Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (Polish pronunciation: [pɔdbɛˈskʲidʑɛ ˈbʲɛlskɔ ˈbʲawa]) is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They currently compete in the I liga, the second tier of Polish football.

Podbeskidzie

Full name	Towarzystwo Sportowe Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Nickname(s)	Gorals, TSP, Ceramed
Founded	11 July 1997; 26 years ago (1997-07-11)
Ground	Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Capacity	15,316^[1]
Chairman	Bogdan Kłys
Manager	Grzegorz Mokry
League	I liga
2022–23	I liga, 7th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

 

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.

 

Ground: Stadion Miejski

Honours

• I liga
  • Runners-up: 2010–11, 2019–20

Current squad

As of 29 July, 2023^[4]

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   SVK Patrik Lukáč 2 MF   POL Mateusz Ziolkowski 3 DF   POL Mateusz Wypych 4 DF   CZE Martin Chlumecký 5 MF   SVK Jaka Kolenc 6 DF   CZE Jan Hlavica 7 FW   POL Bartosz Bida 8 MF   POL Michal Stryjewski 9 FW   POL Maksymilian Banaszewski 10 MF   POL Michal Janota 14 FW   POL Mateusz Stryjewski 17 DF   LTU Titas Milašius 18 MF   POL Bartosz Bieroński

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF   HAI Jeppe Simonsen 23 MF   POL Marcel Misztal 24 MF   POL Maksymilian Sitek 30 MF   POL Tomasz Jodłowiec 31 GK   POL Maksymilian Manikowski 43 GK   POL Krystian Wieczorek 47 DF   POL Bartosz Bernard 55 MF   POL Michał Willmann 77 DF   POL Piotr Tomasik 79 FW   CMR Lionel Abate 89 DF   POL Daniel Mikołajewski 95 GK   POL Patryk Procek

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Coaching staff

As of 30 May 2023

Role	Name
Manager	Grzegorz Mokry
Assistant coach	Donatas Vencevičius
Match analyst	Tomasz Byszko
Fitness coach	Dawid Musiał
Goalkeeping coach	Michal Peškovič
Physiotherapist	Robert Cypcer
Physiotherapist	Sebastian Łaciak
Team doctor	Sebastian Dominiak
Team manager	Marek Móll

Managers

•   Zdzisław Byrdy (1997)
•   Bogdan Warzecha (1997)
•   Zdeněk Dembinný (1997–98)
•   Wojciech Borecki (1 January 1999 – 16 June 2001)
•   Albin Wira (1 July 2001 – 31 December 2001)
•   Wojciech Borecki (29 August 2001 – 31 December 2002)
•   Paweł Kowalski (2003)
•   Wojciech Borecki (11 June 2003 – 15 October 2003)
•   Krzysztof Pawlak (15 October 2003 – 1 July 2004)
•   Jan Żurek (1 July 2004 – 23 August 2005)
•   Włodzimierz Małowiejski (23 August 2005 – 24 April 2006)
•   Krzysztof Tochel (2006–07)
•   Marcin Brosz (1 July 2007 – 2 November 2009)
•   Tomasz Świderski (2 November 2009 – 3 December 2009)
•   Robert Kasperczyk (4 December 2009 – 22 October 2012)
•   Andrzej Wyroba (caretaker) (22 October 2012 – 29 October 2012)
•   Marcin Sasal (29 October 2012 – 3 January 2013)
•   Dariusz Kubicki (4 January 2013 – 20 March 2013)
•   Czesław Michniewicz (22 March 2013 – 22 October 2013)
•   Leszek Ojrzyński (23 October 2013– 30 April 2015)
•   Dariusz Kubicki (4 May 2015 – 19 September 2015)
•   Robert Podoliński (20 September 2015 – 19 May 2016)
•   Dariusz Dźwigała (7 June 2016 – 11 October 2016)
•   Ján Kocian (11 October 2016 - 7 October 2017)
•   Adam Nocoń (7 October 2017 – 13 June 2018)
•   Krzysztof Brede (18 June 2018 – 15 December 2020)
•   Robert Kasperczyk (22 December 2020 – 25 May 2021)
•   Piotr Jawny (14 June 2021 – 26 April 2022)
•   Mirosław Smyła (26 April 2022 – 31 August 2022)
•   Dariusz Kołodziej (caretaker) (31 August 2022 – 6 September 2022)
•   Dariusz Żuraw (6 September 2022 – 3 June 2023)
•   Grzegorz Mokry (15 June 2023 – present)

See also

• Football in Poland
• List of football teams

References

1. Stadion Miejski (Bielsko-Biała) 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". from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
4. (in Polish). Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.

• Official website (in Polish)
• Profile on 90minut.pl (in Polish)