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| Full name | Miejski Klub Sportowy Ząbkovia Ząbki | ||
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| Founded | 1927; 98 years ago (1927) | ||
| Ground | Municipal Stadium in Ząbki[1] | ||
| Capacity | 2,100[2] | ||
| Chairman | Jerzy Szczęsny[3] | ||
| Manager | Tomasz Grzywna[4] | ||
| League | III liga, group I | ||
| 2024–25 | IV liga Masovia, 2nd of 18 (promoted via play-offs)[5] | ||
| Website | http://www.zabkovia1927.pl/ | ||
Ząbkovia Ząbki (Polish pronunciation:[zɔmpˈkɔvjaˈzɔmpkʲi]) is a Polish professionalfootball club, based inZąbki,Masovian Voivodeship. The club's colors are red, white, and blue.[6] Its biggest successes were achieved when the club was calledDolcan Ząbki[ˈdɔlkan].
They currently compete in thefourth tier, after winning theIV liga promotion play-offs in 2025.
The exact date on which the club was established is unknown.[6] However, documents confirm that the club did exist in 1927.[6] Its initial name wasZąbkovia. In the beginning, the club had only a football section, whileathletics andtable tennis ones were launched in the 1930s.[6] The club functioned until 1939 and was reactivated in 1945, followingWorld War II. Afterwards, the club's name was changed multiple times: toZwiązkowiec,Budowlani,Beton-Stal, then back toZąbkovia before finally adoptingDolcan in March 1994.[6] In 2018, they reverted toZąbkovia due to theDolcan company going bankrupt the year prior.
Following World War II, the club took part in mostly lower-level league competitions.[6]
In 1995, the club took part in theIII liga competition, the third division at the time. The following year, having won the Warsaw group of the third-tier league, Dolcan was promoted to the second division for the first time. However, the team only managed to finish 17th out of 18 teams in the 1996–97 eastern group of theII liga and was relegated back to the third tier after one season.
Back at the third tier, the club was consistently achieving good results. The club finished third in 1997–98, second in 1998–99, before claiming the first place in 1999–2000 and being promoted to the second flight for the second time.
By that time, the number of teams in the second division was reduced to 20. Dolcan did not perform well against the second-tier teams and finished last being relegated to the third division after one season once again. The following year, Dolcan dropped to the fourth tier.
After two successive relegations, the club spent three seasons at the fourth tier. While Dolcan was promoted in 2005, the following season ended in defeat - last place and another relegation to theIV liga.
This time, however, the club's fourth-tier tenure was short-lived. After managing to achieve two successive promotions, Dolcan joining the second tier of Polish association football, renamed in the meantime to the second tier, for the third time.
In the 2008–09 season, the club was ranked 8th at the second tier. The three following seasons were not as successful, though Dolcan managed to avoid relegation by finishing 14th, 13th and 14th. However, in 2012–13, Dolcan was 7th, far off the relegation zone. In 2013–14, although Dolcan scored just one point more than the previous season, it was enough to finish in third place, the club's best result so far. Next season, the seventh consecutive at the second tier, Dolcan was 6th.
Dolcan started the following 2015–16 season in the second division. However, during the winter break problems of a financial nature started to surface.[7] Following the bankruptcy ofSK Bank which held the majority of financial assets belonging to the club's main sponsor - Dolcan, resulting in the accumulation of debt towards the players, coaching staff, and tax institutions,[8] the club was withdrawn from the second division.[9] The club was ranked 6th at the time, having played 19 out of the 34 scheduled matches.[10]
Following the withdrawal, Dolcan joined one of the Warsaw groups of theIV liga,[11] the fifth tier of association football. In 2016–17, the club finished 12th, avoiding further relegation by just one point.
In 2021, Ząbkovia finished 1st in the Warsaw group of the Mazovian IV liga but finished second in the promotion playoff, three points behindPilica Białobrzegi and failed to secure promotion to theIII liga.[12]
The club's most notable result in the Polish Cup was achieved during the2009–10 season. In the fall of 2009, Dolcan joined the competition by eliminating a lower-tier team, Ruch Zdzieszowice, in the first round 3–0. In the round of 32, the club managed to eliminateŚląsk Wrocław, a top-tier team, winning in a penalty shootout after the match ended in a 1–1 draw. However, in the following round, Dolcan lost against Korona Kielce in extra time.[13]
As of 31 May 2018[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The following Dolcan players had international caps for Poland.[14] Only Rafał Leszczyński represented Poland while playing for Dolcan.[15] The years they played in Ząbki are given in parentheses.
Jan Karaś (1994–1996)[16]Kazimierz Buda (1997–2000)[17]Artur Boruc (2000)[18]Tomasz Cebula (2000–2001)[19]Artur Jędrzejczyk (2008–2009)[20]Rafał Leszczyński (2009-2015)[21]Tomasz Ciesielski (2010–2012)[22]
