PAOK BC

1991 Greek Champion

1992 European Cup Winner

1993 Euroleague 3rd place

1994 Korac Cup Winner

1995 Greek Cup Winner

1996 European Cup Finalist

PAOK Basketball Club (BC) is one of the top professional basketball teams in Greece's First Division league and in European leagues as well, especially in the late 1980s and the first half of 1990s. The team reached the semi-finals of the European Cupwinners Cup in the 89-90 season but were defeated by Virtus Knor Bologna. PAOK eventually won the Cupwinners Cup in the 1990-91 campaign against Saragoza 76-72. In Geneva, PAOK played in the 1991-92 Cup Winners Cup Final Against Real Madrid but ended up losing by 2 points in a dramatic finish: PAOK tied at 63-63 with an astonishing three-point shot by Prelevic, and with 2 seconds to go, Real made a two-pointer after an errant pass by Panagiotis Fasoulas. During 1992-93, the team finished 3rd at the Euroleague Final Four at S.E.F. Faliro, Piraeus (Limoges, Benetton Treviso, PAOK, Real Madrid) Won the Korac Cup at 1993-94 against Stefanel Trieste. Also reached the final game of Cupwinners Cup in 1995-96 against TAU Vitoria, at Vitoria, losing 88-81. In Greece, PAOK has managed to become one of the most successful teams when it won Hellas Championship during 1958-59 and 1991-92. In addition, it was the Hellenic Cup winner at 1983-84,1994-95 and 1998-99. It has also competed in many Championship and Cup Finals, winner or runner-up.

Honors

European Trophies

• EuroLeague :
  • 0
    • Finalists -
      • Semi-Finalists 1993

• European Cup Winner's Cup/Saporta Cup :
  • 1991: 1
    • Finalists 1992, 1996
      • Semi-Finalists 1990

• Korac Cup :
  • 1994: 1

Domestic Trophies

• Greek Championships :
  • 1959, 1992: 2

• Greek Basketball Cups
  • 1984, 1995, 1999: 3

League Positions in A1 (1986-present)

A1 2005-2006: 6th* A1 2004-2005: 4th A1 2003-2004: 5th A1 2002-2003: 7th A1 2001-2002: 8th A1 2000-2001: 7th A1 1999-2000: 4th A1 1998-1999: 3rd

A1 1997-1998: 3rd A1 1996-1997: 6th A1 1995-1996: 5th A1 1994-1995: 3rd A1 1993-1994: 2nd A1 1992-1993: 1st A1 1991-1992: 1st A1 1990-1991: 2nd

A1 1989-1990: 1st A1 1988-1989: 2nd A1 1987-1988: 2nd A1 1986-1987: 2nd

Play-Off Standings in A1 (1986-present)

A1 2009-2010: 5th A1 2008-2009: 7th A1 2007-2008: 12th A1 2006-2007: 6th A1 2005-2006: 6th A1 2004-2005: 4th A1 2003-2004: 6th A1 2002-2003: 7th A1 2001-2002: 8th A1 2000-2001: 8th

A1 1999-2000: 2nd A1 1998-1999: 3rd A1 1997-1998: 2nd A1 1996-1997: 3rd A1 1995-1996: 4th A1 1994-1995: 4th A1 1993-1994: 2nd A1 1992-1993: 3rd A1 1991-1992: 1st A1 1990-1991: 2nd

A1 1989-1990: 2nd A1 1988-1989: 2nd A1 1987-1988: 2nd A1 1986-1987: 3rd

Seasons

Season	A1 Ethniki	Cup	Europe	Coach	Roster
1958-59	Champion				Orestes Angelidis, Theodoros Asteriadis, Constantinidis, Giorgos Ekonomou, Kiriakou, Klaggas, Kokkos, Thanasis Paschalis, Stalios, Stergiou, Dimitris Dapontes, Theodoridis
1959-60	_		Euroleague Last 32
1974-75	4th place		Korac Cup Last 16
1975-76	9th place		Korac Cup Last 16
1981-82	3rd place	Finalist	Korac Cup Last 16	Thodoros Rodopoulos	Vangelis Alexandris, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Manthos Katsoulis, Konstantinidis, Gaitanis, Kalpakis
1982-83	Finalist	_	Cup Winners' Cup Last 16
1983-84	3rd place	Winner	Korac Cup Last 8	Fedon Mattheou	Panagiotis Fassoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, John Korfas, Alexandris, Yannis Politis, Zaharias Katsoulis, Bakopoulos, Bourlivas, Constantinithis, Koumantsiotis
1984-85	Finalist	-	Cup Winners' Cup Last 8
1985-86	5th place	_	Korac Cup Last 8
1986-87	3rd place	-	Korac Cup Last 16
1987-88	Finalist	Last 8	Korac Cup Last 8	John Neumann	Panagiotis Fassoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Manthos Katsoulis, Takis Karatzulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Pakopoulos, Petway, Rund
1988-89	Finalist	_	Korac Cup Last 16	John Neumann, Kostas Politis	Mike Jones, Panagiotis Fassoulas, Branislav Prelevic, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Takis Karatzulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Bil Melis, Bakopoulos, Hatzigeorgiou, Thontsios
1989-90	Finalist	Finalist	Cup Winners' Cup Last 4	Kostas Politis	Anthony Cook, Branislav Prelevic, Panagiotis Fassoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Takis Karatzulidis, Giorgos Makaras, Nikos Boudouris, Pit Papahronis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Bil Melis, Theodoros Asteriadis, Christos Papasarantou
1990-91	Finalist	Finalist	Cup Winners' Cup Winner	Sakis Laios, Dragan Sakota	Kenneth Barlow, Bane Prelevic, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Makaras, John Korfas, Pit Papachronis, Memos Ioannou, Achileas Mamatziolas, Giorgos Valavanidis, Lazaros Tsakiris, Nikos Katsikis, Irving Thomas
1991-92	Champion	Last 4	Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	Dusan Ivkovic	Kenneth Barlow, Branislav Prelevic, Panagiotis Fassoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Pit Papahronis, Giorgos Makaras, Nikos Filippou, Nikos Stavropoulos, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Nikos Katsikis, Theodoros Asteriadis, Thanasis Kotsopoulos, Giorgos Kuklakis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Evripidis Meletiadis, Lazaros Tsakiris, Giorgos Valavanidis, Paliouras, Parisopoulos, Tsafrakitis
1992-93	3rd place	Last 8	Euroleague 3rd place	Dusan Ivkovic	Cliff Levingston, Kenneth Barlow, Branislav Prelevic, Panagiotis Fassoulas, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Baloyannis, Nikos Filippou, Christos Tsekos, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Nikos Katsikis, Giorgos Kuklakis, Giorgos Valavanidis, Stavros Koukouvitskas, Earl Harrison
1993-94	Finalist	Last 4	Korac Cup Winner	Dusan Ivkovic, Soulis Markopoulos	Walter Berry, Bane Prelevic, Zoran Savic, Nasos Galakteros, Efthimis Rentzias, John Korfas, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Achileas Mamatziolas, Christos Tsekos, Giannis Giannoulis, Giorgos Valavanidis, Giorgos Kuklakis, Thanasis Kotsopoulos, Fotis Takianos
1994-95	4th place	Winner	Euroleague Last 16	Dragan Sakota, Sakis Laios, Vangelis Alexandris	Branislav Prelevic, Zoran Savic, Jerrod Mustaf, Matt Bullard, John Korfas, Nasos Galakteros, Giannis Giannoulis, Nikos Boudouris, Efthimis Rentzias, Predrag Stojakovic, Giorgos Baloyannis, Christos Tsekos, Lemone Lampley, Achilleas Mamatsiolas, Kostas Christou
1995-96	4th place	_	European Cup Finalist	V.Alexandris, E.Kioumourtzoglou, Z.Lukajic, A.Bovi	Branislav Prelevic, Lawrence Funderburke, Dean Garrett, Trevor Ruffin, Predrag Stojakovic, Efthimis Rentzias, Giorgos Baloyannis, Nikos Boudouris, Giannis Giannoulis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Christos Tsekos, Kostas Christou, Dimitris Koptis
1996-97	3rd place	_	Korac Cup Last 16	Michel Gomez, Scott Skiles	Scott Skiles, Predrag Stojakovic, Anthony Bonner, Dell Demps, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Baloyannis, Efthimis Rentzias, Giannis Giannoulis, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Christos Tsekos, Stefan Baeck, Dimitris Despos, Giorgos Gallos, Dimitris Koptis, Thanasis Kotsopoulos
1997-98	Finalist	_	Euroleague Last 16	Zvi Sherf	Predrag Stojakovic, Charles Shackleford, Rafael Addison, Conrad McRae, Giorgos Baloyannis, Nikos Boudouris, Giannis Giannoulis, Lefteris Kakiusis, Giorgos Maslarinos, Juan Antonio Morales, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Ricardo Peral Antunez, Federico Pieri, Ronald Rowan, Dimitris Despos, Dimitrios Nesteropoulos, Vasilis Tsolakidis
1998-99	3rd place	Winner	Euroleague Last 32	Zvi Sherf, Kostas Flevarakis	Walter Berry, Jose Ortiz, Frankie King, Claudio Coldebella, Giorgos Baloyannis, Giannis Giannoulis, Lefteris Kakiusis, Juan Antonio Morales, Ricardo Peral Antunez, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Giorgos Maslarinos, Dimitrios Nesteropoulos, Constantinos Christou, Dimitris Despos, Vasilis Tsolakidis,
1999-00	Finalist	-	Euroleague Last 16	Petar Skansi, Kostas Flevarakis	Victor Alexander, Bill Edwards, Branislav Prelevic, Sergei Bazarevich, Dinos Angelidis, Giorgos Baloyannis, Claudio Coldebella, Giannis Giannoulis, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Ricardo Peral Antunez, Nikos Vetulas, Giorgos Maslarinos, Giannis Papahristou, Dimitris Iliopoulos
2000-01	7th place	_	Euroleague Last 16	Kostas Flevarakis	Angelos Koronios, Panagiotis Liadellis, Anthony Avent, Joseph Blair, Giorgos Sigalas, Giannis Giannoulis, Giorgos Limniatis, Kostas Vassiliadis, Jorge Racca, Josep Cargol, Claudio Coldebella, Frederic Weis, Valeri Daineko, Giorgos Apostolidis, Efthimios Galis, Theodoros Triftanidis
2001-02	8th place	Last 16	Korac Cup Last 32	Lefteris Subotic, Vagelis Alexandris	Bill Edwards, Norman Nolan, Andre Woolridge, Panagiotis Liadelis, Nestoras Kommatos, Angelos Koronios, Giorgos Sigalas, Panayotis Vasilopoulos, Kostas Vassiliadis, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Claudio Coldebella, Juan Antonio Morales, Giorgos Limniatis, Giorgos Apostolidis, Perry Carter Greene, Daniel Callahan, Kostas Vathis
2002-03	7th place	-	EuroChallenge Last 16		Brent Scott, Wendell Alexis, Branko Milisavljevic, Nestoras Kommatos, Panayotis Vasilopoulos, Kostas Vassiliadis, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Giorgos Apostolidis, Giorgos Limniatis, Torraye Braggs, Predrag Materic, Kostas Christou, Dimitris Koptis, Pascalis Panagiotidis, Perry Carter Greene, Kostas Vathis
2003-04	6th place	_		Branislav Prelevic	Damir Mulaomerovic, Kasib Powell, Kostas Vassiliadis, Panayotis Vasilopoulos, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Ivica Jurkovic, Ronnie Fields, Alexander Okunsky, Alexandar Radojevic, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Spiros Panteliadis, Thanasis Kamariotis, Kosta Karamanolev, Charalambis Markopoulos, Giorgos Pasalidis, Ilias Tevetzidis
2004-05	6th place	-	ULEB Cup Last 8	Branislav Prelevic	Damir Mulaomerovic, Matthew Nielsen, Kostas Vassiliadis, Panayotis Vasilopoulos, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Yannis Gagaludis, Amit Tamir, Alexander Bashimov, Ivan Grgat, Giorgos Baloyannis, Kostas Maglos, Sotiris Manolopoulos, James Maye, Aristidis Koronidis, Giorgos Pasalidis
2005-06	6th place	-	EuroChallenge Last 32	Soulis Markopoulos	Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Kostas Vassiliadis, Vladimir Vuksanovic, Yannis Gagaludis, Stanislav Makshantsev, Mamadou N'Diaye, Tracy Murray, Tre Simmons, Vasilis Xanthopoulos, Dimitris Verginis, Hrvoje Henjak, Marijan Mance, Vladimir Zujovic, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Anestis Tzinopoulos, Ioannis Vasileiou, Theodoros Georgitsis, Charalambis Giannopoulos, Stylianos Goulas
2006-07	6th place	-	ULEB Cup Last 16		Vlado Scepanovic, Giannis Kalambokis, Blagota Sekulic, Jerome Allen, Darius Washington, Jason Parker, Drago Pasalic, Djuro Ostojic, Andy Panko, Lazaros Agadakos, J.R. Bremer, Dimitris Verginis, C.J. Watson, Charalambis Giannopoulos, Dimitris Haritopoulos, Feliks Kojadinovic, Nikos Kuvelas, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Ivan Tomas, Ioannis Vasileiou
2007-08	12th place	Last 8	EuroChallenge Last 16	John Korfas	Ibrahim Kutluay, Dimitris Verginis, Mamadou Diarra, Edmund Saunders, Giorgos Tsiakos, Michael Hakim Jordan, Lee Humphrey, Dimitris Haritopoulos, Jason Rowe, Reda Rhalimi, Giannis Demertzis, Karolos Galazoulas, Charambalis Giannopoulos, Antoine Gillespie, Steven Hansell, Zoltan Horvath, Nikos Kuvelas, Per Ringstrom, Thrasivoulos Sfeikos, Ioannis Vasileiou
2008-09	_	_		Argiris Pedoulakis	Dejan Tomasevic, Christos Harisis, Alexis Kyritsis, Mamoutou Diarra, Panayiotis Kafkis, Britton Johnsen, Vassilis Simtsak, Giorgos Tsiaras, Karolos Galazoulas, Michalis Giannakidis, Dimitris Kalampakas, Dimitris Marmarinos, Yiannis Demertzis, Kostas Vasiliadis

Famous players

• Panagiotis Fasoulas
• John Korfas
• Nikos Stavropoulos
• Efthimios Rentzias
• Angelos Koronios
• Giorgos Sigalas
• Nasos Galakteros
• Panagiotis Liadelis
• Bane Prelevic
• Predrag Stojakovic
• Zoran Savic
• Nestoras Kommatos
• Dimitris Verginis
• Mamadou Diarra
• Edmund Saunders
• Giorgos Tsiakos
• Antoine Gilespie
• Dimitris Charitopoulos
• Yiannis Demertzis

Famous Coaches

• Dragan Sakota
• Dusan Ivkovic
• Soulis Markopoulos
• Zvi Sherf
• Scott Skiles
• Petar Skansi
• Kostas Flevarakis

See also

• PAOK FC - Football Club

External Links

• Official site of PAOK BC
• Official site of the Hellenic Championship
• Official site of the Greek Department of Sports (in Greek)
• Official site of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (in Greek)

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