# 2017–18 ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle season

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2017–2018 season is the 2017/2018 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.
The club competes in:
* Polish SuperCup
* Polish Championship
* Polish Cup
* FIVB Club World Championship
* CEV Champions League

## Team roster

| Head coach: | Andrea Gardini |
| Assistant: | Michał Chadała |
| Coach of physical preparation: | Piotr Pietrzak |
| Physiotherapists: | Remigiusz Koteluk, Paweł Brandt |
| Scoutman: | Iwo Wagner |
| Manager: | Tomasz Drzyzga |
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
| 1 | Paweł Zatorski | (1990-06-21) June 21, 1990 (age 34) | libero |
| 2 | Krzysztof Bieńkowski | (1995-06-19) June 19, 1995 (age 29) | setter |
| 3 | Rafał Szymura | (1995-08-29) August 29, 1995 (age 29) | outside hitter |
| 4 | Krzysztof Rejno | (1993-02-22) February 22, 1993 (age 31) | middle blocker |
| 5 | Marco Falaschi | (1987-09-18) September 18, 1987 (age 37) | setter |
| 7 | Rafał Buszek | (1987-04-28) April 28, 1987 (age 37) | outside hitter |
| 8 | Sławomir Jungiewicz | (1989-06-21) June 21, 1989 (age 35) | opposite |
| 9 | Łukasz Wiśniewski | (1989-02-03) February 3, 1989 (age 35) | middle blocker |
| 10 | Mateusz Bieniek | (1994-04-05) April 5, 1994 (age 30) | middle blocker |
| 11 | Bartosz Jastrowicz | (1996-08-08) August 8, 1996 (age 28) | outside hitter |
| 11 | Maurice Torres | (1991-07-06) July 6, 1991 (age 33) | opposite |
| 13 | Kamil Semeniuk | (1996-07-16) July 16, 1996 (age 28) | outside hitter |
| 15 | Sam Deroo | (1992-04-24) April 24, 1992 (age 32) | outside hitter |
| 16 | Benjamin Toniutti | (1989-10-30) October 30, 1989 (age 34) | setter |
| 17 | Aleksander Maziarz | (1995-04-22) April 22, 1995 (age 29) | middle blocker |
| 18 | Korneliusz Banach | (1994-01-25) January 25, 1994 (age 30) | libero |

## Squad changes for the 2017–2018 season

In:
| No. | Player | Position | From |
| 2 | Krzysztof Bieńkowski | setter | BBTS Bielsko-Biała |
| 3 | Rafał Szymura | outside hitter | AZS Częstochowa |
| 4 | Krzysztof Rejno | middle blocker | MKS Będzin |
| 5 | Marco Falaschi | setter | GKS Katowice |
| 8 | Sławomir Jungiewicz | opposite | TV Bühl |
| 11 | Maurice Torres | opposite | CMC Ravenna |
Out:
| No. | Player | Position | To |
| 2 | Kévin Tillie | outside hitter | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| 3 | Dominik Witczak | opposite | GKS Katowice |
| 6 | Dawid Konarski | opposite | Ziraat Bankası Ankara |
| 12 | Grzegorz Bociek | opposite | Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie |
| 14 | Grzegorz Pająk | setter | Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie |
| 19 | Patryk Czarnowski | middle blocker | PGE Skra Bełchatów |

## Most Valuable Players

| No. | Player | MVP |
| 1. | Sam Deroo | 5 |
| | Benjamin Toniutti | 5 |
| 3. | Maurice Torres | 4 |
| 4. | Paweł Zatorski | 2 |
| | Mateusz Bieniek | 2 |
| 6. | Rafał Szymura | 1 |
| | Kamil Semeniuk | 1 |
| | Łukasz Wiśniewski | 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 E
#### Playoff 12

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