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.

NicknameDouble-Headed Eagle of the North

Founded1985^[1]
(Refounded: 2010)

GroundMikra Indoor Arena I
(Capacity: 1,200)

ChairmanKostas Amoiridis

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PAOK

Nickname

Double-Headed Eagle of the North

Founded

1985^[1]
(Refounded: 2010)

Ground

Mikra Indoor Arena I
(Capacity: 1,200)

Chairman

Kostas Amoiridis

Manager

Christos Patras

League

A1 Ethniki

2024–25

2nd

Website

Club home page

Championships

1 Greek Cup

Uniforms

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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

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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
2023–24	A1 Ethniki	6th	Quarter-Finals
2024–25	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Quarter-Finals
2025–26	A1 Ethniki	7th	Semi-Finals

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Notes

[a]
In 2017 was founded the Pre League Dision, which became the second level
[b]
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.
[c]
The 2019–20 season of the Greek Cup was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic. PAOK was at the semi-finals when it stopped.
[d]
The 2020–21 of the Greek Championship was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic while PAOK was in the 1st place

Current squad

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Shirt No.	Player	Height	Birth Date
Middle blockers
15	Mariya Krivoshiyska	1.90	06/09/2001
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
6	Hester Jasper	1.75	07/05/2001
11	Elena Baka	1.86	15/10/2001
77	Eleftheria Gargala	1.78	16/4/2004
Opposites
7	Charikleia Ntafopoulou	1.84	13/01/2006
21	Marta Drpa	1.92	20/04/1989
88	Alkistis Karafoulidou	1.95	13/09/1999
Setters
8	Ilka Van de Vyver	1.80	26/04/1993
3	Evangelia Athanasiadou	1.74	09/12/2001
Libero
1	Martina Xanthopoulou	1.63	24/10/1998
5	Eirini Bitsaktsi	1.63	01/09/2007
Coach
	Christos Patras		1/1/1964
Assistant coach
	Dimitris Efraimidis	1.93	19/12/1990

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Former players

Carolina Albuquerque
Lee Jae-yeong
Lee Da-yeong
Milagros Collar
Eleni Kiosi
Evangelia Chantava
Olga Strantzali

Greek Cup Finals

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

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European record

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Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate

2021–22	CEV Cup	R32	Asterix Avo	3–2	3–0	6–2
2021–22	CEV Cup	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
2025–26	CEV Cup	R32	OTP Banka Branik	0–3	0–3	0–6