KTS Weszło Warsaw

KTS Weszło Warsaw is a Polish football club based in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship. It was founded by media and sports group Weszło and is run as a fan-owned initiative.[5]

KTS Weszło Warszawa
Full nameKlub Towarzysko-Sportowy Weszło Warszawa[1]
Founded2018
GroundBemowski Ośrodek Piłki Nożnej, Warsaw[2]
ManagerPiotr Dziewicki[3]
LeagueRegional league, Warsaw I group[2]
2020–21A-class, Warsaw I group, 1st of 14 (promoted)[4]

They compete in the regional league, having won promotion from the A-class in 2020–21.

Financing and ownership

The club is owned[5] by 11000[5] amateur investors, who bought shares in 2018[5] raising 20 million zł initially.[5] It was the first such initiative in Poland.[5]

In 2021 the club was crowdfunded[6][7] under the initiative led by Krzysztof Stanowski.[6][7] 3963 investors[6] were found raising 4.5 million zł[6][7] in 90 minutes[6][7] for 25000 shares[6] accounting for 20% of the total.[6][7]

Notable players

KTS players were, among others, Merveille Fundambu and Jonathan Simba Bwanga, which later joined the leading clubs of the Poland First League, Wojciech Kowalczyk, the 1992 Summer Olympics medalist and Grzegorz Szamotulski, the Polish national team representative.[8][9][10]

Statistics
Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Masovian Polish Cup
2018–19B-class (VIII)[11]1st of 1118209419563R (eliminated to Promnik Łaskarzew 2–3)[12]
2019–20A-class (VII)[11]3rd of 1410126915315R (eliminated to Milan Milanówek 2–2 p. 4–5)[13]
2020–21A-class (VII)[11]1st of 1424111701373Did not play
2021–22Regional league (VI)[11]TBDRunners-up (eliminated to Ząbkovia Ząbki 1–5)[14]
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References
  1. "KTS Weszło Warszawa - Klub Sportowy Konstancin".
  2. "Klasa okręgowa 2021/2022, grupa: Warszawa I". www.90minut.pl.
  3. "Dziewicki trenerem KTS-u Weszło". www.dumastolicy.pl (in Polish). 11 January 2022.
  4. "Klasa A 2020/2021, grupa: Warszawa I". www.90minut.pl.
  5. Nick Westerby (2 September 2021), Amateur football team raises over 20mln to be Poland’s first fan-owned club
  6. Michał Tomaszkiewicz (14 October 2021), KTS Weszło. Akcje za 4,5 mln zł sprzedane w 90 minut (in Polish), Radio Zet
  7. Paweł Radny (14 October 2021), Ekspresowa sprzedaż akcji KTS Weszło. Krzysztof Stanowski zebrał 4,5 mln zł w 90 minut (in Polish), onet.pl
  8. "Merveille Fundambu, były gracz KTS Weszło zawodnikiem Widzewa Łódź". www.galaktycznyfutbol.pl. August 22, 2020.
  9. "Kowal, mamy dosyć!". www.kts.weszlo.com. May 6, 2019.
  10. "Zaskakujący powrót do Warszawy. Golkiper pomoże w awansie?". January 19, 2018.
  11. "Sezony - KTS Weszło Warszawa". 90minut (in Polish).
  12. "Puchar Polski 2018/2019, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.
  13. "Puchar Polski 2019/2020, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.
  14. "Puchar Polski 2021/2022, grupa: Mazowiecki ZPN - Warszawa". www.90minut.pl.
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