Asseco Resovia Rzeszów

Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Full name Asseco Resovia Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname Sovia
Founded 1910 (club)
1937 (volleyball team)
Ground Podpromie Hall
ul. Podpromie 10
35-035 Rzeszów
(Capacity: 4,300)
Chairman Marek Panek
Manager Andrzej Kowal
Captain Olieg Achrem
League PlusLiga
Website Club home page
Uniforms
Home
Away
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Medal record
Men's Volleyball
CEV Champions League
1972/1973
2014/2015 Berlin
CEV Cup
2011/2012
Polish Championship (PlusLiga)
1970/1971
1971/1972
1973/1974
1974/1975
2011/2012
2012/2013
2014/2015
1972/1973
2008/2009
2013/2014
2015/2016
1969/1970
1976/1977
1986/1987
1987/1988
2009/2010
2010/2011
Polish Cup
1974/1975
1982/1983
1986/1987
1973/1974
1985/1986
2009/2010 Bydgoszcz
2012/2013 Częstochowa
Polish SuperCup
2013 Poznań
2012 Częstochowa

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 before the match against AZS Częstochowa in Rzeszów on February 9, 2007.
From left Ignaczak (#16), Wika (#6), Grzyb, Mikko Oivanen, Redwitz and Kosok (#11) during the match with Paris Volley in season 2009/2010.
Before the match with AZS Częstochowa in the PlusLiga play-off in 2010.
György Grozer (#9) during his attack on September 23, 2011.
Krzysztof Ignaczak (#16) and Grzegorz Kosok (#4) during the time-out on September 25, 2011.
After winning Polish Championship in season 2011/2012.
Current captain of Asseco ResoviaOlieg Achrem after winning Polish Championship in 2012.
Medal ceremony of PlusLiga in season 2011/2012.

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.[1] 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.[2] On April 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia won their 7th title of Polish Champion.[3] 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.[4] 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).[5]

Former names

2004–2006 AKS Resovia
2006–present Asseco Resovia Rzeszów

Coaches

2003–2007 Poland Jan Such
2007–2008 Poland Andrzej Kowal
2008–2011 Serbia Ljubomir Travica
2011–present Poland Andrzej Kowal

Team

2015/2016

Head coach: Poland Andrzej Kowal

No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Poland Kurek, BartoszBartosz KurekAugust 29, 1988opposite
2 United States Jaeschke, ThomasThomas JaeschkeSeptember 4, 1993outside hitter
3 Poland Witczak, DominikDominik WitczakJanuary 2, 1983opposite
4 Poland Nowakowski, PiotrPiotr Nowakowski (injured)December 18, 1987middle blocker
5 Czech Republic Ticháček, LukášLukáš TicháčekJanuary 12, 1982setter
6 Poland Dryja, DawidDawid DryjaJuly 21, 1992middle blocker
7 BelarusPoland Achrem, OliegOlieg Achrem (C)March 12, 1983outside hitter
8 France Lyneel, JulienJulien LyneelApril 15, 1990outside hitter
9 Ukraine Pashytskyy, DmytroDmytro PashytskyyNovember 29, 1987middle blocker
10 Germany Schöps, JochenJochen Schöps (injured)October 8, 1983opposite
11 Poland Drzyzga, FabianFabian DrzyzgaJanuary 3, 1990setter
12 Poland Perłowski, ŁukaszŁukasz PerłowskiApril 3, 1984middle blocker
14 Poland Śliwka, AleksanderAleksander ŚliwkaMay 24, 1995outside hitter
16 Poland Ignaczak, KrzysztofKrzysztof IgnaczakMay 15, 1978libero
17 Bulgaria Penchev, NikolayNikolay PenchevMay 22, 1992outside hitter
18 Poland Wojtaszek, DamianDamian WojtaszekSeptember 7, 1988libero
19 United States Holmes, RussellRussell HolmesJuly 1, 1982middle blocker

Notable players

References

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