Garbarnia Kraków

K.S. Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinów  – a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club's name comes from the nearby tannery (Polish: Garbarnia) of the Dłużyński brothers, which was the original club sponsor. Garbarnia currently plays in II liga (3rd tier of Polish football).

Garbarnia Kraków
Full nameRobotniczy Klub Sportowy
Garbarnia Kraków
Nickname(s)Garbarze (The Tanners)
Founded1921 (1921)
GroundStadion Garbarni
Kraków, Poland
Capacity5,000
ChairmanJerzy Jasiówka
ManagerBogusław Pietrzak
LeagueII liga
2019–207th

History

Founded in 1921, Garbarnia's best years were the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1928, after winning both regional and national qualifiers, the team was promoted to the Polish Football League. Then, in 1929, after an excellent campaign, they finished second to champions Warta Poznan, thus cementing their position as one of the top teams in Poland.

In 1931 Garbarnia went one better, becoming Polish Champions. Containing little home-grown talent, the Kraków starting lineup consisted of players brought in from other clubs. Among the top players were Otto Riesner and Karol Pazurek (both the natives of Katowice), and both of whom played for the Polish national team.

In 1937, after 9 years in the top division, Garbarnia were relegated. They returned in 1939, in a season cut short by the outbreak of World War II.

After the Second World War Garbarnia never regained its status, playing mainly in the Polish Second Division, occasionally managing to win promotion to the First Division, only to be relegated after a year or two. 1957 was the team's final year in the First Division and since then, Garbarnia have never made it back. Worst was yet to come, as in 1971 the team was relegated to the Third division, the Regional Kraków district league.

In 2018, Garbarnia returned to Polish First League (2nd tier) after a 44-year absence. Garbarnia secured promotion after promotion/relegation play-off win over Pogoń Siedlce.[1] In 2019, the club was again relegated to II liga.[2]

Honours

Ekstraklasa:

Current squad
As of 5 October 2020

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  POL Dorian Frątczak
2 DF  POL Rafał Górecki
5 FW  POL Artur Balicki (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
6 MF  POL Kacper Laskoś
7 MF  POL Patryk Serafin
8 MF  POL Marek Masiuda
9 FW  POL Błażej Radwanek (on loan from Zagłębie Sosnowiec)
10 MF  POL Kamil Kuczak
11 FW  POL Jakub Bąk
12 MF  POL Mateusz Duda (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
15 MF  POL Grzegorz Marszalik
16 MF  POL Mateusz Małek
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  POL Mateusz Kardas
19 MF  POL Karol Kostrubała
20 DF  POL Szymon Pajak
21 MF  POL Tomasz Kołbon
23 MF  POL Dawid Malik
27 MF  POL Daniel Morys
31 DF  LTU Donatas Nakrošius
32 MF  POL Bruno Wacławek
33 GK  POL Aleksander Kozioł
87 DF  POL Jakub Kowalski
99 FW  POL Michał Feliks

References
  1. "Po 44 latach Garbarnia wraca do piłkarskiej pierwszej ligi". radiokrakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. "Garbarnia spada do II ligi". podgorze.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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