P.A.O.K. BC
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Nickname | Double-Headed Eagle of The North | ||||
Leagues | Greek Basket League Greek Basketball Cup | ||||
Founded | 1928 | ||||
History | P.A.O.K. B.C. (1928–present) | ||||
Arena | PAOK Sports Arena | ||||
Capacity | 8,500 | ||||
Location | Thessaloniki, Greece | ||||
Team colors | Black, White | ||||
President | Aristotelis Karakousis | ||||
Head coach | Aris Lykogiannis | ||||
Team captain | Jermaine Love | ||||
Most recent season position | 5th | ||||
Championships | 1 FIBA Saporta Cup 1 FIBA Korać Cup 2 Greek Championships 3 Greek Cups | ||||
Website | paokbc.gr | ||||
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Basketball (Women's) | Volleyball (Men's) | Volleyball (Women's) | |
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Water Polo (Men's) | Water Polo (Women's) | Handball (Men's) | |
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Handball (Women's) | Boxing | Taekwondo | |
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Cycling | Athletics | Ice hockey | |
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Chess | Wrestling | Weightlifting | |
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Swimming | Judo | Synchronized swimming |
P.A.O.K. B.C. (Greek: Κ.Α.Ε. Π.Α.Ο.Κ., Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinopolitón, "Pan-Thessalonikian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans"), commonly known in European competitions as PAOK,[1] 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. The club's basketball section was founded in 1928. The club's home arena is the PAOK Sports Arena, which is an indoor arena with a seating capacity of 8,500 people.
Over the years, the PAOK basketball club has established itself with a firm reputation in Greek pro basketball, especially due to its successes in European-wide competitions. In the past, the club has won Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League twice, in the years 1959 and 1992. The club has also won the top national Greek Cup competition three times, in the years 1984, 1995, and 1999.
In Pan-European competitions, PAOK has also won two European Cup titles. They won the now defunct European-wide secondary level competition, the FIBA Saporta Cup, in the 1990–91 season. They also won the now defunct European-wide third level competition, the FIBA Korać Cup, in the 1993–94 season. In addition, PAOK was the FIBA Saporta Cup Finals' runner-up in both the 1991–92 and 1995–96 seasons. On the European-wide top-tier level, PAOK competed in the EuroLeague's concluding championship tournament, the Final Four, at the 1993 Athens EuroLeague Final Four, where they finished in third place.
History[]
1928–1980[]
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The men's basketball section of the multi-sports club PAOK AC was created in 1928, when Alekos Alexiadis, a young member of the administration council of PAOK AC (founded in 1926), took the initiative to create a men's 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's basketball section was the win of the 1958–59 Greek League championship. The team was crowned the Champions of Greece, with the following players; Dapontes, Kyriakou, Oikonomou, Paschalis, Stalios, Kokkos, Theoridis, Angelidis, Stergiou, Konstantinidis, and player-coach Irakleios Klagas. The next year, PAOK competed for the first time in a European-wide competition and was eliminated in the first round of the European Champions Cup by the Romanian champions CCA București. Three years later, the Greek League was reconstructed into a Nation-wide League, but PAOK was placed in the Second National Division, where they won an immediate league promotion to the first division the next year. The worst season of the club to date was in 1976–77, when PAOK avoided relegation, with a 66–53 play-out win over Dimokritos.
1981–1990[]
PAOK met Panathinaikos in its first Greek Cup Final, in 1982. The Athenians managed to scrape through to a two-point victory, despite the game being played in Alexandreio Melathron, which was PAOK's home arena at that time. In the following 1982–83 season, the team finished in second place behind Aris.
The success of both Aris and PAOK, fueled the ongoing rivalry between the clubs, that had long been established in football. In 1984, the two teams reached the Greek Cup Final. PAOK's head coach at that time, 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 with the club 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. During the 1980s decade, PAOK was second in the Greek League only to Aris.
1991–2000[]
PAOK won the now defunct European second-tier level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup's (Saporta Cup's) 1990–91 season championship, when PAOK defeated the Spanish ACB League club CAI Zaragoza in Geneva, by a score of 76–72, on March 26, 1991. On April 10, after the defeated Greek Cup final against Panionios in Piraeus, a car with PAOK supporters were violently attacked with an improvised molotov cocktail by unknown hooligans on Greek National Road 1. Two people burned alive and other two people were seriously injured, but they survived. The perpetrators were never found.
In the following 1991–92 season, PAOK once again reached the final of the same competition (then called the FIBA European Cup), but they lost to the Spanish League club Real Madrid Asegurator, by a score of 65–63. The game was heading to overtime, as the two teams were equal at 63 points, when Panagiotis Fasoulas lost the ball to Rickey Brown in the last 2 seconds of the game, and Real Madrid scored an unexpected basket. The same year, PAOK won the Greek League championship, by beating Aris in the league's final four mini stage, and then Olympiacos in the playoff's finals.
In the 1992–93 season, PAOK had a starting five unit of John Korfas, Bane Prelević, Cliff Levingston, Ken Barlow and Panagiotis Fasoulas, and was led by head coach Dušan Ivković. In that season, the club competed in Europe's premier club basketball competition, the FIBA European League (now called EuroLeague), which marked the club's first appearance in the top-tier level European league. PAOK reached the 1993 Athens Final Four. PAOK lost in the semifinal game to the then defending Italian League champions Benetton Treviso, which was led by the Croatian star Toni Kukoč, by a score of 79–77. Two days later, in the third-place game, PAOK defeated Spain's Real Madrid Teka, which was led by the Lithuanian star Arvydas Sabonis and American Rickey Brown.
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In the 1993–94 season, PAOK returned to European success, by winning the European third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup competition, in a two-legged final against the Italian League club Stefanel Trieste. PAOK won both at home and away, by 9 points. The following year, PAOK won the Greek Cup title, in a 19-point victory against Chipita Panionios, by a score of 72–53. In the 1995–96 season, PAOK once again reached the final of the FIBA European Cup (Saporta Cup), but they lost to the Spanish club Taugrés, by a score of 88–81. Three years later in 1999, PAOK again won the Greek Cup title, by defeating AEK Athens, by a score of 71–54.
The new home of PAOK, the PAOK Sports Arena, able to hold 8,500 fans, was inaugurated on 17 March 2000. That marked the end of a long period of time, in which the club had shared the home court of Alexandreio Melathron with Aris. Bane Prelević returned to PAOK, after having quick spells at Kinder Bologna and AEK Athens, and then quit playing basketball at the end of the 1999–00 season. He later returned to PAOK in the 2001–02 season, as an assistant coach.
During the 1990s decade, PAOK was one of the top teams in the Greek League. They won the Greek League championship in 1992, and also played in the league's finals in 1994, 1998, and 2000. In addition to that, PAOK also made it to the league's semifinals each year, and they finished in 3rd place in the Greek league 1993, 1997, and 1999.
2001–2010[]
PAOK played in EuroLeague Basketball's inaugural 2000–01 season, where they made it to the Round of 16, and lost to the Slovenian League club Union Olimpija. However, a difficult financial situation led the previous season's Greek League finalists to struggle in the Greek League, where they finished in 8th place in the 2000–01 Greek League season. In the 2001–02 season, PAOK again finished in 8th place in the Greek League. Prelević became the team's head coach for the 2002–03 season, and he led them to a short winning streak during the year. PAOK ended up in 7th place in the Greek League in the 2002–03 season. PAOK also competed in FIBA-organized Pan-European club competitions at that time. They competed in the European third-level 2001–02 FIBA Korać Cup, and in the European third-level 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup (EuroChallenge).
PAOK finished in 6th place in the 2003–04 Greek League season, with a squad full of talented young players, like Panos Vasilopoulos, Kostas Vasileiadis and Loukas Mavrokefalidis. During the season, PAOK withdrew from FIBA-run competitions, and in the 2004–05 season, the team made its debut in the European-wide secondary level ULEB Cup (EuroCup) competition. PAOK made it to the ULEB Cup's quarterfinals that season, where they lost to the Lithuanian League club Lietuvos Rytas. In the Greek League, PAOK finished in 6th place. In the 2005–06 season, PAOK finished in 6th place in the Greek League.
During a 2006–07 Greek League season game, PAOK and Aris put on a spectacular show, that PAOK ended up winning, after two overtime periods.[2] The team finished that season's Greek League in 6th place, after losing to Olympiacos in the league's playoffs. PAOK also played in the ULEB Cup (EuroCup) in the 2006–07 season. They made it to the league's Top 16 Round that season, where they lost to the Italian League club Montepaschi Siena.
The 2007–08 Greek League season was one of the worst in PAOK's history, with PAOK finishing in a disastrous 12th place in the league. However, during that Greek League season, PAOK picked up a great victory against Olympiacos. In that same 2007–08 season, PAOK also had a disappointing finish in the now defunct European-wide third- level competition, the FIBA EuroCup (EuroChallenge). Because of that, PAOK's management decided for the club to take a break from Pan-European leagues, and to instead focus mainly on the Greek League. So the club did not compete in any European-wide leagues in the following 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons.
PAOK finished in 7th place in the 2008–09 Greek League season. Prior to the start of the 2009–10 season, PAOK hired Soulis Markopoulos to be the team's new head coach. PAOK finished in 5th place in the 2009–10 Greek League season.
2010–2020[]
PAOK finished 3rd place in the Greek League in the 2010–11 season. That success allowed PAOK to play in the EuroLeague's qualifying tournament in the 2011–12 season season. However, in the 2011–12 season season, PAOK finished in a disappointing 8th place in the Greek League, and thus missed out on European-wide competition for the 2012–13 season. In the 2012–13 season season, PAOK finished in 5th place in the Greek League, and was then able to return to European competition for the following season. In the next season, they competed in the 2nd-tier level EuroCup. In the Greek League, PAOK finished in 3rd place, in both the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. In the 2015–16 season season, PAOK finished in 5th place in the Greek League. After the 2015–17 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy, PAOK decided to return to FIBA organized competitions, and chose to play in the FIBA Champions League, rather than in the EuroCup. After finishing in 5th place in the Greek League in the 2016–17 season, the club replaced head coach Soulis Markopoulos with Ilias Papatheodorou. In the 2017–18 season, PAOK finished in 3rd place in the Greek League. The 2019–20 season was the worst on PAOK history because PAOK finished in the last place of Greek basketball league; but due to COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn't relegated.
2020-present[]
2020/2021 PAOK starts the new decade from the scratch , with a new contributor Mr. , PAOK kept was his leader Vangelis Margaritis, PAOK also brought some talented young players as Elijah Mitrou-Long and gave more time to athletes from his academy as , PAOK also brought back Nondas Papantoniou. This new beginning seems to be the start of the return to the first places of the Greek league and the return to Europe.
Arenas[]
In earlier times, PAOK played its home games at the Thessaloniki Forum. After that, PAOK played its home games for many years at the 5,183 seat Alexandreio Melathron (Nick Galis Hall). In 2000, the club moved to the 8,500 seat PAOK Sports Arena.
Roster[]
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Depth chart[]
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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C | Marvin Jones | |||
PF | David DiLeo | Nikos Kamarianos | ||
SF | Vlado Janković | Antreas Christodoulou | Georgios Kamperidis | |
SG | Jermaine Love | Vassilis Toliopoulos | ||
PG | Vangelis Mantzaris |
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
- Winners (3): 1983–84, 1994–95, 1998–99
- Runners-up (5): 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2018–19
European competitions[]
- EuroLeague
- FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
- FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
- Winners (1): 1993–94
Individual honours[]
FIBA Hall of Fame
- Dušan Ivković
- Panagiotis Fasoulas
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
- Peja Stojaković (1997–98)
Greek League Top Scorer
- Rawle Marshall (2010–11)
Greek League Top Rebounder
- Panagiotis Fasoulas (1986–87)
- Keith Clanton (2016–17)
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)
- Bane Prelević (1994–95)
- Walter Berry (1998–99)
European record[]
International record[]
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1992–93 | Final Four | 3rd place in Athens, lost to Benetton Treviso 77–79 in the semi-final, defeated Real Madrid Teka 76–70 in the 3rd place game | |
FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
1984–85 | Quarter-finals | 4th place in a group with Žalgiris, CAI Zaragoza and Landys&Gyr Wien | |
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 Winners' Cup in Geneva | |
1991–92 | Final | lost to Real Madrid Asegurator 63–65 in the final (Nantes) | |
1995–96 | Final | lost to Taugrés 81–88 in the final (Vitoria) | |
FIBA 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 Winners' Cup
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1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup
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Season-by-season[]
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Season | Greek League | Greek Cup | Europe | Head coach | Roster |
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1958–59 | No tournament | No tournament | Orestis Angelidis, Asteriadis, Constantinidis, Giorgos Oikonomou, Kiriakou, Klagkas, Kokkos, Pashalis, Stalios, Stergiou, Dimitris Dapontes, Theodoridis | ||
1959–60 | No tournament | Euroleague Last 32 |
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1974–75 | No tournament | Korać Cup Last 32 |
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1975–76 | Last 32 | Korać Cup Last 32 |
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1981–82 | Runner Up | Korać Cup Last 32 |
Vangelis Alexandris, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Manthos Katsoulis, , Zaharias Katsoulis, , Christos Konstantinidis, , Gaitanis, Delapashos, Bourlivas, Stratis, Dimitris Tsakagiannis | ||
1982–83 | Last 4 | Cup Winners' Cup Last 16 |
Vangelis Alexandris, Panagiotis Fasoulas, , Zaharias Katsoulis, , , Christos Konstantinidis, , Gaitanis, Polichronakos, Bourlivas, Michael Angelidis | ||
1983–84 | Winner | Korać Cup Last 16 |
, Faidon Matthaiou |
Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Vangelis Alexandris, , Zaharias Katsoulis, , , Christos Konstantinidis, , Polikratis, Michael Angelidis, Polichronakos | |
1984–85 | Last 4 | Cup Winners' Cup Last 8 |
Josip Gjergja | Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Steve Giatzoglou, Manthos Katsoulis, Vangelis Alexandris, Sotiris Sakellariou, , Zaharias Katsoulis, , , , , Bill Varner, Dick Mumma | |
1985–86 | Last 16 | Korać Cup Last 16 |
Takis Koroneos, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Sotiris Sakellariou, Zaharias Katsoulis, Takis Karatzoulidis, , , , , , Christos Konstantinidis, Bill Varner, Mark Simpson | ||
1986–87 | Last 16 | Korać Cup Last 32 |
Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Sotiris Sakellariou, Zaharias Katsoulis, Takis Karatzoulidis, , John Korfas, , Giorgos Makaras, , Delaney Rudd, , | ||
1987–88 | Last 8 | Korać Cup Last 16 |
Johnny Neumann | Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Takis Karatzoulidis, Giorgos Makaras, , Zaharias Katsoulis, Sotiris Sakellariou, , Gerasimos Tzakis, , Delaney Rudd, Mark Petteway, Hatzigeorgiou, Metsas, | |
1988–89 | Runner Up | Korać Cup Last 16 |
Johnny Neumann, Kostas Politis |
Mike Jones, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Bane Prelević, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Takis Karatzoulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Bill Melis, , , Hatzigeorgiou | |
1989–90 | Runner Up | Cup Winners' Cup Last 4 |
Kostas Politis | Anthony Cook, Bane Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Takis Karatzoulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Nikos Boudouris, Pete Papahronis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Bill Melis, Theodoros Asteriadis, Christos Papasarantou | |
1990–91 | Runner Up | Cup Winners' Cup Winner |
Kostas Politis, , Dragan Šakota |
Kenneth Barlow, Bane Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Makaras, John Korfas, Pete Papahronis, Memos Ioannou, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Giorgos Valavanidis, , Nick Katsikis, Tom Katsikis, Irving Thomas | |
1991–92 | Last 4 | European Cup Runner Up |
Dušan Ivković | Kenneth Barlow, Bane Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Pete Papahronis, Giorgos Makaras, Nikos Filippou, Nikos Stavropoulos, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Nikos Katsikis, Theodoros Asteriadis, , , Achilleas Mamatziolas, , , Giorgos Valavanidis, Paliouras, Parisopoulos, Tsafrakidis, Karapournos | |
1992–93 | Last 8 | EuroLeague 3rd place |
Dušan Ivković | Cliff Levingston, Kenneth Barlow, Bane Prelević, Panagiotis Fasoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Nikos Filippou, Christos Tsekos, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Nikos Katsikis, , Giorgos Valavanidis, | |
1993–94 | Last 4 | Korać Cup Winner |
Dušan Ivković, Soulis Markopoulos |
Walter Berry, Bane Prelević, Zoran Savić, Nasos Galakteros, Efthimis Rentzias, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Christos Tsekos, Giorgos Valavanidis, , , Fotis Takianos | |
1994–95 | Winner | EuroLeague Last 16 |
Dragan Šakota, , Vangelis Alexandris |
Bane 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, , | |
1995–96 | Last 16 | European Cup Runner Up |
Vangelis Alexandris, E. Kioumourtzoglou, Željko Lukajić, Dimitris Itoudis |
Bane Prelević, Lawrence Funderburke, Dean Garrett, Trevor Ruffin, Peja Stojaković, Efthimis Rentzias, Giorgos Balogiannis, Nikos Boudouris, Giannis Giannoulis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Christos Tsekos, , | |
1996–97 | Last 16 | Korać Cup Last 16 |
, Scott Skiles |
Scott Skiles, Peja Stojaković, Anthony Bonner, Dell Demps, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Efthimis Rentzias, Giannis Giannoulis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Christos Tsekos, , Dimitris Despos, , , | |
1997–98 | 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, , Ron Rowan, Dimitris Despos, , | |
1998–99 | 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 Despos, , , | |
1999–00 | Runner Up | Last 16 | EuroLeague Last 16 |
Petar Skansi, Kostas Flevarakis |
Victor Alexander, Bill Edwards, Bane Prelević, Sergei Bazarevich, Dinos Angelidis, Giorgos Balogiannis, Claudio Coldebella, Giannis Giannoulis, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Ricardo Peral Antunez, Nikos Vetoulas, Giorgos Maslarinos, , |
2000–01 | 8th place | Last 8 | Euroleague Last 16 |
Kostas Flevarakis, Ioannis Sfairopoulos | Angelos Koronios, Panagiotis Liadelis, Anthony Avent, Joseph Blair, Giorgos Sigalas, Giannis Giannoulis, Giorgos Limniatis, Kostas Vasileiadis, Jorge Racca, , Claudio Coldebella, Frédéric Weis, , Giorgos Apostolidis, , |
2001–02 | 8th place | Last 16 | Korać Cup Last 32 |
Slobodan Subotić, Vangelis Alexandris |
Bill Edwards, , Andre Woolridge, Panagiotis Liadelis, Nestoras Kommatos, Giorgos Sigalas, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Kostas Vasileiadis, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Claudio Coldebella, Juan Antonio Morales, Giorgos Limniatis, Giorgos Apostolidis, , , |
2002–03 | 7th place | Last 16 | EuroCup Challenge Last 16 |
Bane Prelević | Brent Scott, Wendell Alexis, Branko Milisavljević, Nestoras Kommatos, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Kostas Vasileiadis, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Giorgos Apostolidis, Giorgos Limniatis, Torraye Braggs, , , , , , , Savvas Manousos |
2003–04 | 6th place | Last 16 | EuroChallenge Withdrawn |
Bane Prelević | Damir Mulaomerović, Kasib Powell, Kostas Vasileiadis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Ivica Jurković, Ronnie Fields, , Aleksandar Radojević, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Spyros Panteliadis, , , Charis Markopoulos, , |
2004–05 | 6th place | Last 4 | ULEB Cup Last 8 |
Bane Prelević | Damir Mulaomerović, Matthew Nielsen, Kostas Vasileiadis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Giannis Gagaloudis, Amit Tamir, , , Giorgos Balogiannis, , Sotiris Manolopoulos, , , |
2005–06 | 6th place | Last 4 | EuroChallenge Last 32 |
Bane Prelević, Soulis Markopoulos |
Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Kostas Vasileiadis, Vladimir Vuksanović, Giannis Gagaloudis, , Mamadou N'Diaye, Tracy Murray, Chester Simmons, Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Dimitris Verginis, , , , Sotiris Manolopoulos, , , , , |
2006–07 | 6th place | Last 8 | ULEB Cup Last 16 |
, Vangelis Alexandris |
Vlado Šćepanović, Giannis Kalambokis, Blagota Sekulić, Jerome Allen, Darius Washington, , Drago Pašalić, Đuro Ostojić, Andy Panko, Lazaros Agadakos, J.R. Bremer, Dimitris Verginis, C.J. Watson, Charis Giannopoulos, Dimitris Charitopoulos, Feliks Kojadinović, , Sotiris Manolopoulos, , , |
2007–08 | 12th place | Last 8 | EuroChallenge Last 16 |
Tab Baldwin, Kostas Flevarakis, John Korfas |
İbrahim Kutluay, Dimitris Verginis, Mamoutou Diarra, , Giorgos Tsiakos, Michael Hakim Jordan, Lee Humphrey, Dimitris Charitopoulos, Jason Rowe, Reda Rhalimi, Giannis Demertzis, , Charis Giannopoulos, , , Zoltán Horváth, , , , |
2008–09 | 7th place | Last 16 | Not participated | Argyris Pedoulakis, Georgios Kalafatakis |
Dejan Tomašević, Damir Mulaomerović, Christos Charissis, Alexis Kyritsis, Mamoutou Diarra, Panagiotis Kafkis, Britton Johnsen, Vassilis Simtsak, Giorgos Tsiaras, , Michalis Giannakidis, , Dimitris Marmarinos, Ioannis Demertzis, Kostas Vasileiadis, Kenny Gregory, , K'zell Wesson, , , |
2009–10 | 5th place | Last 8 | Not participated | Soulis Markopoulos | , Panagiotis Kafkis, Kenny Gregory, Christos Tapoutos, Nikos Kalles, Tomas Delininkaitis, Branko Milisavljević, Dimitris Kalaitzidis, Giorgos Tsiaras, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Michalis Giannakidis, Predrag Drobnjak, Todor Gečevski, Ioannis Demertzis, Wade Helliwell, William Avery |
2010–11 | 3rd place | Last 4 | Eurocup Group Stage |
Soulis Markopoulos | Rawle Marshall, Dionte Christmas, , Giorgos Apostolidis, Giorgos Dedas, Robert Dozier, , Zvonko Buljan, Michalis Giannakidis, Nikos Kalles, Todor Gečevski, (DeShawn Sims, Justin Gray, Lazaros Papadopoulos left during the season) |
2011–12 | 8th place | Last 4 | Euroleague Qualifying round |
Soulis Markopoulos | Miloš Bojović, , , Milutin Aleksić, Uroš Duvnjak, Dimos Dikoudis, , Nikos Pappas, Michalis Giannakidis, Nikos Kalles, , Efthymios Tsakaleris (J.R. Giddens, , Giannis Kalampokis, Rashad Wright left during the season) |
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2012–13 | 5th place | Last 16 | Not participated | Soulis Markopoulos | Will Hatcher, Leonidas Kaselakis, Kostas Charalampidis, , Michalis Tsairelis, Giorgos Dedas, Vangelis Margaritis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Ntinos Nikolopoulos, Nikos Kalles, Alexandros Varitimiadis, Linos Chrysikopoulos, Michalis Liapis, |
2013–14 | 3rd place | Last 16 | Eurocup Group Stage |
Soulis Markopoulos | 4 Mark Payne, 5 D. J. Cooper, 6 Kostas Charalampidis, 7 Apollon Tsochlas, 8 , 9 Michalis Tsairelis, 10 Giorgos Dedas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Nikos Kalles, 13 Giorgos Bogris, 14 Leonidas Kaselakis, 17 Michalis Liapis, 18 Antonis Koniaris, 19 Thomas Kottas |
2014–15 | 3rd place | Last 4 | Eurocup Last 32 |
Soulis Markopoulos | 4 Kevin Langford, 5 Michalis Liapis, 6 Kostas Charalampidis, 7 T. J. Carter, 8 Kostas Kakaroudis, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 10 Giorgos Dedas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Thomas Kottas 13 Jake Odum, 16 J.R. Bremer, 18 Dimitris Charitopoulos, 19 Christos Saloustros (Edi Sinadinović, Julian Vaughn left during season) |
2015–16 | 5th place | Last 4 | Eurocup Last 32 |
Soulis Markopoulos | 4 Milenko Tepić, 5 Michalis Liapis, 6 Kostas Charalampidis, 7 Kostas Vasileiadis, 8 Kostas Kakaroudis, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 10 Giorgos Dedas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Thomas Kottas, 15 Sofoklis Schortsanitis, 19 , 20 Uroš Duvnjak, 21 Nikola Marković, 25 Will Hatcher, 33 Keith Clanton (Darko Balaban left during season) |
2016–17 | 5th place | Last 8 | Basketball Champions League Last 16 |
Soulis Markopoulos | 2 Nathan Sobey, 4 Linos Chrysikopoulos, 6 Antonis Koniaris, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Thad McFadden, 13 Nenad Miljenović, 14 Andreas Glyniadakis, 16 Dimitris Karamanolis, 18 Jordan Sibert, 19 , 20 Vassilis Papadopoulos, 31 Žanis Peiners, 33 Keith Clanton, 42 Ivan Aska, (Brandon Taylor, Darryl Bryant left during season) |
2017–18 | 3rd place | Last 8 | Basketball Champions League Last 16 |
Ilias Papatheodorou | 2 Terran Petteway, 4 Linos Chrysikopoulos, 5 Ousman Krubally, 8 Thodoris Karras, 6 Antonis Koniaris, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 10 , Vangelis Margaritis, 13 Thodoris Zaras, 15 Vassilis Charalampopoulos, 16 Dimitris Karamanolis, 19 Dimitris Katsivelis, 20 , 21 Darnell Jackson, 55 Lucky Jones, 32Phil Goss (Kevin Dillard, Owen Klassen, Brandon Triche left during season) |
2018-19 | 5th place | Runner Up | Basketball Champions League Last 16 |
Ilias Papatheodorou | 1 Jamal Jones 2 Johndre Jefferson, 4 Linos Chrysikopoulos, 5 Stavros Schizas, 6 Antonis Koniaris, 8 Milenko Tepic, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 13 Thodoris Zaras, 25 William Hatcher, 31 Darrius Garrett, 32 Phil Goss (Yanick Moreira, Giannis Athinaiou, Malik Pope, Nondas Papantoniou left during season) |
2019–20 | 14th place / Curteiled season due to COVID-19 pandemic | Last 8 | Basketball Champions League Group Stage |
Kostas Flevarakis, Kostas Charalampidis, Kostas Mexas |
0 M. J. Rhett, 2 Adam Smith, 6 Bobby Brown, 5 Stavros Schizas, 8 Thodoris Karras, 9 Apollon Tsochlas, 10 Ioannis Chatzinikolas, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, 12 Aaron Best, 16 Dimitris Karamanolis, 20 , 22 JaCorey Williams, 24 Shannon Shorter, 34 Zisis Sarikopoulos, (JeQuan Lewis, Antwaine Wiggins, Amanze Egekeze, Zane Knowles left during season) |
2020–21 | 5th place | Last 4 | Not participated | Kostas Mexas, Aris Lykogiannis |
2 Beau Beech, 5 Sagaba Konate, 6 Jermaine Love, 8 Malcolm Griffin, 10 Georgios Tsalmpouris, 11 Vangelis Margaritis, , 14 Dimitris Kaklamanakis, 15 , 17 , 20 , 21 Georgios Kamperidis, 22 Nondas Papantoniou, 23 Josh Carter, 31 Elston Turner Jr., 55 Elijah Mitrou-Long, ( left during season) |
2021–22 | play-ins prior to the qualification to the round of 16 | Aris Lykogiannis | 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 Antreas Christodoulou, 6 Jermaine Love, 12 Michalis Kamperidis, 13 Nikos Kamarianos, 14 David DiLeo, 15 , 16 Vangelis Mantzaris, 17 , 18 , 19 , 21 Georgios Kamperidis, 24 Marvin Jones, 31 Vassilis Toliopoulos, 33 Vlado Jankovic (Josh Carter, Derek Ogbeide, Malcolm Griffin left during season) |
Notable players[]
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Scott Skiles
Claudio Coldebella
C. J. Watson
Lazaros Papadopoulos
D.J. Cooper
- Greece
Vangelis Alexandris
Georgios Balogiannis
Nikos Boudouris
Kostas Charalampidis
Vassilis Charalampopoulos
Dimos Dikoudis
Panagiotis Fasoulas
Nikos Filippou
Ioannis Gagaloudis
Nasos Galakteros
Giannis Giannoulis
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Steve Giatzoglou
Memos Ioannou
Lefteris Kakiousis
Takis Karatzoulidis
Manthos Katsoulis
Nestoras Kommatos
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John Korfas
Takis Koroneos
Angelos Koronios
Panagiotis Liadelis
Georgios Makaras
Achilleas Mamatziolas
Sotiris Manolopoulos
Vangelis Margaritis
Loukas Mavrokefalidis
Lazaros Papadopoulos
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Pete Papachronis
Efthimios Rentzias
Georgios Sigalas
Sofoklis Schortsanitis
Nikos Stavropoulos
Christos Tsekos
Apollon Tsochlas
Kostas Vasileiadis
Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
- USA
Rafael Addison
Victor Alexander
Wendell Alexis
Ken Barlow
Walter Berry
Anthony Bonner
Matt Bullard
Anthony Cook
D. J. Cooper
Bill Edwards
Lawrence Funderburke
Phil Goss
Will Hatcher
Mike Jones
Frankie King
Cliff Levingston
Jermaine Love
Conrad McRae
Jerrod Mustaf
Mark Payne
Kasib Powell
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Ron Rowan
Trevor Ruffin
Charles Shackleford
Scott Skiles
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Bill Varner
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Darius Washington
C.J. Watson
- Europe
Martynas Andriuškevičius
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Sergei Bazarevich
Claudio Coldebella
Tomas Delininkaitis
Mamoutou Diarra
Peja Drobnjak
Todor Gečevski
İbrahim Kutluay
Branko Milisavljević
Juan Antonio Morales
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Damir Mulaomerović
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Rasho Nesterovič
Žanis Peiners
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Bane Prelević
Zoran Savić
Vlado Šćepanović
Blagota Sekulić
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Peja Stojaković
Dejan Tomašević
- South America
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Rawle Marshall
- Africa
- Oceania
Matt Nielsen
Steve Leven
Club captains[]
Claudio Coldebella
Dimitris Verginis
Lazaros Papadopoulos
P.A.O.K. B.C. team captains, since the 1979–80 season:
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Head coaches[]
Dušan Ivković:
FIBA Hall of Fame
EuroLeague LegendDimitris Itoudis
Scott Skiles
This is a list of P.A.O.K.. B.C. head coaches since the 1957–58 season:
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Sponsorships[]
- Great Sponsor: Village Cinemas
- Official Sponsor: CYTA
- Official Supporter: Makedonia Palace, Loux
See also[]
References[]
- ^ euroleague.net PAOK Thessaloniki
- ^ PAOK-Aris 101–99. (in Greek)
Sources[]
External links[]
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