Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, also known as BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Ostrów Wielkopolski. They play in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since its promotion back in 2015. The club won the Polish national championship in 2021 and the Polish Cup in 2019 and 2022. Since then, Stal has also been active at the European stage in the Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup.

BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Arena	Arena Ostrów
Capacity	3,086
Location	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
Team colors	Blue, Gold, White
Main sponsor	Arged BM Slam Miasto Ostrów Wielkopolski
President	Bartosz Karasiński
Vice-president(s)	Grzegorz Ardeli
Head coach	Andrzej Urban
Team captain	Damian Kulig
Ownership	Paweł Matuszewski Marcin Napierała
Championships	1 Polish League 2 Polish Cups 1 Polish Supercup 1 ENBL
Website	bmslamstal.pl
Home Away

The home arena of the team is the Arena Ostrów.

History

 

The original, non-sponsored club logo

In 2015, Stal promoted from the second-tier I Liga to the PLK. In its first season, the team finished 13th in the standings with a 12–20 record. In the 2016–17 season, Stal had a historic season as the team reached the semi-finals of the PLK after defeating MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 3–0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Stal lost to Stelmet Zielona Góra but won the third place series against Energa Czarni Słupsk.

In the 2017–18 season, Stal had an even more successful season as the team reached the PLK finals for the first time after defeating Polski Cukier Toruń. In the Finals, the team lost to Anwil Włocławek, 2–4.

 

Stal team in 2019

In 2019, Stal won the Polish Basketball Cup after defeating Arka Gdynia 77–74 in the final.^[1] It was the first ever trophy for the club.

In the 2020–21 season, Stal played in the FIBA Europe Cup and reached the Final Four of the tournament. It reached the finals were it lost to Israeli club Ironi Ness Ziona. Later that season, Stal won the finals of the 2020–21 PLK season, winning its first Polish championship in club history.^[2] Guard Jakub Garbacz was named the PLK Finals MVP.

Arenas

In the majority of its existence, the team played in the Hala Sportowa Stal, which had a capacity of 1,800 people. Since 2020, the club plays its home games in the Arena Ostrów, which has capacity for 3,000 people.^[3] The arena costed 31 million zł and was built by local company Bud-Rem.^[4]

Honours

Polish Basketball League

• Winners (1): 2020-21

Polish Basketball Cup

• Winners (2): 2019, 2022
• Runners-up (1): 2024

Polish Basketball Supercup

• Winners (1): 2022
• Runners-up (2): 2019, 2021

FIBA Europe Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2020–21

European North Basketball League

• Winners (1): (2023)

Sponsorship names

The team has also been known as:

• BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2012–2013)
• Intermarché Bricomarché (2013–2015)^[5]
• BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2015–present)

Season by season

 

Fans of Stal in 2019

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Polish Cup	European competitions
2011–12	3	II Liga	2nd
2012–13	2	I Liga	9th
2013–14			9th
2014–15			1st
2015–16	1	PLK	13th
2016–17			3rd
2017–18			2nd		4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	1–1
2018–19			5th	Champions
2019–20			9th
2020–21			1st	Semi-finalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RU	6–1
2021–22			5th	Champions	3 Champions League	RS	1–5
2022–23			3rd	Quarter-finalist	European North Basketball League	1st	8–3

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2017–18	FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	Bnei Herzliya	65–64	74-84
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Szolnoki Olaj		90-80
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Sporting	85-83
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Ironi Ness Ziona		93-86
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RO16	Heroes Den Bosch		92-83
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	QF	Belfius Mons-Hainaut		73-66
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	SF	CSM Oradea		77-66
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	Final	Ironi Ness Ziona		74-82
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Baxi Manresa	75-88	76-81
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Pinar Karşıyaka	69-86	77-80
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Hapoel Jerusalem	76-65	76-83
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Ironi Ness Ziona	92-76
2022-23	ENBL	RS	King Szczecin	56-72
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Basket Brno		80-59
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Valmiera Glass VIA		94-71
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits		84-65
2022-23	ENBL	RS	BC Wolves	75-85
2022-23	ENBL	QF	Zielona Góra	101-80	94-97
2022-23	ENBL	SF	Start Lublin	86-74
2022-23	ENBL	Final	BC Wolves	70-66

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 0   Mikalauskas, Arūnas   2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-09-14)14 September 1997 G 2   Rozpedowski, Krysztof 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (2005-01-08)8 January 2005 PG 3   Chatman, Rodney 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1998-08-24)24 August 1998 F 4   Sewioł, Wiktor 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1997-01-24)24 January 1997 G 5   Banasiak, Maksymilian 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2006-01-05)5 January 2006 G 6   Brembly, David 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 C 7   Sulima, Krzysztof 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1990-01-05)5 January 1990 SG 8   Chyliński, Michał 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 38 – (1986-02-22)22 February 1986 SG 9   Beliauskas, Laurynas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997 G 11   Załucki, Aleksander 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1998-07-25)25 July 1998 PF 12   Gielo, Tomasz 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 G 14   Rachwalski, Bartosz 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2004-06-16)16 June 2004 F 15   Siliņš, Ojārs 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-07-20)20 July 1993 G 21   Šķēle, Aigars   (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1992-12-04)4 December 1992 G 23   Rutecki, Jacek 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2006-11-12)12 November 2006 PF 42   Đurišić, Nemanja 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 C 77   Kulig, Damian   (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 36 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987	Head coach   Andrzej Urban Assistant coach(es)   Konrad Kaźmierczyk Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: March 6, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Krzysztof Sulima	Nemanja Đurišić	Damian Kulig
PF	Tomasz Gielo	Wiktor Sewioł
SF	Ojārs Siliņš	Michał Chyliński	Krysztof Rozpedowski	Arūnas Mikalauskas
SG	David Brembly	Aleksander Załucki	Bartosz Rachwalski
PG	Laurynas Beliauskas	Rodney Chatman	Aigars Šķēle

Squad changes for the 2023–24 season

In Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality. No. Position Player   USA PG Rodney Chatman (from   FOG Næstved)   LTU SF Arūnas Mikalauskas (from   Crailsheim)   POL SG Michał Chyliński (from   Czarni Słupsk)   POL C Krzysztof Sulima (from   Spójnia Stargard)   POL G David Brembly (from   JDA Dijon Basket)   POL F Wiktor Sewioł (from   Arka Gdynia)   LTU SG Laurynas Beliauskas (from   PAOK)   POL PF Tomasz Gielo (from   Basket Zaragoza)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality. No. Position Player   USA SG Adonis Thomas (to   Bnei Herzliya)   POL G Michał Michalak (to   Czarni Słupsk)   POL SG Jakub Garbacz (to   Anwil Włocławek)   POL PF Filip Siewruk (to   Anwil Włocławek)

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

•   Vangelis Mantzaris
•   Shawn King
•   Mateusz Kostrzewski
•   Szymon Szewczyk
•   Jakub Garbacz
•   Damian Kulig
•   Ojārs Siliņš
•   Aigars Šķēle
•   Nemanja Đurišić
•   Aaron Johnson
•   Kobi Simmons
•   Adonis Thomas

Individual awards

Award	Players
PLK Most Valuable Player	Shawn King (2017)
Polish Basketball Cup MVP	Mateusz Kostrzewski (2019)
PLK Finals MVP	Jakub Garbacz (2021)
European North Basketball League Finals MVP	Damian Kulig (2023)

References

1. "Suzuki Puchar Polski dla Arged BMSlam Stali!". Koszykówka - Polska Liga Koszykówki. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
2. "Wyborcza.pl". poznan.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
3. "Arena Ostrów , Ostrów Wielkopolski". konferencje.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
4. Szczepaniak, Paulina (10 November 2020). "Arena Ostrów. Jakie możliwości daje pierwsza w mieście hala? [WIDEO]". wlkp24.info (in Polish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
5. Team profile – Eurobasket.com