2017–18 ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle season
# 2017–18 ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle season

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2017–2018 season is the 2017/2018 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.

The club competes in:

* Polish SuperCup
* Polish Championship
* Polish Cup
* FIVB Club World Championship
* CEV Champions League

## Team roster

| Head coach: | Andrea Gardini |
| - | - |
| Assistant: | Michał Chadała |
| Coach of physical preparation: | Piotr Pietrzak |
| Physiotherapists: | Remigiusz Koteluk, Paweł Brandt |
| Scoutman: | Iwo Wagner |
| Manager: | Tomasz Drzyzga |
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
| 1 | Paweł Zatorski | (1990-06-21) June 21, 1990 (age 33) | libero |
| 2 | Krzysztof Bieńkowski | (1995-06-19) June 19, 1995 (age 28) | setter |
| 3 | Rafał Szymura | (1995-08-29) August 29, 1995 (age 27) | outside hitter |
| 4 | Krzysztof Rejno | (1993-02-22) February 22, 1993 (age 30) | middle blocker |
| 5 | Marco Falaschi | (1987-09-18) September 18, 1987 (age 35) | setter |
| 7 | Rafał Buszek | (1987-04-28) April 28, 1987 (age 36) | outside hitter |
| 8 | Sławomir Jungiewicz | (1989-06-21) June 21, 1989 (age 34) | opposite |
| 9 | Łukasz Wiśniewski | (1989-02-03) February 3, 1989 (age 34) | middle blocker |
| 10 | Mateusz Bieniek | (1994-04-05) April 5, 1994 (age 29) | middle blocker |
| 11 | Bartosz Jastrowicz | (1996-08-08) August 8, 1996 (age 26) | outside hitter |
| 11 | Maurice Torres | (1991-07-06) July 6, 1991 (age 32) | opposite |
| 13 | Kamil Semeniuk | (1996-07-16) July 16, 1996 (age 27) | outside hitter |
| 15 | Sam Deroo | (1992-04-24) April 24, 1992 (age 31) | outside hitter |
| 16 | Benjamin Toniutti | (1989-10-30) October 30, 1989 (age 33) | setter |
| 17 | Aleksander Maziarz | (1995-04-22) April 22, 1995 (age 28) | middle blocker |
| 18 | Korneliusz Banach | (1994-01-25) January 25, 1994 (age 29) | libero |

## Squad changes for the 2017–2018 season

In:

| No. | Player | Position | From |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Krzysztof Bieńkowski | setter | BBTS Bielsko-Biała |
| 3 | Rafał Szymura | outside hitter | AZS Częstochowa |
| 4 | Krzysztof Rejno | middle blocker | MKS Będzin |
| 5 | Marco Falaschi | setter | GKS Katowice |
| 8 | Sławomir Jungiewicz | opposite | TV Bühl |
| 11 | Maurice Torres | opposite | CMC Ravenna |

Out:

| No. | Player | Position | To |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Kévin Tillie | outside hitter | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| 3 | Dominik Witczak | opposite | GKS Katowice |
| 6 | Dawid Konarski | opposite | Ziraat Bankası Ankara |
| 12 | Grzegorz Bociek | opposite | Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie |
| 14 | Grzegorz Pająk | setter | Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie |
| 19 | Patryk Czarnowski | middle blocker | PGE Skra Bełchatów |

## Most Valuable Players

| No. | Player | MVP |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Sam Deroo | 5 |
| | Benjamin Toniutti | 5 |
| 3. | Maurice Torres | 4 |
| 4. | Paweł Zatorski | 2 |
| | Mateusz Bieniek | 2 |
| 6. | Rafał Szymura | 1 |
| | Kamil Semeniuk | 1 |
| | Łukasz Wiśniewski | 1 |

## Results, schedules and standings

### 2017 Polish SuperCup

On September 23, 2017 PGE Skra beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and achieved their third Polish SuperCup in history. Bartosz Bednorz was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.

### 2017–18 CEV Champions League

**Playoff 12**

The draws of the match pairs for the playoffs of 12 were held on March 2, 2018 in Luxembourg. ZAKSA was one of three Polish teams in this phase.

