BKS Bielsko-Biała

BKS Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała
Full name Bialski Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna
Short name BKS
Founded 1951
Ground BKS Stal Hall,
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
(Capacity: 1,400)
Chairman Andrzej Pyć
Head coach Tore Aleksandersen
League Orlen Liga
2016–17 7th
Website Club home page
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BKS Bielsko-Biała, is the women's volleyball department of Polish sports club BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała based in Bielsko-Biała and plays in the Orlen Liga.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

  • BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała (1951–2006)
  • BKS Aluprof Bielsko-Biała (2006–2015)
  • BKS Aluprof Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała (2015–2016)
  • BKS Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała (2016–present)

History

The sports club Bialski Klub Sportowy was established in 1922 and through the years had many different sports departments (today only the men's football and the later founded women's volleyball are still active). All activities were suspended during World War II and when the club resumed its activities after the war, with sports facility reconstruction efforts, it was under the patronage of several industries, most notably the Bielska Fabryka Maszyn Włókienniczych (Bielsko Sewing Machine factory or in short "Befama"), and as sports associations were under supervision of trade unions, the club was renamed Bialski Klub Sportowy Stal (Bialski Sports Club Steel). It was under this set up that in 1951 the women's volleyball department was created. It has various teams (girls, youth, second and first senior team) playing across many divisions in the Polish leagues. The main senior team reached the first division three years after its foundation and in the 1954–55 season won the Polish Cup for the first time, with a second Cup title arriving in 1978–79. During the late 1980s the club achieved success winning the Polish Championships for four consecutive years (1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91) and three consecutive Polish Cups (1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90). In the period that followed, the club won another four Championships (1995–96, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10), three Cups (2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09) and two Polish Super Cups (2006, 2010).[1][2]

In 2011 the club became a corporation and changed its name to Bialski Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna (BSK S.A.).[3]

Honours

National competitions

1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10
  • Polish Cup: 8
1954–55, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09
  • Polish Super Cup: 2
2006, 2010

Team

2016–2017 squad, as per March 2017.[4][5]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Poland Natalia Perlińska Middle blocker 1.90 73 4 June 1988
2 Poland Joanna Staniucha-Szczurek Outside hitter 1.84 73 5 December 1981
3 Poland Mariola Wojtowicz Libero 1.64 60 4 January 1980
4 Poland Aleksandra Wańczyk Opposite 1.93 81 1 January 1996
6 Slovakia Jaroslava Pencová Middle blocker 1.90 86 24 June 1990
7 Poland Natalia Skrzypkowska Outside hitter 1.80 68 23 February 1989
8 Poland Aleksandra Pasznik Setter 1.83 63 26 February 1990
9 United States Erica Handley Setter 1.83 68 22 April 1995
11 Czech Republic Soňa Mikysková Opposite 1.89 79 2 May 1989
12 Poland Aleksandra Trojan Middle blocker 1.96 68 6 June 1991
13 Germany Magdalena Gryka Setter 1.79 69 28 March 1994
14 Poland Ewelina Brzezińska Outside hitter 1.83 73 26 January 1988
15 Poland Kornelia Moskwa Middle blocker 1.86 80 30 October 1996
16 Poland Emilia Mucha Outside hitter 1.86 73 7 December 1993
17 Poland Aneta Wilczek Libero 1.76 63 11 December 1997
18 Poland Wiktoria Szumera Outside hitter 1.82 67 28 December 1999

References

  1. ↑ "Historia". BKS Bielsko-Biała (in Polish). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Druzyna". BKS Bielsko-Biała (in Polish). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "BSK S.A." BKS Bielsko-Biała (in Polish). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Team". BKS Bielsko-Biała (in Polish). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "BKS Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała Team". Orlen Liga (in Polish). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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