Pałac Bydgoszcz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pałac Bydgoszcz
Full nameKlub Sportowy Pałac Bydgoszcz Spółka Akcyjna
Short namePałac
NicknamePałacanki
Founded1982
GroundHala Łuczniczka,
Bydgoszcz, Poland
(Capacity: 6,082)
ChairmanWaldemar Sagan
Head coachAdam Grabowski
LeagueTAURON Liga
2020–219th
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
Away

Pałac Bydgoszcz is a Polish women's volleyball club based in Bydgoszcz and plays in the Orlen Liga.

Previous names[]

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

  • Pałac Bydgoszcz (1982–1993)
  • Gryf Bydgoszcz (1993–1994)
  • Gryf Pałac Bydgoszcz (1994–1995)
  • Pałac Centrostal Bydgoszcz (1995–1998)
  • Centrostal Eltra Bydgoszcz (1998–1999)
  • Centrostal AMT Bydgoszcz (1999–2000)
  • Bank Pocztowy Centrostal Bydgoszcz (2000–2002)
  • Bank Pocztowy GCB Adriana Gazeta Pomorska Bydgoszcz (2002–2003)
  • GCB Adriana Gazeta Pomorska Bydgoszcz (2003–2004)
  • Centrostal Adriana Gazeta Pomorska Bydgoszcz (2004–2005)
  • Centrostal Focus Park Bydgoszcz (2005–2007)
  • GCB Centrostal Bydgoszcz (2007–2011)
  • Pałac Bydgoszcz (2011–present)

History[]

The club was created in 1982 at the Pałac Młodzieży (Palace of the Youth) in Bydgoszcz and was named Klub Sportowy (KS) Pałac. It has various youth teams and a senior team competing in the Polish national leagues. The senior team is playing in the Polish highest league since the 1992–93 season. The team (playing in the past under various names due to sponsorship reasons) has finished amongst the top three of the highest league, including once champions, for five times. The club is also noted for its very good work with the youth, carrying on practices for all youth-age player groups, starting from the youngest. Among other honours its junior team has won the national junior competitions championship for three times (recently in the 2009–10 season). Several players of the Polish national team (senior, academic and junior) have played or are currently playing in the club teams, several of them have been or are the club wards.[1]

Honours[]

National competitions[]

1992–93
  • Polska Kokarda Narodowa typ IVa.svg : 3
1991–92, 2000–01, 2004–05
  • Poland-orb.png Polish Super Cup: 1
2005

Team[]

Season 2016–2017, as of February 2017.[2][3]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Poland Opposite 1.86 72 (1989-01-10) 10 January 1989 (age 33)
4 Poland Middle blocker 1.88 74 (1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 26)
5 Ukraine Middle blocker 1.86 73 (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 37)
6 Poland Outside hitter 1.79 60 (1988-06-23) 23 June 1988 (age 33)
7 Poland Libero 1.75 74 (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 23)
8 Poland Outside hitter 1.75 66 (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 29)
9 Poland Pola Nowakowska Libero 1.81 80 (1996-01-30) 30 January 1996 (age 26)
10 Poland Outside hitter 1.80 74 (1979-11-25) 25 November 1979 (age 42)
11 Poland Outside hitter 1.83 77 (1997-02-08) 8 February 1997 (age 25)
12 Poland Małgorzata Śmieszek Middle blocker 1.87 76 (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 25)
13 Poland Paulina Bałdyga Setter 1.73 69 (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 25)
14 Poland Marlena Pleśnierowicz Setter 1.76 61 (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 30)
15 Poland Outside hitter 1.82 74 (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 25)
16 Poland Outside hitter 1.80 (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 25)

References[]

  1. ^ "Historia". KS Pałac Bydgoszcz (in Polish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Team". KS Pałac Bydgoszcz (in Polish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "KS Pałac Bydgoszcz Team". Orlen Liga (in Polish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""