Poznańskie Stowarzyszenie Żużlowe (''Poznań Speedway Association'') is a Polish

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team based in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

who currently race in

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(2. Liga). The club have never ridden in the Polish top division. Their nickname is "The Scorpions" (''pol. Skorpiony'').

History

In 2004, in an attempt to revive the city's rich speedway traditions, a new club called "PSŻ Poznań" was created by local speedway fans, after over a decade of absence of the sport in the area. In 2006 the club noted its first start in National Team Championships in which they came 2nd in the Second League (3rd division) and won promotion to the First League after beating

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in a promotion play-off. The club won its first individual medal in 2007 when Daniel Pytel was third in Individual U-21 Polish Championship. A year later,

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won in the Individual Polish Championship Final. After having major problems with the stadium's owners Olimpia and excessive rent fees, the club was left homeless. With no other potential venues in the area, the club failed to enter a team for the 2012 season. Although the club did not cease to exist, it ceased competing since then, focusing on finding a suitable venue. The club campaigned for the Olimpia stadium, which in the meantime fell into complete disrepair and ruin, owned by the Polish police, to be taken over by the city council. Upon lengthy but ultimately successful takeover by the city, the club began to repair the stadium under a new project called ''Sportowy Golaj'', a joint venture with

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enthusiasts and the Poznań Patriots

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team. The complete rebuilding of the stadium was completed in 2015, with the first competitions scheduled for that same year. The club renewed its participation at senior level in 2017, and has been competing ever since. During the

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the team won the

title.

Stadium

The "

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" is located on ''ulica Warmińska 1''. It contains 6,250 seats. The track is 345 metres long and has a granite surface. The track record was made by

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(66.27 sec on 5 September 2020).

2022 squad

* Olivier Buszkiewicz *

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Previous seasons

2008 season: 2020 season:

Honours

References