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Krakow Dragoons
Full nameKlub Sportowy Dragoons
Nickname(s)The Expats, Smoki (Dragons)
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
GroundCentrum Sportowo-Rekreacyjne UJ
Capacity330 (seated)
OwnerPartnership - owned by its members
ChairmanDaniel Finnegan (acting)
ManagerHugo Cruz
LeagueKlasa A Kraków I
2023–24Klasa A Kraków I, 6th of 14
WebsiteClub 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

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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
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 (Captain)
9 FW Israel ISR Yuri Samyonov
10 FW Angola ANG Flavio Nkola
11 FW India IND Rohit Chandran
13 DF Poland POL Jakub Drobny
14 DF Argentina ARG Roman Bilovol
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
24 FW Italy ITA Andrea Latino
No. Pos. Nation Player
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 FW Belarus BLR Barys Sidareika
33 MF Italy ITA Omar Atzori
34 DF Scotland SCO Michael Syska-Lamb
35 MF Turkey TUR Emre Ozan
36 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Corneille Malonga
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

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  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".