Olimpia Elbląg

Olimpia Elbląg
Full name Klub Sportowy
Olimpia Elbląg
Nickname(s) Żółto-biało-niebiescy (Yellow-white-blue), Związkowi (Associates), Olimpijczycy (Olimpics)
Founded 1945
Ground City Stadium Elbląg, Poland
Ground Capacity 7000
Chairman Poland Łukasz Konończuk
Manager Poland Adam Boros
League II liga (3rd tier)
2015-16 1st in III liga, grupa podlasko-warmińsko-mazurska

Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football (soccer) team based in Elbląg, Poland. It was founded in 1945.

Club structure

Board members

President: Poland Łukasz Konończuk
Vice-president of financial area: Poland Jarosław Majkowski
Vice-president of sports area: Poland Bartłomiej Piór
Board member: Poland Jacek Perliński
Board member: Poland Franciszek Wiśniewski

Spokesman: Poland Krzysztof Fedak
Marketing manager: Poland Robert Pilecki

Sponsors

Main sponsors: Elbląg City Hall, Rapsodia Mall, Andrex
Sponsors: Grupa Żywiec (Specjal Beer), DRE, Carrefour, PKS Elbląg, RE.pl
Technical sponsor: Colo Sportswear

Objects

Olimpia Stadium

Olimpia play near Agrykola 8 Street since 1945. There are projects of new stadium for the team, but there is no decision when investion will be started.

Training Camp Skrzydlata

Since 80's Olimpia have training camp with few football fields. There is still in renovation, which should be ended at winter 2010. After renovation there will be two football fields (one with organic lawn).

Club history

1946: Olimpia (Olympia) Elbląg on field Agrykola 8

Historical Names

Syrena (1945), Stocznia (1946), Olympia (1946), KS Tabory (1946), Ogniwo (1949), Stal (1949), Budowlani (1951), Kolejarz (1951), Spójnia (1954), Turbina (1955), Olimpia (1955), Sparta (1955), TKS Polonia (1956)
Olimpia Elbląg (1960–1992)
KS Polonia Elbląg (1992–2002)
KS Polonia Olimpia Elbląg (2002–2004)
Piłkarski KS Olimpia Elbląg (since October 15, 2004)

Club crest

Club crest was changed many times in history. The mostly club was used today's symbol of a team.

Changes of Olimpia Elbląg crest 1946–2010

Achievements

Highest position: 8th

Current squad

As of 30 August 2016 [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Poland GK Kacper Jurewicz
2 Poland DF Rafał Maciążek
4 Poland DF Krzysztof Iwanowski
5 Poland DF Kamil Wenger
6 Poland FW Anton Kołosow
7 Poland MF Damian Szuprytowski
8 Poland MF Patryk Sokołowski
10 Poland MF Radosław Stępień
11 Poland FW Paweł Piceluk
12 Poland GK Wojciech Daniel
13 Poland MF Michał Ressel
No. Position Player
14 Poland DF Radosław Bukacki
15 Poland FW Michał Bartkowski
16 Poland DF Rafał Lisiecki
19 Poland MF Łukasz Pietroń
20 Poland MF Jakub Bojas
23 Poland DF Dawid Kubowicz
77 Poland DF Adam Konieczny
Poland GK Kacper Tułowiecki
Poland DF Krzysztof Niburski
Poland MF Bartosz Danowski
Poland MF Adam Wolak

Youth teams

Most famous players which career has started in Olimpia youth teams are: Adam Fedoruk (former Poland International, UEFA Champions League participant with Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Białkowski (Southampton F.C. goalkeeper) and Maciej Bykowski (former Panathinaikos Athens player).

Coaches & Managers

Coaches & Managers since 1960, when Olimpia was created from other Elbląg's football clubs

Poland Aleksander Grudziński (1959–61)
Poland Mieczysław Lorenc (1962)
Poland Witold Kamieński (1962–63)
Poland Edward Kołpa (1963–65)
Poland Witold Kamieński (1966)
Poland Stefan Wesołowski (1967–70)
Poland Bogumił Gozdur (1970–72)
Poland Jerzy Wrzos (1973)
Poland Franciszek Rogowski (1974)
Poland Andrzej Cehelik (July 23, 1974–75)
Poland Zdzisław Rogowski (1975)
 
Poland Wojciech Łazarek (January 1976–77)
Poland Eugeniusz Różański (1977–78)
Poland Jan Kowalski (1978–79)
Poland Eugeniusz Samolczyk (1979–80)
Poland Jerzy Słaboszewski (1980)
Poland Józef Bujko (1980–81)
Poland Stanisław Stachura (1981–83)
Poland Marian Geszke (1984)
Poland Józef Bujko (1984–87)
Poland Lech Strembski (1987)
Poland Eugeniusz Różański (1988)
 
Poland Józef Bujko (1989–90)
Poland Stanisław Fijarczyk (1990–94)
Poland Lech Strembski (1994–96)
Poland Sebastian Klimek (1996)
Poland Bogusław Kołodziejski (1997-00)
Poland Stanisław Fijarczyk (2000–02)
Poland Adam Fedoruk (2002–03)
Poland Andrzej Bianga (2003–2006.12.31)
Poland Zbigniew Kieżun (2007.1.1–2007.8.16)
Poland Tomasz Wichniarek (2007.8.16–2009.7.9)
Poland Tomasz Arteniuk (2009.7.9–2011.4.4)
 
Poland Jarosław Araszkiewicz (2011.4.5–2011.6.12)
Poland Grzegorz Wesołowski (2011.6.22–2011.10.15)
Ukraine Anatolij Piskoweć (2011.10.18)
Belarus Oleg Radushko (2012.1.7–2013.12.2)
Poland Adam Boros (2013.12.2–present)

Fans

The team supporters live mostly in Elbląg. The largest attendance at the Olimpia's stadium were recorded during the Polish second league games in the 1970s and 1980s: 10,000 attendants during the 1/16 final of the Polish Cup in autumn 1976 or circa 12,000 when Olimpia was playing in Second League in the mid-1970s.

Fans from Elbląg have their own association called 776 p.n.e. (the date symbolized the first Ancient Olympic Games) and Ultras Group called SMG'o6.

In 2004, the Olimpia fans have created their own team ZKS Olimpia Elbląg (historical club name). They have protested against club policy. After two seasons, the team reached the 5th level in the Polish football, but after several years, the two sides came to an agreement and merged the two clubs.

Another football team is based in Elbląg, Concordia, but only Olimpia has an organised fanbase. The Olimpia fans are have friendly relationships with supporters of Legia Warszawa and Zagłębie Sosnowiec.

Their main rivals are local clubs Stomil Olsztyn, Jeziorak Iława and to a lesser extent Arka Gdynia.

References

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