| KS Amica Wronki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Klub Sportowy Amica Wronki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadion Amica, Wronki (Capacity 5,296) |
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| Chairman | Danuta Gorzkowska | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Marian Kurowski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Orange Ekstraklasa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orange Ekstraklasa 2005-06 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amica Wronki is a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Wronki (Wronke is a town in the Szamotuły County, western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999 previously in The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Ekstraklasa members for 2008-09 The following 16 teams will compete in the Ekstraklasa during the 2008-09 season Ekstraklasa members for 2008-09 The following 16 teams will compete in the Ekstraklasa during the 2008-09 season Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Wronki (Wronke is a town in the Szamotuły County, western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999 previously in Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
The history of SSA Amica Sport goes back to 1992 when the Amica company wanted to sponsor a football team in the town of Wronki where their factory was located. The company's increasing profits gave the new team tremendous financial clout in the Polish leagues. The club was formed when two clubs were joined together, Błękitni Wronki and LZS Czarni Wromet Wróblewo. The new club was named FK Amica Wronki and in just 4 years, the club won promotion from the Fourth Division to the Orange Ekstraklasa. Ekstraklasa members for 2008-09 The following 16 teams will compete in the Ekstraklasa during the 2008-09 season They have been in the top division in Poland since 1995. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland In May 2006 they merged with fellow Ekstraklasa team Lech Poznań. The team currently bearing the name Amica Wronki is a youth side playing in the Polish lower leagues.
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History
In the 1993/1994 season Amica Wronki were promoted to the Third Division. The next season the team, led by Jarosław Szuby, won promotion to the Second Division. Amica didn't stay in the second division for long because the following season they again won promotion, this time to the Ekstraklasa under Marian Kurowski who took over the job started by former coaches Boguslaw Baniak and Horst Panic. Their fairytale promotion ride to the top tier of Polish football was a dream come true for the fans and they were not going to be disappointed. The team finished 5th, 5th and 7th in successive seasons to cement themselves as an Ekstraklasa side. On June 13, 1998, Amica Wronki beat Aluminium Konin 5-3 to win their first Polish Cup and first trophy in their history. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Avans Górnik Konin is a Polish football club based in Konin, Poland. The Polish Cup in football (Puchar Polski is an elimination tournament for Polish Football clubs held continuously from 1950 and On July 18, 1998, Amica Wronki won the Polish Super Cup, contested by the previous seasons League and Cup Champions, by beating League Champions ŁKS Łódź after a goal by Radosław Biliński. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) ŁKS Łódź, pron ˈwuʨ is a Polish football club based in Łódź, Poland.
Amica qualified for the last edition of the now defunct European Cup Winners Cup in the 1998/1999 season, playing for the first time against European opposition. They beat Hibernians FC 5-0 in the qualifying round before losing to SC Heerenveen 4-1 on aggregate in the first round. Hibernians FC is a Maltese football club playing in the town of Paola Malta. sc Heerenveen ( Frisian: sc It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club currently playing in the Eredivisie, the Dutch Premier Division After a disappointing league campaign in 1998/1999 where they finished in 12th place they managed to end the season well by winning their second Polish Cup beating GKS Bełchatów on June 13, 1999. PGE GKS Bełchatów ( pronounced) is a professional football club that competes in the Polish Ekstraklasa. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Once more they had the opportunity of playing in Europe through the UEFA Cup and surprisingly beat Brøndby IF of Denmark 5-4 on aggregate in the first round. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe They followed up that success by beating League Champions Wisła Kraków to win their second Polish Super Cup on September 22, 1999. Wisła Kraków ( pron 'viswa ˈkrakuf Veeswa Krakouf) is a Polish football club based in Kraków Poland Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) They were drawn against Spanish team Atlético Madrid in the second round of the Uefa Cup and lost 5-1 on aggregate ending the 1999/2000 season in 6th place. Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid who play in the Primera División of La Liga. Amica won their third Polish Cup on 9 June 2000 in a rematch of the Super Cup game against Wisła Kraków. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. They appeared in a European competition for the third season in a row and made it to the second round beating FC Vaduz 6-3, FC Alania Vladikavkaz 5-0 and finally losing to Hertha BSC Berlin 2-4 and finished the 2000/2001 season in 7th place. FC Vaduz is a Liechtensteiner football team that plays in Vaduz. FC Alania Vladikavkaz (Футбольный клуб Алания Владикавказ is a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze Hertha BSC Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC Berlin was a founding club of the DFB
In the 2001/2002 season a reshuffle of the Ekstraklasa occurred to lower the number of teams from 18 to 16. Two groups of nine teams were created for the fall season. The spring season consisted of a Championship group consisting of the top 5 teams in both fall season groups and a Relegation group consisting of the bottom 4 teams from both fall season groups. Amica finished in 5th place in their group during the Fall Season with 12 points to qualify for the Championship group and ended the Spring season in 3rd place. Amica made it to the Polish Cup final for the fourth time but were beaten by Wisla Krakow 8-2 on aggregate. Qualification for the 2002/2003 UEFA Cup was accomplished as Polish Cup runners-up because Wisla had won the league title and therefore qualification for the UEFA Champions League. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club Amica beat Servette FC on the away goals rule after a 4-4 aggregate tie in the first round before extending their streak of never having qualified past the second round by losing to Málaga CF 4-2 on aggregate and finishing the season in 6th place. Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva. They currently play in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss Málaga Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia.
The following season fared much better as a good run of games propelled them to 3rd place in the league and therefore UEFA Cup qualification, the only downside being their elimination from the Polish Cup in the quarter finals. A penalty shoot-out was needed for Amica to beat Hungarians Budapest Honvéd FC 5-4 after a 1-1 aggregate tie in the second qualifying round of the 2004/2005 UEFA Cup. Budapest Honvéd FC is a Hungarian Sports club from Budapest best known for its football team A 2-1 victory in the first round against Latvians FK Ventspils was followed by their first appearance in the revamped UEFA Cup group stage. FK Ventspils is a Latvian Virsliga football team The club's home ground is the 3200 capacity Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils Unfortunately, they lost all 4 group games to finish bottom of Group F. They finished in 6th place in the league thus failing to get into European competition the following season.
Stadium
The KS Amica Wronki stadium is small and modern with undersoil heating. The ground holds just over 5,000 spectators - a third of the town's population - and has floodlighting. Following the merger with Lech, the new club will now play their home games at the Stadion Miejski in Poznań, with the Polish Football Association using the KS Amica Wronki stadium and its training facilities for use by its various youth teams. This stadium staged three games during the 2006 UEFA U-19 European Championships held in Poland. The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football.
Latest events
The 2005/2006 season would be their last as Amica Wronki announced that they would merge with Lech Poznań to form a new team called KKS Lech Poznań for the 2006/2007 season. Lech Poznań ( pron ˈlɛx ˈpɔznaɲ) is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. They played their last game in the Ekstraklasa on May 13, 2006 with a 2-1 win over GKS Bełchatów and finished in 4th place in the final league standings. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Amica will still function as a lower league team next season but the bulk of players and staff has either joined new clubs or transferred to Lech Poznań which will be representing the new merged team in the Ekstraklasa. The new players are mainly youth players, the oldest player in the new squad is 22 years old. This will give them an opportunity to showcase their talents before they are either transferred to Lech Poznań, who have the right of first refusal, or to other clubs. [1]
Apparently the main reason that the merger was finalised was that the Amica company wanted to invest in a team with a larger fanbase. Wronki has a population of 12,000 while Poznań has over 578,900 inhabitants. Wronki (Wronke is a town in the Szamotuły County, western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999 previously in Poznań Lublin Voivodeship This article is about the city in Poland Another reason was the fact that Lech Poznań were looking for a new sponsor to inject funds into the team and Amica fit the bill perfectly since they were so close. Both cities are in the Greater Poland province of Poland and are barely 50km apart. Greater Poland or Great Poland, Polish Wielkopolska (Großpolen Latin: Polonia Maior) is a historical region of west-central Poland Amica get to advertise to more people while Lech Poznań have the financial clout to challenge for the league title.
The start of the 2006/2007 season didn't start well for the new look Lech Poznań as they lost their chance to get into Europe, a benefit that Amica Wronki fought for last season by finishing 4th while Lech Poznań finished 6th. They lost 4-1 on aggregate against Moldovan team FC Tiraspol in the UEFA Intertoto cup and have to contend with a season without European football in Poznań. FC Tiraspol is a first division (since 1994 Moldovan football team playing in the city of Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. Poznań Lublin Voivodeship This article is about the city in Poland
Polish Championships
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Polish Cup titles
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
Polish Supercup titles
- 1998
- 1999
Participation in European Competitions
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998-99 - First Round
- UEFA Cup 1999-00 - Second Round
- UEFA Cup 2000-01 - Second Round
- UEFA Cup 2002-03 - Second Round
- UEFA Cup 2004-05 - Group Stage
Current players
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Transfers
- 2006:
In - Marcin Tarnowski (Zawisza Bydgoszcz)
Łukasz Ślifirczyk (Back from loan)
Out - Robert Binkowski (Free Agent)
Jakub Nabzdyk (Free Agent)
Michał Rogala (Free Agent)
Tomasz Szczepan (Free Agent)
Paweł Ignasiński (Warta Poznań)
Tomasz Kabaciński (Retired)
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (Lech Poznań)
Karol Gregorek (Lech Poznań)
Michał Mendelski (Jarota Jarocin)
Witold Szlachetka (Zdrój Ciechocinek)
Przemysław Łudziński (Ruch Chorzów)
Eryk Nadworny (Military Duty)
Famous players
- Maris Smirnovs, defender, Latvia national football team player
- Jarosław Bieniuk, defender, Polish national football team player
- Marcin Burkhardt, midfielder, Polish national football team player
- Dariusz Dudka, defender, Polish national football team player
- Marcin Kikut, U-21 Polish national football team player
- Dawid Kucharski, U-21 Polish national football team player
- Grzegorz Wojtkowiak U-21 Polish national football team player
See also
External links
- (Polish) Official website
- (Polish) Fans' website
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