Elana Toruń
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| Full name | Klub Piłkarski Elana Toruń | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Elanowcy | ||
| Founded | 28 August 1968 | ||
| Ground | Grzegorz Duniecki Municipal Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 4,300[1] | ||
| Chairman | Daniel Traczykowski | ||
| Manager | Rafał Więckowski | ||
| League | III liga, group II | ||
| 2022–23 | IV liga Cuyavia-Pomerania, 1st of 18 (promoted) | ||
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Elana Toruń is a Polish football club based in Toruń. It competes in the III liga, 4th tier of the Polish football league system.
History[edit]
The team was at the 2nd level of the Polish pyramid in the 1990s, but were relegated in 1998/99.[2] During the following season the club changed their name to TKP Torun, but they were relegated again to the 4th level.[3] The club were often referred to as Torunski KP, but by the 2007/08 season they had returned to their original name of Elana Torun and were back playing on the Polish 3rd level.[4] During the 2021–22 season, the club declared bankruptcy and withdrew from the III liga.[5] The reserve team continued playing in the Liga okręgowa, securing promotion to the IV liga, and became the new first team since the 2022–23 season.
Supporters[edit]
Elana fans are commonly known as Elanowcy and include an ultras group of around 100-1000 (depending on match) fanatical supporters. Apart from Toruń, there are fan-clubs in Gniewkowo, Golub-Dobrzyń, Ostaszewo, Aleksandrów Kujawski, Ciechocinek, Kowalewo Pomorskie, Obrowo, Lubicz and Wąbrzeźno.[6]
They have a long-standing friendship with fans of Ruch Chorzów and KS Myszków (who are also Ruch fans), friendly relations with Widzew Łódź fans from Grudziądz,[7] and more recently Wisła Kraków and KKS Kalisz fans.
As the city of Toruń has a rivalry with Bydgoszcz that extends even beyond sport,[8] Elana competes the Cuiavian derby[9] with Zawisza and Polonia. They also compete with fans of speedway club Apator Toruń.
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References[edit]
- ^ Torun City Stadium (stadiony.net)
- ^ 1998/99 Polish football league results and tables at RSSSSF
- ^ "Poland 1999/2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Poland 2007/08". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Elana Toruń ogłosiła upadłość. Oficjalne oświadczenie klubu". WPROST.pl (in Polish). 23 December 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Elana Toruń". www.elanowcy.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Strona fanatyków Elany Toruń". www.elanowcy.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ Ćwieluch, Juliusz (29 March 2018). "Bydgoszcz i Toruń – skąd ta wieczna rywalizacja?". www.polityka.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Cuiavian derby". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- (in Polish) Official website
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at torunskaelana.futbolowo.pl
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at elanowcy.pl
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń at facebook.com
- (in Polish) Elana Toruń (90minut.pl)