2	12	27–12–1987	Toumba Stadium	25,246	3–1
1988–89	9	20–11–1988	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	12,947	0–0	24	19–03–1989	Toumba Stadium	14,663	1–1
1989–90	25	18–03–1990	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	9,273	1–0	8	08–11–1989	Toumba Stadium	15,259	2–0
1990–91	14	06–01–1991	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	13,827	0–1	31	12–05–1991	Toumba Stadium	10,505	2–1
1991–92	18	02–02–1992	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	14,139	1–1	1	01–09–1991	Toumba Stadium	23,025	1–1
1992–93	15	23–12–1992	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	4,145	1–2	32	15–05–1993	Toumba Stadium	1,554	2–0
1993–94	16	18–12–1993	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	11,547	1–0	33	17–04–1994	Toumba Stadium	6,061	1–2
1994–95	9	07–12–1994	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	3,587	0–4	26	02–04–1995	Toumba Stadium	19,374	2–0
1995–96	22	25-02-1996	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	6,978	0–0	5	01–10–1995	Toumba Stadium	15,995	1–0
1996–97	8	18–11–1996	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	11,462	0–0	25	16–03–1997	Toumba Stadium	28,038	2–1
1997–98	There were no games due to the relegation of Aris to the 2nd Division
1998–99	19	15–02–1999	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	17,146	2–0	2	29–08–1998	Toumba Stadium	22,798	1–4
1999–00	9	28–11–1999	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	15,393	0–0	26	02–04–2000	Toumba Stadium	14,603	3–2
2000–01	4	01–11–2000	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	12,890	4–0	19	17–02–2001	Toumba Stadium	11,969	2–0
2001–02	14	02–02–2002	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	12,455	2–3	1	23–09–2001	Toumba Stadium	23,756	1–1
2002–03	11	15–12–2002	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	9,897	2–0	26	13–04–2003	Trikala Municipal Stadium	3,339	2–0
2003–04	30	22–05–2004	Makedonikos Stadium	1,074	1–1	15	21–12–2003	Toumba Stadium	13,950	3–0
2004–05	20	27–02–2005	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	10,202	1–3	5	24–10–2004	Toumba Stadium	10,975	2–2
2005–06	There were no games due to the relegation of Aris to the 2nd Division
2006–07	7	21–10–2006	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	13,280	0–0	22	17–02–2007	Toumba Stadium	10,393	1–0
2007–08	5	21–10–2007	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	11,565	3–1	20	10–02–2008	Toumba Stadium	22,000	3–0
2008–09	19	25–01–2009	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	14,065	0–0	4	28–09–2008	Toumba Stadium	26,019	1–0
2009–10	26	14–03–2010	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	17,353	2–0	11	22–11–2009	Toumba Stadium	23,034	4–1
	p-o	19–05–2010	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	6,962	3–2	p-o	02–05–2010	Toumba Stadium	23,412	2–0
2010–11	20	30–01–2011	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	13,234	0–0	5	03–10–2010	Toumba Stadium	20,084	0–1
2011–12	7	23–10–2011	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	12,320	1–1	22	19–02–2012	Toumba Stadium	16,041	0–0
2012–13	20	03–02–2013	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	12,673	2–2	5	30–09–2012	Toumba Stadium	20,440	4–1
2013–14	29	16–03–2014	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	10,154	1–1	12	24–11–2013	Toumba Stadium	19,440	3–1
2014-15	There were no games due to the relegation of Aris to the 3rd Division
2015-16	There will be no games due to the relegation of Aris to the 3rd Division

¹ PAOK in 7th place and Aris in 8th place, due to better goal average in regular season.

Greek Cup

Season	Round	Leg	Venue	Date	Match	Score	Atten.	Winner
1939–40	Quarter final		Sintrivani Stadium	24 March 1940	PAOK – Aris	1–1 (aet)	N/A	Aris
		Replay	Iraklis Stadium	7 April 1940	Aris – PAOK	1–0	N/A
1947–48	2nd Round		Sintrivani Stadium	11 January 1948	PAOK – Aris	2–5	N/A	Aris
1949–50	Quarter final		Sintrivani Stadium	19 March 1950	PAOK – Aris	3–3 (aet)	N/A	Aris
		Replay 1	Sintrivani Stadium	26 April 1950	Aris – PAOK	3–1	N/A
1950–51	Quarter final		Sintrivani Stadium	11 February 1951	PAOK – Aris	4–2 (aet)	N/A	PAOK
1951–52	Round of 16		Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	27 January 1952	Aris – PAOK	1–0	N/A	Aris
1957–58	Round of 16		Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	6 April 1958	Aris – PAOK	2–0	N/A	Aris
1961–62	Round of 16		Toumba Stadium	22 April 1962	PAOK – Aris	1–1 (aet)	N/A	Aris
		Replay	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	9 May 1962	Aris – PAOK	1–1 (aet; draw)	2,062
1969–70	Final		Kaftanzoglio Stadium	28 June 1970	Aris – PAOK	1–0	46,695	Aris
1971–72	Quarter final		Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	7 June 1972	Aris – PAOK	1–2 2	13,919	PAOK
1977–78	Semifinal		Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	17 May 1978	Aris – PAOK	0–1 (aet)	22,900	PAOK
1979–80	Quarter final	1st Leg	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	5 March 1980	Aris – PAOK	1–0	24,763	PAOK
		2nd Leg	Kaftanzoglio Stadium	30 April 1980	PAOK – Aris	2–0 (aet)	34,641
1984–85	Round of 32	1st Leg	Toumba Stadium	26 December 1984	PAOK – Aris	2–0	23,827	PAOK
		2nd Leg	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	16 January 1985	Aris – PAOK	3–1 (away)	14,639
2000–01	Round of 16	1st Leg	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	17 January 2001	Aris – PAOK	1–1	9,325	PAOK
		2nd Leg	Toumba Stadium	31 January 2001	PAOK – Aris	2–0	18,564
2002–03	Final		Toumba Stadium	17 May 2003	PAOK – Aris	1–0	18,703	PAOK
2008–09	Round of 16		Toumba Stadium	14 January 2009	PAOK – Aris	0–0	14,870	PAOK
		Replay	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium	28 January 2009	Aris – PAOK	0–0 (aet; 8–9 p)	12,444

¹ The original match was played on 26 March 1950 at Sintrivani Stadium. It was interrupted in the 85th minute, while Aris were leading by 1–0.
² Match suspended at 89th minute. PAOK were awarded a 0–2 win.
• Series won: Aris 7, PAOK 8.

Top scorers

Including all the Alpha Ethniki and Greek Cup games since 1959–60.

Aris	Total	PAOK	Total
Alekos Alexiadis	7	Ioannis Giakoumis	5
Kostas Papaioannou	6	Giorgos Koudas	5
Vangelis Siropoulos	4	Giorgos Skartados	5
Vasilis Dimitriadis	4	Apostolos Vasiliadis	4
Angelos Charisteas	4	Stavros Sarafis	4
		Giorgos Kostikos	4

• Three goals for Aris: Petkakis, Pallas, Kouis, Zelilidis Cámpora and Aganzo.
• Three goals for PAOK: Fountoukidis, Apostolidis, Paridis, Orfanos, Borbokis, Lagonidis, Zouboulis Yiasoumi and Athanasiadis.
• Giorgos Koutsis has scored once for Aris against PAOK and once for PAOK against Aris.

Head-to-head ranking in Super League Greece

P.	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14
1																	1									1
2														2					2		2																														2			2
3										3					3	3		3		3		3	3						3		3					3									3							3			3
4				4				4	4		4		4		4					4		4		4	4							4	4		4			4	4	4		4	4	4				4	4	4	4
5							5	5		5	5		5					5			5		5	5	5			5						5	5						5					5							5
6			6		6		6									6			6																					6				6			6	6		6		6
7	7					7											7									7	7			7	7					7	7				7	7
8	8				8	8																								8			8
9									9			9		9															9			9		9									9						9				9
10		10										10															10
11																												11
12		12
13			13																																										13									13
14				14																																	14									14
15
16																																						16
17
18																																																							18
Beta Ethniki
1																																							1
2
3																																															3

• Total: PΑΟΚ 37 times higher, Aris 18 times higher.

Penalties and red cards

Including all the Alpha Ethniki and Greek Cup games since 1959–60.

Season Match Penalties for Aris (14) Penalties for PAOK (17) 1961–62 PAOK – Aris 2–1 Kiourtzis 26' 1965–66 Aris – PAOK 5–1 Chatzikostas 65' Koudas 60' 1965–66 PAOK – Aris 1–1 Chatzikostas 60' Koudas 2' 1967–68 PAOK – Aris 2–3 Fountoukidis 24' 1969–70 (Cup) Aris – PAOK 1–0 Koudas 33' 1971–72 Aris – PAOK 3–3 Matzourakis 48' 1972–73 Aris – PAOK 1–2 Kapernekas 26' 1974–75 Aris – PAOK 2–1 Aslanidis 53' 1975–76 Aris – PAOK 0–0 Sarafis 34' 1977–78 PAOK – Aris 2–1 Pallas 31' 1978–79 Aris – PAOK 1–0 Pallas 17' 1981–82 Aris – PAOK 2–1 Kostikos 41' 1984–85 (Cup) PAOK – Aris 2–0 Ch. Dimopoulos 28' 1987–88 PAOK – Aris 3–1 Gonzáles 66' 1992–93 Aris – PAOK 1–2 Gioukoudis 86' Lagonidis 12' 1993–94 Aris – PAOK 1–0 Sapountzis 59' 1993–94 PAOK – Aris 1–2 Dalkidis 28' Luhový 33' 1998–99 Aris – PAOK 2–0 G.S. Georgiadis 22' 1999–00 PAOK – Aris 3–2 Nalitzis 45' 2004–05 PAOK – Aris 2–2 Salpingidis 27' 2006–07 PAOK – Aris 1–0 A. Papadopoulos 55' 2009–10 PAOK – Aris 4–1 Ivić 20' Vitolo 48' 2009–10 Aris – PAOK 2–0 Cámpora 20' 2009–10 (p. off) Aris – PAOK 3–2 Cámpora 63' Cirillo 45'+1' 2012–13 Aris – PAOK 2–2 Aganzo 71'

Season Match Red cards for Aris players (22) Red cards for PAOK players (28) 1959–60 PAOK – Aris 0–0 Panagoulias 70' 1961–62 PAOK – Aris 2–1 Perros 25' 1961–62 Aris – PAOK 1–1 Kemalidis 25' Vasiliadis 25' 1964–65 PAOK – Aris 0–2 Litopoulos 45' 1967–68 Aris – PAOK 2–2 Semertzis 74' Fountoukidis 74' 1968–69 Aris – PAOK 2–0 Giakoumis 67' 1968–69 PAOK – Aris 0–0 Makris 87' 1971–72 Aris – PAOK 3–3 Paridis 38' 1971–72 (Cup) Aris – PAOK 1–2 Balafas 40' 1972–73 Aris – PAOK 1–2 Bellis 32' 1973–74 PAOK – Aris 0–1 Foiros 88' Aslanidis 88' 1978–79 Aris – PAOK 1–0 Ballis 18' 1982–83 PAOK – Aris 0–2 Michalitsos 55' 1984–85 Aris – PAOK 3–0 Michalitsos 57' Iosifidis 57' Alavantas 68' 1985–86 PAOK – Aris 1–0 Nikić 86' Jurišić 84' 1989–90 PAOK – Aris 2–0 Karageorgiou 90' 1991–92 Aris – PAOK 1–1 Kolomitrousis 54' 1992–93 Aris – PAOK 1–2 Lekbello 55' Kapetanopoulos 47' 1992–93 PAOK – Aris 2–0 Tsibos 85' 1994–95 PAOK – Aris 2–0 Mavrogenidis 80' Tsiantakis 86' Zouboulis 54' 1996–97 Aris – PAOK 0–0 Kapetanopoulos 17' 1998–99 PAOK – Aris 1–4 Charisteas 55' 1998–99 Aris – PAOK 2–0 Kyzeridis 79' Kyriakidis 90'+3' 2000–01 Aris – PAOK 4–0 Udeze 44' 2002–03 PAOK – Aris 2–0 N. Papadopoulos 90'+4' 2003–04 Aris – PAOK 1–1 Andriopoulos 36' 2004–05 PAOK – Aris 2–2 Chrisafis 89' 2004–05 Aris – PAOK 1–3 Sanjurjo 27' 2006–07 PAOK – Aris 1–0 Charalambous 90'+4' 2008–09 Aris – PAOK 0–0 Conceição 37' 2008–09 (Cup) Aris – PAOK 0–0 Balafas during penalty kicks 2009–10 Aris – PAOK 2–0 Sznaucner 78' Vieirinha 80' 2010–11 PAOK – Aris 0–1 Cirillo 90'+2' 2012–13 PAOK – Aris 4–1 Gianniotas 90'+9' Katsikas 90'+1' Lawrence 90'+9' 2012–13 Aris – PAOK 2–2 Konstantinidis 70' 2013–14 Aris – PAOK 1–1 Aganzo 88' Kace 45'+6'

Men in both teams

Players Georgios Kalogiannis Kostas Veliadis Dimitris Raptopoulos Dimitris Stavridis Vasilis Lazos Nikola Nikić Kiriakos Alexandridis Apostolos Tsourelas Kostas Ikonomidis

Players Antonis Gioukoudis Michalis Gekas Nikos Panagiotidis Charalambos Nikolaou Stefanos Borbokis Dimitris Markos Giorgos Koutsis Giorgos Theodoridis Christos Lampakis

Players Kostas Frantzeskos Vangelis Pourliotopoulos Nikos Skarmoutsos Kostas Chalkias Vladan Ivić Thanasis Papazoglou Victor Vitolo Aristotelis Karassalidis

Managers Nikolaos Aggelakis Kleanthis Vikelidis Branko Stanković Thijs Libregts Georgios Paraschos Dušan Bajević

External links

• Top 50 football rivalries - Daily Mail
• Footballderbies.com