Stal Stalowa Wola

Stal Stalowa Wola (, Stal – "Steel" – symbol of Huta Stalowa Wola, Stalowa Wola – literally "steel will", name of city where club is based) is a Polish professional football club, currently playing in III liga, group IV. Stal's greatest success are 12th place in the 1993–94 Ekstraklasa, 1990–91 II liga championship and the quarter-final of the 1991–92 Polish Cup. It is the fourth best team in the history of the I liga, second professional association football division.
The club's traditional colours are green and black, and the club is known as "Stalówka" and "Hutnicy" ("Steelworkers"). At the beginning of its existence, it was associated with the Huta Stalowa Wola. In May 2010, a joint-stock sport company was built up under the name "Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna". It is the lawful successor and continuator of the "ZKS Stal Stalowa Wola" tradition. In July 2018, the city of Stalowa Wola took over the club's majority stake.
History.
In 1938, , who was the director of Huta Stalowa Wola, established the Klub Sportowy Stalowa Wola ("Sports Club Stalowa Wola"). At that time, the club had a pitch without running tracks and stands. The players were amateurs. During this period, training sessions took place after finishing work, and the matches were played on Sunday. The first match took place on May 4, 1939, in the Saint Florian's Day who is the patron saint of steelworkers.
After the World War II, the club resumed its activity. In the 1953 season, Stal won the Klasa A (4th level). For the first time footballers from Stalowa Wola were promoted to II liga (2nd level) in 1973, under the leadership of Jerzy Kopa. Stal players played in the second league until 1987, when they won promotion to Ekstraklasa in the play-offs against Górnik Knurów. Stal Stalowa Wola played in Ekstraklasa in the following seasons: 1987–88, 1991–92, 1993–94 and 1994–95. The greatest successes of Stal include participation in the quarter-finals of the Polish Cup (1991–92 edition).
In the wake of winning the 2001–02 II liga (fourth group), Stal was elevated to I liga. In the primary season in the subsequent level, it was fifteenth completing in the relegation zone. At this level, it showed up again in 2006. It tumbled to the third level after the 2009–10 season, assuming the penultimate position in the league, ahead of Motor Lublin only. In the 2009–10 Polish Cup edition, Stal reached the 1/8 finals. In the second round, it unexpectedly eliminated the title defender Lech Poznań with Robert Lewandowski in the squad (0–0, p. 4–1). In 2010–2020, Stal played continuously in II liga. 
The 2019–20 II liga season began severely for the Subcarpathian team – they had one point in the initial five matchess. After the loss to Błękitni Stargard (0–1), the coach Paweł Wtorek resigned. He was replaced by Szymon Szydełko, who was unable to turn around the club's fortunes. Stalówka finished the season in 15th, thus becoming relegated to III liga. Szydełko stayed at the club, beginning another season with a victory in the Polish Cup over the II liga side Skra Częstochowa (3–1 win). On October 31, 2020, after the 0–3 loss to Wisła Puławy, Szymon Szydełko was released from his contract (at the time of his release, Stal was sixth, 18 points behind to first place). On November 4, 2020, Jaromir Wieprzęć was announced as his successor.
Stadium.
Stal Stalowa Wola plays its home matches at the Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej ("Subcarpathian Football Center") at the Hutnicza 10a Street. It opened in 2020 and has been the home stadium of Stal Stalowa Wola since its completion. The stadium has lighting and a heated pitch. It holds 3,764 people (including 258 seats for visitors fans). In the first match at the new stadium, on February 29, 2020, Stal drew 0–0 with Bytovia Bytów (it was also the inauguration of artificial lighting).
Players.
Notable players.
"Players who have been capped, including national youth football teams."
"Players who have played in the team of the Stal Stalowa Wola stars against the Wisła Kraków stars in 2017."
Supporters.
Stal Stalowa Wola fans have a friendship with supporters of GKS Jastrzębie, Łada Biłgoraj, Polonia Przemyśl, Sokół Nisko and Stal Rzeszów. Stal's major rivals are Hutnik Kraków, Korona Kielce, KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Motor Lublin, Siarka Tarnobrzeg and Stal Mielec. The team's fan group is called "Stalówka The Firm". In 2020 officially begun a friendship with Ultras of Italian giants Inter Curva Nord Milano.
Derbies.
The great character species have games between Stal and Siarka Tarnobrzeg (called the great derby of Subcarpathia), Motor Lublin (called the east derby) and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (called the metallurgical derby).
Team reserve.
Stal Stalowa Wola II is a Polish football team, which serves as the reserve side of Stal Stalowa Wola. They compete in the IV liga Subcarpathia, the fifth division of Polish football, and play their home matches at training pitch of the Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej.
The players of the reserves in the 2020–21 season are: Jakub Lebioda, Tymoteusz Buczek, Filip Moskal, Kryspin Białas, Igor Fedejko, Szczepan Knap, Bartosz Tłuczek, Adrian Czyż, Maciej Wojtak, Szymon Grabarz, Maciej Krajanowski, Tomasz Węglarz, Williams Omuru, Konrad Maślach, Maksymilian Popek, Kacper Moskal, Rafał Świerad, Gabriel Środa, Bartosz Gnatek, Wojciech Bosak, Sebastian Gnatek and Mikołaj Burdzy. The team's coach is Sławomir Adamus.