Ex-Rapidler Stefan Schwab: After all before the Austria

PAOK FC (Greek: ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón, Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans ), commonly called PAOK Thessaloniki or merely PAOK, is a Greek expert football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia. PAOK are among the leading residential clubs, the most widely sustained in Northern Greece and with the 3rd largest fanbase in the country, according to the current polls and also investigates. A study by Marca in August 2018, reported that PAOK are the most preferred Greek football team on social media.Established on 20 April 1926 by Greek refugees that got away to Thessaloniki from Constantinople following the Greco-Turkish Battle (1919-- 1922), they play their house games at Toumba Arena, a 29,000 seating ability football ground. Their name, together with the club s emblem, the Byzantine-style double-headed eagle with retracted wings, honours the memory of the people as well as places (mostly from the city of Constantinople) that once belonged to the Byzantine Empire.PAOK presently plays in the top-flight Super League, which they have actually won three times (in 1976, 1985 and also 2019). They are eight-time victors of the Greek Mug (in 1972, 1974, 2001, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019 and also 2021). The club has actually never been delegated to a lower nationwide department, a task equated to just by rivals Olympiacos as well as Panathinaikos. PAOK are the only group in Greece that have actually won the Double (in 2019) going unbeaten (26-- 4-- 0 record) in a national round-robin league competition (league format considering that 1959). The group has actually shown up several times in the UEFA Europa League, yet has yet to reach the team stage of the UEFA Champions Organization. Their best European performance was in the 1973-- 74 season, when they got to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup. PAOK is the only Greek team that has even more wins than losses in their European record (72 victories, 58 attracts and also 70 defeats, as of 10 December 2020) and also the 0-- 7 away sway Engine Tbilisi on 16 September 1999 in the UEFA Cup is the biggest ever attained by a Greek football club in all European football competitions.

In the summer of 2020, Stefan Schwab moved from the Sk Rapid to Paok Saloniki. Now the midfielder speaks about his time in Greece and Ex-Club Rapid.

The change from Rapid to Paok has been largely paid for Stefan Schwab. In the past season, the 30-year-old was able to win the trophy with PAOK and collect 22 scorer points in 54 games.

I said if I go away from Rapid, I really want where I can play at the front with a team. PaOK has not necessarily won really many titles, but since 2017 it gone with cup title and championship title. And luckily we made it last year that I can also write a title, recalls Schwab at SKY to his change.

The final win against Olympiakos Piraeus - Schwab stood over the entire season on the field - was celebrated frenetically. With the Cuptitite we were celebrated properly. We landed from Athens at 4 o clock and, despite corona measures, the streets were full and until it became bright, we were on the bus top and have been celebrated.

Schwab: As long as we are in front of Austria, everything is good

Less rosy looks the situation at Ex-Club Rapid. After eight rounds, Rapid is on the ninth place in the table and only holds eight counters - of course too little. After all, we are still one point (now a place and point like, note) in front of Austria, fits so far. When I was at Rapid, it said, as long as we win the Derby and are in front of Austria, everything is fine, jokes Schwab.

In panic, he does not want to expire yet: It was very nice that the team has performed sovereign last year and second. That we are drawn internationally this year is beautiful, just from a financial point of view. People do not yet know what Corona has done. Not only with Rapid, but also with other clubs. This will still leave traces. Now it is called for Rapid to get into the top 6. You can be third or fourth with a win. There is nothing happened yet.

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Schwab, who is still in contact with coach Dietmar Kühbauer and sports director Zoran Barisic, was also addressed to a potential return to Hütteldorf. It s now that I m going to be 31 years old at the end of September. It s good for me abroad and I want to spend a good time here. Then I can imagine that I come back to Austria and there is of course Rapid for me the first contact person.