Poland - PlusLiga 2016/17

  • It's still unknown if league will be widened and if all teams which were here will stay, though all won at least 5 games :wavy:

    Gold medal - World League 2013 Prediction Game
    Bronze medal - World League 2012 Prediction Game


  • ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle


    Head Coach:
    Ferdinando De Giorgi


    Setter:
    Benjamin Toniutti
    Grzegorz Pająk


    Opposite:
    Grzegorz Bociek
    Dawid Konarski
    Dominik Witczak


    Outside Hitter:
    Kevin Tillie
    Sam Deroo
    Rafał Buszek
    Kamil Semeniuk
    Bartosz Jastrowicz (also OP)


    Middle Blocker:
    Mateusz Bieniek
    Łukasz Wiśniewski
    Patryk Czarnowski
    Aleksander Maziarz


    Libero:
    Paweł Zatorski
    Korneliusz Banach


    Players leaving:
    Jurij Gładyr ---> PGE Skra Bełchatów
    Sławomir Stolc ---> Dukla Liberec (Czech Republic)
    Krzysztof Rejno ---> MKS Będzin (loan)

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    Edited 12 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Asseco Resovia Rzeszów


    Head Coach:
    Andrzej Kowal


    Setter:
    Lukas Tichacek
    Fabian Drzyzga
    Marcin Karakuła (also L)


    Opposite:
    Jochen Schöps
    Gavin Schmitt


    Outside Hitter:
    Marko Ivovic
    Thibault Rossard (also OP)
    John Gordon Perrin (also OP)
    Thomas Jaeschke
    Frederic Winters
    Michał Marszałek (also L/OP)


    Middle Blocker:
    Bartłomiej Lemański
    Piotr Nowakowski
    Marcin Możdżonek
    Dawid Dryja


    Libero:
    Damian Wojtaszek
    Mateusz Masłowski


    Players Leaving:
    Dominik Depowski ---> Espadon Szczecin (loan)
    Bartosz Kurek ---> JT Thunders Hiroshima (V League) ---> PGE Skra Bełchatów
    Dominik Witczak ---> ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
    Julien Lyneel ---> CMC Romagna Ravenna (Serie A1)
    Nikolay Penchev ---> PGE Skra Bełchatów
    Aleksander Śliwka ---> Indykpol AZS Olsztyn (loan)
    Aleh Akhrem ---> Halkbank Ankara (Turkey)
    Łukasz Perłowski ---> Espadon Szczecin
    Dmytro Pashytskiy ---> Lotos Trefl Gdańsk (loan)
    Russell Holmes
    Krzysztof Ignaczak ---> retired

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    Edited 36 times, last by kondzio ().


  • PGE Skra Bełchatów


    Head Coach:
    Philippe Blain


    Setter:
    Nicolas Uriarte
    Marcin Janusz


    Opposite:
    Mariusz Wlazły
    Bartosz Kurek (also OH)


    Outside Hitter:
    Bartosz Bednorz (also OP)
    Artur Szalpuk (also OP)
    Nikolay Penchev
    Michał Winiarski


    Middle Blocker:
    Srecko Lisinac (also OP)
    Karol Kłos
    Jurij Gładyr
    Mariusz Marcyniak


    Libero:
    Robert Milczarek (also OH)
    Kacper Piechocki


    Players Leaving:
    Drazen Luburic ---> JT Thunders Hiroshima (V League) (during season 2016/17)
    Marcel Gromadowski ---> Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz
    Facundo Conte ---> Shanghai (China)
    Nicolas Marechal ---> Istanbul Belediyespor (Turkey)
    Israel Rodriguez ---> Unicaja Alemria (Spain)
    Mihajlo Stankovic ---> Maliye Milli Piyango (Turkey)
    Andrzej Wrona ---> AZS Politechnika Warszawska

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    Edited 18 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Lotos Trefl Gdańsk


    Head Coach:
    Andrea Anastasi


    Setter:
    Michal Masny
    Przemysław Stępień
    Sebastian Sobczak


    Opposite:
    Damian Schulz
    Szymon Romać


    Outside Hitter:
    Mateusz Mika
    Miłosz Hebda (also OP)
    Bartosz Pietruczuk
    Szymon Jakubiszak
    Maciej Ptaszyński
    Wojciech Ferens


    Middle Blocker:
    Bartosz Gawryszewski
    Dmytro Pashytskiy (loaned from Asseco Resovia Rzeszów)
    Wojciech Grzyb (also OP)
    Patryk Niemiec


    Libero:
    Piotr Gacek
    Fabian Majcherski


    Players Leaving:
    Marco Falaschi ---> GKS Katowice
    Murphy Troy --> Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (Russia)
    Sebastian Schwarz ---> Kuzbass Kemerovo (Russia) ---> Jastrzębski Węgiel
    Kamil Dębski ---> Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie (1st League)
    Artur Ratajczak ---> MKS Będzin (loan)
    Karol Behrendt ---> Krispol Września (1st League)
    Mateusz Czunkiewicz ---> Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz

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    Edited 23 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Cuprum Mundo Lubin


    Head Coach:
    Gheorghe Cretu


    Setter:
    Grzegorz Łomacz
    Maciej Gorzkiewicz
    Paweł Malicki


    Opposite:
    Mateusz Malinowski (also OH)
    Łukasz Kaczmarek (also OH)


    Outside Hitter:
    Robert Täht
    Keith Pupart
    Igor Grobelny
    Rafail Kumentakis


    Middle Blocker:
    Marcus Böhme
    Dawid Gunia
    Adam Michalski
    Piotr Hain


    Libero:
    Paweł Rusek
    Marcin Kryś


    Players Leaving:
    Szymon Romać ---> Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
    Wojciech Włodarczyk ---> Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
    Marcin Możdżonek ---> Asseco Resovia Rzeszów

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    Edited 15 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Cerrad Czarni Radom


    Head Coach:
    Robert Prygiel


    Setter:
    Michał Kędzierski
    Kacper Gonciarz


    Opposite:
    Bartłomiej Bołądź
    Jakub Ziobrowski (also OH)


    Outside Hitter:
    Łukasz Wiese (also OP)
    Wojciech Żaliński
    Tomasz Fornal
    Jakub Urbanowicz


    Middle Blocker:
    Emanuel Kohut
    David Smith
    Michał Ostrowski
    Jakub Zwiech


    Libero:
    Dustin Watten
    Piotr Filipowicz


    Players Leaving:
    Lukas Kampa ---> Jastrzębski Węgiel
    Patryk Szczurek ---> Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz
    Zack La Cavera
    Artur Szalpuk ---> PGE Skra Bełchatów
    Igor Grobelny ---> Cuprum Lubin
    Radosław Zbierski
    Daniel Pliński ---> Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
    Bartłomiej Grzechnik ---> BBTS Bielsko-Biała
    Neven Majstorovic ---> Rennes Volley (LNV)
    Adam Kowalski ---> AZS Częstochowa

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    Edited 21 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Jastrzębski Węgiel


    Head Coach:
    Mark Lebedew


    Setter:
    Lukas Kampa
    Radosław Gil


    Opposite:
    Maciej Muzaj
    Patryk Strzeżek
    Patryk Czyrniański


    Outside Hitter:
    Jason De Rocco (also OP)
    Salvador Hidalgo Oliva
    Sebastian Schwarz
    Marcin Ernastowicz


    Middle Blocker:
    Grzegorz Kosok
    Wojciech Sobala
    Damian Boruch
    Marcin Bachmatiuk
    Jakub Turski


    Libero:
    Jakub Popiwczak
    Karol Gdowski


    Players Leaving:
    Michal Masny ---> Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
    Scott Touzinsky ---> retired (during season 2016/17)
    Toontje Van Lankvelt ---> Hyundai Capital Skywalkers (Korea)
    Alexander Shafranovich ---> PAOK Thessaloniki
    Konrad Formela---> Effector Kielce (loan)
    Piotr Hain ---> Cuprum Mundo Lubin
    Damian Śliż ---> AZS Stal Nysa (1st League)
    Adrian Mihułka ---> Espadon Szczecin

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    Edited 21 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Onico AZS Politechnika Warszawska


    Head Coach:
    Jakub Bednaruk


    Setter:
    Paweł Zagumny
    Jan Firlej


    Opposite:
    Michał Filip (also OH)
    Paweł Mikołajczak


    Outside Hitter:
    Guillaume Samica
    Bartosz Kwolek
    Paweł Halaba
    Łukasz Łapszyński


    Middle Blocker:
    Andrzej Wrona
    Jakub Kowalczyk
    Przemysław Smoliński
    Waldemar Świrydowicz


    Libero:
    Maciej Olenderek
    Jędrzej Gruszczyński


    Players Leaving:
    Jakub Radomski ---> Volley Nafels (Switzerland)
    Krzysztof Wierzbowski
    Bartłomiej Lemański ---> Aseeco Resovia Rzeszów
    Dominik Jaglarski

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    Edited 17 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz


    Head Coach:
    Dragan Mihajlovic


    Setter:
    Patryk Szczurek
    Piotr Sieńko


    Opposite:
    Marcel Gromadowski
    Bartosz Filipiak


    Outside Hitter:
    Igor Yudin (also OP)
    Milan Katic
    Patryk Mendel
    Jakub Rohnka
    Kacper Bobrowski


    Middle Blocker:
    Mateusz Sacharewicz
    Jan Nowakowski
    Wojciech Jurkiewicz
    Mateusz Siwicki


    Libero:
    Mateusz Czunkiewicz


    Players Leaving:
    Murilo Radke ---> Montes Claros (Brazil)
    Nikodem Wolański ---> Noliko Maseik (Belgium)
    Jakub Jarosz ---> El Jaish (Qatar)
    Bartosz Krzysiek
    Wojciech Ferens ---> Lotos Trefl Gdańsk (during season 2016/17)
    Kevin Klinkenberg ---> Top Volley Latina (Serie A1)
    Michał Ruciak ---> Espadon Szczecin
    Łukasz Wiese ---> Cerrad Czarni Radom
    Dawid Murek ---> Espadon Szczecin
    Jan Lesiuk
    Grzegorz Kosok ---> Jastrzębski Węgiel
    Michał Żurek ---> Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
    Tomasz Bonisławski ---> Stal Nysa (1st League)

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    Edited 23 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Indykpol AZS Olsztyn


    Head Coach:
    Andrea Gardini


    Setter:
    Paweł Woicki
    Łukasz Makowski
    Michał Tomczak
    Marek Kurmin


    Opposite:
    Jan Hadrava
    Hidde Boswinkel
    Piotr Szostek


    Outside Hitter:
    Ezequiel Palacios
    Aleksander Śliwka (loaned from Indykpol AZS Olsztyn)
    Adrian Buchowski
    Wojciech Włodarczyk
    Leszek Wójcik
    Oliwier Kubacki


    Middle Blocker:
    Miłosz Zniszczoł
    Daniel Pliński
    Jakub Kochanowski
    Maciej Ostaszyk
    Szymon Kulik


    Libero:
    Michał Żurek
    Jakub Zabłocki


    Players Leaving:
    Krzysztof Bieńkowski ---> BBTS Bielsko-Biała
    Bram Van Den Dries ---> Spacer's de Toulouse (LNV)
    Paweł Adamajtis ---> AZS Częstochowa
    Bartosz Bednorz ---> PGE Skra Bełchatów
    Filip Stoilovic ---> MSK Urfa (Turkey) ---> Ajaccio (LNV)
    Marcin Waliński ---> MKS Będzin
    Krzysztof Gulak ---> Kyzikos Nea Peramos (Greece)
    Maciej Zajder ---> Espadon Szczecin
    Thomas Koelewijn ---> Montpellier Volley (LNV)
    Michał Potera ---> MKS Będzin

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    Edited 34 times, last by kondzio ().


  • AZS Częstochowa


    Head Coach:
    Michał Bąkiewicz


    Setter:
    Tomasz Kowalski
    Konrad Buczek


    Opposite:
    Olexandr Grebeniuk


    Outside Hitter:
    Rafał Szymura
    Stanisław Wawrzyńczyk
    Adrian Szlubowski (also OP)
    Mykola Moroz


    Middle Blocker:
    Łukasz Polański
    Bartosz Buniak
    Michał Szalacha
    Bartłomiej Janus


    Libero:
    Adam Kowalski
    Kamil Ociepka


    Players Leaving:
    Rafael Redwitz ---> Arago De Sete (LNV)
    Paweł Adamajtis ---> Revivre Milano (Serie A1) (during season 2016/17)
    Felipe Banderó ---> Civita Castellana (Serie A2)
    Bartłomiej Lipiński ---> BBTS Bielsko-Biała
    Matej Patak ---> Chaumnot VB (LNV)
    Kacper Stelmach ---> GKS Katowice
    Adrian Stańczak ---> GKS Katowice
    Jakub Bik ---> AGH Kraków (1st League)
    Kamil Szymura ?

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    Edited 19 times, last by kondzio ().


  • BBTS Bielsko-Biała


    Head Coach:
    Rastislav Chudik


    Setter:
    Dmitry Storozhylov
    Krzysztof Bieńkowski


    Opposite:
    Bartosz Janeczek (also OH)
    Bartłomiej Lipiński (also OH)


    Outside Hitter:
    Adam Bartos
    Milos Vemic
    Kamil Kwasowski (also S)
    Krzysztof Modzelewski
    Paweł Gryc (also OP)


    Middle Blocker:
    Mariusz Gaca
    Wojciech Siek
    Bartłomiej Grzechnik


    Libero:
    Przemysław Czauderna
    Łukasz Koziura


    Players Leaving:
    Grzegorz Pilarz ---> retired
    Bartłomiej Neroj ---> Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki (2nd League)
    Paweł Stabrawa
    Serhiy Kapelus ---> GKS Katowice
    Marcin Wika ---> Espadon Szczecin
    Bartłomiej Krulicki ---> GKS Katowice
    Mateusz Sacharewicz ---> Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz
    Dmytro Bohdan
    Dan Lewis

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    Edited 20 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Effector Kielce


    Head Coach:
    Dariusz Daszkiewicz


    Setter:
    Marcin Komenda
    Krzysztof Antosik


    Opposite:
    Leo Andric
    Patryk Więckowski


    Outside Hitter:
    Bartosz Bućko (also OP)
    Maciej Pawliński
    Jakub Wachnik
    Konrad Formela (loaned from Jastrzębski Węgiel)
    Jacek Ziemnicki


    Middle Blocker:
    Peter Wohlfahrtstätter
    Alexey Nalobin
    Michał Superlak (also OP)
    Jędrzej Maćkowiak
    Andriy Orobko
    Wojciech Dyk


    Libero:
    Damian Sobczak
    Szymon Biniek


    Players Leaving:
    Michał Kędzierski ---> Cerrad Czarni Radom
    Sławomir Jungiewicz ---> TV Ingersoll Bühl (DVL)
    Grzegorz Szymański
    Adrian Buchowski ---> Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
    Sławomir Stolc ---> ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ?
    Igor Vityuk
    Mateusz Bieniek ---> ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
    Andreas Takvam ---> VFB Friedrichshafen (DVL)

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    Edited 22 times, last by kondzio ().


  • MKS Będzin


    Head Coach:
    Stelio De Rocco


    Setter:
    Łukasz Kozub
    Jonah Seif
    Oskar Wojtaszkiewicz


    Opposite:
    Rafael Araújo
    Mateusz Piotrowski
    Patryk Korpal


    Outside Hitter:
    Nathan Roberts
    Kyle Russell
    Zlatan Yordanov
    Jakub Peszko
    Marcin Waliński
    Dawid Żłobecki (also L)


    Middle Blocker:
    Krzysztof Rejno (loaned from ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle)
    Artur Ratajczak (loaned from Lotos Trefl Gdańsk)
    Dawid Woch
    Mateusz Kowalski
    Mateusz Przybyła


    Libero:
    Michał Potera
    Paweł Stysiał
    Szymon Gregorowicz


    Players Leaving:
    Tyler Sanders ---> Arkas Izmir (Turkey)
    Mateusz Wikło ---> MKS Będzin (Junior Team)
    Jakub Oczko ---> Norwid Częstochowa (1st League)
    Michał Kamiński
    Maciej Pawliński ---> Effector Kielce
    Michał Żuk ---> Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie (1st League)
    Tijmen Laane ---> Lindemans Aalst (Belgium)
    Viacheslav Batchkala
    Mariusz Gaca ---> BBTS Bielsko-Biała
    Sebastian Warda ---> Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie (1st League)
    Mariusz Schamlewski ---> Victoria Wałbrzych (1st League)
    Bartosz Kaczmarek ---> TV Ingersoll Bühl (DVL)

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    Edited 34 times, last by kondzio ().


  • GKS Katowice


    Head Coach:
    Piotr Gruszka


    Setter:
    Marco Falaschi
    Maciej Fijałek


    Opposite:
    Gert Van Valle
    Karol Butryn


    Outside Hitter:
    Serhiy Kapelus (also OP)
    Michał Błoński
    Rafał Sobański
    Kacper Stelmach


    Middle Blocker:
    Tomasz Kalembka
    Paweł Pietraszko
    Bartłomiej Krulicki


    Libero:
    Bartosz Mariański
    Adrian Stańczak


    Players leaving:
    Łukasz Jurkojć ---> TSV Mansard Sanok (1st League)
    Jan Król ---> Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (Austria)
    Filip Biegun ---.> Vojvodina Novi Sad (Serbia)
    Maciej Naliwajko ---> MCKiS Jaworzno (2nd League)
    Kornel Przystał
    Mateusz Januszewski ---> KPS Siedlce (1st League)

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    Edited 12 times, last by kondzio ().


  • Espadon Sczecin


    Head Coach:
    Michał Gogol


    Setter:
    Michal Sladecek
    Veljko Petkovic
    Michał Kozłowski


    Opposite:
    Danail Milushev
    Bartłomiej Kluth


    Outside Hitter:
    Dominik Depowski (also OP) (loaned from Asseco Resovia Rzeszów)
    Michał Ruciak
    Marcin Wika
    Maciej Wołosz
    Maciej Kowalonek


    Middle Blocker:
    Łukasz Perłowski
    Maciej Zajder
    Janusz Gałązka
    Bartosz Cedzyński


    Libero:
    Dawid Murek (also OH)
    Adrian Mihułka


    Players Leaving:
    Georgi Bratoev ---> solved contract (during season 2016/17)
    Ivan Borovnjak ---> solved contract (during season 2016/17)
    Krzysztof Antosik ---> Effector Kielce
    Leandro Araujo
    Łukasz Pietrzak
    Sergio Noda ---> Siena (Serie A2)
    Bartosz Pietruczuk ---> Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
    Sławomir Zemlik ---> KPS Siedlce (1st League)
    Patryk Orłowski
    Bartosz Wajdowicz
    Marcin Nowak
    Damian Markiewicz
    Jakub Guz ---> Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki (2nd League)
    Adam Tołoczko

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    Edited 23 times, last by kondzio ().

  • now it's all, so little news about next season, only some thing updated, there's an option that we'll have 16 teams and contenders are/were: GKS Katowice, Espadon Szczecin and Krispol Września. Krispol is probably out because it didn't qualify to Top 4 :wavy:

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    Bronze medal - World League 2012 Prediction Game

  • ? (possible team from 1st League) - Espadon Sczecin ??? (1st League Runner-Up)


    I spoked with Espadon's coach and he said it's very likely they are going to play in Plus liga in season 2016/2017, around 95% they r sure. They fulfilled all terms set by Plus liga including hall (where Chemik Police played CL matches) and money won't be problem for them. He also mentioned some big names they want to sign but I don't know can I reveal them :D