LKPS Lublin

LKPS Lublin, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Bogdanka LUK Lublin, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Lublin in eastern Poland, founded in 2013. The club has been promoted to the top flight of the Polish volleyball, PlusLiga in 2021.

Bogdanka LUK Lublin

Full name	Lubelski Klub Przyjaciół Siatkówki Lublin
Founded	2013; 12 years ago (2013)
Ground	Hala Globus (Capacity: 4,221)
Chairman	Krzysztof Skubiszewski
Manager	Massimo Botti
Captain	Marcin Komenda
League	PlusLiga
2024–25	Champions
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Honours

Domestic

• Polish Championship

Winners (1): 2024–25

International

• CEV Challenge Cup

Winners (1): 2024–25

Club history

The foundation of the club took place on 26 August 2013 in the city of Lublin as a sports association under the name LKPS Lublin. Lublin began its history in the 3rd Polish Volleyball League, playing there from the club foundation in 2013 until 2015.

From 2015 to 2019, Lublin was playing in the 2nd Polish Volleyball League. In 2019, the team coached by Maciej Kołodziejczyk finished the league in 2nd place, and won promotion to the 1st Polish Volleyball League.

In 2021, acting as LUK Politechnika Lublin, the team won the league and therefore gained the possibility to play in the upcoming PlusLiga season.^[1][2]

Team

As of 2024–25 season

Coaching staff

Occupation	Name
Head coach	Massimo Botti
Assistant coach	Arkadiusz Grzelak	Maciej Kołodziejczyk

Players

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Jan Nowakowski	(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994 (age 31)	middle blocker
4	Marcin Komenda	(1996-05-24) 24 May 1996 (age 28)	setter
5	Mikołaj Sawicki	(1999-11-23) 23 November 1999 (age 25)	outside hitter
6	Mateusz Malinowski	(1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 33)	opposite
7	Jakub Wachnik	(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 32)	outside hitter
9	Wilfredo León	(1993-07-31) 31 July 1993 (age 31)	outside hitter
10	Mikołaj Słotarski	(2002-10-02) 2 October 2002 (age 22)	setter
11	Aleks Grozdanov	(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 27)	middle blocker
16	Maciej Czyrek	(2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 24)	libero
17	Thales Hoss	(1989-04-26) 26 April 1989 (age 36)	libero
20	Maciej Zając	(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 22)	middle blocker
21	Bennie Tuinstra	(2000-09-12) 12 September 2000 (age 24)	outside hitter
33	Fynn McCarthy	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 25)	middle blocker
35	Kewin Sasak	(1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 28)	opposite

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.
2021–22	1	PlusLiga	11
2022–23	1	PlusLiga	10
2023–24	1	PlusLiga	5
2024–25	1	PlusLiga

Former names

Years	Name
2013–2014	LKPS Lublin
2014–2016	LKPS Pszczółka Lublin
2016–2017	LKPS Politechnika Pszczółka Lublin
2017–2018	LKPS Politechnika Lublin
2018–2021	LUK Politechnika Lublin
2021–2023	LUK Lublin
2023–present	Bogdanka LUK Lublin

See also

• LKPS Lublin players
• LKPS Lublin coaches