Elana Toruń
{{Short description|Polish football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2011}}
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| clubname = Elana Toruń
| image = 150px|
| fullname = ZKS Elana 1968 sp. z o.o.
| nickname = Elanowcy
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1968|08|28}}
| ground = Grzegorz Duniecki Municipal Stadium
| capacity = 4,300[http://stadiony.net/stadiony/pol/stadion_miejski_w_toruniu Torun City Stadium] (stadiony.net)
| chairman = Krystian Jukiel
| manager = Rafał Więckowski
| league = III liga, group II
| season = 2023–24
| position = III liga, group II, 2nd of 18
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| website = http://www.elanatorun.com |
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Elana Toruń is a Polish football club based in Toruń. It competes in group II of the III liga, fourth tier of the Polish football league system.
History
File:Main stand Torun city Stadium.JPG in Toruń]]
The team was at the second level of the Polish pyramid in the 1990s, but were relegated at the conclusion of the 1998–99 season.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pol98.html 1998/99 Polish football league results and tables at RSSSSF] In the following season, the club changed their name to TKP Toruń, but they were relegated again to the fourth level.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pol00.html|title=Poland 1999/2000|website=RSSSF|access-date=28 January 2019}} The club were often referred to as Toruński KP, but by the 2007–08 season, they had returned to their original name of Elana Toruń and were back playing on the Polish third level.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pol08.html|title=Poland 2007/08|website=RSSSF|access-date=28 January 2019}} During the 2021–22 season, the club declared bankruptcy and withdrew from the III liga.{{cite web |title=Elana Toruń ogłosiła upadłość. Oficjalne oświadczenie klubu |url=https://sport.wprost.pl/pilka-nozna/10580986/elana-torun-oglosila-upadlosc-oficjalne-oswiadczenie-klubu.html |website=WPROST.pl |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=pl |date=23 December 2021}} The reserve team continued playing in the Liga okręgowa, securing promotion to the IV liga, and became the new first team since the 2022–23 season, under the name Fundacja Akademia Futbolu Elana Toruń. In mid-2023, after earning promotion back to the III liga, the club had to change its legal entity and name to ZKS Elana 1968 sp. z o.o., a limited liability company, as foundations are not allowed to compete in the Polish fourth division.{{cite web |author1=Dariusz Knopik |title=Daniel Traczykowski, właściciel ZKS Elana 1968 Toruń: - Nie będzie rewolucji w III lidze |url=https://pomorska.pl/daniel-traczykowski-wlasciciel-zks-elana-1968-torun-nie-bedzie-rewolucji-w-iii-lidze/ar/c2-17683969 |website=pomorska.pl |access-date=10 June 2024 |language=pl |date=3 July 2023}}
Supporters
Elana fans are commonly known as Elanowcy and include an ultras group of around 100-1000 (depending on match) fanatical supporters. Apart from Toruń, there are fan-clubs in Gniewkowo, Golub-Dobrzyń, Ostaszewo, Aleksandrów Kujawski, Ciechocinek, Kowalewo Pomorskie, Obrowo, Lubicz and Wąbrzeźno.{{cite web|url=http://www.elanowcy.pl/info.html|title=Elana Toruń|website=www.elanowcy.pl|access-date=28 January 2019}}
They have a long-standing friendship with fans of Ruch Chorzów and KS Myszków (who are also Ruch fans), friendly relations with Widzew Łódź fans from Grudziądz,{{cite web|url=http://www.elanowcy.pl/index.php|title=Strona fanatyków Elany Toruń|website=www.elanowcy.pl|access-date=28 January 2019}} and more recently Wisła Kraków and KKS Kalisz fans.
As the city of Toruń has a rivalry with Bydgoszcz that extends even beyond sport,{{cite web|url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/twojemiasto/1571489,1,bydgoszcz-i-torun--wieczna-rywalizacja.read|title=Bydgoszcz i Toruń – skąd ta wieczna rywalizacja?|first=Juliusz|last=Ćwieluch|date=29 March 2018|website=www.polityka.pl|access-date=28 January 2019}} Elana competes the Cuiavian derby{{Cite web |url=http://ocb03.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205:elana-toru-zawisza-bydgoszcz&catid=48:przyjaciele&Itemid=98 |title=Cuiavian derby |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071441/http://ocb03.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205:elana-toru-zawisza-bydgoszcz&catid=48:przyjaciele&Itemid=98 |url-status=dead }} with Zawisza and Polonia. They also compete with fans of speedway club Apator Toruń.
File:Elana Torun v. Chrobry Glogow 2011-09-17 (5).jpg (2011-09-17)]]
References
File:Kelechi Iheanacho 2011.jpg with Elana Toruń in 2011]]
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External links
- {{in lang|pl}} {{Official website|http://www.elanatorun.com/}}
- {{in lang|pl}} [https://www.facebook.com/ElanaTorun Elana Toruń at facebook.com]
- {{in lang|pl}} [http://www.90minut.pl/skarb.php?id_klub=67 Elana Toruń] (90minut.pl)
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Category:Football clubs in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Category:Association football clubs established in 1968