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 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 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 (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 date1 Natalia PerlińskaMiddle blocker1.90732 Joanna Staniucha-SzczurekOutside hitter1.84733 Mariola WojtowiczLibero1.64604 Aleksandra WańczykOpposite1.93816 Jaroslava PencováMiddle blocker1.90867 Natalia SkrzypkowskaOutside hitter1.80688 Aleksandra PasznikSetter1.83639 Erica HandleySetter1.836811 Soňa MikyskováOpposite1.897912 Aleksandra TrojanMiddle blocker1.966813 Magdalena GrykaSetter1.796914 Ewelina BrzezińskaOutside hitter1.837315 Kornelia MoskwaMiddle blocker1.868016 Emilia MuchaOutside hitter1.867317 Aneta WilczekLibero1.766318 Wiktoria SzumeraOutside hitter1.8267
References
External links
Official website