Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Stal Stalowa Wola,
shortly ZKS Stal Stalowa Wola or simply Stal Stalowa Wola, is a Polish
multi-sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
based in
Stalowa Wola,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. It operates a men's soccer (training youths), men's basketball and women's basketball sections.
History
In 1938, , who was the director of
Huta Stalowa Wola
Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW SA) is a defense contractor that operates a steel mill in the city of Stalowa Wola, Poland. It is a major producer of military equipment and one of the largest heavy construction machinery producers in East-Central Europe. ...
, established the Klub Sportowy Stalowa Wola (''Sports Club Stalowa Wola''). At that time, the club had a pitch without running tracks and stands. The players were amateurs. During this period, training sessions took place after finishing work, and the matches were played on Sunday. The first match took place on May 4, 1939, in the
Saint Florian's Day who is the patron saint of steelworkers.
Olympian
Lucjan Trela
Lucjan Trela (25 June 1942 – 12 February 2019) was a Polish boxing, boxer associated with the Stal Stalowa Wola (sports club), Stal Stalowa Wola's boxing section. He competed in the Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight, men's ...
was part of the boxing section of the club.
Sections
Current
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Stal Stalowa Wola (basketball)
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* Stal Stalowa Wola (youth football)
Historical
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Stal Stalowa Wola (football) (disbanded, playing as a separate entity)
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Stal Stalowa Wola (ice hockey)
References
External links
ZKS Stal Stalowa Wola website
Multi-sport clubs in Poland
Sports clubs in Poland
Sports clubs established in 1938
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