P.A.O.K. V.C.
File:PAOK emblem 2010.svg | |||
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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 | |||
Championships | |||
3 Greek Championships 5 Greek Cups 1 Greek Super Cup |
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
Season 2024–25[2]
Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Height | Position |
1 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Vasilis Mouchlias | November 21, 1996 | 1.94 | Outside Hitter |
2 | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | Vuk Ivankovic | April 2, 1999 | 1.98 | Outsider Hitter |
4 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | Leonardo Nascimento | March 16, 1995 | 2.01 | Οutside Hitter |
5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Alexsey Lobyzenko | August 21, 1999 | 2.01 | Middle Blocker |
7 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Angelos Stefanidis | January 2, 2000 | 1.85 | Setter |
8 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Wessel Keemink | May 29, 1993 | 1.98 | Setter |
9 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Menelaos Kokkinakis | January 21, 1993 | 1.93 | Libero |
10 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania |
Achilleas Basis | March 13, 1994 | 1.98 | Middle Blocker |
11 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Dimitris Mouchlias | May 17, 2001 | 2.00 | Οpposite |
12 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Xenofon Gkroumousas | February 28, 2001 | 1.85 | Libero |
13 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Ioannis Takouridis (c) | May 24, 1988 | 1.98 | Middle Blocker |
18 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Nikos Bonias | February 14, 2008 | 2.02 | Middle Blocker |
19 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Christos Saltaferidis | January 19, 2002 | 1.93 | Opposite Hitter |
27 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Stavros Mouchlias | January 5, 2008 | 2.05 | Outside Hitter |
Board of directors
Board of directors | |
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President | Greece Antonis Tsalopoulos |
Vice chairman & technical manager | Greece Κonstantinos Paisiadis |
Technical advisor | Greece Notis Litsas |
Head of administrative and legal affairs | Greece Katerina Giannakopoulou |
Security officer and manager in upcoming sporting authorities | Greece Achilleas Tzikas |
Contact person with the links | Greece Antonia Manola |
Head of marketing | Greece Stelios Beleveslis |
Head of press and communications | Greece Georgios Pikoulas |
Technical staff
Technical staff | |
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Head coach | North Macedonia Joško Milenkoski |
Assistant coach | Greece Chrisovalantis Mamais |
Team manager | Greece Kostas Avgitidis |
Τrainer | Greece Giorgos Ioannidis |
Head physiotherapist | Greece Dimitris Pagotos |
Statistician | Greece Panagiotis Kountouridis |
Statistician | Greece Vasiliki Nenti |
Pathologist | Greece Makis Lefkaditis |
Orthopedic doctor | Greece Dionysis Nikiforos |
Scoutman | Greece Stefanos Maniotis |
Carer | Greece Kosmas Kazias |
Honours
Domestic
- File:Greek trophy2.png Greek Championship
- File:Greek Volley Cup2.png 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
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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
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Times | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Greek Cup Finals
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
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European record
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Qual. |
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2000–01 | CEV Challenge Cup | QR | Switzerland Lausanne UC | 3–1 | 2nd place | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | |
Estonia Pärnu VK | 1–3 | ||||||
Luxembourg VC Mamer | 1–3 | ||||||
2003–04 | CEV Challenge Cup | QR | Romania Dinamo București | 3–0 | 1st place | File:Symbol keep vote.svg | |
Slovenia OK Maribor | 3–0 | ||||||
Croatia Mladost Zagreb | 3–2 | ||||||
1/16 | France Stade Poitevin Poitiers | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–5 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | ||
2004–05 | CEV Challenge Cup | 1/8 | Russia Iskra Odintsovo | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–6 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
2005–06 | CEV Challenge Cup | QR | Serbia Crvena Zvezda | 3–1 | 1st place | File:Symbol keep vote.svg | |
Azerbaijan Azerneft Baku | 3–0 | ||||||
Switzerland Chênois Genève | 3–2 | ||||||
1/8 | Italy Padova | 3–0* | 1–3 | 4–3 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | ||
2006–07 | CEV Cup | QR | Belarus Shakhtospetsstroi Soligorsk | 3–0 | 1st place | File:Symbol keep vote.svg | |
Azerbaijan Azerneft Baku | 3–0 | ||||||
Montenegro Budvanska Rivijera Budva | 3–2 | ||||||
1/8 | Turkey Arkas Izmir | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 (21–25)** | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | ||
2007–08 | CEV Cup | 1/16 | Hungary Kometa Kaposvar | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–5 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
2013–14 | CEV Cup | 1/16 | Croatia OK Mladost MK | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg |
1/8 | Serbia Radnički Kragujevac | 3–1 | 3–2 | 6–3 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg | ||
1/4 | Germany TV Bühl | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | ||
2015–16 | CEV Champions League | Group stage | France Tours VB | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3rd place | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
Italy Trentino | 1–3 | 0–3 | |||||
Belgium Noliko Maaseik | 3–1 | 0–3 | |||||
2016–17 | CEV Champions League | QR | Croatia OK Mladost MK | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6–4 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg |
Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | |||
CEV Cup | 1/16 | Serbia OK Novi Pazar | 3–2 | 3–1 | 6–3 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg | |
1/8 | France Tours VB | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–6 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | ||
2017–18 | CEV Champions League | Group stage | Turkey Halkbank Ankara | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3rd place | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
Germany VfB Friedrichshafen | 2–3 | 0–3 | |||||
Finland Levoranta Sastamala | 3-1 | 2–3 | |||||
2018–19 | CEV Champions League | QR | Hungary VRCK Kazincbarcika | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg |
Turkey Istanbul BBSK | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 (15–13) | File:Symbol keep vote.svg | |||
Germany United Volleys Rhein-Main | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | |||
CEV Cup | 1/16 | Poland Indykpol AZS Olsztyn | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–5 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | |
2019–20 | CEV Cup | 1/16 | Ukraine Barkom-Kazhany Lviv | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 (14–16) | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
2021–22 | CEV Challenge Cup | 1/32 | Denmark Middelfart VK | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg |
1/16 | Croatia MOK Mursa Osijek | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg | ||
1/8 | Portugal AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–6 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | ||
2022–23 | CEV Challenge Cup | 1/32 | Switzerland Volley Näfels | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg |
1/16 | Bulgaria SKV Montana | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg | ||
1/8 | Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | ||
2023–24 | CEV Cup | 1/16 | Croatia HAOK Mladost | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | File:Symbol keep vote.svg |
1/8 | Italy Allianz Milano | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–6 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
- Total points system
- Total wins system
Notable players
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Chrysanthos Kyriazis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Vassilis Mitroudis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Ioannis Pantakidis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Menelaos Kokkinakis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Orologas
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Bozidis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Theoklitos Karipidis
- File:Flag of Greece.svgFile:Flag of Sweden.svg Giannis Kalmazidis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Karagiannis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Andreadis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Stefanou
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Thanasis Psaras
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Lappas
- File:Flag of Greece.svgFile:Flag of Albania.svg Giannis Melkas
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Gerasimos Kanellos
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Vasileios Kournetas
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Sotiris Amarianakis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Charitonidis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Prousalis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Nikolaos Smaragdis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Gkaras
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Sotirios Sotiriou
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Petreas
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Thanos Terzis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Apostolos Armenakis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Ioannis Takouridis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Raptis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Pelekoudas
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Rafail Koumentakis
- File:Flag of Greece.svgFile:Flag of Serbia.svg Mitar Tzourits
- File:Flag of Greece.svgFile:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dima Filippov
- File:Flag of Greece.svgFile:Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Kravárik
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolay Uchikov
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Plamen Konstantinov
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolay Jeliazkov
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivaylo Gavrilov
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Grbić (FIVB Hall of Fame)
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Saša Starović
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Okolić
- File:Flag of Serbia.svgFile:Flag of Hungary.svg Đula Mešter
- File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Marko Bojić
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Jernej Potocnik
- File:Flag of Belarus.svgFile:Flag of Latvia.svg Artur Udrys
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Ilinikh
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Matti Hietanen
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Ralph Bergmann
- File:Flag of Belgium.svg Matthias Valkiers
- File:Flag of Belgium.svg Bram Van Den Dries
- File:Flag of Netherlands.svg Ronald Zoodsma
- File:Flag of Netherlands.svg Niels Klapwijk
- File:Flag of Israel.svgFile:Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexander Shafranovich
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Yoichi Kato
- File:Flag of USA.svg David Lee
- File:Flag of USA.svg Kevin Hansen
- File:Flag of USA.svg Michael Lambert
- File:Flag of USA.svg Paul Lotman
- File:Flag of USA.svg Evan Patak
- File:Flag of USA.svg James Polster
- File:Flag of USA.svg Riley Salmon
- File:Flag of USA.svg Clayton Stanley
- File:Flag of USA.svg Michael Diehl
- File:Flag of USA.svg Kyle Robinson
- File:Flag of USA.svg Jayson Jablonsky
- File:Flag of USA.svg Garrett Muagututia
- File:Flag of Canada.svg Steven Marshall
- File:Flag of Canada.svg Brett Walsh
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Dante Amaral
- File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Ernardo Gómez
- File:Flag of Cuba.svg Javier Jiménez
- File:Flag of Cuba.svg Rolando Cepeda
- File:Flag of Cuba.svg Freddy Brooks
Notable coaches
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Sotiris Ieroklis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Ieroklis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Kazazis
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Alekos Leonis
- File:Flag of Greece.svgFile:Flag of Albania.svg Giannis Melkas
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Charitonidis
- File:Flag of Greece.svgFile:Flag of Sweden.svg Giannis Kalmazidis
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Elgueta
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Danielle Ricci
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Filippov
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Joško Milenkoski
See also
Sponsorships
- Official Sponsor: OPAP, Sportingbet
- Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Legea
- Official Broadcaster: Nova Sports
References
External links
- https://www.paokvolley.gr/ (Official site in Greek)
- http://www.volleyball.gr/
- http://www.volleyleague.gr/
- Press
- PAOK24 (in Greek)
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- P.A.O.K. V.C.
- Volleyball clubs in Greece
- Volleyball clubs established in 1933
- 1933 establishments in Greece