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Sandecja Nowy Sącz is a Polish
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club from
Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz (; ; ; ; ) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. With a population of 83,116 as of 2021, it is the largest city in the Beskid S ...
,
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, that was formed in 1910. In the 2025–26 season, they will compete in II liga, the third tier of Polish football, after winning group IV of the
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. In the 2016–17 season, Sandecja won
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 ...
, which promoted the club to the Polish
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, Poland's highest professional football league, for the first time in the club's history.


Stadium

Up to 1979, Sandecja's stadium was named the '' PRL 25th Anniversary Stadium'' at the initiative of the then Communist leaders of the city. In 1998, nine years after the
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, it was then renamed in honor of Father Władysław Augustynek, a popular local Catholic priest, who was a passionate fan of the club. The stadium was closed in 2021; the following year, work began on constructing a new venue, called the Sandecja Stadium, on the same site as its predecessor.


History

Sandecja was founded in 1910, upon the initiative of Adam Bieda, who was the chairman of the Nowy Sącz branch of the Sokol Sports Association. The name of the club comes after Latin name of the city of Nowy Sącz (Nova Civitas Sandecz), and from the very beginning, Sandecja was supported by the local Zakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego (Rail Rolling Stock Repair Workshops). For most of its history, Sandecja was closely associated with Polish Railroads, and its official name was Rail Sports Club Sandecja (since 1999: Municipal Sports Club Sandecja). Throughout the years, Sandecja had several departments, including men's and women's volleyball (1950 - 2009), handball (1950 – 1955), basketball (1950 – 1961), track and field (1945 – 1970), skiing (1945 – 1956), ice-hockey (1951 – 1964), boxing (1948 – 1960), table tennis (1945 – 1955).


Timeline

* 1910 – Adam Bieda of the local Sokol Movement found the club, * 1912 – the statutes of Sandecja are approved: "The purpose of the Club is to promote physical development of the youth" * 1914–1918 –
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. Most players serve in the
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, * August 1921 – Sandecja returns, * 1924 – the club has 230 members in several departments, * 1928–1932 – the club suspends its activities, due to the loss of its own field, * 1933 – new field and new gym are opened, and with new manager, Franciszek Krupski of Polish Railways, Sandecja returns as Rail Club of Military Training Sandecja, * 1934–1939 – the football team plays in the second and third levels of Polish football system (Class A, against KS Moscice, KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, WKS
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, Azotania Jaworzno, Riflemen Association Chełmek, and a number of teams from
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, * 1939–1945 – during
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, the athletes of Sandecja are involved in conspirational activities of the
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(AK) and other organizations. Football player Julian Zubek commanded the largest AK unit in the area. Klemens Gucwa, Leopold Kwiatkowski, Jan Freisler and Roman Stramka serve as couriers, * February 1945 – Sandecja returns. First postwar game took place on 15 April 1945: KS OMTUR Sandecja beats RKS Świt 2–1, * 30 May 1946 – Sandecja loses 0–17 to Cracovia, * 1966 – Sandecja wins promotion to the third league , * 1967 – women's volleyball team becomes the regional champion , * 1 May 1970 – at the newly opened stadium, located at Kilińsk Street, an international U-19 friendly between
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and
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is played. Poland loses 2–3, and among Polish players were Kazimierz Kmiecik, Mirosław Bulzacki, Zbigniew Plaszewski, Jerzy Kraska. The game was attended by 10 000 people, * July 1978 – Sandecja's U-19 team becomes the fourth team in Poland, * June 1986 – Sandecja wins promotion to the second division. In its first home game (August 1986), Sandecja beats Broń Radom 3–1, but after one year, the team is relegated back to the third division (only 10 points in 30 games, with a goal difference of 19–52), * June 1992 – Sandecja again wins promotion to the second tier, to be again relegated after one year (19 points in 34 games, a goal difference of 27–54). * 1998 – Sandecja's U-17 team finishes fourth in the Polish Championship, * 27 June 1999 – Sandecja is renamed into Municipal Sports Club (MKS), * June 2009 – Sandecja, managed by Jarosław Araszkiewicz, once again is promoted to the second division. * May 2017 – Sandecja, managed by Radosław Mroczkowski, is promoted to the
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(top tier of Polish professional league) for the first time in its history.


Honours

*
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 ...
: **Champions: 2016–17


Players


Current squad


Out on loan


Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players marked in bold have had caps while playing for Sandecja. * David Manoyan (2018) * Charlie Trafford (2017) * Robert Kirss (2023) * Karl-Romet Nõmm (2023) * Giorgi Merebashvili (2022) * Tomasz Brzyski (2017–2018) * Mateusz Cetnarski (2017–2018) * Michał Gliwa (2016–2018) * Dawid Janczyk (2004–2005, 2016) * Maciej Małkowski (2015–2022) * Martin Polaček (2024–) * Rudolf Urban (2010, 2014–2015) * Pavlo Ksyonz (2018) In addition, Marek and Piotr Świerczewski, who played for Sandecja in their youth career but not their senior career, had international caps for Poland (the latter won 70 of them).


References


External links

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