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KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (ˈkʂɔ ɔsˈtrɔvʲɛt͡s ɕfʲɛntɔˈkʂɨskʲi) is a Polish football

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club based in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is a town in south-central Poland with 74,211 inhabitants .Main industry is metallurgy. Ostrowiec is the capital city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship .- History:The oldest testimonies of...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. It was founded on August 11, 1929.

In 1995, after several decades in lower league football, mainly the third division, KSZO for the first time promoted to the second division of the Polish football league. After just two years, in 1997, the club advanced to the Polish top level football league, Ekstraklasa. However the first season in Ekstraklasa end up with relegation. KSZO once again promoted to Ekstraklasa in 2001. 13th place finish was the result of quite well performance in 2001/2002 season.

The next season started very promisingly, however, financial problems led to the relegation. The problems were more and more severe and by the end of 2003 KSZO was liquidated and recreated on the basis of another 2nd league club KS Stasiak Ceramika Opoczno. Since then the club performed as KSZO sports p.l.c.

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in the 2nd league.

In year 2007 the club got expelled from 2nd league and was relegated 1 level of competition (3rd league), because former chairman Mirosław Stasiak was accused of bribery.

In 2008 KSZO promoted to the new 2nd league (the third division of the Polish football league after its reorganization). 2008/2009 season KSZO ended on the first place and returned to the Polish First League

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Fans

Although KSZO supporters' nickname is 'Świętokrzyscy Rozbójnicy' i.e. Saint Cross (word derived from the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...

) Reavers, they are known for outstanding atmosphere and high attendance during the matches.

KSZO fans have a fellowship with fans from Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

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(since 1992), Slovan Liberec (since 2000), Arka Gdynia

Arka Gdynia

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(since 2004), Stal Sanok

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(since 2005) and Hetman Włoszczowa (since 2007).

Current squad

As of 30 August 2010.

Famous players

Sławomir Adamus Sergio Batata Arkadiusz Bilski

Arkadiusz Bilski

Arkadiusz Bilski is a Polish football player. He has previously played in the Olympic Games. His previous teams include ZKS Granat Skarżysko, Stal Stalowa Wola, GKS Katowice, KSZO Ostrowiec and KS Ceramika Opoczno. His last team was Korona Kielce. He finished his career in the summer...

Dariusz Brytan

Dariusz Brytan was a Polish footballer, and is now a football trainer in the Polish Premier League.He started his career in Metalowiec Janów Lubelski before playing for Stal Stalowa Wola, Polonia Gdańsk, Motor Lublin, KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Ceramika Opoczno, RKS Radomsko, Pogoń Staszów,...

Mirosław Budka Przemysław Cichoń Cezary Czpak

Cezary Czpak

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Jacek Dąbrowski

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Tomasz Dymanowski

Tomasz Dymanowski is a Polish professional football player who currently plays for KSZO Ostrowiec.-External links:...

Piotr Gierczak

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Marek Graba Sunday Ibrahim Janusz Jojko

Janusz Jojko

Janusz Jojko is a retired Polish professional footballer who played for Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in the Polish Ekstraklasa.-Club career:...

Mariusz Jop

Mariusz Jop is a retired Polish footballer who played as a defender.-Career:Jop started out playing for KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. He won the Polish League Championship with Wisła Kraków in the 2000/01, 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons. While playing in FC Moscow he become the first Pole to score a...

Marcin Kaczmarek

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Paweł Kaczorowski Maxwell Kalu

Maxwell Kalu

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Krystian Kanarski

Krystian Kanarski is a Polish professional football player who currently plays for KSZO Ostrowiec.-External links:...

Andrzej Kobylański

Andrzej Kobylanski

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Kamil Kosowski

Kamil Kosowski is a Polish footballer playing currently for GKS Bełchatów. He is an audacious winger / playmaker with good dribbling and a wide variety of passing.-Club career:...

Tadeusz Krawiec Rafał Lasocki Wojciech Małocha Arkadiusz Miklosik

Arkadiusz Miklosik

Arkadiusz Miklosik is a retired Polish footballer. Now he is Director of Sport in Warta Poznań.-External links:...

Benedykt Nocoń Waldemar Piątek

Waldemar Piatek

Waldemar Piątek is a Polish football player. He is a goalkeeper for Lech Poznań.Piątek was born on November 2, 1979 in Dębica, Poland. He started his career in Wisłoka Dębica where he played until the spring season of 2001. Then, he moved to KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and in the spring of 2003...

Dariusz Pietrasiak

Dariusz Pietrasiak is a Polish footballer currently playing for Śląsk Wrocław.-Club:He also played for KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and GKS Bełchatów....

Aidas Preikšaitis

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Hubert Robaszek

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Maciej Rogalski

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Artur Sarnat

Artur Sarnat is a retired Polish professional footballer who played for Wisła Kraków and Polonia Warsaw in the Polish Ekstraklasa.-Club career:...

Marek Sokołowski

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Davor Tasić Rafał Wójcik

Gaszczyn Wołodia Marcin Wróbel Tomasz Żelazowski
Tomasz Zelazowski
Tomasz Żelazowski is a Polish footballer who plays as a forward for KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.-References:...

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