Puszcza Niepołomice
MKS Puszcza Niepołomice () is a professional association football, football club located in Niepołomice, Poland. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The team's colors are yellow, white and green. In 2023, the club secured promotion to the Ekstraklasa for the first time in its history, remaining in the top flight until 2025. History Puszcza Niepołomice was originally called Sports Club Niepołomianka. The team was established on the initiative of mayor Andrzej Wimer and Stanisław Ziemba, Władysław Iwański, Stanisław Brudnik and Adolf Engel in 1923. The first president of KS Niepołomianka was Władysław Iwański. The then board also included the treasurer Stanisław Brudnik and the manager of the team - Stanisław Ziemba. On 11 June 2023, a year in which Puszcza celebrated their 100th anniversary, they won the 2022–23 I liga play-off final and achieved promotion to Ekstraklasa for the first time in the club's histo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Niepołomice Stadium
Niepołomice (pronounced ) is a town in southern Poland, seat of Gmina Niepołomice in the Wieliczka County in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is situated on the Vistula River, on the verge of the large virgin Niepołomice Forest. There is a 14th-century Niepołomice Castle, hunting castle in town initially built by Casimir III of Poland, Casimir III, as well as a conservation center for European bison () nearby. The town is also home to professional association football, football club Puszcza Niepołomice. 2018 Powiat wielicki, Niepołomice, Zamek Królewski 03.jpg, Hunting castle, exterior 2018 Powiat wielicki, Niepołomice, Ratusz 03.jpg, Town hall Niepołomice Kościół Dziesięciu Tysięcy Męczenników w Niepołomicach A 160 k.jpg, Church of 10,000 Martyrs External links Official websiteSummary (in English) of NiepołomiceJewish Community in Niepołomiceon Virtual Shtetl References Cities and towns in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Populated places on the Vist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium
The Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium () is a Association football, football stadium located in Kraków, Poland. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Cracovia, Cracovia. Originally, the first Cracovia stadium was built in 1912. It was demolished in mid-2009. From then until late 2010, an entirely new construction was raised in roughly the same location where the old stadium stood. After reconstruction the stadium holds 15,114 people. The stadium meets the criteria for UEFA stadium categories, UEFA Category 3 The stadium's design and construction has been frequently awarded in many architectural contests. In 2010, it was honored with the Janusz Bogdanowskie award, given by the Archi-Szopa Association for the best architectural construction in Kraków City. The stadium is located south of Błonia Park (in the Zwierzyniec district of Cracovia), near the stadium of Cracovia's archrival Wisła Kraków. The stadium is named after Polish Chief of State ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Artur Crăciun
Artur Crăciun (born 29 June 1998) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish I liga club ŁKS Łódź and the Moldova national team. Club career Crăciun made his professional debut for Zimbru in the Divizia Națională on 20 May 2016 against Academia Chișinău, coming on as a 92nd-minute substitute. On 23 July 2019 he signed a contract with Romanian Liga II side Universitatea Cluj. On 10 March 2021, he was loaned out to Sfântul Gheorghe from Budapest Honvéd. In June 2022, he moved to Hapoel Kfar Saba. On 10 July 2023, Crăciun signed a one-year contract, with an option to extend, with Polish Ekstraklasa newcomers Puszcza Niepołomice. On 23 July, he made his debut in Puszcza's first-ever top-tier outing, a 3–2 away loss to Widzew Łódź. He regularly appeared in the line-ups thereafter, contributing to Puszcza's bid for top-flight survival by scoring game-winning goals in home games against Widzew on 11 December, and Lech Pozna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michal Sipľak
Michal Sipľak (born 2 February 1996) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Slovak club Tatran Prešov. Club career Slovan Bratislava Sipľak made his Corgoň Liga debut for Slovan Bratislava on 31 May 2014, entering in as a substitute in place of Róbert Matejka against Spartak Trnava. Cracovia On 7 July 2017, he signed a contract with Cracovia. Górnik Zabrze On 30 June 2023, Sipľak joined Górnik Zabrze on a two-year deal. After spending most of the 2023–24 season as a back-up to first-choice left-back Erik Janža, Sipľak left the club by mutual consent on 18 June 2024. Puszcza Niepołomice Sipľak remained in the Polish top-flight after signing a two-year deal, with a one-year option, with Puszcza Niepołomice on 21 June 2024. International career Sipľak spent some of his under-21 international career under Pavel Hapal. The same coach surprisingly nominated him to senior national team on 12 March 2019, for a double UEFA Euro 2020 q ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mateusz Radecki
Mateusz Radecki (born 2 April 1993) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for I liga club Puszcza Niepołomice. Senior career Radecki's youth career started at Młodzik 18 Radom, before moving to Widzew Łódź in 2008. For the 2011–12 season, Radecki was loaned to the Radomiak Radom youth team. In 2012, after a successful loan spell, the move was made permanent and Radecki signed his first professional contract. Radecki's career started well with Radomiak, making a claim for a starting position. The 2014–15 season was fraught with injury, and he only managed three appearances in the cup. Despite being out for a full season, Radecki signed a new contract with Radomiak. In 2016, Radecki signed a two-year contract with Wigry Suwałki, this move saw Radecki playing in I liga for the first time in his career, having previously only played in the third tier with Radomiak. After his contract ran out with Wigry, Radecki joined Śląsk Wrocław signing a two- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jakub Serafin
Jakub Serafin (born 25 May 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains I liga club Puszcza Niepołomice. Club career On 26 January 2016 he was loaned to Bytovia Bytów on a one-and-half-year deal. On 1 August 2017 he was loaned to Haugesund. He returned to Lech Poznań after six months. On 14 August 2020 he moved to Puszcza Niepołomice after playing for the club on loan in the 2019–20 season and signed a two-year contract. Career statistics Honours Lech Poznań * Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...: 2014–15 References External links * 1996 births Footballers from Olsztyn Living people Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Men's association football mid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mateusz Cholewiak
Mateusz Cholewiak (born 5 February 1990) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or a left back for I liga club Puszcza Niepołomice. Club career Cholewiak's first youth team was in Jasło, close to his birthplace of Krosno. In 2007 Cholewiak moved to UKS SMS Łódź, a team known for its focus and development on youth players. After 4 seasons with SMS Łódź, Cholewiak moved to Puszcza Niepołomice While with Puszcza, the team finished 2nd in the II liga East and achieved a historic promotion, with promotion to the I liga for the first time in their history. After being unable to help Puszcza avoid relegation in 2013-14, he joined Stal Mielec at the end of the season. Cholewiak spent seasons with Stal, during that time he amassed nearly 100 league appearances with the club, while also scoring 20 goals. In January 2018 Cholewiak moved to Śląsk Wrocław to play in the Ekstraklasa for the first time. Honours Stal Mielec * II liga: 2015–16 Śląsk W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Artur Siemaszko
Artur Siemaszko (born 6 January 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a forward for I liga club Puszcza Niepołomice. Career On 17 June 2019, Siemaszko returned to Stomil Olsztyn on a permanent transfer. On 31 July 2020, he signed a three-year contract with Arka Gdynia. On 30 June 2022, he was sent out on a one-year loan to Puszcza Niepołomice. On 8 July 2023, after earning promotion to Ekstraklasa with Puszcza, Siemaszko joined the team on a permanent basis until June 2025. Honours Zagłębie Lubin II * IV liga Lower Silesia West: 2016–17 * Polish Cup (Lower Silesia regionals): 2016–17 * Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ... (Legnica regionals): 2016–17 References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Siemaszko, Artur 1997 b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Piotr Mroziński
Piotr Mroziński (born 24 August 1992) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for I liga club Puszcza Niepołomice. Honours Stal Stalowa Wola * Polish Cup (Subcarpathia regionals): 2020–21 * Polish Cup (Stalowa Wola regionals): 2020–21 Individual * I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ... Player of the Month: October 2022 References External links * * 1992 births Living people Footballers from Przemyśl Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Widzew Łódź players Sandecja Nowy Sącz players Wisła Płock players Stal Mielec players MKP Pogoń Siedlce players Stal Stalowa Wola ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KS Cracovia
Cracovia () is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Kraków. The club is five-time Polish champion, besides being the inaugural Polish champion, winner of the Polish Cup and the Polish Super Cup in 2020. Founded in 1906, Cracovia is the oldest Polish club still in existence. They play in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the Polish football league system, national football league system. History Beginning The early years of football in the city of Kraków are associated with professor Henryk Jordan. He was a Polish physician who had spent some time in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Britain and after coming back to his native city introduced football to its youth. Jordan was a huge supporter of all sports and gymnastics. On 12 March 1889, he founded The Park of Games and Plays in Kraków, which was commonly called Jordan's Park. Places like this later spread all across Austrian Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, and apart from gymna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jani Atanasov
Jani Atanasov (; born 31 October 1999) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for I liga club Puszcza Niepołomice, on loan from Cracovia, and the North Macedonia national team. Club career On 5 June 2018, Atanasov joined Bursaspor after a successful debut season with Akademija Pandev in the Macedonian First Football League. He made his professional debut with Bursaspor in a 2–1 Süper Lig loss to Fenerbahçe on 11 August 2018. On 8 September 2020, Atanasov was announced as a new Hajduk Split player, signing a three-year contract. He arrived as a free transfer, having terminated his contract with Bursaspor, and was given the number 20 shirt. On 23 January 2023, he was transferred to Polish club Cracovia for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. On 19 February 2025, Atanasov moved on loan to fellow top-flight club Puszcza Niepołomice until the end of the season. International career Atanasov holds dual Macedonian and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |