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Stal Mielec
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Full name FKS Stal Mielec
Nickname(s) Biało-niebiescy (White-blues)
Founded 10 April 1939; 85 years ago (1939-04-10)
Ground Grzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium
Ground Capacity 7,000
Chairman Jacek Klimek
Manager Janusz Niedźwiedź
League Ekstraklasa
2023–24 Ekstraklasa, 11th of 18
Third colours

FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstal ˈmjɛlɛt͡s]), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of the Polish football league system.

The club was established on 10 April 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great successes within Poland's top division, winning the title in 1973 and 1976, but had undergone significant management changes and financial difficulties within the past two decades, which forced the club from participation in the Poland's top league. After winning the third-tier II liga title in 2016, Stal Mielec was promoted to I liga. After finishing first in the I liga in 2020, Stal Mielec was promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time since the 1995–96 season.

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Old Ground: Grzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium
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Old Ground: Grzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium

History

Naming history

  • 1939 – Klub Sportowy PZL Mielec
  • 1946 – Robotniczy Klub Sportowy PZL Zryw Mielec
  • 1948 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Metalowców PZL Mielec
  • 1949 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
  • 1950 – Koło Sportowe Stal przy Wytwórni Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego Mielec
  • 1957 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
  • 1977 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy PZL Stal Mielec
  • 1995 – Autonomiczna Sekcja Piłki Nożnej FKS PZL Stal Mielec
  • 1997 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec
  • 1998 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Lobo Stal Mielec
  • 1999 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec
  • 2002 – Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
  • 2003 – FKS Stal Mielec
  • 2018 – PGE FKS Stal Mielec
  • 2024 – FKS Stal Mielec

1939–1945 - the beginning and interwar period

The football club was one of the first two (next to the volleyball club) at the PZL Mielec, established in 1939. The team was made up of players playing in other clubs in Mielec and employees of the PZL, an aerospace company. In the first match played, the team defeated the Gymnastic Society "Sokół" Mielec with 4–1 victory. Three more matches were played against Dzikovia Tarnobrzeg (2–1), Metal Tarnów (3–1) and a team made up of players from an ammunition factory in Nowa Dęba (6–1). The match against Okęcie Warszawa planned for September did not take place, because World War II started and any sports games were forbidden. However, the matches were played illegally in the meadows beyond the communal forest and in other towns (including Dębica, Kolbuszowa, Sandomierz). The only official match was played against a German military unit and ended with the score 1–2.

Honours

League

  • Ekstraklasa
    • Champions: 1972–73, 1975–76
    • Runners-up: 1974–75
  • I liga
    • Champions: 1960, 1984–85, 1987–88
  • II liga
    • Champions: 1955, 1968–69, 2015–16
  • III liga
    • Champions: 2012–13 (group Lublin–Subcarpathia)
  • V liga
    • Champions: 1998–99
  • Klasa A
    • Champions: 1950, 1954
  • Klasa B
    • Champions: 1949

Cup

  • Polish Cup
    • Runners-up: 1975–76

Europe

  • European Cup
    • First round: 1973–74, 1976–77
  • UEFA Cup
    • Quarter-finalists: 1975–76
    • First round: 1979–80, 1982–83

Youth teams

  • Polish U-19 Championship
    • Runners-up: 1964, 2007
  • Polish U-17 Championship
    • Champions: 2007
    • Runners-up: 1996, 2012

Stadium

Main article: Grzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium
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New Ground: Stadion Miejski w Mielcu

The construction of the club's current stadium, Municipal Stadium, was concluded in 1953. The stadium underwent a major renovation, completed in 2013. It maintains a seating capacity for 7,000 spectators. Before the 2013 renovation, it maintained seating capacity for 30,000 spectators, and hosted numerous European Champions Cup, UEFA Cup, and Poland national team matches, including FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship qualifiers.

Individual player awards

  • Ekstraklasa top goalscorer
    • 1973 - Grzegorz Lato - 13 goals
    • 1975 - Grzegorz Lato - 19 goals
    • 1995 - Bogusław Cygan - 16 goals
  • Piłka nożna magazine plebiscite
    • Player of the Year
      • 1976 - Henryk Kasperczak
      • 1977 - Grzegorz Lato
    • Newcomer of the Year
      • 1975 - Zbigniew Hnatio
      • 1978 - Włodzimierz Ciołek
  • Przegląd Sportowy Polish Athlete of the Year
    • 1974 - 4th place - Grzegorz Lato
    • 1977 - 5th place - Grzegorz Lato
  • Sport Player of the Year
    • 1974 - Grzegorz Lato
    • 1976 - Henryk Kasperczak
    • 1977 - Grzegorz Lato
  • Tempo Goalkeeper of the Year
    • 1979 - Zygmunt Kukla

Reserves

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League IV liga Subcarpathia
2023–24 Regional league Dębica, 1st of 16 (promoted)

The club operates a reserve team which currently plays in the Subcarpathia group of the IV liga, the fifth tier of the league pyramid. During the 2020–21 season, a third team participated in the regional league, as well as the Subcarpathian Rzeszów–Dębica Polish Cup edition.

Current squad

No. Position Player
3 Netherlands DF Bert Esselink
4 Poland DF Kamil Pajnowski
5 Romania DF Marco Ehmann
6 Malta MF Matthew Guillaumier
8 Japan MF Koki Hinokio
9 Israel FW Ravve Assayag
10 Poland MF Maciej Domański
11 Poland MF Krzysztof Wołkowicz
12 Poland GK Karol Dybowski
13 Poland GK Konrad Jałocha
15 Germany DF Marvin Senger
17 Belarus FW Ilya Shkurin
18 Poland MF Piotr Wlazło
No. Position Player
19 Poland MF Dawid Tkacz (on loan from Widzew Łódź)
20 Poland MF Karol Knap (on loan from Cracovia)
21 Poland DF Mateusz Matras
23 Poland DF Krystian Getinger (captain)
25 Poland FW Łukasz Wolsztyński
27 Latvia DF Alvis Jaunzems
32 Poland MF Fryderyk Gerbowski
33 Poland MF Adrian Bukowski
34 Poland MF Alex Cetnar
39 Poland GK Jakub Mądrzyk (on loan from Raków Częstochowa)
40 Greece DF Petros Bagalianis
44 Ukraine MF Serhiy Krykun (on loan from Piast Gliwice)
96 Poland MF Robert Dadok

Notable players

The players below played for their respective countries at any point during their career.

Notable Polish players
Notable foreign players

Managers

  • Poland Stanisław Maurer (1947–1948)
  • Poland Rudolf Pirych (1948–1952)
  • Poland Eustachy Poticha (1952–1953)
  • Poland Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1954–1956)
  • Poland Michał Matyas (1957–1958)
  • Poland Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1959–1960)
  • Poland Henryk Skromny (1961)
  • Poland Czesław Suszczyk (1962)
  • Poland Michał Matyas (1962–1963)
  • Poland Stanisław Malczyk (1963–1964)
  • Poland Otton Opiełka (1964)
  • Poland Władysław Lemiszko (1964–1965)
  • Poland Konrad Jędryka (1966–1967)
  • Poland Andrzej Gajewski (1968–1972)
  • Hungary Károly Kontha (1973)
  • Poland Aleksander Brożyniak (1973–1974)
  • Poland Zenon Książek (1974–1975)
  • Poland Edmund Zientara (1975–1977)
  • Poland Alfred Gazda (1977)
  • Poland Konstanty Pawlikaniec (1977–1978)
  • Poland Zenon Książek (1978–1980)
  • Poland Mieczysław Kruk (1980–1981)
  • Poland Józef Walczak (1981–1982)
  • Poland Witold Karaś (1982)
  • Poland Jacek Machciński and Marian Kosiński (1982–1983)
  • Poland Henryk Stroniarz (1983–1984)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (1984–1985)
  • Poland Ryszard Latawiec (1985–1986)
  • Poland Zenon Książek (1986–1987)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (1987–1990)
  • Poland Marian Kosiński (1990)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (1990–1991)
  • Poland Grzegorz Lato (1991–1993)
  • Poland Witold Karaś (1993)
  • Poland Franciszek Smuda (1993–1995)
  • Poland Jan Złomańczuk (1995)
  • Poland Grzegorz Lato (1996–1997)
  • Poland Jerzy Płaneta (1998)
  • Poland Marek Chamielec (1999)
  • Poland Jerzy Płaneta (1999–2000)
  • Poland Witold Karaś (2000)
  • Poland Roman Gruszecki (2000–2001)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2001)
  • Poland Marek Lorenc (2001)
  • Poland Krzysztof Łętocha (2001–2002)
  • Poland Jacek Klisiewicz (2002)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2003–2006)
  • Poland Tomasz Tułacz (2006)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2006–2007)
  • Poland Janusz Białek (2007)
  • Poland Zbigniew Hariasz (2007)
  • Poland Andrzej Jaskot (2008)
  • Poland Grzegorz Wcisło (2008–2009)
  • Poland Zbigniew Hariasz (2009)
  • Poland Janusz Białek (2009)
  • Poland Zbigniew Hariasz (2009–2010)
  • Poland Grzegorz Wcisło (2010)
  • Poland Mariusz Łuc (2010)
  • Poland Tomasz Tułacz (2011–2012)
  • Poland Roman Gruszecki (2012)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2012–2014)
  • Poland Rafał Wójcik (2014)
  • Poland Janusz Białek (2014)
  • Poland Rafał Wójcik (2014)
  • Poland Janusz Białek (2014–2016)
  • Poland Maciej Serafiński (2016)
  • Poland Zbigniew Smółka (2016–2018)
  • Poland Artur Skowronek (2018–2019)
  • Poland Dariusz Marzec (2019–2020)
  • Poland Dariusz Skrzypczak (2020)
  • Poland Leszek Ojrzyński (2020–2021)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2021)
  • Poland Adam Majewski (2021–2023)
  • Poland Kamil Kiereś (2023–2024)
  • Poland Janusz Niedźwiedź (2024–present)

See also

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