Olimpia Elbląg
Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football team based in Elbląg, competing in group I of the III liga. It was founded in 1945.
Facilities
Olimpia Stadium
Olimpia has played near 8 Agrykola Street since 1945. There are projects for a new stadium for the team, but there is no decision when the investment will take place.Training Camp Skrzydlata
Since the 1980s, Olimpia have had the current training camp which consists of a small number of football pitches. The club is constantly being modernized, which includes the 2010 renovation.Club history
Naming history
- 1945: MKS Syrena Elbląg
- 1946–May 1946: Klub Sportowy Stocznia Elbląg
- May 1946 – 1949: Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
- 1949–1951: Ogniwo Elbląg
- 1951–1955: Budowlani Elbląg
- 1955–1956: Olimpia Elbląg
- 1960–1992: Olimpia Elbląg
- 1992–2002: KS Polonia Elbląg
- 2002–2004: KS Polonia Olimpia Elbląg
- 15 October 2004–?: Piłkarski KS Olimpia Elbląg
- ?–28 June 2013: Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
- 28 June 2013–present: ''Związkowy Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg''
Club crest
The club crest has been changed many times throughout the club's history. Mostly the club uses the current team motif.Changes of Olimpia Elbląg crest 1946–2010
Honours
- Nine seasons in the I liga, with the highest finishing position of 8th
- Polish Cup round of 16: 1976–77
- Polish Youth Championship runners-up: 1989
Youth teams
Some of the most famous players whose careers started in the Olimpia youth teams are: Adam Fedoruk, Bartosz Białkowski and Maciej Bykowski.Managers
Coaches & managers since 1960, when Olimpia was created from Elbląg's other football clubs- Aleksander Grudziński
- Mieczysław Lorenc
- Witold Kamieński
- Edward Kołpa
- Witold Kamieński
- Stefan Wesołowski
- Bogumił Gozdur
- Jerzy Wrzos
- Franciszek Rogowski
- Andrzej Cehelik
- Zdzisław Rogowski
- Wojciech Łazarek
- Eugeniusz Różański
- Jan Kowalski
- Eugeniusz Samolczyk
- Jerzy Słaboszewski
- Józef Bujko
- Stanisław Stachura
- Marian Geszke
- Józef Bujko
- Lech Strembski
- Eugeniusz Różański
- Józef Bujko
- Stanisław Fijarczyk
- Lech Strembski
- Sebastian Klimek
- Bogusław Kołodziejski
- Stanisław Fijarczyk
- Adam Fedoruk
- Andrzej Bianga
- Zbigniew Kieżun
- Tomasz Wichniarek
- Tomasz Arteniuk
- Jarosław Araszkiewicz
- Grzegorz Wesołowski
- Anatoliy Piskovets
- Oleg Radushko
- Dariusz Kaczmarczyk '
- Adam Boros
- Dariusz Kaczmarczyk & Tomasz Wiercioch '
- Adam Nocoń
- Dariusz Kaczmarczyk '
- Łukasz Kowalski
- Dariusz Kaczmarczyk '
- Jacek Trzeciak
- Tomasz Grzegorczyk
- Przemysław Gomułka
- Sebastian Letniowski
- Karol Przybyła
- Karol Szweda
- Damian Hebda
- Damian Jarzembowski
- Damian Hebda
Fans
The team supporters live mostly in Elbląg. The largest attendance at the Olimpia's stadium were recorded during the Polish Second League games in the 1970s and 1980s: 10,000 attendants during the 1/16 final of the Polish Cup in autumn 1976 or circa 12,000 when Olimpia was playing in Second League in the mid-1970s.Fans from Elbląg have their own association called 776 p.n.e. and an ultras group called SMG'06.
In 2004, the Olimpia fans have created their own team ZKS Olimpia Elbląg. They have protested against club policy. After two seasons, the team reached the 5th level in the Polish football, but after several years, the two sides came to an agreement and merged the two clubs.
Elbląg has another football team called Concordia, but only Olimpia has an organised fanbase. The Olimpia fans have friendly relationships with supporters of Legia Warsaw and Zagłębie Sosnowiec.
Their main rivals are local clubs Stomil Olsztyn, Jeziorak Iława and to a lesser extent Arka Gdynia.