TEAM COMPOSITION

JAS / KS Jastrzebski Wegiel - Team Composition

Team manager	SZCZEBAK PAWEL
Head coach	BERNARDI LORENZO
Assistant coach	DE PALMA JUAN MANUEL
Doctor	WIEWIORA JERZY
Therapist / trainer	KLAPTOCZ PATRYK
Journalist	ZICHLARZ MICHAL

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Michal	Lasko	Lasko	11.03.1981	202	104	348	337
	2	Raphael Florêncio	Margarido	Vinhedo	28.04.1983	185	83	310	303
	3	Ashlei	NEMER	NEMER	26.11.1980	192	80	327	314
	6	Mateusz	MALINOWSKI	MALINOWSKI	06.05.1992	192	87	340	315
L	7	Pawel	RUSEK	RUSEK	21.01.1983	183	72	315	300
C	9	Zbigniew	BARTMAN	BARTMAN	04.05.1987	198	83	352	320
	10	Bartosz	GAWRYSZEWSKI	GAWRYSZEWSKI	22.08.1985	202	88	346	323
	11	Brian	Thornton	Thornton	22.04.1985	190	88	327	314
	13	Michal	Kubiak	Kubiak	23.02.1988	191	80	328	312
	15	Russell	Holmes	Holmes	01.07.1982	205	95	352	335
	17	Johannes Cornelius	Bontje	Bontje	12.05.1981	206	94	366	340
	18	Luciano	BOZKO	BOZKO	24.11.1978	198	90	349	328

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Jastrz?bski W?giel sports club was founded in 1962 under the name Górnik Jas-Mos. For many years the side performed alongside the multi sport Club GKS Jastrz?bie, but since 1990 they split to become independent.

The side have been involved in the Polish league since 1980d, first in the II Ligue, and then in the Polish Extra league . In their first year in the top league GKS Jastrz?bie took fourth place before taking bronze a year later.

However their biggest success has come in the last ten years. In 2004, under the direction of coach Igor Prielo?ny, Jastrz?bski W?giel won the Polish championship before following it up with a Polish Cup win in 2010 under Italian coach Roberto Santilli.

The club has also had relative success in Europe since 1991. They regularly compete in the Champions League and reached their first final four this year.

Coach profile

Former Italian legend and now coach of Jastrz?bski W?giel, Lorenzo Bernardi, is one of the most successful players in the history of volleyball, having played for his country from 1987 to 2001. Named player of the century by the FIVB in 2000, his extensive career saw him seal the silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, two World Championships in 1990 and 1994, two European Championships in 1989 and 1995, the 1995 World Cup, the 1993 World Grand Champions Cup and five World League gold medals in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 2000.

He also had huge success with various club teams, primarily with Sisley Treviso. He won the Chapions League twice (1990, 2000), the CEV Cup three times, as well as nine Italian Championships and four Italian Cups.

Lorenzo became a coach in 2007 and, in 2010, took over the helm at Jastrz?bski W?giel, immediately helping take them to the final four of the Champions League.