Hutnik Kraków (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish football club based in
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 century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
,
Poland
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.
History
The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish
Ekstraklasa
Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams.
Contested by 18 ...
(Polish first division). The team's greatest success is a third place in the 1995/96 season, as a result of which they qualified for the
UEFA Cup
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. In that tournament, Hutnik eliminated Khazri Buzovna from
Azerbaijan
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(9:0 and 2:2),
SK Sigma Olomouc
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from
Czech Republic
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(0:1 and 3:1), but were themselves eliminated by
AS Monaco
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(0:1 and 1:3).
The team was dissolved due to its debts and refounded by its fans as Hutnik Nowa Huta in 2010. They were admitted to Polish Fifth Division.
The England national team trained at Hutnik's ground for the
Euro 2012
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tournament.
Among most famous players who began their careers at Hutnik youth academy are
Marcin Wasilewski
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Łukasz Sosin
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Naming history
*1952–56: ''Stal Nowa Huta''
*1956–84: ''Hutnik Nowa Huta''
*1984–2010: ''Hutnik Kraków''
*2010–17: ''Hutnik Nowa Huta'' Polish pronunciation:
*2017–: ''Hutnik Kraków'' – current name
Honours
*
Ekstraklasa
Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams.
Contested by 18 ...
** Third place: 1996
*
Polish Cup
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Traditionally, Hutnik is considered the third largest team in
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 century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
, behind fierce city rivals
Cracovia
Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków
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and
Wisła
Wisła (; german: Weichsel; cs, Visla) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in t ...
. The majority of their fanbase is from the district of
Nowa Huta
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and club has 3 fan-clubs:
Igołomia
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Zakopane
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and
Nowy Targ
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).
In recent years the team has spent much of its time in the lower divisions unlike their neighbouring rivals, and the city derbies have usually been played against the reserve teams. As a result, they have developed rivalries with other teams such as Unia Tarnów, and Resovia Rzeszów, as well as
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History
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, which started after one of the Magdeburg fans logged onto a Hutnik fan forum, and Stomil Olsztyn. There are also some friendly contacts with fans of
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Marcin Wasilewski
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