Kmita Zabierzów () is a
multi-sports club
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, best known for its
football
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section, based in
Zabierzów,
Lesser Poland
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,
Poland
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. The club belongs to the
LZS sports clubs' union. The club's colors are white and black.
Achievements
* 3 seasons at the
second tier:
2006–07 (''14th''),
2008–08 (''15th''),
2008–09 (18th'')
History
The club was founded in 1936 as an affiliate club of
Wisła Kraków
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.
After
World War II
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, its name was changed first to ''LZS Zabierzowianka'', and then to ''LKS Kmita''.
In 2007, the club signed a contract with Gellwe, the manufacturer of the
Tiger energy drink, playing as "Tiger Kmita" from March to October of that year.
In 2011, a new association, initially called ''Akademia Piłkarska 2011 Zabierzów'', was founded. In January 2014, its current name, ''Akademia Piłkarska Kmita Zabierzów'' was adopted, as the name ''Kmita'' is widely recognized in the football circles in Poland.
League history
In the 2000–01 season, the club finished 6th in the Kraków group of the
regional league, the fifth tier of Polish association football at the time, 16 points behind the leader,
Puszcza Niepołomice
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. However, from the following season, the club started to steadily progress up the league ladder. They won the fifth tier in 2002–03 with a ten-point advantage over the second team. The following season, Kmita won the fourth tier competition with a 20-point advantage, progressed through playoffs against
Okocimski Brzesko and was promoted to the
third division. In the third tier, Kmita finished 5th in 2004–05 before winning the league in 2005–06 and being promoted to the
II liga
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, the second tier.
In the 2006–07 edition of the II liga, Kmita only managed to finish 14th out of 18 clubs. This resulted in them having to participate in playoffs against
Pelikan Łowicz
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which Kmita lost. However, the club avoided relegation as
Pogoń Szczecin
Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league s ...
, who were due to participate in the second-tier competition, were denied a license to do so. Hence, despite losing the playoffs, Kmita remained in the second tier, finishing 15th the following season.
Kmita started the 2008–09 season in the I liga.
[ However, the club was forced to withdraw at the halfway stage of the season due to the fact that the main sponsor decided to cease financing Kmita and move to another club.
Following the withdrawal from the second tier, Kmita joined the ]III liga
III liga (Trzecia liga), currently named Betclic III liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, 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 ref ...
, the fourth division. After a mid-table finish in 2009–10, the club started to experience financial problems again, leading to some players from team's first squad leaving the club before the next season started. More followed during the winter break.V liga
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Currently, this league is present only in the Greater Poland (Wielkopols ...
.
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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Association football clubs established in 1936
1936 establishments in Poland
Kraków County