Lotos Trefl Gdańsk

Lotos Trefl Gdańsk

Full name	Trefl Gdańsk Spółka Akcyjna
Founded	2005
Ground	Ergo Arena Plac Dwóch Miast 1 Gdańsk (Capacity: 11,409)
Chairman	Piotr Należyty
Manager	Andrea Anastasi
League	PlusLiga
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Lotos Trefl Gdańsk is a Polish volleyball team, based in Gdańsk. In 2008 the club debuted in the highest level Polish volleyball men's league, PlusLiga. In the seasons 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 the club played in the first league, and in 2011 they returned to PlusLiga.^[1] Their home matches are played at the Ergo Arena.

Achievements

• Polish Championship

  2012

• Polish Cup

  2015

• Polish SuperCup

  2015

The team during match with PGE Skra on September 30, 2011.

The team during match with PGE Skra on September 30, 2011.

Warm-up before a match with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle on October 14, 2012.

Middle-blocker during his attack in match against Indykpol AZS Olsztyn on November 23, 2012.

Grzegorz Łomacz as a setter in match against PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2013.

A middle-blocker Daniel Pliński (#4) and setter Grzegorz Łomacz (#3) in match PGE Skra Bełchatów vs Lotos Trefl Gdańsk in 2013.

Lotos Trefl Gdańsk vs PGE Skra Bełchatów on March 17, 2013.

A match Lotos Trefl Gdańsk vs PGE Skra Bełchatów in season 2012/2013.

History

In the 2013/2014 season, Lotos Trefl's coach was Radosław Panas.^[2] During his work as main coach the team won 9 times and lost 11 matches. The club didn't play in the PlusLiga play-off and ended the season 2013/2014 in 10th place.^[3] In June 2014, the Italian Andrea Anastasi was officially presented as the club's new coach.^[4][5] Anastasi was coach to the Polish national team in 2011-2013 and expressed a desire to work for the club from Gdańsk. New players Damian Schultz (spiker),^[6] Mateusz Mika (receiver),^[7] Wojciech Grzyb (middle-blocker) wento to club before 2014/2015 season.^[8] Team took 3rd place in regular season of PlusLiga. Anastasi's team won 19 and lost 7 matches. On February 23, 2015 Andrea Anastasi signed new two-years contract, because of good results in regular, season till 2017.^[9] Lotos Trefl advanced to the final of 2014–15 PlusLiga after winning in semifinal with Polish Champion 2014 PGE Skra Bełchatów (in the competition to three wins, result was 3-1). It is first, historical promotion to the final of Polish Championship.^[10]

Former names

Coaches

2010–2013	Dariusz Luks
2013–2014	Radosław Panas
2014–present	Andrea Anastasi

Team

Team roster - season 2017/2018
Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Piotr Nowakowski	000000001987-12-18-000018 December 1987	middle blocker
2	Grzyb, WojciechWojciech Grzyb	000000001981-01-04-00004 January 1981	middle blocker
3	Tyler Sanders	000000001991-12-14-000014 December 1991	setter
6	Szymon Jakubiszak	000000001998-02-13-000013 February 1998	outside hitter
7	Schulz, DamianDamian Schulz	000000001990-02-26-000026 February 1990	opposite
10	Daniel McDonnell	000000001988-09-15-000015 September 1988	middle blocker
11	Ferens, WojciechWojciech Ferens	000000001991-04-05-00005 April 1991	outside hitter
12	Szalpuk, ArturArtur Szalpuk	000000001995-03-20-000020 March 1995	outside hitter
14	Maciej Olenderek	000000001992-10-16-000016 October 1992	libero
15	Mika, MateuszMateusz Mika	000000001991-01-21-000021 January 1991	outside hitter
16	Majcherski, FabianFabian Majcherski	000000001997-03-28-000028 March 1997	libero
18	Michał Kozłowski	000000001985-02-16-000016 February 1985	setter
19	Bradley Gunter	000000001993-12-05-00005 December 1993	opposite
Head coach: Andrea Anastasi Assistant: Bogdan Kotnik

Notable players

See also

• Volleyball in Poland
• Sports in Poland

References

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