Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1947 (1947)
Arena	Hala Sportowa Stal
Capacity	1,800
Location	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
Team colors	Blue, Gold, White
Head coach	Łukasz Majewski
Team captain	James Floorence
Championships	1 Polish Cup
Website	bmslamstal.pl
Home Away

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, also known as BM Slam Ostrów Wielkopolski for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish basketball team, based in Ostrów Wielkopolski. They play in the PLK.

History

The original, non-sponsored club logo

In 2015, Stal promoted from the second-tier I Liga to the PLK. In its first season, the team finished 13th in the standings with a 12–20 record. In the 2016–17 season, Stal had a historic season as the team reached the semi-finals of the PLK after defeating MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 3–0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Stal lost to Stelmet Zielona Góra but won the third place series against Energa Czarni Słupsk.

In the 2017–18 season, Stal had an even more successful season as the team reached the PLK finals for the first time after defeating Polski Cukier Toruń. In the Finals, the team lost to Anwil Włocławek, 2–4.

In 2019, Stal won the Polish Basketball Cup after defeating Arka Gdynia 77–74 in the final. It was the first ever trophy for the club.

Honours

Polish Basketball Cup

• Winners (1): 2019

Sponsorship names

The team has also been known as:

• BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2012–2013)
• Intermarché Bricomarché (2013–2015)
• BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2015–present)

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Polish Cup	European competitions
2011–12	3	II Liga	2nd
2012–13	2	I Liga	9th
2013–14	2	I Liga	9th
2014–15	2	I Liga	1st
2015–16	1	PLK	13th
2016–17	1	PLK	3rd
2017–18	1	PLK	2nd		4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	1–1
2018–19	1	PLK	5th	Champions
2019–20	1	PLK	9th

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2017–18	FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	Bnei Herzliya	65–64	84–74

Players

Current roster

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Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski roster
Players	Coaches
}} Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. PG 0 Florence, James 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 36 – (1988-05-31)31 May 1988 SG 3 Wojciechowski, Lukasz 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 36 – (1988-05-17)17 May 1988 PG 4 Plawucki, Marcin 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 34 – (1989-11-02)2 November 1989 SG 7 Kell, Trey 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 SG 8 Ryzek, Szymon 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 PG 11 Green, Taurean 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 38 – (1985-11-28)28 November 1985 F 12 Mokros, Jarosław (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – (1990-01-21)21 January 1990 C 13 Sobin, Josip 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1989-08-31)31 August 1989 F/C 17 Rykowski, Dawid 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2002-06-08)8 June 2002 F 18 Nawrot, Kamil 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2002-07-24)24 July 2002 F 22 Lindbom, Carl 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1991-11-10)10 November 1991 SG 30 Garbacz, Jakub 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1994-03-17)17 March 1994 G 34 Smith, Chris 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-03-08)8 March 1994 F 35 Ogden, Mark 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994	Head coach Igor Milicić Assistant coach(es) Andrzej Urban Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 17, 2021

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Aaron Johnson
• Shawn King
• Szymon Szewczyk
• Mateusz Kostrzewski

Individual awards

Award	Players
PLK Most Valuable Player	Shawn King (2017)
Polish Basketball Cup MVP	Mateusz Kostrzewski (2019)