P.A.O.K. BC

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P.A.O.K. B.C. (Greek: Κ.Α.Ε. Π.Α.Ο.Κ., Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinopolitón, "Pan-Thessalonikian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans"), commonly known in European competitions as PAOK,^[1] is the professional basketball department of the major Greek multi-sports club A.C. PAOK, which was founded in 1926, and is based in Thessaloniki. The club's basketball section was founded in 1928. The club's home arena is the PAOK Sports Arena, which is an indoor arena with a seating capacity of 8,142 people.

PAOK
Nickname	Double-Headed Eagle of The North
Leagues	Greek Basket League Greek Cup
Founded	1928; 95 years ago (1928)
History	P.A.O.K. B.C. (1928–present)
Arena	PAOK Sports Arena
Capacity	8,142
Location	Thessaloniki, Greece
Team colors	Black, White
Main sponsor	Mateco
President	Athanasios Chatzopoulos
Head coach	Fotis Takianos
Team captain	Vangelis Margaritis
Most recent season position	9th
Championships	1 FIBA Saporta Cup 1 FIBA Korać Cup 2 Greek Championships 3 Greek Cups
Website	paokbc.gr
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Over the years, the PAOK basketball club has established itself with a firm reputation in Greek pro basketball, especially due to its successes in European-wide competitions. In the past, the club has won Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League twice, in the years 1959 and 1992. The club has also won the top national Greek Cup competition three times, in the years 1984, 1995, and 1999.

In Pan-European competitions, PAOK has also won two European Cup titles. They won the now defunct European-wide secondary level competition, the FIBA Saporta Cup, in the 1990–91 season. They also won the now defunct European-wide third level competition, the FIBA Korać Cup, in the 1993–94 season. In addition, PAOK was the FIBA Saporta Cup Finals' runner-up in both the 1991–92 and 1995–96 seasons. On the European-wide top-tier level, PAOK competed in the EuroLeague's concluding championship tournament, the Final Four, at the 1993 Athens EuroLeague Final Four, where they finished in third place.

History

1928–1980

 

PAOK vs. HANTH (YMCA). during the 1920s.

The men's basketball section of the multi-sports club PAOK AC was created in 1928, when Alekos Alexiadis, a young member of the administration council of PAOK AC (founded in 1926), took the initiative to create a men's basketball team. He "gave birth" to the basketball department again, after World War II. After the war, Alekos Alexiadis began to organize a basketball team from the children that played at the only basketball court in Thessaloniki. The first honor for PAOK's basketball section was the win of the 1958–59 Greek League championship. The team was crowned the Champions of Greece, with the following players; Dapontes, Kyriakou, Oikonomou, Paschalis, Stalios, Kokkos, Theoridis, Angelidis, Stergiou, Konstantinidis, and player-coach Irakleios Klagas. The next year, PAOK competed for the first time in a European-wide competition and was eliminated in the first round of the European Champions Cup by the Romanian champions CCA București. Three years later, the Greek League was reconstructed into a Nation-wide League, but PAOK was placed in the Second National Division, where they won an immediate league promotion to the first division the next year. The worst season of the club to date was in 1976–77, when PAOK avoided relegation, with a 66–53 play-out win over Dimokritos.

1981–1990

PAOK met Panathinaikos in its first Greek Cup Final, in 1982. The Athenians managed to scrape through to a two-point victory, despite the game being played in Alexandreio Melathron, which was PAOK's home arena at that time. In the following 1982–83 season, the team finished in second place behind Aris.

The success of both Aris and PAOK, fueled the ongoing rivalry between the clubs, that had long been established in football. In 1984, the two teams reached the Greek Cup Final. PAOK's head coach at that time, Faidon Matthaiou, in trying to boost his team's morale, ordered the players to completely shave their heads. PAOK won the Greek Cup by four points (74–70), in what is now remembered as the "final of the shaven heads".

The then 22-year-old Bane Prelević, debuted with the club in the 1988–89 season. He became the definitive leader of PAOK, and a fan favorite. He was often compared to the great Nikos Galis, who was at the time the captain of Aris. Prelević was often quoted for his loyalty to the team. He had a number of injuries and medical emergencies because of weak legs, but he would constantly choose to take heavy dosages of painkillers, rather than missing out on important games. During the 1980s decade, PAOK was second in the Greek League only to Aris.

1991–2000

PAOK won the now defunct European second-tier level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup's (Saporta Cup's) 1990–91 season championship, when PAOK defeated the Spanish ACB League club CAI Zaragoza in Geneva, by a score of 76–72, on March 26, 1991. On April 10, after the defeated Greek Cup final against Panionios in Piraeus, a car with PAOK supporters were violently attacked with an improvised molotov cocktail by unknown hooligans on Greek National Road 1. Two people burned alive and other two people were seriously injured, but they survived. The perpetrators were never found.

In the following 1991–92 season, PAOK once again reached the final of the same competition (then called the FIBA European Cup), but they lost to the Spanish League club Real Madrid Asegurator, by a score of 65–63. The game was heading to overtime, as the two teams were equal at 63 points, when Panagiotis Fasoulas lost the ball to Rickey Brown in the last 2 seconds of the game, and Real Madrid scored an unexpected basket. The same year, PAOK won the Greek League championship, by beating Aris in the league's final four mini stage, and then Olympiacos in the playoff's finals.

In the 1992–93 season, PAOK had a starting five unit of John Korfas, Bane Prelević, Cliff Levingston, Ken Barlow and Panagiotis Fasoulas, and was led by head coach Dušan Ivković. In that season, the club competed in Europe's premier club basketball competition, the FIBA European League (now called EuroLeague), which marked the club's first appearance in the top-tier level European league. PAOK reached the 1993 Athens Final Four. PAOK lost in the semifinal game to the then defending Italian League champions Benetton Treviso, which was led by the Croatian star Toni Kukoč, by a score of 79–77. Two days later, in the third-place game, PAOK defeated Spain's Real Madrid Teka, which was led by the Lithuanian star Arvydas Sabonis and American Rickey Brown.

In the 1993–94 season, PAOK returned to European success, by winning the European third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup competition, in a two-legged final against the Italian League club Stefanel Trieste. PAOK won both at home and away, by 9 points. The following year, PAOK won the Greek Cup title, in a 19-point victory against Chipita Panionios, by a score of 72–53. In the 1995–96 season, PAOK once again reached the final of the FIBA European Cup (Saporta Cup), but they lost to the Spanish club Taugrés, by a score of 88–81. Three years later in 1999, PAOK again won the Greek Cup title, by defeating AEK Athens, by a score of 71–54.

The new home of PAOK, the PAOK Sports Arena, able to hold 8,500 fans, was inaugurated on 17 March 2000. That marked the end of a long period of time, in which the club had shared the home court of Alexandreio Melathron with Aris. Bane Prelević returned to PAOK, after having quick spells at Kinder Bologna and AEK Athens, and then quit playing basketball at the end of the 1999–00 season. He later returned to PAOK in the 2001–02 season, as an assistant coach.

During the 1990s decade, PAOK was one of the top teams in the Greek League. They won the Greek League championship in 1992, and also played in the league's finals in 1994, 1998, and 2000. In addition to that, PAOK also made it to the league's semifinals each year, and they finished in 3rd place in the Greek league 1993, 1997, and 1999.

2001–2010

PAOK played in EuroLeague Basketball's inaugural 2000–01 season, where they made it to the Round of 16, and lost to the Slovenian League club Union Olimpija. However, a difficult financial situation led the previous season's Greek League finalists to struggle in the Greek League, where they finished in 8th place in the 2000–01 Greek League season. In the 2001–02 season, PAOK again finished in 8th place in the Greek League. Prelević became the team's head coach for the 2002–03 season, and he led them to a short winning streak during the year. PAOK ended up in 7th place in the Greek League in the 2002–03 season. PAOK also competed in FIBA-organized Pan-European club competitions at that time. They competed in the European third-level 2001–02 FIBA Korać Cup, and in the European third-level 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup (EuroChallenge).

PAOK finished in 6th place in the 2003–04 Greek League season, with a squad full of talented young players, like Panos Vasilopoulos, Kostas Vasileiadis and Loukas Mavrokefalidis. During the season, PAOK withdrew from FIBA-run competitions, and in the 2004–05 season, the team made its debut in the European-wide secondary level ULEB Cup (EuroCup) competition. PAOK made it to the ULEB Cup's quarterfinals that season, where they lost to the Lithuanian League club Lietuvos Rytas. In the Greek League, PAOK finished in 6th place. In the 2005–06 season, PAOK finished in 6th place in the Greek League.

During a 2006–07 Greek League season game, PAOK and Aris put on a spectacular show, that PAOK ended up winning, after two overtime periods.^[2] The team finished that season's Greek League in 6th place, after losing to Olympiacos in the league's playoffs. PAOK also played in the ULEB Cup (EuroCup) in the 2006–07 season. They made it to the league's Top 16 Round that season, where they lost to the Italian League club Montepaschi Siena.

The 2007–08 Greek League season was one of the worst in PAOK's history, with PAOK finishing in a disastrous 12th place in the league. However, during that Greek League season, PAOK picked up a great victory against Olympiacos. In that same 2007–08 season, PAOK also had a disappointing finish in the now defunct European-wide third- level competition, the FIBA EuroCup (EuroChallenge). Because of that, PAOK's management decided for the club to take a break from Pan-European leagues, and to instead focus mainly on the Greek League. So the club did not compete in any European-wide leagues in the following 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons.

PAOK finished in 7th place in the 2008–09 Greek League season. Prior to the start of the 2009–10 season, PAOK hired Soulis Markopoulos to be the team's new head coach. PAOK finished in 5th place in the 2009–10 Greek League season.

2010–2020

PAOK finished 3rd place in the Greek League in the 2010–11 season. That success allowed PAOK to play in the EuroLeague's qualifying tournament in the 2011–12 season. However, in the 2011–12 season, PAOK finished in a disappointing 8th place in the Greek League, and thus missed out on European-wide competition for the 2012–13 season. In the 2012–13 season, PAOK finished in 5th place in the Greek League, and was then able to return to European competition for the following season. In the next season, they competed in the 2nd-tier level EuroCup. In the Greek League, PAOK finished in 3rd place, in both the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. In the 2015–16 season, PAOK finished in 5th place in the Greek League. After the 2015–17 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy, PAOK decided to return to FIBA organized competitions, and chose to play in the FIBA Champions League, rather than in the EuroCup. After finishing in 5th place in the Greek League in the 2016–17 season, the club replaced head coach Soulis Markopoulos with Ilias Papatheodorou. In the 2017–18 season, PAOK finished in 3rd place in the Greek League. The 2019–20 season was the worst on PAOK history because PAOK finished in the last place of Greek basketball league; but due to COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn't relegated.

2020–present

2020–21 PAOK started the new decade from the scratch, with a new contributor Mr.Thanasis Chatzopoulos, PAOK kept the team's leader Vangelis Margaritis, brought in some talented young players such as Elijah Mitrou-Long and gave more playing time to athletes from his academy, like Konstantinos Iatridis. These changes seem to be the first step in returning to the higher positions of the Greek League, as well as a steady comeback to European competitions.

Arenas

In earlier times, PAOK played its home games at the Thessaloniki Forum. After that, PAOK played its home games for many years at the 5,183 seat Alexandreio Melathron (Nick Galis Hall). In 2000, the club moved to the 8,500 seat PAOK Sports Arena.

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PAOK Sports Arena (2000–present)

Roster

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P.A.O.K.. B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0   Franke, Yannick 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 G/F 2   Darko-Kelly, Zaccheus   1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1997-05-03)3 May 1997 PG 5   Riley, Jalen 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 30 – (1993-03-06)6 March 1993 PG 6   Tsiakmas, Nikos 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – (1999-10-29)29 October 1999 G 8   Hands, Jaylen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 24 – (1999-02-12)12 February 1999 F/C 11   Margaritis, Vangelis (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 40 – (1982-12-05)5 December 1982 F 12   Polley, Tyler 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 23 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 F 13   Slaftsakis, Diamantis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1994-07-27)27 July 1994 G 15   Konstantinidis, Thodoris (TW) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2004-02-20)20 February 2004 SG 18   Sibert, Jordan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1992-08-01)1 August 1992 C 19   Kalliontzis, Stratos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 17 – (2005-09-19)19 September 2005 C 20   Kaklamanakis, Dimitris 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1994-01-25)25 January 1994 G/F 21   Kamperidis, Georgios 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 SF 22   Saloustros, Christos 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 F/C 35   Renfro, Nate 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1996-12-11)11 December 1996	Head coach   Stathis Nerantzakis Assistant coach(es)   Konstantinos Papazoglou   Babis Karaiskos Athletic trainer(s)   Panagiotis Vasileiou Team manager   Michalis Giannakidis Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: 17 February 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Nate Renfro	Dimitris Kaklamanakis		Stratos Kalliontzis
PF	Vangelis Margaritis	Tyler Polley	Diamantis Slaftsakis
SF	Christos Saloustros	Giorgos Kamperidis		Zaccheus Darko-Kelly
SG	Yannick Franke	Jordan Sibert
PG	Jalen Riley	Jaylen Hands	Nikos Tsiakmas	Thodoris Konstantinidis

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Greek League

Winners (2): 1958–59, 1991–92

Runners-up (8): 1959–60, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–00

• Greek Cup

Winners (3): 1983–84, 1994–95, 1998–99

Runners-up (5): 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2018–19

European competitions

• EuroLeague

3rd place (1): 1992–93

Final Four (1): 1993

• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)

Winners (1): 1990–91

Runners-up (2): 1991–92, 1995–96

Semifinalists (1): 1989–90

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Winners (1): 1993–94

Individual honours

FIBA Hall of Fame

• Dušan Ivković
• Panagiotis Fasoulas

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors

• Dušan Ivković

Greek Basket League MVP

• Peja Stojaković (1997–98)

Greek League Top Scorer

• Rawle Marshall (2010–11)

Greek League Top Rebounder

• Panagiotis Fasoulas (1986–87)
• Keith Clanton (2016–17)

Greek League Assist Leader

• John Korfas (1989–90)
• Frankie King (1998–99)
• Damir Mulaomerović (2003–04, 2004–05)
• D. J. Cooper (2013–14)

Greek League Coach of the Year

• Soulis Markopoulos (2013–14)

Greek Cup MVP

• Bane Prelević (1994–95)
• Walter Berry (1998–99)

European record

Main article: PAOK B.C. in Europe

Main article: PAOK B.C. in international competitions

International record

Season	Achievement	Notes
EuroLeague
1992–93	Final Four	3rd place in Athens, lost to Benetton Treviso 77–79 in the semi-final, defeated Real Madrid Teka 76–70 in the 3rd place game
FIBA Saporta Cup
1984–85	Quarter-finals	4th place in a group with Žalgiris, CAI Zaragoza and Landys&Gyr Wien
1989–90	Semi-finals	eliminated by Knorr Bologna 57–77 (L) in Bologna and 100–94 (W) in Thessaloniki
1990–91	Champions	defeated CAI Zaragoza 76–72 in the final of European Cup Winners' Cup in Geneva
1991–92	Final	lost to Real Madrid Asegurator 63–65 in the final (Nantes)
1995–96	Final	lost to Taugrés 81–88 in the final (Vitoria)
FIBA Korać Cup
1993–94	Champions	defeated Stefanel Trieste, 75–66 (W) in Thessaloniki and 100–91 (W) in Trieste in the double finals of Korać Cup
EuroCup
2004–05	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Lietuvos rytas, 74–71 (W) in Thessaloniki and 65–76 (L) in Vilnius

The road to the European Cup victories

1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Round Team   Home     Away   2nd   Sunderland Saints 97–85 96–89 QF   CAI Zaragoza 112–102 64–70   Crvena zvezda 91–80 75–91   Hapoel Galil Elyon 107–77 79–80* SF   Dynamo Moscow 95–82 63–75 F   CAI Zaragoza 76–72 The game was held at Peristeri Arena, in Peristeri, Athens

1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup Round Team   Home     Away   3rd   Stroitel Samara 101–56 81–77 Top 16   Caja San Fernando 92–89 87–82   Recoaro Milano 71–67 74–76   Zagreb 84–70 91–77 QF   Scavolini Pesaro 96–58 66–82 SF   Chipita Panionios 82–64 85–83 F   Stefanel Trieste 75–66 100–91

Season-by-season

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Season	Greek League	Greek Cup	Europe	Head coach	Roster
1958–59	Champion	No tournament	No tournament	Iraklios Klagkas	Orestis Angelidis, Asteriadis, Constantinidis, Giorgos Oikonomou, Kiriakou, Klagkas, Kokkos, Pashalis, Stalios, Stergiou, Dimitris Dapontes, Theodoridis
1959–60	Runner Up	No tournament	Euroleague Last 32
1974–75	4th place	No tournament	Korać Cup Last 32
1975–76	9th place	Last 32	Korać Cup Last 32
1981–82	3rd place	Runner Up	Korać Cup Last 32	Theodoros Rodopoulos	Vangelis Alexandris, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Manthos Katsoulis, Giannis Politis, Zaharias Katsoulis, Dimitris Kalpakis, Christos Konstantinidis, Thanasis Koumatsiotis, Gaitanis, Delapashos, Bourlivas, Stratis, Dimitris Tsakagiannis
1982–83	Runner Up	Last 4	Cup Winners' Cup Last 16	Theodoros Rodopoulos	Vangelis Alexandris, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Giannis Politis, Zaharias Katsoulis, Alexis Bakopoulos, Dimitris Kalpakis, Christos Konstantinidis, Thanasis Koumatsiotis, Gaitanis, Polichronakos, Bourlivas, Michael Angelidis
1983–84	3rd place	Winner	Korać Cup Last 16	Harry Pappas, Faidon Matthaiou	Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Vangelis Alexandris, Giannis Politis, Zaharias Katsoulis, Alexis Bakopoulos, Dimitris Kalpakis, Christos Konstantinidis, Thanasis Koumatsiotis, Polikratis, Michael Angelidis, Polichronakos
1984–85	Runner Up	Last 4	Cup Winners' Cup Last 8	Josip Gjergja	Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Steve Giatzoglou, Manthos Katsoulis, Vangelis Alexandris, Sotiris Sakellariou, Giannis Politis, Zaharias Katsoulis, Alexis Bakopoulos, Dimitris Kalpakis, Platon Hotokouridis, Thanasis Koumatsiotis, Bill Varner, Dick Mumma
1985–86	5th place	Last 16	Korać Cup Last 16	Theodoros Rodopoulos	Takis Koroneos, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Sotiris Sakellariou, Zaharias Katsoulis, Takis Karatzoulidis, Alexis Bakopoulos, Dimitris Dontsios, Platon Hotokouridis, Thanasis Koumatsiotis, Panagiotis Kalogiros, Christos Konstantinidis, Bill Varner, Mark Simpson
1986–87	3rd place	Last 16	Korać Cup Last 32	Orestis Angelidis	Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Sotiris Sakellariou, Zaharias Katsoulis, Takis Karatzoulidis, Alexis Bakopoulos, John Korfas, Platon Hotokouridis, Giorgos Makaras, Panagiotis Kalogiros, Delaney Rudd, Alvis Rogers, Eddie Kladis
1987–88	Runner Up	Last 8	Korać Cup Last 16	Johnny Neumann	Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Takis Karatzoulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Alexis Bakopoulos, Zaharias Katsoulis, Sotiris Sakellariou, Platon Hotokouridis, Gerasimos Tzakis, Panagiotis Kalogiros, Delaney Rudd, Mark Petteway, Hatzigeorgiou, Metsas, Eddie Kladis
1988–89	Runner Up	Runner Up	Korać Cup Last 16	Johnny Neumann, Kostas Politis	Mike Jones, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Bane Prelević, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Takis Karatzoulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Bill Melis, Alexis Bakopoulos, Dimitris Dontsios, Hatzigeorgiou
1989–90	Runner Up	Runner Up	Cup Winners' Cup Last 4	Kostas Politis	Anthony Cook, Bane Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Takis Karatzoulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Nikos Boudouris, Pete Papahronis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Bill Melis, Theodoros Asteriadis, Christos Papasarantou
1990–91	Runner Up	Runner Up	Cup Winners' Cup Winner	Kostas Politis, Sakis Laios, Dragan Šakota	Kenneth Barlow, Bane Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Makaras, John Korfas, Pete Papahronis, Memos Ioannou, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Giorgos Valavanidis, Lazaros Tsakiris, Nick Katsikis, Tom Katsikis, Irving Thomas
1991–92	Champion	Last 4	European Cup Runner Up	Dušan Ivković	Kenneth Barlow, Bane Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Pete Papahronis, Giorgos Makaras, Nikos Filippou, Nikos Stavropoulos, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Nikos Katsikis, Theodoros Asteriadis, Thanasis Kotsopoulos, Giorgos Kouklakis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Evripidis Meletiadis, Lazaros Tsakiris, Giorgos Valavanidis, Paliouras, Parisopoulos, Tsafrakidis, Karapournos
1992–93	3rd place	Last 8	EuroLeague 3rd place	Dušan Ivković	Cliff Levingston, Kenneth Barlow, Bane Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Nikos Filippou, Christos Tsekos, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Nikos Katsikis, Giorgos Kouklakis, Giorgos Valavanidis, Stavros Koukouvitskas
1993–94	Runner Up	Last 4	Korać Cup Winner	Dušan Ivković, Soulis Markopoulos	Walter Berry, Bane Prelević, Zoran Savić, Nasos Galakteros, Efthimis Rentzias, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Christos Tsekos, Giorgos Valavanidis, Giorgos Kouklakis, Thanasis Kotsopoulos, Fotis Takianos
1994–95	4th place	Winner	EuroLeague Last 16	Dragan Šakota, Sakis Laios, Vangelis Alexandris	Bane Prelević, Zoran Savić, Jerrod Mustaf, Matt Bullard, John Korfas, Nasos Galakteros, Giannis Giannoulis, Nikos Boudouris, Efthimis Rentzias, Peja Stojaković, Giorgos Balogiannis, Christos Tsekos, Lemone Lampley, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Kostas Christou, Milan Relic
1995–96	4th place	Last 16	European Cup Runner Up	Vangelis Alexandris, E. Kioumourtzoglou, Željko Lukajić, Dimitris Itoudis	Bane Prelević, Lawrence Funderburke, Dean Garrett, Trevor Ruffin, Peja Stojaković, Efthimis Rentzias, Giorgos Balogiannis, Nikos Boudouris, Giannis Giannoulis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Christos Tsekos, Kostas Christou, Dimitris Koptis
1996–97	3rd place	Last 16	Korać Cup Last 16	Michel Gomez, Scott Skiles	Scott Skiles, Peja Stojaković, Anthony Bonner, Dell Demps, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Efthimis Rentzias, Giannis Giannoulis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Christos Tsekos, Stefan Baeck, Dimitris Despos, Giorgos Gallos, Dimitris Koptis, Thanasis Kotsopoulos
1997–98	Runner Up	Last 16	EuroLeague Last 16	Zvi Sherf	Peja Stojaković, Charles Shackleford, Rafael Addison, Conrad McRae, Giorgos Balogiannis, Nikos Boudouris, Giannis Giannoulis, Lefteris Kakiousis, Giorgos Maslarinos, Juan Antonio Morales, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Ricardo Peral Antunez, Federico Pieri, Ron Rowan, Dimitris Despos, Dimitris Nesteropoulos, Vasilis Tsolakidis
1998–99	3rd place	Winner	EuroLeague Last 32	Zvi Sherf, Kostas Flevarakis	Walter Berry, Frankie King, Claudio Coldebella, Giorgos Balogiannis, Giannis Giannoulis, Lefteris Kakiousis, Juan Antonio Morales, Ricardo Peral Antunez, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Giorgos Maslarinos, Dimitris Nesteropoulos, Kostas Christou, Dimitris Despos, Vasilis Tsolakidis, Dimitris Iliopoulos, Giannis Papahristou
1999–00	Runner Up	Last 16	EuroLeague Last 16	Petar Skansi, Kostas Flevarakis	Victor Alexander, Bill Edwards, Bane Prelević, Sergei Bazarevich, Dinos Angelidis, Giorgos Balogiannis, Claudio Coldebella, Giannis Giannoulis, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Ricardo Peral Antunez, Nikos Vetoulas, Giorgos Maslarinos, Giannis Papahristou, Dimitris Iliopoulos
2000–01	8th place	Last 8	Euroleague Last 16	Kostas Flevarakis, Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Angelos Koronios, Panagiotis Liadelis, Anthony Avent, Joseph Blair, Giorgos Sigalas, Giannis Giannoulis, Giorgos Limniatis, Kostas Vasileiadis, Jorge Racca, Josep Cargol, Claudio Coldebella, Frédéric Weis, Valeri Dainenko, Giorgos Apostolidis, Efthimios Galis, Theodoros Triftanidis
2001–02	8th place	Last 16	Korać Cup Last 32	Slobodan Subotić, Vangelis Alexandris	Bill Edwards, Norman Nolan, Andre Woolridge, Panagiotis Liadelis, Nestoras Kommatos, Giorgos Sigalas, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Kostas Vasileiadis, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Claudio Coldebella, Juan Antonio Morales, Giorgos Limniatis, Giorgos Apostolidis, Perry Carter Greene, Daniel Callahan (basketball), Kostas Vathis
2002–03	7th place	Last 16	EuroCup Challenge Last 16	Bane Prelević	Brent Scott, Wendell Alexis, Branko Milisavljević, Nestoras Kommatos, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Kostas Vasileiadis, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Giorgos Apostolidis, Giorgos Limniatis, Torraye Braggs, Predrag Materić, Kostas Christou, Dimitris Koptis, Pashalis Panagiotidis, Perry Carter Greene, Kostas Vathis, Savvas Manousos
2003–04	6th place	Last 16	EuroChallenge Withdrawn	Bane Prelević	Damir Mulaomerović, Kasib Powell, Kostas Vasileiadis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Ivica Jurković, Ronnie Fields, Alexander Okunsky, Aleksandar Radojević, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Spyros Panteliadis, Thanasis Kamariotis, Kosta Karamanolev, Charis Markopoulos, Giorgos Pasalidis, Ilias Tevetzidis
2004–05	6th place	Last 4	ULEB Cup Last 8	Bane Prelević	Damir Mulaomerović, Matthew Nielsen, Kostas Vasileiadis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Giannis Gagaloudis, Amit Tamir, Alexander Bashminov, Ivan Grgat, Giorgos Balogiannis, Kostas Maglos, Sotiris Manolopoulos, James Maye, Aristidis Koronidis, Andreas Kalampoukas
2005–06	6th place	Last 4	EuroChallenge Last 32	Bane Prelević, Soulis Markopoulos	Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Kostas Vasileiadis, Vladimir Vuksanović, Giannis Gagaloudis, Stanislav Makshantsev, Mamadou N'Diaye, Tracy Murray, Chester Simmons, Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Dimitris Verginis, Hrvoje Henjak, Marijan Mance, Vladimir Zujovic, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Anestis Tzinopoulos, Giannis Vasiliou, Theodoros Georgitsis, Kostas Boutros, Andreas Kalampoukas
2006–07	6th place	Last 8	ULEB Cup Last 16	Kostas Pilafidis, Vangelis Alexandris	Vlado Šćepanović, Giannis Kalambokis, Blagota Sekulić, Jerome Allen, Darius Washington, Jason Parker, Drago Pašalić, Đuro Ostojić, Andy Panko, Lazaros Agadakos, J.R. Bremer, Dimitris Verginis, C.J. Watson, Charis Giannopoulos, Dimitris Charitopoulos, Feliks Kojadinović, Nikos Kouvelas, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Ivan Tomas, Giannis Vasileiou, Carolos Galazoulas
2007–08	12th place	Last 8	EuroChallenge Last 16	Tab Baldwin, Kostas Flevarakis, John Korfas	İbrahim Kutluay, Dimitris Verginis, Mamoutou Diarra, Edmund Saunders, Giorgos Tsiakos, Michael Hakim Jordan, Lee Humphrey, Dimitris Charitopoulos, Jason Rowe, Reda Rhalimi, Giannis Demertzis, Carolos Galazoulas, Charis Giannopoulos, Antoine Gillespie, Steven Hansell, Zoltán Horváth, Nikos Kouvelas, Martin Ringström, Thrasivoulos Sfeikos, Giannis Vasileiou
2008–09	7th place	Last 16	Not participated	Argyris Pedoulakis, Georgios Kalafatakis	Dejan Tomašević, Damir Mulaomerović, Christos Charissis, Alexis Kyritsis, Mamoutou Diarra, Panagiotis Kafkis, Britton Johnsen, Vassilis Simtsak, Giorgos Tsiaras, Carolos Galazoulas, Michalis Giannakidis, Dimitris Kalampakas, Dimitris Marmarinos, Ioannis Demertzis, Kostas Vasileiadis, Kenny Gregory, Tony Akins, K'zell Wesson, Antonis Kesisoglou, Charalambos Sikalidis, Nikos Papadopoulos
2009–10	5th place	Last 8	Not participated	Soulis Markopoulos	Chris Monroe, Panagiotis Kafkis, Kenny Gregory, Christos Tapoutos, Nikos Kalles, Tomas Delininkaitis, Branko Milisavljević, Dimitris Kalaitzidis, Giorgos Tsiaras, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Michalis Giannakidis, Predrag Drobnjak, Todor Gečevski, Ioannis Demertzis, Wade Helliwell, William Avery
2010–11	3rd place	Last 4	Eurocup Group Stage	Soulis Markopoulos	Rawle Marshall, Dionte Christmas, Dimitris Arapis, Giorgos Apostolidis, Giorgos Dedas, Robert Dozier, Dante Stiggers, Zvonko Buljan, Michalis Giannakidis, Nikos Kalles, Todor Gečevski, Dimitris Kalabakas (DeShawn Sims, Justin Gray, Lazaros Papadopoulos left during the season)
2011–12	8th place	Last 4	Euroleague Qualifying round	Soulis Markopoulos	Miloš Bojović, Dante Stiggers, Dimitris Arapis, Milutin Aleksić, Uroš Duvnjak, Dimos Dikoudis, Aaron Pettway, Nikos Pappas, Michalis Giannakidis, Nikos Kalles, Dimitris Kalabakas, Efthymios Tsakaleris (J.R. Giddens, Marcus Gorée, Giannis Kalampokis, Rashad Wright left during the season)
			Eurocup Group Stage
2012–13	5th place	Last 16	Not participated	Soulis Markopoulos	Will Hatcher, Leonidas Kaselakis, Kostas Charalampidis, Giorgos Theodorakos, Michalis Tsairelis, Giorgos Dedas, Vangelis Margaritis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Ntinos Nikolopoulos, Nikos Kalles, Alexandros Varitimiadis, Linos Chrysikopoulos, Michalis Liapis, Thomas Ambaras
2013–14	3rd place	Last 16	Eurocup Group Stage	Soulis Markopoulos	4 Mark Payne, 5 D. J. Cooper, 6 Kostas Charalampidis, 7 Apollon Tsochlas, 8 Goran Vučićević, 9 Michalis Tsairelis, 10 Giorgos Dedas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Nikos Kalles, 13 Giorgos Bogris, 14 Leonidas Kaselakis, 17 Michalis Liapis, 18 Antonis Koniaris, 19 Thomas Kottas
2014–15	3rd place	Last 4	Eurocup Last 32	Soulis Markopoulos	4 Kevin Langford, 5 Michalis Liapis, 6 Kostas Charalampidis, 7 T. J. Carter, 8 Kostas Kakaroudis, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 10 Giorgos Dedas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Thomas Kottas 13 Jake Odum, 16 J.R. Bremer, 18 Dimitris Charitopoulos, 19 Christos Saloustros (Edi Sinadinović, Julian Vaughn left during season)
2015–16	5th place	Last 4	Eurocup Last 32	Soulis Markopoulos	4 Milenko Tepić, 5 Michalis Liapis, 6 Kostas Charalampidis, 7 Kostas Vasileiadis, 8 Kostas Kakaroudis, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 10 Giorgos Dedas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Thomas Kottas, 15 Sofoklis Schortsanitis, 19 Nikos Kamaras, 20 Uroš Duvnjak, 21 Nikola Marković, 25 Will Hatcher, 33 Keith Clanton (Darko Balaban left during season)
2016–17	5th place	Last 8	Basketball Champions League Last 16	Soulis Markopoulos	2 Nathan Sobey, 4 Linos Chrysikopoulos, 6 Antonis Koniaris, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Thad McFadden, 13 Nenad Miljenović, 14 Andreas Glyniadakis, 16 Dimitris Karamanolis, 18 Jordan Sibert, 19 Nikos Kamaras, 20 Vassilis Papadopoulos, 31 Žanis Peiners, 33 Keith Clanton, 42 Ivan Aska, (Brandon Taylor, Darryl Bryant left during season)
2017–18	3rd place	Last 8	Basketball Champions League Last 16	Ilias Papatheodorou	2 Terran Petteway, 4 Linos Chrysikopoulos, 5 Ousman Krubally, 8 Thodoris Karras, 6 Antonis Koniaris, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 10 Giannis Giannaras, Vangelis Margaritis, 13 Thodoris Zaras, 15 Vassilis Charalampopoulos, 16 Dimitris Karamanolis, 19 Dimitris Katsivelis, 20 Dimitris Klonaras, 21 Darnell Jackson, 55 Lucky Jones, 32Phil Goss (Kevin Dillard, Owen Klassen, Brandon Triche left during season)
2018–19	5th place	Runner Up	Basketball Champions League Last 16	Ilias Papatheodorou	1 Jamal Jones 2 Johndre Jefferson, 4 Linos Chrysikopoulos, 5 Stavros Schizas, 6 Antonis Koniaris, 8 Milenko Tepic, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 13 Thodoris Zaras, 25 William Hatcher, 31 Darrius Garrett, 32 Phil Goss (Yanick Moreira, Giannis Athinaiou, Malik Pope, Nondas Papantoniou left during season)
2019–20	14th place / Curtailed season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Last 8	Basketball Champions League Group Stage	Kostas Flevarakis, Kostas Charalampidis, Kostas Mexas	0 M. J. Rhett, 2 Adam Smith, 6 Bobby Brown, 5 Stavros Schizas, 8 Thodoris Karras, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 10 Ioannis Chatzinikolas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Aaron Best, 16 Dimitris Karamanolis, 20 konstantinos Iatridis, 22 JaCorey Williams, 24 Shannon Shorter, 34 Zisis Sarikopoulos, (JeQuan Lewis, Antwaine Wiggins, Amanze Egekeze, Zane Knowles left during season)
2020–21	5th place	Last 4	Not participated	Kostas Mexas, Aris Lykogiannis	2 Beau Beech, 5 Sagaba Konate, 6 Jermaine Love, 8 Malcolm Griffin, 10 Georgios Tsalmpouris, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, Anagnostis Papasavoglou, 14 Dimitris Kaklamanakis, 15 Antonis Karagiannidis, 17 Apostolos Roumoglou, 20 Konstantinos Iatridis, 21 Georgios Kamperidis, 22 Nondas Papantoniou, 23 Josh Carter, 31 Elston Turner Jr., 55 Elijah Mitrou-Long, (Alan Herndon left during season)
2021–22	9th place	Last 8	Basketball Champions League play-ins prior to the qualification to the round of 16 Lost to SIG Strasbourg 2-0 in a best-of-three series	Aris Lykogiannis	1 Demetre Rivers, 2 Anthony Lee, 4 Phil Greene IV, 5 Antreas Christodoulou, 6 Jermaine Love, 13 Nikos Kamarianos, 14 David DiLeo, 15 Theodoros Konstantinidis, 16 Vangelis Mantzaris, 17 Apostolos Roumoglou, 18 Prodromos Tachiridis, 19 Stratos Kalliontzis, 21 Georgios Kamperidis, 31 Vassilis Toliopoulos, 33 Vlado Jankovic, 35 Nate Renfro (Michalis Kamperidis, Josh Carter, Derek Ogbeide, Malcolm Griffin, 24 Marvin Jones left during season)
2022–23	ongoing	Last 8 Lost to Peristeri 77-64 in the quarterfinals of the Final-8 tournament	Basketball Champions League play-ins prior to the qualification to the round of 16 Lost to Rytas 2-1 in a best-of-three series	Aris Lykogiannis	0 Yannick Franke, 2 Zaccheus Darko-Kelly, 5 Jalen Riley, 6 Nikos Tsiakmas, 8 Jaylen Hands, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Tyler Polley, 13 Diamantis Slaftsakis, 14 Vassilis Christidis, 15 Thodoris Konstantinidis, 18 Jordan Sibert, 19 Stratos Kalliontzis, 20 Dimitris Kaklamanakis, 21 Georgios Kamperidis, 22 Christos Saloustros, 35 Nate Renfro, (Zisis Sarikopoulos left during season)

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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  Bane Prelević

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  Peja Stojaković

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  Scott Skiles

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  Claudio Coldebella

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  Kostas Vasileiadis

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  C. J. Watson

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  İbrahim Kutluay

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  Dejan Tomašević

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  Lazaros Papadopoulos

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  D.J. Cooper

Greece

•   Vangelis Alexandris
•   Georgios Balogiannis
•   Nikos Boudouris
•   Kostas Charalampidis
•   Vassilis Charalampopoulos
•   Dimos Dikoudis
•   Panagiotis Fasoulas
•   Nikos Filippou
•   Ioannis Gagaloudis
•   Nasos Galakteros
•   Giannis Giannoulis
•  -  Steve Giatzoglou
•   Memos Ioannou
•   Lefteris Kakiousis
•   Takis Karatzoulidis
•   Manthos Katsoulis
•   Nestoras Kommatos
•  -  John Korfas
•   Takis Koroneos
•   Angelos Koronios
•   Panagiotis Liadelis
•   Georgios Makaras
•   Achilleas Mamatziolas
•   Sotiris Manolopoulos
•   Vangelis Margaritis
•   Loukas Mavrokefalidis
•   Lazaros Papadopoulos
•  -  Pete Papachronis
•   Efthimios Rentzias
•   Georgios Sigalas
•   Sofoklis Schortsanitis
•   Nikos Stavropoulos
•   Christos Tsekos
•   Apollon Tsochlas
•   Kostas Vasileiadis
•   Panagiotis Vasilopoulos

USA

•   Rafael Addison
•   Victor Alexander
•   Wendell Alexis
•   Ken Barlow
•   Walter Berry
•   Anthony Bonner
•   Matt Bullard
•   Anthony Cook
•   D. J. Cooper
•   Bill Edwards
•   Lawrence Funderburke
•   Phil Goss
•   Will Hatcher
•   Mike Jones
•   Frankie King
•   Cliff Levingston
•   Jermaine Love
•   Conrad McRae
•   Jerrod Mustaf
•   Mark Payne
•   Kasib Powell
•  -  Ron Rowan
•   Trevor Ruffin
•   Charles Shackleford
•   Scott Skiles
•  -  Bill Varner
•  -  Darius Washington
•   C.J. Watson

Europe

•   Martynas Andriuškevičius
•  -  Sergei Bazarevich
•   Claudio Coldebella
•   Tomas Delininkaitis
•   Mamoutou Diarra
•   Peja Drobnjak
•   Todor Gečevski
•   İbrahim Kutluay
•   Branko Milisavljević
•   Juan Antonio Morales
•  -  Damir Mulaomerović
•  -  Rasho Nesterovič
•   Žanis Peiners
•  -  Bane Prelević
•   Zoran Savić
•   Vlado Šćepanović
•   Blagota Sekulić
•  -  Peja Stojaković
•   Dejan Tomašević

South America

•  -  Rawle Marshall

Africa

•   Mamadou N'Diaye

Oceania

•   Matt Nielsen
•   Steve Leven

Club captains

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  Bane Prelević

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  Claudio Coldebella

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  Kostas Vasileiadis

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  Giannis Kalampokis

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  Dimitris Verginis

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  Lazaros Papadopoulos

P.A.O.K. B.C. team captains, since the 1979–80 season:

Period	Team Captain
1979–1984	Giannis Politis
1984–1988	Manthos Katsoulis
1988–1993	Panagiotis Fasoulas
1993–1996	Bane Prelević
1996–1998	Nikos Boudouris
1998–2000	Georgios Balogiannis
2000–2001	Giannis Giannoulis
2001–2002	Claudio Coldebella
2002–2003	Georgios Limniatis
2003–2006	Kostas Vasileiadis
2006–2007	Giannis Kalampokis
2007–2008	Dimitris Verginis
2008–2009	Kostas Vasileiadis
2009–2010	Dimitris Kalaitzidis
2010–2011	Lazaros Papadopoulos
2011–2012	Michalis Giannakidis
2012–2013	Lazaros Papadopoulos
2013–2015	Kostas Charalampidis
2015–2016	Kostas Vasileiadis
2016–2021	Vangelis Margaritis
2021–2022	Jermaine Love
2022–present	Vangelis Margaritis

Head coaches

•  

  Faidon Matthaiou

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  Dragan Šakota

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  Dušan Ivković:
  FIBA Hall of Fame
  EuroLeague Legend

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  Zvi Sherf

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  Dimitris Itoudis

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  Scott Skiles

This is a list of P.A.O.K.. B.C. head coaches since the 1957–58 season:

Head coach Seasons   Irakleios Klagkas 1957–59   Orestis Angelidis 1967–68   Giorgos Oikonomou   Orestis Angelidis 1970–71   Giorgos Oikonomou 1971–72   Orestis Angelidis 1972–73   Apostolos Tsavas 1978–80   Theodoros Rodopoulos 1980–83  -  Harry Pappas   Faidon Matthaiou 1983–84   Josip Gjergja 1984–85   Theodoros Rodopoulos 1985–86   Orestis Angelidis 1986–87   Johnny Neumann 1987–88   Johnny Neumann   Kostas Politis 1988–89   Kostas Politis 1989–90   Kostas Politis   Sakis Laios  -  Dragan Šakota 1990–91   Dušan Ivković 1991–93   Dušan Ivković   Soulis Markopoulos 1993–94   Dragan Šakota   Sakis Laios   Vangelis Alexandris 1994–95

Head coach Seasons   Vangelis Alexandris   Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou   Željko Lukajić   Dimitris Itoudis 1995–96   Michel Gomez   Scott Skiles 1996–97   Zvi Sherf 1997–98   Zvi Sherf   Kostas Flevarakis 1998–99   Petar Skansi   Kostas Flevarakis 1999–00   Kostas Flevarakis   Ioannis Sfairopoulos 2000–01  -  Lefteris Subotić   Vangelis Alexandris 2001–02  -  Bane Prelević 2002–05  -  Bane Prelević   Soulis Markopoulos 2005–06   Kostas Pilafidis   Vangelis Alexandris 2006–07   Tab Baldwin   Kostas Flevarakis  -  John Korfas 2007–08   Argyris Pedoulakis   Georgios Kalafatakis 2008–09   Soulis Markopoulos 2009–17   Ilias Papatheodorou 2017–19   Kostas Flevarakis   Kostas Charalampidis   Kostas Mexas 2019–20   Kostas Mexas   Aris Lykogiannis 2020–21   Aris Lykogiannis 2021–22

Sponsorships

• Great Sponsor: Village Cinemas
• Official Sponsor: CYTA
• Official Supporter: Makedonia Palace, Loux

See also

• P.A.O.K. women's basketball
• Thessaloniki Forum

References

1. euroleague.net PAOK Thessaloniki
2. PAOK-Aris 101–99. (in Greek)

Sources

• ESAKE Official Website (in Greek)
• Eurobasket PAOK BC Page

External links

 

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Press

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Media

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