Wisła Kraków

Wisła Kraków SSA
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Full name	Wisła Kraków Sportowa; Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname(s)	White Star
Founded	1906
Ground	Wisła Stadium
Capacity	15.850; (upgrading to 35,000)
Chairman	Marek Wilczek
Manager	Maciej Skorża
League	File:Orange ekstraklasa logo.jpg Orange Ekstraklasa
2006/2007	Orange Ekstraklasa, 8th
Home colours	Away colours

Wisła Kraków (pronounced: Veeswa Krakouf) is a Polish football club based in Kraków (Cracow), Poland. From 1906-1945 and from 1990-1997 were known as Wisła Towarzystwo Sportowe, after World War II the club became known as Gwardyjskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła until 1990 where they reverted back to their original name. The club's coat of arms is a white star on a red background. The team are known for their aggression and ambition on the field.

History

The history of Wisła started during the fall of 1906, when (probably in October) Dr. Tadeusz Konczyński organised the Krakow Błonia, the first football tournament in the city. He also founded four teams (among them one came from the Second Real School) and football uniforms which came to him from England. The school's team (also called Szkolnikowski's team) was given light blue shirts with a black bowl on their chests, which was divided by a blue belt. This is why they were called "The Blues". Their first captain, and also the person to coin the name "Wisła" was Józef Szkolnikowski - goalkeeper. Prof. Tadeusz Łopuszański was the club's first chairman.

In September 1907 "The Reds" (Jenkner's team) merged with Wisła, and soon after "The Pinks" did the same. That is when Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła officially began. The Blue shirts were changed to red, but the black trousers remained. When the first uniforms arrived from Berlin, two light blue stars were present on the shirts. It was decided that only one would remain, though its colour would be changed to white. This is how "The White Star" became the recognized symbol of the club.

From that time on the club had its ups and downs, winning national championships and gaining European qualification. The club was also relegated on three occasions to the second division.

On the international stage Wisła competed in all three of the European competitions. The biggest success came in the 1978/79 season, reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup eventually to be knocked out by Malmö FF, 3:5. Most recently Wisła narrowly missed out on a chance to compete in the 2005/06 Champions League group stage, being beaten 4:5 by Greek side Panathinaikos after extra time under controversial circumstances.

Wisła also twice reached the second round of the Cup Winners Cup in 1967/68 and 1984/85, being beaten 0:5 and 2:3 by Hamburger SV and Fortuna Sittard respectively.

"The White Star" has competed ten times in the UEFA Cup, for instance in 1976/77, 1981/1982 and 1998/99. Twice gaining entry into the second phase only to be knocked out on penalties by R.W.D. Molenbeek and 2:3 by Lazio

UEFA Cup 2006/07 Results

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1. Blackburn Rovers	10	4	3	1	0	6	1
2. AS Nancy	7	4	2	1	1	7	4
3. Feyenoord	5	4	1	2	1	4	5
4. Wisła Krakow	3	4	1	0	3	6	8
4. FC Basel 1893	2	4	0	2	2	4	9

City Stadion in Krakow

Current Squad

Accurate as of August 1 2006 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POL	Mariusz Pawełek
31	GK	POL	Łukasz Jarosiński
2	DF	AUS	Michael Thwaite
3	DF	POL	Maciej Stolarczyk
4	DF	POL	Marcin Baszczyński
6	DF	POL	Arkadiusz Głowacki
10	DF	SRB	Nikola Mijailović
??	DF	POL	Mikołaj Kałuda
13	DF	POL	Adam Kokoszka
25	DF	BRA	Cléber
18	DF	POL	Dariusz Dudka
--	MF	POL	Dawid Kubowicz
15	MF	POL	Konrad Gołoś


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	BRA	Jean Paulista
7	MF	POL	Radosław Sobolewski
17	MF	POL	Marek Zieńczuk
20	MF	ARG	Mauro Cantoro
22	MF	POL	Piotr Brożek
33	MF	SRB	Branko Radovanović
77	MF	AUS	Jacob Burns
23	FW	POL	Paweł Brożek
19	FW	POL	Patryk Małecki
30	FW	SRB	Stanko Svitlica
11	FW	POL	Tomasz Dawidowski

They are currently managed by Kazimierz Moskal.

Transfers 2007/2008

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
––	DF	POL	Mikołaj Kałuda (from Zdrój Ciechocinek)
––	MF	POL	Konrad Gołoś (from Polonia Warszawa)
––	GK	POL	Łukasz Jarosiński (from Zagłębie Wałbrzych)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
––	GK	POL	Marcin Juszczyk (to Górnik Wieliczka)
––	GK	POL	Jacek Paszulewicz (to Górnik Zabrze)
––	GK	ROU	Emilian Dolha (to Lech Poznan)
––	DF	ROU	Norbert Varga (to FC UTA Arad)
––	MF	POL	Paweł Kacczorowski (to WKS Śląsk Wrocław)
––	MF	SVK	Marek Penksa (to Lech Poznan)
––	MF	POL	Jakub Błaszczykowski (to Borussia Dortmund)
––	FW	POL	Marcin Kuźba (to Górnik Zabrze)
––	FW	POL	Paweł Kryszałowicz (to SV Wilhelmshaven)
––	FW	POL	Rafał Boguski (to Górnik Wieliczka)
––	MF	ROU	Hristu Chiacu (to Dinamo Bucharest)