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PAOK FC, Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Ποδοσφαιρική Αθλητική Ένωση Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών) stands for Panthessalonikian Athletic Club of Constantinople and is a Greek football club, founded in Thessaloniki in 1926. The team plays at Toumba Stadium which was renovated and played during the 2004 Summer Olympics. It was a continuation of the Hermes Athletic and Cultural Association of Constantinople (Istanbul) which was founded in 1875, and transferred to Thessaloniki when the Greek population of Turkey was expelled in the 1920s. PAOK also have other clubs including basketball, volleyball, handball, water polo, swinning , wrestling and weightlifting. The trainer since February 17, 2005 is Rolf Fringer .