Zawisza Bydgoszcz

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Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Stadion Miejski im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka
Capacity20,559
ChairmanKrzysztof Bess
ManagerAdrian Stawski
LeagueIII liga, group II
2023–24III liga, group II, 4th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Zawisza Bydgoszcz (Polish pronunciation:

Zawisza Czarny (Zawisza the Black). The club holds many sections: football, track and field athletics, boxing, rowing, canoeing, weightlifting, gymnastics, shooting, and parachuting ones.[1]

Their football team currently competes in group II of the III liga, the fourth tier of national football league system.

History

Polish cup winners 2014

The team was founded in 1946, as a

military-sponsored club in Koszalin, although they only played friendly matches initially. When the army headquarters moved to Bydgoszcz a year later in 1947, the club followed.[1][2]

The football team has achieved some successes, playing for several years in the Polish top-flight, first winning promotion in 1961.

They reached the semi-finals of the Polish Cup in 1991[3] and competed in the 1993 Intertoto Cup.[4]

Zawisza was relegated from the

Chemik-Zawisza, whilst the reserve team was initially meant to be called Zawisza-Chemik, although ultimately the reserve team remained as simply "Zawisza". The merger turned out to be very unsuccessful, and the senior side started anew from the bottom of the league pyramid, reverting to "Chemik" and leaving the reserve team in the fifth division, which subsequently became Zawisza's senior team.[5]

Aside from the ongoing Hydrobudowa scandal between 2006 and 2008, the original team were promoted to the second tier after finishing first in their regional group of the III liga in the 2007–08 season.[6] On 12 June 2011, after a 13-year absence, Zawisza was promoted to the I liga after finishing second 5 points behind Olimpia Grudziądz in the II liga West Group in the 2010–11 season.[7] In 2013, Zawisza won the I liga and were promoted to the Ekstraklasa.[8]

They won the Polish Cup in the 2013–14 season, 6–5 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes against Zagłębie Lubin,[9][10] and qualified for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.[11]

After the club had finished 5th in 2015–16 I liga, it did not receive a license for the following season due to financial problems and dissolved. The refounded club SP Zawisza started the 2016–17 season in Klasa B, grupa Bydgoszcz III which is in the 8th tier of Polish football.[12]

Zawisza's under-19 team won the national youth championship in 1981.[13]

Hydrobudowa

Main article:
Zawisza Bydgoszcz (2005-2007)

Zawisza Bydgoszcz SA was a club that was created when Kujawiak Włocławek were moved to Bydgoszcz and renamed by Hydrobudowa, their owners. The original Zawisza Bydgoszcz continued playing in the fourth division.[14] however the new club had a very similar logo and an identical name. As a result, Kujawiak, Zawisza and supporters all over the country boycotted the relocated team.[15]
The reserve team continued to play under the name Kujawiak Włocławek in the Fourth Polish league.

The club lasted two seasons in the second division,[16] before it folded in 2007[17] as a result of serious corruption allegations[18] and widespread condemnation.[19]

Crest

Zawisza's crest has changed several times.[20]

Zawisza Bydgoszcz logo history
  • 1946–50 2014-16 (minor variations over the years)
    1946–50
    2014-16 (minor variations over the years)
  • 1950–54
    1950–54
  • 1954-57
    1954-57
  • 1957–76
    1957–76
  • 2003–14 2016– (minor proportional variations over the years)
    2003–14
    2016– (minor proportional variations over the years)

Supporters

The fan movement at Zawisza started in the 1970s, one of the first clubs with organised support in the country. Since then club has always attracted a large support considering its relative lack of success. The club enjoys support from around

Cuiavia, with fan-clubs in several other major towns, most notably in Inowrocław, Janikowo, Nakło and Mogilno, among several others.[21]

The fans have good relations with fans of

Cuiavian Derby, with the Toruń and Bydgoszcz rivalry between the two cities one which goes even beyond sport.[22]

Protests

The club's alternate logo

In the 21st century, the Zawisza fans have encountered numerous challenges from owners, city council, politicians and the media, frequently battling against them for public support.[23]

First they opposed the controversial merger with

new merged club (which turned out to be hugely unsuccessful) and support the reserve team which still played under the Zawisza name.[23]

In 2006, the fans opposed the

new relocated Zawisza, again opting to continue to support the original team made up of the reserve squad. When the "new Zawisza" failed to win any trophies and was embroiled in a match-fixing scandal, subsequently folding, the fans triumphantly announced victory against the media and politicians who supported it.[19]

In 2008, the fans protested against the city council which was insistent on renaming the newly rebuilt stadium as the "Municipal Stadium", with the fans claiming that to omit any link to Zawisza was unfair.[23]

In 2014, the fans began to boycott matches after a match against

football pyramid.[41]

Ground

Stadion Miejski im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka

Honours


European record

Season Competition Round Opponent 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate/Position
1993
Intertoto Cup
 Group stage (Group 1)
Rapid Vienna
 1:1 n/a 2nd
Sweden Halmstads BK 1:2
Denmark Brøndby IF 6:1
Yantra Gabrovo
 0:0
2014–15[42] UEFA Europa League 2Q
Zulte Waregem
 1–2 (A) 1–3 (H) 2–5

Current squad

Updated 1 November 2023[43] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Poland POL Michał Oczkowski
19 GK Poland POL Bartosz Baran
46 GK Poland POL Jarosław Tkaczyk
3 DF Poland POL Mariusz Sławek
5 DF Poland POL Cyprian Maciejewski
6 DF Poland POL Adam Paliwoda
13 DF Poland POL Hubert Jaskóła
16 DF Poland POL Jakub Pachnik
18 DF Poland POL Jan Chachuła
20 DF Poland POL Patryk Urbański
22 DF Poland POL Norbert Gaczkowski
23 DF Poland POL Kacper Nowak
47 DF Poland POL Adrian Czaprański
7 MF Poland POL Igor Sobieralski
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Poland POL Kornel Sochań
9 MF Poland POL Michał Sacharuk
11 MF Poland POL Sebastian Rugowski
14 MF Poland POL Krystian Sanocki
42 MF Poland POL Maciej Kona
72 MF Poland POL Ksawier Pawłowski
77 MF Poland POL Maciej Koziara
90 MF Poland POL Medard Dahms
99 MF Poland POL Michał Graczyk
15 FW Poland POL Fabian Leonowicz
17 FW Poland POL Jakub Bojas
21 FW Poland POL Piotr Okuniewicz
24 FW Poland POL Alan Serwach

Managers]

[45]

Notable players

Zbigniew Boniek, former player and Polish Football Association president
Internationally capped players

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