Karpaty Krosno
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| Full name | Krośnieński Klub Sportowy Karpaty Krosno (Krosno Sports Club Carpathia Krosno) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Karpaciarze (The Carpathians) | ||
| Founded | 1928 (as MKS Legia) | ||
| Ground | Legionów Street Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,531 | ||
| Chairman | Bogdan Józefowicz | ||
| Manager | Waldemar Szafran (caretaker) | ||
| League | IV liga Subcarpathia | ||
| 2023–24 | III liga, group IV, 17th of 18 (relegated) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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KKS Karpaty Krosno is a Polish sports club based in
As of the 2024–25 season, the football team plays in the IV liga Subcarpathia, after spending the previous season in group IV of the III liga.
History
Football
The club was established in 1928.
The football section has played in the lower divisions of Polish football throughout history. They have never played in the top flight, however they had four spells in the second tier: between the 1951–1953 seasons (under the name of Włókniarz Krosno), 1957-1963–64 (under the names of Legia Krosno, MZKS Krosno and Karpaty Krosno), 1987–88 and 1988–89, and also 1991–92 to 1994–95. The well-known Polish manager Orest Lenczyk coached Karpaty in the early days of his career, from 1970 to 1971. Former Stal Mielec legend Marian Kosiński was the manager in 1989–90 and 1991–92 seasons.
Their biggest success to date is the 1992–93 season where they achieved a 4th place league finish and the 1/16th finals of the Polish Cup, eventually losing to Legia Warsaw 1–3 on 21 October.
In the 2022–23 season, Karpaty finished as runners-up in the Subcarpathian IV liga, overtaken by Cosmos Nowotaniec.[1] On 3 July 2023, the Subcarpathian Football Association announced that Karpaty had been promoted to the III liga, group IV, due to Cosmos' resignation from competing in the division.[1]
Speedway
From 1962 to 1969 speedway was held at the stadium, under the club's name Karpaty Krosno. The team competed in the second division and achieved a best place finish of third in the 1963 Polish speedway season.[2] However, in 1969, due to financial problems, the team's activities were suspended.
Fans
Despite little success on the field, Karpaty have a small but loyal support, at both volleyball and football matches.
The football fan movement in Krosno started in the 1987–88 season, when the club was promoted to the second division.[3] They have friendly contacts with fans of Glinik Gorlice, Unia Tarnów,[4] Nafta Jedlicze, Stal Rzeszów, Hungarian team Zalegeszereg[5] and until 2002, Widzew Łódź[1]. The team currently has from 50 to 250 active supporters per game, but that number can rise up to 600 for important matches.[6]
Their biggest rival is
See also
External links
- (in Polish) Official football team website
- (in Polish) Official volleyball teams' website
- (in Polish) Club's profile on 90minut.pl
References
- ^ a b "Karpaty Krosno w 3 lidze". terazkrosno.pl (in Polish). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1963". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Karpaty Krosno - WidzewToMy - Oficjalny portal kibiców Widzewa Łódź". widzewtomy.net. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Unia Tarnów Hooligans". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Karpaty Krosno - JKS Jarosław - Galeria - 12ZAWODNIK.pl". www.12zawodnik.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Ultra Fanatic.pl - Największy fanzin internetowy o polskich kibicach". www.ultrafanatic.pl. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Serwis internetowy kibiców Stali Sanok". Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Bójka kibiców Czarnych JasÅ'o i Karpat Krosno [ZDJĘCIA] - nowiny24.pl". - nowiny24.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.