P.A.O.K. women's Handball

PAOK Handball women's Club is a Greek handball based in Thessaloniki, Greece, and part of the major multi-sport club PAOK. So far, the club has won 6 Greek Championships, 7 Greek Cups and one Greek Super Cup. Despite its relatively short history, it is considered amongst the most successful departments of the club.

Thessaloniki

Location of P.A.O.K. H.C.

PAOK
Full name	Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Thessaloniki Handball Club
Nickname(s)	Double-Headed Eagle of the North White-Blacks
Founded	2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Arena	Mikra Indoor Arena III
Capacity	1,380
President	Athanasios Katsaris
Head coach	Dimitris Pelekidis
League	Greek Women's Handball Championship
2023–24	2nd
Club colours
Website Official site

History

Domestic

PAOK Handball Club was founded in 2007 and was promoted to Greek Women's Handball Championship for first in 2010–11 season. In 2013 won the first after beat Ormi at the finals^[1] In 2014 won the first Greek Women's Handball Cup after a victory with 22–20 at final against Anagennisi Artas at the final.^[2] From 2018 to 2022 PAOK won four consecutive doubles.^[3] In 2023 it won the fifth championship in a row and the MVP of the Finals was Katarina Tomašević.^[4] At the 2023–24 season the club won the first Greek Super Cup and the Greek Cup for the 7th time.

Europe

PAOK has played several times at EHF's Cups. The biggest achievement was in 2020–21 season when reached at the quarterfinals of the EHF Women's European Cup. At this phase eliminated by Malaga, after a 30–21 defeat and a 23–22 victory]^[5] This was the first victory form a Greek female team, against a Spanish for the European competitions.^[6]

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[7]

P.A.O.K. H.C.

Goalkeepers 01 Emanuela Tsiknaki 12 Viktoriia Mykhailenko Left Wingers 6 Maria Mentesidou 28 Danai Selemidou Right Wingers 013 Chrysi Trochidou 4 Stella Mavrosavvidou Line Players 093 Valeriia Baranik 33 Panagiota Argyropoulou 26 Milica Grbavcevic Left Backs 017 Nika Matavs 018 Avramina Sevdili 5 Elina Trochidou Central Backs 7 Katerina Koukmisi 20 Olina Andritsou 77 Georgia Koulouri Right Backs 2 Eleni Kerlidi 10 Athina Kostoppoulou 88 Barbara Brocardo Buratto

Technical staff

• Head coach: Dimitrios Pelekidis
• Coach: Stelios Seirekidis
• Assistant coach: Vassilis Skandalis
• Team manager: Dimitrios Chasekidis
• Team assistant: Theodoros Mavrosavvidis
• Physiotherapist: Panagiotis Papadopoulos

Honours

• Greek Women's Handball Championship:
  • Winners (6): 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Greek Women's Handball Cup
  • Winners (7):2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
• Greek Women's Handball Super Cup:
  • Winners (1):2024

Recent seasons

Season	Division	Place	Notes
2010–11	A1 Ethniki	4th
2011–12	A1 Ethniki	4th
2012–13	A1 Ethniki	1st
2013–14	A1 Ethniki	3rd	Greek Cup Winners
2014–15	A1 Ethniki	3rd	Greek Cup Finalists
2015–16	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Greek Cup Winners
2016–17	A1 Ethniki	2nd
2017–18	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Greek Cup Finalists
2018–19	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Winners
2019–20	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Winners
2020–21	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Winners
2021–22	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Winners
2022–23	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Finalists
2023–24	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Greek Cup Winners
2024–25	A1 Ethniki		Greek Cup Finalists

European Record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate	Advance
2011–12	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	HC Dnepryanka Kherson	22-28	17-27	39–55
2012–13	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	KSS Kielce	18-31	23-25	41–56
2013–14	EHF Cup	R2	HSC Veliko Tarnovo	28-20	22-24	50–44
		R3	U Jolidon Cluj	28-32	25-39	53–71
2017–18	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	OZRK Jedinstvo Tuzla	24-17	30-31	54–48
		1/8	Lokomotiva Zagreb	17-37	20-33	37-70
2019–20	EHF Cup	R1	Muratpaşa BSK	32-25	24-24	56-49
		R2	ŽORK Jagodina	25-23	19-26	44-49
2020–21	EHF European Cup	R3	Kavallieri	36-8	46-16	82-24
		1/8	ŽRK Bjelovar	28-21	30-24	58-45
		1/4	CBF Málaga	23-22	21-30	44-52
2021–22	EHF European Cup	R2	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	29-24	22-29	51-53
2022–23	EHF European Cup	R2	ŽRK Metalurg	26-17	31-20	57-37
		R3	KPR Kobierzyce	23-28	23-26	46-54
2023–24	EHF European League	QR2	VfL Oldenburg	22-37	25-25	47-62
2024–25	EHF European Cup	R2	Spono Eagles	25-21	33-27	48-58
		R3	H71	23-30	31-23	54-53
		1/8	MKS Iuventa Michalovce	30-22	17-27	47-49

Notable former players

• Maria Chatziparasidou
• Vasiliki Gkatziou
• Agni Zigoura
• Elaine Gomes
• Selena Milošević
• Andrea Beleska
• Sanja Dabevska
• Marija Nikolic
• Katarina Tomašević
• Teja Ferfolja