Wisła Kraków

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Wisła Kraków SSA
Full name Wisła Kraków Sportowa
Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname(s) White Star
Founded 1906
Ground Wisła Stadium
(Capacity 20.000
(upgrading to 35,000))
Chairman Flag of Poland Marek Wilczek
Manager Flag of Poland Maciej Skorża
League Orange Ekstraklasa
2007/2008 Orange Ekstraklasa, 1st
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Wisła Kraków (pron. IPA[ˈviswa ˈkrakuf], Veeswa Krakouf) is a Polish football club based in Kraków, Poland. From 1906-1945 and from 1990-1997 it was known as Towarzystwo Sportowe (Sports Society) Wisła, after World War II the club became known as Wisła Kraków. 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 ten times in the UEFA Cup, for instance 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

Wisla won the first ever Chicago Trophy held in Chicago, Illinois in July of 2007. Wisla beat 2007 UEFA Cup Champions FC Sevilla 1-0 in the second game of the tournament to clinch the crown. Wisla is expected to compete again next year to defend the title. It is important to note that Chicago boasts the largest Polish population in the world outside of Warsaw and according to the Chicago Trophy contract, the tournament needs have one Polish soccer club to represent the Polish community of Chicago.


[edit] Players

[edit] Current Squad 2007/2008

Accurate as of August 9, 2007

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Moldova GK Ilie Cebanu
4 Flag of Poland DF Marcin Baszczyński
6 Flag of Poland DF Arkadiusz Głowacki
7 Flag of Poland MF Radosław Sobolewski
8 Flag of Poland MF Piotr Brożek
9 Flag of Poland MF Rafał Boguski
11 Flag of Poland FW Radosław Matusiak
12 Flag of Poland GK Marcin Juszczyk
13 Flag of Poland DF Adam Kokoszka
14 Flag of Poland DF Przemysław Szabat
15 Flag of Costa Rica DF Júnior Díaz
No. Position Player
16 Flag of the Czech Republic MF Tomáš Jirsák
17 Flag of Poland MF Marek Zieńczuk
18 Flag of Poland FW Andrzej Niedzielan
20 Flag of Argentina MF Mauro Cantoro
21 Flag of Poland MF Wojciech Łobodziński
23 Flag of Poland FW Paweł Brożek
24 Flag of Poland DF Mateusz Kowalski
25 Flag of Brazil DF Cléber
29 Flag of Poland MF Krzysztof Mączyński
40 Flag of Nigeria FW MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi
44 Flag of Poland MF Dariusz Dudka
81 Flag of Poland GK Mariusz Pawełek

[edit] Transfers Summer 2008

In
No. Position Player
Out
No. Position Player
10 Flag of Brazil FW Jean Paulista (released)

[edit] Reserve Squad 2007/2008

No. Position Player
-- Flag of Poland GK Kamil Talaga
-- Flag of Poland GK Dawid Trela
-- Flag of Poland DF Mikołaj Kałuda
-- Flag of Poland DF Rafał Darda
-- Flag of Poland DF Radosław Jacek
-- Flag of Poland DF Daniel Krasnodębski
-- Flag of Poland DF Bartłomiej Łapuszek
-- Flag of Poland DF Przemysław Rygielski
-- Flag of Poland DF Przemysław Senderski
-- Flag of Poland DF Konrad Tyrpuła
-- Flag of Poland DF Paweł Zalewski_piłkarz
-- Flag of Poland MF Dawid Kubowicz
-- Flag of Poland MF Daniel Brud
No. Position Player
-- Flag of Poland MF Łukasz Burliga
-- Flag of Poland MF Tymoteusz Choćko
-- Flag of Poland MF Michał Gamla
-- Flag of Canada MF Dawid Kwiek
-- Flag of Poland MF Kamil Mitka
-- Flag of Poland MF Krzysztof Mączyński
-- Flag of Poland MF Kamil Jeleń
-- Flag of Poland MF Marcin Grochowski
-- Flag of Poland MF Maciej Pławiak
-- Flag of Poland MF Maciej Trzmielewski
-- Flag of Poland FW Maciej Batko
-- Flag of Poland FW Przemysław Szabat
-- Flag of Poland FW Paweł Smółka
-- Flag of Poland FW Tomasz Dawidowski

[edit] UEFA Ranking

Club Ranking for 2008 (Previous year rank in italics, UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)

[edit] Notable players former and serving

Flag of Poland Poland
Flag of Argentina Argentina
Flag of Australia Australia
Flag of Brazil Brazil
Flag of Cameroon Cameroon
Flag of Canada Canada
Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
Flag of France France
  • Angelo Hugues
Flag of Moldova Moldova
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
Flag of Romania Romania
Flag of Serbia Serbia
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
Flag of Togo Togo
  • Lantame Ouadja

[edit] Committee Board

  • Club owner:Bogusław Cupiał
  • president: Ryszard Pilch
  • Zbigniew Zawartka
  • Michał Róg
  • Tadeusz Król

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current technical staff

President Flag of Poland Marek Wilczek
Director of Football Flag of Poland Mariusz Heler
General Manager Flag of Poland Jacek Bednarz
Head Coach Flag of Poland Maciej Skorża
Assistant Coach Flag of Poland Rafał Janas
2nd assistant Coach Flag of Poland Andrzej Blacha
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Poland Jacek Kazimierski
Academy director Flag of Poland Kazimierz Moskal
B Team Head Coach Flag of Poland Tomasz Kulawik
Fintess Coach Flag of Poland Andrzej Bahr
Physiotherapist Flag of Poland Marcin Bisztyga
Physiotherpaist Flag of Poland Zbigniew Woźniak
Physiotherpaist Flag of Poland Filip Pięta
Team Doctor Flag of Poland Mariusz Urban
Team Doctor Flag of Poland Jacek Jurka
Head Scout Flag of Poland Ryszard Czerwiec

[edit] Manager history

  • Flag of Hungary Imre Schlosser (1924 - 1929)
  • Flag of the Czech Republic František Koželuh (1929 - 1934)
  • Flag of Hungary Vilmos Nyúl (1934 - 1939)
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Otto Mazal-Skvajn (1939 - 1946)
  • Flag of Poland Jan Kotlarczyk (1946 - 1947)
  • Flag of Poland Artur Walter (1947 - 1948)
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Josef Kuchynka (1948 - 1950)
  • Flag of Poland Michał Matyas (1950 - 1954)
  • Flag of Poland Mieczysław Gracz (1954 - 1955)
  • Flag of Poland Artur Woźniak (1956 - 1957)
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Josef Kuchynka (1958 - 1959)
  • Flag of Hungary Karoly Kosa (1959 - 1960)
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Karel Finek (1960 - 1961)
  • Flag of Poland Mieczysław Gracz (1961 - 1962)
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Karel Kolsky (1963 - 1964)
  • Flag of Poland Czesław Skoraczyński (1964 - 1967)
  • Flag of Poland Mieczysław Gracz (1967 - 1969)
  • Flag of Hungary Gyula Teleky (1969 - 1970)
  • Flag of Poland Michał Matyas (1970 - 1971)
  • Flag of Poland Marian Kurdziel (1971 - 1972)
  • Flag of Poland Jerzy Steckiw (1972 - 1974)
  • Flag of Poland Aleksander Brożyniak (1975 - 1977)
  • Flag of Poland Orest Lenczyk (1977 - 1979)
  • Flag of Poland Lucjan Franczak (1979 - 1981)
  • Flag of Poland Wiesław Lendzion (1981 - 1982)
  • Flag of Poland Roman Durniok (1982 - 1983)
  • Flag of Poland Edmund Zientara (1983 - 1984)
  • Flag of Poland Orest Lenczyk (1984 - 1985)
  • Flag of Poland Stanisław Chemicz (1985)
  • Flag of Poland Lucjan Franczak (1985 - 1986)
  • Flag of Poland Stanisław Cygan (1986 - 1987)
  • Flag of Poland Aleksander Brożyniak (1987 - 1989)
  • Flag of Poland Stanisław Chemicz (1989)
  • Flag of Poland Adam Musiał (1989)
  • Flag of Poland Bogusław Hajdas (1989)
  • Flag of Poland Adam Musiał (1990 - 1992)
  • Flag of Poland Kazimierz Kmiecik (1992)
  • Flag of Slovakia Karol Pecze (1992 - 1993)
  • Flag of Poland Marek Kusto (1993 - 1994)
  • Flag of Poland Orest Lenczyk (1994)
  • Flag of Poland Marek Kusto (1994)
  • Flag of Poland Lucjan Franczak (1994 - 1996)

[edit] Wisła in Europe

Season Competition Round Club Score
1967/68 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R Flag of Finland HJK Helsinki 4-1, 4-0
2R Flag of Germany Hamburger SV 0-1, 0-4
1976/77 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Scotland Celtic Glasgow 2-2, 2-0
2R Flag of Belgium R.W.D. Molenbeek 1-1, 1-1
1978/79 European Cup 1R Flag of Belgium Club Brugge K.V. 1-2, 3-1
2R Flag of Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 2-2, 1-1
1/4F Flag of Sweden Malmö FF 2-1, 1-4
1981/82 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Sweden Malmö FF 0-2, 1-3
1984/85 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R Flag of Iceland Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja 4-2, 3-1
2R Flag of the Netherlands Fortuna Sittard 0-2, 2-1
1998/99 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Wales Newtown F.C. 0-0, 7-0
2Q Flag of Turkey Trabzonspor 5-1, 2-1
1R Flag of Slovenia NK Maribor 2-0, 3-0
2R Flag of Italy Parma F.C. 1-1, 1-2
2000/01 UEFA Cup Q Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Željezničar 0-0, 3-1
1R Flag of Spain Real Zaragoza 1-4, 4-1
2R Flag of Portugal FC Porto 0-0, 0-3
2001/02 UEFA Champions League 2Q Flag of Latvia Skonto FC 2-1, 1-0
3Q Flag of Spain FC Barcelona 3-4, 0-1
UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Croatia Hajduk Split 2-2, 1-0
2R Flag of Italy Inter Milan 0-2, 1-0
2002/03 UEFA Cup Q Flag of Northern Ireland Glentoran FC 2-0, 4-0
1R Flag of Slovenia NK Primorje 2-0, 6-1
2R Flag of Italy Parma F.C. 1-2, 4-1
3R Flag of Germany FC Schalke 04 1-1, 4-1
4R Flag of Italy S.S. Lazio 3-3, 1-2
2003/04 UEFA Champions League 2Q Flag of Cyprus Omonia 5-2, 2-2
3Q Flag of Belgium Anderlecht Brussels 1-3, 0-1
UEFA Cup 1R Flag of the Netherlands NEC Nijmegen 2-1, 2-1
2R Flag of Norway Vålerenga I.F. 0-0, 0-0
2004/05 UEFA Champions League 2Q Flag of Georgia (country) WIT Georgia Tbilisi 8-2, 3-0
3Q Flag of Spain Real Madrid 0-2, 1-3
UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Georgia (country) FC Dinamo Tbilisi 4-3, 1-2
2005/06 UEFA Champions League 3Q Flag of Greece Panathinaikos FC 3-1, 1-4
UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 0-3, 0-1
2006/07 UEFA Cup 2Q Flag of Austria SV Mattersburg 1-1, 1-0
1R Flag of Greece Iraklis Thessaloniki 0-1, 2-0
GR Flag of England Blackburn Rovers 1-2
Flag of France AS Nancy 1-2
Flag of Switzerland FC Basel 3-1
Flag of the Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam 1-3

[edit] Success

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