Znicz Biała Piska is a Polish semi-professional

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Biała Piska Biała Piska (former ; ) is a town in Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,986 inhabitants as of December 2021. Geography Biała Piska is a recreation area in the Masurian Lake District, located in the eastern part of the ...

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, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

History

The club was founded on 18 July 1954 as Ludowy Klub Sportowy Znicz Biała Piska, a local LZS club in the local leagues. In 1974, they ceased activity for four years, before resuming activity in 1978 as Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy Znicz Biała Piska, becoming an unaffiliated

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. Despite some minor league successes, by 1996 the club dissolved its senior team, although continued to exist as a sports club focusing on youth development. Two mergers followed: with Orkan Drygały in 1999 creating Znicz/Orkan Biała Piska restoring the senior team; and with Płomień Ełk in 2000 creating Płomień/Znicz Biała Piska. Between 2000 and 2004, they played in the fourth division. After relegation in 2004 the club suffered financial and organisational problems, and changed its name to Miejski Ludowy Klub Sportowy Znicz Biała Piska. Their fortunes changed however, winning their division in 2011 and a further promotion in 2013 reaching their highest league hierarchy in their history. In 2018, they won their fifth division with a 30-point lead. Subsequently, in the next two seasons, 2018–19 and 2019–20, the reached the finals of the Warmian-Mazurian Polish Cup, but lost both finals.

Scouting network

Due to the club's remote location and the town's small population, the club has a wide catchment area in order to remain competitive, attract a good calibre of players and keep its youth teams in full squad. Players are recruited regularly from

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Ełk Ełk is a city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of Ełk County in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensiv ...

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Pisz Pisz (pronounced , previously also ''Jańsbork'', ) is a historic town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in northern Poland, with a population of 19,466 (2016). It is the seat of Pisz County. Pisz is situated at the junction of Lake Roś and t ...

Rivalries

Znicz has local derbies against

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and Mamry Giżycko.

Honours

IV liga Warmia-Masuria IV liga Warmia-Masuria group (grupa warmińsko-mazurska), also known as forBET IV liga Warmińsko-Mazurska for sponsorship reasons, is one of the groups of IV liga, the fifth level of Polish football league system. The league was created in the ...

**Champions: 2017–18, 2024–25 **Runners-up: 2012–13 * Regional league **Champions: 2010–11 *

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 ...

**Champions: 1984–85, 2007–08 *

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(Warmia-Masuria regionals) **Runners-up: 2018–19, 2019–20 **Semi-finals: 2012–13, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25 **Quarter-finals: 2001–02, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2022–23

Notable players

Notable professional players who played for the club include Oskar Fürst, Vasili Sumnakaev, Artsyom Huzik, Jacek Falkowski, and Vasily Zhurnevich.

References

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External links

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