KS Azoty-Puławy

KS Azoty-Puławy
KS Azoty-Puławy
Full name	Klub Sportowy Azoty-Puławy
Founded	2003
Arena	Grupa Azoty Arena, Puławy
Capacity	3,138
President	Jerzy Witaszek
Head coach	Patryk Kuchczyński
League	Polish Superliga
Club colours
	Website ; Official site

KS Azoty-Puławy is a men's handball club from Puławy, Poland, that plays in the Superliga.

Puławy

Location of KS Azoty-Puławy

History

The club was founded on the initiative of Jerzy Witaszek, Piotr Dropek and Artur Witkowski on May 28, 2003 under the name Klub Sportowy Wisła-Azoty Puławy, with Jerzy Witaszek as its president. Since 2003, the team has been part of II. League, from 2004 in the I. League, and from 2005 in the Superliga, Poland's highest league. In March 2006, the name "Wisła" was removed from the club's name, which changed to Azoty-Puławy. The team also won bronze medals in the Superliga in the 2014/15, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons. In the 2017/2018 season, the team also reached the finals of the Polish Cup, where they lost to PGE Vive Kielce on May 13, 2018 in Kalisz (29:35).^[1] The team won bronze medals again in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons. The Grupa Azoty Arena was handed over in October 2021, which from then on became the team's new home.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Klub Sportowy Wisła-Azoty Puławy	2003–2006
Klub Sportowy Azoty-Puławy	2006–present

Sports Hall information

Arena: - Grupa Azoty Arena
City: - Puławy
Capacity: - 3138
Address: - Lubelska 59, Puławy, Poland.

Management

Position	Name
President	Jerzy Witaszek
Chairman of the Supervisory Board	Przemysław Jarnicki
Member of the Supervisory Board	Ewa Pieńczakowska
Member of the Supervisory Board	Jacek Pakuła

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[2]

KS Azoty-Puławy

Goalkeepers

1 Zurab Tsintsadze

Left Wingers

3 Tobiasz Górski
98 Piotr Jarosiewicz

Right Wingers

71 Giorgi Dikhaminjia
77 Karol Przychodzeń

Line Players

24 Ignacy Jaworski
75 Kelian Janikowski

Left Backs

2 Mikołaj Urbanek
20 Łukasz Gogola
23 Jan Antolak

Central Backs

11 Maciej Ponikowski
17 Maciej Zarzycki
29 Gustaw Kowalik

Right Backs

21 Marek Marciniak
37 Jakub Bereziński

Technical staff

Head coach: Patryk Kuchczyński
Assistant coach: Piotr Dropek
Physiotherapist: Andrzej Karpiński

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Leaving

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Giorgi Dikhaminjia (RW) from HK FCC Město Lovosice^[3]
Dejan Šešić (RB) from GRK Ohrid

Leaving

Ivan Burzak (LP) to CS Minaur Baia Mare
Vladyslav Ostroushko (LB)
Deividas Virbauskas (CB)
Mateusz Zembrzycki (GK) to Wybrzeże Gdańsk^[4]
Rafał Przybylski (RB) to HC Achilles Bocholt^[5]
Dawid Fedeńczak (RW) to MKS Kalisz^[6]

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Zurab Tsintsadze (GK) from RK Prilep
Deividas Virbauskas (CB) from CB Ademar León^[7]
Vladyslav Ostroushko (LB) from Olympiacos^[8]
Maciej Zarzycki (CB) from Nancy HB
Ignacy Jaworski (LP) from SMS Płock
Łukasz Gogola (CB) from BT Füchse

Leaving

Vadim Bogdanov (GK) to HBC CSKA Moscow
Nacho Vallés (CB) to BM Benidorm
Michał Jurecki (LB) (retires)^[9]
Bartosz Kowalczyk (CB) to MKS Kalisz
Marek Daćko (LP)
Boris Zivkovic (RB) to SG Flensburg-Handewitt^[10]

Previous squads

2017–2018 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Russia	Vadim Bogdanov	(1986-03-26) 26 March 1986	Goalkeeper
4	Poland	Patryk Kuchczyński	(1983-03-17) 17 March 1983	Right Winger
5	Poland	Kamil Sliwinski	(1996-11-11) 11 November 1996	Left Winger
6	Poland	Jakub Kosiak	(1997-12-08) 8 December 1997	Right Winger
7	Poland	Robert Orzechowski	(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989	Right Back
8	Poland	Paweł Podsiadło	(1986-03-29) 29 March 1986	Left Back
9	Poland	Piotr Jarosiewicz	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998	Left Winger
10	Poland	Krzysztof Łyżwa	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990	Central Back
12	Poland	Emil Wiejak	(1998-06-21) 21 June 1998	Goalkeeper
13	Poland	Adam Skrabania	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985	Left Winger
14	Poland	Mateusz Flont	(1998-10-20) 20 October 1998	Right Back
16	North Macedonia	Daniel Dupjačanec	(1983-07-15) 15 July 1983	Goalkeeper
17	Poland	Kacper Adamczuk	(1997-02-25) 25 February 1997	Left Back
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marko Panić	(1991-03-10) 10 March 1991	Right Back
20	Poland	Pawel Grzelak	(1987-11-26) 26 November 1987	Line Player
21	Poland	Piotr Masłowski	(1988-02-20) 20 February 1988	Central Back
22	Belarus Poland	Vitaliy Titov	(1980-05-02) 2 May 1980	Right Back
24	Poland	Bartosz Kowalczyk	(1996-12-18) 18 December 1996	Central Back
25	Poland	Tomasz Kasprzak	(1986-02-06) 6 February 1986	Line Player
31	Poland	Bartosz Jurecki	(1979-01-31) 31 January 1979	Line Player
32	Ukraine	Vladyslav Ostroushko	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986	Left Back
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Nikola Prce	(1980-08-31) 31 August 1980	Left Back
44	Poland	Wojciech Gumiński	(1989-02-10) 10 February 1989	Left Winger
81	Ukraine	Valentyn Koshovy	(1981-02-05) 5 February 1981	Goalkeeper
88	Poland	Mateusz Seroka	(1988-12-24) 24 December 1988	Right Winger

2013–2014 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Poland	Pawel Kowalik	(1991-03-13) 13 March 1991	Right Back
4	Poland	Paweł Ćwikliński	(1985-02-01) 1 February 1985	Right Winger
6	Poland	Krzysztof Tylutki	(1985-07-23) 23 July 1985	Left Back
7	Poland	Mateusz Jankowski	(1988-03-22) 22 March 1988	Line Player
10	Poland	Krzysztof Łyżwa	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990	Central Back
11	Poland	Mateusz Kus	(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987	Line Player
12	Lithuania	Vilius Rašimas	(1989-11-08) 8 November 1989	Goalkeeper
13	Poland	Adam Skrabania	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985	Left Winger
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marko Tarabochia	(1988-11-28) 28 November 1988	Central Back
15	Poland	Adam Babicz	(1985-12-06) 6 December 1985	Left Back
18	Poland	Michał Szyba	(1988-03-18) 18 March 1988	Right Back
19	Poland	Rafał Przybylski	(1991-02-19) 19 February 1991	Right Back
20	Poland	Pawel Grzelak	(1987-11-26) 26 November 1987	Line Player
21	Poland	Piotr Masłowski	(1988-02-20) 20 February 1988	Central Back
22	Poland	Maciej Stęczniewski	(1973-05-08) 8 May 1973	Goalkeeper
23	Belarus	Artur Barzenkou	(1987-09-13) 13 September 1987	Left Back
26	Poland	Przemysław Krajewski	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987	Left Winger
35	Poland	Rafał Grzybowski	(1990-10-22) 22 October 1990	Goalkeeper
44	Czech Republic	Jan Sobol	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984	Right Winger

Honours

Polish Superliga:
- Bronze (6): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022

Polish Cup:
- Silver (1): 2018
- Bronze (3): 2013, 2014, 2023

Individual awards

Domestic

Polish Superliga Top Scorer

Season	Name	Goals
2009–10	Wojciech Zydroń	247
2014–15	Przemysław Krajewski	160

European record

EHF Challenge Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2013–14	Round 3	Özel Idare SK	27–23	35–20	62–43
	Round 4	Nilüfer BK	39–31	36–29	75–60
	Quarter-finals	UHC Tongeren	31–22	26–23	57–45
	Semi-finals	IK Sävehof	28–30	38–40	66–70

EHF ranking

As of 5/12/2024^[11]

Rank	Team	Points
105	SKKP Handball Brno	48
106	HC Achilles Bocholt	47
107	KH Besa Famgas	47
108	KS Azoty-Puławy	46
109	Handball Sassari	46
110	Handball Club Holon	45
111	Riihimäki Cocks	45

Former club members

Notable former players

The list includes players who have played at least once for their national team or spent at least 10 years with the team.

Goalkeepers

Maciej Stęczniewski (2009–2014)
Piotr Wyszomirski (2007–2012)
Mateusz Zembrzycki (2020–2024)
Jakub Krupa (2015–2017)
Zurab Tsintsadze (2023–)
Vilius Rašimas (2013–2015)
Daniel Dupjačanec (2017–2018)
Kiril Kolev (2011–2012)
Vadim Bogdanov (2014–2023)
Valentyn Koshovy (2016–2021)

Right wingers

Dawid Fedeńczak (2021–2024)
Patryk Kuchczyński (2015–2018)
Mateusz Seroka (2017–2021)
Giorgi Dikhaminjia (2024–)
Jerko Matulić (2018–2019)
Jan Sobol (2013–2017)
Andrii Akimenko (2020–2022)

Left wingers

Wojciech Gumiński (2017–2022)
Piotr Jarosiewicz (2017–)
Przemysław Krajewski (2012–2017)
Przemysław Urbaniak (2016–2017)
Wojciech Zydroń (2008–2012)

Line players

Marek Daćko (2022–2023)
Dawid Dawydzik (2019–2022)
Mateusz Jankowski (2012–2014)
Bartosz Jurecki (2016–2018)
Mateusz Kus (2008–2015)
Łukasz Rogulski (2018–2022)
Aliaksandr Tsitou (2015)
Leoš Petrovský (2015–2017)
Ivan Burzak (2022–2024)

Left backs

Kacper Adamski (2022–)
Michał Jurecki (2020–2023)
Michał Kubisztal (2015–2017)
Antoni Łangowski (2019–2022)
Paweł Podsiadło (2017–2022)
Nikola Prce (2014–2019)
Artur Barzenkou (2012–2014)
Vladyslav Ostroushko (2018, 2023–2024)

Central backs

Bartosz Kowalczyk (2016–2018, 2019–2023)
Krzysztof Łyżwa (2011–2015, 2016–2019)
Piotr Masłowski (2011–2019)
Jakub Moryń (2019)
Maciej Zarzycki (2023–)
Marko Tarabochia (2013–2015)
Aliaksandr Bachko (2020–2022)
Ante Kaleb (2018–2019)
Deividas Virbauskas (2023–2024)

Right backs

Robert Orzechowski (2015–2018)
Rafał Przybylski (2012–2017, 2019–2024)
Michał Szyba (2004–2014, 2019–2021)
Boris Zivkovic (2021–2024)
Marko Panić (2017–2019)
Kosta Savić (2014–2015)
Vladyslav Dontsov (2022)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2003	Piotr Dropek
2004	Jacek Zglinicki
2004	Stanisław Kubala
2005	Bogdan Kowalczyk
2006	Edward Koziński
2006	Robert Nowakowski
2006	Roman Trzmiel
2007	Bogdan Kowalczyk
2007–2008	Giennadij Kamielin
2008–2009	Piotr Dropek
2009	Marek Motyczyński
2010–2011	Bogdan Kowalczyk
2011–2013	Marcin Kurowski
2013–2014	Bogdan Kowalczyk
2014	Dragan Marković
2014–2016	Ryszard Skutnik
2016–2017	Marcin Kurowski
2017–2018	Daniel Waszkiewicz
2018–2019	Bartosz Jurecki
2019	Zbigniew Markuszewski
2019	Michał Skórski
2020–2021	Lars Walther
2021–2023	Robert Lis
2023–2024	Serhiy Bebeshko
2024–	Patryk Kuchczyński

References

External links

[1] ttps://archive.today/20180916110956/http://zprp.pl/archiwa/62324

[2] ttps://www.azoty-pulawy.pl/i-zespol-sezon-2024-25

[3] ttps://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=486182353959636&id=100077036258225

[4] ttps://orlen-superliga.pl/mateusz-zembrzycki-wzmacnia-bramke-energi-wybrzeza-gdansk/

[5] ttps://sport.tvp.pl/79134599/rafal-przybylski-wyjezdza-z-polski-zagra-w-lidze-belgijskiej

[6] ttps://orlen-superliga.pl/dawid-fedenczak-zawodnikiem-energa-mks-u-kalisz/

[7] ttps://www.azoty-pulawy.pl/w/deividas-virbauskas-zawodnikiem-azotów-puławy

[8] ttps://www.azoty-pulawy.pl/w/vladyslav-ostroushko-zawodnikiem-azotów-puławy

[9] ttps://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-82-155657.html

[10] ttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/sg-flensburg-handewitt-verpflichtet-oesterreicher-996120

[11] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

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