Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional
football
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team based in
Elbląg
Elbląg (; ; ) is a city in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located in the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 127,390 inhabitants, as of December 2021. It is the capital of Elbląg County.
Elbląg is one of the ol ...
, competing in group I of the
III liga
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. 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''
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
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Honours
* Nine seasons in the
I liga
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, with the highest finishing position of 8th (1986–87)
*
Polish Cup
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round of 16: 1976–77
* Polish Youth Championship runners-up: 1989
Current squad
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
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participant with
Legia Warsaw
Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...
),
Bartosz Białkowski
Bartosz Marek Białkowski (; born 6 July 1987) is a Polish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper.
He began his career playing in his native Poland, before moving to Southampton F. ...
(
Millwall
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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
Dr. Jerzy Wrzos (born 18 November 1936) is a Polish retired football manager, author, teacher, sport theoretician, and doctor of physical education specialising in football.
Biography
Wrzos was born in Chełm, Poland, on 18 November 1936. In 19 ...
(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)
* Karol Przybyła (28 August 2024 – 12 December 2024)
* Karol Szweda (12 December 2024 – 27 May 2025)
* Damian Hebda (27 May 2025 – ''present'')
Fans
The team supporters live mostly in
Elbląg
Elbląg (; ; ) is a city in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located in the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 127,390 inhabitants, as of December 2021. It is the capital of Elbląg County.
Elbląg is one of the ol ...
. The largest attendance at the Olimpia's stadium were recorded during the
Polish Second League
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games in the 1970s and 1980s: 10,000 attendants during the 1/16 final of the
Polish Cup
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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
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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
Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...
and
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Sosnowiec. They compete in II liga in the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, following relegation from the 2023–24 I liga.
The club was establishe ...
.
Their main rivals are local clubs
Stomil Olsztyn,
Jeziorak Iława and to a lesser extent
Arka Gdynia
Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a professional football club based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Ekstraklasa after winning the 2024–25 I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929.
History
The h ...
.
References
External links
Official website of the clubOlimpia's fans site
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Association football clubs established in 1945
1945 establishments in Poland
Sport in Elbląg
Football clubs in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship