Mielec is the largest city and seat of Mielec County. Mielec is located in south-eastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The population of Mielec in December 2021 was 59,509.
Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań, is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division.
The Poland national football team represents Poland in men's international football competitions since their first match in 1921. It is governed by the Polish Football Association (PZPN), the governing body for football in Poland. They are known by the nicknames "The White-Reds" and "The Eagles", symbolized by their coat of arms featuring a white eagle on a red background. The team reached their peak World Ranking of 5th in 2017. Poland's home ground is the Kazimierz Górski National Stadium in Warsaw. The current head coach is Michał Probierz.
Stal Rzeszów is a Polish football club based in Rzeszów, Poland, as part of a multi-sports club. They currently compete in the I liga, the second tier of Polish league football.
Wisłoka Dębica is one of the oldest existing sports clubs in Poland, founded in 1908 by a group of Dębica's high school students. The name comes from the River Wisłoka, which flows by the town of Dębica. The most famous athletes, representing the club, are Greco-Roman wrestlers. They won numerous medals, including Olympic, World and European Championships. Names like twins Kazimierz Lipień and Józef Lipień, Ryszard Świerad, Jan Michalik or Roman Wrocławski are well known by all fans of wrestling. The club is also renowned for soccer players such as Leszek Pisz, Mirosław Kalita and Waldemar Piątek, who started their careers there, boxers, and bicycle racers.
Paweł Janas is a Polish former football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Grzegorz Bolesław Lato is a Polish former professional football player and manager who played as a winger. He was a member of Poland's golden generation of football players who rose to fame in the 1970s and early 80s. Over a decade, he represented Poland at five major tournaments starting with gold at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and ending with a third-place finish at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He reached the peak of his career at the 1974 World Cup, where he was the leading scorer and the only Pole to-date to have won the honour. After retiring from his playing career, he had a brief stint as manager in several clubs in and out of Poland.
Jan Tomaszewski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the 1970s. He kept goal for the Poland national teams that came third at the 1974 World Cup, where he was named Best Goalkeeper, that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and that competed at the 1978 World Cup. He is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Polish football. He was later a football commentator and politician.
Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak is a Polish former professional football manager and player.
Włodzimierz Ciołek is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
PGE FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec, is a Polish football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of the Polish football league system.
Franciszek Smuda is a Polish football coach and former footballer who also holds a German passport. As a player, he spent his career playing for clubs in Poland, the United States and Germany. In 1983, he turned to coaching, becoming the manager of Widzew Łódź, Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań, among others. He has won three Polish league titles. Since 2009 he was the manager of the Poland national team, but resigned on 16 June 2012, following their elimination from Euro 2012.
Michał Żyro is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Miejski Klub Sportowy Sokół Nisko, commonly referred to as Sokół Nisko, is a Polish football club based in Nisko, Podkarpackie Voivodeship. In the 2024–25 season, they compete in the IV liga Subcarpathia, after winning the Stalowa Wola group of the regional league the season prior. The club's name literally means falcon in Polish, and it comes from the Polish Gymnastic Society Sokół.
Józef Walczak was a football player and manager who mainly played for ŁKS Łódź during his playing career, also making two international appearances for Poland between 1954–1956, and went on to manage 8 different teams.
Adam Majewski is a Polish football manager and former player who currently manages the Poland U21 national team.
The 2020–21 Ekstraklasa was the 95th season of the Polish Football Championship, the 87th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 13th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.
The League Cup was a short lived cup competition in Poland spanning two editions in 1977 and 1978.
In the 2020–21 season, Stal Mielec competed in the Ekstraklasa. Moreover, they participated in the season's Polish Cup edition, since they were eliminated by Piast Gliwice, following a 1–1 draw in the round of 32.
Witold Józef Karaś is a Polish former football manager and former player, who played as a forward.
