Hutnik Warsaw


Hutnik Warszawa, known in English as Hutnik Warsaw, is a Polish professional football club based in the Bielany district of Warsaw, Poland. It was founded on 21 April 1957 as Hutniczy Klub Sportowy and renamed Bielański Klub Sportowy in 2001.

History

Hutnik has never played in the top division, and the highest position it has achieved in the second-tier was a sixth-place finish in the 1992–93 season. The successes in the Polish Cup include reaching the quarterfinal in 1991, as well as winning the Cup on a regional level on 4 June 2008, after defeating Legia Warsaw II 1–0 in the final.
Despite not being the most successful of clubs in terms of trophy-winning, Hutnik has always been particularly active in developing young, mostly local, players; several former Hutnik players even went on to play for the Poland national team. Michał Żewłakow, previous captain of the national team, is a former Hutnik player.
Hutnik was traditionally sponsored by the nearby steel mill and the privatisation of that steelworks – and thus the ending of the sponsorship – marked the beginning of the club's steady decline. In the summer of 2012 Hutnik's disastrous financial condition finally resulted in dissolution of the club but the club was re-formed starting from the bottom of the league pyramid.

Managers

Three of the former Hutnik managers, Strejlau, Wójcik and Engel, went on to manage the Poland national team, while Zamilski managed Polish youth national teams.

Records