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 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. 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 2023–24

Domestic

 * Greek trophy2.png Greek Championship
 * Winners (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17


 * 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

 * 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.

European record

 * Total points system


 * Total wins system

Notable players

 * Flag of Greece.svg Chrysanthos Kyriazis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Vassilis Mitroudis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Ioannis Pantakidis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Menelaos Kokkinakis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Orologas
 * Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Bozidis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Theoklitos Karipidis
 * Flag of Greece.svgFlag of Sweden.svg Giannis Kalmazidis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Karagiannis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Andreadis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Stefanou
 * Flag of Greece.svg Thanasis Psaras
 * Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Lappas
 * Flag of Greece.svgFlag of Albania.svg Giannis Melkas
 * Flag of Greece.svg Gerasimos Kanellos
 * Flag of Greece.svg Vasileios Kournetas
 * Flag of Greece.svg Sotiris Amarianakis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Charitonidis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Prousalis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Nikolaos Smaragdis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Gkaras
 * Flag of Greece.svg Sotirios Sotiriou
 * Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Petreas
 * Flag of Greece.svg Thanos Terzis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Apostolos Armenakis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Ioannis Takouridis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Raptis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Pelekoudas
 * Flag of Greece.svg Rafail Koumentakis
 * Flag of Greece.svgFlag of Serbia.svg Mitar Tzourits
 * Flag of Greece.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg Dima Filippov
 * Flag of Greece.svgFlag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Kravárik
 * Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolay Uchikov
 * Flag of Bulgaria.svg Plamen Konstantinov
 * Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolay Jeliazkov
 * Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivaylo Gavrilov
 * Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Grbić (FIVB Hall of Fame)
 * Flag of Serbia.svg Saša Starović
 * Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Okolić
 * Flag of Serbia.svgFlag of Hungary.svg Đula Mešter
 * Flag of Montenegro.svg Marko Bojić
 * Flag of Slovenia.svg Jernej Potocnik
 * Flag of Belarus.svgFlag of Latvia.svg Artur Udrys
 * Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Ilinikh
 * Flag of Finland.svg Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
 * Flag of Finland.svg Matti Hietanen
 * Flag of Germany.svg Ralph Bergmann
 * Flag of Belgium.svg Matthias Valkiers
 * Flag of Belgium.svg Bram Van Den Dries
 * Flag of Netherlands.svg Ronald Zoodsma
 * Flag of Netherlands.svg Niels Klapwijk
 * Flag of Israel.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg Alexander Shafranovich
 * Flag of Japan.svg Yoichi Kato
 * Flag of USA.svg David Lee
 * Flag of USA.svg Kevin Hansen
 * Flag of USA.svg Michael Lambert
 * Flag of USA.svg Paul Lotman
 * Flag of USA.svg Evan Patak
 * Flag of USA.svg James Polster
 * Flag of USA.svg Riley Salmon
 * Flag of USA.svg Clayton Stanley
 * Flag of USA.svg Michael Diehl
 * Flag of USA.svg Kyle Robinson
 * Flag of USA.svg Jayson Jablonsky
 * Flag of USA.svg Garrett Muagututia
 * Flag of Canada.svg Steven Marshall
 * Flag of Canada.svg Brett Walsh
 * Flag of Brazil.svg Dante Amaral
 * Flag of Venezuela.svg Ernardo Gómez
 * Flag of Cuba.svg Javier Jiménez
 * Flag of Cuba.svg Rolando Cepeda
 * Flag of Cuba.svg Freddy Brooks

Notable coaches

 * Flag of Greece.svg Sotiris Ieroklis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Ieroklis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Kazazis
 * Flag of Greece.svg Alekos Leonis
 * Flag of Greece.svgFlag of Albania.svg Giannis Melkas
 * Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Charitonidis
 * Flag of Greece.svgFlag of Sweden.svg Giannis Kalmazidis
 * Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Elgueta
 * Flag of Italy.svg Danielle Ricci
 * Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Filippov
 * Flag of North Macedonia.svg Joško Milenkoski

Sponsorships

 * Official Sponsor: OPAP, Sportingbet
 * Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Legea
 * Official Broadcaster: Nova Sports