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Krakow Dragoons
Full nameKlub Sportowy Dragoons
Nickname(s)The Expats, Smoki (Dragons)
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
GroundKS Prądniczanka
Capacity1,200
OwnerPartnership - owned by its members
ChairmanDaniel Finnegan (acting)
ManagerHugo Cruz
League Klasa A Kraków I
2023–24Klasa A Kraków I, 6th of 14
Website Club website

Kraków Dragoons FC, founded in 2016, is an association football club based in Kraków, Poland. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The club was founded by a group of expats and started competing in the Polish football league system in the 2019–20 season. The Dragoons played two seasons in Klasa B before eventually being crowned champions of their group at the end of the 2021–22 season and winning promotion to Klasa A.

Since the 2022/2023 season, Dragoons FC is competing in the Fenix Trophy, an UEFA sanctioned tournament for non-professional clubs.

Squad

As of 5 February 2024 [5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Chile  CHI Gabriel Muñoz-Garcia
2 DF England  ENG Josh Dawson
3 DF Ukraine  UKR Oleksii Bilorukavyi
4 DF Ukraine  UKR Oleksandr Arshakian
5 DF Italy  ITA Simon Calabrese
6 MF Netherlands  NED Brian Lemmen
7 DF Poland  POL Michał Nowak
8 MF Italy  ITA Enrico Forabosco ( vice-captain)
9 FW Israel  ISR Yuri Samyonov
10 FW Angola  ANG Flavio Nkola
11 FW India  IND Rohit Chandran
12 MF Morocco  MAR Ayoub Chardal
13 DF Poland  POL Jakub Drobny
14 DF Argentina  ARG Roman Bilovol
15 DF Poland  POL Jacek Fąfara
16 DF Italy  ITA Francesco Leuci
18 DF Italy  ITA Edoardo Battaglion
19 DF Poland  POL Piotr Hajnrych
20 MF Portugal  POR Daniel Silva ( vice-captain)
23 MF Australia  AUS Mark Szczesnowicz ( captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW Italy  ITA Andrea Latino
25 MF Netherlands  NED Rob Smits
28 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo  COD Cedrick Mwamba
29 FW Belarus  BLR Vałdzis Fuhaš
30 FW Czech Republic  CZE Martin Voženílek
31 MF Belarus  BLR Barys Sidareika
32 FW England  ENG Jamie Beattie
34 DF Scotland  SCO Michael Syska-Lamb
35 MF Turkey  TUR Emre Ozan
36 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo  COD Corneille Malonga
37 MF South Africa  RSA Keenjino Solomons
38 FW South Africa  RSA Taye Johnson
43 DF Algeria  ALG Salah Missi
44 FW Poland  POL Barry Chowaniec
61 FW Turkey  TUR Emre Bezirkan
83 GK Italy  ITA Lorenzo Bartolomei
93 FW Italy  ITA Alessio Sassini
94 FW Poland  POL Błażej Święcicki
97 DF Poland  POL Szymon Urzędowski
99 GK Poland  POL Marcin Obyrtacz

References

  1. ^ Bandurski, Norbert (2020-03-30). "21 narodowości, jeden zespół. Jak powstał klub obcokrajowców w krakowskiej B klasie?". przegladsportowy.onet.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  2. ^ Trela, Michał (2020-07-30). "Międzynarodowa B klasa. Kraków Dragoons jedynym w Polsce klubem obcokrajowców". newonce (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  3. ^ "Krakow Dragoons FC: "We aim to embed grassroots football culture into the local scene"". Kafkadesk. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  4. ^ Bochenek, Tomasz (2022-04-11). "Dragoons Kraków idą po awans. Zespół ekspatów pokonał Opatkowiankę ZDJĘCIA". Gazeta Krakowska. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  5. ^ "Player Charts 2023/2024".