Stal Rzeszów (motorcycle speedway)
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| Track address | Stadion Miejski w Rzeszowie | ||||||||
| Country | Poland | ||||||||
| Founded | 1944 (sports club) 1951 (motorcycle speedway section) | ||||||||
| Team manager | Paweł Piskorz | ||||||||
| League | Ekstraliga 2 | ||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||
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| Colours | Blue & White | ||||||||
| Track size | 395m | ||||||||
| Track record time | 64.54 | ||||||||
| Track record date | 30 April 2023 | ||||||||
| Track record holder | Jacob Thorssell | ||||||||
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Stal Rzeszów is a Polish motorcycle speedway club. The team currently competes in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga)[1] and have won the Team Speedway Polish Championship twice.[2]
History
[edit]1948 to 1959
[edit]The first speedway in Rzeszów was held at the Resovia stadium in 1948. The club made their league debut during the 1949 Polish speedway season under the name RTKM-Gwardia Rzeszów.
As Stal Rzeszów the team returned to league action in 1955[3] and in 1956, two clubs from Rzeszów competed in the league, with Resovia Rzeszów competing in addition to Stal.[4]
Towards the end of the 1950s the team won the second division twice in 1957 and 1959. The 1959 success was a precursor of things to come.
1960 to 1969
[edit]The 1960s proved to be a golden period for the club, as Stal Rzeszów won the gold medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship in 1960 and 1961.[5] They also secured silver medals in 1962 and 1963. Florian Kapała was the star rider winning Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1961 and 1962 and the Golden Helmet in 1962. A further medal was won in 1966, when the team won the bronze medal.[6]
1970 to 1999
[edit]The 1970s and 1980s proved to be a low point because the success of the previous decade could not be reproduced. The team failed to win anything until 1981 and that was a second division title. Another barren spell ensued, until 1991 and another second division title success. The team had their best season for over 30 years, when they won a bronze medal during the 1998 Polish speedway season.
2000 to present
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When the Ekstraliga was introduced in 2000, Rzeszów were in 1. Liga.[7]
In 2005, the club provided a major shock when winning the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship as a second tier club, although they also won the second division too. The pairs success was achieved by Dariusz Śledz and Maciej Kuciapa.[8]
In recent years the team has competed in the lower divisions winning 1. Liga in 2010 and 2014 and the 2. Liga in 2018.
Previous teams
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Notable riders
[edit]Honours
[edit]| Polish Championship Competition | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | |||
| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | |
| Team Championship | 2 | 1960, 1961 | 2 | 1962, 1963 | 2 | 1966, 1998 |
| Team Junior Championship | 3 | 1994, 1995, 2006 | 1 | 1996 | 2 | 1989, 2007 |
| National Individual Championship | 2 | 1961, 1962 | 3 | 1959, 1989, 2012 | 2 | 1959, 1986 |
| Individual Championship | 0 | 2 | 1970, 1997 | 1 | 2009 | |
| Pairs Championship | 1 | 2005 | 3 | 1989, 1990, 2010 | 0 | |
| Junior Pairs Championship | 1 | 2006 | 1 | 1993 | 2 | 1997, 2008 |
| Total medals: 30 | Gold: 9 | Silver: 12 | Bronze: 9 | |||
| Other National Competitions | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | |||
| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | |
| Golden Helmet Tournament | 1 | 1961 | 3 | 1962, 2007, 2015 | 3 | 1989, 1993, 1998 |
| Silver Helmet Tournament | 1 | 1971 | 1 | 2005 | 2 | 1993, 2002 |
| Bronze Helmet Championship | 0 | 1 | 1989 | 0 | ||
| Individual Polish Cup | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1986 | ||
| PZM Speedway Cup | 0 | 2 | 1963, 1964 | 1 | 1965 | |
| Team Junior League Championship | 0 | 1 | 2008 | 1 | 2015 | |
| Individual International Ekstraliga Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2015 | ||
| Total medals: 19 | Gold: 2 | Silver: 8 | Bronze: 9 | |||
| World and European Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | |
| World Cup Team Championship | 1 | 1961 | 0 | 1 | 1962 | |
| Junior World Team Championship | 2 | 2006, 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior European Team Championship | 3 | 2009, 2012, 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||
| European Pairs Championship | 1 | 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total medals: 8 | Gold: 7 | Silver: 0 | Bronze: 1 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 42.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2022". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1955". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1956". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1961". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1963". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski". Zuzeland.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2005". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- Marek Bluj (19 December 1984). Cztery czterdziestolecia "Stali" Rzeszów 1944–1984 (in Polish). Vol. 35. Wiadomości Fabryczne. p. 4.
- "Historia rzeszowskiego żużla" (in Polish). Nowiny24. 20 November 2008.
- Krzysztof Szyszka (2 May 2007). "Historia Stali Rzeszów" (in Polish). Ścigacz.pl.
- Bartosz Komsta (30 March 2020). "Drużyna dekady. Stal Rzeszów. Miejsce pożegnań wielu żużlowych legend" (in Polish). Sportowe Fakty Żużel.
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