Zastal Zielona Góra

Zastal Zielona Góra, officially Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team that is based in Zielona Góra, Poland. The team plays in the Polish League and internationally in the VTB United League. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

Zastal Zielona Góra
Nickname	Dziki (Boars)
Leagues	Energa Basket Liga ENBL
Founded	1946; 77 years ago (1946)
Arena	CRS Hala Zielona Góra
Capacity	6,080
Location	Zielona Góra, Poland
Team colors	White, green
Head coach	Oliver Vidin
Team captain	Krzysztof Sulima
Ownership	Sportowa Grono Joint Stock Company
Championships	5 Polish Championships 2 Polish Cups 2 Polish Supercup
Retired numbers	2 (5, 15)
Website	Official Website
Home Away

History

The club was founded in the year 1946 under the name KS Zieloni, and in the following years the club had several name changes. Some of the names the team had included Stal Zielona Góra, Wagmo Zielona Góra and Lechia Zielona Góra. In the early 1960s the team consistently played in the third tier of Poland as Lechia. In the 1966–67 season, the club promoted to the second tier I Liga for the first time. In 1968 the team adopted the still famous club name Zastal Zielona Góra.

In the 1983–84 season, Zastal promoted to the top tier Polish Basketball League for the first time in club history. The club stayed there for a long time, however they had to leave the league in the 1999–2000 season due to financial problems. These problems caused Zastal to fall back all the way to the III Liga. In June 2001, Sports Joint Stock Company Grono became the owner of the team and a season later the club returned to the second tier I Liga.

In the 2009–10 season, Zastal finished in second place in the I Liga and was promoted back to the PLK. The golden years for the club would begin here. In the 2011–12 season, the team finished in third place in the Polish League. Due to sponsorship reasons, in the summer of 2012, the club changed its name from Zastal Zielona Góra to Stelmet Zielona Góra. In the 2012-13 season, the club won the Polish League championship, and thus qualified to play in the 2013–14 EuroLeague season, the highest continental level. The following years the club would consistently compete for the Polish national title while also playing in Europe.

On 24 February 2022 Zielona Góra terminated their membership with VTB United League due to Russian war against Ukraine.^[1]

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

• Wagmo Zielona Góra (1946–1949)
• Stal Zielona Góra (1950–1954)
• Zastal Zielona Góra (1955–1956, 1969–1992, 1995–1998, 2005–2007, 2008–2012)
• Lechia Zielona Góra (1957–1968)
• Zastal-Fortum Zielona Góra (1992–1995)
• Zastal-Dallas Zielona Góra (1998–1999)
• Zastal-Karl Eppe Zielona Góra (1999–2000)
• Intermarche-Zastal Zielona Góra (2000–2005)
• Wiecko-Zastal Zielona Góra (2007–2008)
• Stelmet Zielona Góra (2012–2018)
• Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra (2018–2020)
• Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra (2020–present)

Logos

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  (The previous official logo of Basket Zielona Góra.)

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  (The previous official logo of Basket Zielona Góra.)

Achievements

• Polish League

Champions (5): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20

Runner-up (2): 2013–14, 2020–21

Bronze (1): 2011–12

• Polish Cup

Champions (3): 2015, 2017, 2021

• Polish Supercup

Champions (3): 2015, 2020, 2021

Other achievements

• Gliwice, Poland Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2015

Season by season

 

Home game of Zielona Góra in 2014

Through 2013–14 season, Stelmet Zielona Góra had played 18 seasons in the top Polish League (official name: Polska Liga Koszykówki). Altogether, through the 2013–14 season, the club had won 278 league games, and lost 343 league games.^[2]

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L	Polish Cup	European competitions
1984–85	1	PLK	9th	9–15
1985–86	1	PLK	7th	14–15
1986–87	1	PLK	8th	11–19
1987–88	1	PLK	5th	14–15
1988–89	1	PLK	8th	12–18
1989–90	1	PLK	5th	17–16
1990–91	1	PLK	7th	15–21
1991–92	1	PLK	8th	14–24
1992–93	1	PLK	4th	21–23
1993–94	1	PLK	8th	15–24
1994–95	1	PLK	10th	9–16
1995–96	1	PLK	11th	7–20
1998–99	1	PLK	14th	12–27
1999–00	1	PLK	16th	6–31
2000–01	2	I Liga	15th
2001–02	3	II Liga	2nd
2002–03	2	I Liga	8th
2003–04	2	I Liga	11th
2004–05	2	I Liga	6th
2005–06	2	I Liga	8th
2006–07	2	I Liga	4th
2007–08	2	I Liga	5th
2008–09	2	I Liga	5th
2009–10	2	I Liga	2nd
2010–11	1	PLK	9th	12–13
2011–12	1	PLK	3rd	26–19	Runners-up
2012–13	1	PLK	1st	30–14	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	T16
2013–14	1	PLK	2nd	34–13	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
						2 Eurocup	R32
2014–15	1	PLK	1st	33–10	Champion	1 Euroleague	QR1
						2 Eurocup	RS
2015–16	1	PLK	1st	38–4	Runners-up	1 Euroleague	RS
						2 Eurocup	QF
2016–17	1	PLK	1st	33–13	Champion	3 Champions League	RS
						4 FIBA Europe Cup	R16
2017–18	1	PLK	4th	28–15	Runner-up	3 Champions League	R16
2018–19	1	PLK	4th	27–11	Quarterfinalist	R VTB United League	12th
2019–20	1	PLK	1st	19–3	Semifinalist	R VTB United League	–
2020–21	1	PLK	2nd	35–8	Champion	R VTB United League	QF
2021–22	1	PLK	5th	23–12	Quarterfinalist	R VTB United League	SUS

Players

Retired numbers

Zielona Góra retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
5		Mariusz Kaczmarek	PG	1976–1980, 1985–1992
15		Walter Hodge	PG	2010–2013

Current roster

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

Stelmet Zielona Góra roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 0   Cosey, Glenn 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 30 – (1992-02-17)17 February 1992 G 2   Brewton, Kareem 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1995-12-26)26 December 1995 PG 3   Góreńczyk, Jan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2004-11-30)30 November 2004 PG 7   Kowalczyk, Sebastian 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 SG 8   Kutlešić, Dušan 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1994-10-30)30 October 1994 G 9   Trubacz, Radosław 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1994-03-12)12 March 1994 F/C 12   Zečević, Aleksandar 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 28 – (1994-03-12)12 March 1994 C 13   Dydak, Tobiasz 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2004-04-15)15 April 2004 PG 14   Kunc, Jakub 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2003-12-14)14 December 2003 PG 25   Wójcik, Jan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 23 – (1999-11-11)11 November 1999 G/F 28   Zolnierewicz, Przemyslaw (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1995-07-03)3 July 1995 PF 44   Hadzibegović, Alen 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 23 – (1999-03-19)19 March 1999	Head coach   Oliver Vidin Assistant coach(es)   Wojciech Walich Athletic trainer(s)   Piotr Pigla Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: 25 September 2022

Notable players

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

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.

•   Kamil Chanas
•   Łukasz Koszarek
•   Gabriel Lundberg
•   Quinton Hosley
•   Roberts Štelmahers
•   Gvidonas Markevičius
•   Martynas Gecevičius
•   Gani Lawal
•   Miloš Babić
•   Dejan Borovnjak
•   Oliver Stević
•   Walter Hodge
•   R. T. Guinn
•   Chris Burgess
•   George King
•   Geoffrey Groselle

References

1. "Official statement". Zielona Gore official Twitter accound. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
2. "Zastal Zielona Góra Statystyki drużyny w poszczególnych sezonach:" (in Polish). plkhistory.ugu.pl. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

External links

• Official website (in English and Polish)
• Stelmet Zielona Góra on Facebook
• Stelmet Zielona Góra on Twitter  
• Stelmet Zielona Góra at Euroleague.net