One of the most decorated Polish clubs – Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora – will join the European North Basketball league in the autumn of 2022.
Zastal Zielona Gora was founded in 1946 and for the first time entered the Polish top league in 1983.
Zielona Gora returned to the PLK (Polska Liga Koszykówki, also Energa Basket Liga) in 2009/2010. It marked the start of the most famous era in club`s history.
As of today, Zielona Gora is a five time Polish Champion (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020), a two time runner-up (2014, 2021) and a bronze medal winner (2012).
The Boars also won the Polish Cup three times (2015, 2017, 2021).
Zielona Gora has a remarkable international experience too.
The Polish team has played in EuroCup and Euroleague (2012-2016), the FIBA Basketball Champions league (2016-2018) and the VTB United league (2018-February 24, 2022).
Zielona Gora reached the EuroCup quarterfinals in 2016 after beating UNICS Kazan 139-126.
The club also made the Basketball Champions league Top 16 in 2018 and entered the VTB league playoffs in 2021.
Zastal Zielona Gora is well known for its coaches – Slovenians Andrej Urlep and Sašo Filipovski, the NBA champion Žan Tabak from Croatia, Igor Jovovič from Montenegro.
A Serbian coach, born in Skopje, Oliver Vidin took the coaching reins on May 19, 2021.
The famous players include a Polish legend Łukasz Koszarek, the Polish national team captain Mateusz Ponitka and a Danish star Iffe Lundberg.
Zastal Zielona Gora was recently represented by the Latvian national team players Jānis Bērziņš and Rolands Freimanis.
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