KS Cracovia (football)

KS Cracovia (official club Sportowy Cracovia ) [ krakɔv ʲ a] is a Polish sports club from Krakow. The club was founded on 13 June 1906 was one of the first Polish football clubs in addition to the teams from Lviv and Rzeszów and is considered the oldest founded on today's Polish territory still existing football club from the city rivals Wisla Krakow.

Football Division

Home ground is the Cracovia stadium. This was demolished in late 2009 to build a new stadium on the same site. Since completion of the work it holds 15,016 spectators. In addition, an attached gymnasium was built with 2,300 seats. The first game in the new stadium was held in September 2010, the final completion of the stadium took place a year later.

History

In 1921, Cracovia was the first Polish football champions and brought it up today to a total of five championship titles. In 2004, Cracovia rose for the first time in 20 years in Poland Ekstraklasa and reached 5th place, the best result in the League existing since 1962.

2004 Cracovia returned back to Poland's first football league. As table third in the second division for the relegation qualified Krakow sat in this with two smooth 4-0 victories over Gornik Polkowice through and thus took the first time since 1984 on Poland's top league part. In the four previous seasons (1966, 1969, 1982, 1983 ) never got beyond the third to last place in Poland's elite class, Cracovia exceeded all expectations in the 2004/05 season. On the opening day the MKS Cracovia Lubin overran after interim 5-0 lead with 5-2, reached the local rivals and eventual champions Wisla Krakow before 11,000 spectators 0-0 and established himself early on in the top half of the table. Up to 23 match day, when you approach struggled to within three points of third-placed Legia Warsaw, even qualifying for the UEFA Cup seemed possible. At the end of Cracovia reached fifth place.

Season 2008/ 09 - relegation to the " green table "

In the 2008/2009 season Cracovia only reached the 15th place in the Extraklasa, which would have meant the sporty descent. However, since LKS Lodz has revoked the license and set to the last place and at the same time the second division champions and local rivals Widzew the license and the rise associated were denied in the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia slipped into the final table still in 14th place, which participate in the would have meant relegation matches. Due to the refusal of a license for Widzew also accounted for 2009/10 these and Cracovia played in the Ekstraklasa.

Season 2009/10 - The association has established itself in the Ekstraklasa

The 2009/2010 season began as chaotic as the previous one had ended: After only two matchdays of the season 2009/10 Artur Płatek was fired as coach and replaced by Orest Lenczyk. Nevertheless, the Association held ultimately sovereign class, and even enjoyed seven points clear of the relegation zone. Also was very important for the fans that they managed a 1-1 draw at 33.Match day in the derby against the biggest rivals Wisla Krakow with a goal in injury time, so Wisła was ousted in the championship match of Lech Poznan in second place, the the team also on the final day never left.

Season 2010/ 11 - relegation in the final sprint

The season 2010/11 was marked by the battle to avoid relegation. During most of the season, Cracovia was on one of the two relegation places from which you could solve the penultimate round with a 3-0 victory over Jagiellonia Białystok. Despite a 0-1 defeat in Belchatow on the last day we ended up staying a point ahead of Arka Gdynia on rank 14 and thus secured his whereabouts in the Ekstraklasa.

Seasons 2011/12 and 2011 /12 - descent and re- ascent

In the 2011/12 season Cracovia stuck as in the pre-season from the beginning in the basement table and could never settle in the course of this. Two games left in the season, the club then it was clear the first relegation and finished the season in last place. However, as Table 1 Second of second-rate league in the 2012/13 season the club achieved the immediate promotion back to the Ekstraklasa.

Achievements

Winning the Austrian Championship in Poland: 1913
Polish Champion: 1921, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1948

Squad 2013/14 season

Known player

Poland Marek Citko
Cameroon Guy Feutchine
Poland / Germany Wilhelm Gora
Poland Ludwik Gintel
Poland Mateusz Klich
Poland Józef Korbas
Poland Radosław Matusiak
Poland Marek Motyka
Poland Andrzej Niedzielan
Poland Tomasz Rzasa
Poland Lukasz Sosin
Poland Leon Sperling
Poland Witold Wawrzyczek
Poland Kazimierz Wegrzyn

Trivia

The most famous supporters of the club was Pope John Paul II

KS Cracovia (ice hockey) I liga (Poland) Zagłębie Lubin Wisła Kraków Widzew Łódź 2011–12 Ekstraklasa Defender (association football) Edgar Bernhardt Burundi Dawid Nowak Łukasz Sosin Kazimierz Węgrzyn 2013–14 Ekstraklasa

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