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Stal Mielec

Coordinates: 50°17′55″N 21°26′9″E / 50.29861°N 21.43583°E / 50.29861; 21.43583
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This article is about the Polish football club. For the handball team, see SPR Stal Mielec.
Stal Mielec
Full nameFKS Stal Mielec
Nickname(s)Biało-niebiescy (White-blues)
Founded10 April 1939; 85 years ago (1939-04-10)
GroundGrzegorz Lato Municipal Stadium
Capacity7,000[1]
ChairmanJacek Klimek
ManagerJanusz Niedźwiedź
LeagueEkstraklasa
2023–24Ekstraklasa, 11th of 18
Websitehttps://stalmielec.com
Current season

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

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Naming history

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  • 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[2]

1939–1945 - the beginning and interwar period

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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

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League

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Cup

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Europe

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Youth teams

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Stadium

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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

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  • Przegląd Sportowy Polish Athlete of the Year
    • 1974 - 4th place - Grzegorz Lato
    • 1977 - 5th place - Grzegorz Lato
  • Sport Player of the Year

Reserves

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Stal Mielec II
LeagueIV liga Subcarpathia
2023–24Regional league Dębica, 1st of 16 (promoted) [3]
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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.[4][5]

Current squad

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As of 6 September 2024[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Netherlands NED Bert Esselink
4 DF Poland POL Kamil Pajnowski
5 DF Romania ROU Marco Ehmann
6 MF Malta MLT Matthew Guillaumier
8 MF Japan JPN Koki Hinokio
9 FW Israel ISR Ravve Assayag
10 MF Poland POL Maciej Domański
11 MF Poland POL Krzysztof Wołkowicz
12 GK Poland POL Karol Dybowski
13 GK Poland POL Konrad Jałocha
15 DF Germany GER Marvin Senger
17 FW Belarus BLR Ilya Shkurin
18 MF Poland POL Piotr Wlazło
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Poland POL Dawid Tkacz (on loan from Widzew Łódź)
20 MF Poland POL Karol Knap (on loan from Cracovia)
21 DF Poland POL Mateusz Matras
23 DF Poland POL Krystian Getinger (captain)
25 FW Poland POL Łukasz Wolsztyński
27 DF Latvia LVA Alvis Jaunzems
32 MF Poland POL Fryderyk Gerbowski
33 MF Poland POL Adrian Bukowski
34 MF Poland POL Alex Cetnar
39 GK Poland POL Jakub Mądrzyk (on loan from Raków Częstochowa)
40 DF Greece GRE Petros Bagalianis
44 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Krykun (on loan from Piast Gliwice)
96 MF Poland POL Robert Dadok

Notable players

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The players below played for their respective countries at any point during their career.

Notable Polish players
Notable foreign players

Managers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stadion Stali Mielec at stalmielec.com
  2. ^ "PGE zakończy sponsorowanie Stali Mielec" [PGE will end its sponsorship of Stal Mielec]. www.90minut.pl. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  3. ^ "Klasa okręgowa 2023/2024, grupa: Dębica". www.90minut.pl.
  4. ^ "Skarb - Stal III Mielec". www.90minut.pl.
  5. ^ "Puchar Polski 2020/2021, grupa: Podkarpacki ZPN - Rzeszów-Dębica". www.90minut.pl.
  6. ^ "Stal Mielec squad". Stal Mielec. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Historia". 29 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Janusz Niedźwiedź trenerem Stali Mielec" (in Polish). Stal Mielec. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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