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Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Full name	Miejski Klub Sportowy Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Nickname(s)	Pride of Nowy Sącz, Sączersi, Bianconeri
Founded	1910; 115 years ago
Ground	Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka
Capacity	2,850
Chairman	Tomasz Bałdys
Manager	Łukasz Mierzejewski
League	III liga, group IV
2023–24	II liga, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Website	http://www.sandecja.pl/
Home colours	Away colours

Sandecja Nowy Sącz is a Polish football club formed in 1910. In the 2024–25 season, they will compete in group IV of the III liga, the fourth tier of Polish football, after suffering back-to-back relegations.

In the 2016–17 season, Sandecja won I liga, which promoted the club to the Polish Ekstraklasa, Poland's highest professional football league, for the first time in the club's history.

Stadium

Up to 1979, Sandecja stadium was named XXV years of PRL at the initiative of the then Communist leaders of the city. In 1998, nine years after the fall of communism in Poland, it was then renamed in honor of Father Władysław Augustynek, a popular local Catholic priest, who was a passionate fan of the club.

History

Sandecja was founded in 1910, upon the initiative of Adam Bieda, who was the chairman of the Nowy Sącz branch of the Sokol Sports Association. The name of the club comes after Latin name of the city of Nowy Sącz (Nova Civitas Sandecz), and from the very beginning, Sandecja was supported by the local Zakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego (Rail Rolling Stock Repair Workshops). For most of its history, Sandecja was closely associated with Polish Railroads, and its official name was Rail Sports Club Sandecja (since 1999: Municipal Sports Club Sandecja).

Throughout the years, Sandecja had several departments, including men's and women's volleyball (1950 - 2009), handball (1950 – 1955), basketball (1950 – 1961), track and field (1945 – 1970), skiing (1945 – 1956), ice-hockey (1951 – 1964), boxing (1948 – 1960), table tennis (1945 – 1955).

Timeline

1910 – Adam Bieda of the local Sokol Movement found the club,
1912 – the statutes of Sandecja are approved: "The purpose of the Club is to promote physical development of the youth"
1914–1918 – World War I. Most players serve in the Austro-Hungarian Army,
August 1921 – Sandecja returns,
1924 – the club has 230 members in several departments,
1928–1932 – the club suspends its activities, due to the loss of its own field,
1933 – new field and new gym are opened, and with new manager, Franciszek Krupski of Polish Railways, Sandecja returns as Rail Club of Military Training Sandecja,
1934–1939 – the football team plays in the second and third levels of Polish football system (Class A, against KS Moscice, KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, WKS Kielce, Azotania Jaworzno, Riflemen Association Chełmek, and a number of teams from Kraków,
1939–1945 – during World War II, the athletes of Sandecja are involved in conspirational activities of the Home Army (AK) and other organizations. Football player Julian Zubek commanded the largest AK unit in the area. Klemens Gucwa, Leopold Kwiatkowski, Jan Freisler and Roman Stramka serve as couriers,
February 1945 – Sandecja returns. First postwar game took place on 15 April 1945: KS OMTUR Sandecja beats RKS Świt 2–1,
30 May 1946 – Sandecja loses 0–17 to Cracovia,
1966 – Sandecja wins promotion to the third league ,
1967 – women's volleyball team becomes the regional champion ,
1 May 1970 – at the newly opened stadium, located at Kilińsk Street, an international U-19 friendly between Poland and Hungary is played. Poland loses 2–3, and among Polish players were Kazimierz Kmiecik, Mirosław Bulzacki, Zbigniew Plaszewski, Jerzy Kraska. The game was attended by 10 000 people,
July 1978 – Sandecja's U-19 team becomes the fourth team in Poland,
June 1986 – Sandecja wins promotion to the second division. In its first home game (August 1986), Sandecja beats Broń Radom 3–1, but after one year, the team is relegated back to the third division (only 10 points in 30 games, with a goal difference of 19–52),
June 1992 – Sandecja again wins promotion to the second tier, to be again relegated after one year (19 points in 34 games, a goal difference of 27–54).
1998 – Sandecja's U-17 team finishes fourth in the Polish Championship,
27 June 1999 – Sandecja is renamed into Municipal Sports Club (MKS),
June 2009 – Sandecja, managed by Jarosław Araszkiewicz, once again is promoted to the second division.
May 2017 – Sandecja, managed by Radosław Mroczkowski, is promoted to the Ekstraklasa (top tier of Polish professional league) for the first time in its history.

Honours

I liga:
- Champions: 2016–17

Players

Current squad

As of 8 November 2024^[2]

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
3	DF	CZE	Petr Buchta
6	MF	SVK	Peter Kolesár
7	FW	POL	Rafał Wolsztyński
9	MF	POL	Wiktor Kłos
10	FW	POL	Jakub Sangowski
11	MF	POL	Daniel Pietraszkiewicz
16	DF	POL	Karol Smajdor
17	DF	POL	Tomasz Nawotka
18	MF	POL	Kacper Talar
19	MF	POL	Tomasz Kołbon
20	MF	POL	Mikołaj Kwietniewski
22	MF	POL	Igor Maślanka
23	DF	POL	Piotr Kowalik
24	DF	POL	Kamil Słaby (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	POL	Michał Rutkowski
27	MF	POL	Eryk Pieczarka
28	MF	POL	Bruno Żołądź
29	MF	POL	Patryk Peciak
33	MF	POL	Eryk Kosiński
36	MF	POL	Jan Kuźma
47	MF	POL	Kacper Wokacz
51	GK	POL	Jakub Bednarek
74	MF	POL	Przemysław Skałecki
77	MF	POL	Patryk Bryła
90	MF	POL	Marcin Budziński
91	GK	SVK	Martin Polaček
99	FW	POL	Jakub Wilczyński

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
92	FW	POL	Arkadiusz Orzeł (at Karpaty Krosno until 30 June 2025)

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players marked in bold have had caps while playing for Sandecja.

David Manoyan (2018)
Charlie Trafford (2017)
Robert Kirss (2023)
Karl-Romet Nõmm (2023)
Giorgi Merebashvili (2022)
Tomasz Brzyski (2017–2018)
Mateusz Cetnarski (2017–2018)
Michał Gliwa (2016–2018)
Dawid Janczyk (2004–2005, 2016)
Maciej Małkowski (2015–2022)
Rudolf Urban (2010, 2014–2015)
Pavlo Ksyonz (2018)

In addition, Marek and Piotr Świerczewski, who played for Sandecja in their youth career but not their senior career, had international caps for Poland (the latter won 70 of them).