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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
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
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.
References
- ^ 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
- (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)
This page was last edited on 7 April 2024, at 17:34