How a Village of 750 People Qualified for Polish Football’s Top Flight

Football fans, have you heard of Bruk-Bet? No? OK, maybe you’ve heard of Termalica? Still no? OK how about the village of Nieciecza? No? Welcome to the world of “Termalica”, (full name Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Klub Sportowy) who play their matches in the smallest-ever village to boast a top flight football club in Europe. Read on to understand this fairytale.

Record Breakers

With a population of only 750, Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza is a football club from Nieciecza in Poland, the smallest village in history to qualify for the top level of a European football league (the former record was held by Czech team FK Chmel Blšany). They achieved this feat in 2015 when they reached the Polish Ekstraklasa after a continued series of promotions. Not just that, but Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza beat the mighty Legia Warsaw 1-0 in 2017, here in this tiny village of Nieciecza. What’s their story?

Read the full story by Jonny Blair at https://theculturetrip.com/europe/poland/articles/how-a-village-of-750-people-qualified-for-polish-footballs-top-flight/