BKS Bielsko-Biała

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.

For the football team, see BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała.
BKS Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała
Full nameBialski Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna
Short nameBKS
Founded1951
GroundBKS Stal Hall,
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
(Capacity: 1,400)
ChairmanAndrzej Pyć
Head coachTore Aleksandersen
LeagueOrlen Liga
2016–177th
WebsiteClub home page
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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
  • Polish Championship: 8
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 Natalia Perlińska Middle blocker 1.90 73 (1988-06-04) 4 June 1988
2 Joanna Staniucha-Szczurek Outside hitter 1.84 73 (1981-12-05) 5 December 1981
3 Mariola Wojtowicz Libero 1.64 60 (1980-01-04) 4 January 1980
4 Aleksandra Wańczyk Opposite 1.93 81 (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996
6 Jaroslava Pencová Middle blocker 1.90 86 (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990
7 Natalia Skrzypkowska Outside hitter 1.80 68 (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989
8 Aleksandra Pasznik Setter 1.83 63 (1990-02-26) 26 February 1990
9 Erica Handley Setter 1.83 68 (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995
11 Soňa Mikysková Opposite 1.89 79 (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989
12 Aleksandra Trojan Middle blocker 1.96 68 (1991-06-06) 6 June 1991
13 Magdalena Gryka Setter 1.79 69 (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994
14 Ewelina Brzezińska Outside hitter 1.83 73 (1988-01-26) 26 January 1988
15 Kornelia Moskwa Middle blocker 1.86 80 (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996
16 Emilia Mucha Outside hitter 1.86 73 (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993
17 Aneta Wilczek Libero 1.76 63 (1997-12-11) 11 December 1997
18 Wiktoria Szumera Outside hitter 1.82 67 (1999-12-28) 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). Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. "BKS Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała Team". Orlen Liga (in Polish). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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