Miejski Klub Sportowy Sokół Nisko, commonly referred to as Sokół Nisko (), is a Polish

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based in

Nisko Nisko is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland on the San River, with a population of 15,048 inhabitants as of 31 December 2021. Together with neighbouring city of Stalowa Wola, Nisko creates a small urban agglomeration, aggl ...

Podkarpackie Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshal, it is governed by the Subcarpathian Regional Assembly. The name deriv ...

. In the 2024–25 season, they compete in the IV liga Subcarpathia, after winning the Stalowa Wola group of the regional league the season prior. The club's name literally means ''

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'' in Polish, and it comes from the Polish Gymnastic Society ''Sokół''.

History

The club was founded in 1919, primarily participating in the

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's sub-district B-class. After

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, from 1944 the club operated under the name OMTUR Nisko, and later, in the early period of the

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, it operated under other names under the nomenclature of sports associations: Zenit Nisko, Związkowiec Nisko and Ogniwo Nisko. The greatest success of this team were appearances in

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 ...

, then the third tier. From the 2008–09 season, the team regularly plays between the 5th and 6th football's level. In the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, the club won the

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at the level of the

Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola () is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 58,545 inhabitants, as at 31 December 2021. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The city lies in historic Lesser Poland ...

sub-district, defeating Tłoki Gorzyce after penalties and Siarka Tarnobrzeg in extra time with a score of 5–4.

Honours

* Subcarpathian/

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...

** Winners: 1965, 1966, 1967, 1988 ** Finalists: 2008–09 * Subcarpathian

** Winners: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17 * VI Central Village Spartakiad in

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** Winners: 1966

Stadium

They play their home matches at the Nisko Stadium at the 20

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Street. The capacity of the stadium is 1,600 places (950 with seats).

Players

Notable players

* Tomasz Abramowicz,

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player with

Stal Mielec FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The club was established on 10 April 1939. Histori ...

in 1990s. *

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, player of the Poland national team in 1970s,

player with

in 1960s–1980s. * Dariusz Michalak,

player with Stal Stalowa Wola in 1990s. * Paweł Rybak,

player with Stal Stalowa Wola in 1990s.

Club statistics

Supporters

Sokół Nisko fans have a friendship with supporters of the local giant Stal Stalowa Wola. They also had their fan group that suspended its activities in 2019.

Reserve team

Sokół Nisko II served as the Sokół's reserve side. The greatest success of this team was promotion to the sixth-tier

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(regional league). In the years 2009–2013 Sokół II played in

klasa B Klasa B represents the eighth (or ninth in some regions) level of the Polish football hierarchy. Teams promoted from Klasa B move up to Klasa A, whilst relegated teams descend to the Klasa C Klasa C represents the ninth and lowest level of the P ...

, in the season 2012–13 they won the promotion back to

klasa A Klasa A represents the seventh level of the Polish football league system, Polish football hierarchy. Teams promoted from Klasa A move up to the liga okręgowa, whilst relegated teams descend to the Klasa B leagues. The exceptions are Klasa A i ...

. After taking a place in the relegation zone after the 2013–14 season, they did not continue to play in the following years.

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Sokół Nisko's 90minut.pl profile

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