# P.A.O.K H.C Women's Handball

Active departments of P.A.O.K. :
| Football (Men's) | Football B (Men's) | Football (Women's) |
| Basketball (Men's) | Basketball (Women's) | Volleyball (Men's) |
| Volleyball (Women's) | Handball (Men's) | Handball (Women's) |
| Water Polo (Men's) | Water Polo (Women's) | Boxing |
| Taekwondo | Cycling | Athletics |
| Ice hockey | Futsal (Men's) | Wrestling |
| Weightlifting | Swimming | Judo |
| Esports | Chess | |
P.A.O.K. Women's Handball Club or PAOK Women's Handball, is a Greek handball club based in Thessaloniki and part of the major multi-sport club PAOK. The department was founded in 2008 and is considered one of the most successful title-wise .

## Recent seasons

| Season | Division | Place | Notes |
| 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 | 2nd | Greek Cup Winners |

## Current squad

2023-24
| Number | Player | Position | date of birth | Height |
| 12 | Athina Kaprinioti | Goalkeeper | 2004 | 1,82 |
| 01 | Emmanouela Tsiknaki | Goalkeeper | 2000 | 1,70 |
| 27 | Katarina Tomasevic | Goalkeeper | 1984 | 1,70 |
| 07 | Anna Vrancic | Right wing | 1993 | 1,67 |
| 03 | Eleni Kerlidi | Right inter | 2000 | 1,78 |
| 06 | Maria Mentesidou | Left wing | 1997 | 1,68 |
| 18 | Avramina Sevdili | Play Maker | 2002 | 1,71 |
| 02 | Maria Hatziparasidou | Play Maker | 1995 | 1,70 |
| 13 | Evgenia Samolada | Pivot | 2000 | 1,80 |
| 28 | Aleksandra Borizovska | Left inter | 1993 | 1,67 |
| 26 | Milica Grbarcevic | Pivot | 1995 | 1,82 |
| 22 | Erica Zeneli | Left inter | 2000 | 1,67 |
| 19 | Marianna Azevedo | Play maker | 1998 | 1,65 |
| 10 | Tamara Jovicevic | Left Back | 1998 | 1,85 |
| 77 | Georgia Koulouri | Wing | 2000 | 1,62 |
| 88 | Barbara Buratto Brocardo | Left Wing | 1991 | 1,65 |
| 93 | Milena Milojevic | Pivot | 1993 | 1,79 |

## Administration and technical staff

Staff :
| President | Athanasios Katsaris |
| Curator | Dimitris Chasekidis |
| Coach | Dimitrios Pelekidis |
| Assistant coach | Stelios Seirekidis Vasilios Skandalis |

## Honours

* Greek Championship
** Winners (6): 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
** Runner-up (3): 2016, 2017, 2018
* Greek Cup
** Winners (7): 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
** Runner-up (3): 2015, 2018, 2023
* Greek Super Cup
** Winners (1) (record): 2023
* Double
** Winners (4): 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

## Greek Cup Finals

| Finals | Winner | Finalist | Score |
| 2014 | PAOK | Anagennisi Artas | 22–20 |
| 2015 | OF Neas Ionias | PAOK | 24–19 |
| 2016 | PAOK | OF Neas Ionias | 32–31 |
| 2018 | OF Neas Ionias | PAOK | 21–20 |
| 2019 | PAOK | Anagennisi Artas | 33–23 |
| 2020 | PAOK | OF Neas Ionias | 27–19 |
| 2021 | PAOK | Veria 2017 | 26–24 |
| 2022 | PAOK | OF Neas Ionias | 21–20 |
| 2023 | OF Neas Ionias | PAOK | 29–23 |
| 2024 | PAOK | OF Neas Ionias | 26–22 |
| Total | 7 | 3 |

## Women's European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2011–12 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 | HC Dnepryanka Kherson | 22-28 | 17-27 | 39–55 |
| 2012–13 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 | KSS Kielce | 18-31 | 23-25 | 41–56 |
| 2013–14 | EHF Cup | R2 | HSC Veliko Tarnovo | 28-20 | 22-24 | 50–44 |
| 2013–14 | EHF Cup | R3 | U Jolidon Cluj | 28-32 | 25-39 | 53–71 |
| 2017–18 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 | OZRK Jedinstvo Tuzla | 24-17 | 30-31 | 54–48 |
| 2017–18 | EHF Challenge Cup | 1/8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 17-37 | 20-33 | 37-70 |
| 2019–20 | EHF Cup | R1 | Muratpaşa BSK | 32-25 | 24-24 | 56-49 |
| 2019–20 | EHF Cup | R2 | ŽORK Jagodina | 25-23 | 19-26 | 44-49 |
| 2020–21 | EHF European Cup | R3 | Kavallieri | 36-8 | 46-16 | 82-24 |
| 2020–21 | EHF European Cup | 1/8 | ŽRK Bjelovar | 28-21 | 30-24 | 58-45 |
| 2020–21 | EHF European Cup | 1/4 | CBF Málaga | 23-22 | 21-30 | 44-52 |
| 2021–22 | EHF European Cup | R2 | IBV Vestmannaeyjar | 29-24 | 22-29 | 51-53 |
| 2022–23 | EHF European Cup | R2 | ŽRK Metalurg | 26-17 | 31-20 | 57-37 |
| 2022–23 | EHF European Cup | R3 | KPR Kobierzyce | 23-28 | 23-26 | 46-54 |
| 2023–24 | EHF European League | QR2 | VfL Oldenburg | 25-25 | 22-37 | 47-62 |

## Arenas

The home ground which PAOK use for the regular season games of the domestic league is Mikra Indoor Arena III, which holds 1,380 seats. In previous years, the team had also used Mikra Indoor Arena II, which holds 650 seats, Neapoli Indoor Hall, which holds 800 seats, and Evosmos Sports Hall, which holds 2,000 seats. Additionally, PAOK often use PAOK Sports Arena, which holds 8,500 seats, for European competitions and for the play-offs of the domestic league.