P.A.O.K. women's Handball
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| Full name | Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Thessaloniki Handball Club |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Arena | Mikra Indoor Arena III |
| Capacity | 1,380 |
| President | Athanasios Katsaris |
| Head coach | Dimitris Pelekidis |
| League | Greek Women's Handball Championship |
| 2023–24 | 2nd |
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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.
History
[edit]Domestic
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- Squad for the 2024–25 season[7]
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Technical staff
[edit]- Head coach:
Dimitrios Pelekidis - Coach: Stelios Seirekidis
- Assistant coach: Vassilis Skandalis
- Team manager: Dimitrios Chasekidis
- Team assistant: Theodoros Mavrosavvidis
- Physiotherapist: Panagiotis Papadopoulos
Honours
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Season | Division | Place | Notes |
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| 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 | 1st | Greek Cup Winners |
| 2024–25 | A1 Ethniki |
European Record
[edit]| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Advance | |||
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| 2011–12 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 |  HC Dnepryanka Kherson
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22-28 | 17-27 | 39–55 | 
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| 2012–13 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 |  KSS Kielce
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18-31 | 23-25 | 41–56 |
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| 2013–14 | EHF Cup | R2 |  HSC Veliko Tarnovo
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28-20 | 22-24 | 50–44 | 
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| R3 |  U Jolidon Cluj
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28-32 | 25-39 | 53–71 |
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| 2017–18 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 |  OZRK Jedinstvo Tuzla
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24-17 | 30-31 | 54–48 |
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| 1/8 |  Lokomotiva Zagreb
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17-37 | 20-33 | 37-70 |
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| 2019–20 | EHF Cup | R1 |  Muratpaşa BSK
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32-25 | 24-24 | 56-49 |
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| R2 |  ŽORK Jagodina
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25-23 | 19-26 | 44-49 |
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| 2020–21 | EHF European Cup | R3 |  Kavallieri
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36-8 | 46-16 | 82-24 |
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| 1/8 | ŽRK Bjelovar
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28-21 | 30-24 | 58-45 |
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| 1/4 |  CBF Málaga
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23-22 | 21-30 | 44-52 |
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| 2021–22 | EHF European Cup | R2 |  IBV Vestmannaeyjar
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29-24 | 22-29 | 51-53 |
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| 2022–23 | EHF European Cup | R2 |  ŽRK Metalurg
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26-17 | 31-20 | 57-37 |
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| R3 | KPR Kobierzyce
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23-28 | 23-26 | 46-54 |
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| 2023–24 | EHF European League | QR2 |  VfL Oldenburg
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22-37 | 25-25 | 47-62 |
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| 2024–25 | EHF European Cup | R2 |  Spono Eagles
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25-21 | 33-27 | 48-58 |
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| R3 |  H71
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23-30 | 31-23 | 54-53 |
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| 1/8 |  MKS Iuventa Michalovce
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Notable former players
[edit]- Maria Chatziparasidou
- Vasiliki Gkatziou
- Agni Zigoura
Elaine Gomes- Selena Milošević
- Andrea Beleska
- Sanja Dabevska
- Marija Nikolic
- Katarina Tomašević
Teja Ferfolja
References
[edit]- ^ Δεν τα κατάφερε η Ορμή Λουξ έχασε (26-19) από τον πρωταθλητή πλέον ΠΑΟΚ thebest.gr
- ^ Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας ο Π.Α.Ο.Κ orangenews.gr
- ^ Χάντμπολ γυναικών: Νταμπλούχος για τέταρτη συνεχή χρονιά ο ΠΑΟΚ voria.gr
- ^ MVP η Τομάσεβιτς! e-handball.gr
- ^ ΠΑΟΚ – Μάλαγα 23-22 (Video) katerinisports.gr
- ^ ΠΑΟΚ- Μάλαγα 23-22
- ^ PAOK ehf.com