P.A.O.K. V.C.
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 has won 3 Championships (2015, 2016, 2017) and 3 Cups (2015, 2018, 2019).
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Full name | (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών) (Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans) | ||
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Nickname | Two Headed Eagle of the North, Patriarch | ||
Founded | 1926 (Volleyball Club: 1933) | ||
Ground | PAOK Sports Arena (Capacity: 8,500) | ||
Chairman | Antonis Tsalopoulos | ||
Manager | Kostas Delikostas | ||
League | A1 Greek Volleyleague CEV Champions League | ||
2019–20 | 3rd | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Championships | |||
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Active departments of P.A.O.K. | |||
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Football (Men's) | Football (Women's) | Basketball (Men's) | |
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Basketball (Women's) | Volleyball (Men's) | Volleyball (Women's) | |
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Water Polo (Men's) | Water Polo (Women's) | Handball (Men's) | |
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Handball (Women's) | Boxing | Taekwondo | |
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Cycling | Athletics | Ice hockey | |
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Chess | Wrestling | Weightlifting | |
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Swimming | Judo | Synchronized swimming |
The team had its first participation in the CEV Champions League during the 2015–16 season.
Current squad
Season 2020–21
Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Height | Position |
4 | ![]() | Dimitris Konstantinidis | May 8, 1993 | 1.88 | Libero |
5 | ![]() | Thanos Terzis (c) | March 17, 1979 | 1.93 | Setter |
10 | ![]() | Tasos Gatsis | March 14, 1991 | 1.96 | Middle Blocker |
11 | ![]() | Sotiris Sotiriou | April 20, 1986 | 1.98 | Οutside Hitter |
13 | ![]() | Ioannis Takouridis | May 24, 1988 | 1.98 | Middle Blocker |
14 | ![]() | Apostolos Armenakis | July 19, 1980 | 2.05 | Οpposite/Middle Blocker |
18 | ![]() | Nikitas Efremidis | February 11, 1989 | 1.92 | Libero/Οutside Hitter |
19 | ![]() | Bram Van Den Dries | August 14, 1989 | 2.08 | Οpposite |
20 | ![]() | Alexandros Boutos | September 9, 1998 | 2.02 | Οpposite |
Board of directors
Technical staff
Honours
Domestic competitions
Greek Championship
- Winners (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Greek Cup
- Winners (3): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Double
- Winners (1): 2014−15
Notable players
Chrysanthos Kyriazis
Vassilis Mitroudis
Ioannis Pantakidis
Theoklitos Karipidis
Giannis Kalmazidis
Nikos Karagiannis
Andreas Andreadis
Thanasis Psaras
Giannis Melkas
Gerasimos Kanellos
Vasileios Kournetas
Sotiris Amarianakis
Giannis Charitonidis
Konstantinos Prousalis
Nikolaos Smaragdis
Dimitrios Gkaras
Georgios Petreas
Thanos Terzis
Apostolos Armenakis
Ioannis Takouridis
Panagiotis Pelekoudas
Rafail Koumentakis
Mitar Tzourits
Dima Filippov
Zenia Gorchaniuk
Andrej Kravárik
Nikolay Uchikov
Plamen Konstantinov
Nikolay Jeliazkov
Ivaylo Gavrilov
Vladimir Grbić (FIVB Hall of Fame)
Saša Starović
Aleksandar Okolić
Đula Mešter
Marko Bojić
Gerni Potocnik
Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
Matti Hietanen
Matthias Valkiers
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
Dante Amaral
Ernardo Gómez
Javier Jiménez
Rolando Cepeda
Freddy Brooks
Notable coaches
Sotiris Ieroklis
Stelios Kazazis
Alekos Leonis
Gianis Melkas
Giannis Kalmazidis
Jorge Elgueta
Danielle Ricci
Yuriy Filippov
Historical performance in Volleyleague and Greek Cup
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Positions in Volleyleague
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Times | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
European record
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Qual. |
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2000–01 | CEV Challenge Cup | QR | ![]() |
3–1 | 2nd place | ![]() | |
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2003–04 | CEV Challenge Cup | QR | ![]() |
3–0 | 1st place | ![]() | |
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3–2 | 2–3 | 5–5 | ![]() | ||
2004–05 | CEV Challenge Cup | 1/8 | ![]() |
2–3 | 1–3 | 3–6 | ![]() |
2005–06 | CEV Challenge Cup | QR | ![]() |
3–1 | 1st place | ![]() | |
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3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | ![]() | ||
2006–07 | CEV Cup | QR | ![]() |
3–0 | 1st place | ![]() | |
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3–2 | 0–3 | 3–5 | ![]() | ||
2007–08 | CEV Cup | 1/16 | ![]() |
2–3 | 1–3 | 3–5 | ![]() |
2013–14 | CEV Cup | 1/16 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | ![]() |
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3–1 | 3–2 | 6–3 | ![]() | ||
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2–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | ![]() | ||
2015–16 | CEV Champions League | Group stage | ![]() |
1–3 | 1–3 | 3rd place | ![]() |
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1–3 | 0–3 | |||||
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3–1 | 0–3 | |||||
2016–17 | CEV Champions League | QR | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–2 | 6–4 | ![]() |
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0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 | ![]() | |||
CEV Cup | 1/16 | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–1 | 6–3 | ![]() | |
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2–3 | 1–3 | 3–6 | ![]() | ||
2017–18 | CEV Champions League | Group stage | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–3 | 3rd place | ![]() |
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2–3 | 0–3 | |||||
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3-1 | 2–3 | |||||
2018–19 | CEV Champions League | QR | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | ![]() |
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3–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 (15–13) | ![]() | |||
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0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 | ![]() | |||
CEV Cup | 1/16 | ![]() |
3–2 | 1–3 | 4–5 | ![]() | |
2019–20 | CEV Cup | 1/16 | ![]() |
0–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 (14–16) | ![]() |
Women's Volleyball Department
PAOK women's volleyball club was only alive for 3 years, 1995–1998. In 2003 it merged with Filathlitikos and ceased to exist.
It was founded again in 2010 and is currently and after reaching A2 it fell again in the 3rd level for 2012–13, B Ethiki. In 2017 the team promoted into A2 Ethniki Women's Volleyball. In 2019 the club won the Pre League Championship, and promoted to the A1 Ethniki.
Sponsorships
- Official Sponsor: OPAP, Sportingbet
- Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Legea
- Official Broadcaster: Nova Sports
External links
- http://www.paokvolley.gr/ (Official site in Greek)
- http://www.volleyball.gr/
- http://www.volleyleague.gr/
- Press
- PAOK24 (in Greek)
Media