P.A.O.K. B.C. ( el, 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, is the professional

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department of the major

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multi-sports club A.C. PAOK, which was founded in 1926, and is based in

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. The club's basketball section was founded in 1928. The club's home arena is the PAOK Sports Arena, which is an

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with a

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of 8,142 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

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twice, in the years 1959 and 1992. The club has also won the top national

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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

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, in the 1990–91 season. They also won the now defunct European-wide third level competition, the

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, in the 1993–94 season. In addition, PAOK was the

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' 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

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

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. After the war, Alekos Alexiadis began to organize a basketball team from the children that played at the only basketball court in

. 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,

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, Paschalis, Stalios, Kokkos, Theoridis, Angelidis, Stergiou, Konstantinidis, and

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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

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. 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

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, with a 66–53 play-out win over Dimokritos.

1981–1990

PAOK met Panathinaikos in its first

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,

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, 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

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, 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

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, who was at the time the

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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

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club

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, by a score of 76–72, on March 26, 1991. On April 10, after the defeated

final against

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club ( Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'' ...

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, a car with PAOK supporters were violently attacked with an improvised molotov cocktail by unknown hooligans on

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. 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

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, 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,

, 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

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and American Rickey Brown. In the 1993–94 season, PAOK returned to European success, by winning the European third-tier level

competition, in a two-legged final against the Italian League club

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. PAOK won both at home and away, by 9 points. The following year, PAOK won the

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

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, 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

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and

, 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

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. 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

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's inaugural 2000–01 season, where they made it to the Round of 16, and lost to the Slovenian League club

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. 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

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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

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-organized Pan-European club competitions at that time. They competed in the European third-level

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, and in the European third-level

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(

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). 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

periods.PAOK-Aris 101–99.
/ref> 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 (

). 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. However, in the 2011–12 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, 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, PAOK finished in 5th place in the Greek League. After the 2015–17 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy, PAOK decided to return to

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

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. 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

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, it wasn't relegated.

2020–present

2020–21 PAOK started the new decade from the scratch, with a new contributor Mr. Thanasis Chatzopoulos, PAOK kept the team's leader

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, brought in some talented young players such as Elijah Mitrou-Long and gave more playing time to athletes from his academy, like Konstantinos Iatridis. These changes seem to be the first step in returning to the higher positions of the Greek League, as well as a steady comeback to European competitions.

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

Depth chart

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 : 3rd place (1):

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: Final Four (1):

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(defunct) : Winners (1): 1990–91 : Runners-up (2): 1991–92, 1995–96 : Semifinalists (1): 1989–90 *

(defunct) : Winners (1): 1993–94

Individual honours

FIBA Hall of Fame * Dušan Ivković * Panagiotis Fasoulas

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* Dušan Ivković

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(1997–98) Greek League Top Scorer *

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(2010–11) Greek League Top Rebounder * Panagiotis Fasoulas (1986–87) *

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(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) Greek Cup MVP *

(1994–95) * Walter Berry (1998–99)

European record

International record

The road to the European Cup victories

1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup * The game was held at Peristeri Arena, in

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1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup

Season-by-season

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Notable players

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;Greece * Vangelis Alexandris *

Georgios Balogiannis Georgios Balogiannis (alternate spelling: Giorgos, Ballogianis, Mpalogiannis) ( el, Γιώργος Μπαλογιάννης; born January 17, 1971, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Professional career ...

Nikos Boudouris Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris (alternate spellings: Bountouris, Mpoudouris, Mpountouris) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μπουντούρης; born 25 September 1971 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Early ca ...

Kostas Charalampidis Konstantinos "Kostas" Charalampidis (alternate spellings: Constantinos, Costas, Haralampidis, Haralambidis, Haralabidis, Charalambides) ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Χαραλαμπίδης; born April 4, 1976) is a retired Gree ...

* Vassilis Charalampopoulos * Dimos Dikoudis * Panagiotis Fasoulas *

Nikos Filippou Nikolaos "Nikos" Filippou (alternate spelling: Filipou) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Φιλίππου; born July 15, 1962, Ioannina, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in.), he p ...

* Ioannis Gagaloudis *

Nasos Galakteros Athanasios "Nasos" Galakteros ( el, Αθανάσιος "Νάσος" Γαλακτερός; born March 10, 1969 in Kavala, Greece) is a retired Greek professional titleholder basketball player. Galakteros played professionally in the Greek Basket Le ...

* Giannis Giannoulis * - Steve Giatzoglou * Memos Ioannou *

Lefteris Kakiousis Eleftherios "Lefteris" Kakiousis ( el, Ελευθέριος "Λευτέρης" Κακιούσης; born 7 June 1968 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He played at t ...

* Takis Karatzoulidis *

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* Nestoras Kommatos * - John Korfas *

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Angelos Koronios Evangelos Koronios, most commonly known as Angelos Koronios (alternate spelling: Aggelos, Greek: Ευάγγελος "Άγγελος" Κορωνιός; born 16 March 1969), is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. Professional ...

Panagiotis Liadelis Panagiotis Liadelis (born December 7, 1974 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) tall, he played as a point guard-shooting guard. Professional career Liadelis played for many ...

* Georgios Makaras * Achilleas Mamatziolas * Sotiris Manolopoulos *

* Loukas Mavrokefalidis * Lazaros Papadopoulos * -

Pete Papachronis Panagiotis "Pete" Papahronis (alternate spelling: Papachronis) ( el, Παναγιώτης «Πιτ» Παπαχρόνης; born October 17, 1967) is a former Greek–American professional basketball player. Professional career Papahronis graduat ...

* Efthimios Rentzias * Georgios Sigalas * Sofoklis Schortsanitis * Nikos Stavropoulos * Christos Tsekos *

Apollon Tsochlas Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (Greek: Απόλλων Τσόχλας; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player for Tritonas of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) tall ...

* Kostas Vasileiadis * Panagiotis Vasilopoulos ;USA * Rafael Addison * Victor Alexander *

Wendell Alexis Wendell Paul Alexis (born July 31, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player who played for several European clubs, between 1986 and 2004, most notably for ALBA Berlin, where he was voted MVP of the German Bundesliga four times ...

* Ken Barlow * Walter Berry * Anthony Bonner * Matt Bullard * Anthony Cook * D. J. Cooper * Bill Edwards *

Lawrence Funderburke Lawrence Damon Funderburke (born December 15, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. Basketball career Funderburke was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, where he played high school basketball at Wehrle High School, leading ...

Phil Goss Philip Alexander Goss (born April 7, 1983) is an American former basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall, he was able to play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. High school career Goss played for his local Oxo ...

* Will Hatcher * Mike Jones * Frankie King * Cliff Levingston *

Jermaine Love Jermaine Love-Roberts (born March 27, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League. A 6'3", 186 lbs combo guard, Love played for Prairie State College (where he became the school' ...

* Conrad McRae *

Jerrod Mustaf Terrah Jerrod Mustaf (born October 28, 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player. Mustaf played at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He was one of the most heavily recruited players in his senior year, and went on to ...

* Mark Payne * Kasib Powell * - Ron Rowan *

Trevor Ruffin Trevor Ruffin (born September 26, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6'1" point guard played at the University of Hawaii from 1992 to 1994. While leading ...

Charles Shackleford Charles Edward Shackleford (April 22, 1966 – January 27, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. He played center and power forward, he was renowned for his rebounding – regularly leading leagues in Europe. He played 6 seasons i ...

* - Bill Varner * -

Darius Washington Darius Myron Washington Jr. (born December 6, 1985) is an American-Macedonian professional basketball player who last played for Phoenix Brussels. He is a combo guard and played college basketball with the University of Memphis. He has also play ...

* C.J. Watson ;Europe * Martynas Andriuškevičius * - Sergei Bazarevich *

* Tomas Delininkaitis * Mamoutou Diarra * Peja Drobnjak * Todor Gečevski * İbrahim Kutluay *

Branko Milisavljević Branko Milisavljević ( sr, Бранко Милисављевић; born 21 July 1976) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for Podgorica of the Prva A Liga and the ABA League Second Division. Stan ...

Juan Antonio Morales Juan Antonio Morales (born April 18, 1969) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. Professional career Morales started his career from the local club Loyola Bilbao. In 1987 he transferred to Joventut Badalona. He played eight years ...

* - Damir Mulaomerović * - Rasho Nesterovič * Žanis Peiners * -

* Zoran Savić * Vlado Šćepanović *

Blagota Sekulić Blagota Sekulić ( cyrl, Благота Секулић; born March 14, 1982) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. Standing at , he played both power forward and center positions. Professional career In his profession ...

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* Dejan Tomašević ;South America * -

;Africa * Mamadou N'Diaye ; Oceania * Matt Nielsen * Steve Leven

Club captains

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Giannis Kalampokis Giannis Kalampokis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Kalambokis, Kalabokis) ( Greek: Γιάννης Καλαμπόκης; born on August 15, 1978 in Ilio, Peristeri, Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player a ...

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Head coaches

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FIBA Hall of Fame

EuroLeague Legend The EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award is an award that is given by the Euroleague Basketball Company, the organizer of the EuroLeague, which is the top-tier level professional basketball competition in Europe. It is awarded only to a very dist ...

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This is a list of P.A.O.K.. B.C. head coaches since the 1957–58 season:

Sponsorships

*Great Sponsor: Village Cinemas *Official Sponsor: CYTA *Official Supporter:

Makedonia Palace The Makedonia Palace ( el, Μακεδονία Παλλάς) is a 5-star hotel located in Downtown Thessaloniki, Greece. The hotel is located on Megalou Alexandrou Avenue, by Thessaloniki's eastern urban waterfront. The Makedonia Palace opene ...

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References

Sources

ESAKE Official Website

Eurobasket PAOK BC Page

Galanis Sports Data

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