Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza

Full name	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna[1]
Nickname(s)	Słoniki (The Elephants), Szaleni wieśniacy (Crazy villagers)
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Ground	Stadion Sportowy Bruk-Bet Termalica
Capacity	4,595
Chairman	Danuta Witkowska
Manager	Mariusz Lewandowski
League	I liga
2022–23	I liga, 3rd of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, is a professional Polish football club based in Nieciecza, Poland.

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The team was established in 1922. The club was founded after World War II and took over the previously existing team. The team's official colours are orange and blue. In May 2015, after securing the second place in the I liga, the club reached the Ekstraklasa for the first time in its history.^[2]

With a population of only 750, Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza is the football club from the smallest village in history to qualify to the top level of a European football league (the former record was held by Mjällby AIF).^[3]

In 2021, they had finished as the I liga runners-up and won the promotion to the Ekstraklasa, for the second time in their history.^[4]

Club names

• From 1946 – LZS Nieciecza
• From 2004 – LKS Nieciecza
• From the spring round of the 2004–05 season – LKS Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
• From the 2009–10 season – Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
• From 17 June 2010 – Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza KS
• From the 2016–17 season – Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza KS

Honours

• II liga: 2009–10
• V liga: 2006–07
• Klasa A: 2003–04

• I liga runners-up: 2014–15, 2020–21
• III liga runners-up: 2008–09
• IV liga third-place: 2007–08

Players

Current squad

As of 3 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  POL Tomasz Loska 3 DF  POL Arkadiusz Kasperkiewicz 4 DF  POL Daniel Ciesla 5 DF  POL Jakub Cukrowski 6 MF  POL Maciej Wolski 7 MF  GER Morgan Faßbender 8 MF  UKR Andriy Dombrovskyi 9 FW  POL Jakub Branecki 10 MF  POL Adam Radwański 13 DF  POL Bruno Wacławek 14 MF  UKR Artem Polyarus 17 MF  UKR Taras Zaviyskyi 19 MF  POL Erwin Bahonko 20 DF  POL Marcel Błachewicz 21 MF  POL Damian Hilbrycht

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  AUT Lukas Spendlhofer 24 MF  POL Kacper Karasek 28 MF  POL Maciej Ambrosiewicz 29 MF  POL Tomasz Planeta 30 GK  POL Krystian Bartoszek 45 DF  POL Bartosz Farbiszewski 53 FW  POL Andrzej Trubeha 70 GK  POL Eric Topór 77 DF  UKR Artem Putivtsev 80 DF  POL Jakub Banasik 90 MF  POL Jakub Nowakowski 97 DF  POL Wiktor Biedrzycki — FW  FIN Jasse Tuominen — FW  POL Jakub Wróbel

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players marked in bold have had caps while playing for Bruk-Bet Termalica.

League results

Season	League	Position	Points	Goals	Notes
1998/1999	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	7	24	25:29
1999/2000	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	5	40	36:32
2000/2001	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	3	50	62:34
2001/2002	Klasa A (group: Żabno)	3	51	52:29
2002/2003	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	2	58	82:30
2003/2004	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	1	73	101:21	promotion
2004/2005	Region league (group: Tarnów)	2	73	74:20
2005/2006	Region league (group: Tarnów)	2	80	118:17
2006/2007	V liga (group: Nowy Sącz-Tarnów)	1	78	79:14	promotion
2007/2008	IV liga (group: małopolska)	3	73	69:30	promotion
2008/2009	III liga (group: małopolsko-świętokrzyska)	2	64	57:20	promotion
2009/2010	II liga (east)	1	72	56:21	promotion
2010/2011	I liga	14	37	40:53
2011/2012	I liga	5	56	42:26
2012/2013	I liga	3	64	54:28
2013/2014	I liga	5	53	42:33
2014/2015	I liga	2	69	56:23	promotion
2015/2016	Ekstraklasa	13	26	39:50
2016/2017	Ekstraklasa	8	25	35:55
2017/2018	Ekstraklasa	15	36	39:66	relegation
2018/2019	I liga
2019/2020	I liga
2020/2021	I liga	2	65	56:28	promotion
2021/2022	Ekstraklasa	16