Elana Toruń
Elana Toruń is a Polish football club based in Toruń. As of the 2018/19 season the team competes in the II Liga, which sits at the 3rd tier of the Polish football league system.
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Full name | Elana Toruń | ||
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Nickname(s) | Elanowcy | ||
Founded | 28 August 1968 | ||
Ground | Torun City Stadium Toruń, Poland | ||
Capacity | 4,300[1] | ||
Chairman | Jacek Bednarz | ||
Manager | Bogusław Pietrzak | ||
League | II Liga | ||
2018/19 | 4th | ||
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History
The team was at the 2nd level of the Polish pyramid in the 1990s, but were relegated in 1998/99.[2] During the following season the club changed their name to TKP Torun, but they were relegated again to the 4th level.[3] The club were often referred to as Torunski KP, but by the 2007/08 season they had returned to their original name of Elana Torun and were back playing in the Polish 3rd level.[4]
Current squad
- As of 26 September 2015.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Supporters
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Elana fans are commonly known as Elanowcy and include a small ultras group of around 100-1000 (depending on match) fanatical supporters. Apart from Toruń, there are fan-clubs in Gniewkowo, Golub-Dobrzyń, Ostaszewo, Aleksandrów Kujawski, Ciechocinek, Kowalewo Pomorskie, Obrowo, Lubicz and Wąbrzeźno.[6]
They have a long-standing friendship with fans of Ruch Chorzów and KS Myszków (who are also Ruch fans), friendly relations with Widzew Łódź fans from Grudziądz,[7] and more recently Wisła Kraków and KKS Kalisz fans.
As the city of Toruń has a rivalry with Bydgoszcz that extends even beyond sport,[8] Elana competes the Cuiavian derby[9] with Zawisza and Polonia. They also compete with fans of speedway club Apator Toruń.
References
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- Torun City Stadium (stadiony.net)
- 1998/99 Polish football league results and tables at RSSSSF
- "Poland 1999/2000". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- "Poland 2007/08". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- "Elana Toruń current squad". elanatorun.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- "Elana Toruń". www.elanowcy.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- "Strona fanatyków Elany Toruń". www.elanowcy.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- Ćwieluch, Juliusz (29 March 2018). "Bydgoszcz i Toruń – skąd ta wieczna rywalizacja?". www.polityka.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- http://ocb03.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205:elana-toru-zawisza-bydgoszcz&catid=48:przyjaciele&Itemid=98
External links
- (in Polish) Official website
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at torunskaelana.futbolowo.pl
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at elanowcy.pl
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at facebook.com
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń (90minut.pl)