Greek volleyball club
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 Championships 3 Greek Championships5 Greek Cups1 Greek Super Cup Active departments of P.A.O.K. Football (Men's) Football B (Men's) Football (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Handball (Men's) Handball (Women's) Water Polo (Men's) Water Polo (Women's) Boxing Taekwondo Cycling Athletics Ice hockey Futsal (Men's) Wrestling Weightlifting Swimming Judo Esports Chess
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.[ 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 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 27) 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 36) 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 35) 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 39) 2.10 Middle Blocker 99 Greece Menelaos Kokkinakis (1993-01-21 ) January 21, 1993 (age 31) 1.93 Libero/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 Cup Winners (5): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19 , 2021–22, 2022–23
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
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European record
Notable players
Notable coaches
See also
References ^ Επίσημα στο Champions League το βόλεϊ του ΠΑΟΚ . ^ ΠΑΟΚ 2022–23 .
External links https://www.paokvolley.gr/ (Official site in Greek) http://www.volleyball.gr/ http://www.volleyleague.gr/ Press PAOK
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