PAOK_HC
P.A.O.K. H.C.
Greek handball club
PAOK Handball Club is the handball section of PAOK, the major multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki, Greece. PAOK has both men's and women's team. So far, men's team has won 3 Greek Championships and 4 Greek Cups and women's team has won 6 Greek Championships and 7 Greek Cups. Despite its relatively short history, it is considered amongst the most successful departments of the club.
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| Full name | Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Thessaloniki Handball Club | ||
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| Founded | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) | ||
| Arena | Mikra Indoor Arena III | ||
| Capacity | 1,380 | ||
| President | Athanasios Katsaris | ||
| Head coach | Stelios Seirekidis | ||
| League | Handball Premier | ||
| 2022–23 | 3th | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
PAOK Handball Club was founded in 1999 after it merged with another club from Thessaloniki, Triton. Stelios Seirekidis, former club's coach, has connected his name with the whole club's history. PAOK was promoted to A1 Ethniki for first time in 2000–01 season. Three years later, they relegated to A2 Ethniki, but they were promoted back to the top-tier level the following season. As the years passed, the team became stronger and they won two consecutive Greek Handball Championships in 2009 and 2010. PAOK defeated Panellinios at the last game of the 2009 play-offs and Doukas at the last game of the 2010 play-offs. In 2009–10 season, PAOK became the second Greek team after Filippos Veria, who reached the EHF Champions League group stage. In 2011, even though PAOK needed only a draw in the last home game in Thessaloniki to secure their third consecutive title, they lost the championship to AEK. In 2012, PAOK won the Greek Cup by beating AEK 25–24 in Patras. In 2015, PAOK claimed the double for the first time overcoming Diomidis Argous in the Greek Championship play-off finals and beating AEK 29–27 in the Greek Cup final held at the P.A.O.K. Sports Arena in Thessaloniki. In 2017, PAOK prevailed over Panellinios with 25–23 in Kozani, winning the Greek Cup for the third time. In 2024, PAOK won 21–20 against Drama and earned their fourth Greek Cup title.
Kits
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 2017–18 |
    2023–24 | |||
Current squad
- Squad for the 2023–24 season[1]
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Technical staff
- Head coach:
Stelios Seirekidis - Assistant coach: Dimitrios Pelekidis
- Assistant coach: Vassilis Skandalis
- Physiotherapist: Panagiotis Papadopoulos
Transfers
- Transfers for the 2023–24 season
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- Greek Championship:
Winners (3): 2009, 2010, 2015
Runners-up (2): 2011, 2021
- Greek Cup:
- Winners (4): 2012, 2015, 2017, 2024
- Runners-up (2): 2013, 2021
- Double
- Winners (1): 2015
| Season | Division | Place | Notes |
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| 2000–01 | A1 Ethniki | 9th | |
| 2001–02 | A1 Ethniki | 7th | |
| 2002–03 | A1 Ethniki | 7th | |
| 2003–04 | A1 Ethniki | 11th | Relegated to A2 |
| 2004–05 | A2 Ethniki | 2nd | Promoted to A1 |
| 2005–06 | A1 Ethniki | 5th | |
| 2006–07 | A1 Ethniki | 5th | |
| 2007–08 | A1 Ethniki | 4th | |
| 2008–09 | A1 Ethniki | 1st | |
| 2009–10 | A1 Ethniki | 1st | |
| 2010–11 | A1 Ethniki | 2nd | |
| 2011–12 | A1 Ethniki | 3rd | Greek Cup Winner |
| 2012–13 | A1 Ethniki | 4th | Greek Cup Finalist |
| 2013–14 | A1 Ethniki | 5th | |
| 2014–15 | A1 Ethniki | 1st | Greek Cup Winner |
| 2015–16 | Handball Premier | 3rd | |
| 2016–17 | Handball Premier | 5th | Greek Cup Winner |
| 2017–18 | Handball Premier | 3rd | |
| 2018–19 | Handball Premier | 4th | |
| 2019–20 | Handball Premier | 5th | |
| 2020–21 | Handball Premier | 2nd | Greek Cup Finalist |
| 2021–22 | Handball Premier | 3rd | |
| 2022–23 | Handball Premier | 3rd | |
| 2023–24 | Handball Premier | 3rd | Greek Cup Winner |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Advance |
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| 2006–07 | EHF Challenge Cup | R2 |  RK Vardar |
29–34 | 29–43 | 58–77 |  |
| 2007–08 | EHF Challenge Cup | R2 |  RK Kolubara |
28–31 | 3rd place | | |
 Great Dane HC London |
32–21 | ||||||
 Burevestnik Lugansk |
28–32 | ||||||
| 2008–09 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 |  Sungul Snezhinsk |
23–23 | 25–25 | 48–48 |  |
| 1/8 |  Știința Bacău |
28–31 | 29–31 | 57–62 | | ||
| 2009–10 | EHF Champions League | QR |  SPE Strovolos |
32–29 | 1st place | | |
| ZTR Zaporizhia |
30–30 | ||||||
| Group Stage | Chekhovskiye Medvedi |
25–37 | 22–46 | 6th place | | ||
 Montpellier HB |
23–34 | 20–46 | |||||
 SC Pick Szeged |
27–26 | 24–27 | |||||
 BM Valladolid |
27–37 | 19–38 | |||||
| HCM Constanța |
26–30 | 23–34 | |||||
| 2010–11 | EHF Cup | R2 |  A1 Bregenz |
23–31 | 24–27 | 47–58 | |
| 2011–12 | EHF Cup | R2 | Tatabánya KC |
23–27 | 25–29 | 48–56 | |
| 2012–13 | EHF Challenge Cup | 1/16 |  IL Runar |
31–32 | 26–36 | 57–68 | |
| 2013–14 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 |  HC Victoria Regia MINSK |
26–27 | 21–28 | 47–55 | |
| 2017–18 | EHF Challenge Cup | R2 |  Aloysians Von Taine |
39–15 | 34–17 | 73–32 | |
| R3 |  Göztepe SK |
29–28 | 26–35 | 55–63 | | ||
| 2021–22 | EHF European Cup | R3 |  TENAX Dobele |
29–24 | 28–25 | 57–49 | |
| 1/8 | CS Minaur Baia Mare |
28–27 | 21–32 | 49–59 | | ||
| 2022–23 | EHF European Cup | R2 |  Sesvete |
21–27 | 24–29 | 45–56 | |
| 2023–24 | EHF European Cup | R2 | Linz AG |
25–25 | 26–27 | 51–52 | |
EHF ranking
- As of 12 June 2023[2]
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 126 |  Granitas Kaunas | 37 |
| 127 |  HV Hurry-Up | 37 |
| 128 |  P.A.O.K. H.C. | 36 |
| 129 |  HC Tallinn | 36 |
| 130 |  BSV Bern | 36 |
| 131 | GC Amicitia Zürich | 36 |
| 132 |  Belenenses | 36 |
Notable former players
- Alexandros Alvanos (2014–2016)
- Petros Boukovinas (2014–2016)
- Vyron Papadopoulos (2003–2009)
- Grigorios Sanikis (2016–2017)
Jan Komínek (2009–2011)
István Székely (2006–2007)
Marko Pejovic (2017–2018)
Milan Grubanov (2009–2010)
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