Mieszko Gniezno is a football club based in

Gniezno Gniezno (; german: Gnesen; la, Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, ...

(

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). They currently play in ''

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'', the fifth tier of Polish league football. The club's name commemorates Polish ruler

Mieszko I of Poland Mieszko I (; – 25 May 992) was the first ruler of Poland and the founder of the first independent Polish state, the Duchy of Poland. His reign stretched from 960 to his death and he was a member of the Piast dynasty, a son of Siemomysł and ...

, who ruled Poland in the 10th century, when Gniezno was capital of Poland.

History

In 1989, Mieszko's senior team achieved the greatest success in the club's history, reaching the quarter-finals of the

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at the central level. After eliminating teams such as

Gwardia Warszawa Gwardia Warszawa was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953–1960 (8 seasons), 1962–1966 (5 seasons), 1967–1968, 1969–1975, 1978–1979 and 1981–1983. The ...

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and

Szombierki Bytom Szombierki Bytom () is a Polish football club from Szombierki district of Bytom. Szombierki currently competes in IV liga Silesia. Their greatest achievement was winning the Polish championship during the 1979–80 season. Fans Due to the num ...

, Mieszko had to face

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

. There were no shocks however, in

despite the support of over 15,000 fans Mieszko lost 0–5, and in

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, they lost 1–5 (an honorary goal by Tomasz Kurowski).

Recent years

On 17 June 2018 after winning the playoff match against

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(both matches won 2–1 and 4–1 respectively), the team was promoted to the

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 ...

. From the 2018–19 season Mieszko played in the III liga group II. The club finished 5th consecutively between the 2018–19 and 2019–20 season. However despite the two previous good seasons, in the 2020–21 season Mieszko finished bottom meaning they were again relegated to the

. The following season the team failed to get promoted finishing 5th, thirteen points off of first.

Honours

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: 1989–90 * Winners IV liga Greater Poland North Group: 2017–18 * Winners Klasa Okręgowa Poznań (East) Group: 2016–17 * Winners IV liga Greater Poland North Group: 2002–03 * Winners Klasa Okręgowa Poznań Group: 2000–01

References

External links

Official club website
Association football clubs established in 1974 1974 establishments in Poland Gniezno Football clubs in Greater Poland Voivodeship {{Poland-footyclub-stub