KPS Chemik Police is the professional women's

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department of Polish sports club based in

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and plays in the Tauron Liga.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * KS Chemik Police (1989–1993) * ARS Komfort Police (1993–1994) * KS Chemik Police (1994–....) * PSPS Chemik Police (....–2013) * KPS Chemik Police (2013–2014) * Chemik Police (2014–present)

History

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created its women's

department in 1989. Two years later, in 1991, the club made its debut in the League 1, the highest division in Poland. It was relegated at the end of the 1991–92 season, but in the following season it won the Polish Cup and promotion to the Liga 1 before (due to sponsorship) changing its name to in July 1993. In its second spell at League 1, the club had immediate success, winning the Polish Championships and the Polish Cup for two consecutive seasons (1993–94 and 1994–95). In that same period the club finished third at the 1993–94 CEV Cup Winners Cup. In October 1994, the club was renamed KS Chemik Police after losing its main sponsor and with financial issues in the following seasons, the club was relegated in 1998. After years playing in the lower leagues under the name , a large industrial local chemical plant called Zakłady Chemiczne Police S.A. (a subsidiary of

Grupa Azoty Grupa Azoty S.A. (until 2013 ''Zakłady Azotowe in Tarnów-Mościce'') is a major Poland, Polish chemical industry company headquartered in the Mościce district of Tarnów, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southeastern Poland. The company wa ...

) which for long had a strategic partnership with the club, decided to invest in the club. In 2013 the club was promoted to the Orlen Liga and was renamed . Since then the club won four Polish Championships (2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17), three the Polish Cups (2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17), two Polish Super Cups (2014, 2015) and finished fourth in the

2014–15 CEV Women's Champions League The CEV Champions League is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2014–15 season and the 56th edition. It ran from November 2014 until April 2015. Eczacıbaşı VitrA won the title for the first time by defeating Yamamay Busto A ...

Honours

National competitions

Polish Championship: 11 :1993–94, 1994–95, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2023-24 * Polska Kokarda Narodowa typ IVa

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 10 :1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2022-2023 * Poland-orb

Polish Super Cup: 4 :2014, 2015, 2019, 2023

Team

''2017–2018 squad, as per March 2018.''

References

External links

Official website
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