Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Full name | Asseco Resovia Spółka Akcyjna | ||
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Nickname | Sovia | ||
Founded |
1910 (club) 1937 (volleyball team) | ||
Ground |
Podpromie Hall ul. Podpromie 10 35-035 Rzeszów (Capacity: 4,300) | ||
Chairman | Bartosz Górski | ||
Manager | Andrzej Kowal | ||
Captain | Jochen Schöps | ||
League | PlusLiga | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Asseco Resovia Rzeszów is a Polish professional volleyball team, based in Rzeszów, playing in PlusLiga. They are six-times Polish Champion and three-times winner of the Polish Cup. The club has had its current name since the 2006/2007 season. Asseco Resovia is ranked 4th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking.[1]
Achievements
- CEV Champions League
- 1973, 2015
- CEV Cup
- 2012
- Polish Championship
- Polish Cup
- 1975, 1983, 1987
- Polish SuperCup
- 2013
History
In season 2014/2015 Asseco Resovia has been playing in 2014–15 CEV Champions League. They beat Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (3–1) and lost in revenge match in Rzeszów (2–3) on March 11, 2015. They went to Final Four, which will be held in Berlin, Germany. Asseco Resovia will play with another Polish team – PGE Skra Bełchatów and for the first time in history two Polish teams will be playing at semi-final of CEV Champions League Final Four.[2] On March 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów beat PGE Skra Bełchatów in semi-final of 2014–15 CEV Champions League Final Four held at Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin. It was a historic match, where the semi-final played two Polish teams.[3] On April 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia won their 7th title of Polish Champion.[4] On 16-17 April 2015 Asseco Resovia was a host of 2015–16 CEV Champions League Final Four held in Tauron Arena Kraków. The team lost semifinal with Zenit Kazan and 3rd place match with Cucine Lube Civitanova, so Asseco Resovia took fourth place.[5] Russell Holmes received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker. In 2015–16 PlusLiga, Resovia took second place in regular season because of better set ratio than PGE Skra Bełchatów (Skra lost one more set than Resovia). In finale, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle beat Asseco Resovia Rzeszów in three matches (0–3).[6]
Former names
2004–2006 | AKS Resovia |
2006–present | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów |
Coaches
2003–2007 | Jan Such |
2007–2008 | Andrzej Kowal |
2008–2011 | Ljubomir Travica |
2011–present | Andrzej Kowal |
Team
2016/2017
Head coach: Andrzej Kowal
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
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2 | Jaeschke, ThomasThomas Jaeschke1 | September 4, 1993 | outside hitter |
3 | Depowski, DominikDominik Depowski | October 27, 1995 | outside hitter |
4 | Nowakowski, PiotrPiotr Nowakowski | December 18, 1987 | middle blocker |
5 | Ticháček, LukášLukáš Ticháček | January 12, 1982 | setter |
6 | Dryja, DawidDawid Dryja | July 21, 1992 | middle blocker |
7 | Lemański, BartłomiejBartłomiej Lemański | March 19, 1996 | middle blocker |
8 | Ivović, MarkoMarko Ivović | December 22, 1990 | outside hitter |
9 | Perrin, JohnJohn Perrin | August 17, 1989 | outside hitter |
10 | Schöps, JochenJochen Schöps | October 8, 1983 | opposite |
11 | Drzyzga, FabianFabian Drzyzga | January 3, 1990 | setter |
12 | Schmitt, GavinGavin Schmitt | January 27, 1986 | opposite |
14 | Rossard, ThibaultThibault Rossard | August 28, 1993 | outside hitter |
16 | Masłowski, MateuszMateusz Masłowski | June 13, 1997 | libero |
17 | Możdżonek, MarcinMarcin Możdżonek | February 9, 1985 | middle blocker |
18 | Wojtaszek, DamianDamian Wojtaszek | September 7, 1988 | libero |
Winters, FredericFrederic Winters | September 25, 1982 | outside hitter | |
1 According to notation in contract, Jaeschke will back to Asseco Resovia team in January 2017, when he will graduate his university.
Players of Asseco Resovia Rzeszów on loan:
Name | Date of birth | Position | Current club |
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Śliwka, AleksanderAleksander Śliwka | May 24, 1995 | outside hitter | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn |
Pashytskyy, DmytroDmytro Pashytskyy | November 29, 1987 | middle blocker | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk |
Notable players
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References
- ↑ Eurotopteams
- ↑ Asseco Resovia claim historic Final Four ticket to set up much anticipated Polish derby with Skra in semis – cev.lu – March 11, 2015
- ↑ Guys in red and white sweep aside yellow-black opponent to write piece of history – cev.lu – March 28, 2015
- ↑ ASSECO RESOVIA RZESZÓW MISTRZEM POLSKI – plusliga.pl – April 28, 2015
- ↑ Asseco Resovia bez medalu - assecoresovia.pl - 17-04-2016
- ↑ Asseco Resovia wicemistrzem Polski! - assecoresovia.pl - 26-04-2016
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