BKS Visła Bydgoszcz


BKS Visła Bydgoszcz, historically named Chemik Bydgoszcz, is a Polish professional men's volleyball team based in Bydgoszcz, founded in 1956. The club played in the top Polish volleyball league – PlusLiga from 2006 to 2020.
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Team history

In 1947 the country decided to rebuild its infrastructure and re-opened the local chemical plant which manufactured explosive materials in 1947. In 1949 its employees registered a sports club under the name Koło Sportowe Wisła Łęgnowo or KS Wisła for short. The club was re-registered as Unia Łęgnowo in 1951.
The volleyball section was created in 1956, but was dissolved in 1961. In 1975, new senior and junior teams were created.
In 2006 after matches with Joker Piła, club called BKS Delecta–Chemik Bydgoszcz was promoted to PlusLiga. In 2013 the club was promoted to the CEV Cup tournament, but resigned. After a bad half of the season 2016/17 Piotr Makowski was dismissed in February 2017. Marian Kardas was a temporary head coach. On February 21, 2017, Dragan Mihailović was announced as a head coach and he led the team to the end of season 2016/17. During 2019–2020 season, Visła Bydgoszcz managed to win only 3 matches and obtainined 15 points throughout the whole season. This resulted in relegation to TAURON 1. Liga, second tier league. After relegation, in seasons 2020–2021, 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 of TAURON 1. Liga, Visła Bydgoszcz managed to finish the round on high, third position.

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.
2008–20091PlusLiga7
2009–20101PlusLiga6
2010–20111PlusLiga6
2011–20121PlusLiga5
2012–20131PlusLiga4
2013–20141PlusLiga9
2014–20151PlusLiga5
2015–20161PlusLiga9

SeasonTierLeaguePos.
2016–20171PlusLiga15
2017–20181PlusLiga14
2018–20191PlusLiga12
2019–20201PlusLiga14
2020–20212TAURON 1. Liga3
2021–20222TAURON 1. Liga3
2022–20232TAURON 1. Liga3
2023–20242TAURON 1. Liga