Motor Lublin

Motor Lublin

Full name	Lubelski Klub Piłkarski Motor Lublin
Nickname(s)	Żółto-Biało-Niebiescy (Yellow, White and Blues), Motorowcy
Founded	December 1950
Ground	Arena Lublin Lublin, Poland
Ground Capacity	15,500
Chairman	Waldemar Leszcz
Manager	Mariusz Sawa
League	III Liga
2013/2014	II Liga, 15th place (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Motor Lublin - some of the first-team players.

Arena Lublin

Motor Lublin (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmɔtɔr ˈlublin]) is a Polish professional football team based in Lublin. The club was founded in December 1950 with their nickname The Yellow, White and Blues reflecting their official colours. They currently play in the Polish Second League.

Historical names

(till 1950) Metalowiec

(since 1950) ZKS Stal Lublin

(since 1957) Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Motor Lublin

(since 1998) Lubelski Klub Piłkarski

(since 2001) LKP Motor Lublin

Honours

• First league

• • 9 seasons in the First league:
  • 1980/81
  • 1981/82
  • 1983/84
  • 1984/85
  • 1985/86
  • 1986/87
  • 1989/90
  • 1990/91
  • 1991/92

• Second league

• • 19 seasons in the Second league:
  • 1965/66
  • 1968/69 - 1971/72
  • 1973/74 - 1979/80
  • 1982/83
  • 1987/88 - 1988/89
  • 1992/93 - 1995/96
  • 2007/08

• Polish Cup
  • Quarterfinals in 1978/79 and 1981/82

• Polish Championship U-19
  • Winners in 1971

• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Participants in 1982 - played against Lyngby BK, MSV Duisburg and FC Luzern

Stadium

Motor Lublin currently plays at Arena Lublin with a capacity of 15,500 spectators.^[1]

Supporters & Rivalries

Motor supporters have friendly relations with fans of Śląsk Wrocław, Górnik Łęczna and Chełmianka Chełm. Their main rivals are considered to be fellow Lublin locals handball fans of Montex Lublin, and football local rivals Avia Świdnik, Lublinianka Lublin, Stal Stalowa Wola, Unia Hrubieszów. Motor fans have rivalries with fans of many higher division teams too such as Widzew Łódź, Lechia Gdańsk and both the Kraków teams, Wisła, and Cracovia.

Motor Lublin graffiti by an unknown supporter. Your honour is to defend these colours and to live through their power.

Players

Former Motor Lublin head coach - Ryszard Kuźma.

Among Motor Lublin's former players, Piotr Prędota has made the most appearances and scored the most goals.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player GK Mateusz Oszust GK Paweł Lipiec DF Damian Falisiewicz DF Dawid Ptaszyński DF Jakub Kosiarczyk DF Piotr Karwan DF Paweł Nowotka DF Łukasz Matuszczyk DF Radosław Kursa DF Przemysław Kanarek DF Sebastian Pyda DF Kacper Horodeński MF Karol Kostrubała MF Piotr Kucharzewski

No. Position Player MF Piotr Klepczarek MF Rafał Niżnik MF Diego Jota Martins MF Michał Ciarkowski MF Patryk Czułowski MF Damian Gawron MF Bartosz Romańczuki MF Vincent Kayizzi FW Marcin Kufrejski FW Paweł Piceluk FW Damian Szpak FW Ivan Jovanovic FW Artur Węska

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Motor Lublin.

• Football in Poland
• List of football teams
• Champions' Cup/League
• UEFA Cup

References

External links

• (Polish) Official website
• (Polish) Unofficial website