Warta Poznań
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Warta Poznań (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvarta ˈpɔznaj̃]) is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means the Guard in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. As of the 2024–25 season, they compete in the second division, after being relegated from the 2023–24 Ekstraklasa.
Full name | Warta Poznań Spółka Akcyjna[1] | |||
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Nickname(s) | Zieloni (The Greens) | |||
Founded | 15 June 1912; 112 years ago (1912-06-15)[2] | |||
Ground | Stadion Warty Poznań Stadion Dyskobolii Grodzisk Wielkopolski | |||
Capacity | 2,813[3] 5,383[4] | |||
Chairman | Artur Meissner | |||
Manager | Piotr Jacek | |||
League | I liga | |||
2023–24 | Ekstraklasa, 16th of 18 (relegated) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Founded in 1912, the association football club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947. In 2020, Warta returned to the Polish Ekstraklasa after being absent for 25 years. The club also played in the top level of the Polish football league system from 1927 to 1939, 1946 to 1950 and 1993 to 1995.
In its history, the club celebrated many successes in disciplines such as boxing (the club won the Polish championship 11 times between 1927 and 1939), field hockey (the club won the Polish championship 12 times between 1963 and 1980) and tennis (Wiesław Gąsiorek of Warta was Polish champion 12 times between 1959 and 1970). In total, Warta teams, sportsmen and sportswomen won almost 800 medals in Polish championship competitions in different sports disciplines.