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{{About|the Polish football club|the handball team|SPR Stal Mielec}}
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| fullname = FKS Stal Mielec
| nickname = ''Biało-niebiescy'' (White-blues)
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1939|04|10}}
| ground = [[Stadion Stali Mielec|Stal Mielec Stadium]]
| capacity = 7,000<ref>[http://stalmielec.com/?page_id=37 Stadion Stali Mielec] at stalmielec.com</ref>
| chairman = Jacek Klimek
| manager = [[Ivan Đurđević]]
| league = [[I liga]]
| season = [[2024–25 Ekstraklasa|2024–25]]
| position = [[Ekstraklasa]], 16th of 18 (relegated)
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'''FKS Stal Mielec''', commonly known as '''Stal Mielec''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈstal ˈmjɛlɛt͡s}}), is a Polish professional [[Association football|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.
[[File:StalMielec-Mecz3.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Stadion Stali Mielec]] old ground]]
[[File:StadionStaliMielec-TrybunaSolskiego1.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Stadion Stali Mielec]]]]

==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 Polska Grupa Energetyczna|PGE]] FKS Stal Mielec
* 2024 – FKS Stal Mielec<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-02 |title=PGE zakończy sponsorowanie Stali Mielec |trans-title=PGE will end its sponsorship of Stal Mielec |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/332/news3327489-PGE-zakonczy-sponsorowanie-Stali-Mielec.html |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.90minut.pl}}</ref>

===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 [[Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze|PZL]], an aerospace company. In the first match played, the team defeated the [[Polish Sokół movement|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 Ekstraklasa|1972–73]], [[1975–76 Ekstraklasa|1975–76]]
** Runners-up: [[1974–75 Ekstraklasa|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===
*'''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]'''
**First round: [[1973–74 European Cup|1973–74]], [[1976–77 European Cup|1976–77]]
*'''[[UEFA Cup]]'''
**Quarter-finalists: [[1975–76 UEFA Cup|1975–76]]
**First round: [[1979–80 UEFA Cup|1979–80]], [[1982–83 UEFA Cup|1982–83]]

===Youth teams===
*'''[[Football Junior Championships of Poland|Polish U-19 Championship]]'''
** Runners-up: 1964, 2007
*'''[[Football Junior Championships of Poland|Polish U-17 Championship]]'''
** '''Champions:''' 2007
** Runners-up: 1996, 2012

==Stadium==
{{Main|Stadion Stali Mielec}}
[[File:Stal Mielec stadion 1.JPG|thumb|260px|[[Stadion Stali Mielec]] new ground]]
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 [[UEFA Champions League|European Champions Cup]], [[UEFA Cup]], and [[Poland national football team|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 (footballer)|Zygmunt Kukla]]

==Reserves==
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  league   = [[IV liga Subcarpathia]] |
  season   = 2023–24 |
  position = [[Liga okręgowa|Regional league Dębica]], 1st of 16 (promoted) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga13136.html|title=Klasa okręgowa 2023/2024, grupa: Dębica|website=www.90minut.pl}}</ref> |
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The club operates a reserve team which currently plays in the [[IV liga Subcarpathia|Subcarpathia]] group of the [[IV liga]], the fifth tier 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/skarb.php?id_klub=23297&id_sezon=97|title=Skarb - Stal III Mielec|website=www.90minut.pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga11560.html|title=Puchar Polski 2020/2021, grupa: Podkarpacki ZPN - Rzeszów-Dębica|website=www.90minut.pl}}</ref>

== Players ==
=== Current squad ===
{{updated|3 March 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stalmielec.com/?page_id=43 |title=Stal Mielec squad |date=29 January 2014 |publisher=Stal Mielec |access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Bert Esselink]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=Kamil Pajnowski}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=ROM|pos=DF|name=[[Marco Ehmann]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=MLT|pos=MF|name=[[Matthew Guillaumier]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Jean-David Beauguel]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Ravve Assayag}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Maciej Domański]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=Krzysztof Wołkowicz}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=POL|pos=GK|name=Karol Dybowski}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=POL|pos=GK|name=[[Konrad Jałocha]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=[[Ivan Cavaleiro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=[[Marvin Senger]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Piotr Wlazło]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Dawid Tkacz]]|other=on loan from [[Widzew Łódź]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Karol Knap]]|other=on loan from [[KS Cracovia|Cracovia]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=[[Mateusz Matras]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=[[Krystian Getinger]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=POL|pos=FW|name=[[Łukasz Wolsztyński]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=FIN|pos=MF|name=[[Pyry Hannola]]|other=on loan from [[SJK Seinäjoki]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=LAT|pos=DF|name=[[Alvis Jaunzems]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Fryderyk Gerbowski]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Adrian Bukowski]]}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=POL|pos=GK|name=Jakub Mądrzyk|other=on loan from [[Raków Częstochowa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Serhiy Krykun]]|other=on loan from [[Piast Gliwice]]}}
{{Fs player|no=70|nat=POL|pos=GK|name=Kewin Szurlej}}
{{Fs player|no=73|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=Natan Niedźwiedź}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=David Zięba}}
{{Fs player|no=92|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Damian Kądzior]]|other=on loan from [[Piast Gliwice]]}}
{{Fs player|no=96|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=Robert Dadok}}
{{Fs end}}
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=== Notable players ===
The players below played for their respective countries at any point during their career.
{| border="0"  style="width:95%; margin:auto;"
|-
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"| 
; Notable Polish players
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Jan Domarski]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Michał Gliwa]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Witold Karaś]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Henryk Kasperczak]], former coach of [[Wisła Kraków]] and [[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Damian Kądzior]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Dariusz Kubicki]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Zygmunt Kukla (footballer)|Zygmunt Kukla]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Grzegorz Lato]], [[FIFA World Cup awards|Golden Shoe]] winner of the [[1974 World Cup]] with 7 goals; former President of the [[Polish Football Association]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Radosław Majecki]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Andrzej Szarmach]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Bogusław Wyparło]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}  [[Michał Żyro]]
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"|
; Notable foreign players
* {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}  [[Said Hamulić]]
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}}  [[Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski]]
* {{flagicon|Estonia}}  [[Bogdan Vaštšuk]]
* {{flagicon|Finland}}  [[Petteri Forsell]]
* {{flagicon|Finland}}  [[Albin Granlund]]
* {{flagicon|Finland}}  [[Kai Meriluoto]]
* {{flagicon|Estonia}}  [[Rauno Sappinen]]
* {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}}  [[Edgar Bernhardt]]
* {{flagicon|Latvia}}  [[Alvis Jaunzems]]
* {{flagicon|Lithuania}}  [[Dominykas Barauskas]]
* {{flagicon|Malta}} [[Matthew Guillaumier]]
* {{flagicon|Portugal}}  [[Ivan Cavaleiro]]
* {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Martin Dobrotka]]
|}

==Managers==
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Stanisław Maurer]] (1947–1948) 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Rudolf Pirych]] (1948–1952)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://stalmielec.com/klub/historia/|title=Historia|date=29 January 2014 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Eustachy Poticha]] (1952–1953)  
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Antoni Brzeżańczyk]] (1954–1956)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Michał Matyas]] (1957–1958) 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Antoni Brzeżańczyk]] (1959–1960)<ref name="auto"/> 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Henryk Skromny]] (1961) 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Czesław Suszczyk]] (1962)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Michał Matyas]] (1962–1963) 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Stanisław Malczyk]] (1963–1964) 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Otton Opiełka]] (1964) 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Władysław Lemiszko]] (1964–1965) 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Konrad Jędryka]] (1966–1967)<ref name="auto"/> 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Andrzej Gajewski (footballer)|Andrzej Gajewski]] (1968–1972)<ref name="auto"/>
*{{flagicon|HUN|1956}} [[Károly Kontha]] (1973)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Aleksander Brożyniak]] (1973–1974)<ref name="auto"/>
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zenon Książek]] (1974–1975)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Edmund Zientara]] (1975–1977)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Alfred Gazda]] (1977)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Konstanty Pawlikaniec]] (1977–1978)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zenon Książek]] (1978–1980)<ref name="auto"/>
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Mieczysław Kruk]] (1980–1981)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Józef Walczak]] (1981–1982)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Witold Karaś]] (1982) 
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Jacek Machciński]] and [[Marian Kosiński]] (1982–1983)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Henryk Stroniarz]] (1983–1984)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Włodzimierz Gąsior]] (1984–1985)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Ryszard Latawiec]] (1985–1986)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zenon Książek]] (1986–1987)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Włodzimierz Gąsior]] (1987–1990)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Marian Kosiński]] (1990)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Włodzimierz Gąsior]] (1990–1991)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Grzegorz Lato]] (1991–1993)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Witold Karaś]] (1993)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Franciszek Smuda]] (1993–1995)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Jan Złomańczuk]] (1995)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Grzegorz Lato]] (1996–1997)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Jerzy Płaneta]] (1998)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Marek Chamielec]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Jerzy Płaneta]] (1999–2000)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Witold Karaś]] (2000)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Roman Gruszecki]] (2000–2001)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Włodzimierz Gąsior]] (2001)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Marek Lorenc]]  (2001)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Krzysztof Łętocha]] (2001–2002)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Jacek Klisiewicz]] (2002)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Włodzimierz Gąsior]] (2003–2006)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Tomasz Tułacz]] (2006)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Włodzimierz Gąsior]] (2006–2007)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Janusz Białek]] (2007)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zbigniew Hariasz]] (2007)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Andrzej Jaskot]] (2008)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Grzegorz Wcisło]] (2008–2009)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zbigniew Hariasz]] (2009)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Janusz Białek]] (2009)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zbigniew Hariasz]] (2009–2010)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Grzegorz Wcisło]] (2010)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Mariusz Łuc]] (2010)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Tomasz Tułacz]] (2011–2012)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Roman Gruszecki]] (2012)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Włodzimierz Gąsior]] (2012–2014)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Rafał Wójcik (footballer)|Rafał Wójcik]] (2014)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Janusz Białek]] (2014)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Rafał Wójcik (footballer)|Rafał Wójcik]] (2014)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Janusz Białek]] (2014–2016)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Maciej Serafiński]] (2016)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zbigniew Smółka]] (2016–2018)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Artur Skowronek]] (2018–2019)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Dariusz Marzec]] (2019–2020)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Dariusz Skrzypczak]] (2020)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Leszek Ojrzyński]] (2020–2021)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Włodzimierz Gąsior]] (2021)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Adam Majewski]] (2021–2023)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Kamil Kiereś]] (2023–2024)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Janusz Niedźwiedź]] (2024–2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=Janusz Niedźwiedź trenerem Stali Mielec |url=https://stalmielec.com/janusz-niedzwiedz-trenerem-stali-mielec-2024-2025/ |publisher=Stal Mielec |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=pl |date=2 September 2024}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Ivan Đurđević]] (2025–''present'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivan Djurdjević trenerem FKS Stal Mielec
 |url=https://stalmielec.com/ivan-djurdjevic-trenerem-fks-stal-mielec-01-04-2025/ |publisher=Stal Mielec |access-date=3 April 2025 |language=pl |date=1 April 2025}}</ref>
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==See also==

* [[Football in Poland]]
* [[List of football teams]]
* [[UEFA Champions League|Champions' Cup/League]]
* [[UEFA Cup]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Stal Mielec}}
* {{official website|https://stalmielec.com}}
* [http://www.90minut.pl/skarb.php?id_klub=368 Stal Mielec] at 90minut.pl {{in lang|pl}}

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