Zagłębie Lubin (men's handball)

MKS Zagłębie Lubin is a men's handball club from Lubin, Poland, that plays in the Superliga.

Lubin

Location of Zagłębie Lubin

MKS Zagłębie Lubin
Full name	Miejski Klub Sportowy Zagłębie Lubin
Founded	1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Arena	Hala RCS
Capacity	3,714
President	Witold Kulesza
Head coach	Jarosław Hipner
League	Polish Superliga
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

The club was founded in 1967 under the name Górnik Lubin. His first coach was Szymon Kanigowski. The team reached the Polish top division for the first time at the end of the 1990/1991 season, already under the name Zagłębie Lubin. The team won the Polish Cup in the 1992/1993 season, defeating SPR Chrobry Głogów and Wybrzeże Gdańsk in the final four and drawing with KS Warszawianka. In the 1993/1994 season, the team debuted on the international cup circuit, when they were eliminated in the first round against Extran Beyne of Belgium in the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In the 2004/2005 season, the team won the league title for the first time in its history, beating Wisła Płock in the final match (27-23; 37-32; 43-42). The team finished the following season in third place. In the 2006/2007 season, the team reached the semi-finals of the EHF Challenge Cup, where it was eliminated by the Romanian UCM Resita. In the 2007/2008 season, they reached the final of the league again, but this time Wisła Płock proved to be better in the duel. The team was in the Polish Cup finals in 2009 and 2010, but lost both times to Vive Kielce. In the years that followed, the team was in the middle of the league.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2013	Hummel
2013–present	Adidas

Kits

HOME
2013–14

AWAY
2012–13

Management

Position	Name
President	Witold Kulesza
Chairman of the Supervisory Board	Adam Dworaczek
Member of the Supervisory Board	Piotr Pater
Member of the Supervisory Board	Wojciech Szolc

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Goalkeepers 12 Miłosz Byczek 16 Miłosz Krukiewicz 44 Marcin Schodowski Left wingers 13 Dawid Krysiak 14 Jan Czuwara Right wingers 19 Arkadiusz Michalak 57 Wojciech Kozłowski Line players 07 Kamil Pedryc 20 Tomasz Pietruszko 45 Paweł Kałuźny

Left backs 10 Stanisław Gębala 11 Paweł Krupa Centre backs 23 Mateusz Drozdalski 30 Patryk Pulit 00 Michał Wojtała Right backs 31 Patryk Iskra 33 Paweł Dudkowski

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Michał Wojtała (CB) (from Siódemka Miedź Huras Legnica)

Leaving Filip Jarosz (LB) (end of loan Energa MMTS Kwidzyn) Maciej Markowski (CB) (to ?) Bartosz Sarnowski (CB) (to ?)

Honours

• Polish Superliga:
  •  Gold (1): 2007
  •  Silver (2): 2005, 2008
  •  Bronze (1): 2006

• Polish Cup:
  •  Gold (1): 1993
  •  Silver (2): 2009, 2010
  •  Bronze (3): 2007, 2008, 2021

Individual awards

Domestic

Polish Superliga Top Scorer

Season	Name	Goals
2003–04	Michał Kubisztal	223
2004–05	Michał Kubisztal	188
2006–07	Michał Kubisztal	222
2017–18	Arkadiusz Moryto	217

European record

EHF Challenge Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006–07	Round 3	Pallamano Prato	32–30	41–23	73–53
	Round 4	A.C. Doukas School	40–25	37–36	77–61
	Quarter-finals	RK Konjuh Živinice	34–33	36–29	70–62
	Semi-finals	UCM Resita	36–37	32–32	68–69

EHF ranking

As of 5 December 2024^[1]

Rank	Team	Points
274	HC Sporta Hlohovec	2
275	Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski	2
276	PGU Tiraspol	2
277	Zagłębie Lubin	2
278	NEKA	2
279	SSSCJRO-1 Tiraspol	2
280	GK Permskie Medvedi	2

Former club members

Notable former players

The list includes players who have played at least once for their national team or spent at least 10 years with the team.

Goalkeepers

• Szymon Ligarzewski (2004–2007)
• Adam Malcher (2005–2013)
• Marcin Schodowski (2019–)
• Jakub Skrzyniarz (2015–2019)
• Yuriy Shamrylo (2014–2016)

Right wingers

• Michał Bartczak (2012–2017)
• Krystian Bondzior (2016–2019)
• Arkadiusz Moryto (2016–2018)
• Piotr Obrusiewicz (2005–2012)

Left wingers

• Paweł Biały (2019–2020)
• Jan Czuwara (2014–2018, 2023–)
• Wojciech Gumiński (2011–2016)
• Marcel Sroczyk (2018–2022)
• Bartłomiej Tomczak (2004–2011)

Line players

• Dawid Dawydzik (2017–2019)
• Paweł Orzłowski (2009–2012)
• Jarosław Paluch (2002–2005, 2011–2015)
• Michał Stankiewicz (2004–2008, 2009–2024)
• Bartosz Wuszter (2000–2002)

Left backs

• Grzegorz Gowin (2002–2004, 2012–2013)
• Mariusz Jurkiewicz (2001–2003)
• Kamil Krieger (2015–2016)
• Paweł Krupa (2023–)
• Michał Kubisztal (2003–2007)
• Faruk Halilbegović (2014–2015)

Central backs

• Bartłomiej Jaszka (2003–2007, 2017–2019)
• Jakub Moryń (2018–2019, 2021–2024)
• Dawid Przysiek (2012–2018)

Right backs

• Piotr Adamczak (2007–2012)
• Krzysztof Górniak (2007–2008)
• Przemysław Zadura (2008–2009)
• Roman Chychykalo (2018–2022)
• Danylo Hlushak (2022–2024)