# Hutnik Kraków

Hutnik Kraków (Polish pronunciation:) is a Polish football club based in Kraków, Poland.

## 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.
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:
* 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).
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, as well as KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Stal Stalowa Wola with whom they contest the Steelworks derbies.
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. They also have good relations with fans of Stomil Olsztyn and Wisła Płock. There are also some friendly contacts with fans of Dynamo Kyiv.

## European record

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

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 6 March 2025
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 | Dorian Frątczak |
| 3 | DF | POL | Filip Jania |
| 4 | DF | POL | Łukasz Kędziora |
| 6 | MF | POL | Maciej Urbańczyk (captain) |
| 8 | MF | SVK | Patrik Mišák |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Yevheniy Belych |
| 10 | DF | POL | Kamil Głogowski |
| 11 | MF | POL | Wojciech Słomka |
| 12 | GK | POL | Damian Hoyo-Kowalski |
| 15 | DF | POL | Oliwier Soprych |
| 16 | MF | POL | Szymon Bil |
| 20 | DF | POL | Michał Zięba |
| 21 | MF | POL | Karol Szablowski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | POL | Mateusz Sowiński |
| 24 | MF | POL | Ksawery Semik |
| 27 | MF | POL | Filip Wilak (on loan from Lech Poznań) |
| 31 | GK | POL | Jacob Zagrodnik |
| 32 | DF | LVA | Igors Tarasovs |
| 37 | MF | UKR | Artem Motrych |
| 45 | DF | POL | Daniel Hoyo-Kowalski |
| 47 | MF | POL | Igor Gałek |
| 64 | MF | POL | Marcel Górski |
| 77 | FW | POL | Mateusz Kuzimski |
| 99 | FW | POL | Kacper Pietrzyk (on loan from GKS Katowice) |
| — | DF | POL | Patryk Kieliś |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 13 | DF | POL | Piotr Wójtowicz (at Unia Tarnów until 30 June 2025) |
| 17 | MF | POL | Anthony Ikwuka (at ŁKS Łódź II until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | GK | POL | Wiktor Kaczorowski (at Rekord Bielsko-Biała until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | POL | Szymon Waligóra (at Kalwarianka Kalwaria Zebrzydowska until 30 June 2025) |

### Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries at any time.
* Krzysztof Bukalski
* Tomasz Hajto
* Marek Koźmiński
* Zakari Lambo
* Michał Pazdan
* Mirosław Waligóra
* Marcin Wasilewski
* Kazimierz Węgrzyn
* Moussa Yahaya