Nörda Karwia is a

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club based in

Karwia Karwia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławowo, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. It lies approximately north-west of Władysławowo, north-we ...

Kashubia Kashubia or Cassubia ( or ; ; or ) is an ethnocultural region in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northern Poland. It is inhabited by the Kashubian people, and many in the region have historically spoken the Kashubian langua ...

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. As of the 2024–25 season, the club competes in

Klasa B Klasa B represents the eighth (or ninth in some regions) level of the Polish football hierarchy. Teams promoted from Klasa B move up to Klasa A, whilst relegated teams descend to the Klasa C Klasa C represents the ninth and lowest level of the P ...

, the eighth level in the Polish league pyramid. The club is notable both for incorporating the

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in its name and for playing in the most northerly football league ground in

History

The club was founded in 1994 and had its most successful period from 2008, when Nörda spent five seasons in the

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. Their most successful campaign was the 2008–09 season in which they finished 8th in the Klasa A with 38 points. After taking over at the end of 2017 the current manager, Jarosław Pieper, prevented the club dissolving and kept them in the league. Under Pieper's tutelage the team managed to reach 5th place in the Klasa B 2019 season and aimed to fight for a higher position the following season.

Ground

Nörda plays at Stadion Boisko w Karwii, the most northerly league football stadium of any football club in Poland. The ground is located just 50 metres from the

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. In 2008, the club's pitch was destroyed by

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Colours

The club's home strip incorporates the yellow and blue colours of the regional club

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who have a strong fanbase in the town.

References

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