Podbeskidzie

Full name	Towarzystwo Sportowe Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Nickname(s)	Gorals, TSP, Ceramed
Founded	11 July 1997; 27 years ago (1997-07-11)
Ground	Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Capacity	15,316 [1]
Chairman	Krzysztof Przeradzki
Manager	Krzysztof Brede
League	II liga
2023–24	I liga, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (Polish pronunciation: [pɔdbɛˈskʲidʑɛ ˈbʲɛlskɔ ˈbʲawa]) is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They compete in II liga in the 2024–25 season, after being relegated from the 2023–24 I liga.

History

The club was essentially founded on 11 July 1997, ^[2] although it can trace its roots back to 1907. That year Bielitzer Fussball Klub (FK Bielitz) was established, in the town of Bielitz, Austria-Hungary, then dominated by ethnic Germans and so was the club. In 1911, the club was renamed to Bielitz-Bialaer Sport Verein (BBSV). Since 1920, the town, known henceforth as Bielsko, belonged to Poland, after the country regained independence. In 1936, the club changed its German name to Polish Bielsko-Bialskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Bielsko (BBTS Bielsko). In 1968, it was merged with KS Włókniarz (founded in 1911). The third ancestor, DKS Komorowice, was founded in 1995. Said clubs were merged altogether in 1997 to form TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. From 2011 to 2016 the club performed in the top Polish football league, the Ekstraklasa, promoted as the first club from the city, before being relegated to the I liga.

They competed in the Ekstraklasa again, following their 2019–20 promotion. ^[3] After the season they were relegated back to the second-tier I liga. Despite the club's ambitions to quickly bounce back, they finished the 2023–24 I liga season second-last. ^[4] This marked the end of their twenty-two-year run of competing across the top two divisions of Polish football, and a return to the third-tier for the first time since the 2001–02 season. ^[5]

Honours

• I liga
  • Runners-up: 2010–11, 2019–20

Current squad

As of 16 July 2024 ^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   POL Mateusz Ziółkowski 9 FW   CMR Lionel Abate Etoundi 15 FW   GEO Giorgi Merebashvili 18 MF   POL Bartosz Bieroński 23 MF   POL Marcel Misztal 27 MF   SVN Jaka Kolenc 30 DF   POL Michał Batelt 43 GK   POL Krystian Wieczorek 47 DF   POL Bartosz Bernard 55 DF   POL Michał Willmann 99 GK   POL Szymon Brańczyk — MF   POL Michał Bednarski — DF   POL Marcin Biernat — MF   POL Paweł Czajkowski

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   POL Daniel Dziwniel — FW   POL Bartosz Florek — GK   POL Konrad Forenc — DF   POL Kacper Gach — MF   POL Szymon Gołuch — MF   POL Mateusz Kizyma — DF   POL Jan Majsterek — GK   POL Maksymilian Manikowski — FW   POL Bartosz Martosz — MF   CRO Matej Mršić — DF   POL Kornel Osyra — FW   FIN Linus Rönnberg — DF   POL Dawid Ściuk — FW   POL Paweł Tomczyk

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF   POL Maksymilian Sitek (at ŁKS Łódź until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

As of 4 July 2024 ^[7]

Role	Name
Manager	Krzysztof Brede
Assistant coach	Dariusz Kołodziej
Assistant coach	Tomasz Pawliczak
Goalkeeping coach	Paweł Rompa
Fitness coach	Mateusz Surowiec
Physiotherapist	Sebastian Łaciak
Team doctor	Sebastian Dominiak
Team manager	Marek Móll

Managers

See also

• Football in Poland
• List of football teams

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.

• Official website (in Polish)
• Profile on 90minut.pl (in Polish)