Unia Tarnów (handball)

Unia Tarnów
Full name	Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów
Founded	1960
Arena	Arena Jaskółka Tarnów
Capacity	4,317
President	Stanisław Piwowarski
Head coach	Tomasz Strząbała
League	Superliga
2021/22	12th
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Unia Tarnów, known as Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów for sponsorship reasons, is a men's handball club from Tarnów, Poland, that plays in the Superliga. Between 1978-2010 the club was part of the Unia Tarnów sports club.

History

Historical names:

• MKS MDK Tarnów (1960–1973)
• MKS Pałac Młodzieży Tarnów (1973–1978)
• ZKS Unia Tarnów (1978–2010)
• SPR Tarnów (2010–2019)
• Grupa Azoty SPR Tarnów (2019–2021)
• Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów (2021–)

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers

• 21 Patryk Małecki
• 00 Paweł Kazimier
• 00 Jakub Wysocki

Left wingers

• 23 Michał Słupski
• 28 Jakub Sikora

Right wingers

• 17 Aliaksandr Bushkou
• 00 Marcel Zdobylak

Line players

• 50 Korneliusz Małek
• 00 Jakub Adamski
• 00 Łukasz Kucharzyk

Left backs

• 09 Paweł Podsiadło
• 39 Przemysław Mrozowicz
• 00 Vladyslav Parovinchak

Centre backs

• 05 Konrad Wątroba
• 08 Albert Sanek
• 00 Jakub Tokarz

Right backs

• 19 Dzmitry Smolikau
• 00 Ali Mehdizadeh

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

• Paweł Kazimier (GK) (from Górnik Zabrze)
• Jakub Wysocki (GK) (from SMS Kielce)
• Vladyslav Parovinchak (LB) (from UF Balonmano Base Oviedo)
• Jakub Tokarz (CB) (from SMS Kwidzyn)
• Ali Mehdizadeh (RB) (from KPR Legionowo)
• Marcel Zdobylak (RW) (from Chrobry Głogów)
• Jakub Adamski (P) (from Zagłębie Lubin)
• Łukasz Kucharzyk (P) (from Gwardia Opole)

Leaving

• Marek Bartosik (GK) (retires)
• Taras Minotskyi (LB) (end of loan HC Motor)
• Jakub Kowalik (LB) (to Stal Mielec)
• Ajdin Zahirović (CB) (to ?)
• Keisuke Matsuura (RB) (to Osaki Osol)
• Marcin Wajda (RW) (to ?)
• Kenya Kasahara (P) (to ?)
• Shuichi Yoshida (P) (to Dunkerque HGL)

External links

• Official website (in Polish)