Asseco Resovia Rzeszów

Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Full name Asseco Resovia Spółka Akcyjna
Short name Asseco
Nickname Sovia
Founded 1910 (club)
1937 (volleyball team)
Ground Podpromie Hall
ul. Podpromie 10
35-035 Rzeszów
(Capacity: 4,300)
Chairman Bartosz Górski
Captain Jochen Schöps
League PlusLiga
Website Club home page
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Championships
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Asseco Resovia Rzeszów is a Polish professional volleyball team, based in Rzeszów, playing in PlusLiga. They are six-times Polish Champion and three-times winner of the Polish Cup. The club has had its current name since the 2006/2007 season. Asseco Resovia is ranked 7th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking.[1]

Achievements

Asseco Resovia before the match against AZS Częstochowa in Rzeszów on February 9, 2007.
From left Ignaczak (#16), Wika (#6), Grzyb, Mikko Oivanen, Redwitz and Kosok (#11) during the match with Paris Volley in season 2009/2010.
Before the match with AZS Częstochowa in the PlusLiga play-off in 2010.
György Grozer (#9) during his attack on September 23, 2011.
Krzysztof Ignaczak (#16) and Grzegorz Kosok (#4) during the time-out on September 25, 2011.
After winning Polish Championship in season 2011/2012.
Current captain of Asseco ResoviaOlieg Achrem after winning Polish Championship in 2012.
Medal ceremony of PlusLiga in season 2011/2012.

History

In season 2014/2015 Asseco Resovia has been playing in 2014–15 CEV Champions League. They beat Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (3–1) and lost in revenge match in Rzeszów (2–3) on March 11, 2015. They went to Final Four, which will be held in Berlin, Germany. Asseco Resovia will play with another Polish team – PGE Skra Bełchatów and for the first time in history two Polish teams will be playing at semi-final of CEV Champions League Final Four.[2] On March 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów beat PGE Skra Bełchatów in semi-final of 2014–15 CEV Champions League Final Four held at Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin. It was a historic match, where the semi-final played two Polish teams.[3] On April 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia won their 7th title of Polish Champion.[4] On 16-17 April 2015 Asseco Resovia was a host of 2015–16 CEV Champions League Final Four held in Tauron Arena Kraków. The team lost semifinal with Zenit Kazan and 3rd place match with Cucine Lube Civitanova, so Asseco Resovia took fourth place.[5] Russell Holmes received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker. In 2015–16 PlusLiga, Resovia took second place in regular season because of better set ratio than PGE Skra Bełchatów (Skra lost one more set than Resovia). In finale, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle beat Asseco Resovia Rzeszów in three matches (0–3).[6]

Former names

2004–2006AKS Resovia
2006–presentAsseco Resovia Rzeszów

Coaches

2003–2007Poland Jan Such
2007–2008Poland Andrzej Kowal
2008–2011Serbia Ljubomir Travica
2011–2017Poland Andrzej Kowal
2017Italy Roberto Serniotti
2017–presentPoland Andrzej Kowal

Team

2017/2018

Head coach:Roberto Serniotti (2017–Dec 2017 ) / Andrzej Kowal (Dec 2017–2018)[7]
Assistant:Lucio Antonio Oro
No. Name Date of birth Position
1Poland Michał KędzierskiAugust 9, 1994setter
2Poland Paweł RusekJanuary 21, 1983libero
3Poland Bartłomiej LemańskiMarch 19, 1996middle blocker
5Czech Republic Lukáš TicháčekJanuary 12, 1982setter
6Poland Dominik DepowskiOctober 27, 1995outside hitter
7Poland Jakub JaroszFebruary 10, 1987opposite
8Finland Elviss KrastinsSeptember 15, 1994outside hitter
9France Thibault RossardAugust 28, 1993outside hitter
10Germany Jochen Schöps (C)October 8, 1983opposite
11Poland Aleksander ŚliwkaMay 24, 1995outside hitter
12Poland Łukasz PerłowskiApril 3, 1984middle blocker
13Poland Mateusz MasłowskiJune 13, 1997libero
17Poland Marcin MożdżonekFebruary 9, 1985middle blocker
18Poland Dawid DryjaJuly 21, 1992middle blocker
15France Barthélémy ChinenyezeFebruary 28, 1998middle blocker

Notable players

References

  1. Eurotopteams
  2. Asseco Resovia claim historic Final Four ticket to set up much anticipated Polish derby with Skra in semis – cev.lu – March 11, 2015
  3. Guys in red and white sweep aside yellow-black opponent to write piece of history – cev.lu – March 28, 2015
  4. ASSECO RESOVIA RZESZÓW MISTRZEM POLSKI – plusliga.pl – April 28, 2015
  5. Asseco Resovia bez medalu - assecoresovia.pl - 17-04-2016
  6. Asseco Resovia wicemistrzem Polski! - assecoresovia.pl - 26-04-2016
  7. "Oświadczenie klubu Asseco Resovii Rzeszów". assecoresovia.pl. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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