PGE Skra Bełchatów 2014–2015 season is the 2014/2015 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club PGE Skra Bełchatów.
The club will compete in: Polish Championship Polish Cup CEV Champions League ENEA Polish SuperCup
Team roster Head coach: Miguel Angel Falasca Assistant: Fabio Storti Coach of physical preparation: Daniel Lecouna Doctor: Wojciech Łucarz Physiotherapists: Michał Woźniak, Tomasz Kuciapiński Scoutman: Francesco Oleni Manager: Sebastian Gaszek
No.NameDate of birthPosition middle blocker ()opposite middle blocker outside hitter middle blocker opposite 10 setter 11 middle blocker 12 outside hitter 13 outside hitter 15 setter 16 libero 17 libero 18 outside hitter
Squad changes for the 2014–2015 season In:
No.PlayerPositionFrom 1 Srećko Lisinac middle blocker Berlin Recycling Volleys 11 Piotr Badura middle blocker SMS PZPS Spała 13 Michał Winiarski outside hitter Fakel Novy Urengoy 16 Kacper Piechocki libero AZS Częstochowa 17 Ferdinand Tille libero Generali Unterhaching 18 Nicolas Marechal outside hitter Jastrzębski Węgiel
Out:
No.PlayerPositionTo 4 Daniel Pliński middle blocker Cerrad Czarni Radom 5 Samuel Tuia outside hitter Galatasaray FXTCR 11 Stéphane Antiga outside hitter retirement; head coach of Poland 16 Jędrzej Maćkowiak middle blocker Effector Kielce 18 Paweł Zatorski libero ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Most Valuable Players
PlusLiga No. Opponent Date Player 1. MKS Banimex Będzin 04.10.2014 Facundo Conte 2. MKS Cuprum Lubin 10.10.2014 Nicolás Uriarte 3. Jastrzębski Węgiel 15.10.2014 Nicolas Marechal 4. ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 19.10.2014 Mariusz Wlazły 5. Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 22.10.2014 Kacper Piechocki 6. AZS Politechnika Warszawska 25.10.2014 Nicolás Uriarte 7. Cerrad Czarni Radom 29.10.2014 Karol Kłos 8. Effector Kielce 08.11.2014 Srećko Lisinac 9. Transfer Bydgoszcz 12.11.2014 Srećko Lisinac 10. Lotos Trefl Gdańsk 16.11.2014 Mariusz Wlazły 11. AZS Częstochowa 22.11.2014 Maciej Muzaj 12. BBTS Bielsko-Biała 26.11.2014 Facundo Conte 13. Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 30.11.2014 Nicolas Uriarte 14. MKS Cuprum Lubin 13.12.2014 Facundo Conte 15. Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 03.01.2015 Kacper Piechocki 16. AZS Politechnika Warszawska 11.01.2015 Michał Winiarski 17. Cerrad Czarni Radom 17.01.2015 Mariusz Wlazły 18. Effector Kielce 24.01.2015 Nicolás Uriarte 19. Transfer Bydgoszcz 31.01.2015 Karol Kłos 20. Lotos Trefl Gdańsk 04.02.2015 Nicolás Uriarte 21. AZS Częstochowa 07.02.2015 Mariusz Wlazły 22. BBTS Bielsko-Biała 14.02.2015 Facundo Conte 23. ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 25.02.2015 Nicolás Uriarte 24. ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 28.02.2015 Mariusz Wlazły 25. Lotos Trefl Gdańsk 14.03.2015 Mariusz Wlazły 26. Jastrzębski Węgiel 15.04.2015 Aleksa Brđović 27. Jastrzębski Węgiel 25.04.2015 Facundo Conte 28. Jastrzębski Węgiel 06.05.2015 Nicolas Marechal
General classification No. Player MVP 1. Nicolás Uriarte 6 Mariusz Wlazły 6 3. Facundo Conte 5 4. Srećko Lisinac 2 Kacper Piechocki 2 Karol Kłos 2 Nicolas Marechal 2 8. Maciej Muzaj 1 Michał Winiarski 1 Aleksa Brđović 1
Results, schedules and standings
2014 ENEA Polish SuperCup On October 8, 2014 PGE Skra as the Polish Champion 2014 played with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (winner of Polish Cup2014) for the ENEA Polish SuperCup2014. PGE Skra won 3-1 at Arena Poznań in Poznań. Facundo Conte was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.
2014–15 PlusLiga
Regular season
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
3rd place
2014–15 Polish Cup
7th round
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
2014–15 CEV Champions League
Pool F In season 2014/2015 PGE Skra has been playing in 2014–15 CEV Champions League. They won all matches in Pool F with Precura Antwerpen, Hypo Tirol Innsbruck, Jihostroj České Budějovice, with a perfect record, winning 18 and losing only 2 sets along the way.
Playoff 12 In playoff 12 beat Italian club Cucine Lube Treia twice - 3–0 in Macerata and 3–1 at Atlas Arena, Łódź.
Playoff 6 They went to playoff 6, where their opponents were Italian Sir Safety Perugia. PGE Skra lost their first match with Italian team (2-3) and gained 1 point. In revenge match, on March 11, 2015 at Atlas Arena, Łódź PGE Skra Bełchatów beat Sir Safety Perugia 3-1, gained 3 points and went to the Final Four, which will be held in Berlin. In second match the best scorers of Polish club were Facundo Conte (17 points), Mariusz Wlazły (14) and Michał Winiarski (10), who came back to playing after injury. PGE Skra will play with another Polish team - Asseco Resovia Rzeszów and for the first time in history two Polish teams will be playing at semifinal of CEV Champions League Final Four.
Final four On March 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów beat PGE Skra Bełchatów in semifinal of 2014–15 CEV Champions League Final Four held at Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin. It was a historic match, where the semi-final played two Polish teams. Next day, PGE Skra lost with host team - Berlin Recycling Volleys and took 4th place in Final Four.
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