Double-headed eagles derby
AEK League Cup Total PAOK League Cup Total
Kostas Nestoridis 14 3 17 Neto Guerino 6 3 9
Mimis Papaioannou 12 3 15 Christos Dimopoulos 4 5 9
Thomas Mavros 8 4 12 Giorgos Koudas 6 1 7
Demis Nikolaidis 10 1 11 Ioannis Giakoumis 6 - 6
Christos Kostis 7 - 7 Stavros Sarafis 5 1 6
Vassilis Tsiartas 5 2 7 Vassilis Vasilakos 5 - 5
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The Double-headed eagles derby is a football derby between AEK Athens and PAOK Thessaloniki. Both teams have the same roots, being refugees from Constantinople (AEK in Athens 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 very first match between the two teams took place in Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium during the final phase of the 1930-31 Panhellenic Championship (8 March 1931; score: 1-1). The rivalry used to remain on-pitch for several years. However, since the Greek Cup Final of 2017 there is an ongoing, intense and overall exaggeration of the rivalry , further boosted after the championship conquered by AEK in 2018, when PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision and AEK were given 3pts, which adjudged the title holder.