P.A.O.K. women's Handball

**PAOK**
PAOK
Full name	Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Thessaloniki Handball Club
Nicknames	Double-Headed Eagle of the North; White-Blacks;
Founded	2007
Arena	Mikra Indoor Arena III
Capacity	1,380
President	Alkiviadis Isaiiadis
Head coach	Dimitris Pelekidis
League	Greek Women's Handball Championship
2023–24	2nd
Club colours
	Website ; Official site

PAOK Handball women's Club is a Greek handball based in Thessaloniki, Greece, and part of the major multi-sport club PAOK. So far, the club has won 6 Greek Championships, 7 Greek Cups and one Greek Super Cup. Despite its relatively short history, it is considered amongst the most successful departments of the club.

Thessaloniki

Location of P.A.O.K. H.C.

History

Domestic

PAOK Handball Club was founded in 2007 and was promoted to Greek Women's Handball Championship for first in 2010–11 season. In 2013 won the first after beat Ormi at the finals^[1] In 2014 won the first Greek Women's Handball Cup after a victory with 22–20 at final against Anagennisi Artas at the final.^[2] From 2018 to 2022 PAOK won four consecutive doubles.^[3] In 2023 it won the fifth championship in a row and the MVP of the Finals was Katarina Tomašević.^[4] At the 2023–24 season the club won the first Greek Super Cup and the Greek Cup for the 7th time.

Europe

PAOK has played several times at EHF's Cups. The biggest achievement was in 2020–21 season when reached at the quarterfinals of the EHF Women's European Cup. At this phase eliminated by Malaga, after a 30–21 defeat and a 23–22 victory]^[5] This was the first victory form a Greek female team, against a Spanish for the European competitions.^[6]

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season^[7]

P.A.O.K. H.C.

Goalkeepers

1 Emanuela Tsiknaki
12 Vasiliki Theodosopoulou

Left Wingers

6 Maria Mentesidou
14 Eleni Liouka
28 Danai Selemidou

Right Wingers

2 Eleni Kerlidi
13 Chrysi Trochidou

Line Players

33 Panagiota Argyropoulou
26 Milica Grbavcevic
92 Jovana Milojevic

Left Backs

5 Elina Trochidou
18 Avramina Sevdili
27 Karolina Anna Olszowa

Central Backs

7 Katerina Koukmisi
20 Olina Andritsou
77 Georgia Koulouri

Right Backs

8 Vasiliki Gkatziou
27 Sanja Premovic
88 Barbara Brocardo Buratto

Technical staff

Head coach: Dimitrios Pelekidis
Assistant coach: Vassilis Skandalis
Team manager: Dimitrios Chasekidis
Team assistant: Panagiotis Mavrogenidis
Team assistant: Antonis Metsis
Goalkeeper trainor: Andreas Orfanoudakis
Physiotherapist: Panagiotis Papadopoulos

Honours

Greek Women's Handball Championship:
- Winners (6): 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Greek Women's Handball Cup
- Winners (7):2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Greek Women's Handball Super Cup:
- Winners (1):2024

Recent seasons

Season	Division	Place	Notes
2010–11	A1 Ethniki	4th
2011–12	A1 Ethniki	4th
2012–13	A1 Ethniki	1st
2013–14	A1 Ethniki	3rd	Greek Cup Winners
2014–15	A1 Ethniki	3rd	Greek Cup Finalists
2015–16	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Greek Cup Winners
2016–17	A1 Ethniki	2nd
2017–18	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Greek Cup Finalists
2018–19	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Winners
2019–20	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Winners
2020–21	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Winners
2021–22	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Winners
2022–23	A1 Ethniki	1st	Greek Cup Finalists
2023–24	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Greek Cup Winners
2024–25	A1 Ethniki	2nd	Greek Cup Finalists

European Record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate

2011–12	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	HC Dnepryanka Kherson	22-28	17-27	39–55
2012–13	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	KSS Kielce	18-31	23-25	41–56
2013–14	EHF Cup	R2	HSC Veliko Tarnovo	28-20	22-24	50–44
2013–14	EHF Cup	R3	U Jolidon Cluj	28-32	25-39	53–71
2017–18	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	OZRK Jedinstvo Tuzla	24-17	30-31	54–48
2017–18	EHF Challenge Cup	1/8	Lokomotiva Zagreb	17-37	20-33	37-70
2019–20	EHF Cup	R1	Muratpaşa BSK	32-25	24-24	56-49
2019–20	EHF Cup	R2	ŽORK Jagodina	25-23	19-26	44-49
2020–21	EHF European Cup	R3	Kavallieri	36-8	46-16	82-24
		1/8	ŽRK Bjelovar	28-21	30-24	58-45
		1/4	CBF Málaga	23-22	21-30	44-52
2021–22	EHF European Cup	R2	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	29-24	22-29	51-53
2022–23	EHF European Cup	R2	ŽRK Metalurg	26-17	31-20	57-37
2022–23	EHF European Cup	R3	KPR Kobierzyce	23-28	23-26	46-54
2023–24	EHF European League	QR2	VfL Oldenburg	22-37	25-25	47-62
2024–25	EHF European Cup	R2	Spono Eagles	25-21	33-27	48-58
		R3	H71	23-30	31-23	54-53
		1/8	MKS Iuventa Michalovce	30-22	17-27	47-49
2025–26	EHF European Cup	R2	KHF Samadrexha	38-28	34-20	72-48
		R3	WAT Atzgersdorf	27–25	35-28	62–53

Notable former players

References

External links

Official website

[1] Δεν τα κατάφερε η Ορμή Λουξ έχασε (26-19) από τον πρωταθλητή πλέον ΠΑΟΚ thebest.gr

[2] Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας ο Π.Α.Ο.Κ orangenews.gr

[3] Χάντμπολ γυναικών: Νταμπλούχος για τέταρτη συνεχή χρονιά ο ΠΑΟΚ voria.gr

[4] MVP η Τομάσεβιτς! e-handball.gr

[5] ΠΑΟΚ – Μάλαγα 23-22 (Video) katerinisports.gr

[6] ΠΑΟΚ- Μάλαγα 23-22

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Founded on 20 April 1926 - Based in Toumba, Thessaloniki
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