MKS Puszcza Niepołomice (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpuʂt͡ʂa ɲɛpɔwɔˈmit͡sɛ]) is a professional football club located in Niepołomice, Poland. It currently plays in the Ekstraklasa after achieving promotion from I liga in 2023. The team's colors are yellow, white and green.

History

Puszcza Niepołomice team in the interwar period

Puszcza Niepołomice was originally called Sports Club Niepołomianka. The team was established on the initiative of mayor Andrzej Wimer and Stanisław Ziemba, Władysław Iwański, Stanisław Brudnik and Adolf Engel in 1923.

The first president of KS Niepołomianka was Władysław Iwański. The then board also included the treasurer Stanisław Brudnik and the manager of the team - Stanisław Ziemba.

On 11 June 2023, a year in which Puszcza celebrated their 100th anniversary, they won the 2022–23 I liga play-off final and achieved promotion to Ekstraklasa for the first time in the club's history.[1]

In their first-ever top-flight season, Puszcza recorded upset wins and draws against title contenders, and were praised for their effective use of set-pieces to score the majority of their goals,[2][3] as they finished the 2023–24 campaign in 12th.[4] For their efforts, Tomasz Tułacz and Oliwier Zych were nominated for Coach of the Season and Goalkeeper of the Season awards, respectively.[5]

Honours

Stadium

After earning promotion to Ekstraklasa, Puszcza Niepołomice played their home games at the Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium in Kraków, due to their ground in Niepołomice not meeting the requirements to host top-flight matches.[6] They returned to their home stadium on 2 March 2025, playing against Motor Lublin.[7][8]

Players

Current squad

As of 9 March 2025.[9]

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 Poland POL Kewin Komar
3 DF Ukraine UKR Roman Yakuba
4 DF Poland POL Dawid Szymonowicz
5 DF Poland POL Konrad Stępień
6 MF North Macedonia MKD Jani Atanasov (on loan from Cracovia)
7 MF Poland POL Antoni Klimek
8 MF Poland POL Piotr Mroziński
9 FW Poland POL Artur Siemaszko
10 MF Poland POL Hubert Tomalski
11 MF Poland POL Mateusz Cholewiak
12 MF Poland POL Mateusz Stępień
14 MF Poland POL Jakub Serafin (captain)
17 FW Poland POL Mateusz Radecki
18 DF Slovakia SVK Michal Sipľak
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Poland POL Jakub Stec
20 DF Poland POL Filip Gil
22 DF Moldova MDA Artur Crăciun
24 MF Croatia CRO Jakov Blagaić
27 DF Poland POL Łukasz Sołowiej
28 MF Poland POL Igor Pieprzyca
31 GK Poland POL Michał Perchel
33 DF Poland POL Dawid Abramowicz
35 FW Greece GRE Michalis Kosidis (on loan from AEK Athens)
41 GK Poland POL Kacper Smok
45 FW Slovenia SVN Rok Kidrič
63 FW Belarus BLR Herman Barkouski
67 DF Moldova MDA Ioan-Călin Revenco
88 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Georgy Zhukov

Other players under contract

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
MF Ukraine UKR Ruslan Skydan

Out on loan

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
16 MF Poland POL Michał Walski (at Stal Stalowa Wola until 30 June 2025)
29 FW Poland POL Krystian Okoniewski (at Dainava until 30 November 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
47 MF Poland POL Adam Sendor (at Watra Białka Tatrzańska until 30 June 2025)
77 MF Poland POL Dawid Kogut (at KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski until 30 June 2025)

Notable players

The players below played for their respective countries at any point during their career.

Notable Polish players
Notable foreign players

References

  1. ^ "Zwroty akcji w grze o PKO Ekstraklasę. Sensacyjny awans". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 11 June 2023.
  2. ^ Witczyk, Łukasz (9 March 2024). "Trener Rakowa chwali Tomasza Tułacza. "Wykonuje dobrą pracę"". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Stałe fragmenty – drużynowo". ekstrastats.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. ^ Knura, Michał (25 May 2024). "Ekstraklasa zakończyła sezon. Puszcza wyżej od Cracovii, która przegrała w osłabieniu". sport.lovekrakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Tomasz Tułacz i Oliwier Zych nominowani do nagród sezonu!" (in Polish). Puszcza Niepołomice. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Puszcza Niepołomice zagra przy Kałuży!". cracovia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  7. ^ "Puszcza od marca będzie grać domowe mecze w Niepołomicach". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Nieudany powrót do Niepołomic – Puszcza - Motor 0:1". krakow.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  9. ^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Puszcza Niepołomice. Retrieved 11 June 2023.


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