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

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.

PAOK
Full namePanthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Thessaloniki Handball Club
Nickname(s)
  • Double-Headed Eagle of the North
  • White-Blacks
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
ArenaMikra Indoor Arena III
Capacity1,380
PresidentAthanasios Katsaris
Head coachDimitris Pelekidis
LeagueGreek Women's Handball Championship
2023–242nd
Club colours   
Website
Official site
Location of P.A.O.K. H.C.
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Location of P.A.O.K. H.C.

History

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Domestic

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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

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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]

Honours

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Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season[7]
P.A.O.K. H.C.

Technical staff

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  Panagiotis Papadopoulos

Notable former players

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References

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