Jagiellonia Białystok

Full name

Jagiellonia Białystok Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna

Nickname(s)

Jaga

Founded

30 May 1920

Ground

Białystok City Stadium

Capacity

22,372

Chairman

Cezary Kulesza

Manager

Michał Probierz

League

Ekstraklasa

2015–16

11th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Jagiellonia Białystok (Polish pronunciation: [jaɡʲɛˈlɔɲɲa bʲaˈwɨstɔk]) is a Polish football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. Founded in 1920, Jagiellonia play their home games at Białystok City Stadium. The club won the Polish Cup in 2010, Super Cup and qualified to play in the third round qualification of the UEFA Europa League. It was the club's first appearance in the European cup. The club's most successful season was the 2014–15 season when they finished 3rd in the Ekstraklasa.

History

The establishment of the club

Jagiellonia Białystok was founded by soldiers in the Reserve Battalion of the 42nd Infantry Regiment on May 30, 1920.^[1] The team's original name was shortened to KSBZ 42 PP. Their first game was against Kresowcy which they won 5–1. Later the team name was changed to WKS 42 PP, an abbreviation for Wojskowy Klub Sportowy, which means Army Sport Club. On November 2, 1930 WKS 42PP lost 1–2 against WKS 82 PP for the play-offs to advance to Division 1. January 27, 1932 was the first time Jagiellonia was introduced into the club's name when it was changed to Białystok Sports Club Jagiellonia. The term Jagiellonia refers to the Jagiellonian dynasty which ruled Poland for two centuries. Around the same time, the club's coat of arms was also introduced with its red and yellow colours. In 1938, due to financial problems, the club dissolved and ceased to exist until its reactivation in 1945. Unfortunately, in June the following year, with the new government in place there was no room for Jagiellonia, mostly because of the history with the Bolsheviks in 1920 and the 42nd Infantry Regiment. On January 26, 1957 the merging of Budowlani Białystok and Sparta Białystok reactivated Sports Club Jagiellonia Białystok with the original yellow-red-black crest restored.

Club's Crest

The club's crest and colours first appeared in 1932.^[2] The original crest consisted of a black, stylized letter "J" and a yellow and cherry red colour shield, while the flag and the jerseys of the club were white and black. It was not until the mid-80s that fans began to use yellow-red as club colours, but official documents at the time still use the white and black colours. Currently, the team's official colours are yellow-red, but in reference to history the team's away colours are white and black.

Jagiellonia before World War II

In the years 1920–23 most of the matches Jagiellonia played were either friendly's or small tournaments in the city of Białystok. The club joined the regular league in 1924, starting in klasa B in the Vilnius OZPN district. The season was a success, winning the first season and gaining promotion to klasa A. Due to a pause in the league there were no games in 1925. In 1926 the league started up again with the team being in klasa A. The team was doing well getting third in the following season. Later through the years the match officials were being paid off to make the Białystok team not do well and ultimately get demoted. In 1929 it was decided to change districts where Jagiellonia played to the newly formed Białystok OZPN. In 1930 42PP, the clubs name at the time, was the most successful thus far. They appeared in the play-offs for the top division in the country. At the end of the play-offs Jagiellonia and another team, WKS 82 pp Brześć, were tied for points and had to play one more game at a neutral ground to see who was the winner to that season. Jagiellonia fell to WKS 82 pp Brześć 2–1. Jagiellonia did win the district championship that season but it was the last trophy they won beore World War II.

A big moment for the team was on January 27, 1932 when the two strongest teams in the city of Białystok merged to create a new club called Białystok Sport club Jagiellonia. It is not known who created the teams new crest but what is known is that it had to do with the history of the Jagiellonian dynasty, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and pre-partitioned Poland.

1930s

In the mid-thirties Jagiellonia began to experience problems, the city was not able to maintain the club. In 1932 the military stationed in Białstok took an active role in trying to save the club, along with the municipal government in 1936 the club's name changed to Military Sports Club Jagiellonia. Unfortunately, this decision did not solve the problem completely. In 1938 the club joined the A-class 1937/38 season but had to withdraw shortly after due to financial reasons. All the matches were cancelled and all the players were forced to find new clubs. Most of the players joined Sagittarius Bialystok another team in Białstok and played there for two seasons before World War II broke out in 1939 and closed the first chapter in the history of the club.

After World War II

After the second world war Jagiellonia was revived mostly in part by Karol Kowalczyński, but the revival was short lived as the club dissoved on 20 June 1946. In the place of the disbanded Jagiellonia came Motor Białystok, who, in 1946 became the champions of the Białystok region and advanced to the Polish championship. In 1947 Motor joined the struggle for the Polish championship and the right to get into league 1. In 1949 Białystok had a new team called Budowlani Białystok and in 1951 Motor Białystok merged into Budowlani Białystok. In 1955 Budowlani Bialystok changed its name to BKS Jagiellonia Białystok. On 26 January 1957, a merger of two clubs, Jagiellonia Białystok and Sparta, resulted in a club called Jagiellonia. For the second time in its history Jagiellonia had the host stadium of Stadium Zwierzyniecki.

1970s

In the early 70s the team played in Klasa A and in the district league. The teams situation changed when Michał Urban became coach of the team, players started to go to a modern training camp with modern drills. Many young players started playing for the club, including future representatives for the Polish national team juniors. Grzegorz Bielatowicz joined the club as a scout and found a few young talents from the north-east region, among them was Jerzy Zawiślan who was the 2nd top scorer in the II League 1975–76 season who scored 13 goals. The team started to have some success and were promoted to Division II after winning the promotion play-offs in the 1974-75 season. The team was eventually promoted to League II in 1975, but the success was short lived after only being there for 3 seasons, Jagiellonia was relegated in 1978. At the end of the 70s Jerzy Bołtuć, Leszek Frelek, Ryszard Karalus and Zbigniew Skoczylas began a large youth project to bring in a strong and young new team.

Team name

Chronology of the team name:^[3]

1920 – WKS 42 Pułk Piechoty Białystok
1932 – B.K.S. Jagiellonia Białystok
1935 – W.K.S. Jagiellonia Białystok
1945 – B.K.S. Jagiellonia Białystok
1946 – P.K.S. Motor Białystok
1948 – Klub Sportowy Białystok Wicie
1949 – Związkowiec Białystok
1951 – Budowlani Białystok
1955 – Jagiellonia Białystok Budowlani
1973 – Jagiellonia Białystok MKSB
1999 – Jagiellonia Białystok-Wersal Podlaski
2003 – Jagiellonia Białystok SSA

Current squad

As of 30 October 2016.^[4]

Michał Probierz (Manager)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Łukasz Sołowiej
3	DF	Jonatan Straus
4	MF	Jacek Góralski
5	MF	Konstantin Vassiljev
6	MF	Taras Romanchuk
7	MF	Dmytro Khomchenovskyi
8	DF	Łukasz Burliga
10	FW	Fiodor Černych
11	MF	Karol Mackiewicz
13	FW	Przemysław Mystkowski
14	DF	Marek Wasiluk
16	DF	Guti
17	DF	Ivan Runje
18	FW	Maciej Górski
20	MF	Dawid Szymonowicz

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Przemysław Frankowski
22	MF	Rafał Grzyb (captain)
23	MF	Damian Szymański
25	GK	Marián Kelemen
27	FW	Patryk Klimala
28	FW	Karol Świderski
39	GK	Krzysztof Karpieszuk
42	DF	Kamil Pajnowski
44	MF	Emil Łupiński
46	GK	Hubert Gostomski
52	DF	Paweł Olszewski
55	MF	Kacper Falon
77	DF	Piotr Tomasik
96	GK	Damian Węglarz

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
10		FW	Álvarinho (at Śląsk Wrocław)
17		FW	Łukasz Sekulski (at Korona Kielce)

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Rafał Augustyniak (at Wigry Suwałki)

Current staff

As of 17 September 2016^[5]

Michał Probierz	Head coach
Dariusz Jurczak	Assistant coach
Krzysztof Brede	Assistant coach
Grzegorz Kurdziel	Goalkeeping coach
Zdzisław Koryszewski	Team doctor
Krzysztof Koryszewski	Team doctor

Managers

As of 30 August 2015.^[6]

Janusz Wójcik (Jan 1, 1986 – Oct 20, 1987)
Witold Mroziewski (May 15, 1993 – May 11, 1994)
Bohdan Kucharski (1994)
Kazimierz Michalczuk (1994)
Ryszard Karalus (1995–96)
Leonard Aleksandrów (1996–97)
Andrzej Kaczewski (1996–97)
Piotr Wiśnik (1996–97)
Mirosław Mojsiuszko (1997)
Algimantas Liubinskas (July 1, 1998 – Dec 31, 1998)
Grzegorz Szerszenowicz (1998–99)
Jarosław Bartnowski (1999)
Witold Mroziewski (July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2000)
Tadeusz Gaszyński (2000–01)
Wojciech Łazarek (June 26, 2001 – June 3, 2002)

Witold Mroziewski (June 3, 2002 – Aug 7, 2004)
Mirosław Dymek (Aug 7, 2004 – Aug 31, 2004)
Adam Nawałka (Sept 1, 2004 – April 20, 2006)
Mirosław Dymek (interim) (April 20, 2006 – April 25, 2006)
Yuriy Shatalov (April 25, 2006 – June 29, 2006)
Ryszard Tarasiewicz (June 29, 2006 – April 25, 2007)
Artur Platek (April 26, 2007 – April 27, 2008)
Dariusz Czykier (interim) (April 27, 2008 – May 11, 2008)
Stefan Białas (May 12, 2008 – Sept 14, 2008)
Michał Probierz (July 5, 2008 – July 22, 2011)
Czesław Michniewicz (July 22, 2011 – Dec 22, 2011)
Tomasz Hajto (Jan 9, 2012 – June 21, 2013)
Piotr Stokowiec (June 17, 2013 – April 7, 2014)
Michał Probierz (April 7, 2014–)

Club records

Most appearances

As of 24 August 2015 the players with the most appearances for Jagiellonia in Ekstraklasa are:

#	Name	Career	Appearances
1	Rafał Grzyb	2009–	158
2	Alexis Norambuena	2008–14	146
3	Tomasz Frankowski	2008–13	129
4	Jarosław Bartnowski	1981–93	113
5	Andrzej Ambrożej	1979–03	101
6	Janusz Szugzda	1979–94	100

Bold – still active

Top goalscorers

As of 24 August 2015 the ten players with the most goals for Jagiellonia in Ekstraklasa are:

#	Player	Career	Goals
1	Tomasz Frankowski	2008–13	53
2	Mateusz Piątkowski	2013–15	21
3	Dani Quintana	2012–15	20
4	Jacek Bayer	1981–94	20
5	Dawid Plizga	2011–14	15
6	Patryk Tuszyński	2014–15	15

Bold – still active

Honours and achievements

Polonia Warsaw – Jagiellonia

Ruch Chorzów – Jagiellonia Białystok (September 11, 2009)

Lech Poznań – Jagiellonia

Domestic

Ekstraklasa (First Division):
- 3rd place (1): 2015
I Liga (Second Division):
- 1st place (1): 1987
Polish SuperCup:
- Winner (1):
  - 2010 – Jagiellonia 1–0 Lech Poznań
Polish Cup:
- Winner (1):
  - 2010 – Jagiellonia 1–0 Pogoń Szczecin
- Finalist (1):
  - 1989 – Jagiellonia 2–5 Legia Warszawa
Remes Cup Extra:
- Finalist (3):
  - 2009 – Arka Gdynia 3–1 Jagiellonia Białystok
  - 2010 – Arka Gdynia 4–2 Jagiellonia Białystok
  - 2011 – Cracovia 3–3 Jagiellonia Białystok, (Penalty kick 2–0)
Youth Teams:
- Polish U-19 Champion: 1988, 1992, 2004, 2011
- Polish U-19 Runner Up: 1981
- Polish U-19 Bronze Medal: 1982, 1996
- Polish U-17 Champion: 2000
- Polish U-17 Runner Up: 2006, 2007, 2010