Atom Trefl Sopot Explained

Clubname:	Atom Trefl Sopot
Nickname:	Atomówki
Fullname:	Atom Trefl Sopot Spółka Akcyjna
Founded:	2008
Ground:	Ergo Arena Gdańsk/Sopot, Poland
Capacity:	11,200
Chairman:	Marek Wierzbicki
Manager:	Piotr Matela
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Owner:	Kazimierz Wierzbicki
League:	Orlen Liga
Season:	2016–17
Position:	9th
Website:	http://www.atomtrefl.pl/
Current:	2016–17
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Atom Trefl Sopot was a Polish women's volleyball club based in Sopot and playing in the Orlen Liga.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

• Trefl Gdynia (2008–2009)
• Trefl Sopot (2009–2010)
• Atom Trefl Sopot (2010–2014)
• PGE Atom Trefl Sopot (2014–2016)
• Atom Trefl Sopot (2016–2017)

History

The club was founded in 2008 as and since its creation is a project designed to focus on professional sport at the highest league. The club reached the top Polish league after two seasons, in 2010 and achieved league success shortly after, winning the Championship in 2011–12 and 2012–13.^[1] The club proved to be very competitive at the highest national level as on its first six seasons (from 2010 until 2016), apart from the two titles mentioned earlier, it finished the league no lower than third placed. In the same period, it has also reached the Polish Cup finals on four occasions (winning in 2014–15) and was involved in three Polish Super Cups.^[2] In international competitions the club has yet to win a title, it has been often featuring in European competitions with a second place at the 2014–15 CEV Cup as its best result.^[3] In 2017 club replaced by Proxima Kraków and changed name on Trefl Proxima Kraków. This new club had promoted from I liga.

Honours

National competitions

• Polish Championship: 2

2011–12, 2012–13

• Polish Cup: 1

2014–15

Team

Season 2016–2017, as of February 2017.^{[4] [5]}

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Joanna Grzmocińska	Outside hitter	1.78	77	23 April 1998
2	Beata Mielczarek	Outside hitter	1.78	60	12 March 1991
3	Martyna Łukasik	Opposite	1.89	62	26 November 1999
4	Karolina Bednarek	Middle blocker	1.90	75	31 October 1988
5	Daria Szczyrba	Outside hitter	1.80	67	2 December 1998
6	Małgorzata Skorupa	Middle blocker	1.81	69	16 September 1984
7	Magdalena Damaske	Outside hitter	1.85	69	19 February 1996
8	Karolina Goliat	Opposite	1.90	76	25 October 1996
9	Alicja Wójcik	Middle blocker	1.86	78	10 November 1994
10	Dominika Mras	Setter	1.81	70	19 April 1996
11	Justyna Łukasik	Middle blocker	1.89	75	27 January 1993
13	Natalia Gajewska	Setter	1.78	65	24 May 1994
14	Monika Fedusio	Outside hitter	1.83	76	6 November 1999
16	Klaudia Kulig	Libero	1.73	61	1 May 1997
17	Anna Bodasińska	Libero	1.68	61	15 June 1998

Season 2015–2016^[6] ^[7]
Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Maja Tokarska	Middle Blocker	1.93	22/02/1991
2	Maret Balkestein-Grothues	Outside spiker	1.80	16/09/1988
3	Daria Szczyrba	Outside spiker	1.80	02/12/1998
5	Olga Savenchuk	Outside spiker	1.88	20/05/1988
6	Anna Miros	Opposite	1.96	30/10/1985
7	Magdalena Damaske	Outside spiker	1.85	19/02/1996
8	Zuzanna Efimienko	Middle Blocker	1.96	08/08/1989
9	Danica Radenković	Setter	1.85	09/10/1992
10	Anna Kaczmar	Setter	1.81	26/09/1985
11	Justyna Łukasik	Middle Blocker	1.88	27/01/1993
13	Agata Durajczyk	Libero	1.70	19/08/1989
14	Klaudia Kulig	Libero	1.73	01/05/1997
15	Brittnee Cooper	Middle Blocker	1.88	26/02/1988
16	Klaudia Kaczorowska	Outside spiker	1.83	20/12/1988
17	Martyna Łukasik	Opposite	1.85	26/11/1999
18	Katarzyna Zaroślińska	Opposite	1.87	03/02/1987
19	Dominika Mras	Setter	1.81	19/04/1996

Season 2013–2014
Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
1.	Natalia Gajewska	Setter	1.74
2.	Mariola Zenik	Libero	1.75
3.	Charlote Leys	Wing-spiker	1.84
4.	Izabela Bełcik	Setter	1.85
5.	Judith Pietersen	Opposite	1.88
6.	Anna Podolec	Opposite	1.93
7.	/ Julia Shelukhina	Middle Blocker	1.92
8.	Zuzanna Efimierenko	Middle Blocker	1.97
9.	Kimberly Hill	Wing-spiker	1.93
10.	Brizitka Molnar	Wing-spiker	1.82
11.	Justyna Łukasik	Middle Blocker	1.87
12.	Magdalena Kuziak	Libero	1.61
13.	Bojana Radulović	Setter	1.84
16.	Klaudia Kaczorowska	Wing-spiker	1.83

Season 2010–2011
Number	Player	Position	Height (cm)
1.	Maja Tokarska	Middle Blocker	1.94
2.	Katarzyna Konieczna	Opposite	1.84
3.	Dorota Świeniewicz	Wing Spiker	1.80
4.	Izabela Bełcik	Setter	1.85
6.	Eleonora Dziękiewicz	Middle Blocker	1.85
7.	Amaranta Fernández	Middle Blocker	1.88
8.	Alisha Glass	Setter	1.84
9.	Corina Ssuschke-Voigt	Middle Blocker	1.89
10.	Magdalena Saad	Libero	1.68
11.	Megan Hodge	Wing Spiker	1.91
12.	Neriman Özsoy	Wing Spiker	1.88
13.	Paulina Maj	Libero	1.66
14.	Ewelina Sieczka	Wing Spiker	1.82
15.	/ Margareta Kozuch	Opposite	1.88

Notable players

• Izabela Bełcik
• Eleonora Dziękiewicz
• Zuzanna Efimienko
• Klaudia Kaczorowska
• Paulina Maj
• Anna Podolec
• Dorota Pykosz
• Magdalena Śliwa
• Dorota Świeniewicz
• Maja Tokarska
• Sylwia Wojcieska
• Mariola Zenik
• Rachel Rourke
• Charlotte Leys
• Érika Coimbra
• Noris Cabrera
• / Kinga Maculewicz
• / Margareta Kozuch
• Corina Ssuschke-Voigt
• Simona Rinieri
• Judith Pietersen
• Olga Fateeva
• Amaranta Fernández
• / Yulia Shelukhina
• Alisha Glass
• Megan Hodge
• Meryem Boz
• Neriman Özsoy
• Kimberly Hill

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: O klubie . Polish . Atom Trefl Sopot . 27 February 2017.
2. Web site: Sukcesy . Polish . Atom Trefl Sopot . 27 February 2017.
3. Web site: Micelli to stay at the helm of Atomic Girls for another two years . . 14 April 2015 . 27 February 2017.
4. Web site: Season 2016–2017 Team . Polish . Atom Trefl Sopot . 27 February 2017.
5. Web site: Atom Trefl Sopot - Team 2016–2017 . . 27 February 2017.
6. Web site: Season 2015–2016 Team. Polish. Atom Trefl Sopot. 30 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160706003821/http://www.atomtrefl.pl/index.php/atom-trefl/dru-yny/pge-atom-trefl-sopot/sezon-2015-2016/. 6 July 2016. dead.
7. Web site: PGE Atom Trefl Sopot - Team details. CEV. 30 November 2015.