Stal Stalowa Wola

Stal Stalowa Wola (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstal staˈlɔva ˈvɔla]) is a Polish professional football club based in Stalowa Wola, Poland. Stal currently plays in the III liga, the 4th level of the Polish football league system. Stal's greatest success are 12th place in the 1993–94 Ekstraklasa and the quarter-final of the 1991–92 Polish Cup. It is the third best team in the history of the I liga, second professional association football division[1].

Stal Stalowa Wola
Full nameStal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname(s)Stalówka
Hutnicy (Steelworkers)
Founded1938 (1938)
as Klub Sportowy Stalowa Wola (Sports Club Stalowa Wola)
GroundPodkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej
ul. Hutnicza 10a, Stalowa Wola
Capacity3764
ChairmanTomasz Solecki
CoachSzymon Szydełko
LeagueIII liga
2019–20II liga, 15th (relagated)
WebsiteClub website

History

In 1938, Feliks Olszak, who was the director of the Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW), established the Klub Sportowy Stalowa Wola (Sports Club Stalowa Wola). At that time, the club had a pitch without running tracks and stands. The players were amateurs. During this period, training sessions took place after finishing work, and the matches were played on Sunday. The first match took place on May 4, 1939, in the Saint Florian's Day who is the patron saint of steelworkers.

After the World War II, the club resumed its activity. In the 1953 season, Stal won the A-class (4th level)[2]. For the first time footballers from Stalowa Wola were promoted to the II liga (2nd level) in 1973, under the leadership of Jerzy Kopa. Stal players played in the second league until 1987, when they won promotion to the Ekstraklasa in the play-offs against Górnik Knurów. Stal Stalowa Wola played in the Ekstraklasa in the following seasons: 1987–88, 1991–92, 1993–94 and 1994–95. The greatest successes of Stal include participation in the quarter-finals of the Polish Cup (1991–92 edition).

In May 2010, a joint-stock sport company was established under the name "Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna". It is the legal successor and continuator of the "ZKS Stal Stalowa Wola" tradition. In July 2018, the city of Stalowa Wola took over the club's majority stake[3]. In 2010–2020, Stal played continuously in the II liga. In the 2019–20 season, it fell outside the central level, continuing to play in the III liga[4].

Naming history
  • 1938–1944 – Klub Sportowy Stalowa Wola (Sports Club Stalowa Wola)
  • 1944–1947 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Stalowa Wola (Association Sports Club Stalowa Wola)
  • 1947–1949 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Metal Stalowa Wola (Association Sports Club Metal Stalowa Wola)
  • 1949–1952 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Stal Stalowa Wola (Association Sports Club Stalowa Wola)
  • 1952–1957 – Koło Sportowe Stalowa Wola (The Sports Network Stalowa Wola)
  • 1957–1958 – Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy Stal Stalowa Wola
  • 1958–2010 – Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Stal Stalowa Wola
  • 2010–today – Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna (Stal Stalowa Wola Football Joint Stock Company)

Stal's places in the Ekstraklasa

1987–1988
Pos Team G W D L G+ G- +/- Pts
15 Bałtyk Gdynia3096152741−1421
16 Stal Stalowa Wola3069153156−2516

1991–1992
Pos Team G W D L G+ G- +/- Pts
15 Motor Lublin34912133340−730
16 Stal Stalowa Wola34812142333−1028
17 Zagłębie Sosnowiec34612162850−2224

1993–1994
Pos Team G W D L G+ G- +/- Pts
11 Stal Mielec34119143245−1331
12 Stal Stalowa Wola34814122537−1230
13 Zagłębie Lubin34912134047−730

1994–1995
Pos Team G W D L G+ G- +/- Pts
15 Petrochemia Płock34814123543−830
16 Stal Stalowa Wola34109153447−1329
17 Ruch Chorzów34715123946−729

Club records in the Ekstraklasa
  • Number of seasons: 4
  • First game: Stal Stalowa Wola 0–1 Zagłębie Lubin (August 9, 1987)
  • Biggest win: Igloopol Dębica 0–4 Stal Stalowa Wola (November 23, 1991)
  • Biggest defeat: Górnik Zabrze 6–0 Stal Stalowa Wola (August 27, 1994)
  • Longest series of victories: 2 (three times)
  • Longest series of defeats: 4 (two times)

Places in the all-time table of different league tiers

Stadium
Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej
Main article: Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej

Stal Stalowa Wola plays its home matches at the Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej (Subcarpathian Football Center) at the Hutnicza 15 Street. It was built in 2011–2020. Its planned capacity was to be 10,000 places. Ultimately it has 3,764. In the first match at the new stadium on February 29, 2020, Stal drew 0–0 with Bytovia Bytów[5].

Players

Current players
As of 14 August 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  POL Łukasz Konefał
12 GK  POL Matthew Korziewicz
99 GK  POL Maciej Siudak
14 DF  POL Mateusz Hudzik
20 DF  POL Szymon Jarosz
— DF  POL Bartosz Sobotka
2 DF  POL Adam Waszkiewicz
21 DF  POL Piotr Witasik (captain)
— MF  POL Szymon Jopek
— MF  POL Patryk Marut
10 MF  POL Piotr Mroziński
— MF  POL Kacper Piotrowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  POL Michał Płonka
13 MF  POL Przemysław Stelmach
6 MF  POL Rafał Surmiak
4 MF  POL Wiktor Stępniowski
15 MF  POL Filip Szifer
5 MF  POL Piotr Zmorzyński
9 FW  POL Michał Fidziukiewicz
— FW  POL Oliwier Pilch
— FW  POL Tomasz Płonka
17 FW  POL Kacper Śpiewak
— FW  POL Bartosz Tłuczek

Former players

Stal's homegrown is Piotr Piechniak, a three-time representative of Poland, later player of Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Polonia Warsaw and Odra Wodzisław.

Personnel
As of 14 August 2020
  • Coach: Szymon Szydełko
  • Assistant coach: Konrad Bober
  • Goalkeeping coach: Tomasz Wietecha
  • Team Manager: Marek Drozd
  • Physiotherapist: Tomasz Fijarczyk

Coaches over the years
  • 2018–2019 – Wojciech Fabianowski
  • 2019 – Paweł Wtorek
  • 2019 – Czesław Palik
  • 2019–today – Szymon Szydełko

Supporters

Supporters friends and rivals

Stal Stalowa Wola fans have a friendship with supporters of GKS Jastrzębie, Łada Biłgoraj, Polonia Przemyśl, Stal Rzeszów and Sokół Nisko. Stal's major rivals are Motor Lublin, Korona Kielce, KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Hutnik Kraków, Stal Mielec and Siarka Tarnobrzeg. The team's fan group is called "Stalówka The Firm"[6].

Derbies

The great character species for supporters have games between Stal and Siarka Tarnobrzeg (called the great derby of Subcarpathia), Motor Lublin (called the east derby) and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (called the metallurgical derby).

Between Stal and Siarka
Matches Stal wins Draws Siarka wins
46181612

Between Stal and Motor
Matches Stal wins Draws Motor wins
281378

Between Stal and KSZO
Matches Stal wins Draws KSZO wins
16655

Team reserve

Stal Stalowa Wola II plays in the IV liga, the 5th level of the Polish football league system[7]. It was promoted in 2019 after taking second place in the klasa okręgowa[8].

The players of the reserves in the 2020–21 season are: Jakub Lebioda, Tymoteusz Buczek, Filip Moskal, Kryspin Białas, Igor Fedejko, Szczepan Knap, Bartosz Tłuczek, Adrian Czyż, Maciej Wojtak, Szymon Grabarz, Maciej Krajanowski, Tomasz Węglarz, Williams Omuru, Konrad Maślach, Maksymilian Popek, Kacper Moskal, Rafał Świerad, Gabriel Środa, Bartosz Gnatek, Wojciech Bosak, Sebastian Gnatek and Mikołaj Burdzy. The team's coach is Sławomir Adamus[9].

References
  1. Tabela wszech czasów II ligi 1949–2020, zawisza1946.pl
  2. Stal Stalowa Wola mistrzem klasy A. „Nowiny Rzeszowskie-Nowiny Sportowe", p. 1, September 15, 1953, edition
  3. Historia klubu, stal1938
  4. II liga 2019/2020, 90minut.pl
  5. Nowy stadion w Polsce! II-ligowy klub czekał na niego 917 dni. "Był ogień", sport.pl
  6. Stal Stalowa Wola, stadionowioprawcy.pl
  7. Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Stal II Stalowa Wola, 90minut.pl
  8. Klasa okręgowa 2018/2019, grupa: Stalowa Wola, 90minut.pl
  9. STAL II STALOWA WOLA – sezon 2020/2021, stal1938.pl
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