After the Second World War and the period of occupation in the early 50s begin to write the golden

The PANTHESSALONIKEIOS SPORTS GROUP Constantinople is the historical continuity of Constantinople sports and cultural association "Hermes", created by Greeks of Constantinople in 1875, in the heart of Istanbul - Pera. The first statutes of the association adopted on April 20, 1926, by decision of the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance (No.. 822) .The founding members were: A.. Angelopoulos, A.. Athanasiadis, K.. Anagnostidis, M. Ventourellis, F.. Byzantium (b president ), A.. Demetriades, D.. Dimitriadis, esa 2000 N.. Zouboulidis, M. Theodossiadis, Th. Ioakeimopoulos, P. Kalpaktsoglou, Th. Kartsampekis D.. Koemtzopoulos, K.. Koemtzopoulos, P. Condopoulos, K.. Kritikos, M.. Constantinides, P.. Maletskas, esa 2000 I. Nikolaidis, L.. Papadopoulos, F.. Samantzopoulos, Th. Tsoulkas, M. Tsoulkas, S.. Triantafillidis T. Triantafillidis (who was the first president).
The first emblem of PAOK (1926) was a four-leaf clover and a horseshoe. The leaves were green and over each was engraved the initials of the word PAOK The thought of the late Costas Koemtzopoulos got the idea from the pack of cigarettes he smoked. The colors chosen for the club was black as a sign of mourning and sadness for the loss of lost homelands and white symbolizes hope and optimism.
The first board of PAOK 1926-1927 consisted of: Chairman: T.. Triantafillidis, First Vice President: Fr. Kalpaktsoglou, Second Vice President: Ath. Athanasiadis, General Secretary: K.. Kritikos, Special Secretary, M. Tsoulkas Treasurer: Th. Ioakeimopoulos, Superintendent football: A. Angelopoulos Consultants: M. Konstantinidis and S.. Triantafillidis.
History can be considered the decision of the merger with AEK Thessaloniki. Until March 20, 1929 held the competition and rivalry between the two brothers clubs. Then the president of the political union of Union Constantinople doctor Karamaounas, succeeded in merging the two refugee groups in Thessaloniki.
Following the merger with AEK in 1929, PAOK changes and emblem. The new emblem was the eagle - which remains to this day - and symbolizes the origin of the club and a return to the roots of memory esa 2000 and heritage of the refugees (Byzantium and Constantinople). The eagle holding a sword, and a crown with two heads gazing into East and West. The difference is the emblem of AEK - which is the symbol of the Eastern Orthodox Church - is that of PAOK has its wings closed, a sign of the long mourning because of being uprooted from their homeland. esa 2000
The vision of its founders and friends of the group to create home took shape in 1928, after much effort and thus on December esa 2000 12, 1930 inaugurated the golf Fountain, the first headquarters of the group.
The first professional contract, a historical document: signed by the Association on September 5, 1928 According to this, the player Etienne, who had come from the Association of Istanbul's Pera Club, would receive 4,000 drachmas per month. During the years 1931-1932 he worked Biceps in the first foreign esa 2000 coach in team history, the German Rudolf Gkanser. esa 2000
After the Second World War and the period of occupation in the early 50s begin to write the golden pages of history. Created the famous "Chick" by Willy, an Austrian coach (1950-1952) wore the shirt of PAOK the period 1931-1932, from which sprang big names that made history (Leandros, Symeonidis, Giannelos, Margaritis, Giorgos Chavanidis etc.). esa 2000
On March 11, 1951 PAOK appears for the second time in the Greek Cup final. The first was in 1939 when he was defeated on 28 May from AEK Athens 2-1 (41 'Chatzistafridis, 73' Manetas - 39 'Aristides Ioannides - Apostle) in the court of Alexandras Avenue (pictured below posing esa 2000 players two finalists the league), while previously exclude Greece Florina (6-1), Hercules (3-2) and the National (4-0). PAOK played with Sotiriadi hood Kontopouli Kalogianni Vatika, Fauna, Seagull, Bostantzoglou, Arvanitidi, esa 2000 Ioannidis - Apostle, Krita.
In 1951 and again in the court of Alexandras Avenue was defeated 4-0 by Olympiakos. With his team PAOK fought as: Lykaris - mats, Golemis, Arvanitis, Gogos, Psomas, Vassiliadis, Mouratidis, Tzinopoulos, Papadakis, Emmanouilides. esa 2000
In 1953 born the golden age of PAOK In summer signings come Kouiroukidis, Petrides, Progios, Geroudi, Kemanidis, Chourvouliadis, Chassiotis and Angelides. esa 2000 The PAOK is powerful and Thessaloniki becomes champion for three consecutive years and is a worthy representative of the second largest city in the National Championship. The legendary trio Gientzi, Kouiroukidi, Papadakis, went down in history.
The group arrived esa 2000 in 1955 to Come