ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Full name	ZAKSA SA
Founded	1947
Ground	Azoty Hall ul. Mostowa 1 47-223 Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Capacity: 2,773)
Chairman	Sebastian Świderski
Manager	Andrea Gardini
League	PlusLiga
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, previously known as Mostostal-Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle, is a Polish volleyball team, based in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, playing in the PlusLiga. Koźle is ranked 12th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking.

Achievements

• CEV Champions League

  (x1) 2003

• CEV Cup

  (x1) 2011

  (x1) 2000

• Polish Championship

  (x7) 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016, 2017

  (x5) 1997, 1999, 2011, 2013, 2018

  (x1) 2012

• Polish Cup

  (x6) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2017

Former names

1994–1995	KS Mostostal Zabrze w Kędzierzynie-Koźlu
1995–1998	KS Mostostal ZA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
1998–2005	Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2005–2007	Mostostal-Azoty SSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2007–present	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Coaches

1993–1997	Leszek Milewski
1997–1999	Jan Such
1999–2004	Waldemar Wspaniały
2004–2005	Rastislav Chudík
2005–2006	Wojciech Drzyzga
2006–2008	Andrzej Kubacki
2008–2012	Krzysztof Stelmach
2012–2013	Daniel Castellani
2013–2015	Sebastian Świderski
2015–2017	Ferdinando De Giorgi
2017–present	Andrea Gardini

Team

Main article: ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle squads

2017/2018

Head coach:	Andrea Gardini
Assistant:	Michał Chadała
Coach of physical preparation:	Piotr Pietrzak
Physiotherapists:	Remigiusz Koteluk, Paweł Brandt
Scoutman:	Iwo Wagner
Manager:	Tomasz Drzyzga

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Paweł Zatorski	(1990-06-21) June 21, 1990	libero
2	Krzysztof Bieńkowski	(1995-06-19) June 19, 1995	setter
3	Rafał Szymura	(1995-08-29) August 29, 1995	outside hitter
4	Krzysztof Rejno	(1993-02-22) February 22, 1993	middle blocker
5	Marco Falaschi	(1987-09-18) September 18, 1987	setter
7	Rafał Buszek	(1987-04-28) April 28, 1987	outside hitter
8	Sławomir Jungiewicz	(1989-06-21) June 21, 1989	opposite
9	Łukasz Wiśniewski	(1989-02-03) February 3, 1989	middle blocker
10	Mateusz Bieniek	(1994-04-05) April 5, 1994	middle blocker
11	Bartosz Jastrowicz	(1996-08-08) August 8, 1996	outside hitter
11	Maurice Torres	(1991-07-06) July 6, 1991	opposite
13	Kamil Semeniuk	(1996-07-16) July 16, 1996	outside hitter
15	Sam Deroo	(1992-04-24) April 24, 1992	outside hitter
16	Benjamin Toniutti	(1989-10-30) October 30, 1989	setter
17	Aleksander Maziarz	(1995-04-22) April 22, 1995	middle blocker
18	Korneliusz Banach	(1994-01-25) January 25, 1994	libero

Notable players

2000–2003 Sebastian Świderski 2010–2012 2004–2006 Tomáš Kmeť 2004–2007 Marcel Gromadowski 2005–2006 Martin Sopko 2005–2008 Bartosz Kurek 2006–2008 Jakub Jarosz 2009–2011 2007–2008 Łukasz Żygadło 2008–2015 Michał Ruciak 2009–2010 Tuomas Sammelvuo

2010–2011 Tine Urnaut 2010–2012 Patryk Czarnowski 2010–2014 Piotr Gacek 2010–2015 Paweł Zagumny 2011–2012 Guillaume Samica 2011–2013 Antonin Rouzier 2012–2013 Luiz Felipe Fonteles 2012–2014 Marcin Możdżonek 2013–2014 Dustin Schneider 2014–2015 Lucas Lóh 2015–2017 Kévin Tillie 2015–2017 Dawid Konarski

2012–present Łukasz Wiśniewski 2014–present Paweł Zatorski 2015–present Benjamin Toniutti 2015–2018 Rafał Buszek 2015–present Sam Deroo

See also

• Volleyball in Poland
• Sports in Poland