Resovia (volleyball)

Resovia, also erroneously known as Resovia Rzeszów and officially known for sponsorship reasons as Asseco Resovia SA, is a Polish professional men's volleyball team based in Rzeszów, competing in PlusLiga. The club was founded in 1937 as one of the departments of CWKS Resovia. Seven–time Polish Champion and three–time Polish Cup winner.

Asseco Resovia
Full nameAsseco Resovia Spółka Akcyjna
NicknameSovia
Founded1937 (1937)
GroundHala Podpromie
ul. Podpromie 10
35–035 Rzeszów
(Capacity: 4,304)
Chairman Piotr Maciąg
Manager Alberto Giuliani
Captain Fabian Drzyzga
LeaguePlusLiga
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Asseco Resovia before the match in Rzeszów against AZS Częstochowa on 9 February 2007.
From left Ignaczak (#16), Wika (#6), Grzyb, Oivanen, Redwitz and Kosok (#11) during the match with Paris Volley in the 2009–10 CEV Champions League season.
Before the match with AZS Częstochowa in PlusLiga playoffs in 2010.
György Grozer (#9) during the match on 23 September 2011.
Krzysztof Ignaczak (#16) and Grzegorz Kosok (#4) during a time–out on 25 September 2011.
After winning the Polish Championship in 2012.
Former captain of Asseco Resovia – Aleh Akhrem, after winning the Polish Championship in 2012.
Medal ceremony of the 2011–12 PlusLiga season.

Resovia was established in 1937 in the city of Rzeszów. Until 2006 it used to be one of the departments of CWKS Resovia until its takeover by the company Asseco. The name Resovia is derived from the Latin, meaning Rzeszów, what has been confirmed by the city council in 2013.[1] In 1969, the club advanced to the 1st Polish Volleyball League, playing there until 1991.

The 1970s were the most successful in the club's long history. During that time Resovia led by Jan Strzelczyk and Władyslaw Pałaszewski achieved its biggest successes, winning four Polish Championships (1971, 1972, 1974, 1975), one Polish Cup (1975) and a silver medal of the 1972–73 CEV European Champions Cup (former CEV Champions League). The team of that time consisted of such players like Bronisław Bebel, Stanisław Gościniak, Marek Karbarz or Włodzimierz Stefański, who played a major role in the Polish national volleyball team, leading Poland to the titles of 1976 Olympic Champions, 1974 World Champions and silver medallists of the 1977 European Championship.[2] In the next years the club also managed to win 2 Polish Cups in 1983 and 1987 before being relegated in 1991.

After being relegated in 1991 the club spent over a decade in the 2nd Polish Volleyball League. In 2004 the team led by the former Resovia player – Jan Such was promoted to the newly created professional volleyball league (official name since 2008: PlusLiga). Its first season in the top league Resovia ended in 7th place, achieving higher positions in the next years. In 2006, due to sponsorship reasons, the club changed its name to Asseco Resovia. During the 2007–08 season Resovia led by Andrzej Kowal took part in the CEV Challenge Cup losing both the semifinal against Modena Volley (2–3) and a match for third place against the French team Stade Poitevin Poitiers (0–3). Eventually, in 2009 Resovia led by the Serbian expert Ljubomir Travica ended the season in 2nd place (first medal after 20 years) and gained the right to play in the next CEV Champions League edition where they lost a two-game playoffs against Trentino Volley (0–3, 1–3), the future competition champion. The 2009–10 PlusLiga season Resovia ended in 3rd place.

In the 2010–11 PlusLiga season Resovia reached the semifinals of the 2010–11 CEV Cup and lost two matches against the Italian team Sisley Treviso (2–3, 1–3) . The 2010–11 PlusLiga season Resovia for the second time in the row ended in 3rd place. After the season Ljubomir Travica left the club and a Polish coach Andrzej Kowal took over the team for the next 6 seasons.[3] The next year due to the 3rd place last PlusLiga season Resovia once again spent playing in the CEV Cup, but for this time managed to reach the final and after tough fighting against the Russian team Dynamo Moscow (2–3, 2–3) lost and was awarded with the silver medals.[4][5] On the other hand, after 7 years of the PGE Skra Bełchatów dominance in the Polish league Resovia achieved its 5th title of the Polish Champion beating Skra in four matches (3–1) (first title after 37 years).

In the 2012–13 PlusLiga season Resovia as a reigning Polish Champion was once again granted the right to compete in the upcoming 2012–13 CEV Champions League edition. The club ended in 2nd place in the league round and was eventually stopped by the Italian team Lube Banca Marche Macerata in the Playoff 12 (0–3, 1–3).[6] However, Resovia ended the season with another, 6th title of the Polish Champion beating ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle after five matches (3–2). In the next 2013–14 CEV Champions League edition, after achieving first place in the league round and beating the Belgian team Knack Roeselare in the playoff stage Resovia has been defeated by another Polish club in the competition – Jastrzębski Węgiel (0–3, 1–3).[7][8][9] In the domestic competition PGE Skra Bełchatów regained the Polish Champion title defeating Resovia in 3 matches (3–0).[10]

During the 2014–15 PlusLiga season Resovia was playing in the 2014–15 CEV Champions League. The club beat the Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (3–1) and lost in revenge match in Rzeszów (2–3) on 11 March 2015.[11] Resovia reached the Final Four, which was held in Berlin, Germany and played with another Polish team – PGE Skra Bełchatów and for the first time in competition's history two Polish teams played in the semifinal of the CEV Champions League.[12] On 28 March 2015 Resovia beat PGE Skra Bełchatów in the semifinal (3–0) and eventually lost in final to Zenit Kazan (0–3).[13] On 28 April 2015 Resovia won its 7th title of the Polish Champion.[14]

On 16–17 April 2016 Resovia was a host of the 2015–16 CEV Champions League Final Four held in Tauron Arena Kraków. The team lost the semifinal to Zenit Kazan (1–3) and a match for third place to Cucine Lube Civitanova (2–3) and ended the tournament in 4th place.[15][16] Russell Holmes received an individual award for the Best Middle Blocker of the tournament. During the 2015–16 PlusLiga season, Resovia took second place in the regular season because of the better set ratio than PGE Skra Bełchatów (Skra lost one more set than Resovia). In the final, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle beat Resovia in three matches (0–3).[17]

Since 2016, the club failed to achieve any significant success ending the 2016–17 PlusLiga season in 4th place and losing the quartefinal of the Polish Cup to LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk. In the 2016–17 CEV Champions League season the team ended in 3rd place in the league round and as one of the three third–placed teams was promoted to the next stage. Resovia was not able to defeat the Italian team Modena Volley and has been eliminated in the Playoff 12 (2–3, 1–3).[18] By the end of the 2016–17 PlusLiga season Andrzej Kowal announced his departure as the Resovia head coach.[19] Roberto Serniotti was announced as the new Resovia head coach on 11 May 2017.[20]

After achieving 4th place in the previous PlusLiga season Resovia took part in the 2017–18 CEV Cup reaching the semifinals and eventually losing to the Russian team Belogorie Belgorod (0–3, 0–3).[21] In the domestic league Resovia achieved 6th place losing in three matches (1–2) of the first round of the playoffs to Indykpol AZS Olsztyn. On 3 December 2017 an Italian expert Roberto Serniotti was dismissed as a head coach after spending a few months in the club. He has been replaced by Andrzej Kowal who returned to his post after a short break.[22][23]

At the beginning of the 2018–19 PlusLiga season Resovia lost 4 matches in the row what resulted in dismissal of both Andrzej Kowal and the club's chairman – Bartosz Górski.[24] The club decided to employ the Romanian expert Gheorghe Crețu and the former Resovia player – Krzysztof Ignaczak as the club's new chairman.[25][26] Nevertheless, the team did not manage to qualify to the playoff stage and eventually ended the season in 7th place. In the same season Resovia took part in the 2018 Club World Championship held in Poland, surprisingly defeating the Brazilian team Sada Cruzeiro in the preliminary round and qualifying to the semifinals.[27][28] In the semifinals the team from Rzeszów has been defeated by the Italian team Cucine Lube Civitanova in 4 sets (1–3) and ended the tournament in 4th place losing also a match for third place to the Russian team Fakel Novy Urengoy (1–3).[29][30] The contract with Gheorghe Crețu was not renewed and on 9 May 2020 Piotr Gruszka was announced as the new Resovia head coach.[31][32]

The 2019–20 PlusLiga season can be named the worst in the club's history. The team led by Piotr Gruszka (dismissed on 30 January 2020) and Italian coach Emanuele Zanini (since 11 February 2020) ended the season in 13th place, winning only 7 out of 24 matches and barely avoiding relegation.[33][34] Krzysztof Ignaczak resigned his post as the club's chairman on 14 February 2020 and has been replaced by Piotr Maciąg.[35] Emanuele Zanini remained the head coach of the team until the end of the season. On 8 April 2020 an Italian expert Alberto Giuliani was announced as the new Resovia head coach.[36][37]

Since the beginning of the 21st century the team has won three Polish Championships (2012, 2013, 2015), one Polish SuperCup and managed to reach the final of both the 2014–15 CEV Champions League and 2011–12 CEV Cup.

Team
Soviak – mascot of Resovia.

As of 2020/21 season

Coaching staff
Occupation Name
Head coach Alberto Giuliani
Assistant coach Aleh Akhrem Alfredo Martilotti
Strength and conditioning coach Andrzej Zahorski
Physiotherapist Jan Wójcik Mateusz Przystaś
Statistician Maciej Etgens Sergiusz Ruszel
Team manager Maciej Pająk Marcin Flis

Players
No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Bartłomiej Krulicki (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993middle blocker
3 Simone Parodi (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986outside hitter
9 Nicolas Szerszeń (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996outside hitter
10 Damian Domagała (1998-04-23) 23 April 1998opposite
11 Fabian Drzyzga (captain) (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990setter
12 Paweł Woicki (1983-06-19) 19 June 1983setter
13 Michał Potera (1988-03-06) 6 March 1988libero
14 Rafał Buszek (1987-04-28) 28 April 1987outside hitter
15 Jeffrey Jendryk (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995middle blocker
16 Piotr Hain (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991middle blocker
18 Klemen Čebulj (1992-02-21) 21 February 1992outside hitter
21 Karol Butryn (1993-06-18) 18 June 1993opposite
23 Bartosz Mariański (1992-05-26) 26 May 1992libero
24 Robert Täht (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993outside hitter
48 Timo Tammemaa (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991middle blocker

Season by season

See also

References
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