Stal Mielec () is a Polish football club based in

Mielec Mielec ( yi, מעליץ-Melitz) is the largest city and seat of Mielec County. Mielec is located in south-eastern Poland ( Lesser Poland), in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Województwo Podkarpackie). The population of Mielec in December 2021 wa ...

, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great successes within Poland's

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 ...

, winning the title twice (in 1973 and 1976) but had undergone significant management changes and financial difficulties within the past two decades, which forced the club from participation in the Poland's top league. After winning the third-tier

II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorship reasons by eWinner, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ''II Liga'' refer ...

title in 2016, Stal Mielec was promoted to

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga ...

. After finishing first in I liga in 2020, Stal Mielec was promoted to the

for the first time since the 1995–96 season. StalMielec-Mecz3

History

Naming history

* 1939 – Klub Sportowy PZL Mielec * 1946 – Robotniczy Klub Sportowy PZL Zryw Mielec * 1948 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Metalowców PZL Mielec * 1949 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec * 1950 – Koło Sportowe Stal przy Wytwórni Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego Mielec * 1957 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec * 1977 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy PZL Stal Mielec * 1995 – Autonomiczna Sekcja Piłki Nożnej FKS PZL Stal Mielec * 1997 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec * 1998 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Lobo Stal Mielec * 1999 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec * 2002 – Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec * 2003 – Klub Sportowy FKS Stal Mielec

1939–1945 - the beginning and interwar period

The football club was one of the first two (next to the volleyball club) at the PZL Mielec, established in 1939. The team was made up of players playing in other clubs in Mielec and employees of the PZL, an aerospace company. In the first match played, the team defeated the Gymnastic Society "Sokół" Mielec with 4–1 victory. Three more matches were played against Dzikovia Tarnobrzeg (2–1), Metal Tarnów (3–1) and a team made up of players from an ammunition factory in Nowa Dęba (6–1). The match against

Okęcie Warszawa Okęcie () is the largest neighbourhood of the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland. It is the location of Warsaw Chopin Airport and the PZL Warszawa-Okęcie aircraft works, and home to the Okęcie Warszawa professional association football clu ...

planned for September did not take place, because World War II started and any sports games were forbidden. However, the matches were played illegally in the meadows beyond the communal forest and in other towns (including

Dębica Dębica (; yi, דעמביץ ''Dembitz'') is a town in southeastern Poland with 44,692 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Dębica County. Since 1999 it has been situated in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it had previously been i ...

Kolbuszowa Kolbuszowa ( yi, קאלבאסאוו) is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,190 inhabitants (02.06.2009). Situated in the Sandomierz Forest in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County. Kolbusz ...

Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; la, Sandomiria) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (as of 2017), situated on the Vistula River in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Provi ...

). The only official match was played against a German military unit and ended with the score 1–2.

Achievements

** 1st place: 1972–73, 1975–76 ** 2nd place: 1974–75 ** 3rd place: 1973–74, 1978–79, 1981–82 *

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 ...

**Finalists: 1976 *Youth Teams: ** Polish U-19 Runner Up: 1964, 2007 ** Polish U-19 Bronze Medal: 1968, 1969, 2006 ** Polish U-17 Champion: 2007 ** Polish U-17 Runner Up: 1996, 2012

Participation in European cups

* Quarter-finalists of the

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, cla ...

in 75/76 season. * First round participants of the

in 79/80 season. * First round participants of the

in 82/83 season. * First round participants of the European Champions Cup in 73/74 season. * First round participants of the European Champions Cup in 76/77 season.

Lower League Championships

* B Class: 1949 * A Class: 1950, 1954 *

II Liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorship reasons by eWinner, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ''II Liga'' refer ...

: 1955, 1968–69, 2015–16 *

I Liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga ...

: 1960, 1969-70 (as 2nd), 1984–85, 1987–88, 2019-20 (as 2nd) * V Liga: 1998-99 * IV Liga: 2007-08 (as 4th) * III Liga: 2012-13

Stadium

The construction of the club's current stadium, Stadion Miejski w Mielcu, was concluded in 1953. The stadium underwent a major renovation, completed in 2013. It maintains a seating capacity for 7,000 spectators. Before the 2013 renovation, it maintained seating capacity for 30,000 spectators, and hosted numerous European Champions Cup,

, and Polish national team matches, including

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIFA), the ...

and

UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...

qualifiers.

Individual Player Awards

Top Goalscorer * 1973 -

Grzegorz Lato Grzegorz Bolesław Lato (Polish pronunciation: ; born 8 April 1950) is a Polish former professional football player and manager who played as a winger. He was a member of Poland's golden generation of football players who rose to fame in the ...

- 13 goals * 1975 - Grzegorz Lato - 19 goals * 1995 - Bogusław Cygan - 16 goals Award given by ''Piłka Nożna'': * Player of the Year ** 1976 - Henryk Kasperczak ** 1977 - Grzegorz Lato * Newcomer of the Year ** 1975 - Zbigniew Hnatio ** 1978 - Włodzimierz Ciołek Award given by ''Przegląd Sportowy'' * Polish Athlete of the Year ** 1974 - 4th place - Grzegorz Lato ** 1977 - 5th place - Grzegorz Lato Award given by ''Sport'' * Player of the Year ** 1974 - Grzegorz Lato ** 1976 - Henryk Kasperczak ** 1977 - Grzegorz Lato Award given by ''Tempo'' * Goalkeeper of the Year ** 1979 - Zygmunt Kukla

Reserves

The club operates a reserve team which currently plays in IV liga Subcarpathia, the fifth tier of the league pyramid. Moreover, there is the Stal Mielec III team, as they play in

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 ...

(sixth tier) and participate in the 2020–21 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 ...

–

edition.

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Notable players

, player of Polish national football team, Golden Shoe winner of the 1974 World Cup with 7 goals; former President of the

Polish Football Association The Polish Football Association ( pl, Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej; PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the Ekstraklasa), the Polish Cup and the Polish national fo ...

* Henryk Kasperczak, player of Polish national football team, former coach of

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and Kavala F.C. *

Andrzej Szarmach Andrzej Szarmach (; born 3 October 1950) is a former Polish football player. He played in the Polish national team during its "golden age" in the 1970s. With Grzegorz Lato at his right, Robert Gadocha at his left, and Kazimierz Deyna in supp ...

, player of Polish national football team * Jan Domarski, player of Polish national football team * Dariusz Kubicki, player of Polish national football team * Zygmunt Kukla, goalkeeper of Polish national football team (1978–1980) *

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, goalkeeper of Polish national football team * Edgar Bernhardt, player of

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Managers

Stanisław Maurer Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...

(1947–1948) * Rudolf Pirych (1948–1952) *

Eustachy Poticha Eustachy is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko (1768–1844), Polish general and politician * Eustachy Sapieha (1881–1963), Polish nobleman, prince, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and deputy to ...

(1952–1953) * Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1954–1956) * Michał Matyas (1957–1958) * Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1959–1960) *

Henryk Skromny Henryk Skromny (24 December 1926 – 16 November 1962) was a Polish footballer. He played in seven matches for the Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has represen ...

(1961) * Czesław Suszczyk (1962) * Michał Matyas (1962–1963) *

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(1963–1964) * Otton Opiełka (1964) *

Władysław Lemiszko Wladyslaw Kazimierz Lemiszko (19 June 1911 – 17 April 1988) was a former Polish international Ice Hockey player, Olympian, and later football manager. Ice Hockey Club Growing up Lemiszko was a talented athlete excelling in; ice hockey, athletic ...

(1964–1965) * Konrad Jędryka (1966–1967) * Andrzej Gajewski (1968–1972) *

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(1973) *

Aleksander Brożyniak Aleksander Brożyniak (born 2 January 1944) is a Polish association football, football player and coach. Playing career Brożyniak played for Czuwaj Przemyśl, AZS AWF Warszawa and CWKS Resovia (football), Resovia Rzeszów. Coaching career Bro� ...

(1973–1974) *

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(1974–1975) *

Edmund Zientara Edmund Jan Zientara (25 January 1929 – 3 August 2010) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Warsaw, Zientara played for Polonia Warsaw, Kolejarz Warszawa, CWKS Warszawa, OWKS Lublin, Gwardia Warsaw, Legia Wars ...

(1975–1977) *

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(1977) *

Konstanty Pawlikaniec Konstanty may refer to: given name: * Konstanty Adam Czartoryski (1777–1866), Polish prince, Brigadier General * Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (born 1947), Polish violinist, recording artist, and professor * Konstanty Borzęcki (1826–1876), partici ...

(1977–1978) *

(1978–1980) *

Mieczysław Kruk Mieczysław () or Mečislovas (Lithuanian) is a Slavic name of Polish origin and consists of two parts: miecz "sword", and sław "glory, famous". Feminine form: Mieczysława. Alternate form: Mieszko. This name may refer to: People Mečislovas * ...

(1980–1981) *

Józef Walczak Józef Walczak (born 3 January 1931 – 14 April 2016) was a football player and manager who mainly played for ŁKS Łódź during his playing career, also making two international appearances for Poland between 1954–1956, and went on to mana ...

(1981–1982) * Witold Karaś (1982) *

Jacek Machciński Jacek is a Polish given name of Greece, Greek origin related Hyacinth (given name), Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spain, Spanish and Portugal, Portuguese), Giacinto (Italy, Italian ...

and

Marian Kosiński Marian Kosiński (4 December 1945 – 21 April 2021) was a Polish professional football player (central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game a ...

(1982–1983) *

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(1983–1984) *

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(1984–1985) *

Ryszard Latawiec Ryszard () is the Polish equivalent of "Richard", and may refer to: *Ryszard Andrzejewski (born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer *Ryszard Bakst (1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian ...

(1985–1986) *

(1986–1987) *

(1987–1990) *

(1990) *

(1990–1991) *

(1991–1993) * Witold Karaś (1993) * Franciszek Smuda (1993–1995) * Jan Złomańczuk (1995) *

(1996–1997) * Jerzy Płaneta (1998) *

Marek Chamielec Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to: * Marek (given name) * Marek (surname) * Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944) * The ti ...

(1999) * Jerzy Płaneta (1999–2000) * Witold Karaś (2000) *

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(2000–2001) *

(2001) *

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(2001) *

Krzysztof Łętocha Krzysztof () is a Polish given name, equivalent to English ''Christopher''. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu Individuals named Krzysztof may choose to ...

(2001–2002) * Jacek Klisiewicz (2002) *

(2003–2006) *

Tomasz Tułacz Tomasz Tułacz (born 29 December 1969) is a Polish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Puszcza Niepołomice. From 1988 to 1994 he was a Stal Mielec's player in Ekstraklasa, with a seasonal spell at St ...

(2006) *

(2006–2007) * Janusz Białek (2007) *

Zbigniew Hariasz Zbigniew () is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew . This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements ''Zby-'' (from ''zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się'', meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and ''gniew'', meaning "ange ...

(2007) *

Andrzej Jaskot Andrzej Jaskot (born 26 January 1971 in Mielec) is a retired Polish professional association football, footballer. Jaskot played several seasons in the Polish Ekstraklasa with Stal Mielec, Hutnik Kraków and Widzew Łódź. He also made one a ...

(2008) *

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(2008–2009) *

(2009) * Janusz Białek (2009) *

(2009–2010) *

(2010) * Mariusz Łuc (2010) *

(2011–2012) *

(2012) *

(2012–2014) * Rafał Wójcik (2014) * Janusz Białek (2014) * Rafał Wójcik (2014) * Janusz Białek (2014–2016) *

Maciej Serafiński Maciej (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, the etymological equivalent of Matthias. Its diminutive forms are Maciek, Maciuś. Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May Maciej may refer to: Arts and ente ...

(2016) *

Zbigniew Smółka Zbigniew Smółka (born 12 May 1972) is a Polish football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of manag ...

(2016–2018) * Artur Skowronek (2018–2019) *

Dariusz Marzec Dariusz Marzec (born 14 September 1969) is a Polish football manager and former player. He is currently in charge of I liga club Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała () is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland ...

(2019–2020) * Dariusz Skrzypczak (2020) * Leszek Ojrzyński (2020–2021) *

(2021) * Adam Majewski (2021–)

References

External links

* Official website
Stal Mielec
at the 90minut.pl website (Polish) {{Authority control Mielec Association football clubs established in 1939 1939 establishments in Poland