How a Village of 750 People Qualified for Polish Football’s Top Flight
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?
The Early Years: 1922 – 1946
The club was founded way back in 1922 yet nobody outside the Nieciecza or Żabno area had really heard of them until the last 10 years. The first group that founded the original Nieciecza team included: Stanisław Nowak, Władysław Kaczówka and Kazimierz Wrzos. It should be noted that at that time the Nieciecza football team was the first in the area and its rivals back then, the team from the bigger town of Żabno were founded later. Nieciecza have been through a few name, owner and kit colour changes during the club’s history. In the early days, they did not have uniform or kits – each player had their own shirts and shorts. Red and yellow were adopted as the club colours at some point and during the Second World War, the Germans used the pitch and facilities as part of their war plans.
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