Olimpia Elbląg

Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football team based in Elbląg, Poland, competing in II liga. It was founded in 1945.

Full nameKlub Sportowy
Olimpia Elbląg
Nickname(s)Żółto-biało-niebiescy (Yellow-white-blue), Związkowi (Associates), Olimpijczycy (Olimpics)
Founded1945 (1945)
GroundStadion Miejski, Poland
Capacity7,000
LeagueII liga
2022–23II liga, 9th of 18[1]

Facilities

Olimpia Stadium

Olimpia has played near Agrykola 8 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

Since 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

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

The club crest has been changed many times throughout the club's history. Mostly the club uses the current team motif.

Changes of Olimpia Elbląg crest 1946–2010

Achievements

Highest position: 8th
  • 1/8 final Polish Cup – season 1976/77
  • Runners up in the Polish Youth Championships – 1989 (final against Górnik Zabrze)

Current squad

As of 16 April 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Poland POL Jan Lechowid
3 MF Poland POL Łukasz Sarnowski
5 DF Poland POL Kamil Wenger
7 MF Portugal POR João Guilherme
8 MF Poland POL Hubert Krawczun
9 MF Poland POL Marcin Bawolik
10 DF Poland POL Michal Czarny
11 FW Poland POL Piotr Kurbiel
12 GK Poland POL Mateusz Dudek
14 MF Poland POL Marcin Czernis
16 MF Poland POL Bartosz Danowski
17 MF Belarus BLR Yan Senkevich
18 MF Canada CAN Marcel Zajac
20 FW Poland POL Jakub Branecki
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Poland POL Sebastian Milanowski
23 MF Poland POL Miłosz Kałahur
24 DF Poland POL Pawel Kazimierowski
25 DF Poland POL Adrian Piekarski
27 GK Poland POL Andrzej Witan
30 FW Poland POL Patryk Winsztal
32 DF Poland POL Dawid Wierzba
33 DF Poland POL Kacper Filipczyk
59 GK Poland POL Pawel Rutkowski
70 MF France FRA Ilias El Bouh
77 MF Poland POL Łukasz Pokrywka
94 FW Poland POL Szymon Stanisławski
FW Ukraine UKR Denys Ostrovskyi

Youth teams

Some 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 (Southampton F.C. goalkeeper) and Maciej Bykowski (former Panathinaikos Athens player).

Coaches & Managers

Coaches & Managers since 1960, when Olimpia was created from Elbląg's other 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 (2013.12.2–2018.09.24)
Poland Adam Nocoń (2018.09.27–2020.06.17)

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 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

  1. eWinner II liga 2022/2023. 90minut. 2023-06-04.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.