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The Derby of Thessaloniki, Derby of Macedonia, or Derby of Northern Greece, is a football local rivalry between Aris and PAOK, both of which are based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Aris play their home games at the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium in Charilaou district of eastern Thessaloniki, while PAOK are based at the Toumba Stadium in the neighbouring Toumba district. The two stadiums are 1.54 km apart.
History[edit]
Social rivalry[edit]
The rivalry between these two Thessalonian clubs can be traced back to the interwar period, where a rivalry began between upper class local Greeks (Αris fans) and Greek refugees (PAOK fans). These refugees were mostly working class migrants from Asia Minor and Constantinople. They settled in the region of Macedonia after the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. The antagonism between those social groups has been expressed in many ways and one of them was football.
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Aris were founded in 1914 and PAOK in 1926. On 12 June 1927, the first derby of Thessaloniki took place, ending with a 2–1 PAOK victory.[1] Up to 1959, the two teams were fighting for the Macedonia Football Clubs Association (EPSM) local championship title and they also met some times in the final stage of the Panhellenic Championship. In 1959, the Alpha Ethniki – the precursor of the current Super League – was set up as a national round-robin tournament. Aris vs PAOK rivalry has continued to grow more and more heated over the years as the two clubs battle for supremacy in Northern Greece.[2][3][4][5]
Competition | Aris | PAOK |
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Greek League Champions | 3 (1928, 1932, 1946) |
3 (1976, 1985, 2019) |
Greek Cup Winners | 1 (1970) |
8 (1972, 1974, 2001, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2021) |
Total | 4 | 11 |
Other rivalries[edit]
Aris and PAOK are traditional rivals in other sports as well, especially basketball, where in the 1980s they were competing for the Championship.
Statistics[edit]
Head-to-head[edit]
1 Including play-off games
- Record Alpha Ethniki win
- 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 and (33 vs 27), 1985-86
- 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: +16 (46 vs 30), 1984-85
- Point system 3–1–0: +47 (69 vs 22), 2013–14
- Aris
- Attendance records in Alpha Ethniki
Match list[edit]
Super League Greece (1959 — present)[edit]
Aris – PAOK[6] | PAOK – Aris[7] | |||||||||
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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 | 04–06–1972 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
2018–19 | 7 | 21–10–2018 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 16,434 | 1–2 | 22 | 24–02–2019 | Toumba Stadium | 22,544 | 1–1 |
2019–20 | 17 | 04–01–2020 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 16,249 | 4–2 | 4 | 22–09–2019 | Toumba Stadium | 23,926 | 2–2 |
p-o | 28–06–2020 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | Cl.doors | 0–2 | p-o | 19–07–2020 | Toumba Stadium | Cl.doors | 0–0 | |
2020–21 | 12 | 13–12–2020 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | Cl.doors | 1–0 | 25 | 07–03–2021 | Toumba Stadium | Cl.doors | 2–2 |
p-o | 21–04–2021 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | Cl.doors | 0–1 | p-o | 09–05–2021 | Toumba Stadium | Cl.doors | 2–0 | |
2021–22 | 24 | 20–02–2022 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 9,191 | 0–0 | 11 | 28–11–2021 | Toumba Stadium | 12,605 | 0–1 |
p-o | 17–04–2022 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 7,902 | 1–0 | p-o | 11–05–2022 | Toumba Stadium | 6,932 | 0–1 | |
2022–23 | 3 | 04–09–2022 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 12,565 | 0–0 | 16 | 04–01–2023 | Toumba Stadium | 20,756 | 1–0 |
p-o | 19–03–2023 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 11,165 | 1–2 | p-o | Toumba Stadium |
1 PAOK in 7th place and Aris in 8th place, due to better goal average in regular season.
•There were no games in 1997–98 , 2005–06 , 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2017–18 seasons due to the relegation of Aris to lower divisions.
Greek Cup[edit]
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Season | Round | Leg | Venue | Date | Match | Score | Atten. | Winner |
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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 | |||
2018–19 | Group stage3 | Toumba Stadium | 26 September 2018 | PAOK – Aris | 1–1 | N/A | PAOK |
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 because Aris players started a fight with the referee.
3 Final group standings: PAOK 7 (q), Ergotelis 4 (q), Aris 4, Aittitos Spata 1.
• Series won: Aris 7, PAOK 9.
Top scorers[edit]
Including all the Alpha Ethniki and Greek Cup games since 1959–60.
- 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[edit]
• Total: PΑΟΚ 45 times higher, Aris 18 times higher.
European records[edit]
Last updated: 11 August 2022
Men in both teams[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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