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Poznańskie Stowarzyszenie Żużlowe (''Poznań Speedway Association'') is a Polish
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Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
who currently race in Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). The club have never ridden in the Polish top division. Their nickname is "The Scorpions" (''pol. Skorpiony'').


Stadium

The " Stadion Golęcin" is located on ''ulica Warmińska 1''. It contains 6,250 seats. The track is 345 metres long and has a granite surface. The curreny track record belongs to Marcus Birkemose with 66.27 seconds achieved on 5 September 2020.


History of speedway in Poznań


Lechia Poznań

Speedway in Poznan was active during the inaugural
1948 Polish speedway season The 1948 Polish Speedway season was the 1948 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland. Individual Polish Individual Speedway Championship The individual event was cancelled. Start list Kraków, October 24 *First league ** Jan Wąsikowski – ...
. Lechia Poznań was one of two clubs to compete in the very first edition of the Championships. The team only competed until the end of
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.


Unia Poznań

A second club called Unia Poznań also started in 1948 and continued until the end of 1950, although they did compete in the regional leagues in 1951 as did another team called Kolejarz Poznań.


Gwardia/Olimpia Poznań

Gwardia Poznań competed in the regional leagues in 1951 and 1955 before taking part in the second division north group in
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. Under their new name Olimpia Poznań, they were due to compete in the third division in
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but received a one year ban from the authorities. The 1957 season proved to be the last for teams from Poznań for 34 years, although meetings were still held in the city at the Stadion Golęcin.


Polonez Poznań

In 1991, Polonez Poznań were formed and raced in the second division. The return of speedway was boosted by the stadium securing the 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship. However, the season turned out to be a disaster because Polonez were declared bankrupt after just one season.


PSŻ Poznań

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. The club noted its first start in
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, in which they came 2nd in the 2. Liga and won promotion after beating
KSM Krosno Wilki Krosno (''Wolves Krosno'') is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Krosno. The club operates under the name of ''Cellfast Wilki Krosno''. The team currently competes in the Ekstraliga (speedway), Ekstraliga (the highest division). ...
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, Adam Skórnicki became the Polish Champion. In 2011 season, the team were relegated to 2. Liga and after issues with the stadium's owners Olimpia concerning rent fees, the club was left homelessand did not enter a team for the 2012 season. Although the club did not cease to exist they 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. The team returned to action in
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and during the 2022 Polish Speedway season the team won the 2. Liga title.


Previous teams

2008 season: 2020 season: 2022 squad * Olivier Buszkiewicz *
Rune Holta Rune Holta (born 29 August 1973 in Stavanger, Norway) is a speedway rider. He grew up in Randaberg, Norway, but has been a Polish citizen since 2002. Career In 1994, Holta finished runner-up to Mikael Karlsson in the final of the 1994 Spee ...
* Kacper Gomólski * Jonas Seifert-Salk * Robert Chmiel * Kacper Grzelak * Kevin Fajfer * Francis Gusts * Damian Ratajczak * Emil Breum 2023 team *
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* Jonas Seifert-Salk * Aleksandr Loktajew * Adrian Cyfer * Kevin Fajfer * Adrian Gala * Emil Breum * Jakub Martyniak * Kacper Teska * Kacper Grzelak * Karol Zupinski


Honours


Notable riders


References

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