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| Full name | Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Stalówka Hutnicy (Steelworkers) | ||
| Founded | 1938 as Klub Sportowy Stalowa Wola (Sports Club Stalowa Wola) | ||
| Ground | Subcarpathian Football Center | ||
| Capacity | 3,764 | ||
| Chairman | Wiesław Siembida | ||
| Coach | Ireneusz Pietrzykowski | ||
| League | I liga | ||
| 2023–24 | II liga, 4th of 18 (promoted via play-offs) | ||
| Website | https://stal1938.pl/ | ||
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Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Stal Stalowa Wola (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstal staˈlɔva ˈvɔla]), is a Polish professional football club based in Stalowa Wola, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Founded in 1938, they will compete in the 2024–25 I liga, the second tier of Polish football, following successive promotions from the 2022–23 III liga and 2023–24 II liga.[1]
Stal's greatest success are 12th place in the 1993–94 Ekstraklasa, 1990–91 I liga championship and the quarter-final of the 1991–92 Polish Cup. It is the fourth best team in the history of the I liga, second professional association football division.[2]
Since the spring round of the 2019–20 season, Stalowa Wola has played its home games at the 3,764-capacity Subcarpathian Football Center. Previously the team had played at the MOSiR Stadium from the 1930s, when the stadium was built. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Siarka Tarnobrzeg, and matches between the two sides are known as the great derby of Subcarpathia.
The club's traditional colours are green and black, and the club is known as Stalówka and Hutnicy (Steelworkers). At the beginning of its existence, it was associated with the Huta Stalowa Wola. In May 2010, a joint-stock sport company was built up under the name "Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna". It is the lawful successor and continuator of the "ZKS Stal Stalowa Wola" tradition. In July 2018, the city of Stalowa Wola took over the club's majority stake.[3]
- ^ "Awans Stali Stalowa Wola do I ligi". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "Tabela wszech czasów II ligi 1949–2020" (in Polish). Zawisza1946.pl. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Historia klubu" (in Polish). stal1938.pl. Retrieved September 24, 2020.