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| Full name | Morski Klub Sportowy Flota w Świnoujściu | ||
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| Nicknames | Wyspiarze (The Islanders) Niebiescy (The Blues) | ||
| Founded | 17 April 1957; 68 years ago (1957-04-17) (asWojskowy Klub Sportowy Flota) 20 June 2015; 10 years ago (2015-06-20) (refounded) | ||
| Ground | Municipal Stadium[1] | ||
| Capacity | 3,070 | ||
| Chairman | Marcin Adamski | ||
| Manager | Karol Szweda | ||
| League | III liga, group II | ||
| 2024–25 | III liga, group II, 12th of 18 | ||
| Website | mksflota | ||
Flota Świnoujście (Polish pronunciation:[ˈflɔtaɕfinɔˈujɕt͡ɕɛ]) is a Polish professional football club based inŚwinoujście,West Pomeranian Voivodeship, that competes in group II of theIII liga.
Flota, as a club, runs three sports sections:soccer,bridge andtable tennis. The club also ran a reserve side, which competed in thelower divisions of Polish football, and three junior sides.
Flota's football section was founded on 17 April 1957 in Świnoujście asWojskowy Klub Sportowy Flota (Military Sport Club Flota).[2] In 1968, the club was reorganized and renamed toMiędzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy Flota (Inter-works Sport Club Flota). It was then transformed intoMiejski Klub Sportowy Flota (Municipal Sport Club Flota). Due to mounting financial problems, the club was officially dissolved on 13 May 2015.
Following the club's dissolution, team officials promised the creation of a new team which would begin playing in the lowest level of Polish football, indicating that the earliest return to the first division would be possible in 2023.[3] A new association calledMorski Klub Sportowy Flota (Maritime Sport Club Flota) was founded on 20 June 2015.[2]
The club spent the majority of their history in thePolish third division. They played in thesecond tier for almost seven years: from the club's promotion in 2007 until being withdrawn after 29 games near the end of the2014–15 season.
In 2015, following the founding of the new association, the club joined theKlasa A, the 8th tier of Polish association football.[4] The club finished first in theklasa A during the 2015/16 season and went on to win theklasa okręgowa, the 7th tier, the following season. In the 2017–18 season, the team was playing at the sixth tier, in theliga okręgowa.
The club's most notable result at the central level of thePolish Cup was achieved during the2012–13 season. In the fall of 2012, Flota eliminated Ruch Zdzieszowice (third division at the time) after a 5–0 victory in the first round. At the subsequent stage, the team won 2–1 against top-tierGórnik Zabrze. The match againstCracovia (second tier) in the next round ended in a 2–2 draw, with Flota advancing to the quarterfinals having won the penalty shootout. In the quarterfinals held in the spring of 2013, Flota was eliminated byŚląsk Wrocław.[5]
Flota also reached the third round of the Polish Cup in 2003.[6]
Had international caps for their respective countries.[7]
Marcin Adamski (1996)Arkadiusz Bąk (2008)Rafał Grzelak (2013–2015)Robert Kolendowicz (2013–2015)Arkadiusz Reca (2014–2015)Paweł Skrzypek (2006–2007)Michał Stasiak (2013–2015, 2018–2024)
Omar Jarun (2009)
