Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

Tasomix Rosiek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Tasomix Rosiek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1947; 77 years ago
Arena	Arena Ostrów
Capacity	3,086
Location	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
Team colors	Blue, Gold, White;
Main sponsor	Arged; BM Slam; Miasto Ostrów Wielkopolski
President	Bartosz Karasiński
Vice-president(s)	Grzegorz Ardeli
Head coach	Andrzej Urban
Team captain	Damian Kulig
Ownership	Paweł Matuszewski; Marcin Napierała
Championships	1 Polish League; 2 Polish Cups; 1 Polish Supercup; 1 ENBL
Website	bmslamstal.pl
Home	Away

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, also known as Tasomix Rosiek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Ostrów Wielkopolski. They play in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since its promotion back in 2015. The club won the Polish national championship in 2021 and the Polish Cup in 2019 and 2022. Since then, Stal has also been active at the European stage in the Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup.

The home arena of the team is the Arena Ostrów.

History

The original, non-sponsored club logo

In 2015, Stal promoted from the second-tier I Liga to the PLK. In its first season, the team finished 13th in the standings with a 12–20 record. In the 2016–17 season, Stal had a historic season as the team reached the semi-finals of the PLK after defeating MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 3–0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Stal lost to Stelmet Zielona Góra but won the third place series against Energa Czarni Słupsk.

In the 2017–18 season, Stal had an even more successful season as the team reached the PLK finals for the first time after defeating Polski Cukier Toruń. In the Finals, the team lost to Anwil Włocławek, 2–4.

Stal team in 2019

In 2019, Stal won the Polish Basketball Cup after defeating Arka Gdynia 77–74 in the final.^[1] It was the first ever trophy for the club.

In the 2020–21 season, Stal played in the FIBA Europe Cup and reached the Final Four of the tournament. It reached the finals were it lost to Israeli club Ironi Ness Ziona. Later that season, Stal won the finals of the 2020–21 PLK season, winning its first Polish championship in club history.^[2] Guard Jakub Garbacz was named the PLK Finals MVP.

New era started in 2022 when previous assistant Andrzej Urban was promoted the head coach. Team management reoriented its roster composition philosophy, focusing more on European foreigners. With players like Aigars Šķēle, Ojārs Siliņš and Nemanja Đurišić Stal hit the bullz-eye, winning its first Polish Supercup. By winning European North Basketball League, Stal won its first international title. Urban's debut season ended with bronze in the Polish league. Before his second season with the team, Latvian international Šķēle became the first ever current state Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski player in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Arenas

In the majority of its existence, the team played in the Hala Sportowa Stal, which had a capacity of 1,800 people. Since 2020, the club plays its home games in the Arena Ostrów, which has capacity for 3,000 people.^[3] The arena costed 31 million zł and was built by local company Bud-Rem.^[4]

Honours

Polish Basketball League

Winners (1): 2020-21

Polish Basketball Cup

Winners (2): 2019, 2022
Runners-up (1): 2024

Polish Basketball Supercup

Winners (1): 2022
Runners-up (2): 2019, 2021

FIBA Europe Cup

Runners-up (1): 2020–21

European North Basketball League

Winners (1): (2023)

Sponsorship names

The team has also been known as:

BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2012–2013)
Intermarché Bricomarché (2013–2015)^[5]
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2015–2024)
Tasomix Rosiek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2024–present)

Season by season

Fans of Stal in 2019

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Polish Cup	European competitions
2011–12	3	II Liga	2nd
2012–13	2	I Liga	9th
2013–14			9th
2014–15			1st
2015–16	1	PLK	13th
2016–17			3rd
2017–18			2nd		4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	1–1
2018–19			5th	Champions
2019–20			9th
2020–21			1st	Semi-finalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RU	6–1
2021–22			5th	Champions	3 Champions League	RS	1–5
2022–23			3rd	Quarter-finalist	European North Basketball League	1st	8–3
2023–24			3rd	Runner-up

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2017–18	FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	Bnei Herzliya	65–64	74-84
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Szolnoki Olaj		90-80
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Sporting	85-83
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Ironi Ness Ziona		93-86
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RO16	Heroes Den Bosch		92-83
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	QF	Belfius Mons-Hainaut		73-66
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	SF	CSM Oradea		77-66
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	Final	Ironi Ness Ziona		74-82
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Baxi Manresa	75-88	76-81
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Pinar Karşıyaka	69-86	77-80
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Hapoel Jerusalem	76-65	76-83
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Ironi Ness Ziona	92-76
2022-23	ENBL	RS	King Szczecin	56-72
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Basket Brno		80-59
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Valmiera Glass VIA		94-71
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits		84-65
2022-23	ENBL	RS	BC Wolves	75-85
2022-23	ENBL	QF	Zielona Góra	101-80	94-97
2022-23	ENBL	SF	Start Lublin	86-74
2022-23	ENBL	Final	BC Wolves	70-66

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Rosenthal, Märt	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	25 – (1999-03-15)15 March 1999
SG	1	Rolon, Tyquan	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	29 – (1995-03-07)7 March 1995
SF	6	Zębski, Mateusz	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	32 – (1992-05-13)13 May 1992
G	8	Wojcik, Paxson	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	24 – (2000-08-08)8 August 2000
F	9	Vene, Siim-Sander	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	34 – (1990-11-12)12 November 1990
PF	11	Lambrecht, Tim	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	26 – (1998-01-15)15 January 1998
PF	14	Egner, Maximilian	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	22 – (2002-07-25)25 July 2002
SG	24	Brembly, David	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	31 – (1993-03-19)19 March 1993
C	25	Wójcik, Jan	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	25 – (1999-11-11)11 November 1999
C	77	Kulig, Damian (C)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	37 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987
C		Parzeński, Jakub	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	32 – (1991-12-03)3 December 1991

Head coach

Andrzej Urban

Assistant coach(es)

Konrad Kaźmierczyk

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: November 21, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Damian Kulig	Jan Wójcik
PF	Tim Lambrecht	Maximilian Egner
SF		Mateusz Zębski
SG	Tyquan Rolon	David Brembly
PG	Märt Rosenthal

Squad changes for the 2024–25 season

In

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

Pos.	Nat.	Player
G	EST	Märt Rosenthal (from Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits)
F	POL	Maximilian Egner (from Niedźwiadki Przemyśl)
C	POL	Jan Wojcik (from Zastal Zielona Góra)
SF	POL	Mateusz Zębski (from Śląsk Wrocław)
SG	USA	Tyquan Rolon (from Quebradillas)
SF	USA	Jeffrey Carroll (from Heidelberg)

Out

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

Pos.	Nat.	Player
PG	LVA	Aigars Šķēle (to Rostock Seawolves)
F	LVA	Ojārs Siliņš (to Legia Warsaw)
PF	MNE	Nemanja Đurišić (to Nizhny Novgorod)
PG	USA	Rodney Chatman (to free agent)
PG	LTU	Arūnas Mikalauskas (to free agent)
SG	POL	Michał Chyliński (to Astoria Bydgoszcz)
C	POL	Krzysztof Sulima (to Anwil Włocławek)
SG	LTU	Laurynas Beliauskas (to BC Juventus)
PF	POL	Tomasz Gielo (to Bilbao Basket)
SF	USA	David Walker (to Free agent)
SG	POL	Aleksander Zalucki (to MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza)
F	POL	Wiktor Sewiol (to Arka Gdynia)
SF	USA	Jeffrey Carroll (to Free agent)

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Individual awards

Award	Players
PLK Most Valuable Player	Shawn King (2017)
Polish Basketball Cup MVP	Mateusz Kostrzewski (2019)
PLK Finals MVP	Jakub Garbacz (2021)
European North Basketball League Finals MVP	Damian Kulig (2023)

References

^ "Suzuki Puchar Polski dla Arged BMSlam Stali!". Koszykówka - Polska Liga Koszykówki. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Wyborcza.pl". poznan.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Arena Ostrów , Ostrów Wielkopolski". konferencje.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ Szczepaniak, Paulina (10 November 2020). "Arena Ostrów. Jakie możliwości daje pierwsza w mieście hala? [WIDEO]". wlkp24.info (in Polish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ Team profile – Eurobasket.com

[1] "Suzuki Puchar Polski dla Arged BMSlam Stali!". Koszykówka - Polska Liga Koszykówki. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[2] "Wyborcza.pl". poznan.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[3] "Arena Ostrów , Ostrów Wielkopolski". konferencje.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[4] Szczepaniak, Paulina (10 November 2020). "Arena Ostrów. Jakie możliwości daje pierwsza w mieście hala? [WIDEO]". wlkp24.info (in Polish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[5] Team profile – Eurobasket.com

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