# Puszcza Niepołomice

MKS Puszcza Niepołomice (Polish pronunciation:) is a professional football club located in Niepołomice, Poland. It currently plays in the Ekstraklasa after achieving promotion from I liga in 2023. The team's colors are yellow, white and green.

## History

Puszcza Niepołomice was originally called Sports Club Niepołomianka. The team was established on the initiative of mayor Andrzej Wimer and Stanisław Ziemba, Władysław Iwański, Stanisław Brudnik and Adolf Engel in 1923.
The first president of KS Niepołomianka was Władysław Iwański. The then board also included the treasurer Stanisław Brudnik and the manager of the team - Stanisław Ziemba.
On 11 June 2023, a year in which Puszcza celebrated their 100th anniversary, they won the 2022–23 I liga play-off final and achieved promotion to Ekstraklasa for the first time in the club's history.
In their first-ever top-flight season, Puszcza recorded upset wins and draws against title contenders, and were praised for their effective use of set-pieces to score the majority of their goals, as they finished the 2023–24 campaign in 12th. For their efforts, Tomasz Tułacz and Oliwier Zych were nominated for Coach of the Season and Goalkeeper of the Season awards, respectively.

## Honours

* I liga
** Promotion play-off winner: 2022–23
* Polish Cup
** Semi-finalists: 2024–25

## Stadium

After earning promotion to Ekstraklasa, Puszcza Niepołomice played their home games at the Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium in Kraków, due to their ground in Niepołomice not meeting the requirements to host top-flight matches. They returned to their home stadium on 2 March 2025, playing against Motor Lublin.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 9 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 | Kewin Komar |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Roman Yakuba |
| 4 | DF | POL | Dawid Szymonowicz |
| 5 | DF | POL | Konrad Stępień |
| 6 | MF | MKD | Jani Atanasov (on loan from Cracovia) |
| 7 | MF | POL | Antoni Klimek |
| 8 | MF | POL | Piotr Mroziński |
| 9 | FW | POL | Artur Siemaszko |
| 10 | MF | POL | Hubert Tomalski |
| 11 | MF | POL | Mateusz Cholewiak |
| 12 | MF | POL | Mateusz Stępień |
| 14 | MF | POL | Jakub Serafin (captain) |
| 17 | FW | POL | Mateusz Radecki |
| 18 | DF | SVK | Michal Sipľak |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | POL | Jakub Stec |
| 20 | DF | POL | Filip Gil |
| 22 | DF | MDA | Artur Crăciun |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Jakov Blagaić |
| 27 | DF | POL | Łukasz Sołowiej |
| 28 | MF | POL | Igor Pieprzyca |
| 31 | GK | POL | Michał Perchel |
| 33 | DF | POL | Dawid Abramowicz |
| 35 | FW | GRE | Michalis Kosidis (on loan from AEK Athens) |
| 41 | GK | POL | Kacper Smok |
| 45 | FW | SVN | Rok Kidrič |
| 63 | FW | BLR | Herman Barkouski |
| 67 | DF | MDA | Ioan-Călin Revenco |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Georgy Zhukov |

### 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 |
| 16 | MF | POL | Michał Walski (at Stal Stalowa Wola until 30 June 2025) |
| 29 | FW | POL | Krystian Okoniewski (at Dainava until 30 November 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 47 | MF | POL | Adam Sendor (at Watra Białka Tatrzańska until 30 June 2025) |
| 77 | MF | POL | Dawid Kogut (at KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski until 30 June 2025) |

### Notable players

The players below played for their respective countries at any point during their career.
| Notable Polish players Rafał Boguski Piotr Madejski Tomasz Moskała | Notable foreign players German Barkovsky José Embaló Georgy Zhukov Lee Jin-hyun Artur Crăciun Ioan-Călin Revenco Jani Atanasov Diego Bardanca Erik Čikoš |