Double-headed eagles derby

Double-headed eagles derby
Players of AEK Athens and PAOK in the 1939 Cup final
Native nameΝτέρμπι των Δικέφαλων Αετών (Greek)
LocationNea Filadelfeia – Thessaloniki,
Greece
TeamsAEK Athens
PAOK
First meeting8 March 1931
Panhellenic Championship
AEK Athens 1–1 PAOK
Latest meeting15 February 2026
Super League Greece
PAOK 0–0 AEK Athens
Next meeting19 April 2026
Super League Greece
AEK Athens – PAOK
StadiumsAgia Sophia Stadium (AEK Athens)
Toumba Stadium (PAOK)
Statistics
Meetings total201
Most winsAEK Athens (85)
Most player appearancesGiorgos Koudas (PAOK)
(41)
Top scorerKostas Nestoridis (AEK Athens)
(17 goals)
All-time seriesAEK Athens: 85
Drawn: 52
PAOK: 64
Largest victory3 February 1982
Greek Cup
PAOK 6–1 AEK Athens
Longest win streak5 games
AEK Athens (1936–1954)
PAOK (2021)
Longest unbeaten streak13 games
PAOK
(2020–2022)
Current unbeaten streak4 games
PAOK
(2025–present)
AEK Athens
PAOK

The Double-headed eagles derby (Greek: Ντέρμπι των Δικέφαλων Αετών) is a football derby between AEK Athens and PAOK. Both teams have the same roots, being refugees from Constantinople (AEK in Nea Filadelfeia, a suburban town in the Athens agglomeration, and PAOK in Thessaloniki), after the Greco-Turkish War, the Asia Minor Catastrophe and the population exchange. Both teams use the same emblem (Double-headed eagle), to reminisce the Byzantine Empire, but in different colors (black and yellow for AEK, black and white for PAOK). The first match between the two teams took place in Leoforos Alexandras Stadium in Athens during the final phase of the 1930–31 Panhellenic Championship.

History

Since their establishment, the relations between the two clubs were good, as was depicted in the 1939 Cup final, when the players of both clubs entered the pitch hugged.[1] In 2 September 1959, PAOK invited AEK for a friendly match to celebrate the inauguration of the Toumba Stadium.[2] Twenty years later, the president of AEK, Loukas Barlos invited PAOK at Nea Filadelfeia for the testimonial match of their long-serving captain, Mimis Papaioannou.[3]

The rivalry used to remain on-pitch for several years. However, since the 2017 Cup final and the controversial league derby on 11 March 2018, there is an ongoing, intense and overall exaggeration of the rivalry.[4]

Statistics

Honours

AEK Athens Competition PAOK
Domestic
13 Super League Greece 4
16 Greek Cup 8
2 Greek Super Cup (defunct) 0
1 Greek League Cup (defunct) 0
5 Athens FCA League (defunct) —
— Macedonia FCA League (defunct) 8
0 Greater Greece Cup (defunct) 1
37 Total 21

Matches summary

Competition Matches Wins Draws Goals Home wins Home draws Away wins Other venue wins
AEK PAOK AEK PAOK AEK PAOK AEK PAOK AEK PAOK AEK PAOK
Super League Greece 168 73 48 47 249 149 54 35 18 29 19 11 0 0
Greek Cup 33 12 16 5 27 28 5 9 2 3 3 5 4 3
Total 201 85 64 52 276 177 59 44 20 32 22 16 4 3

Head-to-head ranking in Super League

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 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 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 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
7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9
10 10 10
11
12
13
14 14
15 15
16
17
18
Super League 2
1 1
Gamma Ethniki
1 1
  • Total: AEK Athens with 43 higher finishes, PAOK with 23 higher finishes.

Matches list

Super League Greece

Season AEK Athens – PAOK PAOK – AEK Athens
Date Venue Atten. Score Date Venue Atten. Score
Panhellenic Championship era (1927–1959)
1930–31 08–03–1931 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium N/A 1–1 12–07–1931 Iraklis Stadium N/A 1–2
1931–32 21–02–1932 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium N/A 2–0 02–05–1932 Syntrivani Stadium N/A 2–2
1935–36 22–03–1936 Rouf Stadium N/A 2–0 02–02–1936 Syntrivani Stadium N/A 4–1
1939–40 09–06–1940 Nikos Goumas Stadium 3,000 1–0 16–06–1940 Syntrivani Stadium N/A 3–4
1953–54 16–05–1954 Nikos Goumas Stadium 15,000 3–1 20–06–1954 Syntrivani Stadium 10,000 2–2
1957–58 24–04–1958 Nikos Goumas Stadium 8,000 6–2 06–07–1958 Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 6,000 1–1
1958–59 01–02–1959 Nikos Goumas Stadium 7,295 0–1 12–04–1959 Syntrivani Stadium 6,999 1–3
Alpha Ethniki era (1959–2006)
1959–60 08–05–1960 Nikos Goumas Stadium 13,000 3–1 13–12–1959 Toumba Stadium 14,230 1–2
1960–61 29–01–1961 Nikos Goumas Stadium 15,000 3–0 25–06–1961 Toumba Stadium 5,000 1–1
1961–62 13–05–1962 Nikos Goumas Stadium 11,000 6–2 10–12–1961 Toumba Stadium 13,276 1–2
1962–63 05–05–1963 Nikos Goumas Stadium 18,470 5–1 09–12–1962 Toumba Stadium 14,442 0–3
1963–64 12–01–1964 Nikos Goumas Stadium 18,762 3–1 15–09–1963 Toumba Stadium 19,912 1–0
1964–65 20–12–1964 Nikos Goumas Stadium 12,897 1–0 16–05–1965 Toumba Stadium 9,377 1–1
1965–66 17–04–1966 Nikos Goumas Stadium 9,814 5–1 02–01–1966 Toumba Stadium 13,225 1–1
1966–67 12–03–1967 Nikos Goumas Stadium 13,443 2–0 20–11–1966 Toumba Stadium 19,640 1–0
1967–68 15–11–1967 Nikos Goumas Stadium 12,295 2–0 25–02–1968 Toumba Stadium 22,156 1–2
1968–69 20–10–1968 Karaiskakis Stadium 26,336 0–1 23–02–1969 Toumba Stadium 18,247 1–1
1969–70 23–11–1969 Nikos Goumas Stadium 26,042 2–0 29–03–1970 Toumba Stadium 21,716 4–0
1970–71 27–09–1970 Nikos Goumas Stadium 29,406 2–0 07–02–1971 Toumba Stadium 25,660 0–0
1971–72 19–09–1971 Nikos Goumas Stadium 28,581 1–0 30–01–1972 Toumba Stadium 35,411 2–0
1972–73 15–04–1973 Nikos Goumas Stadium 29,654 0–2 03–12–1972 Toumba Stadium 39,554 0–0
1973–74 07–04–1974 Nikos Goumas Stadium 17,549 0–0 02–12–1973 Toumba Stadium 26,426 3–0
1974–75 04–05–1975 Nikos Goumas Stadium 16,606 3–1 05–01–1975 Toumba Stadium 39,017 1–1
1975–76 11–01–1976 Kostas Davourlis Stadium 20,105 0–0 02–05–1976 Toumba Stadium 45,010 1–0
1976–77 01–05–1977 Nikos Goumas Stadium 22,161 1–0 19–12–1976 Toumba Stadium 45,252 0–0
1977–78 14–05–1978 Nikos Goumas Stadium 21,741 2–0 08–01–1978 Toumba Stadium 17,552 1–1
1978–79 10–09–1978 Nikos Goumas Stadium 27,854 3–2 11–02–1979 Toumba Stadium 41,909 2–1
1979–80 10–02–1980 Nikos Goumas Stadium 26,949 3–1 14–10–1979 Toumba Stadium 24,082 4–0
1980–81 01–02–1981 Nikos Goumas Stadium 21,973 4–0 14–09–1980 Kaftanzoglio Stadium 36,964 1–2
1981–82 03–01–1982 Nikos Goumas Stadium 23,915 1–1 09–05–1982 Toumba Stadium 15,706 1–1
1982–83 01–05–1983 Korinthos Stadium 6,704 1–3 19–12–1982 Toumba Stadium 10,468 5–0
1983–84 22–01–1984 Nikos Goumas Stadium 14,517 4–0 11–09–1983 Serres Municipal Stadium 11,886 1–0
1984–85 04–11–1984 Nikos Goumas Stadium 23,356 2–2 10–03–1985 Toumba Stadium 40,506 1–1
1985–86 14–09–1985 Athens Olympic Stadium 54,800 1–0 26–01–1986 Toumba Stadium 24,113 2–1
1986–87 06–12–1986 Athens Olympic Stadium 18,349 1–2 05–04–1987 Toumba Stadium 14,167 1–0
1987–88 24–01–1988 Nikos Goumas Stadium 26,217 1–0 06–09–1987 Toumba Stadium 33,243 2–2
1988–89 21–05–1989 Nikos Goumas Stadium 25,934 0–0 15–01–1989 Toumba Stadium 31,969 0–1
1989–90 28–01–1990 Nikos Goumas Stadium 18,255 2–1 17–09–1989 Toumba Stadium 35,346 1–1
1990–91 28–04–1991 Nikos Goumas Stadium 10,454 0–0 23–12–1990 Toumba Stadium 13,782 1–1
1991–92 25–01–1992 Nikos Goumas Stadium 9,562 3–1 07–06–1992 Toumba Stadium 6,184 2–2
1992–93 29–11–1992 Nikos Goumas Stadium 19,220 3–1 10–04–1993 Toumba Stadium 9,267 2–1
1993–94 06–02–1994 Nikos Goumas Stadium 9,479 2–0 25–09–1993 Toumba Stadium 11,248 0–0
1994–95 18–09–1994 Nikos Goumas Stadium 11,517 4–3 19–02–1995 Toumba Stadium 13,509 1–1
1995–96 23–03–1996 Nikos Goumas Stadium 7,700 4–0 06–11–1995 Toumba Stadium 7,946 1–3[note 1]
1996–97 04–05–1997 Nikos Goumas Stadium 11,250 1–2 05–01–1997 Toumba Stadium 24,056 0–0
1997–98 18–01–1998 Nikos Goumas Stadium 22,129 3–0 31–08–1997 Toumba Stadium 30,347 0–0
1998–99 18–04–1999 Nikos Goumas Stadium 14,139 2–0 07–11–1998 Toumba Stadium 13,535 2–1
1999–00 05–02–2000 Nikos Goumas Stadium 10,082 2–0 20–09–1999 Toumba Stadium 22,226 4–4
2000–01 19–05–2001 Nikos Goumas Stadium 6,070 3–2 14–01–2001 Toumba Stadium 7,038 2–1
2001–02 08–05–2002 Nikos Goumas Stadium 11,079 6–2 27–01–2002 Toumba Stadium 21,542 3–2
2002–03 01–12–2002 Nikos Goumas Stadium 5,188 3–4 22–03–2003 Toumba Stadium 11,340 0–1
2003–04 01–11–2003 Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium 2,134 3–1 21–03–2004 Toumba Stadium 24,829 3–2
2004–05 10–04–2005 Athens Olympic Stadium 35,994 2–0 05–12–2004 Toumba Stadium 9,568 1–1
2005–06 04–12–2005 Athens Olympic Stadium 24,677 2–1 09–04–2006 Toumba Stadium 10,367 2–1
Super League era (2006–present)
2006–07 19–08–2006 Athens Olympic Stadium 23,109 0–0 06–01–2007 Toumba Stadium 15,686 2–0
2007–08 30–12–2007 Athens Olympic Stadium 24,257 2–0 13–04–2008 Toumba Stadium 11,569 0–4
2008–09 11–01–2009 Athens Olympic Stadium 19,194 1–0 14–09–2008 Toumba Stadium 25,203 1–1
2009–10 28–11–2009 Athens Olympic Stadium 15,942 1–0 21–03–2010 Toumba Stadium 18,589 0–1
2010–11 06–03–2011 Athens Olympic Stadium 5,518 4–0 13–11–2010 Toumba Stadium 18,453 2–1
2011–12 29–01–2012 Athens Olympic Stadium 6,110 0–2 25–09–2011 Toumba Stadium 19,235 3–0
2012–13 16–02–2013 Athens Olympic Stadium 15,105 0–0 20–10–2012 Toumba Stadium 15,239 1–0
2015–16 24–02–2016 Athens Olympic Stadium 13,792 1–0 23–09–2015 Toumba Stadium 21,199 2–1
2016–17 12–03–2017 Athens Olympic Stadium 11,879 3–0 30–10–2016 Toumba Stadium 18,741 1–0
2017–18 05–11–2017 Athens Olympic Stadium 14,056 1–0 11–03–2018 Toumba Stadium 21,431 0–3[note 2]
2018–19 03–02–2019 Athens Olympic Stadium 24,291 1–1 23–09–2018 Toumba Stadium 23,763 2–0
2019–20 29–09–2019 Athens Olympic Stadium 32,576 2–2 12–01–2020 Toumba Stadium 21,332 1–0
2020–21 18–10–2020 Athens Olympic Stadium Cl. doors 1–1 24–01–2021 Toumba Stadium Cl. doors 2–2
2021–22 02–03–2022 Athens Olympic Stadium 4,541 1–1 26–09–2021 Toumba Stadium 10,326 2–0
2022–23 30–10–2022 Agia Sophia Stadium 31,100 2–0 19–02–2023 Toumba Stadium 18,410 2–0
2023–24 30–10–2023 Agia Sophia Stadium 31,100 2–0 11–02–2024 Toumba Stadium Cl. doors 1–1
2024–25 20–10–2024 Agia Sophia Stadium 30,950 1–1 02–02–2024 Toumba Stadium 1–2
2025–26 19–10–2025 Agia Sophia Stadium 29,210 0–2 Toumba Stadium
  • There were no games in 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons due to the relegation of AEK to lower divisions.

Play-off match

Season AEK Athens – PAOK PAOK – AEK Athens
Date Venue Atten. Score Date Venue Atten. Score
2008–09 20–05–2009 Athens Olympic Stadium 14,831 3–1 17–05–2009 Toumba Stadium 28,703 0–1
2009–10 28–04–2010 Athens Olympic Stadium 11,807 0–0 16–05–2010 Toumba Stadium 25,303 1–0
2010–11 15–05–2011 Athens Olympic Stadium Cl. doors 3–0 18–05–2011 Toumba Stadium 19,075 2–1
2011–12 16–05–2012 Athens Olympic Stadium 8,293 2–0 02–05–2012 Toumba Stadium 9,771 1–0
2015–16 25–05–2016 Athens Olympic Stadium 10,880 0–0 11–05–2016 Toumba Stadium Cl. doors 2–1
2016–17 28–05–2017 Athens Olympic Stadium 3,552 1–0 14–05–2017 Toumba Stadium 15,413 0–1
2019–20 15–07–2020 Athens Olympic Stadium Cl. doors 0–0 01–07–2020 Toumba Stadium Cl. doors 0–2
2020–21 05–05–2021 Athens Olympic Stadium Cl. doors 1–2 21–03–2021 Toumba Stadium Cl. doors 3–1
2021–22 20–03–2022 Athens Olympic Stadium 8,075 0–1 01–05–2022 Toumba Stadium 6,922 1–1
2022–23 26–04–2023 Agia Sophia Stadium 30,570 4–0 02–04–2023 Toumba Stadium 21,771 0–1
2023–24 07–04–2024 Agia Sophia Stadium 31,080 2–2 28–04–2024 Toumba Stadium 17,362 3–2
2024–25 30–03–2025 Agia Sophia Stadium 25,433 2–3 11–05–2025 Toumba Stadium 1–0

Greek Cup

[5]

Season Round AEK Athens – PAOK PAOK – AEK Athens Winner
Date Venue Atten. Score Date Venue Atten. Score
1931–32 Semi-finals 18–10–1931 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium N/A 2–1 AEK
1938–39 Final 28–05–1939 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium N/A 2–1 AEK
1963–64 Round of 16 24–05–1964 Toumba Stadium 9,061 0–3 (a.e.t.) AEK
1964–65 Round of 16 18–04–1965 Nikos Goumas Stadium 11,066 4–0 AEK
1970–71 Semi-finals 26–05–1971 Toumba Stadium 28,815 3–2 PAOK
1973–74 Round of 16 24–02–1974 Toumba Stadium 23,597 3–1 PAOK
1976–77 Round of 16 09–02–1977 Toumba Stadium 44,045 2–1 PAOK
1977–78 Final 04–06–1978 Karaiskakis Stadium 23,483 2–0 AEK
1979–80 Round of 16 20–02–1980 Toumba Stadium 28,151 1–0 PAOK
1980–81 Semi-finals 10–06–1981 Municipal Stadium of Chalkida 12,736 0–2 03–06–1981 Toumba Stadium 26,674 1–0 PAOK
1981–82 Round of 16 24–02–1982 Nikos Goumas Stadium 7,117 2–2 03–02–1982 Toumba Stadium 19,550 6–1 PAOK
1982–83 Final 29–06–1983 Athens Olympic Stadium 72,240 2–0 AEK
1991–92 Semi-finals 15–04–1992 Nikos Goumas Stadium 15,153 2–0 29–04–1992 Toumba Stadium 21,388 3–0 (a.e.t.) PAOK
2001–02 Quarter-finals 30–01–2002 Nikos Goumas Stadium 6,310 2–1 06–02–2002 Toumba Stadium 15,109 0–4 AEK
2002–03 Semi-finals 23–04–2003 Nikos Goumas Stadium 10,082 0–1 07–05–2003 Toumba Stadium 8,363 1–1 PAOK
2010–11 Semi-finals 02–03–2011 Athens Olympic Stadium 16,928 0–0 16–03–2011 Toumba Stadium 23,105 0–1 AEK
2011–12 Round of 16 18–01–2012 Toumba Stadium 15,095 2–0 PAOK
2016–17 Final 06–05–2017 Panthessaliko Stadium 19,236 2–1 PAOK
2017–18 Final 12–05–2018 Athens Olympic Stadium 35,545 0–2 PAOK
2018–19 Final 11–05–2019 Athens Olympic Stadium Cl. doors 0–1 PAOK
2020–21 Semi-finals 07–04–2021 Athens Olympic Stadium Cl. doors 0–1 29–04–2021 Toumba Stadium Cl. doors 2–1 PAOK
2021–22 Quarter-finals 09–02–2022 Athens Olympic Stadium Cl. doors 1–2 19–01–2022 Toumba Stadium Cl. doors 0–0 PAOK
2022–23 Final 24–05–2023 Panthessaliko Stadium Cl. doors 2–0 AEK
2024–25 Quarter-finals 18–12–2024 Agia Sophia Stadium 27,612 1–0 09–01–2025 Toumba Stadium 22,837 1–1 (a.e.t.) AEK
  • Series won: AEK 10, PAOK 14.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club League Greek Cup Super Cup League Cup Total
1 Kostas Nestoridis AEK Athens 14 3 0 0 17
2 Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens 12 3 0 0 15
3 Thomas Mavros AEK Athens 8 4 0 0 12
4 Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 10 1 0 0 11
5 Neto Guerino PAOK 6 3 0 0 9
Christos Dimopoulos PAOK 4 5 0 0
7 Christos Kostis AEK Athens 7 0 0 0 7
Giorgos Koudas PAOK 6 1 0 0
Vasilios Tsiartas AEK Athens 5 2 0 0
10 Andreas Stamatiadis AEK Athens 6 0 0 0 6
Vasilios Vasilakos Both clubs 6 0 0 0
Vasilis Dimitriadis AEK Athens 6 0 0 0
Ioannis Giakoumis PAOK 6 0 0 0
Ismael Blanco AEK Athens 6 0 0 0
Stavros Sarafis PAOK 5 1 0 0
Ioannis Okkas Both clubs 5 1 0 0
17 Nikos Liberopoulos AEK Athens 5 0 0 0 5
Dušan Bajević AEK Athens 4 1 0 0
Stefanos Athanasiadis PAOK 4 1 0 0
Vieirinha PAOK 4 1 0 0
Dimitris Paridis PAOK 3 2 0 0

European records

Last updated: 19 March 2026

Personnel at both clubs

Players

Managers

Notes

  1. ^ Match suspended at 72nd minute (score: 1–3). Remained as final result.
  2. ^ Match suspended at 90th minute (score: 1–0). Awarded 0–3 to AEK.
  3. ^ Returned to PAOK in 2007 after joining AEK for half a season.
  4. ^ Returned to AEK in 2002 after joining PAOK for 2 and a half seasons.
  5. ^ Returned to AEK in 2013 after joining PAOK for 3 seasons.

References

  1. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ Vs AEK: Όσα τους ενώνουν, άλλα τόσα τους χωρίζουν!". gazzetta.gr.
  2. ^ Διπλοΐδης, Γιώργος (6 September 2021). "Τούμπα: Τα εγκαίνια του θρυλικού γηπέδου και το πρώτο φιλικό με την ΑΕΚ". sportime.gr.
  3. ^ "Το... οικουμενικό αντίο του Μίμη Παπαϊωάννου".
  4. ^ "Όπου τολμούν οι Αετοί: Ίδιο έμβλημα, κοινή καταγωγή, διαφορετικοί κόσμοι". sdna.gr (in Greek). 6 May 2017.
  5. ^ "AEK vs PAOK, Greek Cup". sdna.gr (in Greek). 11 May 2019.
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