Unia Oświęcim

	'TH Unia Oświęcim'
City:	Oświęcim, Poland
League:	Polska Hokej Liga
Founded:	1946 (club); ; 1958 (ice hockey section)
Home Arena:	Hala Lodowa MOSiR
General Manager:	Ryszard Skórka
Head Coach:	Josef Doboš
Franchise history
1958-1999:	KS Unia Oświęcim
1999–2006:	Dwory Unia Oświęcim
2006-2009:	TH Unia Oświęcim
2009-2014:	Aksam Unia Oświęcim
2014-present:	TH Unia Oświęcim

Towarzystwo Hokejowe Unia Oświęcim is a Polish ice hockey club based in Oświęcim, Poland. They currently play in the Polska Hokej Liga, the top-level ice hockey league in Poland. The team's colors are blue and white.^[1]

The club was created in 1946, with the hockey section being created in 1958. From 1958 to 1999 it was called KS Unia Oświęcim, and from 1999 to 2006, Dwory Unia Oświęcim. Their home ice is the Hala Lodowa MOSiR which can holds 3,500 people.

In June 2020, Jewish Israeli-Canadian and Team Israel captain Eliezer Sherbatov signed a one-year contract with the team, which plays just a short walk from the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where one million Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.^[2] Sherbatov said, "I have a great deal of motivation because it is Auschwitz. I want to win the championship, the Polish Cup and the continental title, and then everyone will know the one who did this is a Jewish-Israeli."^[2] His father told him: "to work hard, to show his lion’s heart, and to be proud of Israel and show people we are still alive."^[3]

Players[]

Eliezer Sherbatov

Sebastian Lipinski

Clarke Saunders

Peter Bezuska

Patrik Luza

Patryk Noworyta

Klemen Pretnar

Jakub Saur

Jakub Wanacki

Miroslav Zatko

Luka Kalan

Gregor Klobar

Sebastian Kowalowka

Lukasz Krzemien

Patryk Malicki

Damian Piotrowicz

Anatoli Protasenya

Martin Przygodzki

Andrej Themar

Alexei Trandin

Dariusz Wanat

Achievements[]

Polish Championship:
- Winners (9) : 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2024
- 2nd Place (8) : 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2020, 2022
- 3rd Place (3) : 2011, 2012, 2023
Polish Cup (Ice Hockey):
- Winners (2) : 2000, 2003

Season-by-season[]

Season	League	Playoff Rank
1990/1991	I liga	2
1991/1992	I liga	Playoff Champions
1992/1993	I liga	2
1993/1994	I liga	2
1994/1995	I liga	2
1995/1996	I liga	2
1996/1997	I liga	2
1997/1998	I liga	Playoff Champions
1998/1999	I liga	Playoff Champions
1999/2000	PLH	Playoff Champions
2000/2001	PLH	Playoff Champions
2001/2002	PLH	Playoff Champions
2002/2003	PLH	Playoff Champions
2003/2004	PLH	Playoff Champions
2004/2005	PLH	2
2005/2006	PLH	4
2006/2007	PLH	7
2007/2008	PLH	10 (relegation)
2008/2009	I liga	1 (promotion)
2009/2010	PLH	6
2010/2011	PLH	3
2011/2012	PLH	3
2012/2013	PLH	6
2013/2014	PHL	4
2014/2015	PHL	6

References[]

↑ "Re-Plast Unia"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Cramer, Philissa (10 August 2020). Israeli ice hockey star signs to play in Oswiecim, otherwise known as Auschwitz.
↑ Marty Klinkenberg (August 21, 2020). Israeli-Canadian Eliezer Sherbatov on his Jewish heritage and playing hockey in Poland. The Globe and Mail.

External links[]

Official website (in Polish)

[1] "Re-Plast Unia"

[auto6-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Cramer, Philissa (10 August 2020). Israeli ice hockey star signs to play in Oswiecim, otherwise known as Auschwitz.

[auto9-3] Marty Klinkenberg (August 21, 2020). Israeli-Canadian Eliezer Sherbatov on his Jewish heritage and playing hockey in Poland. The Globe and Mail.

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Franchise history
'TH Unia Oświęcim'

City:	Oświęcim, Poland
League:	Polska Hokej Liga
Founded:	1946 (club); 1958 (ice hockey section)
Home Arena:	Hala Lodowa MOSiR
General Manager:	Ryszard Skórka
Head Coach:	Josef Doboš
1958-1999:	KS Unia Oświęcim
1999–2006:	Dwory Unia Oświęcim
2006-2009:	TH Unia Oświęcim
2009-2014:	Aksam Unia Oświęcim
2014-present:	TH Unia Oświęcim