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

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

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 won the Greek Championship title despite finishing 4th in the regular season.

PAOK Sports Arena

Current squad

Season 2024–25^[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
2	Serbia	Vuk Ivankovic	(1999-04-02) April 2, 1999 (age 25)	1.98	Outsider Hitter
4	Brazil	Leonardo Nascimento	(1995-03-16) March 16, 1995 (age 29)	2.01	Οutside Hitter
5	Russia	Alexsey Lobyzenko	(1999-08-21) August 21, 1999 (age 25)	2.01	Middle Blocker
7	Greece	Angelos Stefanidis	(2000-01-02) January 2, 2000 (age 24)	1.85	Setter
8	Belgium	Wessel Keemink	(1993-05-29) May 29, 1993 (age 31)	1.98	Setter
9	Greece	Menelaos Kokkinakis	(1993-01-21) January 21, 1993 (age 31)	1.93	Libero
10	Greece  Albania	Achilleas Basis	(1994-03-13) March 13, 1994 (age 30)	1.98	Middle Blocker
11	Greece	Dimitris Mouchlias	(2001-05-17) May 17, 2001 (age 23)	2.00	Οpposite
12	Greece	Xenofon Gkroumousas	(2001-02-28) February 28, 2001 (age 23)	1.85	Libero
13	Greece	Ioannis Takouridis (c)	(1988-05-24) May 24, 1988 (age 36)	1.98	Middle Blocker
18	Greece	Nikos Bonias	(2008-02-14) February 14, 2008 (age 16)	2.02	Middle Blocker
19	Greece	Christos Saltaferidis	(2002-01-19) January 19, 2002 (age 22)	1.93	Opposite Hitter
27	Greece	Stavros Mouchlias	(2008-01-05) January 5, 2008 (age 16)	2.05	Outside Hitter

Board of directors

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

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

Domestic

• 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

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Times	3	3	2	10	2

Greek Cup Finals

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

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate	Qual.
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

• Total points system
  • Total wins system

Notable players

See also: Category:P.A.O.K. V.C. players

• 
  David Lee
• 
  Dante Amaral
• 
  Vladimir Grbić
• 
  Ernardo Gómez
• 
  Plamen Konstantinov
• 
  Saša Starović
• 
  Paul Lotman
• 
  Nikolay Uchikov
• 
  Konstantinos Prousalis
• 
  Evan Patak
• 
  Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
• 
  Marko Bojić
• 
  Garrett Muagututia

• 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

Notable coaches

• Sotiris Ieroklis
• Ilias Ieroklis
• Stelios Kazazis
• Alekos Leonis
• Giannis Melkas
• Kostas Charitonidis
• Giannis Kalmazidis
• Jorge Elgueta
• Danielle Ricci
• Yuriy Filippov
• Joško Milenkoski

See also

• PAOK Women's Volleyball Club

Sponsorships

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

References

1. Επίσημα στο Champions League το βόλεϊ του ΠΑΟΚ.
2. https://volleyland.gr/arthra/afto-einai-to-neo-roster-tou-paok/

External links

• https://www.paokvolley.gr/ (Official site in Greek)
• http://www.volleyball.gr/
• http://www.volleyleague.gr/

Press

• PAOK24 (in Greek)