Warta Zawiercie

Warta Zawiercie is a Polish football club from Zawiercie.

Warta Zawiercie
Full nameJurajska Szkółka Piłkarska Warta Zawiercie
Founded1921
Ground1000th-Anniversary of Polish State Stadium, Zawiercie
Capacity9,000
ChairmanBogdan Janikowski[1]
ManagerGrzegorz Kulawiak[2]
LeagueA-class
2009–10B-class: 2nd (promoted)

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

References
  1. "Klub Piłkarski Warta Zawiercie - Dane kontaktowe". wartazawiercie.pl. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  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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