Polonia Warsaw

Polonia Warszawa
Full namePolonia Warszawa S.A.
Nickname(s)Czarne koszule (Blackshirts) – men's team
Czarne syrenki (Black Mermaids) – women's team
Short nameKSP (Klub Sportowy Polonia)
Founded19 November 1911; 112 years ago (1911-11-19)
GroundGeneral Kazimierz Sosnkowski Stadium
Capacity7,150[1]
OwnerGrégoire Nitot
ChairmanGrégoire Nitot
ManagerMariusz Pawlak
LeagueI liga
2023–24I liga, 15th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Polonia Warsaw (Polish: Polonia Warszawa, pronounced [pɔˈlɔɲa varˈʂava]), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing sports club in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, best known for its football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, swimming, chess,[2] mountain biking, and contract bridge sections. Historically it also had sections in ice hockey, fencing, tennis, volleyball, hazena, cycling and boxing.[3]

The football team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system.

  1. ^ "LOTTO Ekstraklasa – Strona oficjalna". ekstraklasa.org. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Klub Szachowy Polonia Warszawa". poloniachess.pl. KSzP. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference historia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).