{"id":611027,"date":"2020-12-10T12:34:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20201210-facts-figures-gia-to-paok-granada\/"},"modified":"2020-12-10T16:10:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T14:10:26","slug":"20201210-facts-figures-gia-to-paok-granada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20201210-facts-figures-gia-to-paok-granada\/","title":{"rendered":"PAOK vs. Granada: Facts &#038; Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>PAOK needed a complete decade to come up against <strong>Spanish<\/strong> opposition once more. The last time the club faced a team from Spain was <strong>November 4 2010<\/strong> at the <strong>Toumba <\/strong>in front of <strong>23.000<\/strong> fans against <strong>Villarreal<\/strong>. <strong>Andre Vieirinha<\/strong> scored the only goal of the game (1-0) from <strong>Pablo Garcia&#8217;s <\/strong>assist.<\/li>\n<li>In the first match between the two clubs was in the <strong>UEFA Europa League<\/strong> group phase with PAOK losing 1-0 at the <strong>El Madrigal<\/strong>. <strong>Marco Ruben<\/strong> scored the only goal in the match in <b>Spain.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Overall,\u00a0<strong>PAOK<\/strong>\u00a0have faced\u00a0<strong>Spanish<\/strong> opposition 11 times \u2013 all of which have been in the <strong>UEFA Cup<\/strong>, either in its former format, or in the now\u00a0<strong>Europa League<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The first encounter came on\u00a0<strong>September 16 1975<\/strong>\u00a0against\u00a0<strong>Barcelona<\/strong>\u00a0who had a certain\u00a0<strong>Johan Cruyff\u00a0<\/strong>in the team.\u00a0<strong>PAOK<\/strong>\u00a0won 1-0 in\u00a0<strong>Thessaloniki<\/strong>\u00a0(72\u2019\u00a0<strong>Koudas<\/strong>). In the return match, however, the\u00a0<strong>Double-headed Eagle<\/strong>\u00a0lost 6-1.<\/li>\n<li>After that, there were two matches against\u00a0<b>Sevilla\u00a0<\/b>in the\u00a0<strong>1982-83<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>1990-91<\/strong>\u00a0seasons, and both times\u00a0<strong>PAOK\u00a0<\/strong>were eliminated after a 4-0 loss in\u00a0<strong>Spain<\/strong>, despite having won 2-0 in\u00a0<strong>Thessaloniki<\/strong>. In their second meeting, qualification was decided on penalties in favor of\u00a0<strong>Sevilla<\/strong>\u00a0following two 0-0 draws.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>1997-98<\/strong>\u00a0season PAOK met\u00a0<strong>Atletico Madrid<\/strong>\u00a0and a 5-2 defeat in\u00a0<strong>Spain<\/strong>\u00a0meant there was not much hope for PAOK to turn the tie around. What followed in the return leg, though, was an astonishing match that ended 4-4 \u2013 one of\u00a0<strong>PAOK\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>most memorable games in\u00a0<strong>Europe.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In those 11 matches against Spanish opposition, PAOK have recorded three wins, four draws and four losses. 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