Lotos Trefl Gdańsk

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
Championships
None

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

  2015

  2018

• Polish Cup

  2015, 2018

• Polish SuperCup

  2015

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

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

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

Middle-blocker during his attack in match against Indykpol AZS Olsztyn on 23 November 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 17 March 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 23 February 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
Trefl Gdańsk
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Piotr Nowakowski	18 December 1987	middle blocker
2	Wojciech Grzyb	4 January 1981	middle blocker
3	Tyler Sanders	14 December 1991	setter
5	Wojciech Ferens	5 April 1991	outside hitter
6	Szymon Jakubiszak	13 February 1998	outside hitter
7	Damian Schulz	26 February 1990	opposite
9	Patryk Niemiec	18 February 1997	middle blocker
10	Daniel McDonnell	15 September 1988	middle blocker
12	Artur Szalpuk	20 March 1995	outside hitter
14	Maciej Olenderek	16 October 1992	libero
15	Mateusz Mika	21 January 1991	outside hitter
16	Fabian Majcherski	28 March 1997	libero
18	Michał Kozłowski	16 February 1985	setter
19	Bradley Gunter	5 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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