KTS Weszło
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| Full name | Klub Towarzysko-Sportowy Weszło |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Ground | Bemowski Ośrodek Piłki Nożnej, Warsaw[1] |
| Chairman | Krzysztof Stanowski |
| Manager | Piotr Kobierecki |
| League | IV liga Mazovia |
| 2022–23 | V liga, Mazovia I, 1st of 15 (promoted) |
KTS Weszło,[2] informally, due to the city of its headquarters, also called KTS Weszło Warszawa,[3] is a Polish football club based in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship. It was founded by media and sports group Weszło and is run as a fan-owned initiative.[4]
In the 2023–24 season, they will compete in IV liga Mazovia, having earned promotion from V liga in May 2023.[5]
Financing and ownership
The club is owned by 11000 amateur investors, who bought shares in 2018, raising 20 million zł initially. It was the first such initiative in Poland.[4]
In 2021 the club was crowdfunded under the initiative led by Krzysztof Stanowski. 3963 investors were found raising 4.5 million zł in 90 minutes for 25000 shares accounting for 20% of the total.[6][7]
Notable players
KTS players were, among others, Merveille Fundambu and Jonathan Simba Bwanga, which later joined the leading clubs of the Poland First League, Wojciech Kowalczyk, the 1992 Summer Olympics medalist and Grzegorz Szamotulski, the Polish national team representative.[8][9][10] In July 2022, ex-Polish international Jakub Kosecki joined the club.[11]
Statistics
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Masovian Polish Cup | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | B-class (VIII)[12] | 1st of 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 19 | 56 | 3R (lost to Promnik Łaskarzew 2–3)[13] | ||
| 2019–20 | A-class (VII)[12] | 3rd of 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 15 | 31 | 5R (lost to Milan Milanówek 2–2 p. 4–5)[14] | ||
| 2020–21 | A-class (VII)[12] | 1st of 14 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 170 | 13 | 73 | Did not play | ||
| 2021–22 | Regional league (VI)[12] | 1st of 16 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 125 | 32 | 70 | Runners-up (lost to Ząbkovia Ząbki 1–5)[15] | ||
| 2022–23 | V liga (VI)[12] | 1st | 28 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 14 | 84 | Winners | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
References
- ^ "Klasa okręgowa 2021/2022, grupa: Warszawa I". www.90minut.pl.
- ^ "KTS Weszło S.A." weszlo.com (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ "Skarb - KTS Weszło Warszawa". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ a b Nick Westerby (2 September 2021), Amateur football team raises over 20mln to be Poland’s first fan-owned club
- ^ "Wygrywamy w Żurominie! Wygrywamy Decathlon V ligę!" [Win in Żuromin! Win in Decathlon V liga!]. kts.weszlo.com. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ Michał Tomaszkiewicz (14 October 2021), KTS Weszło. Akcje za 4,5 mln zł sprzedane w 90 minut (in Polish), Radio Zet
- ^ Paweł Radny (14 October 2021), Ekspresowa sprzedaż akcji KTS Weszło. Krzysztof Stanowski zebrał 4,5 mln zł w 90 minut (in Polish), onet.pl
- ^ "Merveille Fundambu, były gracz KTS Weszło zawodnikiem Widzewa Łódź". www.galaktycznyfutbol.pl. August 22, 2020.
- ^ "Kowal, mamy dosyć!". www.kts.weszlo.com. May 6, 2019.
- ^ "Zaskakujący powrót do Warszawy. Golkiper pomoże w awansie?". January 19, 2018.
- ^ Czaplewski, Jacek (2022-07-11). "Jakub Kosecki w V lidze. Zagra w drużynie KTS Weszło Warszawa" [Jakub Kosecki to V liga. He is to play for the KTS Weszło Warszawa team.]. Gol24 (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ a b c d e "Sezony - KTS Weszło Warszawa". 90minut (in Polish).
- ^ "Puchar Polski 2018/2019, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.
- ^ "Puchar Polski 2019/2020, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.
- ^ "Puchar Polski 2021/2022, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.