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PAOK BC

PAOK BC (Greek: ΚΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, 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
NicknameDouble-Headed Eagle of The North
LeaguesGreek Basket League
Greek Cup
Founded1928; 96 years ago (1928)
HistoryPAOK BC
(1928–present)
ArenaPAOK Sports Arena
Capacity8,142
LocationThessaloniki, Greece
Team colorsBlack, White
   
Main sponsorMateco
PresidentAthanasios Chatzopoulos
Head coachFotis Takianos
Team captainVangelis Margaritis
Most recent season position4th
Championships1 FIBA Saporta Cup
1 FIBA Korać Cup
2 Greek Championships
3 Greek Cups
Retired numbers1 (7)
Websitepaokbc.gr

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 edit

1928–1980 edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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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Roster edit

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P.A.O.K.. B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 1   Townes, Marques 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1995-09-03)3 September 1995
PF 2   Gilmore, Michael 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1995-01-15)15 January 1995
C 4   McNeace, Jamuni 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 27 – (1996-03-25)25 March 1996
PG 6   Tsiakmas, Nikos 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 24 – (1999-10-29)29 October 1999
G/F 8   Schizas, Stavros 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 35 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989
F/C 9   Tsairelis, Michalis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 35 – (1988-02-23)23 February 1988
PG 10   Friðriksson, Elvar Már 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1994-11-11)11 November 1994
F/C 11   Margaritis, Vangelis (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 41 – (1982-12-05)5 December 1982
SF 12   Williams, Cecil 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995
SG 15   Konstantinidis, Thodoris 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (2004-02-20)20 February 2004
G/F 19   Arsenopoulos, Nikos 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 23 – (2000-05-19)19 May 2000
PG 20   Skoulariotis, Thodoris 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2005-01-21)21 January 2005
PF 21   Sotiriou, Aristotelis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2001-07-13)13 July 2001
SG 23   Michalak, Michał 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993
F/C 32   Alston, Justin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1994-07-02)2 July 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Stathis Nerantzakis
  •   Babis Karaiskos
  •   Charalampos Kaitantzidis
Athletic trainer(s)
  •   Panagiotis Vasileiou
Team manager

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

  • Roster
Updated: 8 February 2024

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Jamuni McNeace Michalis Tsairelis
PF Justin Alston Vangelis Margaritis Michael Gilmore Aristotelis Sotiriou
SF Cecil Williams Stavros Schizas Nikos Arsenopoulos
SG Marques Townes Michał Michalak Thodoris Konstantinidis
PG Elvar Már Friðriksson Nikos Tsiakmas Thodoris Skoulariotis

Retired numbers edit

PAOK Thessaloniki retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure Date Retired
7   Branislav Prelević SG 1988–1996, 1999–2000 1 April 2023

Honours edit

Domestic competitions edit

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
Winners (3): 1983–84, 1994–95, 1998–99
Runners-up (5): 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2018–19

European competitions edit

3rd place (1): 1992–93
Final Four (1): 1993
Winners (1): 1990–91
Runners-up (2): 1991–92, 1995–96
Semifinalists (1): 1989–90
Winners (1): 1993–94

Individual honours edit

European record edit

International record edit

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 edit

Season-by-season edit

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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 Koukouditskas
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 4th place

progressed to semifinals after beating 2-1 Promitheas Patras in a best-of-3 series at the quarter finals, lost 3-0 to Olympiacos in a best-of-five series at the semi finals, lost 3-0 Peristeri in a best-of-five series for the 3rd place

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,
Fotis Takianos
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,15 Thodoris Konstantinidis, 18 Jordan Sibert, 19 Stratos Kalliontzis, 20 Dimitris Kaklamanakis, 21 Georgios Kamperidis, 22 Christos Saloustros, 35 Nate Renfro, 40 Thodoris Skoulariotis (Zisis Sarikopoulos and Vassilis Christidis left during season)
2023–24 In progress In progress Basketball Champions League
play-ins prior to the qualification to the round of 16

Lost to Tofaş 1-2 in a best-of-three series

Fotis Takianos 1 Marques Townes 2 Michael Gilmore, 4 Jamune McNeace, 6 Nikos Tsiakmas, 8 Stavros Schizas, 9 Michalis Tsairelis, 10 Elvar Már Friðriksson 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Cecil Williams, 15 Thodoris Konstantinidis, 19 Nikos Arsenopoulos, 19 Stratos Kalliontzis, 20 Thodoris Skoulariotis, 21 Aristotelis Sotiriou, 32 Justin Alston (Skyler Flatten, Kendall Smith, Laurynas Beliauskas and Andrew Harrison left during season)

Notable players edit

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.
Greece
USA
Europe
South America
Africa
Oceania

Club captains edit

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 edit

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

Sponsorships edit

See also edit

References edit

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

Sources edit

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

External links edit

  • PAOK B.C. Official Website (in Greek and English)
  • – PAOK Thessaloniki History Provided On Behalf Of Melbourne Club PAOK
  • - Most informative PAOK Thessaloniki Forum (in Greek and English)
  • PAOKmania – PAOK Thessaloniki Supporters Downloads, Radio and News (in Greek)
Press
  • PAOK24 (in Greek)

Media

  • Official YouTube channel

paok, further, information, greek, ΚΑΕ, ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος, Αθλητικός, Όμιλος, Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, panthessaloníkios, athlitikós, Ómilos, konstantinopolitón, thessalonikian, athletic, club, constantinopolitans, commonly, known, european, competitions, pao. Further information P A O K PAOK BC Greek KAE PAOK Pan8essalonikeios A8lhtikos Omilos Kwnstantinopolitwn Panthessalonikios Athlitikos omilos Konstantinopoliton 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 PAOKNicknameDouble Headed Eagle of The NorthLeaguesGreek Basket LeagueGreek CupFounded1928 96 years ago 1928 HistoryPAOK BC 1928 present ArenaPAOK Sports ArenaCapacity8 142LocationThessaloniki GreeceTeam colorsBlack White Main sponsorMatecoPresidentAthanasios ChatzopoulosHead coachFotis TakianosTeam captainVangelis MargaritisMost recent season position4thChampionships1 FIBA Saporta Cup1 FIBA Korac Cup2 Greek Championships3 Greek CupsRetired numbers1 7 Websitepaokbc grGBL HomeGBL AwayBCL HomeBCL AwayOver 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 Korac 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 Contents 1 History 1 1 1928 1980 1 2 1981 1990 1 3 1991 2000 1 4 2001 2010 1 5 2010 2020 1 6 2020 present 2 Arenas 3 Roster 3 1 Depth chart 3 2 Retired numbers 4 Honours 4 1 Domestic competitions 4 2 European competitions 5 Individual honours 6 European record 7 International record 8 The road to the European Cup victories 9 Season by season 10 Notable players 11 Club captains 12 Head coaches 13 Sponsorships 14 See also 15 References 16 Sources 17 External linksHistory edit1928 1980 edit nbsp 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 edit 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 Prelevic 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 Prelevic 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 edit 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 Prelevic Cliff Levingston Ken Barlow and Panagiotis Fasoulas and was led by head coach Dusan Ivkovic 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 Kukoc 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 Korac 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 Taugres 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 Prelevic 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 edit 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 Prelevic 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 Korac 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 edit 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 edit 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 editIn 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 PAOK B C Arenas Image Gallery nbsp PAOK Sports Arena 2000 present Roster editNote Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed P A O K B C rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht Wt AgePG 1 nbsp Townes Marques 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 88 kg 194 lb 28 1995 09 03 3 September 1995PF 2 nbsp Gilmore Michael 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 100 kg 220 lb 29 1995 01 15 15 January 1995C 4 nbsp McNeace Jamuni 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 101 kg 223 lb 27 1996 03 25 25 March 1996PG 6 nbsp Tsiakmas Nikos 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in 88 kg 194 lb 24 1999 10 29 29 October 1999G F 8 nbsp Schizas Stavros 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 93 kg 205 lb 35 1989 01 10 10 January 1989F C 9 nbsp Tsairelis Michalis 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 111 kg 245 lb 35 1988 02 23 23 February 1988PG 10 nbsp Fridriksson Elvar Mar 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in 84 kg 185 lb 29 1994 11 11 11 November 1994F C 11 nbsp Margaritis Vangelis C 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 113 kg 249 lb 41 1982 12 05 5 December 1982SF 12 nbsp Williams Cecil 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 98 kg 216 lb 28 1995 05 28 28 May 1995SG 15 nbsp Konstantinidis Thodoris 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 19 2004 02 20 20 February 2004G F 19 nbsp Arsenopoulos Nikos 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 91 kg 201 lb 23 2000 05 19 19 May 2000PG 20 nbsp Skoulariotis Thodoris 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 19 2005 01 21 21 January 2005PF 21 nbsp Sotiriou Aristotelis 2 04 m 6 ft 8 in 95 kg 209 lb 22 2001 07 13 13 July 2001SG 23 nbsp Michalak Michal 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 93 kg 205 lb 30 1993 11 02 2 November 1993F C 32 nbsp Alston Justin 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 104 kg 229 lb 29 1994 07 02 2 July 1994 Head coach nbsp Fotis TakianosAssistant coach es nbsp Stathis Nerantzakis nbsp Babis Karaiskos nbsp Charalampos KaitantzidisAthletic trainer s nbsp Panagiotis VasileiouTeam manager nbsp Michalis GiannakidisLegend C Team captain nbsp Injured Roster Updated 8 February 2024Depth chart edit Pos Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3C Jamuni McNeace Michalis TsairelisPF Justin Alston Vangelis Margaritis Michael Gilmore Aristotelis SotiriouSF Cecil Williams Stavros Schizas Nikos ArsenopoulosSG Marques Townes Michal Michalak Thodoris KonstantinidisPG Elvar Mar Fridriksson Nikos Tsiakmas Thodoris SkoulariotisRetired numbers edit PAOK Thessaloniki retired numbersNo Nat Player Position Tenure Date Retired7 nbsp Branislav Prelevic SG 1988 1996 1999 2000 1 April 2023Honours editDomestic competitions edit Greek LeagueWinners 2 1958 59 1991 92 Runners up 8 1959 60 1987 88 1988 89 1989 90 1990 91 1993 94 1997 98 1999 00Greek CupWinners 3 1983 84 1994 95 1998 99 Runners up 5 1981 82 1988 89 1989 90 1990 91 2018 19European competitions edit EuroLeague3rd place 1 1992 93 Final Four 1 1993FIBA Saporta Cup defunct Winners 1 1990 91 Runners up 2 1991 92 1995 96 Semifinalists 1 1989 90FIBA Korac Cup defunct Winners 1 1993 94Individual honours editFIBA Hall of Fame Dusan Ivkovic Panagiotis Fasoulas50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors Dusan IvkovicGreek Basket League MVP Peja Stojakovic 1997 98 Greek League Top Scorer Rawle Marshall 2010 11 Greek League Top Rebounder Panagiotis Fasoulas 1986 87 Loukas Mavrokefalidis 2005 06 Lazaros Papadopoulos 2012 13 Keith Clanton 2016 17 Greek League Assist Leader John Korfas 1989 90 Frankie King 1998 99 Damir Mulaomerovic 2003 04 2004 05 D J Cooper 2013 14 Greek League Coach of the Year Soulis Markopoulos 2013 14 Greek Cup MVP Bane Prelevic 1994 95 Walter Berry 1998 99 European record editMain article PAOK B C in Europe Main article PAOK B C in international competitionsInternational record editSeason Achievement NotesEuroLeague1992 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 gameFIBA Saporta Cup1984 85 Quarter finals 4th place in a group with Zalgiris CAI Zaragoza and Landys amp Gyr Wien1989 90 Semi finals eliminated by Knorr Bologna 57 77 L in Bologna and 100 94 W in Thessaloniki1990 91 Champions defeated CAI Zaragoza 76 72 in the final of European Cup Winners Cup in Geneva1991 92 Final lost to Real Madrid Asegurator 63 65 in the final Nantes 1995 96 Final lost to Taugres 81 88 in the final Vitoria FIBA Korac Cup1993 94 Champions defeated Stefanel Trieste 75 66 W in Thessaloniki and 100 91 W in Trieste in the double finals of Korac CupEuroCup2004 05 Quarter finals eliminated by Lietuvos rytas 74 71 W in Thessaloniki and 65 76 L in VilniusThe road to the European Cup victories edit1990 91 FIBA European Cup Winners Cup Round Team Home Away 2nd nbsp Sunderland Saints 97 85 96 89QF nbsp CAI Zaragoza 112 102 64 70 nbsp Crvena zvezda 91 80 75 91 nbsp Hapoel Galil Elyon 107 77 79 80 SF nbsp Dynamo Moscow 95 82 63 75F nbsp CAI Zaragoza 76 72The game was held at Peristeri Arena in Peristeri Athens 1993 94 FIBA Korac Cup Round Team Home Away 3rd nbsp Stroitel Samara 101 56 81 77Top 16 nbsp Caja San Fernando 92 89 87 82 nbsp Recoaro Milano 71 67 74 76 nbsp Zagreb 84 70 91 77QF nbsp Scavolini Pesaro 96 58 66 82SF nbsp Chipita Panionios 82 64 85 83F nbsp Stefanel Trieste 75 66 100 91Season by season editScroll down to see more Season Greek League Greek Cup Europe Head coach Roster1958 59 Champion No tournament No tournament Iraklios Klagkas Orestis Angelidis Asteriadis Constantinidis Giorgos Oikonomou Kiriakou Klagkas Kokkos Pashalis Stalios Stergiou Dimitris Dapontes Theodoridis1959 60 Runner Up No tournament Euroleague Last 321974 75 4th place No tournament Korac Cup Last 321975 76 9th place Last 32 Korac Cup Last 321981 82 3rd place Runner Up Korac 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 Tsakagiannis1982 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 Angelidis1983 84 3rd place Winner Korac 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 Polichronakos1984 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 Mumma1985 86 5th place Last 16 Korac 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 Simpson1986 87 3rd place Last 16 Korac 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 Kladis1987 88 Runner Up Last 8 Korac 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 Kladis1988 89 Runner Up Runner Up Korac Cup Last 16 Johnny Neumann Kostas Politis Mike Jones Panagiotis Fasoulas Bane Prelevic John Korfas Nikos Stavropoulos Takis Karatzoulidis Giorgos Makaras Bill Melis Alexis Bakopoulos Dimitris Dontsios Hatzigeorgiou1989 90 Runner Up Runner Up Cup Winners Cup Last 4 Kostas Politis Anthony Cook Bane Prelevic Panagiotis Fasoulas John Korfas Nikos Stavropoulos Takis Karatzoulidis Giorgos Makaras Nikos Boudouris Pete Papahronis Achilleas Mamatziolas Bill Melis Theodoros Asteriadis Christos Papasarantou1990 91 Runner Up Runner Up Cup Winners Cup Winner Kostas Politis Sakis Laios Dragan Sakota Kenneth Barlow Bane Prelevic 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 Thomas1991 92 Champion Last 4 European Cup Runner Up Dusan Ivkovic Kenneth Barlow Bane Prelevic 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 Karapournos1992 93 3rd place Last 8 EuroLeague 3rd place Dusan Ivkovic Cliff Levingston Kenneth Barlow Bane Prelevic Panagiotis Fasoulas John Korfas Nikos Boudouris Giorgos Balogiannis Nikos Filippou Christos Tsekos Achilleas Mamatziolas Nikos Katsikis Giorgos Kouklakis Giorgos Valavanidis Stavros Koukouditskas1993 94 Runner Up Last 4 Korac Cup Winner Dusan Ivkovic Soulis Markopoulos Walter Berry Bane Prelevic Zoran Savic Nasos Galakteros Efthimis Rentzias John Korfas Nikos Boudouris Giorgos Balogiannis Achilleas Mamatziolas Christos Tsekos Giorgos Valavanidis Giorgos Kouklakis Thanasis Kotsopoulos Fotis Takianos1994 95 4th place Winner EuroLeague Last 16 Dragan Sakota Sakis Laios Vangelis Alexandris Bane Prelevic Zoran Savic Jerrod Mustaf Matt Bullard John Korfas Nasos Galakteros Giannis Giannoulis Nikos Boudouris Efthimis Rentzias Peja Stojakovic Giorgos Balogiannis Christos Tsekos Lemone Lampley Achilleas Mamatziolas Kostas Christou Milan Relic1995 96 4th place Last 16 European Cup Runner Up Vangelis Alexandris E Kioumourtzoglou Zeljko Lukajic Dimitris Itoudis Bane Prelevic Lawrence Funderburke Dean Garrett Trevor Ruffin Peja Stojakovic Efthimis Rentzias Giorgos Balogiannis Nikos Boudouris Giannis Giannoulis Achilleas Mamatziolas Sotiris Nikolaidis Christos Tsekos Kostas Christou Dimitris Koptis1996 97 3rd place Last 16 Korac Cup Last 16 Michel Gomez Scott Skiles Scott Skiles Peja Stojakovic 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 Kotsopoulos1997 98 Runner Up Last 16 EuroLeague Last 16 Zvi Sherf Peja Stojakovic 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 Tsolakidis1998 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 Papahristou1999 00 Runner Up Last 16 EuroLeague Last 16 Petar Skansi Kostas Flevarakis Victor Alexander Bill Edwards Bane Prelevic Sergei Bazarevich Dinos Angelidis Giorgos Balogiannis Claudio Coldebella Giannis Giannoulis Sotiris Nikolaidis Ricardo Peral Antunez Nikos Vetoulas Giorgos Maslarinos Giannis Papahristou Dimitris Iliopoulos2000 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 Frederic Weis Valeri Dainenko Giorgos Apostolidis Efthimios Galis Theodoros Triftanidis2001 02 8th place Last 16 Korac Cup Last 32 Slobodan Subotic 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 Vathis2002 03 7th place Last 16 EuroCup Challenge Last 16 Bane Prelevic Brent Scott Wendell Alexis Branko Milisavljevic Nestoras Kommatos Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Kostas Vasileiadis Loukas Mavrokefalidis Giorgos Apostolidis Giorgos Limniatis Torraye Braggs Predrag Materic Kostas Christou Dimitris Koptis Pashalis Panagiotidis Perry Carter Greene Kostas Vathis Savvas Manousos2003 04 6th place Last 16 EuroChallenge Withdrawn Bane Prelevic Damir Mulaomerovic Kasib Powell Kostas Vasileiadis Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Loukas Mavrokefalidis Ivica Jurkovic Ronnie Fields Alexander Okunsky Aleksandar Radojevic Sotiris Manolopoulos Spyros Panteliadis Thanasis Kamariotis Kosta Karamanolev Charis Markopoulos Giorgos Pasalidis Ilias Tevetzidis2004 05 6th place Last 4 ULEB Cup Last 8 Bane Prelevic Damir Mulaomerovic 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 Kalampoukas2005 06 6th place Last 4 EuroChallenge Last 32 Bane Prelevic Soulis Markopoulos Loukas Mavrokefalidis Kostas Vasileiadis Vladimir Vuksanovic 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 Kalampoukas2006 07 6th place Last 8 ULEB Cup Last 16 Kostas Pilafidis Vangelis Alexandris Vlado Scepanovic Giannis Kalambokis Blagota Sekulic Jerome Allen Darius Washington Jason Parker Drago Pasalic Đuro Ostojic Andy Panko Lazaros Agadakos J R Bremer Dimitris Verginis C J Watson Charis Giannopoulos Dimitris Charitopoulos Feliks Kojadinovic Nikos Kouvelas Sotiris Manolopoulos Ivan Tomas Giannis Vasileiou Carolos Galazoulas2007 08 12th place Last 8 EuroChallenge Last 16 Tab Baldwin Kostas Flevarakis John Korfas Ibrahim 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 Zoltan Horvath Nikos Kouvelas Martin Ringstrom Thrasivoulos Sfeikos Giannis Vasileiou2008 09 7th place Last 16 Not participated Argyris Pedoulakis Georgios Kalafatakis Dejan Tomasevic Damir Mulaomerovic 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 Papadopoulos2009 10 5th place Last 8 Not participated Soulis Markopoulos Chris Monroe Panagiotis Kafkis Kenny Gregory Christos Tapoutos Nikos Kalles Tomas Delininkaitis Branko Milisavljevic Dimitris Kalaitzidis Giorgos Tsiaras Lazaros Papadopoulos Michalis Giannakidis Predrag Drobnjak Todor Gecevski Ioannis Demertzis Wade Helliwell William Avery2010 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 Gecevski Dimitris Kalabakas DeShawn Sims Justin Gray Lazaros Papadopoulos left during the season 2011 12 8th place Last 4 EuroleagueQualifying round Soulis Markopoulos Milos Bojovic Dante Stiggers Dimitris Arapis Milutin Aleksic Uros Duvnjak Dimos Dikoudis Aaron Pettway Nikos Pappas Michalis Giannakidis Nikos Kalles Dimitris Kalabakas Efthymios Tsakaleris J R Giddens Marcus Goree Giannis Kalampokis Rashad Wright left during the season EurocupGroup Stage2012 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 Ambaras2013 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 Vucicevic 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 Kottas2014 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 Sinadinovic Julian Vaughn left during season 2015 16 5th place Last 4 Eurocup Last 32 Soulis Markopoulos 4 Milenko Tepic 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 Uros Duvnjak 21 Nikola Markovic 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 Miljenovic 14 Andreas Glyniadakis 16 Dimitris Karamanolis 18 Jordan Sibert 19 Nikos Kamaras 20 Vassilis Papadopoulos 31 Zanis 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 4th place progressed to semifinals after beating 2 1 Promitheas Patras in a best of 3 series at the quarter finals lost 3 0 to Olympiacos in a best of five series at the semi finals lost 3 0 Peristeri in a best of five series for the 3rd place 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 Fotis Takianos 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 15 Thodoris Konstantinidis 18 Jordan Sibert 19 Stratos Kalliontzis 20 Dimitris Kaklamanakis 21 Georgios Kamperidis 22 Christos Saloustros 35 Nate Renfro 40 Thodoris Skoulariotis Zisis Sarikopoulos and Vassilis Christidis left during season 2023 24 In progress In progress Basketball Champions League play ins prior to the qualification to the round of 16 Lost to Tofas 1 2 in a best of three series Fotis Takianos 1 Marques Townes 2 Michael Gilmore 4 Jamune McNeace 6 Nikos Tsiakmas 8 Stavros Schizas 9 Michalis Tsairelis 10 Elvar Mar Fridriksson 11 Vangelis Margaritis 12 Cecil Williams 15 Thodoris Konstantinidis 19 Nikos Arsenopoulos 19 Stratos Kalliontzis 20 Thodoris Skoulariotis 21 Aristotelis Sotiriou 32 Justin Alston Skyler Flatten Kendall Smith Laurynas Beliauskas and Andrew Harrison left during season Notable players editNote Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed CriteriaTo 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 nbsp Bane Prelevic nbsp Peja Stojakovic nbsp Scott Skiles nbsp Claudio Coldebella nbsp Kostas Vasileiadis nbsp C J Watson nbsp Ibrahim Kutluay nbsp Dejan Tomasevic nbsp Lazaros Papadopoulos nbsp D J CooperGreece nbsp Vangelis Alexandris nbsp Georgios Balogiannis nbsp Nikos Boudouris nbsp Kostas Charalampidis nbsp Vassilis Charalampopoulos nbsp Dimos Dikoudis nbsp Panagiotis Fasoulas nbsp Nikos Filippou nbsp Ioannis Gagaloudis nbsp Nasos Galakteros nbsp Giannis Giannoulis nbsp nbsp Steve Giatzoglou nbsp Memos Ioannou nbsp Lefteris Kakiousis nbsp Takis Karatzoulidis nbsp Manthos Katsoulis nbsp Nestoras Kommatos nbsp nbsp John Korfas nbsp Takis Koroneos nbsp Angelos Koronios nbsp Panagiotis Liadelis nbsp Georgios Makaras nbsp Achilleas Mamatziolas nbsp Sotiris Manolopoulos nbsp Vangelis Margaritis nbsp Loukas Mavrokefalidis nbsp Lazaros Papadopoulos nbsp nbsp Pete Papachronis nbsp Efthimios Rentzias nbsp Georgios Sigalas nbsp Sofoklis Schortsanitis nbsp Nikos Stavropoulos nbsp Christos Tsekos nbsp Apollon Tsochlas nbsp Kostas Vasileiadis nbsp Panagiotis VasilopoulosUSA nbsp Rafael Addison nbsp Victor Alexander nbsp Wendell Alexis nbsp Ken Barlow nbsp Walter Berry nbsp Anthony Bonner nbsp Matt Bullard nbsp Anthony Cook nbsp D J Cooper nbsp Bill Edwards nbsp Lawrence Funderburke nbsp Phil Goss nbsp Will Hatcher nbsp Mike Jones nbsp Frankie King nbsp Cliff Levingston nbsp Jermaine Love nbsp Conrad McRae nbsp Jerrod Mustaf nbsp Mark Payne nbsp Kasib Powell nbsp nbsp Ron Rowan nbsp Trevor Ruffin nbsp Charles Shackleford nbsp Scott Skiles nbsp nbsp Bill Varner nbsp nbsp Darius Washington nbsp C J WatsonEurope nbsp Martynas Andriuskevicius nbsp Laurynas Beliauskas nbsp nbsp Sergei Bazarevich nbsp Claudio Coldebella nbsp Tomas Delininkaitis nbsp Mamoutou Diarra nbsp Peja Drobnjak nbsp Yannick Franke nbsp Todor Gecevski nbsp Ibrahim Kutluay nbsp Branko Milisavljevic nbsp Juan Antonio Morales nbsp nbsp Damir Mulaomerovic nbsp nbsp Rasho Nesterovic nbsp Zanis Peiners nbsp nbsp Bane Prelevic nbsp Zoran Savic nbsp Vlado Scepanovic nbsp Blagota Sekulic nbsp nbsp Peja Stojakovic nbsp Dejan TomasevicSouth America nbsp nbsp Rawle MarshallAfrica nbsp Mamadou N DiayeOceania nbsp Matt Nielsen nbsp Steve LevenClub captains edit nbsp Bane Prelevic nbsp Claudio Coldebella nbsp Kostas Vasileiadis nbsp Giannis Kalampokis nbsp Dimitris Verginis nbsp Lazaros PapadopoulosP A O K B C team captains since the 1979 80 season Period Team Captain1979 1984 nbsp Giannis Politis1984 1988 nbsp Manthos Katsoulis1988 1993 nbsp Panagiotis Fasoulas1993 1996 nbsp Bane Prelevic1996 1998 nbsp Nikos Boudouris1998 2000 nbsp Georgios Balogiannis2000 2001 nbsp Giannis Giannoulis2001 2002 nbsp Claudio Coldebella2002 2003 nbsp Georgios Limniatis2003 2006 nbsp Kostas Vasileiadis2006 2007 nbsp Giannis Kalampokis2007 2008 nbsp Dimitris Verginis2008 2009 nbsp Kostas Vasileiadis2009 2010 nbsp Dimitris Kalaitzidis2010 2011 nbsp Lazaros Papadopoulos2011 2012 nbsp Michalis Giannakidis2012 2013 nbsp Lazaros Papadopoulos2013 2015 nbsp Kostas Charalampidis2015 2016 nbsp Kostas Vasileiadis2016 2021 nbsp Vangelis Margaritis2021 2022 nbsp Jermaine Love2022 present nbsp Vangelis MargaritisHead coaches edit nbsp Faidon Matthaiou nbsp Dragan Sakota nbsp Dusan Ivkovic FIBA Hall of Fame EuroLeague Legend nbsp Zvi Sherf nbsp Dimitris Itoudis nbsp Scott SkilesThis is a list of P A O K B C head coaches since the 1957 58 season Head coach Seasons nbsp Irakleios Klagkas 1957 59 nbsp Orestis Angelidis 1967 68 nbsp Giorgos Oikonomou nbsp Orestis Angelidis 1970 71 nbsp Giorgos Oikonomou 1971 72 nbsp Orestis Angelidis 1972 73 nbsp Apostolos Tsavas 1978 80 nbsp Theodoros Rodopoulos 1980 83 nbsp nbsp Harry Pappas nbsp Faidon Matthaiou 1983 84 nbsp Josip Gjergja 1984 85 nbsp Theodoros Rodopoulos 1985 86 nbsp Orestis Angelidis 1986 87 nbsp Johnny Neumann 1987 88 nbsp Johnny Neumann nbsp Kostas Politis 1988 89 nbsp Kostas Politis 1989 90 nbsp Kostas Politis nbsp Sakis Laios nbsp nbsp Dragan Sakota 1990 91 nbsp Dusan Ivkovic 1991 93 nbsp Dusan Ivkovic nbsp Soulis Markopoulos 1993 94 nbsp Dragan Sakota nbsp Sakis Laios nbsp Vangelis Alexandris 1994 95 Head coach Seasons nbsp Vangelis Alexandris nbsp Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou nbsp Zeljko Lukajic nbsp Dimitris Itoudis 1995 96 nbsp Michel Gomez nbsp Scott Skiles 1996 97 nbsp Zvi Sherf 1997 98 nbsp Zvi Sherf nbsp Kostas Flevarakis 1998 99 nbsp Petar Skansi nbsp Kostas Flevarakis 1999 00 nbsp Kostas Flevarakis nbsp Ioannis Sfairopoulos 2000 01 nbsp nbsp Lefteris Subotic nbsp Vangelis Alexandris 2001 02 nbsp nbsp Bane Prelevic 2002 05 nbsp nbsp Bane Prelevic nbsp Soulis Markopoulos 2005 06 nbsp Kostas Pilafidis nbsp Vangelis Alexandris 2006 07 nbsp Tab Baldwin nbsp Kostas Flevarakis nbsp nbsp John Korfas 2007 08 nbsp Argyris Pedoulakis nbsp Georgios Kalafatakis 2008 09 nbsp Soulis Markopoulos 2009 17 nbsp Ilias Papatheodorou 2017 19 nbsp Kostas Flevarakis nbsp Kostas Charalampidis nbsp Kostas Mexas 2019 20 nbsp Kostas Mexas nbsp Aris Lykogiannis 2020 21 nbsp Aris Lykogiannis 2021 22 nbsp Aris Lykogiannis nbsp Fotis Takianos 2022 23 nbsp Fotis Takianos 2023 24Sponsorships editGreat Sponsor Village Cinemas Official Sponsor CYTA Official Supporter Makedonia Palace LouxSee also editP A O K women s basketball Thessaloniki ForumReferences edit euroleague net PAOK Thessaloniki PAOK Aris 101 99 in Greek Sources editESAKE Official Website in Greek Eurobasket PAOK BC Page Galanis Sports DataExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to PAOK BC PAOK B C Official Website in Greek and English PAOK Thessaloniki History PAOK Thessaloniki History Provided On Behalf Of Melbourne Club PAOK PAOKworld Most informative PAOK Thessaloniki Forum in Greek and English PAOKmania PAOK Thessaloniki Supporters 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