Wisła Krakow

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Wisła Krakow
Club logo
Basic data
Surname Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna
Seat Krakow
founding 1906
Colours red-white-blue
president PolandPoland Dawid Błaszczykowski
Website wisla.krakow.pl
First soccer team
Head coach PolandPoland Artur Skowronek
Venue Henryk Reyman Stadium
Places 33,326
league Ekstraklasa
2019/20 13th place
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Henryk Reyman Stadium

Wisła Kraków (officially Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna ) is a Polish sports club from Kraków . The club, founded in 1906, was Polish champion thirteen times, won the Polish Football Cup four times and in 2001 won the Polish Super Cup for the first time. From 1999 to 2005 alone, Wisła Krakau was five times Polish champion in seven seasons. Only Górnik Zabrze and Ruch Chorzów were able to win more championships with 14 titles. However, in contrast to Wisła Krakow, this was a long time ago. The more recent success story is closely linked to the coach and former Polish national player Henryk Kasperczak . The club's home ground is the Henryk Reyman Stadium in Kraków .

Despite great success at national level, Wisła Krakow has so far remained without a title in international competitions. As Polish champions not directly qualified for the UEFA Champions League , Krakow has always failed in the last qualifying round in recent years: in 2011 to APOEL Nicosia (1: 0, 1: 3), in 2008 at FC Barcelona (0: 4, 1: 0 ), 2004 to Real Madrid (0: 2, 1: 3), 2003 to RSC Anderlecht (0: 1, 1: 3) and 2001 to FC Barcelona (3: 4, 0: 1). In the qualification in 2005, the Polish champions finally failed to Panathinaikos Athens with 3: 1 and 1: 4 a. V. The greatest success in the premier class , which at that time was still called the European Cup, was for Wisła Krakow reaching the quarter-finals in 1978 when one Malmö FF lost 2-1 and 1: 4.

Wisła Krakow never reached the final of the UEFA Cup either. The highlights here were most recently reaching the last 16 in 2003, when the team surprisingly prevailed 4-1 at FC Schalke 04 after a 1-1 draw in the first leg and were able to eliminate AC Parma from Italy, among others . Then Wisła surprised with a 3: 3 at Lazio Rome , but then lost the home game with 1: 2 and was eliminated. In September 2000 Wisła Krakau was able to make up a 4-1 first leg defeat at home to Real Zaragoza and prevail on penalties.

history

1906–1911: Founding history and years

The Wisła Krakow team in 1907

The Błonia Park is considered the cradle of Krakow football. Theater director Tadeusz Konczyński also organized the city's first official football tournament here in October 1906. 16 teams from the surrounding middle schools took part. Some teams were provided with playing clothing by the tournament organizer, including the two teams that were later to found the Wisła club.

The two clubs were, on the one hand, the “blue ones”, pupils of the second secondary school under their captain and goalkeeper Józef Szkolnikowski. They gave the association the name Wisła - in German Vistula. They were looked after by the teacher Tadeusz Łopuszański. The "Reds" played in red playwear and were founded by a student named Jenkner.

In 1907, both teams decided to found the Wisła Krakow association. However, the first meeting of the two associations is considered to be the “founding moment”, which explains the founding year 1906. The game clothing initially consisted of red shirts with two blue stars, which were intended to underline the name Wisła, and on the other hand, the two stars symbolized the two teams from which the club emerged. The first player's outfit was completed by black shorts and socks. The first player's clothing was ordered from the Steingl company in Berlin. The moment the package was opened has been documented. The teacher Jan Weyssenhoff said: "When we opened the package from Berlin, we saw something wonderful: red jerseys with two symmetrically arranged blue stars, we were happy." The next organizational step was the election of the first association bodies and association presidents. The choice of club president fell on the teacher Tadeusz Łopuszański, the supervisor of the "Blue". Tadeusz Łopuszański was a teacher of mathematics and physics at the Second Middle School in Kraków. Wisła Kraków's first logo was also designed, consisting of a red sign with a blue star and the year of establishment. In 1908 the first club area was built in Dr.-Henryk-Jordan-Park. The year 1910 was an important year for Wisła, on February 7th of that year the statutes of the association were recognized by the Galician provincial government and registered under the registration number L.XIII 632. Wisła Krakow was now an officially registered association. In 1911, the player's jerseys changed again, a white star now adorned the left side of the red jersey, and the whole thing was completed by blue trousers. Now the club has also got a new playground with changing rooms and training facilities. On April 6, the opening match between Wisła Kraków and Czarni Lwów took place. However, Czarni Lwów turned out to be a bad loser, when the team lost 3-2, they immediately left the grounds and did not stay for the celebrations that were held for the opening of the new sports facility.

1914–1918: The club during the First World War

The beginning of the First World War put games on hold for five years. During this time, the club made its sports facilities available to the Polish legions as a training ground. Many of Wisła's players joined the Polish legions during this period and fought in World War I.

1919–1928: Promotion to a top Polish team

The championship team from 1927
Season dates 1922 to 1928
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1922/23 Polish Championship (tournament mode) 2.
1924/25 Polish Championship (tournament mode) 3.
1926/27 Ekstraklasa 1.
1927/28 Ekstraklasa 1.

After the club's premises, including the changing rooms, were destroyed by fire during the First World War, the club acquired a site in 1919 to build a stadium. Three years later, on April 8, 1922, the new stadium was consecrated and opened by Capuchin monks. Wisła lost the opening game against Pogoń Lwów 2: 4. On May 14th, the Polish national football team will play against the team from Hungary (0: 3) in the Cracovia Krakow stadium . Stefan Sliwa and Henryk Reyman are also present at this game . They are the first national players for Poland to be provided by Wisła. A year later in 1923 Wisła Krakow wins the class A regional championships, but is defeated in the final of the Polish championship Pogoń Lwów. In 1924, the year of the Olympic Games in Paris, Wisła Krakow provided three players for the Polish Olympic football team. Among them Henryk Reyman, who would later become a legend in the Wisła Krakow club. Today, among other things, the stadium and an adjacent street are named after him. There is also a small monument in front of the stadium entrance.

In 1925 Wisła wins the Class A championship again, but it is not enough for the "big" title win. Finally, a year later, the club wins its first national title. On September 5, 1926, Sparta Lwów was beaten 2-1 in the final of the Polish Cup. In the same year, the top 12 teams in Poland decided to create a national league. The Ekstraklasa was founded on December 5th, and Wisła Krakow was one of the founding members. The first game in the new league was won 4-0 against local rivals Jutrzenka Kraków . Wisła Kraków became Polish champions for the first time in 1927, also because Henryk Reyman was the top scorer with 38 goals. A year later, Wisła Kraków is again Polish champion, Henryk Reyman wins the top scorer's crown again. The hundredth goal in the league is scored by Stanisław Czulak. Wisła Krakow is now one of the absolute top clubs in Poland with three national titles in three years.

1928–1945: Establishment in the Ekstraklasa and beginning of the Second World War

Poster for the 30th anniversary of the association
Season dates 1928 to 1939
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1928/29 Ekstraklasa 3.
1929/30 Ekstraklasa 2.
1930/31 Ekstraklasa 2.
1931/32 Ekstraklasa 6th
1932/33 Ekstraklasa 3.
1933/34 Ekstraklasa 3.
1934/35 Ekstraklasa 4th
1935/36 Ekstraklasa 2.
1936/37 Ekstraklasa 5.
1937/38 Ekstraklasa 3.
1938/39 Ekstraklasa 2.

In 1930 Wisła completed his hundredth league game against Pogoń Lwów and won 3-0. They are still very successful in the league and finish the season in second place in the table. Wisła celebrates its 25th anniversary in 1931. An average of 4,000 spectators now watch the home games in Krakow. However, in 1935 the club experienced another major setback. After the old club grounds had burned down in 1916, a storm destroyed the entire stadium facility so badly that it had to be completely rebuilt. In 1936 Wisła received a new logo. A blue stripe now runs diagonally through the red. It symbolizes the Vistula that flows through Krakow. The logo contains the words TS Wisła Kraków. To introduce the new logo, a friendly match between Wisła and Chelsea London takes place, which Wisła wins 1-0. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , three players from Wisła again took part in the Olympic football tournament. On September 1, 1939, the Wehrmacht invaded Poland, the beginning of the Second World War . Meanwhile, posters for the Cracovia-Wisła Derby on September 3rd are still being hung all over the city. Krakow was now under German occupation and served the National Socialist German Empire as the official seat of the General Government of Poland. The German occupiers also banned football games from being held. Despite the bans, the "secret Krakow championships" were held in 1940. Wisła wins this championship by beating city rivals Cracovia. All club equipment was hidden in the waterworks during the occupation. In 1941 Wisła again wins the “secret Krakow championships”. The club is also celebrating its 35th anniversary. In 1943 Cracovia won the Cracow championships against Wisła under dramatic circumstances. At the end of the game, the Wisła players plead for a penalty, but it is not awarded. Then there were riots in the city. Wisła is therefore fined internally. In 1944 Wisła won the Cracow championships for the third time. On January 28, 1945, the trumpeter of St. Mary's Church announced the city derby between Wisła and Cracovia in the now liberated Kraków. Wisła wins the game 2-0.

1945–1958: Post-war period in the People's Republic of Poland

Season dates 1945 to 1958
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1945/46 Polish Championship (tournament mode)
1946/47 Polish Championship (tournament mode) 2.
1947/48 Ekstraklasa 2.
1948/49 Ekstraklasa 1.
1949/50 Ekstraklasa 1.
1950/51 Ekstraklasa 1.
1951/52 Ekstraklasa 3.
1952/53 Ekstraklasa 3.
1953/54 Ekstraklasa 8th.
1954/55 Ekstraklasa 7th
1955/56 Ekstraklasa 5.
1956/57 Ekstraklasa 9.
1957/58 Ekstraklasa 7th
1958/59 Ekstraklasa 7th

In 1946 Wisła retired early from the playoffs of the Polish championship. A week before its 40th anniversary, a storm is blowing over Krakow, severely damaging the roof of the main stand. A year later Wisła made it to the final of the Polish championship, but lost to Warta Poznań 2: 5. 1948 Wisła Krakow closes the season with the first place in the table. Due to a new regulation, however, a playoff for the Polish championship will be played at the end of the championship. The Polish championship game between Cracovia and Wisła will take place on December 5th in the Garbarnia Kraków stadium . Cracovia Krakow can win the championship with a 3-1 win. After 21 years Wisła wins the Polish championship again in 1949. Due to the political change that resulted in the arrival of the socialist sports and economic system, Wisła Krakow was subject to some changes. For example, the newly created Ministry of "Internal Security" initiated the renaming to Gwardia Kraków. Gwardia means guard and should therefore express the connection to the Ministry for "Internal Security" under which the association has now been placed. This was a development that was also practiced in other socialist countries: sports clubs were either subordinated to ministries or companies. Thus the players were now employees of the respective ministry or company. For example, the league competitor Legia Warsaw was incorporated into the army and the Górnik Zabrze association became part of the coal companies. The following year Gwardia / Wisła was again champion, it would be the last title for the next 28 years. In the 1950/51 season Wisła / Gwardia is the leader of the table at the end of the season, however, due to a rule change by the Polish Association, the Polish champions were determined in the final of the Polish Cup. The “grand finale” took place on September 16 at the Polish Armed Forces Stadium in Warsaw. Wisła / Gwardia lost 2-0 against Unia / Ruch Chorzów in front of 35,000 spectators. In 1956 the club celebrates its 50th anniversary. During the celebrations, a "friendly game" was played against the reigning Soviet champions Dynamo Moscow (2: 5). The friendly game against Hungarian first division club Vasaem Csepel and the game against Brazilian AFC Belo Horizonte were won 1-0. Through a restructuring in the Polish association, the association is getting its old name back. Wisła is called TS Wisła from 1957 and is colored red and blue. August 19, 1956 is a black day in the history of Wisła. The club loses in Warsaw at arch rivals Legia 0:12; it is the biggest loss ever for the club in the league. In 1958 the Wisła Krakow amateurs win the Polish championship. In the same year, the first team plays its five hundredth league game.

1960–1971: The wild sixties

Season dates 1959 to 1969
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1959/60 Ekstraklasa 8th.
1960/61 Ekstraklasa 4th
1961/62 Ekstraklasa 6th
1962/63 Ekstraklasa 8th.
1963/64 Ekstraklasa 13.
1964/65 1st League 1.
1965/66 Ekstraklasa 2.
1966/67 Ekstraklasa 10.
1967/68 Ekstraklasa 12.
1968/69 Ekstraklasa 7th

At the beginning of the 1960s Wisła Krakow completed the 600th league game. The 1964/65 season was a disaster for Wisła Krakow fans and players. The team finished the season in 13th place in the table and was relegated to the second division for the first time since the Ekstraklasa was founded. In the second division, the team is almost unchanged. Just one year later, they managed to get promoted again and finished the 1965/66 season in an excellent second place. Second place is also achieved in the UEFA Intertoto Cup . In the 1966/67 season, the team played more in the lower third of the league, but all the more convincing in the cup. Wisła Krakow reached the final of the Polish Cup and beat Raków Częstochowa 2-0 in a dramatic match. Wisła Kraków has won the Polish Cup for the second time in its history. Wisła Krakow is now playing in the European Cup Winners' Cup for the first time . The team starts promisingly in the competition. Away you beat HJK Helsinki 4: 1 and in the home stadium 4: 0. Then you meet Hamburger SV and lose 1-0 at home and 4-0 in Hamburg. In the same year, the general assembly of the association resolves to change its name, the association is now called Gwardia Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków ( Guard / Sports Association Vistula Kraków ). In the 1968/69 season, the team can only save themselves from relegation with luck. During the summer break, the club played again very successfully in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The team reaches first place. They even manage to repeat this success a year later and win the UEFA Intertoto Cup again. Wisła Krakow played its eight hundredth league game on August 27, but lost 3-1 to Szombierki Bytom .

1971–1983: The ups and downs continue

Season dates 1969 to 1979
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1969/70 Ekstraklasa 8th.
1970/71 Ekstraklasa 8th.
1971/72 Ekstraklasa 9.
1972/73 Ekstraklasa 5.
1973/74 Ekstraklasa 5.
1974/75 Ekstraklasa 4th
1975/76 Ekstraklasa 3.
1976/77 Ekstraklasa 10.
1977/78 Ekstraklasa 1.
1978/79 Ekstraklasa 13.

Despite mediocre performances and placements in the league, the team developed talents that would become the best players in Poland. The most popular among them was Kazimierz Kmiecik , with 153 goals for Wisła Kraków the most successful goalscorer in the club's history. Despite several players who had a quality of Kmiecik, among them Adam Musiał or Marek Kusto, who later became Belgian champion and cup winner with the Belgian team KSK Beveren , the team never managed to fully exploit their qualities during this time. So it was only possible to win the championship in 1978. Already in the following season they fell back into mediocrity and reached just 13th place. In the 1979/80 season Wisła was able to improve to fifth place. The situation at the end of the seventies for Wisła can best be described in the league ugh, international hui. If the team only played mediocre in the league, good football was shown in the European Cup and the team made it to the quarter-finals. If the team defeated Malmö FF in the quarter-finals 2-1 in their home stadium, they lost 4-1 in Sweden. It is still the most successful result on the international stage for Wisła Krakow. In the 1980/81 season Wisła made another leap forward and reached second place in the league. It was to be the last major success for a long time.

1983–1997: The worst epoch in the history of the club

Season dates 1979 to 1989
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1979/80 Ekstraklasa 5.
1980/81 Ekstraklasa 2.
1981/82 Ekstraklasa 8th.
1982/83 Ekstraklasa 5.
1983/84 Ekstraklasa 11.
1984/85 Ekstraklasa 16.
1985/86 1st League 2.
1986/87 1st League 4th
1987/88 1st League 2.
1988/89 Ekstraklasa 9.

At the beginning of the 1983/84 season, the team disintegrated visibly. Many players moved abroad, for example. B. Marek Kusto to Belgium or Kazimierz Kmiecik to AE Larisa in the first Greek league. The club could not compensate for the heavy losses. In 1985 the club was relegated to the second Polish division. If you belonged to the best that Polish football had to offer seven years ago, you now played against teams like Igloopol Dębica or Włókniarz Pabianice . The stay in the second division should now last longer than 1966, when the team was relegated for the first time. The team should need three seasons to return to the top division. In the 1988/1989 season, the team finished 12th in the table after being promoted again in the Ekstraklasa . Through an exceptional team performance, including Kazimierz Moskala in the 1990/91 season top scorer, Wisła Kraków was third in the final table. However, this was the only notable success in the past 14 years. It should also remain a single success. In the following seasons the team fell into mediocre sport. Not enough of the sporting decline, they lost against arch rivals Legia Warsaw in Krakow 0: 6 in the 1992/1993 season. The sporting downturn continued the following year and the team was at the end of the 1993/1994 season in 15th place in the table and thus on a relegation place. The immediate return to the Ekstraklasa was gambled away by unnecessary defeats at the end of the 1994/95 season and only through the commitment of Henryk Apostel as the new coach, the renewed promotion to the Ekstraklasa succeeded in the 1996/97 season. However, at the beginning of the season it looked again as if the team would not be able to hold the top division. In the first half of the 1997/98 season Wisła occupied just 13th place in the table and was thus close to a relegation place.

Since 1997: the renaissance of a top team

Season dates 1989 to 1999
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1989/90 Ekstraklasa 9.
1990/91 Ekstraklasa 3.
1991/92 Ekstraklasa 7th
1992/93 Ekstraklasa 10.
1993/94 Ekstraklasa 15th
1994/95 1st League 3.
1995/96 1st League 2.
1996/97 Ekstraklasa 12.
1997/98 Ekstraklasa 3.
1998/99 Ekstraklasa 1.

At the beginning of the nineties the transition to the private sector was completed or initiated in almost all areas of Polish society, but at the beginning of this phase football was still relatively resistant, and football also offered too little potential for investors. At the end of the nineties, however, this changed and the Tele-Fonika group from Krakow, today one of the largest private companies in the Republic of Poland , invested in the club for the second half of 1997/98. For this purpose, the soccer department was spun off from the rest of the club and converted into a stock corporation. This “takeover” was hotly debated among the fans and sometimes viewed very critically. Only after Tele-Fonika gave a promise that the colors of the club and the name of the club would not be changed, the "takeover" by the club management of TS Wisła Krakow was approved. Today Tele-Fonika holds 100% of the football section of the Wisła Krakow club. Tele-Fonika initially set up a 10-year financial plan, which was to re-initiate sporting success in the long term. The first measure to realize this plan was to pay off the accumulated debt of three million zlotys. Another step was to systematically recruit the best talent in the country. Among other things, Radosław Kałużny was committed, who later played for Energie Cottbus and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Bundesliga . With commitments like these, the team under their captain Tomasz Kulawik started an incredible race to catch up and finished third in 1997/98 at the end of the season.

The club now had the chance to qualify for the UEFA Cup and the team took advantage of this opportunity. After defeating Welsh representatives Newtown AFC in the first qualifying round , the team defeated Turkish representatives Trabzonspor 2-1 and 5-1 in the second round and qualified for the main round of the UEFA for the first time after the political change in Poland. Trophy. In the second round Wisła then failed to later UEFA Cup winners AC Parma . At the game in Krakow there was a momentous incident. A Wisła fan threw a knife at AC Parma's player Dino Baggio . Baggio was hit in the head and had to be treated. As a penalty, the club was banned from all international competitions by UEFA for one year.

Season dates 1999 to date
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1999/00 Ekstraklasa 2.
2000/01 Ekstraklasa 1.
2001/02 Ekstraklasa 2.
2002/03 Ekstraklasa 1.
2003/04 Ekstraklasa 1.
2004/05 Ekstraklasa 1.
2005/06 Ekstraklasa 2.
2006/07 Ekstraklasa 8th.
2007/08 Ekstraklasa 1.
2008/09 Ekstraklasa 1.
2009/10 Ekstraklasa 2.
2010/11 Ekstraklasa 1.
2011/12 Ekstraklasa 7th
2012/13 Ekstraklasa 7th
2013/14 Ekstraklasa 6th
2014/15 Ekstraklasa 6th
2015/16 Ekstraklasa 9.
2016/17 Ekstraklasa 6th
2017/18 Ekstraklasa 6th
2018/19 Ekstraklasa

At the beginning of the 1998/99 season further commitments were made, including Maciej Żurawski and Tomasz Frankowski . In addition, "master trainer" Franciszek Smuda was won for the position of trainer. Smuda first won the 1996 and 1997 championships with Widzew Łódź . He also surprisingly qualified for the UEFA Champions League with Łódź . After a fourth place in the 1997/98 season, he was dismissed in Łódź and found a new job at Wisła. The numerous investments should pay off in sports. After 21 years, Wisła Kraków won the Polish championship for the first time in 1999 and Tomasz Frankowski secured the title of top scorer with 21 goals. The title was won, but not represented internationally as the club had to serve the penalty from the UEFA Cup incident. Nationally one grew up again to a top team. In the following season 1999/2000 the team finished second and in the cup they moved into the final, but lost to Amica Wronki 2-2 and 0-3. In the UEFA Cup, the club were eliminated in the second round against FC Porto after they had prevailed against Real Zaragoza on penalties. At the beginning of the new millennium, the team wins everything there is to win in Polish football. In 2001 the team again won the championship and the Polish Super Cup and for the first time in 35 years Wisła Kraków won the Polish Cup in 2002. In the following season, the club wins the double. In 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009, Wisła Krakow can win the Polish championship. The club is now one of the undisputed top teams in the country. In 2006 the association celebrates its centenary. The celebrations include a friendly against Sevilla FC , which was won 1-0. So far, the club has lacked international success, despite some excellent talents, which, however, have been sold to well-known European clubs for the benefit of financial income. Among them were Maciej Żurawski, who moved to Celtic Glasgow in Scotland , and Jakub Błaszczykowski , who moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2007 for 3.2 million euros . Reasons for the international unsuccessfulness were on the one hand inability, as in the qualifying phase for the UEFA Champions League 2009/10 , when they were eliminated by the Estonian representative Levadia Tallinn , on the other hand bad luck in the draw, as in the qualifying phase for the Champions League on opponents like met FC Barcelona (2001 and 2008) or Real Madrid (2005). The fact is that Wisła Krakow has never managed to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League since its inception. The best result in the UEFA Cup to date was the round of 16 in 2003, with AC Parma and FC Schalke 04 defeated in the previous rounds . In the 2011/12 season, Wisła Krakow narrowly missed the greatest international success in the Europa League after they failed in the play-offs of the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League to APOEL Nicosia (1-0, 1-3) to repeat when they failed in the round of 32 only because of the away goal rule to Standard Liège (1: 1, 0: 0). In the group stage Wisła Krakau had prevailed in second place behind FC Twente Enschede against Odense BK and FC Fulham , although they were last with only one win after four matchdays.

successes

International

Championship successes

  • Polish Championship :
    • 1st place (13 times): 1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
    • 2nd place (13 times): 1923, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1966, 1981, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010
    • 3rd place (10 times): 1925, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1952, 1953, 1976, 1991, 1998

Cup successes

  • Polish Football Cup :
    • Winner (4): 1926, 1967, 2002, 2003
    • Finalist (6): 1951, 1954, 1979, 1984, 2000, 2008

In the Super Cup , the champions and cup winners of the respective game year face each other.

Fans and friendships

Wisła Kraków has a distinct fan scene, with the Wisla Sharks and Armia Białej Gwiazdy (ABG) or White Star Army taking the leading role . She is the leading fan group and supports her team with numerous choreographies, which are often characterized by creativity and effort. The core of the ABG has its place on the north stand after the east stand was demolished as part of the modernization of the Henryk Reyman Stadium. It is customary not to sit on the north stand, even if it is purely a seating stand.

Fan friendships exist with the clubs Ruch Chorzów , Widzew Łódź , Elana Toruń , Unia Tarnów and Polonia Przemyśl . The fan friendships are well maintained by the respective fans, so banners of one of the other teams can be seen again and again at games in Wisła and vice versa. There is also strong mutual fan attendance. In April 2015, a friendship with the Italian club Lazio Rome became known.

Rivalries

The oldest and most notorious derby in Poland is that between Cracovia Krakow and Wisła. The term “ Holy War ” is used for this derby and it describes the strong rivalry between the two Krakow-based clubs. Both clubs were founded in 1906 and they are the oldest clubs in Poland today. The term "Holy War" was initially used for the meeting of the two Jewish Krakow associations Makkabi and Jutrzenka. A defender of Jutrzenka, who later moved to Cracovia, then described the games between Wisła and Cracovia as the "Holy War". With the dissolution of the Makabbi and Jutrzenka clubs, the term was only used for games between Wisła and Cracovia. The clashes between the two fan camps reached a low point in 2006, marking the centenary of the two clubs. Over 1,000 police officers, water cannons, armored vehicles and helicopters were in action at the game in the Henryk Reyman Stadium in Wisła Kraków. Nevertheless, it could not be prevented that a Wisła fan was stabbed to death by Cracovia supporters after the match. Since that incident, opposing fans have been excluded from games between Wisła and Cracovia for several years. Nowadays these encounters take place again with guest fans.

The rivalry between Wisła and Legia Warsaw is partly due to the fact that both teams are among the most successful in Poland and partly because both cities are in competition with each other. Krakow was the capital of Poland and had to give up this position in favor of Warsaw. Since then, Krakow has claimed to be the cultural and spiritual center of Poland and thus to be the actual capital of Poland.

Club coat of arms / coat of arms history

In 1907 the first coat of arms of Wisła Kraków was created, it consisted of a red shield with a blue star. Later the blue star was replaced by a white star, and a diagonal stripe was placed on the coat of arms. The stripe symbolizes the Wisła , which flows through Kraków. The star is still the association's central symbol today. Among other things, the nickname of the association is derived from this, "the white stars". The star also adorned the club's jersey for years instead of the actual club logo. In the times of the People's Republic of Poland, the GTS Wisła logo adorned the coat of arms. After the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, the coat of arms was completely changed. The 1936 coat of arms was placed in the center, with a soccer ball in the background. Around it a circle with the club name, on which a crown was placed, which is supposed to show the tradition of Krakow as the coronation city and as the former capital of Poland.

Club anthem

Jak długo na Wawelu / So long on the Wawel

Jak długo na Wawelu,
Zygmunta bije dzwon,
Tak długo nasza Wisła,
Zwyciężać będzie wciąż.

Zwycięży orzeł biały, zwycięży polski ród
Zwycięży nasza Wisła, bo to Krakowski Klub

Wierny swojej drużynie,
znów przyjdę na jej mecz,
i smutek z serca zginie,
troski odejdą precz.

Zwycięży orzeł biały, zwycięży polski ród
Zwycięży nasza Wisła, bo to Krakowski Klub

Zwycięży Gwiazda Biała,
Nasza Wiślacka brać,
Zasługa to niemała,
Tych co umieją grać.

Zwycięży orzeł biały, zwycięży polski ród
Zwycięży nasza Wisła, bo to Krakowski klub

Nawet jeśli przegrywasz,
To musi krótko trwać,
Bo mistrza ten zdobywa,
który potrafi grać.

Zwycięży orzeł biały, zwycięży polski ród
Zwycięży nasza Wisła, bo to Krakowski Klub

  

As long as
Sigismund's bell rings on the Wawel,
our Wisła will
always win.

If the white eagle
wins, the Polish people
win, our Wisła wins, because it is the Cracow club.

Loyal to my team,
I come to their game,
and all worry and pain
have been washed away.

If the white eagle
wins, the Polish people
win, our Wisła wins, because it is the Cracow club.

The white star will win,
our brothers from the Vistula,
this is a great merit,
because they know something about this game.

If the white eagle
wins, the Polish people
win, our Wisła wins, because it is the Cracow club.

And if you lose,
then only for a short time,
because you can only become a master if you
understand this game.

If the white eagle
wins, the Polish people
win, our Wisła wins, because it is the Cracow club.

Records

  • Most goals in the league: Kazimierz Kmiecik 153 goals in 304 games
  • Most games in the league: Władysław Kawula, 329
  • Biggest win: 21-0 against Ognisko Siedlce in Krakow, 1947.
  • Biggest defeat: 0:12 (0: 5), Legia Warsaw on August 19, 1956
  • Highest attendance: 45,000 spectators at the game against Celtic Glasgow , 2-0 on September 29, 1976
  • Highest attendance at a league game: 40,000. Legia Warsaw , 2: 1 August 7, 1977
  • Youngest player in a game: 16 years, 36 days Mieczysław Gracz on September 8, 1935.
  • Oldest player in a game: 36 years, 191 days Angelo Hugues on April 9, 2002.
  • Youngest scorer: 17 years, 76 days Mieczysław Gracz, on October 18, 1936.
  • Oldest goalscorer: 35 years, 255 days Henryk Reyman, April 9, 1933.
  • Top scorer in a season: Henryk Reyman with 37 goals
  • Games without defeat in Ekstraklasa: 38 games from October 25, 2003 to May 22, 2005 (record within the league statistics)
  • Games without a home defeat: 73 games from September 16, 2001 to November 19, 2006 (record within the league statistics)
  • Biggest win in European competition: 8-2 against Tbilisi, 7-0 against Newton House
  • Biggest defeat in European competition: 0: 4 against Hamburger SV (1967) European Cup Winners' Cup , 0: 4 against FC Barcelona CL qualification (2008)

Well-known former players

Wisła's trainer

Name of the trainer Period
Hungary 1918Hungary Imre locksmith 1924-1929
Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia František Koželuh 1929-1934
Hungary 1918Hungary Vilmos Nyúl 1934-1939
Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Otto Mazal-Skvajn 1939-1946
PolandPoland Jan Kotlarczyk 1946-1947
PolandPoland Artur Walter 1947-1948
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Josef Kuchynka 1948-1950
PolandPoland Michał Matyas 1950-1954
PolandPoland Mieczysław Gracz 1954-1955
PolandPoland Artur Woźniak 1956-1957
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Josef Kuchynka 1958-1959
Hungary 1957Hungary Karoly Kosa 1959-1960
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Karel Finek 1960-1961
PolandPoland Mieczysław Gracz 1961–1962
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Karel Kolský 1963-1964
PolandPoland Czesław Skoraczyński 1964-1967
PolandPoland Mieczysław Gracz 1967-1969
Hungary 1957Hungary Gyula Teleki 1969-1970
PolandPoland Michał Matyas 1970-1971
PolandPoland Marian Kurdziel 1971-1972
PolandPoland Jerzy Steckiw 1972-1974
PolandPoland Aleksander Brożyniak 1975-1977
PolandPoland Orest Lenczyk 1977-1979
PolandPoland Lucjan Franczak 1979-1981
PolandPoland Wiesław Lendzion 1981-1982
PolandPoland Roman Durniok 1982-1983
PolandPoland Edmund Zientara 1983-1984
PolandPoland Orest Lenczyk 1984-1985
PolandPoland Stanislaw Chemicz 1985
PolandPoland Lucjan Franczak 1985-1986
PolandPoland Stanislaw Cygan 1986-1987
PolandPoland Aleksander Brożyniak 1987-1989
PolandPoland Stanislaw Chemicz 1989
PolandPoland Adam Musiał 1989
PolandPoland Bogusław Hajdas 1989
PolandPoland Adam Musiał 1990-1992
PolandPoland Kazimierz Kmiecik 1992
SlovakiaSlovakia Karol Pecze 1992-1993
PolandPoland Marek Kusto 1993-1994
PolandPoland Orest Lenczyk 1994
PolandPoland Marek Kusto 1994
PolandPoland Lucjan Franczak 1994-1996
PolandPoland Kazimierz Kmiecik 1996
PolandPoland Henryk Apostle 1996-1997
PolandPoland Kazimierz Kmiecik 1997
PolandPoland Wojciech Łazarek 1997-1998
PolandPoland Jerzy Kowalik 1998
PolandPoland Franciszek Smuda 1998-1999
PolandPoland Jerzy Kowalik 1999
PolandPoland Marek Kusto 1999-2000
PolandPoland Wojciech Łazarek 2000
PolandPoland Adam Nawałka 2000
PolandPoland Orest Lenczyk 2000-2001
PolandPoland Adam Nawałka 2001
PolandPoland Franciszek Smuda 2001-2002
PolandPoland Henryk Kasperczak 2002-2004
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Verner Lička 2005
PolandPoland Jerzy Angel 2005
PolandPoland Tomasz Kulawik 2005
RomaniaRomania Dan Petrescu 2006
SerbiaSerbia Dragomir Okuka 2006
PolandPoland Adam Nawałka 2007
PolandPoland Kazimierz Moskal 2007
PolandPoland Maciej Skorza 2007-2010
PolandPoland Henryk Kasperczak 2010
PolandPoland Tomasz Kulawik 2010
NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Maaskant 2010-2011
PolandPoland Kazimierz Moskal 2011–2012
PolandPoland Michał Tryz 2012
PolandPoland Tomasz Kulawik 2012-2013
PolandPoland Franciszek Smuda 2013-2015
PolandPoland Kazimierz Moskal 2015
PolandPoland Marcin Broniszewski 2015
PolandPoland Tadeusz Pawłowski 2015
PolandPoland Marcin Broniszewski 2015-2016
PolandPoland Dariusz Wdowczyk 2016
PolandPoland Kazimierz Kmiecik and Radosław Sobolewski 2016
SpainSpain Kiko Ramirez 2016-2017
PolandPoland Kazimierz Kmiecik and Radosław Sobolewski 2017-

basketball

The club's basketball department is also very successful. The women's basketball team, which plays under the name of sponsor Wisła Can-Pack Kraków in the top division of Polish women's basketball , has won the Polish championship 25 times, most recently in 2016, and 10 times cup winners, most recently in 2015. Im In 1970 the team was runner-up in the Euroleague Women . In March 2010, the team qualified for the Final Four tournament of the Euroleague Women.

Web links

Commons : Wisła Krakow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tswisla.pl ( Memento of May 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b The murderer is sitting in the ticket booth , zeit.de
  3. ↑ a b c Wisla Sharks & Psycho fans confirm friendship , faszination-fankurve.de
  4. ^ New friendship. Wisla Krakow and Lazio !!! , hooliganstv.com
  5. ^ The most explosive football derbies in Poland , polenjournal.de
  6. ↑ Short distances between music and politics , faz.net