P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki V.C.
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Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Kostantinopolitón (Pan-Thessalonican Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans) (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Two Headed Eagle and Eagle of the North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded |
1926 (Volleyball Club: 1933) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | P.A.O.K. Sports Arena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Georgios Andreou (President) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Ioannis Kalmazidis (Head Coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | A Ethniki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki V.C. is a volleyball club from Thessaloniki, Greece. It is the volleyball team of P.A.O.K. It was founded in 1933. It was refounded in 1948 after the German occupation and finally refounded in 1961. P.A.O.K. has taken part in 34 Greek Volleyball League Championships and has won it in 2015.
P.A.O.K. have reached the Greek cup final twice, in 1983 when they were beaten 3-1 by Olympiacos S.C. and in 2015 when they beat 3-1 Olympiacos S.C. in Ermoupoli. They have also reached the semifinals four times: in 1999, 2003, 2004 and 2011.
Current squad
| Number | Nationality | Position | Name |
| 2 |  |
Giannis Pantakidis | |
| 3 | |
Dimitrios Gkaras | |
| 4 | |
Stelios Pipergias | |
| 6 | |
Vasileios Kournetas | |
| 7 | |
Alexandros Sampanis | |
| 8 | |
Dimosthenis Makrakis | |
| 10 |  |
Javier Jiménez | |
| 11 |  |
Ernando Gomez | |
| 12 |  |
Lucas Rangel | |
| 13 | |
Dimitrios Efraimidis | |
| 15 | |
Vasileios Karasavvidis | |
| 16 | |
Anastasios Anastasiadis | |
| 17 |  |
Alexander Safranovich |
Head Coach: Ioannis Kalmazidis
Assistant coach: Panagiotis Dimitrov
Honours
A1 Ethniki Volleyball
- Greek Volleyball League
- Winner (1): 2015
- Greek Volleyball Cup
- Winner (1): 2015
- Runners-up (1): 1983
Women Volleyball Department
PAOK's women volleyball club was only alive for 3 years, 1995–1998. In 2003 it merged with Filathlitikos and ceased to exist.
It was founded again in 2010 and is currently and after reaching A2 it fell again in the 3rd level for 2012–13, B Ethiki.
See also
- P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki F.C. - Football
- P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki B.C. - Basketball
- P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki H.C. - Handball
External links
- http://www.paokvolley.gr/ (Official site in Greek)
- http://www.volleyball.gr/
- http://www.volleyleague.gr/
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