 korona kielce, , (korona - crown - symbol of club and city, kielce - name of city where club is based) is a polish football club, currently playing in the ekstraklasa. in the years 2002-2008 club belonged to polish holding company kolporter holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division (ekstraklasa). since then korona spent 5 seasons in polish soccer top level. in 2006/07 season korona played in the final of the polish cup. as a result of alleged corruption after 2007/08 season club was relegated to i liga. after a one-year banishment korona returned to the ekstraklasa.http://korona-kielce.pl/index.php?typ=podstrona&id=2 == biggest achievements == * ekstraklasa (first division): **5th place (2): 2006, 2012 * polish cup: **finalist (1): 2007 **semi-finalist (1): 2006 * polish league cup: **quarterfinal (1): 2007 ==history== the club was founded in 1973 after the union of two clubs from kielce - iskra kielce and shl. the new club got its first promotion to the polish 2nd league in 1975. unfortunately, the team did not play very well and was soon relegated. the next promotion was in 1982. korona played in the 2nd league until 1990 when it was once again relegated. 1996 brought several changes. nida gips from gacki became the new sponsor and the club's name changed to miejski klub sportowy sekcja futbolowa korona. during the 1998/1999 season korona again played in the 2nd league but dropped down at the end of the season. in 2000 korona merged with another club from kielce - bÅÄkitni kielce and was renamed to kielecki klub piÅkarski korona. in 2002 the golden era for korona had begun. kolporter became the new sponsor, krzysztof klicki the new chairman, and the club's name changed to kielecki klub piÅkarski kolporter korona. in 2003 the team was again renamed, this time to sportowa spÃ³lka akcyjna kolporter korona. the goal was simple - to 
Association_football_clubs_established_in_1973 Football_clubs_in_Poland Korona_Kielce