P.A.O.K. F.C. is a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 association football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. It is the largest supported football club in Macedonia

Macedonia (Greece)

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PAOK FC is the football department of Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans (PAOK), a multi-sport club. Since its formation in 1926 the football club has played in the top division of Greek football and has never been relegated. PAOK FC have been Greek football champions twice, runners-up three times, and have won the Greek Cup

Greek football Cup

The Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....

 four times, as well as being runners-up a record 12 times.