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Full name	Związkowy Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
Nickname(s)	Żółto-biało-niebiescy (The Yellow, White And Blues); Związkowi (The Associates); Olimpijczycy (The Olympians)
Founded	May 1945; 79 years ago
Ground	Stadion Miejski
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Paweł Guminiak
Manager	Karol Przybyła
League	II liga
2023–24	II liga, 13th of 18
Website	https://www.zksolimpia.pl
Home colours	Away colours

Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football team based in Elbląg, Poland, competing in the II liga. It was founded in 1945.

Facilities

Olimpia Stadium

Olimpia has played near 8 Agrykola Street since 1945. There are projects for a new stadium for the team, but there is no decision when the investment will take place.

Training Camp Skrzydlata

Since the 1980s, Olimpia have had the current training camp which consists of a small number of football pitches (one with an organic lawn). The club is constantly being modernized, which includes the 2010 renovation.

Club history

Naming history

1945: MKS Syrena Elbląg
1946–May 1946: Klub Sportowy Stocznia Elbląg
May 1946–1949: Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
1949–1951: Ogniwo Elbląg
1951–1955: Budowlani Elbląg
1955–1956: Olimpia Elbląg
1960–1992: Olimpia Elbląg
1992–2002: KS Polonia Elbląg
2002–2004: KS Polonia Olimpia Elbląg
15 October 2004–?: Piłkarski KS Olimpia Elbląg
?–28 June 2013: Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
28 June 2013–present: Związkowy Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg^[2]

Club crest

The club crest has been changed many times throughout the club's history. Mostly the club uses the current team motif.

Changes of Olimpia Elbląg crest 1946–2010

Honours

Nine seasons in the I liga, with the highest finishing position of 8th (1986–87)
Polish Cup round of 16: 1976–77
Polish Youth Championship runners-up: 1989

Current squad

As of 10 September 2024^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POL	Kacper Tułowiecki
4	DF	POL	Kacper Łaszak
5	DF	POL	Kacper Szczudliński
6	MF	POL	Mikołaj Jasiński
7	MF	POL	Radosław Stępień
9	FW	POL	Mateusz Kuzimski
10	MF	BLR	Yan Senkevich
11	MF	POL	Oskar Kordykiewicz
12	MF	POL	Dawid Czapliński
13	DF	POL	Michał Kuczałek (captain)
14	MF	POL	Marcin Czernis
16	MF	POL	Dawid Szałecki
17	MF	POL	Wojciech Fadecki
18	MF	POL	Dawid Danilczyk


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	POL	Dominik Kozera
20	DF	UKR	Orest Tiahlo
24	DF	POL	Bartłomiej Mruk
25	MF	POL	Maciej Tobojka
26	MF	POL	Filip Sznajder
27	GK	POL	Andrzej Witan
28	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Yatsenko
30	DF	POL	Dawid Wierzba
—	DF	POL	Bartosz Leszczyński
—	MF	POL	Konrad Łabecki
—	DF	POL	Hubert Matynia
—	MF	POL	Jan Piróg
—	FW	POL	Adam Rychter

Youth teams

Some of the most famous players whose careers started in the Olimpia youth teams are: Adam Fedoruk (former Poland international, UEFA Champions League participant with Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Białkowski (Millwall goalkeeper) and Maciej Bykowski (former Panathinaikos forward).

Managers

Coaches & managers since 1960, when Olimpia was created from Elbląg's other football clubs

Aleksander Grudziński (1959–61)
Mieczysław Lorenc (1962)
Witold Kamieński (1962–63)
Edward Kołpa (1963–65)
Witold Kamieński (1966)
Stefan Wesołowski (1967–70)
Bogumił Gozdur (1970–72)
Jerzy Wrzos (1973)
Franciszek Rogowski (1974)
Andrzej Cehelik (23 July 1974–75)
Zdzisław Rogowski (1975)
Wojciech Łazarek (January 1976–77)
Eugeniusz Różański (1977–78)
Jan Kowalski (1978–79)
Eugeniusz Samolczyk (1979–80)
Jerzy Słaboszewski (1980)
Józef Bujko (1980–81)
Stanisław Stachura (1981–83)
Marian Geszke (1984)
Józef Bujko (1984–87)
Lech Strembski (1987)
Eugeniusz Różański (1988)
Józef Bujko (1989–90)
Stanisław Fijarczyk (1990–94)
Lech Strembski (1994–96)
Sebastian Klimek (1996)
Bogusław Kołodziejski (1997–00)
Stanisław Fijarczyk (2000–02)
Adam Fedoruk (2002 – 26 September 2003)
Andrzej Bianga (2003 – 24 November 2006)
Zbigniew Kieżun (24 November 2006 – 16 August 2007)
Tomasz Wichniarek (16 August 2007 – 9 July 2009)
Tomasz Arteniuk (9 July 2009 – 4 April 2011)
Jarosław Araszkiewicz (5 April 2011 – 12 June 2011)
Grzegorz Wesołowski (22 June 2011 – 15 October 2011)
Anatoliy Piskovets (18 October 2011 – 9 January 2012)
Oleg Radushko (16 January 2012 – 7 November 2013)
Dariusz Kaczmarczyk (caretaker) (7 November 2013 – 2 December 2013)
Adam Boros (2 December 2013 – 24 September 2018)
Dariusz Kaczmarczyk & Tomasz Wiercioch (caretakers) (24 September 2018 – 27 September 2018)
Adam Nocoń (27 September 2018 – 16 June 2020)
Dariusz Kaczmarczyk (caretaker) (16 June 2020 – 2 July 2020)
Łukasz Kowalski (2 July 2020 – 5 October 2020)
Dariusz Kaczmarczyk (caretaker) (5 October 2020 – 2 November 2020)
Jacek Trzeciak (2 November 2020 – 15 June 2021)
Tomasz Grzegorczyk (25 June 2021 – 3 June 2022)
Przemysław Gomułka (6 June 2022 – 6 April 2024)
Sebastian Letniowski (10 April 2024 – 28 August 2024)^[4]
Karol Przybyła (28 August 2024 – present)^[5]

Fans

The team supporters live mostly in Elbląg. The largest attendance at the Olimpia's stadium were recorded during the Polish Second League games in the 1970s and 1980s: 10,000 attendants during the 1/16 final of the Polish Cup in autumn 1976 or circa 12,000 when Olimpia was playing in Second League in the mid-1970s.

Fans from Elbląg have their own association called 776 p.n.e. (the date symbolising the first Ancient Olympic Games) and an ultras group called SMG'06.

In 2004, the Olimpia fans have created their own team ZKS Olimpia Elbląg (historical club name). They have protested against club policy. After two seasons, the team reached the 5th level in the Polish football, but after several years, the two sides came to an agreement and merged the two clubs.

Elbląg has another football team called Concordia, but only Olimpia has an organised fanbase. The Olimpia fans have friendly relationships with supporters of Legia Warsaw and Zagłębie Sosnowiec.

Their main rivals are local clubs Stomil Olsztyn, Jeziorak Iława and to a lesser extent Arka Gdynia.

References

^ II liga 2023/2024. 90minut. 2024-05-25.
^ "Historia" (in Polish). Olimpia Elbląg. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "2. Liga" (in Polish). Olimpia Elbląg. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
^ "Sebastian Letniowski trenerem Olimpii Elbląg". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ "Sebastian Letniowski odchodzi z Olimpii Elbląg". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 28 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.