Jastrzębski Węgiel

Jastrzębski Węgiel
Full name KS Jastrzębski Węgiel SA
Founded 1949
Ground Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa w Jastrzebiu-Zdroju
ul. Mikołaja Reja 10
44-335 Jastrzębie-Zdrój
(Capacity: 3,007)
Chairman Zdzisław Grodecki
Manager Mark Lebedew
League PlusLiga
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KS Jastrzębski Węgiel SA - is a Polish professional volleyball team based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, founded in 1949 under the name of LZS hawks, since 2004, acting under its present name, and since May 2, 2005 remaining a public company.

So far, the team has won a total of eight medals in the Polish Championships (MP): 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze, and in the all-time MP, it is currently in 14th place. The team has been in the top level Polish league, PlusLiga, continuously since the 1997/1998 season. Węgiel is ranked 17th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking.[1]

Jastrzębski Węgiel before the match of PlusLiga in 2010.
Captain of team in 2013-2015 - Michal Lasko.
Receiver of Jastrzębski Węgiel in 2011-2014 - Michał Kubiak.

History

In 2011 club achieved silver medal of the FIVB World Club Championship 2011. In season 2012/2013 won a bronze medal of Polish Championship. In 2013/2014 the club advanced to the Final Four of the Champions League held in Ankara, Turkey and after defeating VC Zenit Kazan won the bronze medal.[2][3] Jastrzębski Węgiel beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in last matches in the battle for a medal. Club ended the season with another bronze in the Polish Championship.[4] After end of season 2013/2014 the team left head coach Lorenzo Bernardi and one of main players, Michał Kubiak, who agreed with Jastrzębski Węgiel, that after the end of the contract in Turkey, he will return to the Polish club.[5]

In 2014/2015 a head coach of team was Italian Roberto Piazza. Club led by him took 4th place in 2014–15 PlusLiga because of lost with PGE Skra Bełchatów in battle of bronze. Piazza left club after this season and he was replaced by Australian coach Mark Lebedew.[6][7] Before season 2015/2016 club left a few main players: previous captain and opposite Michał Łasko, opposite Mateusz Malinowski, outside hitter Zbigniew Bartman.

Former names

1949–1962 LZS Jastrzębie
1962–1977 Jas-Mos GKS Jastrzębie
1977–1990 GKS Jastrzębie
1990–2002 KS Jastrzębie Borynia
2002–2004 Ivett Jastrzębie Borynia
2004–present Jastrzębski Węgiel

Head coaches

1989–1990 Poland Waldemar Kuczewski
1990–1991 Poland Bronisław Orlikowski
1997–2001 Poland Zdzisław Grodecki
2001–2003 Poland Jan Such
2003–2006 Slovakia Igor Prieložný
2006–2007 Poland Ryszard Bosek
2007–2008 Italy Tomaso Totolo
2008–2011 Italy Roberto Santilli
2011–2011 Slovakia Igor Prieložný
2011–2014 Italy Lorenzo Bernardi
2014–2015 Italy Roberto Piazza
2015–present Australia Mark Lebedew

Team

2016/2017

Head coach: Australia Mark Lebedew

No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Poland Strzeżek, PatrykPatryk StrzeżekNovember 19, 1989opposite
2 Poland Muzaj, MaciejMaciej MuzajMay 21, 1994opposite
3 Poland Popiwczak, JakubJakub PopiwczakApril 17, 1996libero
4 Poland Kosok, GrzegorzGrzegorz KosokMarch 2, 1986middle blocker
5 Poland Gil, RadosławRadosław GilJanuary 25, 1997setter
6 Poland Boruch, DamianDamian BoruchDecember 14, 1989middle blocker
7 United States Touzinsky, ScottScott TouzinskyApril 22, 1982outside hitter
8 Poland Ernastowicz, MarcinMarcin ErnastowiczJuly 31, 1997outside hitter
9 Canada DeRocco, JasonJason DeRoccoSeptember 19, 1989outside hitter
10 Germany Kampa, LukasLukas KampaNovember 29, 1986setter
11 Poland Sobala, WojciechWojciech SobalaMay 12, 1988middle blocker
12 Poland Gdowski, KarolKarol GdowskiFebruary 10, 1999libero
13 Cuba Hidalgo Oliva, SalvadorSalvador Hidalgo OlivaDecember 27, 1985outside hitter
17 Poland Bachmatiuk, MarcinMarcin BachmatiukMay 17, 1992middle blocker

Notable players

References

See also

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