Wierzyca Pelplin

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KS Wierzyca Pelpin
Full nameKlub Sportowy
Wierzyca Pelpin
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
GroundStadion Miejski w Pelplinie
Capacity900 (700 seated)[1]
ChairmanJacek Imianowski
ManagerBłażej Mierzejewski
LeagueRegional league, gr. Gdańsk II
2023–24Liga okręgowa (Gdańsk II), 1st of 15 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

KS Wierzyca Pelpin is a football club based in Pelpin, Kociewie, Poland. As of the 2023-2024 season the team finished top of the Liga okręgowa (Gdańsk II), thereby winning promotion to the IV liga.[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 trainer, coach and manager.[3]

Ground[edit]

Wierzyca Pelpin play 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[edit]

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

Rivalries[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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