Hutnik Krakow
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Hutnik Kraków (Polish pronunciation: [ˈxutɲik ˈkrakuf]) is a Polish football club based in Kraków, Poland.
History
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 Płaszewski, Jan Karaś, Kazimierz Putek, Marek Koźmiński, Dariusz Romuzga, Łukasz Sosin and Michał Pazdan.
Hutnik Krakov vyhral v roku 1995 Pohár Poľska a dvakrát skončil na druhom mieste v poľskej Ekstraklase (1951 a 1957). Klub má tiež za sebou niekoľko úspešných období v európskych súťažiach, pričom sa dostal do štvrťfinále Pohára víťazov pohárov v sezóne 1973/74 a do šestnásťfinále Pohára UEFA v sezóne 1995/96.
Hnacia sila Hutnika Krakova je jeho oddaná fanúšikovská základňa, známa ako "Żółto-Niebiescy" (Žlto-modrí). Klub je známy svojou útočnou hrou a tvorivými hráčmi.