Miejski Klub Sportowy Sokół Nisko, commonly referred to as Sokół Nisko (), is a Polish

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based in

Nisko Nisko is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland on the San River, with a population of 15,534 inhabitants as of 2 June 2009. Together with neighbouring city of Stalowa Wola, Nisko creates a small agglomeration. Nisko has b ...

Podkarpackie Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province (in pl, Województwo podkarpackie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshall, it is ...

. From the 2023–24 season, participating in the Stalowa Wola district class, as a result of relegation from the

IV liga Subcarpathia IV liga Subcarpathia group (grupa podkarpacka) is one of the groups of IV liga, the 5th level of Polish football league system. The league was created in season 2000/2001 after introducing new administrative division of Poland. Until the end of the ...

in 2023. The club's name literally means ''

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'' in

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, and it comes from the Polish Gymnastic Society "Sokół".

History

The club was founded in 1919, primarily participating in the

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's sub-district B-class. After

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, from 1944 the club operated under the name OMTUR Nisko, and later, in the early period of the

Polish People's Republic The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million nea ...

, it operated under other names under the nomenclature of sports associations: Zenit Nisko, Związkowiec Nisko and Ogniwo Nisko. The greatest success of this team were appearances in

III liga III liga (Trzecia liga) is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga referred to a league at the third tier (now called II liga) but this was ...

, then the third tier. From the 2008–09 season, the team regularly plays between the 5th and 6th football's level. In the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 seasons, the club won the

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa titl ...

at the level of the

Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola () is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 58,545 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2021. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The city lies in historic Lesser Poland ...

sub-district, defeating

Tloki Gorzyce Gorzycki Klub Sportowy Stal Gorzyce is an association football club based in Gorzyce, Poland. Between 1992 and 2014, the club was known as Tłoki Gorzyce. History The club was founded in 1951 as Koło Sportowe Stal Gorzyce. They has also perfo ...

after penalties and

Siarka Tarnobrzeg Siarka Tarnobrzeg () is a Polish professional football club, based in Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, which competes in II liga in the 2022–23 season, the third tier of the national football league system. In early 1990s, Siarka play ...

in extra time with a score of 5–4.

Honours

* Subcarpathian/

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...

: ** Winners (4): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1988 ** Finalist (1): 2008–09 * Subcarpathian

: ** Winners (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17 * VI Central Village Spartakiad in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

: ** Winners (1): 1966

Stadium

They play their home matches at the Stadion Miejski w Nisku (''Municipal Stadium in Nisko'') at the 20

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko ( be, Andréj Tadévuš Banavientúra Kasciúška, en, Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who ...

Street. The capacity of the stadium is 1,600 places (950 with seats).

Players

Current squad

The Sokół's players for the 2020–21 season were: Dawid Drozd, Patryk Drzymała, Dariusz Drelich, Patryk Buda, Jacek Stępień, Patryk Tetlak, Jakub Przepłata, Jacek Maciorowski, Kamil Wojtak, Krystian Tabaka, Mateusz Szpyra, Wojciech Tyczyński, Dawid Stypa, Piotr Szewczyk, Patryk Tur, Mateusz Rutyna, Wojciech Soboń, Damian Juda, Marcin Tur, Szymon Łyko and Bartłomiej Fronc.

Former players

Notable players

Tomasz Abramowicz Tomasz Abramowicz (born 15 February 1979 in Ełk) is a Polish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder or forward for Victoria Czermin. Football career Abramowicz began his career as a trainee with Stal Mielec. He made his Ekstraklasa de ...

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

player with

Stal Mielec Stal Mielec () is a Polish football club based in Mielec, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great successes within Poland's Ekstraklasa, winning the title twice (in 1973 and 1976) but had under ...

in 1990s. * Witold Karaś, player of the Poland national team in 1970s,

player with

in 1960s–1980s. *

Dariusz Michalak Dariusz Michalak (born July 21, 1966) is a Polish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career From the age of 7, he trained football in Stal Stalowa Wola, of which he is a home-grown. Among his coaches was Rudolf Patkoló. In the colors ...

player with

Stal Stalowa Wola Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Stal Stalowa Wola (), is a Polish professional football club based in Stalowa Wola, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Founded in 1938, the club competes in the III liga, group IV ...

in 1990s. * Paweł Rybak,

player with

in 1990s.

Club statistics

Supporters

Sokół Nisko fans have a friendship with supporters of the local giant

. They also had their fan group that suspended its activities in 2019.

Team reserve

Sokół Nisko II served as the Sokół's reserve side. The greatest success of this team was promotion to the sixth-tier

liga okręgowa The liga okręgowa (in some voivodeship named klasa okręgowa, English: regional league) is the 6th tier of the Polish football league system. The league is split into 58 groups, and there are present in every voivodeship. Teams promoted from l ...

(regional league). In the years 2009–2013 Sokół II played in

klasa B Klasa B represents the eighth level of the Polish football hierarchy. Teams promoted from Klasa B move up to Klasa A, whilst relegated teams descend to the Klasa C leagues (where the latter league exists). Notes References External links ...

, in the season 2012–13 they won the promotion back to

klasa A Klasa A represents the seventh level of the Polish football hierarchy. Teams promoted from Klasa A move up to the liga okręgowa, whilst relegated teams descend to the Klasa B leagues. The exceptions are Klasa A in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, w ...

. After taking a place in the relegation zone after the 2013–14 season, they did not continue to play in the following years.

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Sokół Nisko's 90minut.pl profile

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