Warta Zawiercie

Warta Zawiercie
Full name Jurajska Szkółka Piłkarska Warta Zawiercie
Founded 1921
Ground 1000th-Anniversary of Polish State Stadium, Zawiercie
Ground Capacity 9,000
Chairman Bogdan Janikowski[1]
Manager Grzegorz Kulawiak[2]
League A-class
2009–10 B-class: 2nd (promoted)

Warta Zawiercie is a Polish football club from Zawiercie.

History

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.[3] During World War II the club did not exist and many of club's members was killed. Warta Zawiercie was reactivated in 1945 and started playing in B-class. In 1949 Warta was promoted to A-class. 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 1962-63 season Warta Zawiercie was second in Polish Third League and lost playoffs for first place. One season later Warta was first in their group but lost playoffs for Polish Second League with Victoria Jaworzno, Dąb Katowice, Star Starachowice and Resovia Rzeszów. In 1966 the new stadium was built – 1000th-Anniversary of Polish State Stadium. In 1979 there was a fusion between Warta Zawiercie and Włókniarz Zawiercie and as a result, MRKS Warta Zawiercie was created. In 1998 Warta was promoted to Polish Fourth League and one year later to Polish Third League. In 2001 Warta was relegated to Polish Fourth League and through debts (500,000 zlotys) Warta was resolved.

In 2004 Warta Zawiercie was reactivated.[2] In 2006 the club was resolved again.[4]

In 2009 the club was reactivated again. In 2010 Warta Zawiercie was promoted to A-class (7-th level).[5]

Current squad

Source:.[6] Accurate as of June 30, 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Klub Piłkarski Warta Zawiercie - Dane kontaktowe". wartazawiercie.pl. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  2. 1 2 "Warta Zawiercie". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  3. ↑ "Historia klubu". viret.zawiercie.w.interia.pl. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  4. ↑ "Klasa B 2006/2007, grupa: Sosnowiec II". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  5. ↑ "Warta w A klasie". wartazawiercie.pl. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  6. ↑ "SKARB KIBICA Warta Zawiercie". futboljura.pl. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
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