P.A.O.K. V.C.
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Founded | 1926 (Volleyball Club: 1933) | ||
Ground | PAOK Sports Arena (Capacity: 8,142) | ||
Chairman | Antonis Tsalopoulos | ||
Manager | Joško Milenkoski | ||
Captain | Ioannis Takouridis | ||
League | A1 Volleyleague | ||
2022–23 | 2nd | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Championships | |||
3 Greek Championships 5 Greek Cups 1 Greek Super Cup |
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P.A.O.K. Volleyball Club or PAOK Volley, is a Greek volleyball club based in Thessaloniki and part of the major multi-sport club PAOK. The department was founded in 1933 and refounded in 1948 after the Axis occupation. Their home ground is PAOK Sports Arena. PAOK have won 9 domestic titles in total with 3 Championships (2015, 2016, 2017), 5 Cups (2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) and 1 Super Cup (2023).
PAOK made their first appearance in the top national division in the 1970–71 season. The team won its first trophies claiming the Double in 2015 and debuted in the CEV Champions League the following season.[1] At the end of 2015–16 season, PAOK was the first team in Greek Volleyball history that won the Greek Championship title despite finishing 4th in the regular season.
Current squad[edit]
Season 2023–24[2]
Board of directors[edit]
Technical staff[edit]
Technical staff | |
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Head coach | Joško Milenkoski |
Assistant coach | Chrisovalantis Mamais |
Team manager | Kostas Avgitidis |
Τrainer | Giorgos Ioannidis |
Head physiotherapist | Dimitris Pagotos |
Statistician | Panagiotis Kountouridis |
Statistician | Vasiliki Nenti |
Pathologist | Makis Lefkaditis |
Orthopedic doctor | Dionysis Nikiforos |
Scoutman | Stefanos Maniotis |
Carer | Kosmas Kazias |
Honours[edit]
Domestic[edit]
- Greek Cup
- Winners (5): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19 , 2021–22, 2022–23
- Greek Super Cup
- Winners (1): 2023
- Double
- Winners (1): 2014−15
Historical performance in Volleyleague and Greek Cup[edit]
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- The 2019–20 Cup was abandoned due to COVID-19 while PAOK was in the semi-finals. The 2020–21 Cup was not held for the same reasons.
Positions in Volleyleague[edit]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Times | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Greek Cup Finals[edit]
Year | Winner | Finalist | Score |
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1983 | Olympiacos | PAOK | 3–1 |
2015 | PAOK | Olympiacos | 3–1 |
2018 | PAOK | Iraklis | 3–0 |
2019 | PAOK | Iraklis | 3–1 |
2022 | PAOK | Foinikas Syros | 3–0 |
2023 | PAOK | Olympiacos | 3–1 |
Total | 5 | 1 |
European record[edit]
- Total points system
- Total wins system
Notable players[edit]
- Chrysanthos Kyriazis
- Vassilis Mitroudis
- Ioannis Pantakidis
- Menelaos Kokkinakis
- Dimitris Orologas
- Theodoros Bozidis
- Theoklitos Karipidis
- Giannis Kalmazidis
- Nikos Karagiannis
- Andreas Andreadis
- Georgios Stefanou
- Thanasis Psaras
- Ilias Lappas
- Giannis Melkas
- Gerasimos Kanellos
- Vasileios Kournetas
- Sotiris Amarianakis
- Giannis Charitonidis
- Konstantinos Prousalis
- Nikolaos Smaragdis
- Dimitrios Gkaras
- Sotirios Sotiriou
- Georgios Petreas
- Thanos Terzis
- Apostolos Armenakis
- Ioannis Takouridis
- Alexandros Raptis
- Panagiotis Pelekoudas
- Rafail Koumentakis
- Mitar Tzourits
- Dima Filippov
- Andrej Kravárik
- Nikolay Uchikov
- Plamen Konstantinov
- Nikolay Jeliazkov
- Ivaylo Gavrilov
- Vladimir Grbić (FIVB Hall of Fame)
- Saša Starović
- Aleksandar Okolić
- Đula Mešter
- Marko Bojić
- Jernej Potocnik
- Artur Udrys
- Dmitry Ilinikh
- Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
- Matti Hietanen
- Ralph Bergmann
- Matthias Valkiers
- Bram Van Den Dries
- Ronald Zoodsma
- Niels Klapwijk
- Alexander Shafranovich
- Yoichi Kato
- David Lee
- Kevin Hansen
- Michael Lambert
- Paul Lotman
- Evan Patak
- James Polster
- Riley Salmon
- Clayton Stanley
- Michael Diehl
- Kyle Robinson
- Jayson Jablonsky
- Garrett Muagututia
- Steven Marshall
- Brett Walsh
- Dante Amaral
- Ernardo Gómez
- Javier Jiménez
- Rolando Cepeda
- Freddy Brooks
Notable coaches[edit]
- Sotiris Ieroklis
- Ilias Ieroklis
- Stelios Kazazis
- Alekos Leonis
- Giannis Melkas
- Kostas Charitonidis
- Giannis Kalmazidis
- Jorge Elgueta
- Danielle Ricci
- Yuriy Filippov
- Joško Milenkoski
See also[edit]
Sponsorships[edit]
- Official Sponsor: OPAP, Sportingbet
- Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Legea
- Official Broadcaster: Nova Sports
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- https://www.paokvolley.gr/ (Official site in Greek)
- http://www.volleyball.gr/
- http://www.volleyleague.gr/
- Press
- PAOK24 (in Greek)