BKS Bielsko-Biała

For the football team, see BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała.

BKS Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała

Full name	Bialski Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna
Short name	BKS
Founded	1951
Ground	BKS Stal Hall, Bielsko-Biała, Poland (Capacity: 1,400)
Chairman	Andrzej Pyć
Head coach	Tore Aleksandersen
League	TAURON Liga
2020–21	6th
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

BKS Bielsko-Biała, is the women's volleyball department of Polish sports club BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała based in Bielsko-Biała and plays in the Orlen Liga.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

• BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała (1951–2006)
• BKS Aluprof Bielsko-Biała (2006–2015)
• BKS Aluprof Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała (2015–2016)
• BKS Profi Credit Bielsko-Biała (2016–2019)
• BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała (2019-2020)
• BKS BOSTIK Bielsko-Biała (2020-2023)
• BKS BOSTIK ZGO Bielsko-Biała (2023-present)

History

The sports club Bialski Klub Sportowy was established in 1922 and through the years had many different sports departments (today only the men's football and the later founded women's volleyball are still active). All activities were suspended during World War II and when the club resumed its activities after the war, with sports facility reconstruction efforts, it was under the patronage of several industries, most notably the Bielska Fabryka Maszyn Włókienniczych (Bielsko Sewing Machine factory or in short "Befama"), and as sports associations were under supervision of trade unions, the club was renamed Bialski Klub Sportowy Stal (Bialski Sports Club Steel). It was under this set up that in 1951 the women's volleyball department was created. It has various teams (girls, youth, second and first senior team) playing across many divisions in the Polish leagues. The main senior team reached the first division three years after its foundation and in the 1954–55 season won the Polish Cup for the first time, with a second Cup title arriving in 1978–79. During the late 1980s the club achieved success winning the Polish Championships for four consecutive years (1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91) and three consecutive Polish Cups (1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90). In the period that followed, the club won another four Championships (1995–96, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10), three Cups (2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09) and two Polish Super Cups (2006, 2010).

In 2011 the club became a corporation and changed its name to Bialski Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna (BSK S.A.).

Honours

National competitions

• Polish Championship: 8

1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10

• Polish Cup: 8

1954–55, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09

• Polish Super Cup: 2

2006, 2010

Team

2016–2017 squad, as per March 2017.

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Natalia Perlińska	Middle blocker	1.90	73	(1988-06-04) 4 June 1988
2	Joanna Staniucha-Szczurek	Outside hitter	1.84	73	(1981-12-05) 5 December 1981
3	Mariola Wojtowicz	Libero	1.64	60	(1980-01-04) 4 January 1980
4	Aleksandra Wańczyk	Opposite	1.93	81	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996
6	Jaroslava Pencová	Middle blocker	1.90	86	(1990-06-24) 24 June 1990
7	Natalia Skrzypkowska	Outside hitter	1.80	68	(1989-02-23) 23 February 1989
8	Aleksandra Pasznik	Setter	1.83	63	(1990-02-26) 26 February 1990
9	Erica Handley	Setter	1.83	68	(1995-04-22) 22 April 1995
11	Soňa Mikysková	Opposite	1.89	79	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989
12	Aleksandra Trojan	Middle blocker	1.96	68	(1991-06-06) 6 June 1991
13	Magdalena Gryka	Setter	1.79	69	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994
14	Ewelina Brzezińska	Outside hitter	1.83	73	(1988-01-26) 26 January 1988
15	Kornelia Moskwa	Middle blocker	1.86	80	(1996-10-30) 30 October 1996
16	Emilia Mucha	Outside hitter	1.86	73	(1993-12-07) 7 December 1993
17	Aneta Wilczek	Libero	1.76	63	(1997-12-11) 11 December 1997
18	Wiktoria Szumera	Outside hitter	1.82	67	(1999-12-28) 28 December 1999

External links

• Official website (in Polish)