Stal Kraśnik

Association football club in Poland

Football club

Stal Kraśnik

Full name

Fabryczny Klub Sportowy Stal Kraśnik

Founded

16 September 1948; 75 years ago (1948-09-16) (as Klub Sportowy Metal)

Ground

MOSiR Stadium

Capacity

2,000

Chairman

Marcin Jędrasik

Manager

Kamil Witkowski

League

IV liga Lublin

2023–24

IV liga Lublin, 3rd of 18

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Stal Kraśnik is a Polish football club based in Kraśnik. Founded in 1948, the club is currently competing in IV liga Lublin, the fifth tier of the Polish football league.

History

Stal Kraśnik was formed in 1948 as Klub Sportowy Metal. On 16 September 1951, the club changed its name to Stal. In the 1956 season, Stal gained promotion to the third tier of the Polish football league for the first time in its history. In the 1960–61 campaign, Stal won the regional championship, and qualified to the promotion playoffs, but lost in the final round. In 1962, Stal Kraśnik reached the round of 16 of the Polish Cup, after defeating I liga team Odra Opole 1–0, in front of 8,000 fans.^[1]

In the 1966–67 season, Stal reached their highest ever league position of second in the reformed third tier, at one point behind the winners Włókniarz Pabianice.^[1] They have spent sixteen seasons in the third division, most recently in the 2001–02 season.^[2]

Stadium

The club play their home matches at Stadion MOSiR in Kraśnik (Kraśnik MOSiR Stadium), which has a capacity of 2,000.^[3] The record attendance for a football match in Kraśnik was on 30 April 1967 when a crowd of 15,000 attended Stal's 0–2 loss to Motor Lublin.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Historia klubu FKS Stal Kraśnik". stalkrasnik.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Stal Kraśnik - sezon po sezonie". hppn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Stadion MOSiR w Kraśniku (Stadion Stali Kraśnik)". stadiony.net (in Polish). Retrieved 7 July 2018.