P.A.O.K. BC

PAOK BC
Nickname	Two-Headed Eagle of The North
Leagues	Greek Basket League Greek Basketball Cup Champions League
Founded	1928 (basketball department)
History	PAOK BC (1928–present)
Arena	PAOK Sports Arena
Capacity	8,500[1]
Location	Thessaloniki, Greece
Team colors	Black, White
President	Branislav Prelević
Head coach	Soulis Markopoulos
Most recent season position	5th (quarter-finalist)
Championships	1 Saporta Cup 1 Korać Cup 2 Greek Championships 3 Greek Cups
Website	paokbc.gr
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of P.A.O.K.
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Basketball (Men's)
Basketball (Women's)	Volleyball	Handball
Water Polo	Swimming	Wrestling
Boxing	Taekwondo	Weightlifting
Cycling	Athletics	Ice hockey

PAOK B.C. (Greek: Π.Α.Ο.Κ. Κ.Α.Ε.), known in European competitions as PAOK Thessaloniki,^[2] 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, Greece. The team has established a firm reputation in Greek basketball, especially for its success in European competitions. They have twice won the Greek Basket League (1958–59, 1991–92), and three times won the Greek Basketball Cup (1983–84, 1994–95, 1998–99), while they have also won two European Cups: the FIBA Saporta Cup (1990–91) and the FIBA Korać Cup (1993–94).

Well-known players that have played with the club over the years include: Peja Stojaković, John Korfas, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Nikos Boudouris, Efthimios Rentzias, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Scott Skiles, Rasho Nesterovič, Zoran Savić, Claudio Coldebella, Walter "The Truth" Berry, Scott Skiles, Rawle Marshall, Frankie King, Charles Shackleford, Lawrence Funderburke, Wendell Alexis, Conrad McRae, Matt Bullard, Anthony Bonner, Tracy Murray, C. J. Watson, Cliff Levingston, Damir Mulaomerović, Sergei Bazarevich, İbrahim Kutluay, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Nestoras Kommatos, Blagota Sekulić, Matthew Nielsen, Martynas Andriuškevičius, Dejan Tomašević, Ken Barlow, and former team's captain, and stand-out on-and-off the court, Bane Prelević.

History

1928–1980

PAOK vs Chanth (YMCA) during the 20's

The basketball section of PAOK was created in 1928, when Alekos Alexiadis, a young member of the administration council of PAOK, took the initiative to create a 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 was the win of the 1959 Greek League. The team was crowned Champions of Greece, with the following players; Dapontes, Kyriakou, Oikonomou, Paschalis, Stalios, Kokkos, Theoridis, Angelidis, Stergiou, Konstantinidis, and player-coach Iraklis Klagas. Four years later, the Greek League was reconstructed into a professional National League, but PAOK was placed in the Second National Division, where they won an immediate promotion to the first division the next year. The worst season of the club to date was in 1977, when PAOK avoided relegation, with a 66–53 play-out win over Dimokritos.

1981–1991

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena

PAOK met Panathinaikos in its first Greek Cup Final, in 1982. The Athenians managed to scrape through a two-point victory, despite the game being played in Alexandreio Melathron, the then PAOK home arena. In the next season, the team finished second to Aris, after being defeated in only one game by the champions.

The success of both Aris and PAOK, fueled the ongoing rivalry between their fans, that had long been established in football. In 1984, the two teams reached the Greek Cup Final. PAOK head coach, 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 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.

1990–2000

Dušan Ivković

Zvi Sherf

PAOK brought limitless joy to its fans, by winning the European 2nd-tier level European Cup Winners' Cup, when PAOK defeated CAI Zaragoza in Geneva, by a score of 76–72, on March 26, 1991.

The next season, PAOK reached the final of the same tournament again, but lost to Real Madrid, by a score of 63–65. The game was going to overtime, as the two teams were equal at 63 points, when Panagiotis Fasoulas lost the ball in the last 2 seconds, and the Real Madrid scored an unexpected basket. In the same year, PAOK won the Greek League championship, by beating out Aris and Olympiacos.

PAOK participated in the 1992–93 European Champion's Cup (now called EuroLeague), which was their first appearance in the top-tier level European league, and managed to reach the Athens Final Four. PAOK lost in the semifinal game to Benetton Treviso, which was led by superstar Toni Kukoč, by a score of 77–79.

In 1994, PAOK returned to European success, by winning the European 3rd-tier level Korać Cup, in a two-leg final against Stefanel Trieste, winning both at home and away, by 9 points. The following year, PAOK won the Greek Cup, in a 19-point victory against Chipita Panionios, 72–53. In 1999, PAOK again won the Greek Cup, by defeating AEK, by a score of 71–54.

The new home of PAOK, the PAOK Sports Arena, able to hold 8,740 fans (with temporary seating), was inaugurated on 17 March 2000. That marked the end of a long period of time of sharing the home court of Alexandreio Melathron with Aris. Branislav Prelević returned to PAOK, after quick spells at Kinder Bologna and AEK, and then quit basketball at the end of the season. He later returned to PAOK in the 2001–02 season, as an assistant coach.

PAOK finished in 6th place in the 2003–04 Greek League season, boasting a squad full of youngsters. Prelević became the team's head coach, and led the team into a short winning streak.

A month after the start of the 2006–07 Greek League season, Prelević was replaced as head coach by Kostas Pilafidis, and he then assumed a non-technical position, as the General Manager of the team. During a game that year, PAOK and Aris put on a spectacular show that PAOK ended up winning, after two overtime periods.^[3]

Roster

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PAOK B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 4 Chrysikopoulos, Linos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 24 – 1 December 1992 PG 6 Koniaris, Antonis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 19 – 30 September 1997 PG 9 Tsochlas, Apollon 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 33 – 20 August 1983 PF 10 Taylor, Brandon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 22 – 1 August 1994 PF 11 Margaritis, Vangelis (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 34 – 5 December 1982 PG 13 Miljenović, Nenad 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 23 – 8 April 1993 C 14 Glyniadakis, Andreas 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 127 kg (280 lb) 35 – 26 August 1981 SG 16 Karamanolis, Dimitris 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – 23 August 1998 SG 18 Sibert, Jordan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – 1 August 1992 SF 19 Kamaras, Nikos 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – 25 October 1997 G 25 Bryant, Darryl 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – 25 April 1990 G/F 31 Peiners, Žanis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 26 – 2 August 1990 F/C 33 Clanton, Keith 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 26 – 18 August 1990	Head coach Soulis Markopoulos Assistant coach(es) Pantelis Boutskos Christos Nikou Athletic trainer(s) Panagiotis Vasileiou Team manager Telis Zournatsidis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 17 October 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Keith Clanton	Andreas Glyniadakis
PF	Linos Chrysikopoulos	Brandon Taylor		Vangelis Margaritis
SF	Žanis Peiners	Jordan Sibert	Nikos Kamaras
SG	Darryl Bryant	Antonis Koniaris	Dimitris Karamanolis
PG	Nenad Miljenović	Apollon Tsochlas

Honours

Domestic competitions

Greek League

• Winners (2): 1958–59, 1991–92
• Runners-up (8): 1959–60, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–00

Greek Cup

• Winners (3): 1983–84, 1994–95, 1998–99
• Runners-up (4): 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91

European competitions

EuroLeague

• 3rd place (1): 1992–93

Saporta Cup

• Winners (1): 1990–91
• Runners-up (2): 1991–92, 1995–96

Korać Cup

• Winners (1): 1993–94

Individual honours

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors

• Dušan Ivković

Greek Basket League MVP

• Peja Stojaković (1997–98)

Greek League Top Scorer

• Rawle Marshall (2010–11)

Greek League Top Rebounder

• Panagiotis Fasoulas (1986–87)

Greek League Assist Leader

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

Greek League Coach of the Year

• Soulis Markopoulos (2013–14)

Greek Cup MVP

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

International record

Season	Achievement	Notes
EuroLeague
1992–93	Final Four	3rd place in Athens, lost to Benetton Treviso 77–79 in the semi-final, defeated Real Madrid 76–70 in the 3rd place game
Saporta Cup
1984–85	Quarter-finals	4th place in a group with Žalgiris, CAI Zaragoza and UBCS Landis & Gyr Wienna
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 Winner's Cup in Geneva
1991–92	Final	lost to Real Madrid 63–65 in the final (Nantes)
1995–96	Final	lost to Taugrés 81–88 in the final (Vitoria)
Korać Cup
1993–94	Champions	defeated Stefanel Trieste, 75–66 (W) in Thessaloniki and 100-91 (W) in Trieste in the double finals of Korać Cup
Eurocup
2004–05	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Lietuvos Rytas, 74–71 (W) in Thessaloniki and 65-76 (L) in Vilnius

The road to the European Cup victories

1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Round Team   Home     Away   2nd round Sunderland Saints 97–85 96–89 Quarter-finals CAI Zaragoza 112–102 64–70 Crvena Zvezda 91–80 75–91 Hapoel Galil Elyon 107–77 79–80 Semi-finals Dynamo Moscow 95–82 63–75 Final CAI Zaragoza 76–72

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

Seasons

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Season	Greek League	Greek Cup	Europe	Coach	Roster
1958–59	Champion	No tournament	No tournament	Iraklios Klagkas	Angelidis, Asteriadis, Constantinidis, Ikonomou, Kiriakou, Klagkas, Kokkos, Pashalis, Stalios, Stergiou, 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		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
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, Fedon Matheou	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 Moma
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
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, Marc Petway, Hatzigeorgiou, Metsas
1988–89	Runner Up	Runner Up	Korać Cup Last 16	Johnny Neumann, Kostas Politis	Mike Jones, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Branislav Prelević, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Takis Karatzoulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Bil Melis, Alexis Bakopoulos, Dimitris Dontsios, Hatzigeorgiou
1989–90	Runner Up	Runner Up	Cup Winners' Cup Last 4	Kostas Politis	Anthony Cook, Branislav Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Takis Karatzoulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Nikos Boudouris, Pit Papahronis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Bil Melis, Theodoros Asteriadis, Christos Papasarantou
1990–91	Runner Up	Runner Up	Cup Winners' Cup Winner	Kostas Politis, Sakis Laios, Dragan Šakota	Kenneth Barlow, Branislav Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Makaras, John Korfas, Pit Papachronis, Memos Ioannou, Achileas Mamatziolas, Giorgos Valavanidis, Lazaros Tsakiris, Nikos Katsikis, Tom Katsikis, Irving Thomas
1991–92	Champion	Last 4	European Cup Runner Up	Dušan Ivković	Kenneth Barlow, Branislav Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Pit Papachronis, 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, Branislav Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Nikos Filippou, Christos Tsekos, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Nikos Katsikis, Giorgos Kouklakis, Giorgos Valavanidis, Stavros Koukouvitskas
1993–94	Runner Up	Last 4	Korać Cup Winner	Dušan Ivković, Soulis Markopoulos	Walter Berry, Branislav 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	Branislav 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
1995–96	4th place	Last 16	European Cup Runner Up	Vangelis Alexandris, E. Kioumourtzoglou, Željko Lukajić, Dimitris Itoudis	Branislav 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 8	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, Ronald 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
1999–00	Runner Up	Last 16	Euroleague Last 16	Petar Skansi, Kostas Flevarakis	Victor Alexander, Bill Edwards, Branislav 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	3rd place	Last 8	Euroleague Last 16	Kostas Flevarakis, Giannis Sferopoulos	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, Kostas Vathis
2002–03	7th place	Last 16	EuroCup Challenge Last 16	Branislav 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
2003–04	6th place	Last 16	EuroChallenge Withdrawn	Branislav Prelević	Damir Mulaomerović, Kasib Powell, Kostas Vasileiadis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Ivica Jurković, Ronnie Fields, Alexander Okunsky, Aleksandar Radojević, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Spiros Panteliadis, Thanasis Kamariotis, Kosta Karamanolev, Charis Markopoulos, Giorgos Pasalidis, Ilias Tevetzidis
2004–05	6th place	Last 4	ULEB Cup Last 8	Branislav 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
2005–06	6th place	Last 4	EuroChallenge Last 32	Branislav 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
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, Giorgos 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, Yiannis 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, Yiannis 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 Goree, 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, Dinos Nikolopoulos, Nikos Kalles, Αlexandros Varitimiadis, Linos Chrysikopoulos, Michalis Liapis, Thomas Ambaras
2013–14	3rd place	Last 16	Eurocup Group Stage	Soulis Markopoulos	Mark Payne, D. J. Cooper, Goran Vučićević, Leonidas Kaselakis, Kostas Charalampidis, Giorgos Dedas, Vangelis Margaritis, Michalis Tsairelis, Nikos Kalles, Apollon Tsochlas, Giorgos Bogris, Michalis Liapis, Antonis Koniaris, Thomas Kottas
2014–15	3rd place	Last 4	Eurocup Last 32	Soulis Markopoulos	Kevin Langford, Michalis Liapis, Kostas Charalampidis, T.J. Carter, Kostas Kakaroudis, Apollon Tsochlas, Giorgos Dedas, Vangelis Margaritis, Dimitris Charitopoulos, Jake Odum, Julian Vaughn, J.R. Bremer, Christos Saloustros, Edi Sinadinović
2015–16	5th place	Last 4	Eurocup Last 32	Soulis Markopoulos	Milenko Tepic, Michalis Liapis, Kostas Charalampidis, Keith Clanton, Kostas Kakaroudis, Apollon Tsochlas, Giorgos Dedas, Vangelis Margaritis, Kostas Vasileiadis, Will Hatcher, Uros Duvnjak, Nikos Kamaras, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Nikola Marković

Notable players

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  Scott Skiles

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  Peja Stojaković

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  Rasho Nesterovič

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  Claudio Coldebella

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  İbrahim Kutluay

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  Dejan Tomašević

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  C. J. Watson

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  Kostas Vasileiadis

Panagiotis Fasoulas Nikos Stavropoulos Nikos Boudouris Efthimios Rentzias Manthos Katsoulis Vangelis Alexandris Takis Koroneos Takis Karatzoulidis Angelos Koronios Giorgos Makaras Giorgos Sigalas Nasos Galakteros Panagiotis Liadelis Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Sotiris Manolopoulos Kostas Vasileiadis Nestoras Kommatos Loukas Mavrokefalidis Memos Ioannou Nikos Filippou Giannis Giannoulis Achilleas Mamatziolas Giorgos Balogiannis Christos Tsekos Dimitris Verginis Giannis Gagaloudis

Lefteris Kakiousis John Korfas Steve Giatzoglou Sergei Bazarevich Peja Stojaković Bane Prelević Zoran Savić Dejan Tomašević Branko Milisavljević Todor Gečevski Blagota Sekulić Vlado Šćepanović Damir Mulaomerović Ron Rowan Amit Tamir Tomas Delininkaitis Martynas Andriuškevičius İbrahim Kutluay Claudio Coldebella Juan Antonio Morales Mamoutou Diarra Jorge Racca Mamadou N'Diaye Matthew Nielsen Cliff Levingston Mark Payne

Scott Skiles Bill Varner Anthony Cook Ken Barlow Walter Berry Conrad McRae Anthony Bonner Charles Shackleford Frankie King Scotty Hopson Victor Alexander Mike Jones Matt Bullard Clayvon Gatlin Darius Washington Lawrence Funderburke C.J. Watson Bill Edwards Rafael Addison Wendell Alexis Lee Humphrey K'zell Wesson DeShawn Sims Trevor Ruffin Marcus Goree D. J. Cooper

PAOK coaches

This is a list of PAOK B.C. coaches since the 1981–82 season:

1981–82 Theodoros Rodopoulos 1982–83 Theodoros Rodopoulos 1983–84 Harry Pappas Faidon Matthaiou 1984–85 Josip Gjergja 1985–86 Theodoros Rodopoulos 1986–87 Orestis Angelidis 1987–88 Johnny Neumann 1988–89 Johnny Neumann Kostas Politis 1989–90 Kostas Politis 1990–91 Kostas Politis Sakis Laios Dragan Šakota 1991–92 Dušan Ivković 1992–93 Dušan Ivković 1993–94 Dušan Ivković Soulis Markopoulos 1994–95 Dragan Šakota Sakis Laios Vangelis Alexandris 1995–96 Vangelis Alexandris Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou Željko Lukajić Dimitris Itoudis

1996–97 Michel Gomez Scott Skiles 1997–98 Zvi Sherf 1998–99 Zvi Sherf Kostas Flevarakis 1999–00 Petar Skansi Kostas Flevarakis 2000–01 Kostas Flevarakis Giannis Sfairopoulos 2001–02 Slobodan Subotić Vangelis Alexandris 2002–03 Bane Prelević 2003–04 Bane Prelević 2004–05 Bane Prelević 2005–06 Bane Prelević Soulis Markopoulos 2006–07 Kostas Pilafidis Vangelis Alexandris 2007–08 Tab Baldwin Kostas Flevarakis John Korfas 2008–09 Argyris Pedoulakis Giorgos Kalafatakis 2009–10 Soulis Markopoulos 2010–11 Soulis Markopoulos

2011–12 Soulis Markopoulos 2012–13 Soulis Markopoulos 2013–14 Soulis Markopoulos 2014–15 Soulis Markopoulos 2015–16 Soulis Markopoulos 2016–17 Soulis Markopoulos

Sponsorships

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

See also

• P.A.O.K. women's basketball

References

1. Worldstadiums.com Basketball capacity 8,500.
2. euroleague.net PAOK Thessaloniki
3. PAOK-Aris 101–99. (Greek)

Sources

• ESAKE Official Website (Greek)
• Eurobasket PAOK BC Page
• Galanis Sports Data

External links

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

Press

• PAOK24 (Greek)

Media

• Official YouTube channel