Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Towarzystwo SPORTOWE Podbeskidzie Bielsko- Biała ( IPA: pɔdbɛskidʑɛ b ʲ b ʲ ɛlskɔ awa; 1911-1936: Bielsko- Bialaer Sports Club ) is a Polish football club based in Bielsko- Biała, which currently plays in the Ekstraklasa, the highest class of the country.
History
The club was founded in 1907 as Bielitzer football club ( BFK ) and chose black and blue on his club's colors. Around 1911 the name was changed in Bielsko - Bialaer sports club ( BBSV ). With the division of Austrian Silesia in July 1920 Bielsko fell to Poland. In 1921 the club was in a non- official game of the second opponent of the Polish national team. In contrast to the other clubs, sports clubs the linguistic island also had Poland received from the start as members with whom there was a good agreement. The statutes laid nothing fixed about the national character of the clubs. This fact was used under Mayor Przybyla the scheduled Polonization of the clubs. In Bielsko- Bialaer sports club in 1935 suddenly many new Polish members signed up to the entrance, won the majority chose the German Board of Management from and named the club in Bielsko- Bialskie Towarzystwo SPORTOWE ( BBTS ), later he changed its name several times. In 2002 the rise in the first league. Well-known former football players were Tomasz Jodłowiec Adam Kompała, Grzegorz Podstawek, Blazej Radler, Paweł Sibik, Adrian Sikora, Grzegorz Wiezik or as a coach Krzysztof Pawlak.
In 2011, the team secured in the penultimate round with a ranked 3-0 home win against already withdrawn for financial reasons relegated GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski into second place behind ŁKS Łódź and thus the rise in the Ekstraklasa. On 1 August 2011, the club made its debut in the Ekstraklasa. The home game in front of 3969 spectators against Jagiellonia Białystok ended 2-2 draw. The first Ekstraklasator achieved Róbert Demyan in the 82nd minute. His first season in the top Polish league ended the club in 12th place in the table.
Best Merits
- Semi-finals: 2011
- Last 16: 2005, 2006, 2011
- Last 32: 1979, 2007
The first team squad in the 2013/14 season
(Updated: March 25, 2014)