Hutnik Kraków (
Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish football club based in
Kraków
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History
The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish
top-flight. 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 (9–0 and 2–2), Czech side
Sigma Olomouc (0–1 and 3–1), but were themselves eliminated by
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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 grounds for the
Euro 2012 tournament.
Among most famous players who began their careers at Hutnik youth academy are
Marcin Wasilewski,
Zbigniew Płaszewski,
Jan Karaś,
Kazimierz Putek,
Marek Koźmiński,
Dariusz Romuzga,
Łukasz Sosin and
Michał Pazdan.
Naming history
*1952–56: ''Stal Nowa Huta''
*1956–84: ''Hutnik Nowa Huta''
*1984–2010: ''Hutnik Kraków''
*2010–17: ''Hutnik Nowa Huta''
Polish pronunciation:
*2017–''current'': ''Hutnik Kraków''
Honours
*
Ekstraklasa
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** Third place:
1995–96
*
Polish Cup
** Semi-final: 1989–90
*
Polish U-19 championship
** Champions: 1985, 1993, 1994
** Third place: 1972, 1988
*
Polish U-17 championship
** Champions: 1997
Fans
Traditionally, Hutnik is considered the third largest team in
Kraków
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, behind fierce city rivals
Cracovia and
Wisła. The majority of their fanbase is from the district of
Nowa Huta and club has 3 fan-clubs:
Igołomia&
Pobiednik,
Szczyrzyc,
Górale (which compromises of fans from
Zakopane
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and
Nowy Targ).
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
KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and
Stal Stalowa Wola with whom they contest the
Steelworks derbies.
The fans have friendly relations with fans of
1.FC Magdeburg, which started after one of the Magdeburg fans logged onto a Hutnik fan forum.
They also have good relations with fans of
Stomil Olsztyn and
Wisła Płock. There are also some friendly contacts with fans of
Dynamo Kyiv
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.
European record
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Notable players
''Had international caps for their respective countries at any time.''
*
Krzysztof Bukalski
*
Tomasz Hajto
*
Marek Koźmiński
*
Zakari Lambo
*
Michał Pazdan
*
Mirosław Waligóra
*
Marcin Wasilewski
*
Kazimierz Węgrzyn
*
Moussa Yahaya
References
External links
Official website
{{II liga teamlist
Football clubs in Kraków
Association football clubs established in 1950
1950 establishments in Poland
Fan-owned football clubs