Stal Rzeszów | |||||||||
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Track address | Stadion Miejski w Rzeszowie | ||||||||
Country | Poland | ||||||||
Founded | 1944 (sports club) 1951 (motorcycle speedway section) | ||||||||
Team manager | Pawel Piskorz | ||||||||
League | Ekstraliga 2 | ||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||
Club facts | |||||||||
Colours | Blue & White | ||||||||
Track size | 395m | ||||||||
Track record time | 64.20 | ||||||||
Track record date | 18 September 2020 | ||||||||
Track record holder | Patryk Wojdyło | ||||||||
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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]
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.
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]
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.
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.
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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 |
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