Derby of Thessaloniki

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.

Derby of Thessaloniki
Other namesDerby of Northern Greece
Derby of Macedonia
LocationThessaloniki, Greece
TeamsAris F.C., P.A.O.K. FC
First meetingPAOK 2–1 Aris,
12 June 1927 (1927-06-12)
Latest meetingAris 1–2 PAOK,
19 May 2024 (2024-05-19)
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Most winsPAOK (58)
Largest victoryPAOK 5–0 Aris,
16 February 1975 (1975-02-16)

History edit

Social rivalry edit

The rivalry between these two Thessalonian clubs can be traced back to the interwar period. Upper class local Greeks supported Aris and Greek refugees supported PAOK. 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.

Football rivalry edit

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]

CompetitionArisPAOK
Greek League Champions3
(1928, 1932, 1946)
4
(1976, 1985, 2019, 2024)
Greek Cup Winners1
(1970)
8
(1972, 1974, 2001, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2021)
Total412

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

Aris
wins
DrawsPAOK
wins
Alpha Ethniki (1959 — present) 1
At Aris home232617
At PAOK home121934
Total354551
Greek Cup
At Aris home632
At PAOK home155
Neutral field100
Total887
Total
435358
Alpha Ethniki goalsArisPAOK
At Aris home7257
At PAOK home4895
Total120152

1 Including play-off games

Match list edit

Super League Greece (1959 — present) edit

Aris – PAOK[6]PAOK – Aris[7]
SeasonR.DateVenueAtten.ScoreR.DateVenueAtten.Score
1959–60201–11–1959Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium8,9730–11728–02–1960Toumba Stadium9,9830–0
p-o31–07–1960Kleanthis Vikelidis StadiumN/A0–01
1960–612005–03–1961Kleanthis Vikelidis StadiumN/A1–1516–10–1960Toumba StadiumN/A3–0
1961–622328–03–1962Kleanthis Vikelidis StadiumN/A1–1819–11–1961Toumba Stadium8,8502–1
1962–631216–12–1962Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium9,2230–32712–05–1963Toumba StadiumN/A3–0
1963–641902–02–1964Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium9,5600–0406–10–1963Toumba Stadium17,9120–1
1964–652509–05–1965Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium8,7910–01013–12–1964Toumba Stadium21,6550–2
1965–661427–02–1966Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium12,4965–12912–06–1966Toumba Stadium11,8041–1
1966–672804–06–1967Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium12,4211–01322–01–1967Toumba Stadium20,1770–0
1967–682018–02–1968Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium16,1462–2322–10–1967Toumba Stadium28,7482–3
1968–69817–11–1968Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium20,1232–02523–03–1969Toumba Stadium29,4420–0
1969–70602–11–1969Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium15,3480–02308–03–1970Toumba Stadium28,5160–0
1970–71404–11–1970Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium16,4751–02121–02–1971Toumba Stadium29,8902–2
1971–723304–06–1972Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium13,4203–31616–01–1972Toumba Stadium37,8690–0
1972–733403–06–1973Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,6481–21728–01–1973Toumba Stadium44,4861–0
1973–742905–05–1974Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium22,1001–01223–12–1973Toumba Stadium41,4280–1
1974–75206–10–1974Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium18,2462–11916–02–1975Toumba Stadium36,0255–0
1975–76219–10–1975Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium21,0690–01722–02–1976Toumba Stadium42,2962–2
1976–77614–11–1976Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium21,5001–22313–03–1977Toumba Stadium41,9502–0
1977–781127–11–1977Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium13,2290–02802–04–1978Toumba Stadium23,6932–1
1978–792525–03–1979Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium27,0001–0812–11–1978Toumba Stadium36,5671–0
1979–80207–10–1979Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium24,5892–01903–02–1980Toumba Stadium42,7952–0
1980–811016–11–1980Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium26,0000–12712–04–1981Toumba Stadium28,1571–1
1981–821220–12–1981Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,4822–12925–04–1982Toumba Stadium26,4991–0
1982–832106–03–1983Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium18,6990–0431–10–1982Toumba Stadium21,0260–2
1983–84502–10–1983Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium24,0990–02012–02–1984Toumba Stadium12,4530–1
1984–851703–02–1985Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium20,2803–0230–09–1984Toumba Stadium30,8902–0
1985–86803–11–1985Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium16,4443–12309–03–1986Toumba Stadium24,1791–0
1986–87420–09–1986Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium20,9680–11922–02–1987Toumba Stadium26,2822–0
1987–882717–04–1988Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium16,7521–21227–12–1987Toumba Stadium25,2463–1
1988–89920–11–1988Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium12,9470–02419–03–1989Toumba Stadium14,6631–1
1989–902518–03–1990Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium9,2731–0808–11–1989Toumba Stadium15,2592–0
1990–911406–01–1991Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium13,8270–13112–05–1991Toumba Stadium10,5052–1
1991–921802–02–1992Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium14,1391–1101–09–1991Toumba Stadium23,0251–1
1992–931523–12–1992Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium4,1451–23215–05–1993Toumba Stadium1,5542–0
1993–941618–12–1993Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium11,5471–03317–04–1994Toumba Stadium6,0611–2
1994–95907–12–1994Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium3,5870–42602–04–1995Toumba Stadium19,3742–0
1995–962225-02-1996Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium6,9780–0501–10–1995Toumba Stadium15,9951–0
1996–97818–11–1996Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium11,4620–02516–03–1997Toumba Stadium28,0382–1
1998–991915–02–1999Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium17,1462–0229–08–1998Toumba Stadium22,7981–4
1999–00928–11–1999Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium15,3930–02602–04–2000Toumba Stadium14,6033–2
2000–01401–11–2000Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium12,8904–01917–02–2001Toumba Stadium11,9692–0
2001–021402–02–2002Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium12,4552–3123–09–2001Toumba Stadium23,7561–1
2002–031115–12–2002Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium9,8972–02613–04–2003Trikala Municipal Stadium3,3392–0
2003–043022–05–2004Makedonikos Stadium1,0741–11521–12–2003Toumba Stadium13,9503–0
2004–052027–02–2005Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium10,2021–3524–10–2004Toumba Stadium10,9752–2
2006–07721–10–2006Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium13,2800–02217–02–2007Toumba Stadium10,3931–0
2007–08521–10–2007Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium11,5653–12010–02–2008Toumba Stadium22,0003–0
2008–091925–01–2009Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium14,0650–0428–09–2008Toumba Stadium26,0191–0
2009–102614–03–2010Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium17,3532–01122–11–2009Toumba Stadium23,0344–1
p-o19–05–2010Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium6,9623–2p-o02–05–2010Toumba Stadium23,4122–0
2010–112030–01–2011Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium13,2340–0503–10–2010Toumba Stadium20,0840–1
2011–12723–10–2011Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium12,3201–12219–02–2012Toumba Stadium16,0410–0
2012–132003–02–2013Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium12,6732–2530–09–2012Toumba Stadium20,4404–1
2013–142916–03–2014Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium10,1541–11224–11–2013Toumba Stadium19,4403–1
2018–19721–10–2018Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium16,4341–22224–02–2019Toumba Stadium22,5441–1
2019–201704–01–2020Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium16,2494–2422–09–2019Toumba Stadium23,9262–2
p-o28–06–2020Kleanthis Vikelidis StadiumCl.doors0–2p-o19–07–2020Toumba StadiumCl.doors0–0
2020–211213–12–2020Kleanthis Vikelidis StadiumCl.doors1–02507–03–2021Toumba StadiumCl.doors2–2
p-o21–04–2021Kleanthis Vikelidis StadiumCl.doors0–1p-o09–05–2021Toumba StadiumCl.doors2–0
2021–222420–02–2022Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium9,1910–01128–11–2021Toumba Stadium12,6050–1
p-o17–04–2022Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium7,9021–0p-o11–05–2022Toumba Stadium6,9320–1
2022–23304–09–2022Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium12,5650–01604–01–2023Toumba Stadium20,7561–0
p-o19–03–2023Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium11,1651–2p-o30–04–2023Toumba Stadium8,9053–2
2023–241707–01–2024Kleanthis Vikelidis StadiumCl.doors2–1417–09–2023Toumba Stadium17,7310–0
p-o19–05–2024Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium18,6441–2p-o10–03–2024Toumba StadiumCl.doors0–1

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

[8]

SeasonRoundLegVenueDateMatchScoreAtten.Winner
1939–40Quarter finalSintrivani Stadium24 March 1940PAOK – Aris1–1 (aet)N/AAris
ReplayIraklis Stadium7 April 1940Aris – PAOK1–0N/A
1947–482nd RoundSintrivani Stadium11 January 1948PAOK – Aris2–5N/AAris
1949–50Quarter finalSintrivani Stadium19 March 1950PAOK – Aris3–3 (aet)N/AAris
Replay 1Sintrivani Stadium26 April 1950Aris – PAOK3–1N/A
1950–51Quarter finalSintrivani Stadium11 February 1951PAOK – Aris4–2 (aet)N/APAOK
1951–52Round of 16Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium27 January 1952Aris – PAOK1–0N/AAris
1957–58Round of 16Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium6 April 1958Aris – PAOK2–0N/AAris
1961–62Round of 16Toumba Stadium22 April 1962PAOK – Aris1–1 (aet)N/AAris
ReplayKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium9 May 1962Aris – PAOK1–1 (aet; draw)2,062
1969–70FinalKaftanzoglio Stadium28 June 1970Aris – PAOK1–046,695Aris
1971–72Quarter finalKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium7 June 1972Aris – PAOK1–2 213,919PAOK
1977–78SemifinalKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium17 May 1978Aris – PAOK0–1 (aet)22,900PAOK
1979–80Quarter final1st LegKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium5 March 1980Aris – PAOK1–024,763PAOK
2nd LegKaftanzoglio Stadium30 April 1980PAOK – Aris2–0 (aet)34,641
1984–85Round of 321st LegToumba Stadium26 December 1984PAOK – Aris2–023,827PAOK
2nd LegKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium16 January 1985Aris – PAOK3–1 (away)14,639
2000–01Round of 161st LegKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium17 January 2001Aris – PAOK1–19,325PAOK
2nd LegToumba Stadium31 January 2001PAOK – Aris2–018,564
2002–03FinalToumba Stadium17 May 2003PAOK – Aris1–018,703PAOK
2008–09Round of 16Toumba Stadium14 January 2009PAOK – Aris0–014,870PAOK
ReplayKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium28 January 2009Aris – PAOK0–0 (aet; 8–9 p)12,444
2018–19Group stage3Toumba Stadium26 September 2018PAOK – Aris1–1N/APAOK

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.

ArisTotalPAOKTotal
Alekos Alexiadis7 Ioannis Giakoumis5
Kostas Papaioannou6 Giorgos Koudas5
Vangelis Siropoulos4 Giorgos Skartados5
Vasilis Dimitriadis4 Apostolos Vasiliadis4
Angelos Charisteas4 Stavros Sarafis4
Giorgos Kostikos4

Head-to-head ranking in Super League Greece edit

P.6061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182838485868788899091929394959697989900010203040506070809101112131415161718192021222324
11111
22222222222
3333333333333333
44444444444444444444444444
5555555555555555555555
666666666666
777777777777
888888
9999999999
10101010
1111
1212
13131313
14141414
15
1616
17
1818
Beta Ethniki
11
22
333
Gamma Ethniki
11
22

Total: PΑΟΚ 47 times higher, Aris 18 times higher.

European records edit

Last updated: 18 April 2024

Men in both teams edit

Players
Managers

References edit

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