Warta Zawiercie (football)

Warta Zawiercie is a Polish football club from Zawiercie.

Warta Zawiercie
Full nameKlub Piłkarski Warta Zawiercie
Founded1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Ground1000th Anniversary of the Polish State Stadium
Capacity9,000
ChairmanTomasz Nowak[1]
ManagerBartosz Zachara
LeagueRegional league Silesia IV
2023–24Regional league Silesia IV, 14th of 16
Websitehttps://www.wartazawiercie.pl

History

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Warta Zawiercie was founded in 1921. First team players played in the white-red kits and reserve players played in the blue-red kits. The players played, prepared pitch, equipment and organized matches. In 1930 and 1932, club played in the playoffs for the Polish First League, but lost both.[2] During World War II, the club did not exist and many of club's members was killed. Warta was reactivated in 1945 and started playing in Klasa B. In 1949, Warta was promoted to Klasa A. Between 1951 and 1955 the club played under the Stal Zawiercie name. In 1952, the club was first in their group, but lost in two-legged tie with Górnik Brzozowice-Kamień. In the 1962–63 season, Warta finished second in the third division and lost playoffs for first place. One season later, Warta was first in their group but lost promotion playoffs against Victoria Jaworzno, Dąb Katowice, Star Starachowice and Resovia Rzeszów. In 1966, a new stadium was built – the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish State Stadium. In 1979, there was a merger between Warta Zawiercie and Włókniarz Zawiercie and as a result, MRKS Warta Zawiercie was created. In 1998, Warta was promoted to fourth tier and one year later, to the third division. In 2001, Warta was relegated to fifth tier, and due to debts amounting to 500,000 zlotys, Warta was resolved.

In 2004, Warta Zawiercie was reactivated, before being desolved in 2006 again.[3]

In 2009, the club was reactivated again. The following year, Warta won promotion to Klasa A (7th level).[4]

Current squad

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As of 30 June 2010

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   POL Bartosz Kurdek
GK   POL Michał Nowak-Jaworski
GK   POL Tomasz Walczyk
DF   POL Piotr Bałdys
DF   POL Dawid Gajecki
DF   POL Krzysztof Jurak
DF   POL Paweł Konopka
DF   POL Włodzimierz Mukamiełow
DF   POL Łukasz Pasternak
DF   POL Adrian Szybis
DF   POL Alan Szybis
MF   POL Patryk Grim
MF   POL Artur Kondas
MF   POL Łukasz Kozłowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   POL Mateusz Kozłowski
MF   POL Mateusz Kucharski
MF   POL Robert Majchrzak
MF   POL Ariel Nędza
MF   POL Marek Surowiec
MF   POL Marcin Wałek
FW   POL Artur Cholewka
FW   POL Wojciech Czapla
FW   POL Mateusz Dobrowolski
FW   POL Michał Gryc
FW   POL Miłosz Grajdek
FW   POL Grzegorz Jarzyński
FW   POL Grzegorz Przybysz
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References

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  1. ^ "Klub Piłkarski Warta Zawiercie - Zarząd". Warta Zawiercie (football). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Historia klubu". viret.zawiercie.w.interia.pl. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  3. ^ "Klasa B 2006/2007, grupa: Sosnowiec II". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  4. ^ "Warta w A klasie". wartazawiercie.pl. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-20.