| Full name | PAOK Academy | ||
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| Founded | 1952 | ||
| Ground | PAOK FC Sport Center, Nea Mesimvria | ||
| Capacity | 300 | ||
| Owner | PAOK FC | ||
| Chairm usean | Ivan Savvidis | ||
| League | Superleague U19, U17, U15 | ||
| 2019-2020 | 1st | ||
| Website | http://www.paokfc.gr/en/paok-academy-en/ | ||
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PAOK Academy is the football academy system of Greek professional football club PAOK consisting of eleven official youth teams (Under-6/7, Under-8, Under-9, Under-10, Under-11, Under-12, Under-13, Under-14, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20), based on the young athletes' age.[1] PAOK's U15, U17 and U20 teams all play in Greek Superleague's [2] (Superleague U15, U17 and U20 respectively). Ιn 2016–17 season, U20 team participated in UEFA Youth League as a champion on official superleague U17 2015–16. This academy holds more than 280 young players,[3] and also more than 50 people work there (coaches, trainers, doctors etc.). The PAOK Academy maintains 16 training centers outside of Thessaloniki. These are in Athens, Didimoticho, Alexandroupoli, Komotini - Xanthi, Kilkis, Kavala, Drama, Kozani, Katerini, Lamia, Corfu, Rethymnon, Chios, Chalkidiki, Cyclades and Rhodes.[4]
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