Garbarnia Kraków

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Garbarnia Kraków
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Full nameRobotniczy Klub Sportowy
Garbarnia Kraków
Nickname(s)Garbarze (The Tanners)
Founded1921; 101 years ago (1921)
GroundStadion RKS Garbarnia
Capacity5,000
Chairman
ManagerBogusław Pietrzak
LeagueII liga
2020–217th of 19[1]

K.S. Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinów, a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club's name comes from the nearby tannery (Polish: Garbarnia) of the Dłużyński brothers, which was the original club sponsor. Garbarnia currently plays in II liga (third tier of Polish football).

History[]

Founded in 1921, Garbarnia's best years were the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1928, after winning both regional and national qualifiers, the team was promoted to the Polish Football League. Then, in 1929, after an excellent campaign, they finished second to champions Warta Poznan, thus cementing their position as one of the top teams in Poland.

In 1931 Garbarnia went one better, becoming Polish Champions. Containing little home-grown talent, the Kraków starting lineup consisted of players brought in from other clubs. Among the top players were Otto Riesner and Karol Pazurek (both the natives of Katowice), and both of whom played for the Polish national team.

In 1937, after 9 years in the top division, Garbarnia were relegated. They returned in 1939, in a season cut short by the outbreak of World War II.

After the Second World War Garbarnia never regained its status, playing mainly in the Polish Second Division, occasionally managing to win promotion to the First Division, only to be relegated after a year or two. 1957 was the team's final year in the First Division and since then, Garbarnia have never made it back. Worst was yet to come, as in 1971 the team was relegated to the Third division, the Regional Kraków district league.

In 2018, Garbarnia returned to Polish First League (2nd tier) after a 44-year absence. Garbarnia secured promotion after promotion/relegation play-off win over Pogoń Siedlce.[2] In 2019, the club was again relegated to II liga.[3]

Honours[]

Ekstraklasa:

Current squad[]

As of 21 January, 2022

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 Poland POL Dorian Frątczak
4 DF Poland POL Bartłomiej Niedzielski
5 DF Poland POL Mateusz Bartków
6 MF Poland POL Mateusz Duda
7 MF Poland POL Wojciech Słomka
8 MF Slovakia SVK Michal Klec
9 FW Poland POL Jakub Kuczera
10 MF Poland POL Kamil Kuczak
11 MF Poland POL Daniel Morys
15 MF Poland POL Grzegorz Marszalik
17 DF Poland POL Patryk Warczak (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
19 MF Poland POL Bartłomiej Korbecki
20 DF Poland POL Mateusz Kardas
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Poland POL Jakub Banach
23 MF Poland POL Dawid Malik
24 MF Poland POL Kacper Ciuruś
28 GK Poland POL Bartosz Kieliszek
29 MF Poland POL Kacper Duda (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
31 DF Lithuania LTU Donatas Nakrošius
32 DF Poland POL Kamil Bentkowski
33 GK Poland POL Aleksander Kozioł
53 MF Poland POL Wiktor Szywacz (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
55 DF Poland POL Mateusz Surma
90 FW Poland POL Mateusz Grzybowski
98 MF Poland POL Bartłomiej Purcha
99 FW Poland POL Michał Feliks

References[]

  1. ^ eWinner II liga 2020/2021. 90minut. 2021-06-21.
  2. ^ "Po 44 latach Garbarnia wraca do piłkarskiej pierwszej ligi". radiokrakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Garbarnia spada do II ligi". podgorze.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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