Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec II
League	Regional league Dębica
2024–25	IV liga Subcarpathia, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Website	stalmielec.com

Stal Mielec
Full name	FKS Stal Mielec
Nickname(s)	Biało-niebiescy (White-blues)
Founded	10 April 1939
Ground	Stal Mielec Stadium
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Jacek Klimek
Manager	Ivan Đurđević
League	I liga
2024–25	Ekstraklasa, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Website	stalmielec.com

FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstal ˈmjɛlɛt͡s]), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system.

The club was established on 10 April 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great success within Poland's top division, winning the title in 1973 and 1976, but had undergone significant management changes and financial difficulties within the past two decades, which prevented the club from participation in the Poland's top league. After finishing first in the I liga in 2020, Stal Mielec was promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time since the 1995–96 season, where it remained until 2025.

History

Naming history

1939 – Klub Sportowy PZL Mielec
1946 – Robotniczy Klub Sportowy PZL Zryw Mielec
1948 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Metalowców PZL Mielec
1949 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
1950 – Koło Sportowe Stal przy Wytwórni Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego Mielec
1957 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
1977 – Fabryczny Klub Sportowy PZL Stal Mielec
1995 – Autonomiczna Sekcja Piłki Nożnej FKS PZL Stal Mielec
1997 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec
1998 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Lobo Stal Mielec
1999 – Mielecki Klub Piłkarski Stal Mielec
2002 – Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec
2003 – FKS Stal Mielec
2018 – PGE FKS Stal Mielec
2024 – FKS Stal Mielec^[2]

1939–1945 – the beginning and interwar period

The football club was one of the first two (next to the volleyball club) at the PZL Mielec, established in 1939. The team was made up of players playing in other clubs in Mielec and employees of the PZL, an aerospace company. In the first match played, the team defeated the Gymnastic Society "Sokół" Mielec 4–1. Three more matches were played against Dzikovia Tarnobrzeg (2–1), Metal Tarnów (3–1) and a team made up of players from an ammunition factory in Nowa Dęba (6–1). A match against Okęcie Warsaw planned for September did not take place, because World War II started and all sports games were forbidden. However, the matches were played illegally in the meadows beyond the communal forest and in other towns (including Dębica, Kolbuszowa, Sandomierz). The only official match was played against a German military unit and ended with the score 1–2.

Honours

League

Ekstraklasa
- Champions: 1972–73, 1975–76
- Runners-up: 1974–75
I liga
- Champions: 1960, 1984–85, 1987–88
II liga
- Champions: 1955, 1968–69, 2015–16
III liga
- Champions: 2012–13 (group Lublin–Subcarpathia)
V liga
- Champions: 1998–99
Klasa A
- Champions: 1950, 1954
Klasa B
- Champions: 1949

Cup

Polish Cup
- Runners-up: 1975–76

Europe

European Cup
- First round: 1973–74, 1976–77
UEFA Cup
- Quarter-finalists: 1975–76
- First round: 1979–80, 1982–83

Youth teams

Polish U-19 Championship
- Runners-up: 1964, 2007
Polish U-17 Championship
- Champions: 2007
- Runners-up: 1996, 2012

Stadium

The construction of the club's current stadium, Stadion Stali Mielec (patroned by Grzegorz Lato), was concluded in 1953. The stadium underwent a major renovation, completed in 2013. It maintains a seating capacity for 7,000 spectators. Before the 2013 renovation, it maintained seating capacity for 30,000 spectators, and hosted numerous European Champions Cup, UEFA Cup, and Poland national team matches, including FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship qualifiers.

Individual player awards

Ekstraklasa top goalscorer
- 1973 - Grzegorz Lato - 13 goals
- 1975 - Grzegorz Lato - 19 goals
- 1995 - Bogusław Cygan - 16 goals

Piłka nożna magazine plebiscite
- Player of the Year
  - 1976 - Henryk Kasperczak
  - 1977 - Grzegorz Lato
- Newcomer of the Year
  - 1975 - Zbigniew Hnatio
  - 1978 - Włodzimierz Ciołek

Przegląd Sportowy Polish Athlete of the Year
- 1974 - 4th place - Grzegorz Lato
- 1977 - 5th place - Grzegorz Lato

Sport Player of the Year
- 1974 - Grzegorz Lato
- 1976 - Henryk Kasperczak
- 1977 - Grzegorz Lato

Tempo Goalkeeper of the Year
- 1979 - Zygmunt Kukla

Reserves

The club operates a reserve team which currently plays in the Dębica group of the regional league, the sixth of the league pyramid. During the 2020–21 season, a third team participated in the regional league, as well as the Subcarpathian Rzeszów–Dębica Polish Cup edition.^[4]^[5]

Players

Current squad

As of 8 August 2025^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POL	Michał Matys (on loan from Zagłębie Lubin)
3	DF	POL	Piotr Kowalik
6	MF	SVN	Jošt Pišek (on loan from Mura)
8	MF	POL	Natan Niedźwiedź
9	FW	ESP	Mario Losada
10	MF	POL	Maciej Domański (captain)
11	FW	POL	Kamil Odolak
13	GK	POL	Konrad Jałocha
15	DF	GER	Marvin Senger
16	MF	POL	Nikodem Szary
17	DF	POL	Dawid Mazurek (on loan from Górnik Zabrze)
18	DF	POL	Piotr Wlazło


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	UKR	Matvii Yanchuk
20	DF	POL	Bartosz Szeliga
21	DF	POL	Paweł Kwiatkowski (on loan from Widzew Łódź)
22	DF	SVN	Matija Kavčič (on loan from Celje)
23	MF	POL	Kacper Sommerfeld
27	DF	ESP	Álex Díez
32	MF	POL	Fryderyk Gerbowski
33	MF	POL	Adrian Bukowski
41	GK	POL	Piotr Chrapusta
77	FW	POL	Kacper Sadłocha
90	MF	POL	Paweł Kruszelnicki

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.