Olimpia Elbląg

Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football (soccer) team based in Elbląg, Poland. It was founded in 1945.

Full nameKlub Sportowy
Olimpia Elbląg
Nickname(s)Żółto-biało-niebiescy (Yellow-white-blue), Związkowi (Associates), Olimpijczycy (Olimpics)
Founded1945
GroundStadion Miejski, Poland
Capacity7,000
Chairman Paweł Guminiak
Manager Dariusz Kaczmaryk (Caretaker)
LeagueII liga (3rd tier)
2019-208th in II liga

Club structure

Board members

President: Pawel Guminiak
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: Kappa

Objects

Olimpia Stadium

Olimpia has played near Agrykola 8 Street since 1945. There are projects for a new stadium for the team, but there is no decision when the investment will take place.

Training Camp Skrzydlata

Since the 1980s Olimpia have had the current training camp which consists of a small number of football pitches (one with an organic lawn). The club is constantly being modernized, which includes the 2010 renovation.

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

The club crest has been changed many times throughout the club's history. Mostly the club uses the current team motif.

Changes of Olimpia Elbląg crest 1946–2010

Achievements

Highest position: 8th
  • 1/8 final Polish Cup – season 1976/77
  • Runners up in the Polish Youth Championships – 1989 (final against Górnik Zabrze)

Current squad

As of 6 October 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  POL Bartosz Przybysz
2 DF  POL Tomasz Lewandowski
3 DF  POL Łukasz Sarnowski
5 DF  POL Kamil Wenger
8 MF  POL Michał Ressel
10 MF  POL Karol Styś
11 FW  UKR Orest Tkachuk
12 GK  POL Paweł Rutkowski
14 MF  POL Damian Poliński
16 MF  POL Tomasz Sedlewski
17 MF  POL Dawid Jabłoński
18 DF  POL Michał Balewski
19 MF  POL Dawid Winiarski
20 MF  POL Oskar Bohm
21 MF  POL Wojciech Zyska
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  POL Klaudiusz Krasa
23 DF  POL Michał Kiełtyka
25 DF  POL Eryk Filipczyk
28 FW  POL Janusz Surdykowski
31 MF  POL Marcin Czernis
34 MF  POL Sebastian Kamiński
45 FW  POL Marcin Bawolik
60 FW  POL Jakub Branecki
72 DF  POL Dawid Wierzba
77 MF  POL Oskar Kordykiewicz
88 MF  POL Sebastian Milanowski
94 FW  POL Filip Sobiecki (on loan from Legia Warsaw II)
97 FW  POL Kacper Falon (on loan from Pogoń Siedlce)
98 GK  POL Jan Lechowid

Youth teams

Some of the most famous players whose careers started in the 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 Elbląg's other 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 (2003–2006.12.31)
Zbigniew Kieżun (2007.1.1–2007.8.16)
Tomasz Wichniarek (2007.8.16–2009.7.9)
Tomasz Arteniuk (2009.7.9–2011.4.4)
 
Jarosław Araszkiewicz (2011.4.5–2011.6.12)
Grzegorz Wesołowski (2011.6.22–2011.10.15)
Anatolij Piskoweć (2011.10.18)
Oleg Radushko (2012.1.7–2013.12.2)
Adam Boros (2013.12.2–2018.09.24)
Adam Nocoń (2018.09.27–2020.06.17)

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 1970s and 1980s: 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 mid-1970s.

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 5th level in the Polish football, but after several years, the two sides came to an agreement and merged the two clubs.

Another football team is based in Elbląg, Concordia, but only Olimpia has an organised fanbase. The Olimpia fans have friendly relationships with supporters of Legia Warszawa and Zagłębie Sosnowiec.

Their main rivals are local clubs Stomil Olsztyn, Jeziorak Iława and to a lesser extent Arka Gdynia.

References

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