This page is about the Polish football club. For the handball team, see SPR Stal Mielec.
Quick facts for kids
Stal Mielec
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| Full name |
FKS Stal Mielec |
| Nickname(s) |
Biało-niebiescy (White-blues) |
| Founded |
10 April 1939; 85 years ago (1939-04-10) |
| Ground |
Grzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium |
| Ground Capacity |
7,000 |
| Chairman |
Jacek Klimek |
| Manager |
Janusz Niedźwiedź |
| League |
Ekstraklasa |
| 2023–24 |
Ekstraklasa, 11th of 18 |
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FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstal ˈmjɛlɛt͡s]), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of the Polish football league system.
The club was established on 10 April 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great successes within Poland's top division, winning the title in 1973 and 1976, but had undergone significant management changes and financial difficulties within the past two decades, which forced the club from participation in the Poland's top league. After winning the third-tier II liga title in 2016, Stal Mielec was promoted to I liga. After finishing first in the I liga in 2020, Stal Mielec was promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time since the 1995–96 season.
Old Ground: Grzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium
Old Ground: Grzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium
History
Naming history
- 1939 – Klub Sportowy PZL Mielec
- 1946 – Robotniczy Klub Sportowy PZL Zryw Mielec
- 1948 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Metalowców PZL Mielec
- 1949 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
- 1950 – Koło Sportowe Stal przy Wytwórni Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego Mielec
- 1957 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
- 1977 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy PZL Stal Mielec
- 1995 – Autonomiczna Sekcja Piłki Nożnej FKS PZL Stal Mielec
- 1997 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec
- 1998 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Lobo Stal Mielec
- 1999 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec
- 2002 – Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
- 2003 – FKS Stal Mielec
- 2018 – PGE FKS Stal Mielec
- 2024 – FKS Stal Mielec
1939–1945 - the beginning and interwar period
The football club was one of the first two (next to the volleyball club) at the PZL Mielec, established in 1939. The team was made up of players playing in other clubs in Mielec and employees of the PZL, an aerospace company. In the first match played, the team defeated the Gymnastic Society "Sokół" Mielec with 4–1 victory. Three more matches were played against Dzikovia Tarnobrzeg (2–1), Metal Tarnów (3–1) and a team made up of players from an ammunition factory in Nowa Dęba (6–1). The match against Okęcie Warszawa planned for September did not take place, because World War II started and any sports games were forbidden. However, the matches were played illegally in the meadows beyond the communal forest and in other towns (including Dębica, Kolbuszowa, Sandomierz). The only official match was played against a German military unit and ended with the score 1–2.
Honours
League
- Ekstraklasa
- Champions: 1972–73, 1975–76
- Runners-up: 1974–75
- I liga
- Champions: 1960, 1984–85, 1987–88
- II liga
- Champions: 1955, 1968–69, 2015–16
- III liga
- Champions: 2012–13 (group Lublin–Subcarpathia)
- V liga
- Klasa A
- Klasa B
Cup
Europe
- European Cup
- First round: 1973–74, 1976–77
- UEFA Cup
- Quarter-finalists: 1975–76
- First round: 1979–80, 1982–83
Youth teams
- Polish U-19 Championship
- Polish U-17 Championship
- Champions: 2007
- Runners-up: 1996, 2012
Stadium
Main article: Grzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium
New Ground: Stadion Miejski w Mielcu
The construction of the club's current stadium, Municipal Stadium, was concluded in 1953. The stadium underwent a major renovation, completed in 2013. It maintains a seating capacity for 7,000 spectators. Before the 2013 renovation, it maintained seating capacity for 30,000 spectators, and hosted numerous European Champions Cup, UEFA Cup, and Poland national team matches, including FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship qualifiers.
Individual player awards
- Ekstraklasa top goalscorer
- 1973 - Grzegorz Lato - 13 goals
- 1975 - Grzegorz Lato - 19 goals
- 1995 - Bogusław Cygan - 16 goals
- Piłka nożna magazine plebiscite
- Player of the Year
- 1976 - Henryk Kasperczak
- 1977 - Grzegorz Lato
- Newcomer of the Year
- 1975 - Zbigniew Hnatio
- 1978 - Włodzimierz Ciołek
- Przegląd Sportowy Polish Athlete of the Year
- 1974 - 4th place - Grzegorz Lato
- 1977 - 5th place - Grzegorz Lato
- Sport Player of the Year
- 1974 - Grzegorz Lato
- 1976 - Henryk Kasperczak
- 1977 - Grzegorz Lato
- Tempo Goalkeeper of the Year
Reserves
Stal Mielec II
| League |
IV liga Subcarpathia |
| 2023–24 |
Regional league Dębica, 1st of 16 (promoted) |
The club operates a reserve team which currently plays in the Subcarpathia group of the IV liga, the fifth tier of the league pyramid. During the 2020–21 season, a third team participated in the regional league, as well as the Subcarpathian Rzeszów–Dębica Polish Cup edition.
Current squad
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 3 |
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DF |
Bert Esselink |
| 4 |
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DF |
Kamil Pajnowski |
| 5 |
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DF |
Marco Ehmann |
| 6 |
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MF |
Matthew Guillaumier |
| 8 |
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MF |
Koki Hinokio |
| 9 |
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FW |
Ravve Assayag |
| 10 |
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MF |
Maciej Domański |
| 11 |
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MF |
Krzysztof Wołkowicz |
| 12 |
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GK |
Karol Dybowski |
| 13 |
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GK |
Konrad Jałocha |
| 15 |
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DF |
Marvin Senger |
| 17 |
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FW |
Ilya Shkurin |
| 18 |
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MF |
Piotr Wlazło |
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Position |
Player |
| 19 |
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MF |
Dawid Tkacz (on loan from Widzew Łódź) |
| 20 |
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MF |
Karol Knap (on loan from Cracovia) |
| 21 |
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DF |
Mateusz Matras |
| 23 |
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DF |
Krystian Getinger (captain) |
| 25 |
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FW |
Łukasz Wolsztyński |
| 27 |
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DF |
Alvis Jaunzems |
| 32 |
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MF |
Fryderyk Gerbowski |
| 33 |
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MF |
Adrian Bukowski |
| 34 |
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MF |
Alex Cetnar |
| 39 |
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GK |
Jakub Mądrzyk (on loan from Raków Częstochowa) |
| 40 |
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DF |
Petros Bagalianis |
| 44 |
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MF |
Serhiy Krykun (on loan from Piast Gliwice) |
| 96 |
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MF |
Robert Dadok |
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Notable players
The players below played for their respective countries at any point during their career.
- Notable Polish players
- Jan Domarski, player of Poland national football team
- Michał Gliwa, goalkeeper of Poland national football team
- Witold Karaś, player of Poland national football team
- Henryk Kasperczak, player of Poland national football team, former coach of Wisła Kraków and Kavala F.C.
- Dariusz Kubicki, player of Poland national football team
- Zygmunt Kukla, goalkeeper of Poland national football team (1978–1980)
- Grzegorz Lato, player of Poland national football team, Golden Shoe winner of the 1974 World Cup with 7 goals; former President of the Polish Football Association
- Radosław Majecki, goalkeeper of Poland national football team
- Andrzej Szarmach, player of Poland national football team
- Bogusław Wyparło, goalkeeper of Poland national football team
- Michał Żyro, player of Poland national football team
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- Notable foreign players
 Said Hamulić, player of Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski, player of Bulgaria national football team Bogdan Vaštšuk, player of Estonia national football team Petteri Forsell, player of Finland national football team- Albin Granlund, player of Finland national football team
- Kai Meriluoto, player of Finland national football team
- Rauno Sappinen, player of Finland national football team
 Edgar Bernhardt, player of Kyrgyzstan national football team- Alvis Jaunzems, player of Latvia national football team
 Dominykas Barauskas, player of Lithuania national football team- Matthew Guillaumier, player of Malta national football team
 Martin Dobrotka, player of Slovakia national football team
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Managers
- Stanisław Maurer (1947–1948)
- Rudolf Pirych (1948–1952)
- Eustachy Poticha (1952–1953)
- Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1954–1956)
- Michał Matyas (1957–1958)
- Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1959–1960)
- Henryk Skromny (1961)
- Czesław Suszczyk (1962)
- Michał Matyas (1962–1963)
- Stanisław Malczyk (1963–1964)
- Otton Opiełka (1964)
- Władysław Lemiszko (1964–1965)
- Konrad Jędryka (1966–1967)
- Andrzej Gajewski (1968–1972)
Károly Kontha (1973)- Aleksander Brożyniak (1973–1974)
- Zenon Książek (1974–1975)
- Edmund Zientara (1975–1977)
- Alfred Gazda (1977)
- Konstanty Pawlikaniec (1977–1978)
- Zenon Książek (1978–1980)
- Mieczysław Kruk (1980–1981)
- Józef Walczak (1981–1982)
- Witold Karaś (1982)
- Jacek Machciński and Marian Kosiński (1982–1983)
- Henryk Stroniarz (1983–1984)
- Włodzimierz Gąsior (1984–1985)
- Ryszard Latawiec (1985–1986)
- Zenon Książek (1986–1987)
- Włodzimierz Gąsior (1987–1990)
- Marian Kosiński (1990)
- Włodzimierz Gąsior (1990–1991)
- Grzegorz Lato (1991–1993)
- Witold Karaś (1993)
- Franciszek Smuda (1993–1995)
- Jan Złomańczuk (1995)
- Grzegorz Lato (1996–1997)
- Jerzy Płaneta (1998)
- Marek Chamielec (1999)
- Jerzy Płaneta (1999–2000)
- Witold Karaś (2000)
- Roman Gruszecki (2000–2001)
- Włodzimierz Gąsior (2001)
- Marek Lorenc (2001)
- Krzysztof Łętocha (2001–2002)
- Jacek Klisiewicz (2002)
- Włodzimierz Gąsior (2003–2006)
- Tomasz Tułacz (2006)
- Włodzimierz Gąsior (2006–2007)
- Janusz Białek (2007)
- Zbigniew Hariasz (2007)
- Andrzej Jaskot (2008)
- Grzegorz Wcisło (2008–2009)
- Zbigniew Hariasz (2009)
- Janusz Białek (2009)
- Zbigniew Hariasz (2009–2010)
- Grzegorz Wcisło (2010)
- Mariusz Łuc (2010)
- Tomasz Tułacz (2011–2012)
- Roman Gruszecki (2012)
- Włodzimierz Gąsior (2012–2014)
- Rafał Wójcik (2014)
- Janusz Białek (2014)
- Rafał Wójcik (2014)
- Janusz Białek (2014–2016)
- Maciej Serafiński (2016)
- Zbigniew Smółka (2016–2018)
- Artur Skowronek (2018–2019)
- Dariusz Marzec (2019–2020)
- Dariusz Skrzypczak (2020)
- Leszek Ojrzyński (2020–2021)
- Włodzimierz Gąsior (2021)
- Adam Majewski (2021–2023)
- Kamil Kiereś (2023–2024)
- Janusz Niedźwiedź (2024–present)
See also
In Spanish: Stal Mielec para niños
