Olimpia Elbląg

Olimpia Elbląg

Full name	Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
Nickname(s)	Żółto-biało-niebiescy (Yellow-white-blue), Związkowi (Associates), Olimpijczycy (Olimpics)
Founded	1945
Ground	City Stadium Elbląg, Poland (Capacity: 7000)
Chairman	Łukasz Konończuk
Manager	Tomasz Arteniuk
League	Polish Second League
2009/10	11th (II League)
Home colours Away colours

Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football (soccer) team based in Elbląg, Poland. It was founded in 1945. Currently the club plays in the Polish Second League (third division in the Polish league system).

Club structure

Board members

President: Łukasz Konończuk

Vice-president of financial area: Jarosław Majkowski

Vice-president of sports area: Bartłomiej Piór

Board member: Jacek Perliński

Board member: Franciszek Wiśniewski

Spokesman: Krzysztof Fedak
Marketing manager: Robert Pilecki

Sponsors

Main sponsors: Elbląg City Hall, Rapsodia Mall, Andrex

Sponsors: Grupa Żywiec (Specjal Beer), DRE, Carrefour, PKS Elbląg, RE.pl

Technical sponsor: Colo Sportswear

Objects

Olimpia Stadium

See also: City Stadium Elbląg

Olimpia play near Agrykola 8 Street since 1945. There are projects of new stadium for the team, but there is no decision when investion will be started.

Training Camp Skrzydlata

Since 80's Olimpia have training camp with few football fields. There is still in renovation, which should be ended at winter 2010. After renovation there will be two football fields (one with organic lawn).

Club history

1946: Olimpia (Olympia) Elbląg on field Agrykola 8

Historical Names

Syrena (1945), Stocznia (1946), Olympia (1946), KS Tabory (1946), Ogniwo (1949), Stal (1949), Budowlani (1951), Kolejarz (1951), Spójnia (1954), Turbina (1955), Olimpia (1955), Sparta (1955), TKS Polonia (1956)

Olimpia Elbląg (1960-1992)

KS Polonia Elbląg (1992-2002)

KS Polonia Olimpia Elbląg (2002-2004)

Piłkarski KS Olimpia Elbląg (since October 15, 2004)

Club crest

Club crest was changed many times in history. The mostly club was used today's symbol of a team.

Changes of Olimpia Elbląg crest 1946-2010

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Achievements

• 8 seasons in Polish First League

Highest position: 8th

• 1/8 final Polish Cup - season 1976/77
• Runners up in Polish Youth Championships - 1989 (final against Górnik Zabrze)

Current First Team

Tomasz Arteniuk - Olimpia Elbląg coach

Accurate as of November 18, 2010
Coaching staff:

Coach: Tomasz Arteniuk

Coach assistant: Tomasz Rogala

Goalkeeping coach: Tomasz Rogala

Team manager: -

Fitness coach: Alicja Mucharska

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Krzysztof Stodola 2 DF Marcin Pacan 3 DF Pawel Wojciechowski 4 DF Mykola Dremliuk 5 MF Krzysztof Kaczmarczyk 6 MF Mariusz Muszalik 7 MF Andrzej Matwijow 8 DF Robert Sierant 9 FW Mateusz Kolodziejski 11 MF Daniel Koczon 12 GK Mateusz Zagloba

No. Position Player 16 DF Mateusz Jacak 17 MF Michał Pietroń 19 FW Pawel Buskiewicz 20 DF Pawel Zuraw 21 DF Slawomir Szary 22 FW Lukasz Zaniewski 23 DF Marcin Staniek 25 MF Adam Banasiak (on loan from Legia Warszawa) 27 MF Bartlomiej Bartosiak (on loan from GKS Belchatow) 29 MF Damian Pawlak (on loan from LKS Lodz) 30 GK Milos Budakovic (on loan from Cracovia)

Notable players

Most famous player, which has played for Olimpia was Jānis Intenbergs (former Latvia International).

Olimpia II Elbląg

Accurate as of November 18, 2010
Coaching staff:

Coach: Paweł Karpowicz

Team manager: Mariusz Bulkowski

Manager: Dariusz Nowakowski

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

No. Position Player GK Temur Khintuba GK Damian Czaplicki GK Tomasz Kasprzik DF Jacek Rosenau DF Dawid Rozpędowski DF Tomasz Gapski DF Grzegorz Żak DF Karol Jarosiński MF Wiesław Korzeb (captain)

No. Position Player MF Grzegorz Lisiecki MF Michał Mieszko MF Damian Fudala MF Marcin Bożek FW Kamil Kuczkowski FW Jakub Kussy FW Dawid Ambroziak FW Matej Rožník

Youth teams

Accurate as of December 22, 2010
Coaching staff:

Coach youth coordinator: Adam Fedoruk

Coach '92,'93: Władysław Obrębski

Coach '94,'95: Maciej Chwoszcz

Coach '96: Janusz Buczkowski

Coach '97: Adam Urbanowicz

Coach '98: Tomasz Giedziun

Coach '99: Michał Ratajczyk

Coach '00,'01: Wojciech Laskowski

Coach '02,'03: Paweł Misarko

Most famous players which career has started in Olimpia youth teams are: Adam Fedoruk (former Poland International, UEFA Champions League participant with Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Białkowski (Southampton F.C. goalkeeper) and Maciej Bykowski (former Panathinaikos Athens player).

Coaches & Managers

Coaches & Managers since 1960, when Olimpia was created from other Elbląg's football clubs

Aleksander Grudziński (1959-61) Mieczysław Lorenc (1962) Witold Kamieński (1962-63) Edward Kołpa (1963-65) Witold Kamieński (1966) Stefan Wesołowski (1967-70) Bogumił Gozdur (1970-72) Jerzy Wrzos (1973) Franciszek Rogowski (1974) Andrzej Cehelik (July 23 1974-75) Zdzisław Rogowski (1975)

Wojciech Łazarek (January 1976-77) Eugeniusz Różański (1977-78) Jan Kowalski (1978-79) Eugeniusz Samolczyk (1979-80) Jerzy Słaboszewski (1980) Józef Bujko (1980-81) Stanisław Stachura (1981-83) Marian Geszke (1984) Józef Bujko (1984-87) Lech Strembski (1987) Eugeniusz Różański (1988)

Józef Bujko (1989-90) Stanisław Fijarczyk (1990-94) Lech Strembski (1994-96) Sebastian Klimek (1996) Bogusław Kołodziejski (1997-00) Stanisław Fijarczyk (2000-02) Adam Fedoruk (2002-03) Andrzej Bianga (2003-December 31, 2006) Zbigniew Kieżun (January 1 2007-August 16 07) Tomasz Wichniarek (August 16 2007-July 9 09) Tomasz Arteniuk (from July 9 2009)

Fans

The team supporters live mostly in Elbląg. The largest attendance at the Olimpia's stadium were recorded during the Polish second league games in the 70's and 80's: 10,000 attendants during the 1/16 final of the Polish Cup in autumn 1976 or circa 12,000 when Olimpia was playing in Second League in the middle 70's. Fans from Elbląg have their own association called 776 p.n.e. (the date symbolized the first Ancient Olympic Games) and Ultras Group called SMG'o6. In 2004, the Olimpia fans have created their own team ZKS Olimpia Elbląg (historical club name). They have protested against club policy. After two seasons, the team reached the Polish Okręgówka League (5th level in the Polish football). Another football team is based in Elbląg, Concordia, but only Olimpia has a large and organised fanbase. The Olimpia fans are have friendly relationships with supporters of Legia Warszawa and Zagłębie Sosnowiec.

Main Rivals

• Stomil Olsztyn
• Arka Gdynia

External links

• Official website of the club
• Olimpia's fans site