Górnik Zabrze is a men's handball club from Zabrze, Poland, that plays in the Superliga.
Location of Górnik Zabrze
History
The creation of the handball division dates back to 1947, when Pogoń Zabrze, founded in 1945, decided to create a handball division in addition to football and gymnastics. The creator of Pogoń handball was Józef Cholewa.[1] In 1959, Pogoń's handball players were promoted to the first league and finished 6th in their debut season. In the 1966/1967 season, the club won the bronze medal of the Polish championship. Then the club was relegated from the first division. In the years 1973–2000, he played again in the first league. In the 1975/1976 and 1978/1979 seasons, he won a silver medal in the Polish championship. 1984 and 1988, the team won the Polish Cup. In the 1988/1989 season, the team took 2nd place in the table behind Wybrzeże Gdańsk. In the final of the championship, they defeated the favorite team from Gdańsk 2:1, thereby becoming the Polish champion. The members of the championship team: Piotr Bar, Roman Honysa, Antoni Parecki, Waldemar Strzelec (goalkeepers), Grzegorz Bil, Szymon Dobrzyński, Jarosław Frąckowiak, Zygfryd Jędrzej, Jacek Kalisz, Marek Kąpa (captain), Piotr Konitz, Wincenty Markowski, Ryszard Masłoń, Robert Niedźwiedzki, Wojciech Piątek, Leszek Sadowy, Andrzej Staszewski. Coach: Tadeusz Szymczyk. In the 1989/1990 season, the team won its second league title and its third cup victory. The members of the team: Piotr Bar, Antoni Parecki, Waldemar Strzelec (goalkeepers), Bogusław Ciężki, Szymon Dobrzyński, Jarosław Frąckowiak, Jacek Kalisz, Marek Kąpa (captain), Krzysztof Kędra, Wincenty Markowski, Ryszard Masłoń, Robert Niedźwiedzki, Wojciech Piątek, Leszek Sadowy, Andrzej Staszewski. Coach: Tadeusz Szymczyk. It was relegated from the top league in the 1999/2000 season. He returned to the top league in the 2001/2002 season. The team commuted up and down for a while between the first and second divisions. After many years, in the 2013/2014 season, the team again won the bronze medal in the Polish championship. Górnik's most successful player in the league was Michał Kubisztal, who scored 194 goals and became the top scorer of the Polish Superliga. Mariusz Jurasik (167 goals) and Bartłomiej Tomczak (148 goals) also ranked high on the goalscoring list.[2] In 2020, 2023 and 2024, the team won bronze medals again.
Crest, colours, supporters
Kit manufacturers
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Kit manufacturer
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| 2021–present
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Joma
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Kits
Management
| Position
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Name
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| President
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Bogdan Kmiecik
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| Executive Director
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Dariusz Czernik
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Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2024–25 season[3]
| Górnik Zabrze
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- Goalkeepers
- Left Wingers
- 15 Dmytro Artemenko
- 23 Jakub Bogacz
- Right Wingers
- Line Players
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- Left Backs
- Central Backs
- 10 Lukáš Mořkovský
- 19 Paweł Krawczyk
- 35 Taras Minotskyi
- Right Backs
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Technical staff
- Head coach: Arkadiusz Miszka
- Physiotherapist: Rafał Biliński
- Club doctor: Zbigniew Kwiatkowski
Transfers
- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Transfer History
| Transfers for the 2024–25 season
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Honours
- Polish Superliga:
- Gold (2): 1989, 1990
- Silver (3): 1976, 1979, 1988
- Bronze (7): 1967, 1985, 1987, 2014, 2020, 2023, 2024
- Polish Cup:
- Gold (3): 1984, 1988, 1990
- Bronze (3): 2015, 2016, 2018
Individual awards
Domestic
Polish Superliga Top Scorer
EHF ranking
- As of 20 November 2024[11]
The list includes players who have played at least once for their national team or spent at least 10 years with the team.
Goalkeepers
Right wingers
Left wingers
Line players
Left backs
Central backs
Right backs
References
External links