Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football team based in Elbląg, Poland, competing in the II liga. It was founded in 1945.
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| Full name | Związkowy Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Żółto-biało-niebiescy (The Yellow, White And Blues) Związkowi (The Associates) Olimpijczycy (The Olympians) | ||
| Founded | May 1945 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Miejski | ||
| Capacity | 7,000 | ||
| Chairman | Paweł Guminiak | ||
| Manager | Karol Przybyła | ||
| League | II liga | ||
| 2023–24 | II liga, 13th of 18[1] | ||
| Website | https://www.zksolimpia.pl | ||
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Facilities
editOlimpia Stadium
editOlimpia has played near 8 Agrykola Street since 1945. There are projects for a new stadium for the team, but there is no decision when the investment will take place.
Training Camp Skrzydlata
editSince the 1980s, Olimpia have had the current training camp which consists of a small number of football pitches (one with an organic lawn). The club is constantly being modernized, which includes the 2010 renovation.
Club history
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Naming history
edit- 1945: MKS Syrena Elbląg
- 1946–May 1946: Klub Sportowy Stocznia Elbląg
- May 1946–1949: Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
- 1949–1951: Ogniwo Elbląg
- 1951–1955: Budowlani Elbląg
- 1955–1956: Olimpia Elbląg
- 1960–1992: Olimpia Elbląg
- 1992–2002: KS Polonia Elbląg
- 2002–2004: KS Polonia Olimpia Elbląg
- 15 October 2004–?: Piłkarski KS Olimpia Elbląg
- ?–28 June 2013: Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
- 28 June 2013–present: Związkowy Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg[2]
Club crest
editThe club crest has been changed many times throughout the club's history. Mostly the club uses the current team motif.
Honours
edit- Nine seasons in the I liga, with the highest finishing position of 8th (1986–87)
- Polish Cup round of 16: 1976–77
- Polish Youth Championship runners-up: 1989
Current squad
edit- As of 10 September 2024[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Youth teams
editSome of the most famous players whose careers started in the Olimpia youth teams are: Adam Fedoruk (former Poland international, UEFA Champions League participant with Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Białkowski (Millwall goalkeeper) and Maciej Bykowski (former Panathinaikos forward).
Managers
editCoaches & managers since 1960, when Olimpia was created from Elbląg's other football clubs
Aleksander Grudziński (1959–61)- Mieczysław Lorenc (1962)
- Witold Kamieński (1962–63)
- Edward Kołpa (1963–65)
- Witold Kamieński (1966)
- Stefan Wesołowski (1967–70)
- Bogumił Gozdur (1970–72)
- Jerzy Wrzos (1973)
- Franciszek Rogowski (1974)
- Andrzej Cehelik (23 July 1974–75)
- Zdzisław Rogowski (1975)
- Wojciech Łazarek (January 1976–77)
- Eugeniusz Różański (1977–78)
- Jan Kowalski (1978–79)
- Eugeniusz Samolczyk (1979–80)
- Jerzy Słaboszewski (1980)
- Józef Bujko (1980–81)
- Stanisław Stachura (1981–83)
- Marian Geszke (1984)
- Józef Bujko (1984–87)
- Lech Strembski (1987)
- Eugeniusz Różański (1988)
- Józef Bujko (1989–90)
- Stanisław Fijarczyk (1990–94)
- Lech Strembski (1994–96)
- Sebastian Klimek (1996)
- Bogusław Kołodziejski (1997–00)
- Stanisław Fijarczyk (2000–02)
- Adam Fedoruk (2002 – 26 September 2003)
- Andrzej Bianga (2003 – 24 November 2006)
- Zbigniew Kieżun (24 November 2006 – 16 August 2007)
- Tomasz Wichniarek (16 August 2007 – 9 July 2009)
- Tomasz Arteniuk (9 July 2009 – 4 April 2011)
- Jarosław Araszkiewicz (5 April 2011 – 12 June 2011)
- Grzegorz Wesołowski (22 June 2011 – 15 October 2011)
Anatoliy Piskovets (18 October 2011 – 9 January 2012)
Oleg Radushko (16 January 2012 – 7 November 2013)- Dariusz Kaczmarczyk (caretaker) (7 November 2013 – 2 December 2013)
- Adam Boros (2 December 2013 – 24 September 2018)
- Dariusz Kaczmarczyk & Tomasz Wiercioch (caretakers) (24 September 2018 – 27 September 2018)
- Adam Nocoń (27 September 2018 – 16 June 2020)
- Dariusz Kaczmarczyk (caretaker) (16 June 2020 – 2 July 2020)
- Łukasz Kowalski (2 July 2020 – 5 October 2020)
- Dariusz Kaczmarczyk (caretaker) (5 October 2020 – 2 November 2020)
- Jacek Trzeciak (2 November 2020 – 15 June 2021)
- Tomasz Grzegorczyk (25 June 2021 – 3 June 2022)
- Przemysław Gomułka (6 June 2022 – 6 April 2024)
- Sebastian Letniowski (10 April 2024 – 28 August 2024)[4]
- Karol Przybyła (28 August 2024 – present)[5]
Fans
editThe 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 symbolising the first Ancient Olympic Games) and an ultras group called SMG'06.
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.
Elbląg has another football team called Concordia, but only Olimpia has an organised fanbase. The Olimpia fans have friendly relationships with supporters of Legia Warsaw and Zagłębie Sosnowiec.
Their main rivals are local clubs Stomil Olsztyn, Jeziorak Iława and to a lesser extent Arka Gdynia.
References
edit- ^ II liga 2023/2024. 90minut. 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Historia" (in Polish). Olimpia Elbląg. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "2. Liga" (in Polish). Olimpia Elbląg. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Sebastian Letniowski trenerem Olimpii Elbląg". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Sebastian Letniowski odchodzi z Olimpii Elbląg". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 28 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.