WISLA KRAKOW V CRACOVIA
ON BOTH SIDES
CLASSIC ENCOUNTERS
1908
Sep 20
Although earlier matches are
known to have taken place, this is the first
recorded game of which the score is known
and ends in a 1-1 draw.
1948
Dec 5
Having finished joint top
of the table, a play-off game to decide
that season’s champions sees Cracovia
beat Wisla 3-1.
2020
Mar 3
Although Wisla are struggling
in the league this season, they win 2-0 at
Cracovia in the most recent meeting between
the two sides.
KRZYSZTOF HAUSNER
O 1962-67
O1968-70
RYSZARD SARNAT
O 19 6 7-7 0
O 19 7 0 -74
HENRYK SZYMANOWSKI
O 1971- 8 3
O 1983-85
JANUSZ SUROWIEC
O 1973-77
O 19 7 7- 8 5
MICHAL PROBIERZ
O (coach) 2012
O (coach) 2017-present
R
ather being called a “clasico”
of some sort, you know the
Krakow derby is going to be
fiercer than most when it
goes by the name of “The Holy War”.
With their stadiums just
500metres apart and
opposing fans living side
by side in the sprawling
estates nearby, there is
certainly no love lost
between the two oldest
surviving clubs in Poland.
The term was originally
coined in the 1920s by
Cracovia defender Ludwik
Gintel and sums up the
hostility between the two
neighbours. In 2006, eight supporters
were killed in events leading up to the
centenary of the fixture.
Once the club of the communist
police, Wisla are by the far the more
successful of the two
teams, with 14 league titles
- a record they share with
Gornik Zabrze – compared
to Cracovia’s four.
It had, however, been a
different scenario this term,
with Wisla fourth from
bottom and Cracovia flying
high in third, with dreams of
a first title since 1948, until
the suspension of football
across Europe.
For more than 100 years the people of Krakow have been divided by football loyalties
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