Wierzyca Pelplin

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KS Wierzyca Pelpin
Full nameKlub Sportowy
Wierzyca Pelpin
Founded1 July 1956; 68 years ago (1956-07-01)
GroundMunicipal Stadium
Capacity900 (700 seated)[1]
ChairmanJacek Imianowski
ManagerBłażej Mierzejewski
LeagueIV liga Pomerania
2023–24Regional league Gdańsk II, 1st of 15 (promoted)
Websitehttp://wierzyca.pelplin.pl

KS Wierzyca Pelpin is a football club based in Pelpin, Kociewie, Poland. As of the 2024–25 season, the team competes in the Pomerania group of IV liga, after finishing top of the Gdańsk II group of the regional league the season prior.[2] The club's chairman, Jacek Imianowski, has been dubbed a one-man band by the regional press due to having previously performed nearly all functions at the club, including being a coach, team manager and coaching coordinator.[3]

Ground

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Wierzyca plays at the 900 capacity Stadion Miejski w Pelplinie, a municipal stadium located in their home town. In 2018, the first stage of the modernisation of the stadium was completed with the opening of a new football pitch and spectator stand.[4]

Colours

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The team play in a red shirt with claret sleeve, shorts and socks. Their away kit is all white with black shorts.

Rivalries

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The club have a rivalry with KP Starogard Gdański, against which games are contested as the Kociewian derby.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Klub Sportowy Wierzyca Pelplin". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Keeza Klasa okręgowa 2023/2024, grupa: Gdańsk II". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  3. ^ Brucki, Zbigniew (24 April 2018). "Regionalny Puchar Polski. Człowiek-orkiestra w trzecioligowej Wierzycy Pelplin". Pomorskie Nasze Miasto (in Polish). Polska Press. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^ Jackiewicz, Barbara (3 October 2018). "W Pelplinie zmodernizowano stadion miejski". radiotczew.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Piłkarze walczyli z różnym skutkiem. Pelplin przegrywa kociewskie derby w Starogardzie Gd". tczewska.pl (in Polish). 4 April 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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