Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Arena	Arena Ostrów
Capacity	3,086
Location	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
Team colors	Blue, Gold, White
Main sponsor	Arged BM Slam Miasto Ostrów Wielkopolski
President	Bartosz Karasiński
Vice-president(s)	Grzegorz Ardeli
Head coach	Andrzej Urban
Team captain	Damian Kulig, Aigars Šķēle
Ownership	Paweł Matuszewski Marcin Napierała
Championships	1 Polish League 2 Polish Cups 1 Polish Supercup 1 ENBL
Website	bmslamstal.pl
Home Away

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, also known as BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Ostrów Wielkopolski. They play in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since its promotion back in 2015. The club won the Polish national championship in 2021 and the Polish Cup in 2019 and 2022. Since then, Stal has also been active at the European stage in the Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup.

The home arena of the team is the Arena Ostrów.

History

In 2015, Stal promoted from the second-tier I Liga to the PLK. In its first season, the team finished 13th in the standings with a 12–20 record. In the 2016–17 season, Stal had a historic season as the team reached the semi-finals of the PLK after defeating MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 3–0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Stal lost to Stelmet Zielona Góra but won the third place series against Energa Czarni Słupsk.

In the 2017–18 season, Stal had an even more successful season as the team reached the PLK finals for the first time after defeating Polski Cukier Toruń. In the Finals, the team lost to Anwil Włocławek, 2–4.

In 2019, Stal won the Polish Basketball Cup after defeating Arka Gdynia 77–74 in the final.^[1] It was the first ever trophy for the club.

In the 2020–21 season, Stal played in the FIBA Europe Cup and reached the Final Four of the tournament. It reached the finals were it lost to Israeli club Ironi Ness Ziona. Later that season, Stal won the finals of the 2020–21 PLK season, winning its first Polish championship in club history.^[2] Guard Jakub Garbacz was named the PLK Finals MVP.

New era started in 2022 when previous assistant Andrzej Urban was promoted the head coach. Team management reoriented its roster composition philosophy, focusing more on European foreigners. With players like Aigars Šķēle, Ojārs Siliņš and Nemanja Đurišić Stal hit the bullz-eye, winning its first Polish Supercup. By winning European North Basketball League, Stal won its first international title. Urban's debut season ended with bronze in the Polish league. Before his second season with the team, Latvian international Šķēle became the first ever current state Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski player in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Arenas

In the majority of its existence, the team played in the Hala Sportowa Stal, which had a capacity of 1,800 people. Since 2020, the club plays its home games in the Arena Ostrów, which has capacity for 3,000 people.^[3] The arena costed 31 million zł and was built by local company Bud-Rem.^[4]

Honours

Polish Basketball League

• Winners (1): 2020-21

Polish Basketball Cup

• Winners (2): 2019, 2022
• Runners-up (1): 2024

Polish Basketball Supercup

• Winners (1): 2022
• Runners-up (2): 2019, 2021

FIBA Europe Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2020–21

European North Basketball League

• Winners (1): (2023)

Sponsorship names

The team has also been known as:

• BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2012–2013)
• Intermarché Bricomarché (2013–2015)^[5]
• BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2015–present)

Season by season

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2017–18	FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	Bnei Herzliya	65–64	74-84
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Szolnoki Olaj		90-80
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Sporting	85-83
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Ironi Ness Ziona		93-86
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	RO16	Heroes Den Bosch		92-83
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	QF	Belfius Mons-Hainaut		73-66
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	SF	CSM Oradea		77-66
2020–21	FIBA Europe Cup	Final	Ironi Ness Ziona		74-82
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Baxi Manresa	75-88	76-81
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Pinar Karşıyaka	69-86	77-80
2021–22	FIBA BCL	RS	Hapoel Jerusalem	76-65	76-83
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Ironi Ness Ziona	92-76
2022-23	ENBL	RS	King Szczecin	56-72
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Basket Brno		80-59
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Valmiera Glass VIA		94-71
2022-23	ENBL	RS	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits		84-65
2022-23	ENBL	RS	BC Wolves	75-85
2022-23	ENBL	QF	Zielona Góra	101-80	94-97
2022-23	ENBL	SF	Start Lublin	86-74
2022-23	ENBL	Final	BC Wolves	70-66

Players

Current roster

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 0 Mikalauskas, Arūnas  2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-09-14)14 September 1997 G 2 Rozpedowski, Krysztof 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (2005-01-08)8 January 2005 PG 3 Chatman, Rodney 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1998-08-24)24 August 1998 F 4 Sewioł, Wiktor 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1997-01-24)24 January 1997 G 5 Banasiak, Maksymilian 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2006-01-05)5 January 2006 G 6 Brembly, David 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 C 7 Sulima, Krzysztof 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1990-01-05)5 January 1990 SG 8 Chyliński, Michał 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 38 – (1986-02-22)22 February 1986 SG 9 Beliauskas, Laurynas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997 G 11 Załucki, Aleksander 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1998-07-25)25 July 1998 PF 12 Gielo, Tomasz 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 G 14 Rachwalski, Bartosz 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2004-06-16)16 June 2004 F 15 Siliņš, Ojārs 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-07-20)20 July 1993 G 21 Šķēle, Aigars (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1992-12-04)4 December 1992 G 23 Rutecki, Jacek 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2006-11-12)12 November 2006 SF 24 Walker, David 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 PF 42 Đurišić, Nemanja 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 C 77 Kulig, Damian  (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 36 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987	Head coach Andrzej Urban Assistant coach(es) Konrad Kaźmierczyk Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 18, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Krzysztof Sulima	Nemanja Đurišić	Damian Kulig
PF	Tomasz Gielo	David Walker	Wiktor Sewioł
SF	Ojārs Siliņš	Michał Chyliński	Arūnas Mikalauskas
SG	David Brembly	Aleksander Załucki	Bartosz Rachwalski	Krysztof Rozpedowski
PG	Aigars Šķēle	Laurynas Beliauskas	Rodney Chatman

Squad changes for the 2023–24 season

Notable players

Individual awards

References