Mieszko Gniezno is a football club based in

Gniezno Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...

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. They currently play in the IV liga Greater Poland, the fifth tier of Polish league football. The club's name commemorates Polish ruler

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, who ruled Poland in the 10th century, when Gniezno was capital of Poland.

History

In 1989, Mieszko's senior team achieved the greatest success in the club's history, reaching the quarter-finals of the

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at the central level. After eliminating teams such as Gwardia Warszawa,

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and

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, Mieszko had to face

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. There were no shocks however, in

despite the support of over 15,000 fans Mieszko lost 0–5, and in

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, they lost 1–5 (an honorary goal by Tomasz Kurowski). On 17 June 2018, after winning the playoff match against Victoria Września (both matches won 2–1 and 4–1 respectively), the team was promoted to the fourth division. From the 2018–19 season, Mieszko played in the 2nd group of the fourth division. The club finished 5th consecutively between the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons. Despite the two previous good seasons, in the 2020–21 season Mieszko finished bottom and were relegated to the fifth division once again. The following season, the team failed to get promoted finishing 5th, thirteen points off of 1st place.

Honours

* IV liga Greater Poland (North) **Champions: 2002–03, 2017–18 * Regional league (Poznań) **Champions: 2000–01, 2016–17 (East) *

**Quarter-finalists: 1989–90

References

External links

Official club website
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