Wilki Krosno (''Wolves Krosno'') is a Polish

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team based in

Krosno Krosno (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a historical town and Krosno County, county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inha ...

. The club operates under the name of ''Cellfast Wilki Krosno''. The team currently competes in the Ekstraliga (the highest division).

History of speedway in Krosno

Legia Krosno

During the

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a team called Legia Krosno took part in the

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using the relatively newly built MOSiR Krosno Stadium. They competed for five seasons in total, until the end of the 1961 season.

Karpaty Krosno

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, the name of the Krosno team became

Karpaty Krosno KKS Karpaty Krosno is a Polish sports club based in Krosno, Poland. The name "Karpaty" refers to the Carpathian mountains. The football side is currently playing in the IV liga Subcarpathia, the men's volleyball team plays in the II division, ...

(Carpathians) after the sports club in Krosno. The team competed in the second division and achieved a best place finish of third in 1963. However, in 1969, due to financial problems, the club's activities were suspended.

KKŻ Krosno

After nearly 20 years without speedway the city welcomed KKŻ Krosno for the

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. The team spent nine uninspiring years in the second division.

ŻKS Krosno

For the 1997 Polish speedway season the team were known as ŻKS Krosno (Żużlowy Klub Sportowy w Krośnie). When the Ekstraliga was introduced in

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, the club were in the 2. Liga. ŻKS ran for five seasons.

KSŻ Krosno

Yet another name was used for the seasons from 2002 to 2006. The team was called KSŻ Krosno (Krośnieńskie Stowarzyszenie Żużlowe) but the result was the same as the team struggled in the lower tiers of Polish speedway.

KSM Krosno

KSM Krosno (Krośnieńskie Stowarzyszenie Motorowe Krosno) was the next name change for the

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. KSM languished near the bottom of 2. Liga for multiple seasons before a regular season 2nd place finish in

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. The name disappeared at the end of the 2018 season, as the team finished last in 2.Liga.

Wilki Krosno

In 2018, during a press conference, the authorities of Krosno presented a new club that replaced KSM Krosno. The new club played matches for the first time in 2019. In 2020, Wolves Krosno won all their matches and advanced to the

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(Liga.1). Additionally lighting was built in the city's stadium. In 2021, the team lost the final to Ostrovia. In the following year, Wilki Krosno won the final against

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and were promoted for the first time in the history of Krosno to the highest division in Poland called the Ekstraliga. In 2022, the extension of the stadium also began. During the

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the team won the 1.Liga title.

Teams

2023 team

Jason Doyle Jason Kevin Doyle (born 6 October 1985) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He became World Champion in 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Solo Championship. He has also won the South Australian Championship in 2014, and the Elite Leagu ...

Andžejs Ļebedevs Andžejs Ļebedevs (born 4 November 1994) is a Latvian speedway rider. Career Ļebedevs finished in 16th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 26 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. He was selected as a reserv ...

Václav Milík Jr. Václav Milík Jr. (born 22 May 1993) is a speedway rider who ride for Czech Republic U-21 national team. He is a son of former Czechoslovakian and Czech speedway rider Václav Milík Sr. He is a seven times champion of the Czech Republic, aft ...

Marko Levishyn Marko Levishyn (born 31 August 2000) is an international Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider from the Ukraine. Speedway career Levishyn came to prominence when he reached the finals of the 2019 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship ...

* Mateusz Świdnicki *

Krzysztof Kasprzak Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World team titles. He is a s ...

* Krzysztof Sadurski *

Kacper Szopa Kacper is a predominantly Polish language, Polish masculine given name a variant of Caspar. Notable people called Kacper include: *Kacper Denhoff (1587–1645), Baltic-German noble of the Holy Roman Empire; a noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwe ...

* Szymon Bańdur * Denis Zieliński * Miłosz Grygolec * Patryk Nater

Previous teams

2022 team *

Tobiasz Musielak Tobiasz Musielak (born 18 August 1993 in Leszno, Poland) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who rode for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League and has also ridden for Swindon Robins and Sheffield Tigers. Career Musielak, the younger b ...

* Rafal Karczmarz * Mateusz Szczepaniak *

* Franciszek Karczewski * Krzysztof Sadurski *

Keynan Rew Keynan Rew (born 2003) is an international speedway rider from Australia. Speedway career In 2021, Rew helped Australia qualify for the final of the 2021 Speedway of Nations (the World team Championships of speedway). In 2022, he helped Wilki ...

References

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