2017–18 PGE Skra Bełchatów season

PGE Skra Bełchatów
2017–18 season
Chairman	Konrad Piechocki
Manager	Roberto Piazza
Polish SuperCup
Polish Championship
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

PGE Skra Bełchatów 2017–2018 season is the 2017/2018 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club PGE Skra Bełchatów.

The club competes in:

On May 5, 2018 PGE Skra Bełchatów beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in second match of finals and achieved 9th Polish title.

Team roster

Head coach:	Roberto Piazza
Assistant:	Michał Winiarski
Coach of physical preparation:	Wojciech Janas
Doctor:	Wojciech Łucarz
Physiotherapists:	Tomasz Kuciapiński, Tomasz Pieczko
Scoutman:	Robert Kaźmierczak
Managers:	Dominik Posmyk

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Srećko Lisinac	(1992-05-17) May 17, 1992 (age 32)	middle blocker
2	Mariusz Wlazły (C)	(1983-08-04) August 4, 1983 (age 41)	opposite
5	Marcin Janusz	(1994-07-31) July 31, 1994 (age 30)	setter
6	Karol Kłos	(1989-08-08) August 8, 1989 (age 35)	middle blocker
7	Bartosz Bednorz	(1994-07-25) July 25, 1994 (age 30)	outside hitter
8	Milan Katić	(1993-10-22) October 22, 1993 (age 31)	outside hitter
9	Patryk Czarnowski	(1985-11-01) November 1, 1985 (age 39)	middle blocker
11	Milad Ebadipour	(1993-10-17) October 17, 1993 (age 31)	outside hitter
13	Szymon Romać	(1992-10-01) October 1, 1992 (age 32)	opposite
14	Aleksandar Nedeljković	(1997-10-27) October 27, 1997 (age 27)	middle blocker
15	Grzegorz Łomacz	(1987-10-01) October 1, 1987 (age 37)	setter
16	Kacper Piechocki	(1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 (age 28)	libero
17	Nikolay Penchev	(1992-05-22) May 22, 1992 (age 32)	outside hitter
18	Robert Milczarek	(1983-11-28) November 28, 1983 (age 41)	libero

Players of PGE Skra Bełchatów on loan in season 2017/18:

Name	Date of birth	Position	Loaned to
Chono Penchev	(1994-12-11)December 11, 1994	setter	Azimut Modena
Rozalin Penchev	(1994-12-11)December 11, 1994	outside hitter	Personal Bolívar

Squad changes for the 2017–2018 season

In:

No.	Player	Position	From
	Roberto Piazza	head coach	Azmiut Modena^[1]
8	Milan Katić	outside hitter	Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz
9	Patryk Czarnowski	middle blocker	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
11	Milad Ebadipour	outside hitter	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
13	Szymon Romać	opposite	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
14	Aleksandar Nedeljković	middle blocker	OK Kosovska Mitrovica
15	Grzegorz Łomacz	setter	Cuprum Lubin^[2]

Out:

No.	Player	Position	To
	Philippe Blain	head coach	Japan men's national volleyball team^[3]
4	Mariusz Marcyniak	middle blocker	Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie
5	Bartosz Kurek	outside hitter	Ziraat Bankası Ankara^[4]
8	Jurij Gladyr	middle blocker	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
10	Nicolás Uriarte	setter	Sada Cruzeiro^[5]
11	Mihajlo Stanković	outside hitter	Maliye Milli Piyango SK
12	Artur Szalpuk	outside hitter	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk^[6]
13	Michał Winiarski	outside hitter	retirement^[7]

Most Valuable Players

No.	Player	MVP
1.	Mariusz Wlazły	5
2.	Srećko Lisinac	4
3.	Patryk Czarnowski	3
	Milad Ebadipour	3
5.	Bartosz Bednorz	1
	Kacper Piechocki	1
	Karol Kłos	1

Results, schedules and standings

2017 Polish SuperCup

On September 23, 2017 PGE Skra beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and achieved their third Polish SuperCup in history.^[8] Bartosz Bednorz was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.

September 23, 2017 19:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Referees: Niemczura Waldemar - Lagierski Marek
	(25–16, 17–25, 33–35, 21–25) [1] MVP: Bartosz Bednorz

2017–18 PlusLiga

Regular season

22 November 2017 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Trefl Gdańsk	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,165 Referees: Wojciech Maroszek - Marek Lagierski
	(25–23, 25–18, 25–20) [2] MVP: Milad Ebadipour

15 November 2017 20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 1,941 Referees: Marcin Herbik - Tomasz Janik
	(25–23, 29–27, 25–21) [3] MVP: Milad Ebadipour

8 October 2017 12:30	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–1	PGE Skra Bełchatów	HWS, Jastrzębie-Zdrój Attendance: 3,015 Referees: Paweł Burkiewicz - Tomasz Flis
	(25–21, 23–25, 27–25, 25–20) [4] MVP: Salvador Hidalgo Oliva

14 October 2017 14:45	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,234 Referees: Maciej Twardowski - Szymon Pindral
	(25–17, 25–17, 25–23) [5] MVP: Srećko Lisinac

18 October 2017 18:00	Indykpol AZS Olsztyn	3–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Urania Hall, Olsztyn Attendance: 2,190 Referees: Marek Heyducki - Piotr Skowroński
	(18–25, 25–21, 25–23, 28–30, 15–12) [6] MVP: Jan Hadrava

20 October 2017 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Cuprum Lubin	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 1,938 Referees: Maciej Maciejewski - Jarosław Makowski
	(25–22, 25–22, 26–24) [7] MVP: Mariusz Wlazły

27 October 2017 18:00	Cerrad Czarni Radom	2–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Hala MOSiR, Radom Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Wojciech Maroszek - Marek Lagierski
	(25–21, 25–18, 20–25, 21–25, 12–15) [8] MVP: Mariusz Wlazły

4 November 2017 15:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,326 Referees: Szymon Pindral - Maciej Twardowski
	(25–22, 25–16, 25–22) [9] MVP: Patryk Czarnowski

9 November 2017 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	ONICO Warsaw	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,217 Referees: Paweł Burkiewicz - Maciej Kolendowski
	(26–24, 25–22, 28–26) [10] MVP: Srećko Lisinac

18 November 2017 15:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	GKS Katowice	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,331 Referees: Sławomir Gołąbek - Waldemar Kobienia
	(25–22, 25–22, 25–22) [11] MVP: Patryk Czarnowski

25 November 2017 18:00	MKS Będzin	0–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	HWS, Sosnowiec Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Szymon Pindral - Magdalena Niewiarowska
	(17–25, 14–25, 21–25) [12] MVP: Bartosz Bednorz

2 December 2017 15:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Espadon Szczecin	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,279 Referees: Waldemar Kobienia - Paweł Ignatowicz
	(25–16, 25–22, 23–25, 25–21) [13] MVP: Kacper Piechocki

9 December 2017 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Dafi Społem Kielce	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 1,232 Referees: Tomasz Flis - Mariusz Gadzina
	(25–15, 27–25, 25–19) [14] MVP: Patryk Czarnowski

22 December 2017 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	BBTS Bielsko-Biała	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 1,797 Referees: Piotr Skowroński - Marek Heyducki
	(25–20, 26–24, 25–21) [15] MVP: Srećko Lisinac

30 December 2017 14:45	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–1	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Azoty Hall, Kędzierzyn-Koźle Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Piotr Król - Waldemar Niemczura
	(25–20, 25–21, 20–25, 25–20) [16] MVP: Paweł Zatorski

5 January 2018 18:00	Trefl Gdańsk	1–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Magdalena Niewiarowska - Marcin Herbik
	(28–26, 25–27, 21–25, 24–26) [17] MVP: Mariusz Wlazły

14 January 2018 14:45	Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	HWS, Zawiercie Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Maciej Kolendowski - Paweł Burkiewicz
	(26–24, 25–21, 25–19) [18] MVP: Grzegorz Bociek

21 January 2018 14:45	PGE Skra Bełchatów	2–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,463 Referees: Szymon Pindral - Maciej Twardowski
	(25–22, 16–25, 25–18, 21–25, 10–15) [19] MVP: Maciej Muzaj

4 February 2018 14:45	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	2–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Podpromie Hall, Rzeszów Attendance: 4,304 Referees: Marcin Herbik - Tomasz Janik
	(23–25, 25–15, 26–24, 24–26, 10–15) [20] MVP: Mariusz Wlazły

9 February 2018 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–2	Indykpol AZS Olsztyn	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,044 Referees: Marek Heyducki - Piotr Skowroński
	(18–25, 23–25, 25–22, 25–14, 18–16) [21] MVP: Srećko Lisinac

17 February 2018 14:45	Cuprum Lubin	0–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	HWS, Lubin Attendance: 2,806 Referees: Piotr Król - Wojciech Maroszek
	(20–25, 15–25, 23–25) [22] MVP: Mariusz Wlazły

25 February 2018 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–2	Cerrad Czarni Radom	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,345 Referees: Szymon Pindral - Mariusz Gadzina
	(25–23, 18–25, 18–25, 25–22, 15–12) [23] MVP: Milad Ebadipour

3 March 2018 15:00	Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz	0–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Łuczniczka, Bydgoszcz Attendance: 4,150 Referees: Maciej Maciejewski - Marek Heyducki
	(20–25, 21–25, 17–25) [24] MVP: Karol Kłos

{{{date}}}	ONICO Warsaw	–	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Torwar Hall, Warsaw
	[25] MVP:

9 March 2018 18:00	GKS Katowice	–	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Spodek, Katowice
	[26] MVP:

17 March 2018	PGE Skra Bełchatów	–	MKS Będzin	Energia Hall, Bełchatów
	[27] MVP:

24 March 2018	Espadon Szczecin	–	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Azoty Arena, Szczecin
	[28] MVP:

30 March 2018	Dafi Społem Kielce	–	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Legionów Hall, Kielce
	[29] MVP:

7 April 2018	BBTS Bielsko-Biała	–	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Dębowiec Sports Arena, Bielsko-Biała
	[30] MVP:

14 April 2018	PGE Skra Bełchatów	–	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Energia Hall, Bełchatów
	[31] MVP:

2017–18 Polish Cup

Quarterfinal

10 January 2017 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 1,625 Referees: Ignatowicz Paweł - Kobienia Waldemar
	(26–24, 25–20, 25–17) [32][33] MVP: Bartosz Bednorz

Semifinal

27 January 2017 18:00	ONICO Warsaw	0–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Centennial Hall, Wrocław Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Maroszek Wojciech - Broński Jacek
	(19–25, 19–25, 24–26) [34] MVP: Marcin Janusz

Final

28 January 2017 14:45	Trefl Gdańsk	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Centennial Hall, Wrocław Attendance: 4,220 Referees: Burkiewicz Paweł - Pindral Szymon
	(25–21, 25–22, 25–22) [35] MVP: Damian Schulz

2017 FIVB Club World Championship

Pool B

12 December 2017 20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Shanghai Golden Age	Atlas Arena, Łódź Attendance: 2,665 Referees: Mokry Juraj (SVK) & McLean Scott (CAN)
	(25–18, 25–19, 25–21) P2 P3

13 December 2017 20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Personal Bolívar	Atlas Arena, Łódź Attendance: 3,726 Referees: McLean Scott (CAN) & Cespedes Denny (DOM)
	(23–25, 25–15, 25–21, 25–19) P2 P3

14 December 2017 20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–3	Zenit Kazan	Atlas Arena, Łódź Attendance: 6,054 Referees: Mokry Juraj (SVK) & Cespedes Denny (DOM)
	(27–29, 20–25, 16–25) P2 P3

Semifinal

16 December 2017 20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 4,013 Referees: Mokry J. (SVK) & Shaaban N. (EGY)
	(25–23, 25–23, 25–23) P2 P3

3rd place match

17 December 2017 17:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Shaaban N. (EGY) & Cespedes D. (DOM)
	(19–25, 18–25, 13–25) P2 P3

2017–18 CEV Champions League

Pool C

6 December 2017 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	1–3	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 1,820 Referees: KOZLOVSKYY Viktor - SZABO Peter
	(25–19, 18–25, 19–25, 27–29) [36]

20 December 2017 19:30	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	SKK Sever, Novosibirsk Attendance: 800 Referees: CESARE Stefano - SIMONOVSKA Sonja
	(25–18, 25–18, 25–19) [37]

17 January 2018 19:00	Dinamo Moscow	2–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Dynamo Sports Palace, Moscow Attendance: 3,000 Referees: GRIEDER Stephan - KOUTSOULAS Michail
	(15–25, 25–23, 20–25, 25–23, 12–15) [38]

31 January 2018 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Dinamo Moscow	Atlas Arena, Łódź Attendance: 9,500 Referees: AKINCI Erdal - RODRIGUEZ JATIVA Susana Maria
	(25–23, 22–25, 25–22, 25–13) [39]

13 February 2018 18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	Energia Hall, Bełchatów Attendance: 2,180 Referees: SZABO-ALEXI Paul Catalin - MARKELJ Blaz
	(25–19, 25–15, 25–19) [40]

28 February 2018 20:30	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	3–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Complexe René-Tys, Reims Attendance: 1,652 Referees: PORVAZNIK Igor - OZBAR Nurper
	(25–22, 25–19, 20–25, 22–25, 16–14) [41]

Playoff 12

The draws of the match pairs for the playoffs of 12 were held on March 2, 2018 in Luxembourg. PGE Skra was one of three Polish teams in this phase.^[9]

{{{date}}}	PGE Skra Bełchatów	–	Cucine Lube Civitanova

{{{date}}}	Cucine Lube Civitanova	–	PGE Skra Bełchatów

References

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^ "Rozgrywający reprezentacji Polski wzmocni PGE Skrę". skra.pl. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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^ "Drawing of Lots shapes up road to Bucharest and Kazan". cev.lu. CEV. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[1] "IT'S OFFICIAL! Roberto Piazza takes over PGE Skra Belchatow". worldofvolley.com. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[2] "Rozgrywający reprezentacji Polski wzmocni PGE Skrę". skra.pl. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[3] "Trener Blain odchodzi z PGE Skry Bełchatów". przegladsportowy.pl. Przegląd Sportowy. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[4] Edyta Kowalczyk (6 October 2017). "Ekstremalna szkoła życia i nauki jazdy. Jak Konarski i Kurek żyją w Ankarze?". przegladsportowy.pl. Przegląd Sportowy. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[5] Anna Piotrowska (16 May 2017). "Nicolas Uriarte zawodnikiem Sady Cruzeiro". siatka.org. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[6] Sara Kalisz (24 May 2017). "Siatkówka. Artur Szalpuk odchodzi z PGE Skry Bełchatów, ale zostaje w PlusLidze". sport.pl. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[7] "Michał Winiarski kończy karierę". skra.pl. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[8] Katarzyna Porębska (23 September 2017). "Superpuchar: pierwsze trofeum w tym sezonie dla PGE Skry Bełchatów". plusliga.pl. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[9] "Drawing of Lots shapes up road to Bucharest and Kazan". cev.lu. CEV. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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