AZS Koszalin

AZS Koszalin is a Polish basketball team, based in Koszalin.[1] AZS currently plays in the Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK), the highest tier Polish basketball league.

AZS Koszalin
LeaguesPLK
Founded1968 (1968)
HistoryAZS Koszalin
(1968–present)
ArenaHala Widowiskowo-Sportowa
Capacity3,000
LocationKoszalin, Poland
Team colorsWhite, Blue, Silver
              
Head coachDragan Nikolić
Championships1 Polish Cup
Websitewww.azs.koszalin.pl

History

The AZS Koszalin sports club was founded on 8 October 1968. The founding fathers participating in the meeting, together with invited guests, decided that the creation of a sports club was vital and would contribute to the sports life of the city. The emergence of the AZS Koszalin sports club was supposed to fill in the geographic gap that existed in the region between Gdańsk and Szczecin.

It was assumed that the newly founded club would take part in actively promoting sports and physical education among students. The accepted action plan for the areas of work for the AZS was based on the development of traditional academic team disciplines as well as on occasionally performed individual disciplines. In the beginnings of its existence the club had many active subsections including: volleyball, basketball, swimming, athletics, badminton and judo.

Throughout its growing process, the AZS started to co-operate with local schools in Koszalin. The effects of this co-operation were many successes of local teams on a national and even international scale. Alumni of these schools were known Olympic athletes as well as athletes representing Poland internationally (the Wołujewiczówny sisters, Leszek Doliński, Dariusz Zelig, Wiesława Reut, Ryszard Razik, Krzysztof Janicki, Wioleta Gawęcka, Małgorzata Janowicz and others).

Ultimately the AZS focuses mainly on their men's basketball team, slowly moving away from their women's basketball team, which has stopped competing since 1999.

At the present time, the club's entire attention is focused on the first team. The training of children and youngsters is limited leading to giving up this field of activity. Focusing entirely on the first team results in the team's advance to the first league and following that to the ekstraklasa league.

Logos
  • Logo used till the 2014–15 season

Current roster
AZS Koszalin roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PF Tejić, Marko 210 m (689 ft 0 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 25 – (1995-08-04)4 August 1995
PF Papić, Dragoslav 204 m (669 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1987-05-17)17 May 1987
G Brandon, Drew 193 m (633 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1992-03-11)11 March 1992
PG Radulović, Aleksandar 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1988-01-13)13 January 1988
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Vacant
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos Polish Cup European competitions
2009–10 1PLK6th Winner
2010–11 1PLK8th
2011–12 1PLK8th
2012–13 1PLK7th Runner-up
2013–14 1PLK8th
2014–15 1PLK5th Semifinalist
2015–16 1PLK12th
2016–17 1PLK14th
2017–18 1PLK13th
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    References
    1. "AZS Koszalin website". Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
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