Hutnik Kraków
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Hutnik Kraków (Polish pronunciation: Template:IPAc-pl) is a Polish football club based in Kraków.
History
The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish top-flight. The team's greatest success is a third place in the 1995–96 season, as a result of which they qualified for the UEFA Cup. In that tournament, Hutnik eliminated Khazri Buzovna from Azerbaijan (9–0 and 2–2), Czech side Sigma Olomouc (0–1 and 3–1), but were themselves eliminated by Monaco (0–1 and 1–3).
The team was dissolved due to its debts and refounded by its fans as Hutnik Nowa Huta in 2010. They were admitted to Polish fifth division.
The England national team trained at Hutnik's grounds for the Euro 2012 tournament.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Among most famous players who began their careers at Hutnik youth academy are Marcin Wasilewski, Zbigniew Płaszewski, Jan Karaś, Kazimierz Putek, Marek Koźmiński, Dariusz Romuzga, Łukasz Sosin and Michał Pazdan.
Naming history
- 1952–56: Stal Nowa Huta
- 1956–84: Hutnik Nowa Huta
- 1984–2010: Hutnik Kraków
- 2010–17: Hutnik Nowa Huta Polish pronunciation: Template:IPAc-pl
- 2017–current: Hutnik Kraków
Honours
- Ekstraklasa
- Third place: 1995–96
- Polish Cup
- Semi-final: 1989–90
- Polish U-19 championship
- Champions: 1985, 1993, 1994
- Third place: 1972, 1988
- Polish U-17 championship
- Champions: 1997
Fans
Traditionally, Hutnik is considered the third largest team in Kraków, behind fierce city rivals Cracovia and Wisła. The majority of their fanbase is from the district of Nowa Huta and club has 3 fan-clubs: Igołomia&Pobiednik, Szczyrzyc, Górale (which compromises of fans from Zakopane and Nowy Targ).<ref name="hutnik.org">Template:Cite web</ref>
In recent years the team has spent much of its time in the lower divisions unlike their neighbouring rivals, and the city derbies have usually been played against the reserve teams. As a result, they have developed rivalries with other teams such as Unia Tarnów, and Resovia Rzeszów,<ref name="hutnik.org"/> as well as KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Stal Stalowa Wola with whom they contest the Steelworks derbies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The fans have friendly relations with fans of 1.FC Magdeburg, which started after one of the Magdeburg fans logged onto a Hutnik fan forum.<ref name="hutnik.org"/> They also have good relations with fans of Stomil Olsztyn<ref name="hutnik.org"/> and Wisła Płock.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There are also some friendly contacts with fans of Dynamo Kyiv.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | Q1 | Template:Flagicon Khazri Buzovna | 9–0 | 2–2 | 11–2 |
| Q2 | Template:Flagicon Sigma Olomouc | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | ||
| R1 | Template:Flagicon AS Monaco | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
Players
Current squad
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Notable players
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- Krzysztof Bukalski
- Wilde-Donald Guerrier
- Tomasz Hajto
- Marek Koźmiński
- Patrik Mišák
- Zakari Lambo
- Michał Pazdan
- Igors Tarasovs
- Mirosław Waligóra
- Marcin Wasilewski
- Kazimierz Węgrzyn
- Moussa Yahaya