Polen - I Liga 05/13 16:00 32 Miedz Legnica v Podbeskidzie Bielsko Biala - View
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Polen - I Liga 05/25 17:00 34 Motor Lublin v Podbeskidzie Bielsko Biala - View

TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (Polish pronunciation: [pɔdbɛˈskʲidʑɛ ˈbʲɛlskɔ ˈbʲawa]) is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They currently compete in the I liga, the second tier of Polish football.

History

Podbeskidzie players celebrate winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 2011

The club was essentially founded on 11 July 1997, although it can trace its roots back to 1907. That year Bielitzer Fussball Klub (FK Bielitz) was established, in the town of Bielitz, Austria-Hungary, then dominated by ethnic Germans and so was the club. In 1911, the club was renamed to Bielitz-Bialaer Sport Verein (BBSV). Since 1920, the town, known henceforth as Bielsko, belonged to Poland, after the country regained independence. In 1936, the club changed its German name to Polish Bielsko-Bialskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Bielsko (BBTS Bielsko). In 1968, it was merged with KS Włókniarz (founded in 1911). The third ancestor, DKS Komorowice, was founded in 1995. Said clubs were merged altogether in 1997 to form TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. From 2011 to 2016 the club performed in the top Polish football league, the Ekstraklasa, promoted as the first club from the city, before being relegated to the I liga.

They competed in the Ekstraklasa again, following their 2019–20 promotion. After the season they were relegated back to the second-tier I liga.

Ground: Stadion Miejski
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała er et polsk fotballag basert i Bielsko-Biała. De konkurrerer for tiden i I liga, det andre nivået av polsk fotball.

Podbeskidzie ble grunnlagt i 1995 som en sammenslåing av to lokale klubber, BKS Bielsko-Biała og Włókniarz Bielsko-Biała. Klubben tilbrakte de første årene i de lavere divisjonene i det polske ligasystemet før de ble forfremmet til Ekstraklasa, det øverste nivået i polsk fotball, for første gang i 2009. Podbeskidzie tilbrakte tre sesonger i Ekstraklasa før de rykket ned i 2012. De har siden spilt i I liga.

Podbeskidzies hjemmebane er Stadion Miejski i Bielsko-Biała, som har en kapasitet på 15 292. Klubben har en sterk rivalisering med andre Schlesien-klubber som Górnik Zabrze og GKS Katowice.

Noen av de mest bemerkelsesverdige spillerne som har spilt for Podbeskidzie inkluderer Arkadiusz Głowacki, Dawid Jastrząb og Łukasz Piątkowski.