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P.A.O.K. B.C.

PAOK BC
PAOK BC logo
Nickname Double-Headed Eagle of The North
Leagues Greek Basket League
Greek Basketball Cup
Champions League
Founded 1928
(basketball department)
History PAOK BC
(1928–present)
Arena PAOK Sports Arena
Arena Capacity 8,500
Location Thessaloniki, Greece
Team colors Black, White
         
President Bane Prelević
Head coach Soulis Markopoulos
Most recent season position 5th (quarter-finalist)
Championships 1 Saporta Cup
1 Korać Cup
2 Greek Championships
3 Greek Cups
Website paokbc.gr
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
Active departments of P.A.O.K.
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Football (Men's)
Football (Women's)
Basketball (Men's)
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Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball
Handball
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Water Polo
Swimming
Wrestling
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Boxing
Taekwondo
Weightlifting
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Cycling
Athletics
Ice hockey

PAOK B.C. (Greek: Π.Α.Ο.Κ. Κ.Α.Ε.), commonly known in European competitions as PAOK Thessaloniki, is the professional basketball department of the major Greek multi-sports club A.C. PAOK, which was founded in 1926, and is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The club's full name is Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinoupoliton (Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών), which is abbreviated as PAOK (Π.Α.Ο.Κ.), and means Pan-Thessaloniki Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans. The team has established a firm reputation in Greek basketball, especially for its success in European competitions. They have twice won the Greek Basket League (1958–59, 1991–92), and three times won the Greek Basketball Cup (1983–84, 1994–95, 1998–99), while they have also won two European Cups: the FIBA Saporta Cup (1990–91) and the FIBA Korać Cup (1993–94).

Well-known players that have played with the club over the years include: Peja Stojaković, John Korfas, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Nikos Boudouris, Efthimios Rentzias, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Scott Skiles, Rasho Nesterovič, Zoran Savić, Claudio Coldebella, Walter "The Truth" Berry, Scott Skiles, Rawle Marshall, Frankie King, Charles Shackleford, Lawrence Funderburke, Wendell Alexis, Conrad McRae, Matt Bullard, Anthony Bonner, Tracy Murray, C. J. Watson, Cliff Levingston, Damir Mulaomerović, Sergei Bazarevich, İbrahim Kutluay, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Nestoras Kommatos, Blagota Sekulić, Matthew Nielsen, Martynas Andriuškevičius, Dejan Tomašević, Ken Barlow, and former team's captain, and stand-out on-and-off the court, Bane Prelević.


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