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 has won 3 National Championships (2015, 2016, 2017) and 5 Domestic Cups (2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 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 managed to win the Greek Championship title despite finishing 4th in the regular season.
Current squad
Season 2023–24
Board of directors
Technical staff
Honours
Domestic competitions
Greek Championship
Winners (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Greek Cup
Winners (5): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
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.
Positions in Volleyleague
Greek Cup Finals
European record
Total points system
Notable 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
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
External links
https://www.paokvolley.gr/ (Official site in Greek) http://www.volleyball.gr/ http://www.volleyleague.gr/ Press PAOK24