Flota Świnoujście () is a Polish professional football club based in

Świnoujście Świnoujście (; german: Swinemünde ; nds, Swienemünn; all three meaning "Świna ivermouth"; csb, Swina) is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. Situated mainly on the islands o ...

West Pomeranian Voivodeship The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...

, that competes in group II of

III liga III liga (Trzecia liga) is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga referred to a league at the third tier (now called II liga) but this was ch ...

. Flota, as a club, runs three sports sections:

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and

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. The club also ran a reserve side, which competed in the lower divisions of Polish football, and three junior sides.

History

Flota's football section was founded on 17 April 1957 in Świnoujście as ''Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Flota'' (Military Sport Club Flota). In 1968, the club was reorganized and renamed to ''Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy Flota'' (Inter-works Sport Club Flota). It was then transformed into ''Miejski Klub Sportowy Flota'' (Municipal Sport Club Flota). Due to mounting financial problems, the club was officially dissolved on 13 May 2015. Following the club's dissolution, team officials promised the creation of a new team which would begin playing in the lowest level of Polish football, indicating that the earliest return to the first division would be possible in 2023. A new association called ''Morski Klub Sportowy Flota'' (Maritime Sport Club Flota) was founded on 19 June 2015.

League history

The club spent the majority of their history in the Polish Third Division. They played in the Polish Second Division for almost 7 years: from the club's promotion in 2007 until being withdrawn after 29 games near the end of the 2014/2015 season. In 2015, following the founding of the new association, the club joined the ''klasa A'', the 8th tier of Polish association football. The club finished first in the ''klasa A'' during the 2015/16 season and went on to win the ''klasa okręgowa'', the 7th tier, the following season. In 2017/18, the team was playing at the 6th tier - in the ''liga okręgowa''.

In the Polish Cup

The club's most notable result at the central level of the

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

was achieved during the 2012/13 season. In the fall of 2012, Flota eliminated Ruch Zdzieszowice (third division at the time) 5–0 in the first round. At the subsequent stage, the team won against top-tier

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2–1. The match against

Cracovia Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh cen ...

(second tier) in the eight-finals ended in a 2–2 draw and Flota proceeded to advance to the quarterfinals having won the penalty shootout. In the quarterfinals held in the spring of 2013, Flota was eliminated by

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish fo ...

. Flota also reached the eight-finals of the Polish Cup in 2003.

Honours

* Reached the ''quarterfinals'' of the

in the 2012/2013 season * Promotion to Polish First Division in 2007/2008

Former players

Had international caps for their respective countries. ;Poland * Marcin Adamski (1996) *

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(2008) *

Rafał Grzelak Rafał Grzelak (; born 24 June 1982) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for KP Starogard Gdański. Career Born in Łódź, Grzelak made his Ekstraklasa debut on 22 May 1999 for ŁKS Łódź against Wisła Kraków ...

(2013–2015) * Robert Kolendowicz (2013–2015) *

Paweł Skrzypek Paweł Skrzypek (born 23 August 1971) is a retired Poland, Polish football defender. References

1971 births Living people Polish men's footballers Raków Częstochowa players Legia Warsaw players Pogoń Szczecin players Amica Wronki playe ...

(2006–2007) * Michał Stasiak (2013–2015, 2018–) ;Palestine *

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(2009)

References

External links

Official club website
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