Czarni Radom

WKS Czarni Radom, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom is a Radom–based Polish professional men's volleyball team. Founded in 1921 as a football club, with volleyball section founded in 1957, the club was a multi-sport club with many sections, however since 1997 only the volleyball section has remained.

Cerrad Enea
Czarni Radom
Full nameWKS Czarni Radom
Spółka Akcyjna
Short nameWKS Czarni
Founded1921 (club)
1957 (volleyball team)
2007 (refounded)
GroundHala MOSiR
ul. Narutowicza 9
26–600 Radom
(Capacity: 1,600)
Chairman Wojciech Stępień
Manager Dmitry Skoryy
Captain Michał Ostrowski
LeaguePlusLiga
WebsiteClub home page
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Czarni Radom team won the Polish Cup in 1999 and two Polish Championship bronze medals in 1994 and 1995. The club ceased to exist in 2003 and was recreated in 2007. In the 2012–13 season, after 11 years of absence the team was finally promoted to PlusLiga.

Achievements

Team history
Czarni Radom players during a match in the 1982–83 season
Czarni Radom fans 2012
Czarni Radom 2014/15

Founding of the club took place in 1921 after the split in the football team "Kordian" belonging to Radomskie Towarzystwo Sportowe (Radom Sports Association). Some athletes left from the structure of the association to form a club Czarni Radom. 2 years later the club, gaining more and more sympathy of the 72nd Infantry Regiment stationed in Radom transformed into a Military Sports Club – Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Czarni". Initially, its work was confined only to the football section. Over time, the club has expanded its structure. However, bringing a volleyball section to life was achieved later and underwent various difficulties.[1]

In 1957, the club's management has decided to create a men's volleyball section. A team that was based on cadets of the Żwirko and Wigura Military Aviation School in Radom started in league one season later. The team took second place in the championship and has withdrawn from the competition.

In 1979 a team led by coach Jan Skorżyński was promoted to the second level league. Historical success was achieved by the team based on its own pupils, Radom high school students and a few soldiers doing military service in Radom. The team consisted of: Andrzej Skorupa, Tomasz Gałczyński, Ryszard Laskowski, Ryszard Pisarek, Jarosław Trochimiuk, Zbigniew Janikowski, Witold Poinc, Janusz Tomaszewski, Robert Mach, Jacek Gagacki, Roman Murdza and Ryszard Kotala.[1]

In 1984 Czarni Radom team achieved historical promotion to the Ekstraklasa, in which played continuously for eighteen seasons. In 1994, coached by Valery Jarużnyj, they won the first ever bronze medal of Polish championship. The success repeated a year later and then the coach of the team was Jacek Skrok.[1]

On 26 September 1997, the whole club was transformed into a volleyball club and changed its name to Warka Strong Club WKS Czarni Radom. In 1999 Czarni Radom players witch coach Edward Skorek won Polish Cup. In season 1999/2000 they played in CEV Cup Winners' Cup.[1]

On 14 April 2002 Czarni Radom team for the first time in its history was relegated to Polish second league. One year later, the club ceased to exist.

In 2007 the club was recreated. In the 2011–12 season, Czarni Radom players, coached by Wojciech Stępień were finally promoted to the I liga (second level league) and in the next season to PlusLiga.[2][3]

The first steps to create a Czarni Radom fan club supporters started at the beginning of 1999.[4] In 2003–07, there were supporters without a club. They were conflicted with Jadar Radom because the club did not continue the history and tradition of Czarni Radom that had gone bankrupt. Since 2005 they were not allowed to watch any match of Jadar.[5] This caused conflict among the "new" Jadar fans and the "old" Czarni fans who wanted Jadar to continue the legacy of the dissolved Czarni club. In the end due to the conflict Czarni started attending the reserve Jadar matches and then reformed the original club in 2007 on the basis of them.

Team

As of 2020/2021 season

Coaching staff
Occupation Name
Acting head coach Dmitry Skoryy
Assistant coach Krzysztof Michalski
Strength and conditioning coach Jakub Szyszka
Physiotherapist Aleksandra Skalska
Statistician Krzysztof Michalski
Team manager Dariusz Fryszkowski
Doctor Marek Kwaczyński

Players
No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Dawid Dryja (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992middle blocker
2 Michał Ostrowski (captain) (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990middle blocker
3 Michał Kędzierski (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994setter
5 Bartłomiej Grzechnik (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993middle blocker
6 Dawid Konarski (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989opposite
7 Lucas Lóh (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991outside hitter
9 Daniel Gąsior (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995opposite
11 Viktor Yosifov (1985-10-16) 16 October 1985middle blocker
12 Bartosz Zrajkowski (1986-04-30) 30 April 1986setter
13 Mateusz Masłowski (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997libero
14 Artur Pasiński (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996outside hitter
15 Brenden Sander (1995-12-22) 22 December 1995outside hitter
17 Bartosz Firszt (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999outside hitter
18 Maciej Nowowsiak (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001libero

Former names
Years Name
1957–1997WKS Czarni Radom
1997–2001Warka Strong Club WKS Czarni Radom
2001–2002Nordea WKS Czarni Radom
2002–2003WKS Czarni Radom
2007–2013RCS Radom
2013WKS Czarni Radom SA
2013–2019Cerrad Czarni Radom
2019–presentCerrad Enea Czarni Radom

See also

References
  1. (in Polish) Historia Czarnych Radom sport.pl. [2008-10-03]
  2. (in Polish) Ligi polskie: sezon 2011/2012: II liga mężczyzn: turniej finałowy. siatka.org. [dostęp 2013-09-20]
  3. PLPS podjęła decyzję o powiększeniu PlusLigi Archived 5 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine. pzps.pl [2013-09-20].
  4. (in Polish) Marcin Nowak: Walka o tradycję Czarnych Radom. [2009-04-09]. siatka.org
  5. (in Polish) Skandal w Radomiu Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. [2008-06-07]. ss. czarni.pl.
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