P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki V.C.

PAOK V.C.

Full name	(Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών) (Pan-Thessaloniki Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans)
Nickname	Two Headed Eagle of the North
Founded	1926 (Volleyball Club: 1933)
Ground	PAOK Sports Arena (Capacity: 8,500)
Chairman	Antonis Tsalopoulos
Manager	Jorge Elgueta
League	A1 Greek Volleyleague CEV Champions League
2016–17	1st
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of P.A.O.K.
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Basketball (Men's)
Basketball (Women's)	Volleyball	Handball
Water Polo	Swimming	Wrestling
Boxing	Taekwondo	Weightlifting
Cycling	Athletics	Ice hockey

P.A.O.K. Volleyball Club or PAOK Volley, is a professional volleyball club based in Thessaloniki, Greece, part of the major multi-sport club P.A.O.K.. It was founded in 1933 and refounded in 1948 after the Axis occupation. PAOK has taken part in 34 Greek Volleyball League seasons and won its first Championship in 2015.

The team had its first participation in the CEV Champions League during the 2015-16 season.

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena

Current squad

Season 2017–2018

Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Height	Position
2	Greece	Ioannis Pantakidis	(1985-02-05) February 5, 1985	1.97	Middle Blocker
4	Greece	Dimitrios Konstantinidis	(1993-05-08) May 8, 1993	1.88	Libero
5	Greece	Thanos Terzis	(1979-03-17) March 17, 1979	1.93	Setter
8	Greece	Charis Sakoglou	(1990-07-01) July 1, 1990	1.93	Opposite
9	Greece	Sotiris Sotiriou	(1986-04-20) April 20, 1986	1.98	Opposite
11	Venezuela	Ernardo Gómez	(1982-07-30) July 30, 1982	1.97	Opposite
13	Greece	Ioannis Takouridis	(1988-05-24) May 24, 1988	1.98	Middle Blocker
15	Greece	Panagiotis Papadopoulos	(1992-04-30) April 30, 1992	1.98	Οutside Hitter
17	Israel	Alexander Shafranovich	(1983-04-02) April 2, 1983	1.94	Οutside Hitter
?	Greece	Panagiotis Pelekoudas	(1989-11-08) November 8, 1989	2.00	Middle blocker
?	Belgium	Matthias Valkiers	(1990-04-08) April 8, 1990	1.94	Setter
?	Greece	Thanos Papadimitriou	(1983-08-04) August 4, 1983	1.84	Libero
?	Greece	Nikos Papaggelopoulos	(1988-11-17) November 17, 1988	2.04	Middle Blocker
?	Netherlands	Ramon R. Martinez Gion	(1990-09-12) September 12, 1990	1.97	Οutside Hitter

Board of Directors

Board of Directors
President	Antonis Tsalopoulos
Vice Chairman & Technical Manager	Κonstantinos Paisiadis
Technical Αdvisor	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	Gerasimos Vasiliadis
Head Μarketing	Petros Lempetlis
Head of Press and Communications	Tania Dimou
Member	Eythimios Lefkaditis

Technical Staff

Technical Staff
Head Coach	Jorge Elgueta
Assistant Coach	Freddy Brooks
General Manager	Achilleas Tzikas
Τrainer	Dimitris Ioannidis
Physiotherapist A'	Antonis Antoniadis
Pathologist	Makis Lefkaditis
Orthopedic Doctor	Nikiforos Dionysis
Statistician	Panagiotis Kountouridis

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Greek Championship
  • Winners (3): 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17

• Greek Cup
  • Winners (1): 2014-15

• Double
  • Winners (1): 2014-15

European

• CEV Champions League
  • Two participations (2015-16, 2016-17)
• CEV Cup
  • 2016-17 eightfinals

Notable players

• 
  Vladimir Grbić
• 
  Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
• 
  Marko Bojić
• 
  Saša Starović
• 
  Dante Amaral
• 
  Paul Lotman
• 
  Evan Patak

• Vasileios Kournetas
• Sotiris Amarianakis
• Chrysanthos Kyriazis
• Konstantinos Prousalis
• Nikolaos Smaragdis
• Dimitrios Gkaras
• Andreas Andreadis
• Georgios Petreas
• Apostolos Armenakis
• Ioannis Takouridis
• Panagiotis Pelekoudas
• Andrej Kravárik
• Plamen Konstantinov
• Nikolay Jeliazkov
• Ivaylo Gavrilov
• Vladimir Grbić (FIVB Hall of Fame)
• Saša Starović
• Vlado Petković
• Đula Mešter
• Ivan Knežević
• Marko Bojić
• Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
• Matti Hietanen
• Matthias Valkiers
• Ronald Zoodsma
• 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
• Dante Amaral
• Ernardo Gómez
• Javier Jiménez
• Rolando Cepeda
• Freddy Brooks

Notable coaches

• Sotiris Ieroklis
• Stelios Kazazis
• Giannis Kalmazidis
• Jorge Elgueta

Historical performance in Volleyleague and Greek Cup

Positions in Volleyleague

Women's Volleyball Department

PAOK women's 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. In 2017 the team promoted into A2 Ethniki Women's Volleyball.

Sponsorships

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

External links

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

Press

• PAOK24 (in Greek)

Media

• Official YouTube channel