Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec
Full nameFKS Stal Mielec
Nickname(s)Biało-niebiescy (White-blues)
Founded10 April 1939 (1939-04-10)
GroundStal Mielec Stadium
Capacity7,000[1]
ChairmanJacek Klimek
ManagerIvan Đurđević
LeagueI liga
2024–25Ekstraklasa, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Websitestalmielec.com

FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstal ˈmjɛlɛt͡s]), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system.

The club was established on 10 April 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great success within Poland's top division, winning the title in 1973 and 1976, but had undergone significant management changes and financial difficulties within the past two decades, which prevented the club from participation in the Poland's top league. After finishing first in the I liga in 2020, Stal Mielec was promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time since the 1995–96 season, where it remained until 2025.

Stadion Stali Mielec old ground
Stadion Stali Mielec

History

Naming history

  • 1939 – Klub Sportowy PZL Mielec
  • 1946 – Robotniczy Klub Sportowy PZL Zryw Mielec
  • 1948 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Metalowców PZL Mielec
  • 1949 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
  • 1950 – Koło Sportowe Stal przy Wytwórni Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego Mielec
  • 1957 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
  • 1977 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy PZL Stal Mielec
  • 1995 – Autonomiczna Sekcja Piłki Nożnej FKS PZL Stal Mielec
  • 1997 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec
  • 1998 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Lobo Stal Mielec
  • 1999 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec
  • 2002 – Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
  • 2003 – FKS Stal Mielec
  • 2018 – PGE FKS Stal Mielec
  • 2024 – FKS Stal Mielec[2]

1939–1945 – the beginning and interwar period

The football club was one of the first two (next to the volleyball club) at the PZL Mielec, established in 1939. The team was made up of players playing in other clubs in Mielec and employees of the PZL, an aerospace company. In the first match played, the team defeated the Gymnastic Society "Sokół" Mielec 4–1. Three more matches were played against Dzikovia Tarnobrzeg (2–1), Metal Tarnów (3–1) and a team made up of players from an ammunition factory in Nowa Dęba (6–1). A match against Okęcie Warsaw planned for September did not take place, because World War II started and all sports games were forbidden. However, the matches were played illegally in the meadows beyond the communal forest and in other towns (including Dębica, Kolbuszowa, Sandomierz). The only official match was played against a German military unit and ended with the score 1–2.

Honours

League

  • Ekstraklasa
    • Champions: 1972–73, 1975–76
    • Runners-up: 1974–75
  • I liga
    • Champions: 1960, 1984–85, 1987–88
  • II liga
    • Champions: 1955, 1968–69, 2015–16
  • III liga
    • Champions: 2012–13 (group Lublin–Subcarpathia)
  • V liga
    • Champions: 1998–99
  • Klasa A
    • Champions: 1950, 1954
  • Klasa B
    • Champions: 1949

Cup

Europe

Youth teams

  • Polish U-19 Championship
    • Runners-up: 1964, 2007
  • Polish U-17 Championship
    • Champions: 2007
    • Runners-up: 1996, 2012

Stadium

Stadion Stali Mielec new ground

The construction of the club's current stadium, Stadion Stali Mielec (patroned by Grzegorz Lato), was concluded in 1953. The stadium underwent a major renovation, completed in 2013. It maintains a seating capacity for 7,000 spectators. Before the 2013 renovation, it maintained seating capacity for 30,000 spectators, and hosted numerous European Champions Cup, UEFA Cup, and Poland national team matches, including FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship qualifiers.

Individual player awards

  • Ekstraklasa top goalscorer
    • 1973 - Grzegorz Lato - 13 goals
    • 1975 - Grzegorz Lato - 19 goals
    • 1995 - Bogusław Cygan - 16 goals
  • Piłka nożna magazine plebiscite
    • Player of the Year
    • Newcomer of the Year
      • 1975 - Zbigniew Hnatio
      • 1978 - Włodzimierz Ciołek
  • Przegląd Sportowy Polish Athlete of the Year
    • 1974 - 4th place - Grzegorz Lato
    • 1977 - 5th place - Grzegorz Lato
  • Sport Player of the Year
  • Tempo Goalkeeper of the Year
    • 1979 - Zygmunt Kukla

Reserves

Stal Mielec II
LeagueRegional league Dębica
2024–25IV liga Subcarpathia, 17th of 18 (relegated)[3]
Websitestalmielec.com

The club operates a reserve team which currently plays in the Dębica group of the regional league, the sixth of the league pyramid. During the 2020–21 season, a third team participated in the regional league, as well as the Subcarpathian Rzeszów–Dębica Polish Cup edition.[4][5]

Players

Current squad

As of 24 July 2025[6]

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 Michał Matys (on loan from Zagłębie Lubin)
3 DF Poland POL Piotr Kowalik
6 MF Slovenia SVN Jošt Pišek (on loan from Mura)
7 MF Poland POL David Zięba
8 MF Poland POL Natan Niedźwiedź
9 FW Spain ESP Mario Losada
10 MF Poland POL Maciej Domański (captain)
11 FW Poland POL Kamil Odolak
13 GK Poland POL Konrad Jałocha
15 DF Germany GER Marvin Senger
16 MF Poland POL Nikodem Szary
17 DF Poland POL Dawid Mazurek (on loan from Górnik Zabrze)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Poland POL Piotr Wlazło
19 MF Ukraine UKR Matvii Yanchuk
20 DF Poland POL Bartosz Szeliga
21 DF Poland POL Paweł Kwiatkowski (on loan from Widzew Łódź)
23 MF Poland POL Kacper Sommerfeld
27 DF Spain ESP Álex Díez
32 MF Poland POL Fryderyk Gerbowski
33 MF Poland POL Adrian Bukowski
41 GK Poland POL Piotr Chrapusta
77 FW Poland POL Kacper Sadłocha
90 MF Poland POL Paweł Kruszelnicki
— DF Slovenia SVN Matija Kavčič (on loan from Celje)

Notable players

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

Notable Polish players
Notable foreign players

Managers

  • Poland Stanisław Maurer (1947–1948)
  • Poland Rudolf Pirych (1948–1952)[7]
  • Poland Eustachy Poticha (1952–1953)
  • Poland Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1954–1956)
  • Poland Michał Matyas (1957–1958)
  • Poland Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1959–1960)[7]
  • Poland Henryk Skromny (1961)
  • Poland Czesław Suszczyk (1962)
  • Poland Michał Matyas (1962–1963)
  • Poland Stanisław Malczyk (1963–1964)
  • Poland Otton Opiełka (1964)
  • Poland Władysław Lemiszko (1964–1965)
  • Poland Konrad Jędryka (1966–1967)[7]
  • Poland Andrzej Gajewski (1968–1972)[7]
  • Hungary Károly Kontha (1973)
  • Poland Aleksander Brożyniak (1973–1974)[7]
  • Poland Zenon Książek (1974–1975)
  • Poland Edmund Zientara (1975–1977)
  • Poland Alfred Gazda (1977)
  • Poland Konstanty Pawlikaniec (1977–1978)
  • Poland Zenon Książek (1978–1980)[7]
  • Poland Mieczysław Kruk (1980–1981)
  • Poland Józef Walczak (1981–1982)
  • Poland Witold Karaś (1982)
  • Poland Jacek Machciński and Marian Kosiński (1982–1983)
  • Poland Henryk Stroniarz (1983–1984)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (1984–1985)
  • Poland Ryszard Latawiec (1985–1986)
  • Poland Zenon Książek (1986–1987)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (1987–1990)
  • Poland Marian Kosiński (1990)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (1990–1991)
  • Poland Grzegorz Lato (1991–1993)
  • Poland Witold Karaś (1993)
  • Poland Franciszek Smuda (1993–1995)
  • Poland Jan Złomańczuk (1995)
  • Poland Grzegorz Lato (1996–1997)
  • Poland Jerzy Płaneta (1998)
  • Poland Marek Chamielec (1999)
  • Poland Jerzy Płaneta (1999–2000)
  • Poland Witold Karaś (2000)
  • Poland Roman Gruszecki (2000–2001)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2001)
  • Poland Marek Lorenc (2001)
  • Poland Krzysztof Łętocha (2001–2002)
  • Poland Jacek Klisiewicz (2002)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2003–2006)
  • Poland Tomasz Tułacz (2006)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2006–2007)
  • Poland Janusz Białek (2007)
  • Poland Zbigniew Hariasz (2007)
  • Poland Andrzej Jaskot (2008)
  • Poland Grzegorz Wcisło (2008–2009)
  • Poland Zbigniew Hariasz (2009)
  • Poland Janusz Białek (2009)
  • Poland Zbigniew Hariasz (2009–2010)
  • Poland Grzegorz Wcisło (2010)
  • Poland Mariusz Łuc (2010)
  • Poland Tomasz Tułacz (2011–2012)
  • Poland Roman Gruszecki (2012)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2012–2014)
  • Poland Rafał Wójcik (2014)
  • Poland Janusz Białek (2014)
  • Poland Rafał Wójcik (2014)
  • Poland Janusz Białek (2014–2016)
  • Poland Maciej Serafiński (2016)
  • Poland Zbigniew Smółka (2016–2018)
  • Poland Artur Skowronek (2018–2019)
  • Poland Dariusz Marzec (2019–2020)
  • Poland Dariusz Skrzypczak (2020)
  • Poland Leszek Ojrzyński (2020–2021)
  • Poland Włodzimierz Gąsior (2021)
  • Poland Adam Majewski (2021–2023)
  • Poland Kamil Kiereś (2023–2024)
  • Poland Janusz Niedźwiedź (2024–2025)[8]
  • Serbia Ivan Đurđević (2025–present)[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Stadion Stali Mielec at stalmielec.com
  2. ^ "PGE zakończy sponsorowanie Stali Mielec" [PGE will end its sponsorship of Stal Mielec]. www.90minut.pl. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  3. ^ "IV liga 2024/2025, grupa: podkarpacka". www.90minut.pl.
  4. ^ "Skarb - Stal III Mielec". www.90minut.pl.
  5. ^ "Puchar Polski 2020/2021, grupa: Podkarpacki ZPN - Rzeszów-Dębica". www.90minut.pl.
  6. ^ "Stal Mielec squad". Stal Mielec. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Historia". 29 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Janusz Niedźwiedź trenerem Stali Mielec" (in Polish). Stal Mielec. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Ivan Djurdjević trenerem FKS Stal Mielec" (in Polish). Stal Mielec. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
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