Elana Toruń

Elana Toruń is a Polish football club based in Toruń. As of the 2018/19 season the team competes in the II Liga, which sits at the 3rd tier of the Polish football league system.

Torun City Stadium
Elana Toruń
Full nameElana Toruń
Nickname(s)Elanowcy
Founded28 August 1968
GroundTorun City Stadium
Toruń, Poland
Capacity4,300[1]
ChairmanJacek Bednarz
ManagerBogusław Pietrzak
LeagueII Liga
2018/194th

History

The team was at the 2nd level of the Polish pyramid in the 1990s, but were relegated in 1998/99.[2] During the following season the club changed their name to TKP Torun, but they were relegated again to the 4th level.[3] The club were often referred to as Torunski KP, but by the 2007/08 season they had returned to their original name of Elana Torun and were back playing in the Polish 3rd level.[4]

Current squad
As of 26 September 2015.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Przemysław Kryszak
12 GK Daniel Osiecki
2 DF Rafał Więckowski
4 DF Arkadiusz Czajkowski
8 DF Adrian Wróblewski
15 DF Mateusz Parzyszek
18 DF Bartosz Gralewski
23 DF Dawid Zamiatowski
24 DF Michał Marszałek
5 MF Jakub Witucki
6 MF Bartłomiej Grube
No. Position Player
11 MF Mateusz Poczwardowski
16 MF Mateusz Grudziński
17 MF Maciej Kot
20 MF Łukasz Cięgotura
21 MF Michał Żurowski
7 FW Marcin Majchrzak
9 FW Arkadiusz Makowiecki
10 FW Bartosz Maćkiewicz
19 FW Mateusz Szatkowski
22 FW Krystian Tomaszewski

Supporters
Elana Toruń v Chrobry Głogów (2011-09-17)

Elana fans are commonly known as Elanowcy and include a small ultras group of around 100-1000 (depending on match) fanatical supporters. Apart from Toruń, there are fan-clubs in Gniewkowo, Golub-Dobrzyń, Ostaszewo, Aleksandrów Kujawski, Ciechocinek, Kowalewo Pomorskie, Obrowo, Lubicz and Wąbrzeźno.[6]

They have a long-standing friendship with fans of Ruch Chorzów and KS Myszków (who are also Ruch fans), friendly relations with Widzew Łódź fans from Grudziądz,[7] and more recently Wisła Kraków and KKS Kalisz fans.

As the city of Toruń has a rivalry with Bydgoszcz that extends even beyond sport,[8] Elana competes the Cuiavian derby[9] with Zawisza and Polonia. They also compete with fans of speedway club Apator Toruń.

References
Kelechi Iheanacho with Elana Toruń in 2011
  1. Torun City Stadium (stadiony.net)
  2. 1998/99 Polish football league results and tables at RSSSSF
  3. "Poland 1999/2000". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. "Poland 2007/08". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. "Elana Toruń current squad". elanatorun.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  6. "Elana Toruń". www.elanowcy.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  7. "Strona fanatyków Elany Toruń". www.elanowcy.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  8. Ćwieluch, Juliusz (29 March 2018). "Bydgoszcz i Toruń – skąd ta wieczna rywalizacja?". www.polityka.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  9. http://ocb03.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205:elana-toru-zawisza-bydgoszcz&catid=48:przyjaciele&Itemid=98
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