Hutnik Kraków

Hutnik Kraków
Full name	Klub Sportowy Hutnik Kraków
Nickname	Gumiory
Founded	21 March 1950; 76 years ago ; 2010; 16 years ago (re-founded)
Ground	Suche Stawy Stadium
Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Artur Trębacz
Manager	Krzysztof Świątek
League	II liga
2025–26	II liga, 11th of 18
Website	https://hutnikkrakow.com

Hutnik Kraków (Polish pronunciation: [ˈxutɲik ˈkrakuf]) is a Polish football club based in Nowa Huta, Kraków, currently competing in the II liga, the third tier of Polish football.

History

The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish top-flight. 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), Czech side Sigma Olomouc (0–1 and 3–1), but were themselves eliminated by 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 grounds for the Euro 2012 tournament.^[3]

Among most famous players who began their careers at Hutnik youth academy are Marcin Wasilewski, Zbigniew Płaszewski, Jan Karaś, Kazimierz Putek, Marek Koźmiński, Dariusz Romuzga, Łukasz Sosin and Michał Pazdan.

Naming history

1952–56: Stal Nowa Huta
1956–84: Hutnik Nowa Huta
1984–2010: Hutnik Kraków
2010–17: Hutnik Nowa Huta Polish pronunciation: [ˈxutɲik ˈnɔva ˈxuta]
2017–current: Hutnik Kraków

Honours

Ekstraklasa
- Third place: 1995–96
Polish Cup
- Semi-final: 1989–90
Polish U-19 championship
- Champions: 1985, 1993, 1994
- Third place: 1972, 1988
Polish U-17 championship
- Champions: 1997

Fans

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).^[4]

In recent years the team has spent much of its time in the lower divisions unlike their neighbouring rivals, and the city derbies have usually been played against the reserve teams. As a result, they have developed rivalries with other teams such as Unia Tarnów, and Resovia Rzeszów,^[4] as well as KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Stal Stalowa Wola with whom they contest the Steelworks derbies.^[5]

The fans have friendly relations with fans of 1.FC Magdeburg, which started after one of the Magdeburg fans logged onto a Hutnik fan forum.^[4] They also have good relations with fans of Stomil Olsztyn^[4] and Wisła Płock.^[6] There are also some friendly contacts with fans of Dynamo Kyiv.^[7]

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Q1	Khazri Buzovna	9–0	2–2	11–2
		Q2	Sigma Olomouc	3–1	0–1	3–2
		R1	AS Monaco	0–1	1–3	1–4

Players

Current squad

As of 31 July 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POL	Mateusz Mędrala
5	DF	POL	Dawid Burka (captain)
8	MF	UKR	Nikita Kholodov
9	MF	POL	Kacper Rzepka
10	FW	POL	Mateusz Sowiński
11	MF	POL	Oskar Kordykiewicz
12	GK	POL	Damian Hoyo-Kowalski
13	DF	POL	Maksymilian Gandziarowski
14	DF	POL	Krystian Bracik
16	MF	POL	Szymon Bil
17	FW	POL	Bartosz Florek
18	DF	POL	Maksymilian Soja
19	MF	POL	Oskar Zawada (on loan from Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała)
22	FW	UKR	Yaroslav Dudchenko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	POL	Krystian Lelek
24	DF	POL	Dawid Ściuk
25	DF	NGA	Valentine Nweke (on loan from Górnik Zabrze)
27	MF	POL	Marcin Budziński
33	GK	POL	Wiktor Nowak
37	MF	UKR	Artem Motrych
47	MF	POL	Igor Gałek
55	MF	UKR	Nazar Ponomarenko
77	FW	POL	Kacper Prusiński
80	MF	POL	Mikołaj Zięba
98	MF	POL	Dawid Pietruszka (on loan from Raków Częstochowa II)
99	GK	POL	Franciszek Olszewski
—	GK	POL	Oliwier Klarman

Out on loan