PAOK_Thessaloniki_V.C.
P.A.O.K. V.C.
Greek volleyball club
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).
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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 | ||
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| Championships | |||
| 3 Greek Championships 5 Greek Cups 1 Greek Super Cup | |||
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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.
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 29) | 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
More information Board of directors ...
| Board of directors | |
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| 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 |
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Technical staff
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| 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 |
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Domestic
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
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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
More information Position, 1st ...
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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| Times | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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Greek Cup Finals
More information Year, Winner ...
| 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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More information Season, Competition ...
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Qual. |
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| 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 | |
 PGE Skra Bełchatów |
0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 | | |||
| CEV Cup | 1/16 | OK Novi Pazar |
3–2 | 3–1 | 6–3 | | |
| 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 | | ||
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- Total points system
- Total wins system
See also: Category:P.A.O.K. V.C. players
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
- Sotiris Ieroklis
- Ilias Ieroklis
- Stelios Kazazis
- Alekos Leonis
- Giannis Melkas
- Kostas Charitonidis
- Giannis Kalmazidis
Jorge Elgueta
Danielle Ricci- Yuriy Filippov
Joško Milenkoski
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- Official Sponsor: OPAP, Sportingbet
- Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Legea
- Official Broadcaster: Nova Sports
- https://www.paokvolley.gr/ (Official site in Greek)
- http://www.volleyball.gr/
- http://www.volleyleague.gr/
- Press
- PAOK24 (in Greek)