KPS Chemik Police
# KPS Chemik Police

KPS Chemik Police is the professional women's volleyball department of Polish sports club Chemik Police based in Police and plays in the Orlen Liga.

## Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

* KS Chemik Police (1989–1993)
* ARS Komfort Police (1993–1994)
* KS Chemik Police (1994–....)
* PSPS Chemik Police (....–2013)
* KPS Chemik Police (2013–2014)
* Chemik Police (2014–present)

## History

Sports club Klub Sportowy (KS) Chemik Police created its women's volleyball department in 1989. Two years later, in 1991, the club made its debut in the League 1, the highest division in Poland. It was relegated at the end of the 1991–92 season, but in the following season it won the Polish Cup and promotion to the Liga 1 before (due to sponsorship) changing its name to ARS Komfort in July 1993. In its second spell at League 1, the club had immediate success, winning the Polish Championships and the Polish Cup for two consecutive seasons (1993–94 and 1994–95). In that same period the club finished third at the 1993–94 CEV Cup Winners Cup. In October 1994, the club was renamed KS Chemik Police after losing its main sponsor and with financial issues in the following seasons, the club was relegated in 1998.

After years playing in the lower leagues under the name Polickie Stowarzyszenie Pilki Siatkowej (PSPS) Chemik Police, a large industrial local chemical plant called Zakłady Chemiczne Police S.A. (a subsidiary of Grupa Azoty) which for long had a strategic partnership with the club, decided to invest in the club.

In 2013 the club was promoted to the Orlen Liga and was renamed Klub Piłki Siatkowej (KPS) Chemik Police. Since then the club won four Polish Championships (2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17), three the Polish Cups (2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17), two Polish Super Cups (2014, 2015) and finished fourth in the 2014–15 CEV Women's Champions League.

## Honours

### National competitions

* Polish Championship: 7

    1993–94, 1994–95, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18
* Polish Cup: 6

    1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
* Polish Super Cup: 2

    2014, 2015

## Team

2017–2018 squad, as per March 2018.

| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bianka Buša | Outside hitter | 1.87 | 74 | (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 29) |
| 3 | Alexandra Holston | Opposite | 1.88 | 73 | (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 28) |
| 4 | Katarzyna Gajgał-Anioł | Middle blocker | 1.91 | 85 | (1981-09-21) 21 September 1981 (age 41) |
| 6 | Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza | Middle blocker | 1.85 | 70 | (1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 (age 37) |
| 7 | Malwina Smarzek | Outside hitter | 1.91 | 79 | (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 27) |
| 8 | Izabela Bełcik | Setter | 1.86 | 70 | (1980-11-29) 29 November 1980 (age 42) |
| 11 | Stefana Veljković | Middle blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990 (age 33) |
| 13 | Slađana Mirković | Setter | 1.85 | 78 | (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 27) |
| 14 | Natalia Medrzyk | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 74 | (1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 31) |
| 15 | Simeonova Strashimira | Middle-Blocker | 1.95 | 78 | (1985-08-18) 18 August 1985 (age 37) |
| 17 | Aleksandra Krzos | Libero | 1.81 | 71 | (1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 (age 34) |
| 18 | Katarzyna Zaroślińska | Opposite | 1.87 | 79 | (1987-02-03) 3 February 1987 (age 36) |

2016–2017 Team :

| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anna Werblińska | Outside hitter | 1.78 | 65 | (1984-05-14) 14 May 1984 (age 39) |
| 2 | Mariola Zenik | Libero | 1.73 | 67 | (1982-07-03) 3 July 1982 (age 41) |
| 3 | Madelaynne Montaño | Opposite | 1.85 | 68 | (1983-01-06) 6 January 1983 (age 40) |
| 4 | Katarzyna Gajgał-Anioł | Middle blocker | 1.91 | 85 | (1981-09-21) 21 September 1981 (age 41) |
| 6 | Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza | Middle blocker | 1.85 | 70 | (1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 (age 37) |
| 7 | Malwina Smarzek | Outside hitter | 1.91 | 79 | (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 27) |
| 8 | Izabela Bełcik | Setter | 1.86 | 70 | (1980-11-29) 29 November 1980 (age 42) |
| 9 | Magdalena Stysiak | Outside hitter | 1.99 | 80 | (2000-12-03) 3 December 2000 (age 22) |
| 11 | Stefana Veljković | Middle blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990 (age 33) |
| 13 | Nikola Abramajtyz | Middle blocker | 1.85 | 74 | (1997-02-13) 13 February 1997 (age 26) |
| 14 | Joanna Wołosz | Setter | 1.81 | 71 | (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 33) |
| 15 | Jelena Blagojević | Outside hitter | 1.81 | 67 | (1988-12-01) 1 December 1988 (age 34) |
| 16 | Aleksandra Jagieło | Outside hitter | 1.80 | 68 | (1980-06-02) 2 June 1980 (age 43) |
| 17 | Aleksandra Krzos | Libero | 1.81 | 71 | (1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 (age 34) |
| 18 | Katarzyna Zaroślińska | Opposite | 1.87 | 79 | (1987-02-03) 3 February 1987 (age 36) |

2015–2016 Team :

| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anna Werblińska | Outside Hitter | 1.78 | 14/05/1984 |
| 2 | Mariola Zenik | Libero | 1.73 | 03/07/1982 |
| 3 | Madelaynne Montaño | Opposite Hitter | 1.85 | 06/01/1983 |
| 4 | Katarzyna Gajgał-Anioł | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 21/09/1981 |
| 6 | Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 20/02/1986 |
| 8 | Izabela Bełcik | Setter | 1.85 | 29/11/1980 |
| 9 | Helena Havelková | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 25/07/1988 |
| 10 | Yonkaira Peña | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 10/05/1993 |
| 11 | Stefana Veljković | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 09/01/1990 |
| 12 | Izabela Kowalińska | Opposite Hitter | 1.89 | 23/02/1985 |
| 13 | Katarzyna Mróz | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 19/02/1981 |
| 14 | Joanna Wołosz | Setter | 1.81 | 07/04/1990 |
| 16 | Aleksandra Jagieło | Outside Hitter | 1.80 | 02/06/1980 |
| 19 | Paulina Maj-Erwardt | Libero | 1.66 | 22/03/1987 |
