Trefl Gdańsk, previously known as Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, is a professional men's

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

club based in

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in northern

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. The club was founded in 2005 and promoted to

PlusLiga The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 14 teams league from Oc ...

, the top flight of Polish volleyball in 2011.

Honours

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

:Winners (2): 2014–15, 2017–18 *

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been p ...

:Winners (1): 2015–16

Club history

Trefl Gdańsk was founded in 2005, and began its history in the 2nd Polish Volleyball League, playing there until 2007. The club was promoted to

in 2008 after spending just one season in the 1st Polish Volleyball League. Unfortunately, Trefl did not manage to stay in the league for long and has been relegated in the next season, in 2009. They had to wait until 2011 when led by Dariusz Luks the club was once again promoted to

, playing there until this day. In June 2014, an Italian expert

Andrea Anastasi Andrea Anastasi (born 8 October 1960) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Italy national team from 1981 to 1991, and during his career won the 1990 World Champion title. Career As a player Ana ...

was officially presented as the club's new head coach. Anastasi was a head coach of the Polish national team in 2011–2013, and expressed a desire to work for the club from Gdańsk. Damian Schulz, Mateusz Mika and

Wojciech Grzyb Wojciech Dariusz Grzyb (born 4 January 1981) is a Polish former volleyball player, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, silver medallist at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 2006 World Championship, Polish Champi ...

signed a contract with the club before the

2014–15 PlusLiga The 2014–15 PlusLiga was the 79th season of the Polish Volleyball Championship, the 15th season as a professional league organized by the Professional Volleyball League SA () under the supervision of the Polish Volleyball Federation (). The n ...

season. The team took 3rd place in the regular season of PlusLiga in which Anastasi's team won 19 and lost 7 matches. On 23 February 2015,

signed a new two–year contract, until 2017. ''Lotos Trefl'' advanced to the final of the

season after winning in the semifinal against the Polish Champion

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in four matches (3–1). It was the first, historical promotion to the final of the Polish Championship. On 19 April 2015, the team competed in the final of the

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, and has sensationally beaten Asseco Resovia, winning the Cup for the first time in club's history. In the final of the

season, ''Trefl Gdańsk'' lost to Asseco Resovia in three matches (0–3), and ended the season with silver medals. On 28 October 2015, during the 2015 Polish SuperCup held at Arena Poznań in

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, ''Trefl'' defeated the Polish Champion Asseco Resovia in five sets (3–2), and won its first Polish SuperCup. During the 2015–16 PlusLiga season, the club also competed in the

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tota ...

. In the Playoff 12 stage ''Trefl'' lost to Russian club Zenit Kazan, the future competition champion (1–3, 0–3). In the domestic league, the club ended the season in 4th place. The

2016–17 PlusLiga The 2016–17 PlusLiga was the 81st season of the PlusLiga, Polish Volleyball Championship, the 17th season as a professional league organized by the Professional Volleyball League SA () under the supervision of the Polish Volleyball Federation ( ...

season did not end well for ''Trefl''. The club did not manage to play in the PlusLiga playoffs, and lost in a match for seventh place to Cerrad Czarni Radom (3–2, 1–3). During the 2017–18 PlusLiga season, the club won its 2nd

, winning with

in three sets (3–0). The club ended the season in 3rd place and gained the right to compete in the next

edition. Anastasi remained as the club's head coach until 2019. During his last season as a head coach, the club competed in the 2018–19 CEV Champions League. The club not only won its group, losing only one time to

but was also close to eliminate Zenit Kazan (the reigning European champion of that time) in the quarterfinal. ''Trefl'' lost its first match held at

(2–3), but managed to win the second match held in

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

(3–2). Eventually, the club lost in the golden set (12–15) and has been eliminated from the further competition. Andrea Anastasi was succeeded by the former Polish volleyball player –

Michał Winiarski Michał Jerzy Winiarski (born 28 September 1983) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. Winiarski was a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympi ...

, as the head coach of ''Trefl'' on 6 June 2019.

Team

''As of 2024–25 season''

Coaching staff

Players

Season by season

References

External links

Official website

Team profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Team profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Trefl Gdansk Volleyball clubs in Poland Sports clubs and teams in Gdańsk Volleyball clubs established in 2005 2005 establishments in Poland