Bałtyk Koszalin

Bałtyk Koszalin is a Polish multi-sports club with football, tennis and athletics sections, based in Koszalin, Pomerania. The football section is technically a separate legal entity from the rest of the club. The name Bałtyk means Baltic, the sea which Koszalin is situated upon its shore.

Bałtyk Koszalin
Full nameKoszaliński Klub Piłki Nożnej
Bałtyk Koszalin
Founded1946
GroundZOS "Bałtyk" Stadium, Koszalin, Poland
Capacity4000
Chairman Zenon Bednarek
Manager Łukasz Korszański
LeagueIII liga
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was created on 25 February 1946 (4 months older than city rivals Gwardia Koszalin), making use of the small local stadium, which was opened in 1935, mainly focusing on athletics and tennis. The football section of the club was reactivated in 1995. This was due to the efforts of brothers Jan and Zenon Bednarek who transformed the football section into an independent club. The first club president was Jan Bednarek, who served this function until 1997. Then he became the president of the local OZPN in Koszalin and resigned from the leadership. As a result, Zenon Bednarek became president and holds this position to this day.

Youth System

Currently the club KKPN Bałtyk trains about 300 players. The club has 11 teams, including 1 senior. The club has 11 coaches. In terms of youth football for many years it was the most successful academy in the region. The youth groups are run by KOZPN Koszalin, regularly winning the provincial junior league competitions. Currently, athletes who train at the club attend sports classes in the four schools of Koszalin. Classes 4-6 are located in Primary School No. 7, where a UKS Baltic SP7 Koszalin team was created. The club is working with School No. 6 where the sport lessons are organised by Bałtyk. Older students attend sports classes at the local College of Economics (classes 1-3).

Notable players

The academy has produced many players who went on to play in the Ekstraklasa or represented the national team:

  • Sebastian Mila - runner-up Under-16 European Championships, U-17 World Cup participant in New Zealand, a regular national team player, currently at Śląsk Wrocław
  • Łukasz Bednarek - Polish representative in multiple age categories U-14 to U-18 (now a referee)
  • Mateusz Kaźmierczak - representative of the Polish U-15, U-16 and U-17 sides, former Wisła Kraków player. After recovering from a knee injury was a senior player of Bałtyk, also the coach of the youth groups at the club.
  • Dominik Husejko - a representative of Polish U-15, U-16 and U-17 sides, was a player at Wisła Kraków, currently back at Bałtyk.
  • Marcin Bednarek - representative of the Polish U-16 side, then a player at SMS Szamotuly and Sokół Pniewy, now a coach at Bałtyk.
  • Radoslaw Feliński - a representative of Polish U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-18 sides, is currently at the fourth-League Leśnik Manowo, formerly at Motor Lublin
  • Arkadiusz and Łukasz Mokrzycki - formerly at SMS Szamotuły, and Zagłębie Lubin, now at Mieszko Gniezno
  • Daniel Chyła - formerly at SMS Szamotuły, Zagłębie Lubin, and currently at Górnik Polkowice
  • Radoslaw Mikołajczak - SMS Szamotuly, now at Legia Warsaw
  • Wojciech Pawłowski - Lechia Gdańsk

Honours & Awards
  • Western-Pomeranian Polish Cup Winners - 2012/13
  • Third Place in the Older-Junior National Championship in 2010/11
  • OZPN Koszalin Gold Badge for sport activism
  • The Minister of Education's 2nd Degree Award - for educational activities and sports
  • The title of best youth club in the Koszalin Voivodeship
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