Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Polar Wrocław, known simply as Polar Wrocław, is a Polish sports club based in the Zakrzów
district
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of
Wrocław
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, named after the local electronics company "Polar". The women's
field hockey
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team existed since 1967. The men's
football
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team is currently competing in the amateur divisions. After being in the centre of a huge
corruption scandal in 2004, the club was dissolved. On 11 March 2005, the club "MKS Polar Wrocław-Zawidawie" was founded which continued the club's traditions until its disestablishment in 2015. In 2024, Polar was re-activated under its historic name.
Current squad
''As of 8 April 2015''
Honours
*
Polish Cup
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quarter-finalists: 2002–03
*9th place in
II liga
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: 1999–2000, 2001–02
See also
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Football in Poland
Football is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally and 27% being very interested in it. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Pol ...
*
List of football teams
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References
External links
Official website(in
Polish
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)
Football clubs in Wrocław
Association football clubs established in 1945
1945 establishments in Poland
Field hockey clubs in Poland
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