Czarni Radom
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| Full name | WKS Czarni Radom SA | ||
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| Founded | 1921 | ||
| Ground | Hala MOSiR Narutowicz Street 9 26-600 Radom (Capacity: 1,700) |
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| Chairman | Mariusz Szyszko | ||
| Manager | Robert Prygiel | ||
| Captain | Wojciech Żaliński | ||
| League | PlusLiga | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Czarni Radom is a Polish volleyball club founded in 1921 as football club. It is based in Radom. Czarni Radom team has won the Polish Cup in 1999 and two Polish championship bronze medals in 1994 and 1995. The club ceased to exist 2003 and was recreated only in 2007. In the 2012–13 season, after 11 years absence, the team was finally promoted to the PlusLiga.
Founding of the club took place in 1921 after the split in the football team "Kordian" belonging to Radomskie Towarzystwo Sportowe (lit. The Sporting Fellowship of Radom). Some athletes left from the structure of the association to form a club Czarni Radom. 2 years later the club, gaining more and more sympathy of the military stationed in Radom 72 Infantry Regiment, transformed into a Military Sports Club – Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Czarni". Initially, its work was confined only to the football section. In time, the club has expanded its structure. However, bringing a lot of glamor volleyball section was established much later and underwent various hardships.
It was only in 1957, the club's board has reported the men's volleyball section for the tournament championship. A team that based cadets the Żwirko and Wigura Military Aviation School in Radom started in league only one season later. The team took second place in the competition Kielce class, and was withdrawn from the competition and it was only in 1965 created new prospects for the development of volleyball players. At the same time, he was commissioned a sports club on the Lubelska Street. A renewed gym allowed to resume operations.
In 1979 a team led by coach Jan Skorżyński was promoted to the second level league. Historical success was achieved by the team based on its own pupils, Radom high schools students and a few soldiers doing military service in Radom. The team consisted of: Andrzej Skorupa, Tomasz Gałczyński, Ryszard Laskowski, Ryszard Pisarek, Jarosław Trochimiuk, Zbigniew Janikowski, Witold Poinc, Janusz Tomaszewski, Robert Mach, Jacek Gagacki, Tomasz Drabik, Roman Murdza and Ryszard Kotala.
In 1984 Czarni Radom team won historic promotion to the Ekstraklasa, which later played continuously for eighteen seasons. In 1994 they, coached by Valery Jarużnyj, won the first ever bronze medal of Polish championship. The success repeated a year later and then the coach of the team was Jacek Skrok.
26 September 1997, the club was transformed into a single sport club and changed its name to Warka Strong Club WKS Czarni Radom. In 1999 Czarni Radom players witch coach Edward Skorek won Polish Cup. In 2000 they played in CEV Cup Winners' Cup.
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