P.A.O.K. Women's Volleyball

P.A.O.K. Women's Volleyball Club or PAOK Women's Volley, is a Greek volleyball club based in Thessaloniki and part of the major multi-sport club PAOK. The department was founded in 1985 and refounded in 2010.

PAOK

Nickname	Double-Headed Eagle of the North
Founded	1985^[1] (Refounded: 2010)
Ground	PAOK Sports Arena (Capacity: 8,142)
Chairman	Kostas Amoiridis
Manager	Darko Zakoč
League	A1 Ethniki
2022–23	3rd
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
1 Greek Cup

History

PAOK women's volleyball club was only active for 13 years, from 1985 until 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. In 2019 the club won the Pre League Championship, and promoted to the A1 Ethniki.^[2] In 2021 the club won the Greek Cup.^[3]

Honours

Domestic competitions

•   Greek Cup
  • Winners (1): 2020–21

Recent Seasons

Season	Division	Place	Greek Cup
2016–17	B Ethniki (3rd Tier)	1st	Last 32
2017–18	A2 Ethniki (3rd Tier/First phase)^[a]	1st	Last 16
2018–19	Pre League (2nd Tier/Second phase)	1st	Quarter-Finals
2019–20	A1 Ethniki	5th^[b]	Abandoned^[c]
2020–21	A1 Ethniki	–^[d]	Winner
2021–22	A1 Ethniki	3rd	Last 16
2022–23	A1 Ethniki	3rd	Semi-Finals

Notes

1. In 2017 was founded the Pre League Dision, which became the second level
2. The 2019–20 season of the Greek Championship was wrapped up due to COVID-19 pandemic. PAOK was at the 5th place when it stopped.
3. The 2019–20 season of the Greek Cup was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic. PAOK was at the semi-finals when it stopped.
4. The 2020–21 of the Greek Championship was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic while PAOK was in the 1st place

Current squad

Shirt No.	Nationality	Player	Height	Birth Date
Middle blockers
5		Ioanna Polynopoulou	1.82	09/04/1995
18		Andromachi Tsioga	1.90	03/11/2001
14		Kyriaki Terzoglou	1.86	22/11/2003
12		Tatiana Armoutsi	1.84	24/05/2003
Outside hitters
10		Maria Klepkou	1.78	13/05/2000
23		Kashauna Williams	1.83	12/01/1999
7		Duan Fang	1.88	26/12/1994
13		Stamatia Kyparissi	1.84	20/6/2002
Opposites
15		Sharon Chepchumba	1.83	26/10/1998
11		Maria Oikonomidou	1.85	18/09/1992
Setters
16		Lea Deak	1.83	27/04/200
9		Elisavet Iliopoulou	1.76	25/01/2001
		Alexandra Merodoulaki	1.83	2005
Libero
1		Martina Xanthopoulou	1.63	24/10/1998
6		Eleni Papadopoulou	1.59	17/02/2004
Coach
		Thanos Terzis	1.93	10/03/1979
Assistant coach

Greek Cup Finals

Finals	Winner	Finalist	Score
2021	PAOK	A.O. Thiras	3–0
Total	1	0

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate	Qual.
2021–22	CEV Cup	R32	Asterix Avo	3–2	3–0	6–2
		R16	Alba Blaj	1–3	0–3	1–6
2022–23	CEV Cup	R32	Královo Pole Brno	3–2	1–3	2–5
2023–24	CEV Challenge Cup	QR	Olympiada Neapolis	3–1	3–2	6–3
		R32	VK Prostějov	3–0	3–1	6–1
		R16	Dinamo Zagreb	0–3	3–0	3–3 (15–6)
		QF	VC Wiesbaden	0–3	0–3	0–6

See also

• PAOK Men's Volleyball Club

References

1. Σύλλογος Ιστορία paokvolley.gr
2. Α2 Γυναικών μπαράζ: Πάρτι ανόδου για τον ΠΑΟΚ στην Pre League
3. Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας ο ΠΑΟΚ, 3-0 τον ΑΟ Θήρας

External links

• Official website (in Greek)