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 7 Greek Championships, 8 Greek Cups and one Greek Super Cup. Despite its relatively short history, it is considered amongst the most successful departments of the club.

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 finalsΔεν τα κατάφερε η Ορμή Λουξ έχασε (26-19) από τον πρωταθλητή πλέον ΠΑΟΚ thebest.gr In 2014 won the first Greek Women's Handball Cup after a victory with 22–20 at final against Anagennisi Artas at the final.Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας ο Π.Α.Ο.Κ orangenews.gr From 2018 to 2022 PAOK won four consecutive doubles.Χάντμπολ γυναικών: Νταμπλούχος για τέταρτη συνεχή χρονιά ο ΠΑΟΚ voria.gr In 2023 it won the fifth championship in a row and the MVP of the Finals was Katarina Tomašević.MVP η Τομάσεβιτς! e-handball.gr 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]ΠΑΟΚ – Μάλαγα 23-22 (Video) katerinisports.gr This was the first victory form a Greek female team, against a Spanish for the European competitions.ΠΑΟΚ- Μάλαγα 23-22

Team

Current squad Squad for the 2025–26 seasonehf.com

P.A.O.K. H.C.Goalkeepers 1 Emanuela Tsiknaki 99 Naira De Almeida Left Wingers 6 Maria Mentesidou 14 Eleni Liouka 28 Danai Selemidou

Right Wingers 2 Eleni Kerlidi 13 Chrysi Trochidou

Line Players 19 Milena De Souza 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 (7): 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026 Greek Women's Handball Cup Winners (8): 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026 Greek Women's Handball Super Cup: Winners (2): 2023 2026 Greek Women's Handball Treble: Winners (1): 2026

Recent seasons SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes 2010–11 A1 Ethniki 4th 2011–12 A1 Ethniki 4th 2012–13 A1 Ethniki 1st 2013–14 A1 Ethniki 3rd Greek Cup Winners2014–15 A1 Ethniki 3rd Greek Cup Finalists2015–16 A1 Ethniki 2nd Greek Cup Winners2016–17 A1 Ethniki 2nd 2017–18 A1 Ethniki 2nd Greek Cup Finalists2018–19 A1 Ethniki 1st Greek Cup Winners2019–20 A1 Ethniki 1st Greek Cup Winners2020–21 A1 Ethniki 1st Greek Cup Winners2021–22 A1 Ethniki 1st Greek Cup Winners2022–23 A1 Ethniki 1st Greek Cup Finalists2023–24 A1 Ethniki 2nd Greek Cup Winners2024–25 A1 Ethniki 2nd Greek Cup Finalists2025–26 A1 Ethniki 1st Greek Cup Winners

European Record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate Advance 2011–12 EHF Challenge CupR3 HC Dnepryanka Kherson 22–28 17–27 39–55 2012–13 EHF Challenge CupR3 KSS Kielce 18–31 23–25 41–56 2013–14 EHF CupR2 HSC Veliko Tarnovo 28–20 22–24 50–44 R3 U Jolidon Cluj 28–32 25–39 53–71 2017–18 EHF Challenge CupR3 OZRK Jedinstvo Tuzla 24–17 30–31 54–48 1/8 Lokomotiva Zagreb 17–37 20–33 37-70 2019–20 EHF CupR1 Muratpaşa BSK 32–25 24-24 56-49 R2 ŽORK Jagodina 25–23 19–26 44-49 2020–21 EHF European CupR3 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 CupR2 IBV Vestmannaeyjar 29–24 22–29 51-53 2022–23 EHF European CupR2 ŽRK Metalurg 26–17 31–20 57-37 R3 KPR Kobierzyce 23–28 23–26 46-54 2023–24 EHF European LeagueQR2 VfL Oldenburg 22–37 25-25 47-62 2024–25 EHF European CupR2 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 CupR2 KHF Samadrexha 38–28 34–20 72-48 R3 WAT Atzgersdorf27–2535-2862–53 1/8 Madeira Andebol SAD37–2619-2056–46 QF Bursa Büyükşehir SK 34–29 30–36 64–65

Notable former players Maria Chatziparasidou Agni Zygoura Elaine Gomes Selena Milošević Andrea Beleska Sanja Dabevska Marija Nikolic Katarina Tomašević Teja Ferfolja

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