MKS Puszcza Niepołomice

Full name	Miejski Klub Sportowy Puszcza Niepołomice
Founded	1923; 101 years ago (1923)
Ground	Puszcza Stadium Cracovia Stadium
Capacity	2,118 (Niepołomice) 15,016 (Kraków)
Chairman	Jarosław Pieprzyca
Manager	Tomasz Tułacz
League	Ekstraklasa
2023–24	Ekstraklasa, 12th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

MKS Puszcza Niepołomice (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpuʂt͡ʂa ɲɛpɔwɔˈmit͡sɛ]) is a professional Polish football club located in Niepołomice, Poland. It currently plays in the Ekstraklasa after achieving promotion from I liga in 2023. The team's colors are yellow, white and green.

History

Puszcza Niepołomice was originally called Sports Club Niepołomianka. The team was established on the initiative of mayor Andrzej Wimer and Stanisław Ziemba, Władysław Iwański, Stanisław Brudnik and Adolf Engel in 1923.

The first president of KS Niepołomianka was Władysław Iwański. The then board also included the treasurer Stanisław Brudnik and the manager of the team - Stanisław Ziemba.

On 11 June 2023, a year in which Puszcza celebrated their 100th anniversary, they won the 2022–23 I liga play-off final and achieved promotion to Ekstraklasa for the first time in the club's history.^[1]

In their first-ever top-flight season, Puszcza recorded upset wins and draws against title contenders, and were praised for their effective use of set-pieces to score the majority of their goals,^[2][3] as they finished the 2023–24 campaign in 12th.^[4] For their efforts, Tomasz Tułacz and Oliwier Zych were nominated for Coach of the Season and Goalkeeper of the Season awards, respectively.^[5]

Honours

• I liga
  • Promotion play-off winner: 2022–23
• Polish Cup
  • Quarter-finalists: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21

Stadium

From the 2023–24 season, Puszcza Niepołomice play at the Cracovia Stadium in Kraków, due to ineligibility of their ground in Niepołomice to host Ekstraklasa matches.^[6]

Current squad

As of 4 July 2024.^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Kewin Komar 3 DF  UKR Roman Yakuba 5 DF  POL Konrad Stępień 6 MF  KOR Lee Jin-hyun 7 MF  BRA Thiago 8 MF  POL Piotr Mroziński 9 FW  POL Artur Siemaszko 10 MF  POL Hubert Tomalski 11 MF  POL Mateusz Cholewiak 13 GK  POL Krzysztof Wróblewski 14 MF  POL Jakub Serafin (captain) 15 DF  POL Piotr Gruszecki 16 MF  POL Michał Walski 19 MF  POL Jakub Stec 20 DF  POL Filip Gil 22 DF  MDA Artur Crăciun 24 MF  CRO Jakov Blagaić

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  POL Łukasz Sołowiej 28 MF  POL Igor Pieprzyca 44 MF  POL Kacper Cichoń 45 FW  SVN Rok Kidrič 67 DF  MDA Ioan-Călin Revenco 70 MF  POL Wojciech Hajda 80 MF  POL Jakub Wójcik 93 MF  POL Bartłomiej Poczobut 99 GK  POL Kacper Piechota — DF  POL Dawid Abramowicz — MF  POL Patryk Kieliś — GK  POL Michał Perchel — MF  POL Mateusz Radecki — DF  SVK Michal Sipľak — DF  POL Dawid Szymonowicz — MF  POL Mateusz Wójcik

Notable players

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

References

External links

• Official website (in Polish)
• Puszcza Niepołomice (90minut.pl) (in Polish)

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