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 95 352 320
  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 98 366 340
  18   Luciano Bozko Bozko 24.11.1978 198 90 349 328
 C=Captain  L=Libero
 
Team profile
Jastrzębski Węgiel sports club was founded in 1962 under the name Górnik Jas-Mos. For many years the side performed alongside the multi sport Club GKS Jastrzębie, 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 JastrzÄ™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 Prielożny, Jastrzębski Węgiel 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 Jastrzębski Węgiel, 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 Jastrzębski Węgiel, immediately helping take them to the final four of the Champions League.