PAOK ( el, ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly known as A.C. PAOK ( el, Α.Σ. Π.Α.Ο.Κ.), is a major multi-

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

, Macedonia,

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. The club has several departments, including

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

, and

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. P.A.O.K was founded in April 1926. Because of its

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, it is also known as the "

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of the North", in contrast with

AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

, the "Double-Headed Eagle of the South". They are one of the most popular Greek sports-clubs with many fans all over the country (mostly, but not exclusively, in

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), and also among the

Greek diaspora The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia ( el, Ομογένεια, Omogéneia), are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus (excluding Northern Cyprus). Such places historically include Albania, North Macedonia, parts of ...

History

PAOK is closely linked with ''Hermes Sports Club'' ( el, Ερμής), which was formed in 1875 by the Greek community of Pera, a district of

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

(

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). The club was founded in April 1926 by Constantinopolitans who fled to

after the Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War. The club's first memorandum of association was approved on 20 April 1926 by a decision of the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance (No. 822). The founding members were A. Angelopoulos, A. Athanasiadis, K. Anagnostidis, M. Ventourellis, F. Vyzantinos, V.Karapiperis, A. Dimitriadis, D. Dimitriadis, N. Zoumboulidis, M. Theodosiadis, T. Ioakimopoulos, P. Kalpaktsoglou, T. Kartsambekis, D. Koemtzopoulos, K. Koemtzopoulos, P. Kontopoulos, K. Kritikos, M. Konstantinidis, P. Maleskas, I. Nikolaidis, L. Papadopoulos, F. Samantzopoulos, T. Tsoulkas, M. Tsoulkas, S. Triantafyllidis and T. Triantafyllidis (who was also its first Chairman). P.A.O.K.'s first Board of Directors, serving between 1926 and 1927, consisted of: * T. Triantafyllidis (President) * P. Kalpaktsoglou (1st vice-president) * K. Kritikos (General Secretary) * M. Tsoulkas (Special Secretary) * T. Ioakimopoulos (Treasurer) * A. Angelopoulos (Director of Football) * A. Dimitriadis (Director of Sports) * P. Maleskas (Consultant) * K. Koemtzopoulos (Consultant) * M. Theodosiadis (Consultant) The club's policy was to be open to every citizen of Thessaloniki, leading to a minor rivalry with ''AEK Thessaloniki'', the other

Constantinopolitan la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

team of the city, in which only refugees were allowed to play. The original logo of PAOK was a horseshoe and a four-leaf clover. The leaves were green and above them were the initials of the word PAOK. Kostas Koemtzopoulos, one of PAOK's founding members, came up with this idea, inspired by his favourite brand of cigarettes. The football club played their first game (friendly) on 4 May 1926, at Thermaikos stadium, defeating

Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki G.S. Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki (Greek: Γ.Σ. Μέγας Αλέξανδρος) is a multi-sport club that is located in the district of ''Dépôt'', in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Megas Alexa ...

2–1. The first coach of the club was Kostas Andreadis, who spent five years on the bench without demanding any payment. Their first captain was Michalis Ventourelis. The first professional contract was signed by the club on 5 September 1928. The contract stipulated that the French footballer Raymond Etienne – of Jewish descent from

Pera Club Pera may refer to: Places * Pera (Beyoğlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called Beyoğlu ** Galata, a neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, often referred to as Pera in the past * Pêra (Caparica), a Portuguese locality in the district of ...

– would be paid 4,000

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s per month. The contract was signed by Dr. Meletiou, the PAOK chairman, and Mr. Sakellaropoulos, the Hon. Secretary. In early 1929, AEK Thessaloniki was virtually dissolved and absorbed by PAOK. PAOK thereupon changed their emblem, adopting the

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, as a symbol of the club's

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heritage. PAOK also got possession of AEK's facilities located around Syntrivani (i.e. Fountain) Square. In 1937, PAOK won his first title, the Macedonia (EPSM or Thessaloniki) Championship, and participated in the

Panhellenic Championship The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

, finishing second. The 1937 team included: ''Sotiriadis, Vatikis, Goulios, Kontopoulos, Bostantzoglou, Panidis, Glaros, Kritas, Ioannidis, Kalogiannis, Koukoulas, Kosmidis, Apostolou, Vafiadis, Vasiliadis, Anastasiadis, Moschidis, Tzakatzoglou, Zakapidas''. The first Greek championship for the basketball team was achieved in 1958–59 season. The first Greek championship for the football team was achieved in 1975–76 season. In the 90s, the basketball team won another Greek championship and two European cups, the 1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup and the

1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup The 1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup season occurred between September 8, 1993, and March 16, 1994. The final was played between PAOK Bravo and Stefanel Trieste. Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place ...

Crest and Colours

The original logo of PAOK was a horseshoe and a four-leaf clover. The current symbol since 1929 is the

. The eagle symbolizes the origins of the club in the former

capital,

, and the legacy of the

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from

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Eastern Thrace Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways * Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air ...

Pontus Pontus or Pontos may refer to: * Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea) * Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology * Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ...

and

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. In 2013, a golden outline was added to the football team's crest, as a symbol of the club's Byzantine heritage. The club's traditional colours are black, as sadness for the

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of 1922 and the end of the Greek presence in Anatolia, and white as hope for recovery.

Supporters

P.A.O.K. is the most widely supported sports-club in

and one of the 4 most popular in the country (along with the big-three of capital Athens and Piraeus). PAOK's traditional fanbase comes from the city of

, where the club is based, as well as from the rest of Macedonia region and Northern Greece. They also have fans all over the country and in the

Greek Diaspora The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia ( el, Ομογένεια, Omogéneia), are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus (excluding Northern Cyprus). Such places historically include Albania, North Macedonia, parts of ...

(Germany, Australia, USA, etc.).

Rivalries

P.A.O.K.'s main rivals are

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

Aris Aris or ARIS may refer to: People * Aris (surname) Given name * Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer * Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player * Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano * Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter * Aris Howard, Former President of the Jama ...

(local rivals),

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

, Iraklis. Football kit evolution First Alternative Thessalonioki, Stadium of PAOK - panoramio

P.A.O.K. Departments – Honours

Football

Men's Football

* Greek Championships 3:

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

* Greek Cups 8:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

* Greater Greece Cup 1: 1973

Women's Football

* Greek Women's Championship: 17 (record): 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 *

Greek Women's Cup The Greek Women's Cup (Greek: ''Κυπελλούχοι Ελλάδας'') is the national women's football cup competition in Greece. It was played out for three seasons from 2000 to 2002. It returned in the 2012–13 season. List of finals The ...

: 6 (record): 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Men's Basketball

* Greek Championships: 2 ** 1959, 1992 * Greek Cups: 3 ** 1984, 1995, 1999 *

Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

: 1 **

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

Korać Cup Korać is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Dušan Korać (disambiguation), multiple people * Milorad Korać (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager * Radivoj Korać (1938–1969), Serbian basketball player * Vitomir Kor ...

: 1 **

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

Men's Volleyball

Greek Championship The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 3 ** 2015, 2016, 2017 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

: 4 ** 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022

Women's Volleyball

: 1 ** 2021

Men's Handball

* Greek Championships: 3 **2009, 2010, 2015 * Greek Cups: 3 ** 2012, 2015, 2017 *Greek beach handball championship: 1 ** 2001

Women's Handball

: 5 **2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 *

: 6 **2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Weightlifting

*5 Greek men's Championship: 2006, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

Wrestling

*6 Greek men's Championship Greco-Roman: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Judo

* 1 Greek men's/women's Championship: 2019

Athletics

*3 Greek women's Open Athletics Championship: 1976, 1977, 1982 *2 Greek women's Cross Country Championships: 1968, 1974

Swimming

*1 Greek OPEN Championship: 1987

Cycling

*1 Greek men's Championship Mountain Bike: 2002

Boxing

*2 Greek men's Championship: 2003, 2007

Roller hockey

*1 Greek men's Championship: 2008 *1 Balkan Cup: 2007

European honours

Notable former athletes

* Football: ''Men'':

Giorgos Koudas Giorgos Koudas ( el, Γιώργος Κούδας; born 23 November 1946) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent his entire career in PAOK. Due to his fierce competitiveness and his Macedonian ...

Stavros Sarafis Stavros Sarafis ( el, Σταύρος Σαράφης; 17 January 1950 – 13 October 2022) was a Greek football player who spent his entire career in PAOK, playing as an attacking midfielder or forward. He was one of the club's most famous p ...

Konstantinos Iosifidis Konstantinos Iosifidis ( el, Κώστας Ιωσηφίδης; born 14 January 1952) is a retired Greek footballer. Iosifidis spent his entire career from 1971 to 1985 in PAOK FC, playing as a left back. He is the first player in PAOK FC histor ...

Christos Terzanidis Christos Terzanidis ( el, Χρήστος Τερζανίδης; born 13 February 1945) is a retired Greek footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Melissokomeio in Kavala, Terzanidis played for PAOK F.C. and Panathinaikos F.C. He was ...

Angelos Anastasiadis Angelos Anastasiadis (; born 8 March 1953) is a Greek football manager and former international footballer. He previously coached numerous clubs in Greece including PAOK, Panathinaikos, Platanias and PAS Giannina as well as the Greece and Cyp ...

Giorgos Skartados Georgios Skartados (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος Σκαρτάδος; born 7 April 1960) is a retired Greece national football team, Greek international Association football, footballer. Career Born in Rhodes, Skartados started his ca ...

, Giorgos Kostikos,

Thodoris Zagorakis Theodoros Zagorakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Ζαγοράκης ; born 27 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Greece that won UEFA Euro 2004, and was also presid ...

Zisis Vryzas Zisis Vryzas ( el, Ζήσης Βρύζας; born 9 November 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward for various teams in Greece and abroad, as well as for the Greece national football team, when they won the Euro ...

, Georgios Georgiadis,

Pablo Gabriel García Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Bren ...

, Lino,

Sérgio Conceição Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição (; born 15 November 1974) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who mostly played as a right winger. He is the current manager of Porto. Throughout his career, he played for ...

Vieirinha Adelino André Vieira de Freitas (born 24 January 1986), known as Vieirinha (), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a full-back for Greek club PAOK, for which he is captain. Ambidextrous, he started playing for ...

Dimitar Berbatov Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov ( bg, Димитър Иванов Бербатов; born 30 January 1981) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer. A striker, he captained the Bulgaria national team from 2006 to 2010, and is the country's all-ti ...

Aleksandar Prijović Aleksandar Prijović ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Пpиjoвић, ; born 21 April 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for A-League club Western United. Born in Switzerland, Prijović played for the Serbia national team ...

Lucas Pérez Lucas Pérez Martínez (, born 10 September 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera Federación club Deportivo La Coruña. After spending the first years of his career in the lower leagues, only appeari ...

, Magdy Tolba,

Hossam Hassan Hossam Hassan Hussein ( ar, حسام حسن حسين; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian professional football coach and former player who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, he is Egypt's all-time top scorer with 83 goals in 176 appea ...

, Percy Olivares, Dimitris Paridis, Giannis Gounaris,

Filotas Pellios Filotas Pellios ( el, Φιλώτας Πέλλιος; born 22 March 1953) is a retired Greek footballer. He is president of the PAOK veterans association. Honours ;PAOK *Greek Cup: 1974 * Greek Championship: 1976 Events January * J ...

Neto Guerino Guerino Minervino Neto (born 24 March 1950 in São Paulo), commonly known as Neto Guerino, is a Brazilian former football player who played as a striker. Guerino played for Clube Atlético Mineiro and Nacional Futebol Clube in the Campeonato ...

Ioannis Damanakis Ioannis Damanakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Δαμανάκης; born 2 October 1952) is a retired Greek footballer. Career He started his career at Chania, and after 6 years he was transferred to PAOK FC. He played 242 league games for PAOK, winnin ...

, Nikos Alavantas,

Christos Dimopoulos Christos Dimopoulos ( el, Χρήστος Δημόπουλος, born 6 September 1959) is a retired Greek footballer who played as a forward for PAOK and Panathinaikos F.C.. His nickname was "Fonias" (''Φονιάς'', meaning Killer) of Greek ...

, Giorgos Toursounidis,

Kostas Frantzeskos Kostas Frantzeskos ( el, Κώστας Φραντζέσκος, born 4 January 1969) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Frantzeskos is better known for his deadly free-kick accuracy. He scored 57 free kick goals during h ...

Omari Tetradze Omari Mikhaylovich Tetradze (russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе, ka, ომარ თეთრაძე, el, Ομάρι Τετράντζε; born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov) is a Georgian-Russian professi ...

Pantelis Kafes Pantelis Kafes ( el, Παντελής Καφές; born 24 June 1978) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known for being one of very few outfield players to have worn the number 1 jersey and has won accla ...

, Stelios Venetidis,

Ioannis Okkas Ioannis "Giannis" Okkas (Greek: Ιωάννης «Γιάννης» Οκκάς; born 11 February 1977) is a retired Cypriot striker and a football manager. He was also the captain of the National Team of Cyprus for many years and he is the 2nd ...

Panayiotis Engomitis Panayiotis "Yiotis" Engomitis (Greek: Παναγιώτης "Γιώτης" Εγκωμίτης; born 26 May 1972) is a Cypriot football coach and a former midfielder who played for Ethnikos Achnas, Anorthosis Famagusta and PAOK. Honours ;Anorthos ...

Pablo Contreras Pablo Andrés Contreras Fica (; born 11 September 1978) is a Chilean retired footballer who last played for Melbourne Victory and the Chile national football team as a centre back or even as a right back. Contreras began his career at Colo-Colo ...

Zlatan Muslimović Zlatan Muslimović (; born 6 March 1981) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Early career As a teenager, Muslimović played for the Swedish teams Habo IF and Husqvarna FF. He went on to play for the Swedish team ...

''Women'':

Natalia Chatzigiannidou Natalia Chatzigiannidou ( gr, Ναταλία Χατζηγιαννίδου; born ) is a Greek association football, footballer who plays for Rethymniaki Enosi Athliton and the Greece women's national football team, where she is also the Captain ( ...

Jelena Dimitrijević Jelena Dimitrijević (27 March 1862 – 10 April 1945) was a Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist, and a polyglot. She is considered to be the first woman in modern Serbian history to publish a work ...

, Dimitra Panteliadou * Basketball: ''Men'': Bane Prelević,

John Korfas John Anthony Korfas ( el, Τζον Κόρφας; born August 21, 1962) is a Greek-American professional basketball coach and former player. A EuroLeague All-Final Four Team member in 1993 (PAOK), he won all three FIBA Europe continental trophies a ...

Peja Stojaković Predrag Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Предраг Стојаковић, ; born June 9, 1977), known by his nickname Peja (''Peđa'', Пеђа, ), is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the assistant gen ...

Scott Skiles Scott Allen Skiles Sr. (born March 5, 1964) is an American former basketball coach and player. He coached the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic. A first-round draft pick out of Michigan State University, Skiles played ...

, Walter Berry,

Ken Barlow Ken Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', played by William Roache. He was created by Tony Warren as one of ''Coronation Street''s original characters and December 2020 marked Ken's 60th anni ...

Cliff Levingston Clifford Eugene Levingston (born January 4, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. Professional playing career A former power forward, Levingston played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Levingston st ...

, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis,

Efthimios Rentzias Efthimios "Efthimis" Rentzias (alternate spellings: Efthymios, Efthymis; Greek: Ευθύμιος "Ευθύμης" Ρεντζιάς; born January 11, 1976) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. During his pro club career, he was most ...

Giannis Giannoulis Giannis Giannoulis (alternate spellings: Gioannis, Yannis, Ioannis, Yiannis ( Greek: Γιάννης Γιαννούλης; born June 5, 1976) is a Greek-Canadian former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 2.08 ...

Kostas Vasileiadis Konstantinos "Kostas" Vasileiadis (alternate spellings include: Costas, Vasiliadis, Vassiliadis) ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Βασιλειάδης; born March 15, 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Cá ...

Zoran Savić Zoran Savić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Савић; born November 18, 1966) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former professional player who is currently the sports director for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic Le ...

Anthony Bonner Anthony Bonner (born June 8, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player. College career Bonner played college basketball at Saint Louis University. He is the Saint Louis Billikens' all-time leading scorer, with 1,972 points. Pr ...

Frankie King Frankie Alexander King (born June 6, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a 6 ft 2 ½ (1.89 m) and 185 lb (84 kg) point guard, College career King played college basketball at the former Brunswick Col ...

, Claudio Coldebella,

Manthos Katsoulis Mathaios "Manthos" Katsoulis ( el, Μάνθος Κατσούλης; born 20 July 1956) is a Greek former professional basketball player. College career Katsoulis played college basketball at McGill University, with the McGill Redmen (1982–198 ...

Nikos Stavropoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Stavropoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Σταυρόπουλος; born June 17, 1959), Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. During his club playing career ...

Vangelis Alexandris Evangelos "Vangelis" Alexandris ( el, Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αλεξανδρής; born February 2, 1951) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional player. During his playing career, his nickname was "The Ti ...

Panagiotis Fasoulas Panagiotis "Panos" Fasoulas (alternate spelling: Fassoulas; Greek: Παναγιώτης Φασούλας; born May 12, 1963 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek politician and former professional basketball player. He was selected in the second round by t ...

, Rasho Nesterovic,

İbrahim Kutluay İbrahim Kutluay (born January 7, 1974) is a former Turkish professional basketball player who has been a manager and pundit since his retirement. He played the shooting guard position, and in his prime, was one of the most prolific 3-point sho ...

Damir Mulaomerović Damir Mulaomerović (born 19 September 1974) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Cedevita Junior of the Croatian League. Professional career Mulaomerović started his career with S ...

Dejan Tomašević Dejan Tomašević ( sr, Дејан Томашевић; born 6 May 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. An All-EuroLeague Team selection on two occasions, he played with Borac Čačak, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, ...

* Volleyball: ''Men'':

Dante Amaral Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980) is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring and , he played in the position of outside hitter. He was born in Itumbiara. Biography Ea ...

Ernardo Gómez Ernardo "Harry" Andrés Gómez Cañas (born July 30, 1982 in Bolívar) is a Venezuelan former professional volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Venezuela national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep ...

, Alexander Shafranovich,

Rolando Cepeda Rolando Cepeda Abreu (born 13 March 1989) is a Cuban volleyball player. He was part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team, Cuban men's national volleyball team. He was one of the key players that contributed to 2015–16 Greek Volleyleague ...

, Javier Jiménez, David Lee, Giannis Pantakidis, Giannis Kalmazidis,

Vasileios Kournetas Vasileios "Vasilis" Kournetas ( el, Βασίλης Κουρνέτας; born ) is a retired Greek volleyball player. A long-standing member of Greece men's national volleyball team, he played in more than 270 games with the Greek team and he compe ...

Vladimir Grbić Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Вања Грбић; born 14 December 1970) is a Serbian former volleyball player. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker. He is Nikola Grbić's brother and a member of the Volley ...

, Kevin Hansen,

Matti Hietanen Matti Hietanen (born 3 January 1983) is a professional volleyball player from Finland. Career Early career Hietanen started his career with Vilppula Tähti. After that he moved to Tampere and started study in Varala Sport High School. At t ...

Plamen Konstantinov Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ( bg, Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and ...

, Paul Lotman, Olli-Pekka Ojansivu,

Evan Patak Evan Hoburg Patak (born June 23, 1984) is an American volleyball player who is a member of the United States men's national volleyball team. Playing career Youth and collegiate Patak grew up in Pleasanton, California and attended Foothill ...

Vlado Petković Vlado Petković ( sr-cyrl, Владо Петковић, born January 6, 1983, in Kraljevo) is a Serbian volleyball player. He plays as setter. He is currently playing for Crvena zvezda. He played for the national team at the 2008 Summer Olympic ...

Konstantinos Prousalis Konstantinos Prousalis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Προύσαλης; born 6 October 1980) is a Greek male volleyball player. He was part of the Greece men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olymp ...

Clayton Stanley Clayton Iona "Clay" Stanley (born January 20, 1978) is an American volleyball player, a member of United States men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games ( Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), Olympic Champion 2008, ...

Riley Salmon Riley Salmon (born July 2, 1976, in Amarillo, Texas) is a volleyball player from the United States. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, and played two years of varsity volleyball at Pierce College from 1994-96 bef ...

Nikolaos Smaragdis Nikolaos "Nikos" Smaragdis ( el, Νικόλαος «Νίκος» Σμαραγδής; born ) is a Greek male volleyball player. He has been 195 times capped with Greece men's national volleyball team, Greece national team. Career Smaragdis has won ...

Saša Starović Saša Starović ( sr-cyrl, Саша Старовић; born 19 October 1988) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Tourcoing Lille Métropole, a participant of the Olympic Games (Beijin ...

Mitar Tzourits Mitar Djuric ( el, Δημήτρης Τζούριτς, sr-Cyrl, Митар Дурић; born ) or Dimitris Tzourits is a Serbian-Greek male volleyball player. He competed at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with Trentino Volle ...

, Nikolay Uchikov,

Ronald Zoodsma Ronald Zoodsma (born 5 September 1966 in Sneek, Friesland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. Under the guidance of head coach Arie Selinge ...

* Athletics: ''Men'': Michalis Akritidis, Themistoklis Akritidis, Dimitrios Kokotis,

Konstantinos Koukodimos Konstadinos "Kostas" Koukodimos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Κουκοδήμος, born 14 September 1969 in Melbourne) is a retired Greek long jumper and New Democracy politician, currently serving as the mayor of K ...

, Dimitrios Koutsoukis ''Women'': Vasiliki Anastasiou, Xanthipi Koukoumaka,

Voula Patoulidou Paraskevi ("Voula") Patoulidou ( el, Παρασκευή "Βούλα" Πατουλίδου, born 29 March 1965) is a Greek former athlete and politician. Born in Tripotamo (part of Florina prefecture), Patoulidou throughout her athletics career ...

* Swimming: ''Men'':

Christos Papadopoulos Christos Papadopoulos ( gr, Χρήστος Παπαδόπουλος; born May 19, 1982) is a Greek swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Papadopoulos qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, re ...

''Women'':

Kalliopi Araouzou Kalliopi "Kelly" Araouzou (born 6 March 1991) is a Greek competitive swimmer. She participates in the open water events. Career In 2010, she won the gold medal in the team event at the European Open Water Championships in Balatonfüred alongsid ...

, Antonia Machaira, Aikaterini Sarakatsani,

Katerina Stikoudi Katerina Stikoudi ( el, Κατερίνα Στικούδη; 16 April 1985) is a Greek singer, model, actress, television host and ex-athlete on swimming. Stikoudi first gained media attention, in 2005, when she took part on Miss Star Hellas beauty ...

, Aikaterini Klepkou,

Anna Ntountounaki Anna Ntountounaki ( el, Άννα Ντουντουνάκη, born 9 September 1995) is a Greek Swimming (sport), swimmer, competing for Panathinaikos A.O., Panathinaikos on club level. She competed in the Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – ...

PAOK Presidents

Notable supporters

Giannis Aggelakas Giannis Aggelakas (Greek: Γιάννης Αγγελάκας) is a Greek singer, songwriter, and poet. Best known as the former lead singer of the Greek rock band Trypes, he maintains a productive solo career since 2000 having experimented with ...

, musician *

Paola Foka Paola (born Pagona Karamitsou on 25 June 1982) is a Greek singer. Early life and career Born on 25 June 1982 in Thessaloniki and raised in Sykia Halkidiki. Ηer Greek parents, Alexandros and Maria, were also musicians. She has an older brother ...

, singer *

Frangoulis Frangos General Frangoulis Frangos ( el, Φραγκούλης Φράγκος, born Komotini 1951) is a retired Greek Army officer, former chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff and former Minister for National Defence. He was born in Komotini and ente ...

, military officer *

Stratos Dionysiou Stratos Dionysiou ( el, Στράτος Διονυσίου; November 8, 1935 – May 11, 1990) was a Greece, Greek Laïkó, laika singer. Early life Dionysiou was born in Nigrita, Serres prefecture, to Asia Minor refugees Angelos and Anastasia Dion ...

, singer * Stavros Kalafatis, politician, MP *

Vasilis Karras Vasilis Karras ( el, Βασίλης Καρράς; born Vasilis Kesoglidis on 12 November 1953) is a Greek folk singer. Biography Karras was born in Kokkinohori, near Kavala, Greece. At the age of 10, his family moved to Thessaloniki. Also aro ...

, singer *

Anna Korakaki Anna Korakaki ( el, Άννα Κορακάκη, born 8 April 1996) is a Greek Olympic shooter. Career She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the 25m pistol shot event and a Bronze medal in the 10m air pistol ...

, shooter *

Dimitris Lyacos Dimitris Lyacos ( el, Δημήτρης Λυάκος; born 19 October 1966) is a contemporary Greek poet and playwright. He is the author of the ''Poena Damni'' trilogy. Lyacos's work is characterised by its genre-defying form and the avant-garde ...

, writer *

Manos Loizos Manos may refer to: Films * ''The Hands'' (Spanish: ''Las manos''), a 2006 Argentinean-Italian film * '' Manos: The Hands of Fate'', 1966 horror film Music * Manos (band), German Black metal band * ''Manos'' (album), by The Spinanes Other use ...

, composer *

Giorgos Mavridis Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos ( el, Γιώργος) is a common abbreviation of the given name Georgios. Notable people with the name include: Persons Giorgos * Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Alkaios, pop musician and singer * Gio ...

, TV presenter * Manolis Mitsias, singer *

Apostolos Nikolaidis (singer) Apostolos Nikolaidis ( el, Απόστολος Νικολαΐδης) (30 June 1938 – 22 April 1999) was a Greek singer whose career spanned four decades. He was born in Drama, Greece and grew up in Thessaloniki. He is best known for being the fi ...

Nikos Papazoglou Nikolaos "Nikos" Papazoglou (in Greek: Νίκος Παπάζογλου; 20 March 1948 – 17 April 2011) was a Greek singer-songwriter, musician, and producer from Thessaloniki. Papazoglou began performing in a number of Greek local groups in th ...

, singer *

Dionysis Savvopoulos Dionysis Savvopoulos ( el, Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος) (born 2 December 1944) is a prominent Greek singer-songwriter. Career Savvopoulos was born in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece (December 1944) in a middle-class family. He pass ...

, musician * Giannis Servetas, actor *

, model * Sakis Tanimanidis, TV producer * Georgios Themelis, politician *

Euclid Tsakalotos Euclid Stefanou Tsakalotos ( el, Ευκλείδης Στεφάνου Τσακαλώτος, ; born 1960) is a Greek economist and politician who was Minister of Finance of Greece from 2015 to 2019. He is also a member of the Central Committee of ...

, economist, former

minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

* Popi Tsapanidou, journalist * Kyriakos Velopoulos, politician, leader of the party

Greek Solution The Greek Solution ( el, Ελληνική Λύση, ''Elliniki Lisi'') is a political party in Greece founded by former MP Kyriakos Velopoulos. The party is right wing to far-right and has been described as ideologically ultranationalist and ri ...

* Christos Zabounis, editor *

Konstantinos Zervas Konstantinos Zervas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Ζέρβας; born 1964) is the 61st and current mayor of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. Konstantinos Zervas was born in Thessaloniki in 1964. He is the son of Vasilis Zervas� ...

, politician, mayor of

Kostas Zouraris Konstantinos (Kostas) Zouraris ( el, Κωνσταντίνος (Κώστας) Ζουράρις; born 1940 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek, from Greece's Macedonia region, political scientist and writer.Hellenic Ministry of Culture National Book Centerbi ...

, political scientist

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Gyula Lóránt Gyula Lóránt (born Gyula Lipovics, 6 February 1923 – 31 May 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and manager of Croatian descent. He played as a defender and midfielder for, among others, UTA Arad, Vasas SC, Honvéd and Hungary. During the ...

, coach of the 1976 champion team File:Christos Terzanidis photo by Vujcic.jpg,

Angelos Anastasiadis (cropped).jpg, Player and later coach

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Theodoros Zagorakis Theodoros Zagorakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Ζαγοράκης ; born 27 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Greece that won UEFA Euro 2004, and was also presid ...

, the iconic captain and later president of PAOK FC File:Fernando Santos 2018 (cropped).jpg, Fernando Santos File:Sérgio Conceição.jpg,

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, one of the most popular players ever played for PAOK FC File:Vierinia.JPG, Captain

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Kostas Katsouranis Kostas Katsouranis ( el, Κώστας Κατσουράνης; born 21 June 1979) is a Greek former international footballer. A versatile midfielder, who won the Super League Greek Footballer of the Year Award in 2005 and 2013, as well as the Co ...

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Dimitris Pelkas Dimitrios Pelkas ( el, Δημήτριος Πέλκας; born 26 October 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English Championship club Hull City on loan from Fenerbahçe and the Greece national team ...

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, top scorer during the 2017–18 season File:Léo Matos.jpg, Léo Matos File:Razvan Lucescu, press conference FC Basel - PAOK FC, 1 August 2018.jpg, Razvan Lucescu File:Paok-spartak (16).jpg, The team in 2018 File:PAOK vs HANTH.jpg, PAOK vs YMCA Thessaloniki in the '20s File:Peja Stojakovic Mavs cropped.jpg,

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File:Dušan Ivković.jpg,

Dušan Ivković Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from 20 ...

, coach of the 1992 champion team File:Kostas Vasileiadis.JPG,

File:Claudio Coldebella 2013.JPG, Claudio Coldebella File:Anthony Bonner in israel.jpg,

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Kostas Prousalis Konstantinos Prousalis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Προύσαλης; born 6 October 1980) is a Greek male volleyball player. He was part of the Greece men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olymp ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paok Multi-sport clubs in Thessaloniki Sport in Thessaloniki