Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

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

Podbeskidzie

Full name	Towarzystwo Sportowe Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Nickname(s)	Górale (The Gorals)
Founded	11 July 1997; 27 years ago (1997-07-11)
Ground	Bielsko-Biała Stadium
Capacity	15,316[1]
Chairman	Krzysztof Sałajczyk
Manager	Krzysztof Brede
League	II liga
2024–25	II liga, 7th of 18
Website	www.tspodbeskidzie.pl
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Podbeskidzie players celebrate winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 2011

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]

Ground: Stadion Miejski

Honours

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

Current squad

As of 27 February 2025^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Konrad Forenc (vice-captain) 3 DF  POL Daniel Dziwniel (captain) 4 DF  POL Marcin Biernat 5 DF  POL Paweł Szumiński 6 MF  POL Mateusz Kizyma 7 FW  FIN Linus Rönnberg 8 MF  CRO Matej Mršić 9 FW  POL Maciej Górski 11 MF  POL Wojciech Szumilas 13 DF  POL Dawid Ściuk 14 FW  POL Marcin Urynowicz 16 DF  POL Piotr Szumiński 17 DF  POL Jan Majsterek 18 MF  POL Paweł Czajkowski

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  POL Michał Studnicki 22 DF  POL Kacper Gach 24 MF  POL Michał Bednarski 27 MF  POL Maksymilian Biskup 28 DF  POL Kornel Osyra 30 MF  POL Radosław Zając 32 GK  POL Maksymilian Manikowski 33 FW  POL Bartosz Bieroński 43 GK  POL Krystian Wieczorek 55 DF  POL Michał Willmann 77 MF  POL Bartosz Florek 84 FW  POL Bartosz Martosz 88 DF  POL Nikodem Gancarczyk 90 FW  POL Lucjan Klisiewicz

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  POL Szymon Gołuch

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  POL Marcel Misztal (at MKS Kluczbork until 30 June 2025) — GK  POL Szymon Brańczyk (at Wiślanie Skawina until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POL Maksymilian Sitek (at ŁKS Łódź until 30 June 2025) — FW  POL Paweł Tomczyk (at Resovia until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

As of 25 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	Piotr Czak

Managers

• Zdzisław Byrdy (1997)
• Bogdan Warzecha (1997)
• Zdeněk Dembinný (1997–98)
• Wojciech Borecki (1 January 1999 – 16 June 2001)
• Albin Wira (1 July 2001 – 31 December 2001)
• Wojciech Borecki (29 August 2001 – 31 December 2002)
• Paweł Kowalski (2003)
• Wojciech Borecki (11 June 2003 – 15 October 2003)
• Krzysztof Pawlak (15 October 2003 – 1 July 2004)
• Jan Żurek (1 July 2004 – 23 August 2005)
• Włodzimierz Małowiejski (23 August 2005 – 24 April 2006)
• Krzysztof Tochel (2006–07)
• Marcin Brosz (1 July 2007 – 2 November 2009)
• Tomasz Świderski (2 November 2009 – 3 December 2009)
• Robert Kasperczyk (4 December 2009 – 22 October 2012)
• Andrzej Wyroba (caretaker) (22 October 2012 – 29 October 2012)
• Marcin Sasal (29 October 2012 – 3 January 2013)
• Dariusz Kubicki (4 January 2013 – 20 March 2013)
• Czesław Michniewicz (22 March 2013 – 22 October 2013)
• Leszek Ojrzyński (23 October 2013– 30 April 2015)
• Dariusz Kubicki (4 May 2015 – 19 September 2015)
• Robert Podoliński (20 September 2015 – 19 May 2016)
• Dariusz Dźwigała (7 June 2016 – 11 October 2016)
• Ján Kocian (11 October 2016 - 7 October 2017)
• Adam Nocoń (7 October 2017 – 13 June 2018)
• Krzysztof Brede (18 June 2018 – 15 December 2020)
• Robert Kasperczyk (22 December 2020 – 25 May 2021)
• Piotr Jawny (14 June 2021 – 26 April 2022)
• Mirosław Smyła (26 April 2022 – 31 August 2022)
• Dariusz Kołodziej (caretaker) (31 August 2022 – 6 September 2022)
• Dariusz Żuraw (6 September 2022 – 3 June 2023)
• Grzegorz Mokry (15 June 2023 – 15 November 2023)
• Dariusz Marzec (16 November 2023 – 28 February 2024)
• Jarosław Skrobacz (1 March 2024 – 17 June 2024)
• Krzysztof Brede (17 June 2024 – present)^[8]

See also

• Football in Poland
• List of football teams