Resovia (volleyball)

Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Full name	Asseco Resovia Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname	Sovia
Founded	1910 (club); 1937 (volleyball team)
Ground	Podpromie Hall; ul. Podpromie 10 ; 35-035 Rzeszów; (Capacity: 4,300)
Chairman	Bartosz Górski
Manager	Andrzej Kowal
Captain	Jochen Schöps
League	PlusLiga
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away
	2016–17 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów season

Asseco Resovia Rzeszów is a Polish professional volleyball team, based in Rzeszów, playing in PlusLiga. They are six-times Polish Champion and three-times winner of the Polish Cup. The club has had its current name since the 2006/2007 season. Asseco Resovia is ranked 4th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking.^[1]

Achievements

CEV Champions League
1973, 2015
CEV Cup
2012
Polish Championship
1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 2012, 2013, 2015

1973, 2009, 2014, 2016

1970, 1977, 1987, 1988, 2010, 2011
Polish Cup
1975, 1983, 1987
Polish SuperCup
2013

History

In season 2014/2015 Asseco Resovia has been playing in 2014–15 CEV Champions League. They beat Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (3–1) and lost in revenge match in Rzeszów (2–3) on March 11, 2015. They went to Final Four, which will be held in Berlin, Germany. Asseco Resovia will play with another Polish team – PGE Skra Bełchatów and for the first time in history two Polish teams will be playing at semi-final of CEV Champions League Final Four.^[2] On March 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów beat PGE Skra Bełchatów in semi-final of 2014–15 CEV Champions League Final Four held at Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin. It was a historic match, where the semi-final played two Polish teams.^[3] On April 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia won their 7th title of Polish Champion.^[4] On 16-17 April 2015 Asseco Resovia was a host of 2015–16 CEV Champions League Final Four held in Tauron Arena Kraków. The team lost semifinal with Zenit Kazan and 3rd place match with Cucine Lube Civitanova, so Asseco Resovia took fourth place.^[5] Russell Holmes received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker. In 2015–16 PlusLiga, Resovia took second place in regular season because of better set ratio than PGE Skra Bełchatów (Skra lost one more set than Resovia). In finale, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle beat Asseco Resovia Rzeszów in three matches (0–3).^[6]

Former names

2004–2006	AKS Resovia
2006–present	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów

Coaches

2003–2007	Jan Such
2007–2008	Andrzej Kowal
2008–2011	Ljubomir Travica
2011–present	Andrzej Kowal

Team

2016/2017

Head coach: Andrzej Kowal

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
2	Thomas Jaeschke¹	(1993-09-04) September 4, 1993 (age 31)	outside hitter
3	Dominik Depowski	(1995-10-27) October 27, 1995 (age 28)	outside hitter
4	Piotr Nowakowski	(1987-12-18) December 18, 1987 (age 36)	middle blocker
5	Lukáš Ticháček	(1982-01-12) January 12, 1982 (age 42)	setter
6	Dawid Dryja	(1992-07-21) July 21, 1992 (age 32)	middle blocker
7	Bartłomiej Lemański	(1996-03-19) March 19, 1996 (age 28)	middle blocker
8	Marko Ivović	(1990-12-22) December 22, 1990 (age 33)	outside hitter
9	John Perrin	(1989-08-17) August 17, 1989 (age 35)	outside hitter
10	Jochen Schöps	(1983-10-08) October 8, 1983 (age 40)	opposite
11	Fabian Drzyzga	(1990-01-03) January 3, 1990 (age 34)	setter
12	Gavin Schmitt	(1986-01-27) January 27, 1986 (age 38)	opposite
14	Thibault Rossard	(1993-08-28) August 28, 1993 (age 31)	outside hitter
16	Mateusz Masłowski	(1997-06-13) June 13, 1997 (age 27)	libero
17	Marcin Możdżonek	(1985-02-09) February 9, 1985 (age 39)	middle blocker
18	Damian Wojtaszek	(1988-09-07) September 7, 1988 (age 36)	libero
	Frederic Winters	(1982-09-25) September 25, 1982 (age 41)	outside hitter

¹ According to notation in contract, Jaeschke will back to Asseco Resovia team in January 2017, when he will graduate his university.

Players of Asseco Resovia Rzeszów on loan:

Name	Date of birth	Position	Current club
Aleksander Śliwka	(1995-05-24) May 24, 1995 (age 29)	outside hitter	Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
Dmytro Pashytskyy	(1987-11-29) November 29, 1987 (age 36)	middle blocker	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk

Notable players

2007–2016 Krzysztof Ignaczak
2009–2009 Paweł Woicki
2008–2010 Mikko Oivanen
2009–2010 Rafael Redwitz
2009–2012 Mateusz Mika
2009–2014 Wojciech Grzyb
2009–2014 Grzegorz Kosok
2010–2011 Matej Černič
2010–2011 Michele Baranowicz
2010–2011 Ryan Millar
2010–2011
2012–2013
2014–2015 Rafał Buszek
2010–2012 György Grozer
2011–2015 Paul Lotman
2012–2013 Nikola Kovačević
2012–2013 Zbigniew Bartman
2013–2016 Nikolay Penchev
2014–2016 Russell Holmes
2015–2016 Bartosz Kurek
2015–2016 Julien Lyneel

2011–present Piotr Nowakowski
2012–present Jochen Schöps
2013–present Fabian Drzyzga
2014–2015
2016–present Marko Ivović
2015–present Thomas Jaeschke
2016–present Marcin Możdżonek

References

^ Eurotopteams
^ Asseco Resovia claim historic Final Four ticket to set up much anticipated Polish derby with Skra in semis – cev.lu – March 11, 2015
^ Guys in red and white sweep aside yellow-black opponent to write piece of history – cev.lu – March 28, 2015
^ ASSECO RESOVIA RZESZÓW MISTRZEM POLSKI – plusliga.pl – April 28, 2015
^ Asseco Resovia bez medalu - assecoresovia.pl - 17-04-2016
^ Asseco Resovia wicemistrzem Polski! - assecoresovia.pl - 26-04-2016

[1] Eurotopteams

[2] Asseco Resovia claim historic Final Four ticket to set up much anticipated Polish derby with Skra in semis – cev.lu – March 11, 2015

[3] Guys in red and white sweep aside yellow-black opponent to write piece of history – cev.lu – March 28, 2015

[4] ASSECO RESOVIA RZESZÓW MISTRZEM POLSKI – plusliga.pl – April 28, 2015

[5] Asseco Resovia bez medalu - assecoresovia.pl - 17-04-2016

[6] Asseco Resovia wicemistrzem Polski! - assecoresovia.pl - 26-04-2016

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v t e Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Seasons (81)
1930s	1937–38 1938–39
1940s–1950s	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59
1960s–1970s	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79
1980s–1990s	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
2000s–2010s	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

v t e PlusLiga
2024–25 teams	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie Asseco Resovia Barkom-Kazhany Lviv Bogdanka LUK Lublin Cuprum Stilon Gorzów GKS Katowice Indykpol AZS Olsztyn Jastrzębski Węgiel MKS Będzin Norwid Częstochowa PGE GiEK Skra Bełchatów PGE Projekt Warsaw PSG Stal Nysa Ślepsk Malow Suwałki Trefl Gdańsk ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25