TH Unia Oświęcim explained

Klub Sportowy Unia Oświęcim is a Polish professional ice hockey club based in Oświęcim, Poland. They currently play in the Polska Hokej Liga, the top-level ice hockey league in Poland. The team's colors are blue and white.^[1]

History

The club was created in 1946, with the hockey section being created in 1957. From 1957 to 1999 it was called KS Unia Oświęcim, and from 1999 to 2006, Dwory Unia Oświęcim. Their home ice is the Hala Lodowa MOSiR which can holds 3,500 people.

In June 2020, Jewish Israeli-Canadian and Team Israel captain Eliezer Sherbatov signed a one-year contract with the team, which plays just a short walk from the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where one million Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.^[2] Sherbatov said, "I have a great deal of motivation because it is Auschwitz. I want to win the championship, the Polish Cup and the continental title, and then everyone will know the one who did this is a Jewish-Israeli."^[2] His father told him: "to work hard, to show his lion’s heart, and to be proud of Israel and show people we are still alive."^[3]

Players

• Eliezer Sherbatov
• Sebastian Lipinski
• Clarke Saunders
• Peter Bezuska
• Patrik Luza
• Patryk Noworyta
• Klemen Pretnar
• Jakub Saur
• Jakub Wanacki
• Miroslav Zatko
• Luka Kalan
• Gregor Klobar
• Sebastian Kowalowka
• Lukasz Krzemien
• Patryk Malicki
• Damian Piotrowicz
• Anatoli Protasenya
• Martin Przygodzki
• Andrej Themar
• Alexei Trandin
• Dariusz Wanat

Achievements

• Polish Championship

• • Winners (9) : 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2024
  • 2nd Place (9) : 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2020, 2022
  • 3rd Place (3) : 2011, 2012, 2023
• Polish Cup

• • Winners (2) : 2000, 2002

Season-by-season

Season	League	Playoff Rank
1990/1991	I liga	2
1991/1992	I liga	Playoff Champions
1992/1993	I liga	2
1993/1994	I liga	2
1994/1995	I liga	2
1995/1996	I liga	2
1996/1997	I liga	2
1997/1998	I liga	Playoff Champions
1998/1999	I liga	Playoff Champions
1999/2000	PLH	Playoff Champions
2000/2001	PLH	Playoff Champions
2001/2002	PLH	Playoff Champions
2002/2003	PLH	Playoff Champions
2003/2004	PLH	Playoff Champions
	PLH	2
	PLH	4
	PLH	7
	PLH	10 (relegation)
	I liga	1 (promotion)
2009/2010	PLH	6
2010/2011	PLH	3
2011/2012	PLH	3
2012/2013	PLH	6
2013/2014	PHL	4
2014/2015	PHL	6

External links

• (in Polish)

Notes and References

1. http://www.eurohockey.com/club/488-ks-unia-owiecim.html "Re-Plast Unia"
2. Web site: Israeli ice hockey star signs to play in Oswiecim, otherwise known as Auschwitz. Philissa. Cramer. Times of Israel. 10 August 2020.
3. Web site: Israeli-Canadian Eliezer Sherbatov on his Jewish heritage and playing hockey in Poland. The Globe and Mail. Marty Klinkenberg. August 21, 2020.