Olimpia Elbląg

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Olimpia Elbląg

Full name

Piłkarski Klub Sportowy
Olimpia Elbląg

Founded

1945

Ground

City Stadium Elbląg, Poland
(Capacity 7000)

Chairman

Maciej Romanowski since 1 January 2004

Manager

Tomasz Wichniarek since 16 August 2007

League

III liga Gr.1

2007/08

10th (III League)





Home colours





Away colours

Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football (soccer) Football team based in Elbląg, Poland. It was founded in 1945. They play in Poland III Liga (two classes below Orange Ekstraklasa).

1 Achievments
2 Historical Names
3 Current First Team
- 3.1 Players out on loan/on loan
- 3.2 Sponsors
4 Notable players
- 4.1 Foreign Players
5 Coaches & Managers
6 Fans
7 Main Rivals
8 External links

[edit] Achievments

8 seasons in Poland II Liga

Higher position: 8th

1/8 final Polish Cup - season 1976/77
Runners up in Polish Young Championships - 1989 (final with Górnik Zabrze)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Current First Team

Accurate as of April 28, 2008

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Krzysztof Hyz
		GK	Andrzej Szyszko
		GK	Sebastian Pietruszka
		GK	Konrad Wilczyński
		DF	Arkadiusz Koprucki
		DF	Rafał Anuszek
		DF	Artur Kowalczyk
		DF	Mateusz Ptaszyński
		DF	Andrzej Treszczotko
		DF	Maciej Anuszek
		DF	Kamil Kopycki
		DF	Mateusz Prześniak
		MF	Łukasz Wróblewski

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Tomasz Sambor
		MF	Rafał Lepka
		MF	Mateusz Boganowicz
		MF	Mateusz Roszak
		MF	Maciej Zając
		MF	Michał Chmielecki
		MF	Adam Niedźwiedzki
		MF	Anton Kolosov
		FW	Piotr Trafarski (captain)
		FW	Michał Tomczyk
		FW	Damian Sędziak
		FW	Krzysztof Biegański
		FW	Paweł Nowacki

[edit] Players out on loan/on loan

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Wiesław Korzeb (Zatoka Braniewo)
		FW	Szymon Brzezicki (Olimpia Elbląg, youth team)
		DF	Bartosz Iwankowski (Olimpia Elbląg, youth team)

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Artur Kowalczyk (Kotwica Kołobrzeg – to the end of 2007–08 season)

[edit] Sponsors

Elbląg City Hall
PKS Elbląg - transport company
Grupa Żywiec (Specjal beer) - beer & beverages producer
Stolpłyt - furniture producer
DRE - furniture & wooden doors producer

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Foreign Players

/ Michaił Czesnakow
Jānis Intenbergs
Anton Kolosov (still playing for Olimpia)
Miroslav Lazić
/ Władimir Mierowszczikow

[edit] Coaches & Managers

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

Aleksander Grudziński (1959 - 1961)

Mieczysław Lorenc (1962)

Witold Kamieński (1962-1963)

Edward Kołpa (1963-1965)

Witold Kamieński (1966)

Stefan Wesołowski (1967-1970)

Bogumił Gozdur (1970-1972)

Jerzy Wrzos (1973)

Franciszek Rogowski (1974)

Andrzej Cehelik (July 23, 1974-1975)

Zdzisław Rogowski (1975)

Wojciech Łazarek (January 1976-1977)

Eugeniusz Różański (1977-1978)

Jan Kowalski (1978-1979)

Eugeniusz Samolczyk (1979-1980)

Jerzy Słaboszewski (1980)

Józef Bujko (1980-1981)

Stanisław Stachura (1981-1983)

Marian Geszke (1984)

Józef Bujko (1984-1987)

Lech Strembski (1987)

Eugeniusz Różański (1988)

Józef Bujko (1989-1990)

Stanisław Fijarczyk (1990-1994)

Lech Strembski (1994-1996)

Sebastian Klimek (1996)

Bogusław Kołodziejski (1997-2000)

Stanisław Fijarczyk (2000-2002)

Adam Fedoruk (2002-2003)

Andrzej Bianga (2003-December 31, 2006)

Zbigniew Kieżun (January 1, 2007-August 16, 2007)

Tomasz Wichniarek (od August 16, 2007)

[edit] Fans

Team supporters living most in Elbląg. The largest attendance in Olimpia's stadium was during polish second league games in 70's and 80's (10,000 attendants during 1/16 final Polish Cup in autumn 1976 or circa 12,000 when Olimpia was playing in II league in middle 70's). Fans from Elbląg have their own association called 776 p.n.e. (date symbolized first Ancient Olympic Games) and Ultras Group called SMG'o6 (they are response for supporting players during Olimpia matches). In 2004 Olimpia fans have created their own team ZKS Olimpia Elbląg (historical club name). They have protested against club policy). After two seasons, the team have reached polish Okręgówka League (5th in polish football). In Elbląg are also another football teams like Concordia, but only Olimpia have organised and large fanbase. Olimpia fans are in friendly relationships with Legia Warszawa fans and Zagłębie Sosnowiec supporters.