Basket Zielona Góra

Basket Zielona Góra, also known as Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra for sponsorship reasons, or Zastal Zielona Góra as its historic name that the fans identify with, is a Polish professional basketball team that is based in Zielona Góra, Poland. The team plays in the Polish League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra
LeaguesPolish League
VTB United League
Founded1946 (1946)
HistoryBasket Zielona Gora
(1946–present)
ArenaCRS Hala Zielona Góra
Capacity6,080
LocationZielona Góra, Poland
Team colorsWhite, green
         
Head coachŽan Tabak
OwnershipSportowa Grono Joint Stock Company
Championships5 Polish Championships
2 Polish Cups
1 Polish Supercup
Retired numbers2 (5,15)
WebsiteOfficial Website

Logos
  • (The previous official logo of Basket Zielona Góra.)
  • (The current official logo of Basket Zielona Góra.)

History

The club was founded in the year 1946 under the name KS Zieloni, and in the following years the club had several name changes. Some of the names the team had included Stal Zielona Góra, Wagmo Zielona Góra and Lechia Zielona Góra. In the early 1960s the team consistently played in the third tier of Poland as Lechia. In the 1966–67 season, the club promoted to the second tier I Liga for the first time. In 1968 the team adopted the still famous club name Zastal Zielona Góra.

In the 1983–84 season, Zastal promoted to the top tier Polish Basketball League for the first time in club history. The club stayed there for a long time, however they had to leave the league in the 1999–2000 season due to financial problems. These problems caused Zastal to fall back all the way to the III Liga. In June 2001, Sports Joint Stock Company Grono became the owner of the team and a season later the club returned to the second tier I Liga.

In the 2009–10 season, Zastal finished in second place in the I Liga and was promoted back to the PLK. The golden years for the club would begin here. In the 2011–12 season, the team finished in third place in the Polish League. Due to sponsorship reasons, in the summer of 2012, the club changed its name from Zastal Zielona Góra to Stelmet Zielona Góra. In the 2012-13 season, the club won the Polish League championship, and thus qualified to play in the 2013–14 EuroLeague season, the highest continental level. The following years the club would consistently compete for the Polish national title while also playing in Europe.

Achievements
Champions (5): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20
Runner-up (1): 2013–14
Bronze (1): 2011–12
Champions (2): 2015, 2017
Champions (1): 2015

Other achievements
  • Gliwice, Poland Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2015

Season by season
Home game of Zielona Góra in 2014

Through 2013–14 season, Stelmet Zielona Góra had played 18 seasons in the top Polish League (official name: Polska Liga Koszykówki). Altogether, through the 2013–14 season, the club had won 278 league games, and lost 343 league games.[1]

Season Tier League Pos. W–L Polish Cup European competitions
1984–85 1 PLK 9th 9–15
1985–86 1 PLK 7th 14–15
1986–87 1 PLK 8th 11–19
1987–88 1 PLK 5th 14–15
1988–89 1 PLK 8th 12–18
1989–90 1 PLK 5th 17–16
1990–91 1 PLK 7th 15–21
1991–92 1 PLK 8th 14–24
1992–93 1 PLK 4th 21–23
1993–94 1 PLK 8th 15–24
1994–95 1 PLK 10th 9–16
1995–96 1 PLK 11th 7–20
1998–99 1 PLK 14th 12–27
1999–00 1 PLK 16th 6–31
2000–01 2 I Liga 15th
2001–02 3 II Liga 2nd
2002–03 2 I Liga 8th
2003–04 2 I Liga 11th
2004–05 2 I Liga 6th
2005–06 2 I Liga 8th
2006–07 2 I Liga 4th
2007–08 2 I Liga 5th
2008–09 2 I Liga 5th
2009–10 2 I Liga 2nd
2010–11 1 PLK 9th 12–13
2011–12 1 PLK 3rd 26–19 Runners-up
2012–13 1 PLK 1st 30–14 Quarterfinalist 2 EurocupT16
2013–14 1 PLK 2nd 34–13 Quarterfinalist 1 EuroleagueRS
2 EurocupR32
2014–15 1 PLK 1st 33–10 Champion 1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupRS
2015–16 1 PLK 1st 38–4 Runners-up 1 EuroleagueRS
2 EurocupQF
2016–17 1 PLK 1st 33–13 Champion 3 Champions LeagueRS
4 FIBA Europe CupR16
2017–18 1 PLK 4th 28–15 Runner-up 3 Champions LeagueR16
2018–19 1 PLK 4th 27–11 Quarterfinalist VTB United League12th
2019–20 1 PLK 1st 19–3 Semifinalist VTB United League6th

Players

Retired numbers
Zielona Góra retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure
5Mariusz KaczmarekPG1976–1980, 1985–1992
15Walter HodgePG2010–2013

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Stelmet Zielona Góra roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G 1 Lundberg, Gabriel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – (1994-12-04)4 December 1994
G 3 Traczyk, Kacper 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (1998-03-25)25 March 1998
SF 8 Williams, Cecil 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995
SG 11 Ponitka, Marcel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
PF 12 Put, Filip  2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1993-04-08)8 April 1993
G 22 Szymkiewicz, Daniel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1994-11-02)2 November 1994
SF 31 Bērziņš, Jānis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 27 – (1993-05-04)4 May 1993
PF 32 Reynolds, Blake 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 23 – (1996-10-30)30 October 1996
C 41 Groselle, Geoffrey 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1993-02-12)12 February 1993
PG 55 Koszarek, Łukasz 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 36 – (1984-01-12)12 January 1984
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Mariusz Niedbalski
  • Arkadiusz Miloszewski
  • Jakub Lewandowski
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Piotr Pigla
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 28 July 2020

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Sponsorship names
  • Wagmo Zielona Góra: (1946–1949)
  • Stal Zielona Góra: (1950–1954)
  • Zastal Zielona Góra: (1955–1956)
  • Lechia Zielona Góra: (1957–1968)
  • Zastal Zielona Góra: (1969–1992)
  • Zastal-Fortum Zielona Góra: (1992–1995)
  • Zastal Zielona Góra: (1995–1998)
  • Zastal-Dallas Zielona Góra: (1998–1999)
  • Zastal-Karl Eppe Zielona Góra: (1999–2000)
  • Intermarche-Zastal Zielona Góra: (2000–2005)
  • Zastal Zielona Góra: (2005–2007)
  • Wiecko-Zastal Zielona Góra: (2007–2008)
  • Zastal Zielona Góra: (2008–2012)
  • Stelmet Zielona Góra: (2012–2015)
  • Stelmet BC Zielona Góra: (2015–2018)
  • Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra: (2018–Present)

References
  1. "Zastal Zielona Góra Statystyki drużyny w poszczególnych sezonach:" (in Polish). plkhistory.ugu.pl. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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