Zastal Zielona Góra, officially Orlen Zastal Zielona Góra for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team that is based in Zielona Góra, Poland. The team plays in the Polish League. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

History The club was founded in the year 1946 under the name KS Zieloni, and in the following years the club had several name changes. Some of the names the team had included Stal Zielona Góra, Wagmo Zielona Góra and Lechia Zielona Góra. In the early 1960s the team consistently played in the third tier of Poland as Lechia. In the 1966–67 season, the club promoted to the second tier I Liga for the first time. In 1968 the team adopted the still famous club name Zastal Zielona Góra.

In the 1983–84 season, Zastal promoted to the top tier Polish Basketball League for the first time in club history. The club stayed there for a long time, however they had to leave the league in the 1999–2000 season due to financial problems. These problems caused Zastal to fall back all the way to the III Liga. In June 2001, Sports Joint Stock Company Grono became the owner of the team and a season later the club returned to the second tier I Liga.

In the 2009–10 season, Zastal finished in second place in the I Liga and was promoted back to the PLK. The golden years for the club would begin here. In the 2011–12 season, the team finished in third place in the Polish League. Due to sponsorship reasons, in the summer of 2012, the club changed its name from Zastal Zielona Góra to Stelmet Zielona Góra. In the 2012-13 season, the club won the Polish League championship, and thus qualified to play in the 2013–14 EuroLeague season, the highest continental level. The following years the club would consistently compete for the Polish national title while also playing in Europe.

On 24 February 2022, Zielona Góra terminated their membership with VTB United League due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Sponsorship naming The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: Wagmo Zielona Góra (1946–1949) Stal Zielona Góra (1950–1954) Zastal Zielona Góra (1955–1956, 1969–1992, 1995–1998, 2005–2007, 2008–2012) Lechia Zielona Góra (1957–1968) Zastal-Fortum Zielona Góra (1992–1995) Zastal-Dallas Zielona Góra (1998–1999) Zastal-Karl Eppe Zielona Góra (1999–2000) Intermarche-Zastal Zielona Góra (2000–2005) Wiecko-Zastal Zielona Góra (2007–2008) Stelmet Zielona Góra (2012–2018) Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra (2018–2020) Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra (2020–2023) Enea Stelmet Zastal Zielona Góra (2023-present) Logos

Achievements Polish League Champions (5): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20 Runner-up (4): 2013–14, 2020–21, 2025–26 Bronze (1): 2011–12 Polish Cup Champions (3): 2015, 2017, 2021 Runners-up (1): 2026

Polish Supercup Champions (3): 2015, 2020, 2021

Other achievements Gliwice, Poland Invitational Game Winners (1): 2015

Season by season

Through 2013–14 season, Stelmet Zielona Góra had played 18 seasons in the top Polish League (official name: Polska Liga Koszykówki). Altogether, through the 2013–14 season, the club had won 278 league games, and lost 343 league games. SeasonTierLeaguePolish Cup European competitions1984–851 PLK 9th9–15 1985–861 PLK 7th14–15 1986–871 PLK 8th11–19 1987–881 PLK 5th14–15 1988–891 PLK 8th12–18 1989–901 PLK 5th17–16 1990–911 PLK 7th15–21 1991–921 PLK 8th14–24 1992–931 PLK 4th21–23 1993–941 PLK 8th15–24 1994–951 PLK 10th9–16 1995–961 PLK 11th7–20 1998–991 PLK 14th12–27 1999–001 PLK 16th6–31 2000–012 I Liga 15th 2001–023 II Liga 2nd 2002–032 I Liga 8th 2003–042 I Liga 11th 2004–052 I Liga 6th 2005–062 I Liga 8th 2006–072 I Liga 4th 2007–082 I Liga 5th 2008–092 I Liga 5th 2009–102 I Liga 2nd 2010–111 PLK 9th12–13 2011–121 PLK 3rd26–19 Runners-up 2012–131 PLK 1st30–14 Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup 2013–141 PLK 2nd34–13Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2014–151PLK 1st33–10 Champion 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2015–161 PLK 1st38–4 1st 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2016–171 PLK 1st33–13 Champion 3 Champions League 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2017–181 PLK4th28–15Runner-up 3 Champions League 2018–191 PLK4th27–11 Quarterfinalist VTB United League12th 2019–201 PLK 1st19–3 Semifinalist VTB United League–2020–211 PLK 2nd35–8Champion VTB United League2021–221 PLK5th23–12 Quarterfinalist VTB United League2022–231 PLK9th16–14 ENBL2023–241 PLK15th8–22 ENBL2024–251 PLK11th12–18 2025–261 PLK 2nd26–19

Players

Retired numbers Zielona Góra retired numbersNoPlayerPositionTenure 5 Mariusz Kaczmarek PG 1976–1980, 1985–1992 15 Walter Hodge PG 2010–2013 55 Łukasz Koszarek PG 2013–2021

Current roster

Notable players

Coaches Tomasz Herkt (2008–2011) Mihailo Uvalin (2011–2014) Sašo Filipovski (2014–2016) Artur Gronek (2016–2017) Andrej Urlep (2017–2018) Igor Jovović (2018–2019) Žan Tabak (2019–2021) Oliver Vidin (2021–2023) David Dedek (2023–2024) Vladimir Jovanović (2024–2025) Arkadiusz Miłoszewski (2025–)

References

External links

Stelmet Zielona Góra at Euroleague.net