Pałac Bydgoszcz

Pałac Bydgoszcz
Full name Klub Sportowy Pałac Bydgoszcz Spółka Akcyjna
Short name Pałac
Nickname Pałacanki
Founded 1982
Ground Hala Łuczniczka,
Bydgoszcz, Poland
(Capacity: 6,082)
Chairman Waldemar Sagan
Head coach Adam Grabowski
League Orlen Liga
2016–17 12th
Website Club home page
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Championships
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Pałac Bydgoszcz is a Polish women's volleyball club based in Bydgoszcz and plays in the Orlen Liga.

Previous names

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

  • Pałac Bydgoszcz (1982–1993)
  • Gryf Bydgoszcz (1993–1994)
  • Gryf Pałac Bydgoszcz (1994–1995)
  • Pałac Centrostal Bydgoszcz (1995–1998)
  • Centrostal Eltra Bydgoszcz (1998–1999)
  • Centrostal AMT Bydgoszcz (1999–2000)
  • Bank Pocztowy Centrostal Bydgoszcz (2000–2002)
  • Bank Pocztowy GCB Adriana Gazeta Pomorska Bydgoszcz (2002–2003)
  • GCB Adriana Gazeta Pomorska Bydgoszcz (2003–2004)
  • Centrostal Adriana Gazeta Pomorska Bydgoszcz (2004–2005)
  • Centrostal Focus Park Bydgoszcz (2005–2007)
  • GCB Centrostal Bydgoszcz (2007–2011)
  • Pałac Bydgoszcz (2011–present)

History

The club was created in 1982 at the Pałac Młodzieży (Palace of the Youth) in Bydgoszcz and was named Klub Sportowy (KS) Pałac. It has various youth teams and a senior team competing in the Polish national leagues. The senior team is playing in the Polish highest league since the 1992–93 season. The team (playing in the past under various names due to sponsorship reasons) has finished amongst the top three of the highest league, including once champions, for five times. The club is also noted for its very good work with the youth, carrying on practices for all youth-age player groups, starting from the youngest. Among other honours its junior team has won the national junior competitions championship for three times (recently in the 2009–10 season). Several players of the polish national team (senior, academic and junior) have played or are currently playing in the club teams, several of them have been or are the club wards.[1]

Honours

National competitions

1992–93
  • Polish Cup: 3
1991–92, 2000–01, 2004–05
  • Polish Super Cup: 1
2005

Team

Season 2016–2017, as of February 2017.[2][3]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Poland Magda Jagodzińska Opposite 1.86 72 10 January 1989
4 Poland Marta Ziółkowska Middle blocker 1.88 74 2 November 1995
5 Ukraine Natalia Misiuna Middle blocker 1.86 73 7 September 1984
6 Poland Natalia Krawulska Outside hitter 1.79 60 23 June 1988
7 Poland Karolina Portalska Libero 1.75 74 6 January 1999
8 Poland Ewelina Krzywicka Outside hitter 1.75 66 10 August 1992
9 Poland Pola Nowakowska Libero 1.81 80 30 January 1996
10 Poland Joanna Kuligowska Outside hitter 1.80 74 25 November 1979
11 Poland Jagoda Maternia Outside hitter 1.83 77 8 February 1997
12 Poland Małgorzata Śmieszek Middle blocker 1.87 76 11 July 1996
13 Poland Paulina Bałdyga Setter 1.73 69 24 July 1996
14 Poland Marlena Pleśnierowicz Setter 1.76 61 9 January 1992
15 Poland Weronika Fojucik Outside hitter 1.82 74 3 May 1996
16 Poland Daria Dąbrowska Outside hitter 1.80 15 June 1996

References

  1. ↑ "Historia". KS Pałac Bydgoszcz (in Polish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Team". KS Pałac Bydgoszcz (in Polish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "KS Pałac Bydgoszcz Team". Orlen Liga (in Polish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
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