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Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

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Podbeskidzie
Full nameTowarzystwo Sportowe
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Nickname(s)Górale (The Gorals)
Founded11 July 1997; 27 years ago (1997-07-11)
GroundBielsko-Biała Stadium
Capacity15,316[1]
ChairmanKrzysztof Sałajczyk
ManagerKrzysztof Brede
LeagueII liga
2023–24I liga, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Websitewww.tspodbeskidzie.pl
Current season

TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (Polish pronunciation: [pɔdbɛˈskʲidʑɛ ˈbʲɛlskɔ ˈbʲawa]) is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They compete in II liga in the 2024–25 season, after being relegated from the 2023–24 I liga.

History

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Podbeskidzie players celebrate winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 2011

The club was essentially founded on 11 July 1997,[2] although it can trace its roots back to 1907. That year Bielitzer Fussball Klub (FK Bielitz) was established, in the town of Bielitz, Austria-Hungary, then dominated by ethnic Germans and so was the club. In 1911, the club was renamed to Bielitz-Bialaer Sport Verein (BBSV). Since 1920, the town, known henceforth as Bielsko, belonged to Poland, after the country regained independence. In 1936, the club changed its German name to Polish Bielsko-Bialskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Bielsko (BBTS Bielsko). In 1968, it was merged with KS Włókniarz (founded in 1911). The third ancestor, DKS Komorowice, was founded in 1995. Said clubs were merged altogether in 1997 to form TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. From 2011 to 2016 the club performed in the top Polish football league, the Ekstraklasa, promoted as the first club from the city, before being relegated to the I liga.

They competed in the Ekstraklasa again, following their 2019–20 promotion.[3] After the season they were relegated back to the second-tier I liga. Despite the club's ambitions to quickly bounce back, they finished the 2023–24 I liga season second-last.[4] This marked the end of their twenty-two-year run of competing across the top two divisions of Polish football, and a return to the third-tier for the first time since the 2001–02 season.[5]

Ground: Stadion Miejski

Honours

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Current squad

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As of 27 September 2024[6]

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 Poland POL Konrad Forenc (vice-captain)
3 DF Poland POL Daniel Dziwniel (captain)
4 DF Poland POL Marcin Biernat
6 MF Poland POL Mateusz Kizyma
7 FW Finland FIN Linus Rönnberg
8 MF Croatia CRO Matej Mršić
9 FW Poland POL Paweł Tomczyk
11 MF Poland POL Mateusz Ziółkowski
13 DF Poland POL Dawid Ściuk
17 DF Poland POL Jan Majsterek
18 MF Poland POL Paweł Czajkowski
20 MF Poland POL Szymon Gołuch
22 DF Poland POL Kacper Gach
23 MF Poland POL Marcel Misztal
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Poland POL Michał Bednarski
27 MF Slovenia SVN Jaka Kolenc
28 DF Poland POL Kornel Osyra
30 MF Poland POL Radosław Zając
32 GK Poland POL Maksymilian Manikowski
33 FW Poland POL Bartosz Bieroński
43 GK Poland POL Krystian Wieczorek
55 DF Poland POL Michał Willmann
70 FW Cameroon CMR Lionel Abate Etoundi
77 MF Poland POL Bartosz Florek
84 FW Poland POL Bartosz Martosz
88 DF Poland POL Nikodem Gancarczyk
90 FW Poland POL Lucjan Klisiewicz

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Poland POL Szymon Brańczyk (at Wiślanie Skawina until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Poland POL Maksymilian Sitek (at ŁKS Łódź until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

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As of 25 July 2024[7]
Role Name
Manager Poland Krzysztof Brede
Assistant coach Poland Dariusz Kołodziej
Assistant coach Poland Tomasz Pawliczak
Goalkeeping coach Poland Paweł Rompa
Fitness coach Poland Mateusz Surowiec
Physiotherapist Poland Sebastian Łaciak
Team doctor Poland Sebastian Dominiak
Team manager Poland Piotr Czak

Managers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stadion Miejski (Bielsko-Biała) Archived 3 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine at tspodbeskidzie.pl
  2. ^ "Historia klubu". TS Podbeskidzie Co I Gdzie?. Wydanie specjalne: 4–27. 2004.
  3. ^ "Podbeskidzie w Ekstraklasie". Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała kolejnym spadkowiczem Fortuna 1 Ligi" (in Polish). I liga. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Spadek przyklepany. Kompromitująca porażka Podbeskidzia w Legnicy Źródło: https://www.bielsko.info. Zapoznaj się z pełną treścią artykułu: https://www.bielsko.info/wiadomosci/39305-spadek-przyklepany-kompromitujaca-porazka-podbeskidzia-w-legnicy-bielsko-biala". bielsko.info (in Polish). 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała current squad" (in Polish). Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Sztab szkoleniowy Górali" (in Polish). Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Komunikat klubu TS Podbeskidzie S.A." (in Polish). Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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