Hutnik Warsaw

Hutnik Warszawa
Full name	Bielański Klub Sportowy; Hutnik Warszawa
Nickname(s)	Hutnicy (The Steelworkers)
Founded	21 April 1957; 67 years ago
Ground	Marymoncka 42 Street
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Maciej Purchała
Manager	Michał Piros
League	IV liga Mazovia
2023–24	IV liga Mazovia, 5th of 18
Website	http://www.hutnikwarszawa.pl/
Home colours	Away colours

Hutnik Warszawa, known in English as Hutnik Warsaw, is a Polish professional football club based in the Bielany district of Warsaw, Poland. It was founded on 21 April 1957 as Hutniczy Klub Sportowy (Steelworkers' Sports Club) and renamed Bielański Klub Sportowy (Bielany Sports Club) in 2001.

History

Hutnik has never played in the top division, and the highest position it has achieved in the second-tier was a sixth-place finish in the 1992–93 season. The successes in the Polish Cup include reaching the quarterfinal in 1991, as well as winning the Cup on a regional level on 4 June 2008, after defeating Legia Warsaw II 1–0 in the final.

Despite not being the most successful of clubs in terms of trophy-winning, Hutnik has always been particularly active in developing young, mostly local, players; several former Hutnik players even went on to play for the Poland national team. Michał Żewłakow, previous captain of the national team, is a former Hutnik player.

Hutnik was traditionally sponsored by the nearby steel mill (Huta Warszawa) and the privatisation of that steelworks – and thus the ending of the sponsorship – marked the beginning of the club's steady decline. In the summer of 2012 Hutnik's disastrous financial condition finally resulted in dissolution of the club but the club was re-formed starting from the bottom of the league pyramid (8th level, known as B-Klasa).

Managers

Hubert Musiał (1959–61)
Bolesław Popiołek (1961–62, 1967)
Krzysztof Skrzypczak (1962–64)
Czesław Wiśniewski (1964)
Andrzej Strejlau (1964–65)
Edward Brzozowski (1965–66, 1972–73)
Stanisław Woźniak (1966–67)
Longin Janeczek (1971)
Józef Bartkowski
Mikołaj Korzuń
Andrzej Czyżowski
R. Dobrakowski
Bernard Blaut (1972)
Henryk Grzybowski
J. Grzelak
Zygfryd Rogulski
Andrzej Prawda
Krzysztof Branicki (1975, 1978, 1991, 2003, 2007, 2012)
Jerzy Engel (1976–77, 1982–85)
W. Kamiński
Janusz Wójcik (1978)
Jerzy Masztaler (1979–82)
Włodzimierz Małowiejski (1980)
Marek Janota (1980–81)
Zbigniew Wąsik
Andrzej Zamilski (1986–87)
Mieczysław Broniszewski (1991)
Andrzej Wiśniewski (1991)
Mieczysław Bicz (1991)
Roman Jurczak (1992)
Piotr Wiśnik (1993–98)
Zbigniew Lepczyk (1994–95)
Paweł Dawidczyński (1996)
Ryszard Piętka (1997)
Piotr Michalec
Mariusz Sobczyk
Bogusław Oblewski (2000–01, 2008–09)
Dariusz Klamra (2002)
Antoni Giedrys (2002–03)
Kazimierz Buda (2003–04)
Andrzej Sikorski
Andrzej Blacha (2005–06)
Hubert Dolewski (2006–07)
Piotr Mosór (2007–08)
Sławomir Włodarski (2008)
Jan Karaś (2009)
Łukasz Zezula (January 2010 – May 2012)
Grzegorz Faberski (July 2012 – November 2014)
Grzegorz Sitnicki (December 2014 – September 2015)
Łukasz Choderski (September 2015 – June 2017)
Bartłomiej Walewski (July 2017 – November 2022)
Maciej Gadowski (December 2022 – October 2023)
Marek Końko (October 2023 – 28 May 2024)
Michael Chojnicki (interim) (28 May 2024 – 12 July 2024)
Michał Piros (12 July 2024 – current)

Three of the former Hutnik managers, Strejlau, Wójcik and Engel, went on to manage the Poland national team, while Zamilski managed Polish youth national teams.

Records

Biggest win: 22–0 against WKS II Rząśnik (2012–13)
Biggest defeat: 0–8 against MKS Mława (1963–64) and Warmia Grajewo (2002–03)
Highest league position: 6th in II liga (1992–93)
Lowest league position: 1st in Klasa B Warsaw I (2012–13)
Most league games for the club: Mariusz Szymaniak (345 appearances, 1997–2009, 2012–14)
Most league goals for the club: Mariusz Szymaniak (135 goals)

External links

Official website (in Polish)
Hutnik profile in 90minut.pl (in Polish)