# 2014–15 PGE Skra Bełchatów season

PGE Skra Bełchatów 2014–2015 season is the 2014/2015 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club PGE Skra Bełchatów.
The club will compete in:
* Polish Championship
* Polish Cup
* CEV Champions League
* ENEA Polish SuperCup

## Team roster

| Head coach: | Miguel Angel Falasca |
| Assistant: | Fabio Storti |
| Coach of physical preparation: | Daniel Lecouna |
| Doctor: | Wojciech Łucarz |
| Physiotherapists: | Michał Woźniak, Tomasz Kuciapiński |
| Scoutman: | Francesco Oleni |
| Manager: | Sebastian Gaszek |
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
| 1 | Srećko Lisinac | (1992-05-17)May 17, 1992 | middle blocker |
| 2 | Mariusz Wlazły (C) | (1983-08-04)August 4, 1983 | opposite |
| 6 | Karol Kłos | (1989-08-08)August 8, 1989 | middle blocker |
| 7 | Facundo Conte | (1989-08-25)August 25, 1989 | outside hitter |
| 8 | Andrzej Wrona | (1988-12-27)December 27, 1988 | middle blocker |
| 9 | Maciej Muzaj | (1994-05-21)May 21, 1994 | opposite |
| 10 | Nicolás Uriarte | (1990-03-21)March 21, 1990 | setter |
| 11 | Piotr Badura | (1995-02-20)February 20, 1995 | middle blocker |
| 12 | Wojciech Włodarczyk | (1990-10-28)October 28, 1990 | outside hitter |
| 13 | Michał Winiarski | (1983-09-28)September 28, 1983 | outside hitter |
| 15 | Aleksa Brđović | (1993-07-29)July 29, 1993 | setter |
| 16 | Kacper Piechocki | (1995-02-17)February 17, 1995 | libero |
| 17 | Ferdinand Tille | (1988-12-08)December 8, 1988 | libero |
| 18 | Nicolas Marechal | (1987-03-04)March 4, 1987 | outside hitter |

## Squad changes for the 2014–2015 season

In:
| No. | Player | Position | From |
| 1 | Srećko Lisinac | middle blocker | Berlin Recycling Volleys |
| 11 | Piotr Badura | middle blocker | SMS PZPS Spała |
| 13 | Michał Winiarski | outside hitter | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
| 16 | Kacper Piechocki | libero | AZS Częstochowa |
| 17 | Ferdinand Tille | libero | Generali Unterhaching |
| 18 | Nicolas Marechal | outside hitter | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
Out:
| No. | Player | Position | To |
| 4 | Daniel Pliński | middle blocker | Cerrad Czarni Radom |
| 5 | Samuel Tuia | outside hitter | Galatasaray FXTCR |
| 11 | Stéphane Antiga | outside hitter | retirement; head coach of Poland |
| 16 | Jędrzej Maćkowiak | middle blocker | Effector Kielce |
| 18 | Paweł Zatorski | libero | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle |

## Most Valuable Players
### PlusLiga

| No. | Opponent | Date | Player |
| 1. | MKS Banimex Będzin | 04.10.2014 | Facundo Conte |
| 2. | MKS Cuprum Lubin | 10.10.2014 | Nicolás Uriarte |
| 3. | Jastrzębski Węgiel | 15.10.2014 | Nicolas Marechal |
| 4. | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 19.10.2014 | Mariusz Wlazły |
| 5. | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn | 22.10.2014 | Kacper Piechocki |
| 6. | AZS Politechnika Warszawska | 25.10.2014 | Nicolás Uriarte |
| 7. | Cerrad Czarni Radom | 29.10.2014 | Karol Kłos |
| 8. | Effector Kielce | 08.11.2014 | Srećko Lisinac |
| 9. | Transfer Bydgoszcz | 12.11.2014 | Srećko Lisinac |
| 10. | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk | 16.11.2014 | Mariusz Wlazły |
| 11. | AZS Częstochowa | 22.11.2014 | Maciej Muzaj |
| 12. | BBTS Bielsko-Biała | 26.11.2014 | Facundo Conte |
| 13. | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów | 30.11.2014 | Nicolas Uriarte |
| 14. | MKS Cuprum Lubin | 13.12.2014 | Facundo Conte |
| 15. | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn | 03.01.2015 | Kacper Piechocki |
| 16. | AZS Politechnika Warszawska | 11.01.2015 | Michał Winiarski |
| 17. | Cerrad Czarni Radom | 17.01.2015 | Mariusz Wlazły |
| 18. | Effector Kielce | 24.01.2015 | Nicolás Uriarte |
| 19. | Transfer Bydgoszcz | 31.01.2015 | Karol Kłos |
| 20. | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk | 04.02.2015 | Nicolás Uriarte |
| 21. | AZS Częstochowa | 07.02.2015 | Mariusz Wlazły |
| 22. | BBTS Bielsko-Biała | 14.02.2015 | Facundo Conte |
| 23. | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 25.02.2015 | Nicolás Uriarte |
| 24. | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 28.02.2015 | Mariusz Wlazły |
| 25. | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk | 14.03.2015 | Mariusz Wlazły |
| 26. | Jastrzębski Węgiel | 15.04.2015 | Aleksa Brđović |
| 27. | Jastrzębski Węgiel | 25.04.2015 | Facundo Conte |
| 28. | Jastrzębski Węgiel | 06.05.2015 | Nicolas Marechal |

#### General classification

| No. | Player | MVP |
| 1. | Nicolás Uriarte | 6 |
| | Mariusz Wlazły | 6 |
| 3. | Facundo Conte | 5 |
| 4. | Srećko Lisinac | 2 |
| | Kacper Piechocki | 2 |
| | Karol Kłos | 2 |
| | Nicolas Marechal | 2 |
| 8. | Maciej Muzaj | 1 |
| | Michał Winiarski | 1 |
| | Aleksa Brđović | 1 |

## Results, schedules and standings
### 2014 ENEA Polish SuperCup

On October 8, 2014 PGE Skra as the Polish Champion 2014 played with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (winner of Polish Cup2014) for the ENEA Polish SuperCup2014. PGE Skra won 3-1 at Arena Poznań in Poznań. Facundo Conte was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.

### 2014–15 CEV Champions League
#### Pool F

In season 2014/2015 PGE Skra has been playing in 2014–15 CEV Champions League. They won all matches in Pool F with Precura Antwerpen, Hypo Tirol Innsbruck, Jihostroj České Budějovice, with a perfect record, winning 18 and losing only 2 sets along the way.

#### Playoff 12

In playoff 12 beat Italian club Cucine Lube Treia twice - 3–0 in Macerata and 3–1 at Atlas Arena, Łódź.

#### Playoff 6

They went to playoff 6, where their opponents were Italian Sir Safety Perugia. PGE Skra lost their first match with Italian team (2-3) and gained 1 point. In revenge match, on March 11, 2015 at Atlas Arena, Łódź PGE Skra Bełchatów beat Sir Safety Perugia 3-1, gained 3 points and went to the Final Four, which will be held in Berlin. In second match the best scorers of Polish club were Facundo Conte (17 points), Mariusz Wlazły (14) and Michał Winiarski (10), who came back to playing after injury. PGE Skra will play with another Polish team - Asseco Resovia Rzeszów and for the first time in history two Polish teams will be playing at semifinal of CEV Champions League Final Four.

#### Final four

On March 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów beat PGE Skra Bełchatów in semifinal of 2014–15 CEV Champions League Final Four held at Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin. It was a historic match, where the semi-final played two Polish teams. Next day, PGE Skra lost with host team - Berlin Recycling Volleys and took 4th place in Final Four.