Ekoball Stal Sanok is a Polish

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club based in

Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — , , ''Sanok'', , ''Sianok'' or ''Sianik'', , , ''Sūnik'' or ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of southeastern Poland with 38,397 inhabitants, as of June 2016. Located on the San ...

. They currently play in the

IV liga Subcarpathia IV liga Subcarpathia group (grupa podkarpacka) is one of the groups of IV liga, the fifth level of Polish football league system. The league was created in the 2000–01 season, after a new administrative division of Poland was implemented. Unt ...

, the fifth tier of the national football league system. They reached the quarter-finals of the

2008–09 Polish Cup The 2008–09 Polish Cup was the fifty-fifth season of the annual Polish cup competition. It began on July 30, 2008 with the extra preliminary round and ended on May 19, 2009 with the Final, played at Stadion Śląski, Chorzów. The winners quali ...

, and notable cup exploits include giant-killing

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

. The club spent majority of time at third and fourth levels of Polish football pyramid, only once winning the promotion to the second division. Stal Sanok is one of the most well-known and supported clubs in the region. Their main rivals are Karpaty Krosno. The best goalscorer in history of Stal Sanok and one of the most legendary players was Jerzy Pietrzkiewicz. There used to be an

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section, but the section became an independent club

STS Sanok STS Sanok is an ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland. The team played in the Eastern Division of the Slovak 2. Liga, the third tier of ice hockey in Slovakia. The team was inactive during the 2016–2017 season due to financial difficulties. Before th ...

. The club rebranded in 2016 due to financial problems to Ekoball Stal Sanok. Current head coach is Piotr Kot while his assistant coach Damian Niemczyk is also one of the most important players of the first team. Robert Ząbkiewicz who used to be the head coach of the team before is now the team manager, and Adrian Terkała is the head of marketing.

External links

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Official club website
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Stal Sanok
at the 90minut.pl website (Polish) Football clubs in Poland Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in Poland Association football clubs disestablished in 2016 Sanok Sport in Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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