Puszcza Niepołomice

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.

For the forest, see Niepołomice Forest.
MKS Puszcza Niepołomice
Full nameMiejski Klub Sportowy Puszcza Niepołomice
Founded1923 (1923)
GroundPuszcza Stadium
Cracovia Stadium
Capacity2,118 (Niepołomice)
15,016 (Kraków)
ChairmanJarosław Pieprzyca
ManagerTomasz Tułacz
LeagueEkstraklasa
2023–24Ekstraklasa, 12th of 18
WebsiteClub website

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

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 1 June 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
4 DF  POL Tomasz Wojcinowicz
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
17 DF  POL Jakub Bartosz
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  POL Jakub Stec
20 DF  POL Filip Gil
21 DF  POL Michał Koj
22 DF  MDA Artur Crăciun
23 FW  POL Jordan Majchrzak (on loan from Legia Warsaw II)
25 FW  POL Kamil Zapolnik
27 DF  POL Łukasz Sołowiej
28 MF  POL Igor Pieprzyca
45 FW  SVN Rok Kidrič
48 GK  POL Oliwier Zych (on loan from Aston Villa)
67 DF  MDA Ioan-Călin Revenco
70 MF  POL Wojciech Hajda
93 MF  POL Bartłomiej Poczobut
96 FW  POL Maciej Firlej

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 FW  NGA Monsuru Adisa (at Wiślanie Jaskowice until 30 June 2024)
18 FW  POL Lucjan Klisiewicz (at Stal Stalowa Wola until 30 June 2024)
24 FW  BIH Muris Mešanović (at Dukla Prague until 30 June 2024)
30 FW  POL Adam Kramarz (at KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski until 30 June 2024)
37 MF  POL Szymon Jopek (at Polonia Bytom until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
44 MF  POL Kacper Cichoń (at Olimpia Grudziądz until 30 June 2024)
80 MF  POL Jakub Wójcik (at Czarni Połaniec until 30 June 2024)
99 GK  POL Kacper Piechota (at KS Wiązownica until 30 June 2024)
— MF  POL Dominik Frelek (at Olimpia Grudziądz until 30 June 2024)
— MF  POL Jędrzej Strózik (at Wiślanie Jaskowice until 30 June 2024)

Notable players

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

Notable Polish players
Notable foreign players

References
  1. "Zwroty akcji w grze o PKO Ekstraklasę. Sensacyjny awans". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 11 June 2023.
  2. Witczyk, Łukasz (9 March 2024). "Trener Rakowa chwali Tomasza Tułacza. "Wykonuje dobrą pracę"". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. "Stałe fragmenty – drużynowo". ekstrastats.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. Knura, Michał (25 May 2024). "Ekstraklasa zakończyła sezon. Puszcza wyżej od Cracovii, która przegrała w osłabieniu". sport.lovekrakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  5. "Tomasz Tułacz i Oliwier Zych nominowani do nagród sezonu!" (in Polish). Puszcza Niepołomice. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  6. "Puszcza Niepołomice zagra przy Kałuży!". cracovia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  7. "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Puszcza Niepołomice. Retrieved 11 June 2023.


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