Hutnik Kraków
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| Full name | Klub Sportowy Hutnik Kraków |
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| Nickname(s) | Gumiory |
| Founded | 1950 2010 (re-founded) |
| Ground |
Stadion Suche Stawy Kraków, Poland |
| Capacity | 6,500 |
| Chairman |
 Władysław Handziuk
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| Manager |
Ryszard Kruk
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| League | IV liga |
KS Hutnik Nowa Huta, Polish pronunciation: [ˈxutnik ˈnɔva ˈxuta]; also commonly known as Hutnik Kraków is a Polish football club from the Nowa Huta district of Kraków.
The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish Ekstraklasa (Polish first division). The team's greatest success is a third place in the 1995/96 season, as a result of which they qualified for the UEFA Cup. In that tournament, Hutnik eliminated Khazri Buzovna from Azerbaijan (9:0 and 2:2), SK Sigma Olomouc from Czech Republic (0:1 and 3:1), but were themselves eliminated by AS Monaco (0:1 and 1:3).
The team was dissolved due to its debts and refounded by its fans as Hutnik Nowa Huta in 2010. They were admitted to Polish Fifth Division.
The England national team trained at Hutnik's ground for the Euro 2012 tournament.
Among most famous players who began their careers at Hutnik youth academy are Marcin Wasilewski, Zbigniew Plaszewski, Jan Karaś, Kazimierz Putek, Marek Kozminski, Dariusz Romuzga, Lukasz Sosin and Michał Pazdan
Traditionally, Hutnik is considered the third largest team in Kraków, behind fierce city rivals Cracovia and Wisła. The majority of their fanbase is from the district of Nowa Huta and club has 3 fan-clubs: Igołomia&Pobiednik, Szczyrzyc, Górale (which compromises of fans from Zakopane and Nowy Targ).
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