Stal_Ostrów_Wielkopolski
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Polish basketball team
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, also known as BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Ostrów Wielkopolski. They play in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since its promotion back in 2015. The club won the Polish national championship in 2021 and the Polish Cup in 2019 and 2022. Since then, Stal has also been active at the European stage in the Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup.
| BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | |||
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| Leagues | PLK | ||
| Founded | 1947; 77 years ago (1947) | ||
| Arena | Arena Ostrów | ||
| Capacity | 3,086 | ||
| Location | Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland | ||
| Team colors | Blue, Gold, White | ||
| Main sponsor | Arged BM Slam Miasto Ostrów Wielkopolski | ||
| President | Bartosz Karasiński | ||
| Vice-president(s) | Grzegorz Ardeli | ||
| Head coach | Andrzej Urban | ||
| Team captain | Damian Kulig, Aigars Šķēle | ||
| Ownership | Paweł Matuszewski Marcin Napierała | ||
| Championships | 1 Polish League 2 Polish Cups 1 Polish Supercup 1 ENBL | ||
| Website | bmslamstal | ||
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The home arena of the team is the Arena Ostrów.
In 2015, Stal promoted from the second-tier I Liga to the PLK. In its first season, the team finished 13th in the standings with a 12–20 record. In the 2016–17 season, Stal had a historic season as the team reached the semi-finals of the PLK after defeating MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 3–0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Stal lost to Stelmet Zielona Góra but won the third place series against Energa Czarni Słupsk.
In the 2017–18 season, Stal had an even more successful season as the team reached the PLK finals for the first time after defeating Polski Cukier Toruń. In the Finals, the team lost to Anwil Włocławek, 2–4.
In 2019, Stal won the Polish Basketball Cup after defeating Arka Gdynia 77–74 in the final.[1] It was the first ever trophy for the club.
In the 2020–21 season, Stal played in the FIBA Europe Cup and reached the Final Four of the tournament. It reached the finals were it lost to Israeli club Ironi Ness Ziona. Later that season, Stal won the finals of the 2020–21 PLK season, winning its first Polish championship in club history.[2] Guard Jakub Garbacz was named the PLK Finals MVP.
New era started in 2022 when previous assistant Andrzej Urban was promoted the head coach. Team management reoriented its roster composition philosophy, focusing more on European foreigners. With players like Aigars Šķēle, Ojārs Siliņš and Nemanja Đurišić Stal hit the bullz-eye, winning its first Polish Supercup. By winning European North Basketball League, Stal won its first international title. Urban's debut season ended with bronze in the Polish league. Before his second season with the team, Latvian international Šķēle became the first ever current state Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski player in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
In the majority of its existence, the team played in the Hala Sportowa Stal, which had a capacity of 1,800 people. Since 2020, the club plays its home games in the Arena Ostrów, which has capacity for 3,000 people.[3] The arena costed 31 million zł and was built by local company Bud-Rem.[4]
- Winners (1): 2020-21
- Winners (1): 2022
- Runners-up (2): 2019, 2021
- Runners-up (1): 2020–21
- Winners (1): (2023)
The team has also been known as:
- BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2012–2013)
- Intermarché Bricomarché (2013–2015)[5]
- BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2015–present)
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Polish Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 2011–12 | 3 | II Liga | 2nd | ||||
| 2012–13 | 2 | I Liga | 9th | ||||
| 2013–14 | 9th | ||||||
| 2014–15 | 1st | ||||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | PLK | 13th | ||||
| 2016–17 | 3rd | ||||||
| 2017–18 | 2nd | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | QR1 | 1–1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 5th | Champions | |||||
| 2019–20 | 9th | ||||||
| 2020–21 | 1st | Semi-finalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RU | 6–1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 5th | Champions | 3 Champions League | RS | 1–5 | ||
| 2022–23 | 3rd | Quarter-finalist | European North Basketball League | 1st | 8–3 | ||
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
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| 2017–18 | FIBA Europe Cup | QR1 |  Bnei Herzliya |
65–64 | 74-84 |  |
| 2020–21 | FIBA Europe Cup | RS |  Szolnoki Olaj |
90-80 | ||
| 2020–21 | FIBA Europe Cup | RS |  Sporting |
85-83 | ||
| 2020–21 | FIBA Europe Cup | RS | Ironi Ness Ziona |
93-86 | ||
| 2020–21 | FIBA Europe Cup | RO16 |  Heroes Den Bosch |
92-83 | ||
| 2020–21 | FIBA Europe Cup | QF |  Belfius Mons-Hainaut |
73-66 | ||
| 2020–21 | FIBA Europe Cup | SF |  CSM Oradea |
77-66 | ||
| 2020–21 | FIBA Europe Cup | Final | Ironi Ness Ziona |
74-82 | | |
| 2021–22 | FIBA BCL | RS |  Baxi Manresa |
75-88 | 76-81 | |
| 2021–22 | FIBA BCL | RS |  Pinar Karşıyaka |
69-86 | 77-80 | |
| 2021–22 | FIBA BCL | RS | Hapoel Jerusalem |
76-65 | 76-83 | |
| 2022-23 | ENBL | RS | Ironi Ness Ziona |
92-76 | ||
| 2022-23 | ENBL | RS |  King Szczecin |
56-72 | ||
| 2022-23 | ENBL | RS |  Basket Brno |
80-59 | ||
| 2022-23 | ENBL | RS |  Valmiera Glass VIA |
94-71 | ||
| 2022-23 | ENBL | RS |  Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits |
84-65 | ||
| 2022-23 | ENBL | RS |  BC Wolves |
75-85 | ||
| 2022-23 | ENBL | QF | Zielona Góra |
101-80 | 94-97 | |
| 2022-23 | ENBL | SF | Start Lublin |
86-74 | ||
| 2022-23 | ENBL | Final | BC Wolves |
70-66 | ||
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | |
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| C | Krzysztof Sulima | Nemanja Đurišić | Damian Kulig |
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| PF | Tomasz Gielo | David Walker | Wiktor Sewioł | ||
| SF | Ojārs Siliņš | Michał Chyliński | Arūnas Mikalauskas |
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| SG | David Brembly | Aleksander Załucki | Bartosz Rachwalski | Krysztof Rozpedowski | |
| PG | Aigars Šķēle | Laurynas Beliauskas | Rodney Chatman |
Squad changes for the 2023–24 season
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Notable players
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Individual awards
| Award | Players |
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| PLK Most Valuable Player | Shawn King (2017) |
| Polish Basketball Cup MVP | Mateusz Kostrzewski (2019) |
| PLK Finals MVP | Jakub Garbacz (2021) |
| European North Basketball League Finals MVP | Damian Kulig (2023) |
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