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

PAOK 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. In 2015–16 season, PAOK became the first team in Greek Volleyball history that won the Greek Championship title despite finishing 4th in the regular season.

Current squad Season 2025–26 Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DateHeightPosition 2 Uroš Kovačević 1.98 Outside Hitter 4 Iasonas Telios 1.82 Libero 6 Giorgos Michelakis 1.77 Libero 9 Menelaos Kokkinakis 1.93 Outside Hitter 11 Alberto Lázaro Torres 1.98 Outside Hitter 12 Nikolay Kolev 2.05 Middle Blocker 13 Ioannis Takouridis (c) 1.98 Middle Blocker 14 Markos Galiotos 1.95 Setter 15 Vasilis Karassavidis 1.98 Libero 18 Nikos Bonias 2.02 Middle Blocker 19 Fernando Hernández 1.96 Opposite Hitter 24 Jeffrey Jendryk 2.08 Middle Blocker 27 Stavros Mouchlias 2.05 Outside Hitter 99 Lazaros Pavlidis 2.00 Setter

Board of directors

Board of directors President Alkiviadis Isaiadis Vice chairman & technical manager Κonstantinos Paisiadis 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 staffHead coach Chrisovalantis MamaisAssistant coachVacantTeam manager Kostas AvgitidisΤrainer Giorgos IoannidisHead physiotherapist Dimitris PagotosStatistician Panagiotis KountouridisStatistician Vasiliki NentiPathologist Makis LefkaditisOrthopedic doctor Dionysis NikiforosScoutman Stefanos ManiotisCarer 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 SeasonDivisionPlaceGreek Cup1993–94 A1 Ethniki 7th 1994–95 A1 Ethniki 8th Not held1995–96 A1 Ethniki 10th Not held1996–97 A1 Ethniki 10th 1997–98 A1 Ethniki 9th 1998–99 A1 Ethniki4th Semi-finals1999–00 A1 Ethniki4th Quarter-finals2000–01 A1 Ethniki 6th Quarter-finals2001–02 A1 Ethniki 5th Quarter-finals2002–03 A1 Ethniki 5th Semi-finals2003–04 A1 Ethniki 4th Semi-finals2004–05 A1 Ethniki 4th Quarter-finals2005–06A1 Ethniki 4th Quarter-finals2006–07 A1 Ethniki 4th Quarter-finals2007–08 A1 Ethniki 10th Quarter-finals2008–09 A1 Ethniki 8th —2009–10 A1 Ethniki 6th Quarter-finalsSeasonDivisionPlaceGreek Cup2010–11 A1 Ethniki 4th Semi-finals2011–12 A1 Ethniki 7th Quarter-finals2012–13 A1 Ethniki 3rd Quarter-finals2013–14 A1 Ethniki 6th Semi-finals2014–15 A1 Ethniki 1st Winner2015–16 A1 Ethniki 1st Semi-finals2016–17 A1 Ethniki 1st Semi-finals2017–18 A1 Ethniki 2nd Winner2018–19 A1 Ethniki 2nd Winner2019–20 A1 Ethniki 3rd Abandoned *2020–21 A1 Ethniki 4th Cancelled *2021–22 A1 Ethniki 4th Winner2022–23 A1 Ethniki 2nd Winner2023–24 A1 Ethniki4th Semi-finals2024–25 A1 Ethniki4th Runner-up2025–26 A1 Ethniki2nd Quarter-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 Position1st2nd3rd4th5th Times 3 3 2 11 2

Greek Cup Finals YearWinnerFinalistScore1983OlympiacosPAOK3–12015PAOKOlympiacos3–12018PAOKIraklis3–02019PAOKIraklis3–12022PAOKFoinikas Syros3–02023PAOKOlympiacos3–12025OlympiacosPAOK3–1Total

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate Qual. 2000–01 CEV Challenge CupQR Lausanne UC 3–1 2nd place Pärnu VK 1–3 VC Mamer 3–1 2003–04 CEV Challenge CupQR Dinamo București 3–0 1st place OK Maribor 3–0 Mladost Zagreb 3–21/16 Stade Poitevin Poitiers 3–2 2–3 5–5 2004–05 CEV Challenge Cup1/8 Iskra Odintsovo 2–3 1–3 3–6 2005–06 CEV Challenge CupQR Crvena Zvezda 3–1 1st place Azerneft Baku 3–0 Chênois Genève 3–21/8 Padova 3–0* 1–3 4–3 2006–07 CEV CupQR Shakhtospetsstroi Soligorsk 3–0 1st place Azerneft Baku 3–0 Budvanska Rivijera Budva 3–21/8 Arkas Izmir 3–2 0–3 1–1 (21–25)** 2007–08 CEV Cup1/16 Kometa Kaposvar 2–3 1–3 3–5 2013–14 CEV Cup1/16 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 LeagueGroup stage Tours VB 1–3 1–3 3rd place Trentino 1–3 0–3 Noliko Maaseik 3–1 0–3 2016–17 CEV Champions LeagueQR OK Mladost MK 3–2 3–2 6–4 PGE Skra Bełchatów 0–3 1–3 1–6 CEV Cup1/16 OK Novi Pazar 3–2 3–1 6–3 1/8 Tours VB 2–3 1–3 3–6 2017–18 CEV Champions LeagueGroup 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 LeagueQR 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 Cup1/16 Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 3–2 1–3 4–5 2019–20 CEV Cup1/16 Barkom-Kazhany Lviv 0–3 3–1 3–3 (14–16) 2021–22 CEV Challenge Cup1/32 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 2022–23CEV Challenge Cup1/32 Volley Näfels 3–1 3–1 6–0 1/16 SKV Montana 3–0 3–1 6–0 1/8 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–3 1–3 1–5 2023–24CEV Cup1/16 HAOK Mladost 3–0 3–0 6–0 1/8 Allianz Milano 1–3 0–3 0–6 2024–25CEV Challenge Cup1/16 CV San Roque Batan 3–0 3–1 6–1 1/8 MÁV Előre SC 3–1 3–2 6–3 QF Spor Toto 1–3 0–3 1–6 2025–26CEV Challenge Cup1/16 Pafiakos Pafos 3–0 3–0 6–0 1/8 Epicentr-Podolyany 2–3 3–0 5–3 QF Lindemans Aalst 2–3 2–3 4–6

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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

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