Wisła Kraków
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| Full name | Wisła Kraków Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna |
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| Founded | 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Wisła Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 15.850 (upgrading to 35,000) |
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| Chairman |  Mariusz Heler |
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| Manager | Adam Nawałka |
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| League |  Orange Ekstraklasa |
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| 2006-07 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wisła Kraków (pronunce: Veeswa Krakouf) is a Polish football club based in Kraków (Cracow), Poland. From 1906-1945 and from 1990-1997 were known as Wisła Towarzystwo Sportowe, after World War II the club became known as Gwardyjskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła until 1990 where they reverted back to their original name. The club's coat of arms is a white star on a red background.
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[edit] History
The history of Wisła started during the fall of 1906, when (probably in October) Dr. Tadeusz Konczyński organised the Krakow Błonia, the first football tournament in the city. He also founded four teams (among them one came from the Second Real School) and football uniforms which came to him from England. The school's team (also called Szkolnikowski's team) was given light blue shirts with a black bowl on their chests, which was divided by a blue belt. This is why they were called "The Blues". Their first captain, and also the person to coin the name "Wisła" was Józef Szkolnikowski - goalkeeper. Prof. Tadeusz Łopuszański was the club's first chairman.
In September 1907 "The Reds" (Jenkner's team) merged with Wisła, and soon after "The Pinks" did the same. That is when Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła officially began. The Blue shirts were changed to red, but the black trousers remained. When the first uniforms arrived from Berlin, two light blue stars were present on the shirts. It was decided that only one would remain, though its colour would be changed to white. This is how "The White Star" became the recognized symbol of the club.
From that time on the club had its ups and downs, winning national championships and gaining European qualification. The club was also relegated on three occasions to the second division.
On the international stage Wisła competed in all three of the European competitions. The biggest success came in the 1978/79 season, reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup eventually to be knocked out by Malmö FF, 3:5. Most recently Wisła narrowly missed out on a chance to compete in the 2005/06 Champions League group stage, being beaten 4:5 by Greek side Panathinaikos after extra time under controversial circumstances.
Wisła also twice reached the second round of the Cup Winners Cup in 1967/68 and 1984/85, being beaten 0:5 and 2:3 by Hamburger SV and Fortuna Sittard respectively.
"The White Star" has competed three times in the UEFA Cup, in 1976/77, 1981/1982 and 1998/99. Twice gaining entry into the second phase only to be knocked out on penalties by R.W.D. Molenbeek and 2:3 by Lazio
[edit] Current Squad
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They are currently managed by Adam Nawałka.
[edit] Famous players
- Adam Musiał - the member of Poland national football team , participant of FIFA World Cup 1974
- Antoni Szymanowski - one of the best Polish defenders in history
- Andrzej Iwan - the member of Poland national football team
- Maciej Żurawski, Player of Celtic and Polish national football team
- Piotr Brożek, Player of U-21 Polish national football team
- Paweł Brożek, Player of U-21 Polish national football team
- Tomasz Kłos, Player of Polish National Football team
- Arkadiusz Głowacki, former Player of Polish National Football team
- Jakub Błaszczykowski, Player of Polish National Football team ,and after the season of Borussia Dortmund
- Marcin Baszczyński, Player of Polish National Football team
- Radosław Sobolewski, Player of Polish National Football team
- Radosław Majdan, former Player of Polish National Football team
- Marek Zieńczuk, former Player of National Football team
- Tomasz Frankowski, Player for the National Football team and Club Deportivo Tenerife
complete list of famous players
[edit] Honours
- Orange Ekstraklasa (Polish League)
- Winners (10): 1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Puchar Polski (Polish Cup)
- Polish League Cup
- Winners (1): 2001
- Superpuchar Polski (Polish Super Cup)
- Winners (1): 2001
[edit] See also
- TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków - women basketball team STBL
- Football in Poland
- History of football in Poland
- List of football teams
- Champions' Cup/League
- UEFA Cup
[edit] External links
- Official website (English,polish)
- http://www.wislakrakow.com/
- Wisła Kraków
- http://www.wislafoto.com/
- http://www.wislasoccer.com/
- http://www.wislaportal.pl/
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| 1926-1983 |
Wisła Kraków | Ruch Chorzów | Polonia Warszawa | Gwardia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | ŁKS Łódź | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | Legia Warszawa | Górnik Zabrze | Legia Warszawa | Wisła Kraków | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Legia Warszawa | Ruch Chorzów | Ruch Chorzów | Stal Rzeszów | Śląsk Wrocław | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | Arka Gdynia | Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | Lech Poznań | Lechia Gdańsk | |
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| 1984-2006 |
Lech Poznań | Widzew Łódź | GKS Katowice | Śląsk Wrocław | Lech Poznań | Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | GKS Katowice | Miedź Legnica | GKS Katowice | Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | Ruch Chorzów | Legia Warszawa | Amica Wronki | Amica Wronki | Amica Wronki | Polonia Warszawa | Wisła Kraków | Wisła Kraków | Lech Poznań | Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk |Wisła Płock |
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| 1983-2006 |
Lechia Gdańsk | Śląsk Wrocław | Górnik Zabrze | Legia Warszawa | Lech Poznań | GKS Katowice | Lech Poznań | Legia Warszawa | GKS Katowice | Widzew Łódź | Legia Warszawa | Amica Wronki | Amica Wronki | Polonia Warszawa | Wisła Kraków | Lech Poznań | Wisła Płock |
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| 1952-2002 |
Wawel Kraków | Odra Opole | Górnik Zabrze | Polonia Warszawa | Wisła Kraków | Legia Warszawa |
