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

PAOK V.C.

Full name	(Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών) (Pan-Thessalonian 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	Giannis Kalmazidis
League	A1 Greek Volleyleague CEV Champions League
2015–16	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.

They 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 six times: in 1999, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014 and 2016.

Current squad

Season 2016–2017

Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Height	Position
1	Serbia	Vlado Petković	(1983-01-06) January 6, 1983	1.98	Setter
2	Greece	Ioannis Pantakidis	(1985-02-05) February 5, 1985	1.97	Middle Blocker
3	Greece	Dimitrios Gkaras	(1984-11-12) November 12, 1984	1.85	Libero
4	Greece	Dimitris Konstantinidis	( 1993-05-08) May 8, 1993	1.87	Libero
5	Greece	Thanasis Terzis	(1979-03-17) March 17, 1979	1.93	Setter
8	Greece	Charis Sakoglou	(1990-07-01) July 1, 1990	1.94	Opposite
9	Greece	Sotiris Sotiriou	(1986-04-20) April 20, 1986	1.98	Opposite
10	Greece	Andreas Andreadis	(1982-01-14) January 14, 1982	2.03	Middle blocker
11	Venezuela	Ernardo Gómez	(1982-07-30) July 30, 1982	1.95	Opposite
12	Greece	Nikos Smaragdis	(1982-02-12) February 12, 1982	2.02	Middle blocker
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	Outside Hitter
17	Israel	Alexander Shafranovich	(1983-04-02) April 2, 1983	1.94	Οutside Hitter
18	Brazil	Dante Amaral	(1980-09-30) September 30, 1980	2.01	Outside 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	Giannis Kalmazidis
Assistant Coach	Kostas Papadopoulos
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 (2): 2014-15, 2015-16
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (1): 2014-15
• Double: (1)
  • 2014-15

Notable players

• 
  Vladimir Grbić
• 
  Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
• 
  Rolando Cepeda
• 
  Javier Jiménez

• Vasileios Kournetas
• Sotiris Amarianakis
• Chrysanthos Kyriazis
• Konstantinos Prousalis
• Nikolaos Smaragdis
• Dimitrios Gkaras
• Andreas Andreadis
• Apostolos Armenakis
• Andrej Kravárik
• Plamen Konstantinov
• Nikolay Jeliazkov
• Ivaylo Gavrilov
• Javier Jiménez
• Rolando Cepeda
• Freddy Brooks
• Olli-Pekka Ojansivu
• Matti Hietanen
• Ronald Zoodsma
• Yoichi Kato
• Vladimir Grbić (FIVB Hall of Fame)
• Vlado Petković
• Đula Mešter
• Ivan Knezević
• Marko Bojić
• Dante Amaral
• David Lee
• Kevin Hansen
• Michael Lambert
• James Polster
• Riley Salmon
• Clayton Stanley
• Michael Diehl
• Kyle Robinson
• Jayson Jablonsky
• Ernardo Gómez
• Alexander Shafranovich

Notable coaches

• Sotiris Ieroklis
• Stelios Kazazis
• Giannis Kalmazidis

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.

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 (Greek)

Media

• Official YouTube channel