# 2017–18 PGE Skra Bełchatów season

PGE Skra Bełchatów 2017–2018 season is the 2017/2018 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club PGE Skra Bełchatów.
The club competes in:
* Polish SuperCup
* Polish Championship
* Polish Cup
* FIVB Club World Championship
* CEV Champions League
On May 5, 2018 PGE Skra Bełchatów beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in second match of finals and achieved 9th Polish title.

## Team roster

| Head coach: | Roberto Piazza |
| Assistant: | Michał Winiarski |
| Coach of physical preparation: | Wojciech Janas |
| Doctor: | Wojciech Łucarz |
| Physiotherapists: | Tomasz Kuciapiński, Tomasz Pieczko |
| Scoutman: | Robert Kaźmierczak |
| Managers: | Dominik Posmyk |
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
| 1 | Srećko Lisinac | (1992-05-17) May 17, 1992 (age 32) | middle blocker |
| 2 | Mariusz Wlazły (C) | (1983-08-04) August 4, 1983 (age 41) | opposite |
| 5 | Marcin Janusz | (1994-07-31) July 31, 1994 (age 30) | setter |
| 6 | Karol Kłos | (1989-08-08) August 8, 1989 (age 35) | middle blocker |
| 7 | Bartosz Bednorz | (1994-07-25) July 25, 1994 (age 30) | outside hitter |
| 8 | Milan Katić | (1993-10-22) October 22, 1993 (age 30) | outside hitter |
| 9 | Patryk Czarnowski | (1985-11-01) November 1, 1985 (age 38) | middle blocker |
| 11 | Milad Ebadipour | (1993-10-17) October 17, 1993 (age 30) | outside hitter |
| 13 | Szymon Romać | (1992-10-01) October 1, 1992 (age 32) | opposite |
| 14 | Aleksandar Nedeljković | (1997-10-27) October 27, 1997 (age 26) | middle blocker |
| 15 | Grzegorz Łomacz | (1987-10-01) October 1, 1987 (age 37) | setter |
| 16 | Kacper Piechocki | (1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 (age 28) | libero |
| 17 | Nikolay Penchev | (1992-05-22) May 22, 1992 (age 32) | outside hitter |
| 18 | Robert Milczarek | (1983-11-28) November 28, 1983 (age 40) | libero |
Players of PGE Skra Bełchatów on loan in season 2017/18:
| Name | Date of birth | Position | Loaned to |
| Chono Penchev | (1994-12-11)December 11, 1994 | setter | Azimut Modena |
| Rozalin Penchev | (1994-12-11)December 11, 1994 | outside hitter | Personal Bolívar |

## Squad changes for the 2017–2018 season

In:
| No. | Player | Position | From |
| | Roberto Piazza | head coach | Azmiut Modena |
| 8 | Milan Katić | outside hitter | Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz |
| 9 | Patryk Czarnowski | middle blocker | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| 11 | Milad Ebadipour | outside hitter | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran |
| 13 | Szymon Romać | opposite | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk |
| 14 | Aleksandar Nedeljković | middle blocker | OK Kosovska Mitrovica |
| 15 | Grzegorz Łomacz | setter | Cuprum Lubin |
Out:
| No. | Player | Position | To |
| | Philippe Blain | head coach | Japan men's national volleyball team |
| 4 | Mariusz Marcyniak | middle blocker | Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie |
| 5 | Bartosz Kurek | outside hitter | Ziraat Bankası Ankara |
| 8 | Jurij Gladyr | middle blocker | Fenerbahçe Istanbul |
| 10 | Nicolás Uriarte | setter | Sada Cruzeiro |
| 11 | Mihajlo Stanković | outside hitter | Maliye Milli Piyango SK |
| 12 | Artur Szalpuk | outside hitter | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk |
| 13 | Michał Winiarski | outside hitter | retirement |

## Most Valuable Players

| No. | Player | MVP |
| 1. | Mariusz Wlazły | 5 |
| 2. | Srećko Lisinac | 4 |
| 3. | Patryk Czarnowski | 3 |
| | Milad Ebadipour | 3 |
| 5. | Bartosz Bednorz | 1 |
| | Kacper Piechocki | 1 |
| | Karol Kłos | 1 |

## Results, schedules and standings
### 2017 Polish SuperCup

On September 23, 2017 PGE Skra beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and achieved their third Polish SuperCup in history. Bartosz Bednorz was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.

### 2017–18 CEV Champions League
#### Pool C
#### Playoff 12

The draws of the match pairs for the playoffs of 12 were held on March 2, 2018 in Luxembourg. PGE Skra was one of three Polish teams in this phase.