Trefl Gdańsk

• Polish Cup

  (x2): 2015, 2018

• Polish SuperCup

  (x1): 2015

The team during a timeout.

Grzegorz Łomacz setting a ball in a match against PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2013.

The team during a match with Skra Bełchatów on 30 September 2011.

Daniel Pliński (#4) and Grzegorz Łomacz (#3) during a match PGE Skra Bełchatów vs LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk in 2013.

Trefl Gdańsk was founded in 2005 and began its history in the 2nd Polish Volleyball League, playing there until 2007. The club was promoted to PlusLiga in 2008 after spending just one season in the 1st Polish Volleyball League.[1] Unfortunately, Trefl did not manage to stay in the league and has been relegated the next season, in 2009.[2] They had to wait until 2011 when led by Dariusz Luks the club was once again promoted to PlusLiga, playing there until this day.[3]

In 2013, Radosław Panas became a head coach of LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk. During his work as a head coach the team won 9 and lost 11 matches. The club did not play in the PlusLiga playoffs and ended the 2013–14 PlusLiga season in 10th place.

In June 2014, the Italian expert Andrea Anastasi was officially presented as the club's new head coach.[4] Anastasi was a head coach of the Polish national team in 2011–2013 and expressed a desire to work for the club from Gdańsk. Damian Schulz, Mateusz Mika and Wojciech Grzyb signed a contract with the club before the 2014–15 PlusLiga season. The team took 3rd place in the regular season of PlusLiga in which Anastasi's team won 19 and lost 7 matches. On 23 February 2015 Andrea Anastasi signed a new two–year contract, until 2017.[5] LOTOS Trefl advanced to the final of the 2014–15 PlusLiga season after winning in the semifinal against the Polish Champion PGE Skra Bełchatów in four matches (3–1). It was the first, historical promotion to the final of the Polish Championship.[6] On 19 April 2015 the team competed in the final of the Polish Cup at Ergo Arena and has sensationally beaten Asseco Resovia , winning the Cup for the first time in club's history.[7] In the final of the 2014–15 PlusLiga season Trefl Gdańsk lost to Asseco Resovia in three matches (0–3) and ended the season with silver medals.[8]

On 28 October 2015, during the 2015 Polish SuperCup held at Arena Poznań in Poznań, Trefl defeated the Polish Champion Asseco Resovia in five sets (3–2) and won its first Polish SuperCup.[9] During the 2015–16 PlusLiga season, the club also competed in the CEV Champions League. In the Playoff 12 stage Trefl lost to the Russian club Zenit Kazan, the future competition champion (1–3, 0–3).[10] In the domestic league, the club ended the season in 4th place.[11]

The 2016–17 PlusLiga season did not end well for Trefl. The club did not manage to play in the PlusLiga playoffs and lost in a match for seventh place to Cerrad Czarni Radom (3–2, 1–3).[12]

During the 2017–18 PlusLiga season, the club won its 2nd Polish Cup, winning with PGE Skra Bełchatów in three sets (3–0).[13] The club ended the season in 3rd place and gained the right to compete in the next CEV Champions League edition.

Anastasi remained as the club's head coach until 2019.[14] During his last season as a head coach, the club competed in the 2018–19 CEV Champions League. The club not only won its group, losing only one time to PGE Skra Bełchatów but was also close to eliminate Zenit Kazan (the reigning European champion of that time) in the quarterfinal.[15] Trefl lost its first match held at Ergo Arena, Gdańsk (2–3), but managed to win the second match held in Kazan (3–2). Eventually, the club lost in the golden set (12–15) and has been eliminated from the further competition.[16][17] Andrea Anastasi was succeeded by the former Polish volleyball player – Michał Winiarski, as the head coach of Trefl on 6 June 2019.[18]

As of 2020/21 season

Coaching staff

Occupation	Name
Head coach	Michał Winiarski
Assistant coach	Roberto Rotari
Strength and conditioning coach	Wojciech Bańbuła
Physiotherapist	Piotr Ślugajski
Statistician	Dominik Posmyk
Team manager	Jacek Rybak
Doctor	Jan Nyckowski

Players

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Bartłomiej Lipiński	(1996-11-16) 16 November 1996	outside hitter
2	Mariusz Wlazły (captain)	(1983-08-04) 4 August 1983	opposite
4	Łukasz Kozub	(1997-11-03) 3 November 1997	setter
5	Marcin Janusz	(1994-07-31) 31 July 1994	setter
7	Bartosz Pietruczuk	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993	outside hitter
9	Kewin Sasak	(1997-02-20) 20 February 1997	opposite
10	Moritz Reichert	(1995-03-15) 15 March 1995	outside hitter
11	Mateusz Janikowski	(1999-05-05) 5 May 1999	outside hitter
12	Karol Urbanowicz	(2001-02-24) 24 February 2001	middle blocker
14	Maciej Olenderek	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992	libero
15	Mateusz Mika	(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991	outside hitter
16	Fabian Majcherski	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997	libero
17	Bartłomiej Mordyl	(1995-01-21) 21 January 1995	middle blocker
18	Pablo Crer	(1989-06-12) 12 June 1989	middle blocker
19	Seweryn Lipiński	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	middle blocker

• Trefl Gdańsk players
• Trefl Gdańsk coaches
• Trefl Gdańsk squads

• Official website
• Team profile at PlusLiga.pl
• Team profile at Volleybox.net

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