KTS Weszło
Full nameKlub Towarzysko-Sportowy Weszło
Founded2018
GroundBemowski Ośrodek Piłki Nożnej, Warsaw[1]
ChairmanKrzysztof Stanowski
ManagerPiotr Kobierecki
LeagueIV liga Mazovia
2022–23V 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 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]

History

It was established on 17 January 2018. In the first season, its team included players with experience in the Polish national team, Ekstraklasa (Wojciech Kowalczyk, Grzegorz Szamotulski,[8] Dawid Janczyk,[9] Daniel Kokosiński[10]), foreign athletes (Jonathan Simba Bwanga, Merveille Fundambu) and celebrities (Quebonafide). In the 2018–19 season, KTS was promoted to A-class.[11]

On 5 January 2020, it won the Amber Cup Tournament in Gliwice, ahead of the Polska Stars and Kamil Wilczek Team. In the following season, climaxed prematurely by the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, the team placed third in its group, but retained its chances of promotion to the Warsaw Regional League, by holding a supplementary barrage.[12] In them, the KTS team lost 1–3 to Orzeł Baniocha.[13] In the 2020–21 season, KTS won advancement to a major league, winning 24 of its 26 matches, scoring 170 goals and losing 13.[11]

On 9 July 2022, Piotr Kobierecki became the coach,[14] replacing Piotr Dziewicki in this position.[15] In August 2022, the club organized "Summer in the City" for children in the Warsaw district of Białołęka, during which guests included Poland's national team manager Czesław Michniewicz and footballers Jakub Kosecki and Grzegorz Szamotulski.[16] At the inauguration of the 2022–23 season, the club won Drukarz Warsaw 6–0.[17] On 2 March 2022, Krzysztof Stanowski became president of KTS.

On 19 October 2022, through a 9–1 semifinal win against Ożarowianka Ozarów Mazowiecki, the club advanced to the final of the Polish Cup at the level of the Warsaw MZPN for the second consecutive year, where it won 4–1 against Mszczonowianka Mszczonów.[18] By winning the final, the club earned the right to participate in the Polish Cup of the Mazovian level, in which it received a free draw in the 1/8 final, and lost 2–3 in the quarterfinals to third-league Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki, dropping out of the competition.[19]

On May 1, 2023, KTS won 5–1 against Wkra Żuromin, securing promotion to the IV league, Mazovian Group. On 13 May 2023 it recorded its highest victory ever, thrashing Skra Drobin, last in the table, 15–0 at the Hutnik Warsaw Stadium.[20] KTS finished the 2022/2023 season with a set of victories, scoring 156 goals, losing 14.[11]

In the 2023–24 season, KTS Weszło defended the Polish Cup at the level of the Warsaw MZPN, winning 4–2 against Polonia II Warsaw in the final on 8 November 2023.[21]

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.[22][23][24] In July 2022, ex-Polish international Jakub Kosecki joined the club.[25]

Statistics

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Masovian Polish Cup
2018–19B-class (VIII)[11]1st of 1118209419563R (lost to Promnik Łaskarzew 2–3)[26]
2019–20A-class (VII)[11]3rd of 1410126915315R (lost to Milan Milanówek 2–2 p. 4–5)[27]
2020–21A-class (VII)[11]1st of 1424111701373Did not play
2021–22Regional league (VI)[11]1st of 1622441253270Runners-up (lost to Ząbkovia Ząbki 1–5)[28]
2022–23V liga (VI)[11]1st28001561484Winners
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

  1. ↑ "Klasa okręgowa 2021/2022, grupa: Warszawa I". www.90minut.pl.
  2. ↑ "KTS Weszło S.A." weszlo.com (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Skarb - KTS Weszło Warszawa". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  4. 1 2 Nick Westerby (2 September 2021), Amateur football team raises over 20mln to be Poland's first fan-owned club
  5. ↑ "Wygrywamy w Żurominie! Wygrywamy Decathlon V ligę!" [Win in Żuromin! Win in Decathlon V liga!]. kts.weszlo.com. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  6. ↑ Michał Tomaszkiewicz (14 October 2021), KTS Weszło. Akcje za 4,5 mln zł sprzedane w 90 minut (in Polish), Radio Zet
  7. ↑ Paweł Radny (14 October 2021), Ekspresowa sprzedaż akcji KTS Weszło. Krzysztof Stanowski zebrał 4,5 mln zł w 90 minut (in Polish), onet.pl
  8. ↑ "Zaskakujący powrót do Warszawy. Golkiper pomoże w awansie?". weszlo.com (in Polish). 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  9. ↑ "OFICJALNIE: Dawid Janczyk ma nowy zespół". nowinkitransferowe.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  10. ↑ "Peszko mógł zrobić karierę na poziomie Lewandowskiego". weszlo.com (in Polish). 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Sezony - KTS Weszło Warszawa". 90minut (in Polish).
  12. ↑ "KTS Weszło zagra w barażach ligi okręgowej" (in Polish). 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  13. ↑ "Baraże uzupełniające o udział w lidze okręgowej, grupa: Warszawa". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  14. ↑ Maciej Ziółkowski (2022-07-09). "Byli trenerzy i zawodnicy Legii w KTS-ie Weszło". legia.net (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  15. ↑ "Piotr Dziewicki nie jest już trenerem KTS-u Weszło". kts.weszlo.com. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  16. ↑ "Spotkanie z Michniewiczem, trening pod okiem byłych reprezentantów. Lato w mieście!". weszlo.com (in Polish). 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  17. ↑ "KTS Weszło z wysokim zwycięstwem na inaugurację V ligi". weszlo.com (in Polish). 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  18. ↑ "forBET Puchar Polski 2022/2023, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  19. ↑ "forBET Puchar Polski 2022/2023, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  20. ↑ "90. minuta, KACPER RAŁOWIEC z debiutancką bramką w barwach KTS-u! Rekordowe zwycięstwo stało się faktem! KTS vs Skra 15:0". Twitter (in Polish). 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  21. ↑ "forBET Puchar Polski 2023/2024, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  22. ↑ "Merveille Fundambu, były gracz KTS Weszło zawodnikiem Widzewa Łódź". www.galaktycznyfutbol.pl. August 22, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Kowal, mamy dosyć!". www.kts.weszlo.com. May 6, 2019.
  24. ↑ "Zaskakujący powrót do Warszawy. Golkiper pomoże w awansie?". January 19, 2018.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ "Puchar Polski 2018/2019, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.
  27. ↑ "Puchar Polski 2019/2020, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.
  28. ↑ "Puchar Polski 2021/2022, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.
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