BKS Visła Bydgoszcz, historically named Chemik Bydgoszcz, is a Polish professional men's volleyball team based in Bydgoszcz, founded in 1956. The club played in the top Polish volleyball league – PlusLiga from 2006 to 2020.
Team history In 1947 the country decided to rebuild its infrastructure and re-opened the local chemical plant which manufactured explosive materials in 1947. In 1949 its employees registered a sports club under the name Koło Sportowe Wisła Łęgnowo or KS Wisła for short.Chemik history – chemikbydgoszcz.pl – Retrieved 05.02.2020 The club was re-registered as Unia Łęgnowo in 1951.
The volleyball section was created in 1956, but was dissolved in 1961. In 1975, new senior and junior teams were created.
In 2006 after matches with Joker Piła, club called BKS Delecta–Chemik Bydgoszcz was promoted to PlusLiga. In 2013 the club was promoted to the CEV Cup tournament, but resigned.Delecta rezygnuje z Pucharu CEV – sport.wp.pl – 13-05-2013 After a bad half of the season 2016/17 Piotr Makowski was dismissed in February 2017.Piotr Makowski nie jest już trenerem Łuczniczki – luczniczkabydgoszcz.pl – 13-02-2017 Marian Kardas was a temporary head coach. On February 21, 2017, Dragan Mihailović was announced as a head coach and he led the team to the end of season 2016/17.Dragan Mihailovic nowym trenerem Łuczniczki Bydgoszcz – plusliga.pl – 21-02-2017 During 2019–2020 season, Visła Bydgoszcz managed to win only 3 matches and obtainined 15 points throughout the whole season. This resulted in relegation to TAURON 1. Liga, second tier league. After relegation, in seasons 2020–2021, 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 of TAURON 1. Liga, Visła Bydgoszcz managed to finish the round on high, third position.
Former names YearsName 1975–2004 Bydgoski Klub Sportowy (BKS) Chemik Bydgoszcz 2004–2006 BKS Delecta–Chemik Bydgoszcz 2006–2008 BKSCh Delecta Bydgoszcz 2008–2013 Delecta Bydgoszcz 2013–2015 Transfer Bydgoszcz 2015–2018 Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz 2018–2019 Chemik Bydgoszcz 2019–2021 BKS Visła Bydgoszcz2021– BKS Visła Proline Bydgoszcz
Coaches
2005–2006 Paweł Blomberg 2006–2007 Wiesław Popik 2007–2008 Rastislav Chudík 2008–2011 Waldemar Wspaniały 2011–2013 Piotr Makowski 2013 Marian Kardas 2013–2015 Vital Heynen 2015–2017 Piotr Makowski 2017 Dragan Mihailović 2017–2019 Jakub Bednaruk 2019–2020 Przemysław Michalczyk 2020–2022 Marcin Ogonowski 2022– Michal Masný
Season by season
SeasonTierLeaguePos. 2008–20091 PlusLiga7 2009–20101 PlusLiga6 2010–20111 PlusLiga6 2011–20121 PlusLiga5 2012–20131 PlusLiga4 2013–20141 PlusLiga9 2014–20151 PlusLiga5 2015–20161 PlusLiga9
SeasonTierLeaguePos. 2016–20171 PlusLiga15 2017–20181 PlusLiga14 2018–20191 PlusLiga12 2019–20201 PlusLiga14 2020–20212 TAURON 1. Liga3 2021–20222 TAURON 1. Liga3 2022–20232 TAURON 1. Liga3 2023–20242 TAURON 1. Liga
Notable players Dawid Murek Garrett Muagututia Grzegorz Kosok Jakub Jarosz Justin Duff Kévin Klinkenberg Michał Ruciak Paweł Woicki Stéphane Antiga
References
External links Official website (Polish) Team profile at TAURON1Liga.pl Team profile at Volleybox.net