Unia Tarnów (handball)

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.

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

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)