Elana Toruń
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Full name | Elana Toruń | ||
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Nickname(s) | Elanowcy | ||
Founded | 28 August 1968 | ||
Ground | Toruń, Poland | ||
Capacity | 4,300[1] | ||
Chairman | Jacek Bednarz | ||
Manager | Bogusław Pietrzak | ||
League | III liga | ||
2019–20 | II liga, 16th (relegated)[2] | ||
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Elana Toruń is a Polish football club based in Toruń. As of the 2020–21 season, the team competes in III liga, 4th tier of the Polish football league system.
History[]
The team was at the 2nd level of the Polish pyramid in the 1990s, but were relegated in 1998/99.[3] During the following season the club changed their name to TKP Torun, but they were relegated again to the 4th level.[4] The club were often referred to as Torunski KP, but by the 2007/08 season they had returned to their original name of Elana Torun and were back playing in the Polish 3rd level.[5]
Current squad[]
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Supporters[]
Elana fans are commonly known as Elanowcy and include a small ultras group of around 100-1000 (depending on match) fanatical supporters. Apart from Toruń, there are fan-clubs in Gniewkowo, Golub-Dobrzyń, Ostaszewo, Aleksandrów Kujawski, Ciechocinek, Kowalewo Pomorskie, Obrowo, Lubicz and Wąbrzeźno.[6]
They have a long-standing friendship with fans of Ruch Chorzów and (who are also Ruch fans), friendly relations with Widzew Łódź fans from Grudziądz,[7] and more recently Wisła Kraków and KKS Kalisz fans.
As the city of Toruń has a rivalry with Bydgoszcz that extends even beyond sport,[8] Elana competes the Cuiavian derby[9] with Zawisza and Polonia. They also compete with fans of speedway club Apator Toruń.
References[]
- ^ Torun City Stadium (stadiony.net)
- ^ II liga 2019/2020, 90minut.pl
- ^ 1998/99 Polish football league results and tables at RSSSSF
- ^ "Poland 1999/2000". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Poland 2007/08". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Elana Toruń". www.elanowcy.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Strona fanatyków Elany Toruń". www.elanowcy.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ Ćwieluch, Juliusz (29 March 2018). "Bydgoszcz i Toruń – skąd ta wieczna rywalizacja?". www.polityka.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ http://ocb03.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205:elana-toru-zawisza-bydgoszcz&catid=48:przyjaciele&Itemid=98
External links[]
- (in Polish) Official website
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at torunskaelana.futbolowo.pl
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at elanowcy.pl
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at facebook.com
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń (90minut.pl)
- Football clubs in Poland
- Association football clubs established in 1968
- 1968 establishments in Poland
- Sport in Toruń