P.A.O.K. V.C.

**PAOK**
Nickname	Double-Headed Eagle of the North; Patriarch;
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
Home	Away
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 managed to win the Greek Championship title despite finishing 4th in the regular season.

Current squad[edit]

Season 2023–24^[2]

Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Height	Position
1	Greece	Vasilis Mouchlias	(1996-11-21) November 21, 1996 (age 27)	1.94	Outside Hitter
3	Netherlands	Maarten Van Garderen	(1990-01-24) January 24, 1990 (age 34)	2.00	Οutside Hitter
4	Greece	Dimitris Konstantinidis	(1997-08-05) August 5, 1997 (age 26)	1.88	Libero
6	Greece	Christos Saltaferidis	(2002-01-19) January 19, 2002 (age 22)	1.93	Outside Hitter/Opposite Hitter
10	Greece	Christos Stefanidis	(1993-01-18) January 18, 1993 (age 31)	1.91	Opposite Hitter/Libero
11	Greece	Dimitris Sidiropoulos	(1995-03-24) March 24, 1995 (age 29)	1.97	Setter
12	Greece	Anastasios Gatsis	(1991-03-14) March 14, 1991 (age 33)	2.04	Middle Blocker
13	Greece	Ioannis Takouridis (c)	(1988-05-24) May 24, 1988 (age 35)	1.98	Middle Blocker
14	Greece	Markos Galiotos	(1996-08-23) August 23, 1996 (age 27)	1.95	Setter
	Belgium	Tomas Rousseaux	(1994-03-31) March 31, 1994 (age 30)	1.99	Οutside Hitter
18	France Bulgaria	Axel Truhtchev	(1995-04-29) April 29, 1995 (age 28)	1.96	Outsider Hitter
19	Belgium	Bram Van Den Dries	(1989-08-14) August 14, 1989 (age 34)	2.08	Οpposite
22	Greece	Dimosthenis Linardos	(1997-02-14) February 14, 1997 (age 27)	2.04	Middle Blocker
23	Russia	Aleksey Samoylenko	(1985-06-23) June 23, 1985 (age 38)	2.10	Middle Blocker
99	Greece	Menelaos Kokkinakis	(1993-01-21) January 21, 1993 (age 31)	1.93	Libero/Outside Hitter

Board of directors[edit]

Board of directors
President	Antonis Tsalopoulos
Vice chairman & technical manager	Κonstantinos Paisiadis
Technical advisor	Notis Litsas
Head of administrative and legal affairs	Katerina Giannakopoulou
Security officer and manager in upcoming sporting authorities	Achilleas Tzikas
Contact person with the links	Antonia Manola
Head of marketing	Stelios Beleveslis
Head of press and communications	Georgios Pikoulas

Technical staff[edit]

Technical staff
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 Championship
- Winners (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

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]

Season	Division	Place	Greek Cup
1993–94	A1 Ethniki	7th
1994–95	A1 Ethniki	8th	Not held
1995–96	A1 Ethniki	10th	Not held
1996–97	A1 Ethniki	10th
1997–98	A1 Ethniki	9th
1998–99	A1 Ethniki	4th	Semi-finals
1999–00	A1 Ethniki	4th	Quarter-finals
2000–01	A1 Ethniki	6th	Quarter-finals
2001–02	A1 Ethniki	5th	Quarter-finals
2002–03	A1 Ethniki	5th	Semi-finals
2003–04	A1 Ethniki	4th	Semi-finals
2004–05	A1 Ethniki	4th	Quarter-finals
2005–06	A1 Ethniki	4th	Quarter-finals
2006–07	A1 Ethniki	4th	Quarter-finals
2007–08	A1 Ethniki	10th	Quarter-finals

Season	Division	Place	Greek Cup
2008–09	A1 Ethniki	8th	—
2009–10	A1 Ethniki	6th	Quarter-finals
2010–11	A1 Ethniki	4th	Semi-finals
2011–12	A1 Ethniki	7th	Quarter-finals
2012–13	A1 Ethniki	3rd	Quarter-finals
2013–14	A1 Ethniki	6th	Semi-finals
2014–15	A1 Ethniki	1st	Winner
2015–16	A1 Ethniki	1st	Semi-finals
2016–17	A1 Ethniki	1st	Semi-finals
2017–18	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Winner
2018–19	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Winner
2019–20	A1 Ethniki	3rd	Abandoned *
2020–21	A1 Ethniki	4th	Cancelled *
2021–22	A1 Ethniki	4th	Winner
2022–23	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Winner
2023–24	A1 Ethniki	4th	Semi-finals

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
Times	3	3	2	10	2

Greek Cup Finals[edit]

Year	Winner	Finalist	Score
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]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate

2000–01	CEV Challenge Cup	QR	Lausanne UC	3–1		2nd place
			Pärnu VK	1–3
			VC Mamer	1–3
2003–04	CEV Challenge Cup	QR	Dinamo București	3–0		1st place
			OK Maribor	3–0
			Mladost Zagreb	3–2
		1/16	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	3–2	2–3	5–5
2004–05	CEV Challenge Cup	1/8	Iskra Odintsovo	2–3	1–3	3–6
2005–06	CEV Challenge Cup	QR	Crvena Zvezda	3–1		1st place
			Azerneft Baku	3–0
			Chênois Genève	3–2
		1/8	Padova	3–0*	1–3	4–3
2006–07	CEV Cup	QR	Shakhtospetsstroi Soligorsk	3–0		1st place
			Azerneft Baku	3–0
			Budvanska Rivijera Budva	3–2
		1/8	Arkas Izmir	3–2	0–3	1–1 (21–25)**
2007–08	CEV Cup	1/16	Kometa Kaposvar	2–3	1–3	3–5
2013–14	CEV Cup	1/16	OK Mladost MK	3–0	3–1	5–1
		1/8	Radnički Kragujevac	3–1	3–2	6–3
		1/4	TV Bühl	2–3	0–3	2–6
2015–16	CEV Champions League	Group stage	Tours VB	1–3	1–3	3rd place
			Trentino	1–3	0–3
			Noliko Maaseik	3–1	0–3
2016–17	CEV Champions League	QR	OK Mladost MK	3–2	3–2	6–4
	CEV Champions League	QR	PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–3	1–3	1–6
	CEV Cup	1/16	OK Novi Pazar	3–2	3–1	6–3
	CEV Cup	1/8	Tours VB	2–3	1–3	3–6
2017–18	CEV Champions League	Group stage	Halkbank Ankara	3–1	1–3	3rd place
			VfB Friedrichshafen	2–3	0–3
			Levoranta Sastamala	3-1	2–3
2018–19	CEV Champions League	QR	VRCK Kazincbarcika	3–0	3–2	6–2
			Istanbul BBSK	3–2	2–3	3–3 (15–13)
			United Volleys Rhein-Main	0–3	1–3	1–6
	CEV Cup	1/16	Indykpol AZS Olsztyn	3–2	1–3	4–5
2019–20	CEV Cup	1/16	Barkom-Kazhany Lviv	0–3	3–1	3–3 (14–16)
2021–22	CEV Challenge Cup	1/32	Middelfart VK	3–0	3–0	6–0
		1/16	MOK Mursa Osijek	3–0	3–0	6–0
		1/8	AJ Fonte Bastardo Azores	1–3	1–3	0–6
2022–23	CEV Challenge Cup	1/32	Volley Näfels	3–1	3–1	6–0
		1/16	SKV Montana	3–0	3–1	6–0
		1/8	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	1–3	1–5
2023–24	CEV Cup	1/16	HAOK Mladost	3–0	3–0	6–0
		1/8	Allianz Milano	1–3	0–3	0–6

Total points system

- Total wins system

Notable players[edit]

Notable coaches[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)

[1] Επίσημα στο Champions League το βόλεϊ του ΠΑΟΚ.

[2] ΠΑΟΚ 2022–23.

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Founded on 20 April, 1926 - Based in Toumba, Thessaloniki
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