Energa Gedania Gdańsk is a Polish women's

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club based in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

and won the Polish Championships in three occasions. Since the early 2010s only youth volleyball has become the club focus.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Gedania Danzig (1922–1939) * KKS Gedania Gdańsk (1945–2004) * Energa Gedania Gdańsk (2004–2008) * Gedania Żukowo (2008–2011) * AWFiS Gedania Gdańsk (2011–2012) * Energa Gedania Gdańsk (2012–2017) * Gedania Gdańsk (2017–)

History

The

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Gedania Danzig KS Gedania Danzig was an ethnically-Polish association football club that was part of German football competition in the inter-war period. It was formed in 1922 in what was at the time the Free City of Danzig (present day Gdańsk, Poland). Ban ...

was founded in 1922. The women's

department was very successful during the early 1950s, winning Polish Championships in 1951, 1953, 1954 and was runner up in 1952. In the next three decades, the club spent more time in the second division and was relegated and promoted few times. It was only after promotion in 1987, that the club managed to play in the first division on a more regular basis, few promotions and relegations also occurred but this time the club spent more time in the first division. A second-place finish in the 1990–91 Championships ensured the club a place to play the 1991–92

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. Following its last relegation from the first division in 2010, the club played in the I Liga in 2010–11 and due to financial issues made an agreement to swap places with AZS Politechnika Radom for the following season (moving to the II Liga, with AZS moving to I Liga). Since it appeared in the II Liga of 2011–12, the club dissolved its senior team and have focused on its girls, youth and junior teams.

Venue

From 2008 to 2011 the club played its home matches in the nearby town of

Żukowo Żukowo ( csb, Żukòwò, german: Zuckau, la, Sucovia) is a town in the Kartuzy County, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland, in the geographical region of Kashubia, with 6,236 inhabitants (2005). It is located along the Radunia ri ...

before moving to the Zespołu Szkół Energetycznych Hall in

Honours

Polish championships *Winners: (2) 1953, 1954 *Runners-up: (2) 1952, 1991

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Energa Gedania Gdansk Women's volleyball teams in Poland Volleyball clubs established in 1922 1922 establishments in Poland Sport in Gdańsk