# P.A.O.K. 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 | |
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.

## 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 finals In 2014 won the first Greek Women's Handball Cup after a victory with 22–20 at final against Anagennisi Artas at the final. From 2018 to 2022 PAOK won four consecutive doubles. In 2023 it won the fifth championship in a row and the MVP of the Finals was Katarina Tomašević. 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] This was the first victory form a Greek female team, against a Spanish for the European competitions.

## Team
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2024–25 season
P.A.O.K. H.C. :
Goalkeepers
01 Emanuela Tsiknaki
12 Viktoriia Mykhailenko
Left Wingers
6 Maria Mentesidou
28 Danai Selemidou
Right Wingers
013 Chrysi Trochidou
4 Stella Mavrosavvidou
Line Players
093 Valeriia Baranik
33 Panagiota Argyropoulou
26 Milica Grbavcevic
Left Backs
017 Nika Matavs
018 Avramina Sevdili
5 Elina Trochidou
Central Backs
7 Katerina Koukmisi
20 Olina Andritsou
77 Georgia Koulouri
Right Backs
2 Eleni Kerlidi
10 Athina Kostoppoulou
88 Barbara Brocardo Buratto :

### Technical staff

* Head coach: Dimitrios Pelekidis
* Coach: Stelios Seirekidis
* Assistant coach: Vassilis Skandalis
* Team manager: Dimitrios Chasekidis
* Team assistant: Theodoros Mavrosavvidis
* Physiotherapist: Panagiotis Papadopoulos

## Honours

* Greek Women's Handball Championship:
** Winners (6): 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
* Greek Women's Handball Cup
** Winners (7):2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
* Greek Women's Handball Super Cup:
** Winners (1):2024

## 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 |
| 2024–25 | A1 Ethniki | | Greek Cup Finalists |

## 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 | 22-37 | 25-25 | 47-62 |
| 2024–25 | EHF European Cup | R2 | Spono Eagles | 25-21 | 33-27 | 48-58 |
| 2024–25 | EHF European Cup | R3 | H71 | 23-30 | 31-23 | 54-53 |
| 2024–25 | EHF European Cup | 1/8 | MKS Iuventa Michalovce | 30-22 | 17-27 | 47-49 |

## Notable former players

* Maria Chatziparasidou
* Vasiliki Gkatziou
* Agni Zigoura
* Elaine Gomes
* Selena Milošević
* Andrea Beleska
* Sanja Dabevska
* Marija Nikolic
* Katarina Tomašević
* Teja Ferfolja