Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza
Full name	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname(s)	Słoniki (The Elephants); Szaleni wieśniacy (Crazy villagers)
Founded	1922; 102 years ago
Ground	Stadion Sportowy Bruk-Bet Termalica
Capacity	4,595
Chairman	Danuta Witkowska
Manager	Marcin Brosz
League	I liga
2023–24	I liga, 14th of 18
Website	http://www.termalica.brukbet.com/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, is a professional Polish football club based in Nieciecza, Poland. They compete in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system.

History

The team was established in 1922. The club was founded after World War II and took over the previously existing team. The team's official colours are orange and blue. In May 2015, after securing the second place in the I liga, the club reached the Ekstraklasa for the first time in its history.^[2]

With a population of only 750, Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza is the football club from the smallest village in history to qualify to the top level of a European football league (the former record was held by Mjällby AIF).^[3]

In 2021, they had finished as the I liga runners-up and won the promotion to the Ekstraklasa, for the second time in their history.^[4]

Club names

From 1946 – LZS Nieciecza
From 2004 – LKS Nieciecza
From the spring round of the 2004–05 season – LKS Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
From the 2009–10 season – Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
From 17 June 2010 – Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza KS
From the 2016–17 season – Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza KS

Honours

I liga
- Runners-up: 2014–15, 2020–21
II liga
- Champions: 2009–10
III liga
- Runners-up: 2008–09
IV liga
- Third-place: 2007–08
V liga
- Champions: 2006–07
Klasa A
- Champions: 2003–04

Players

Current squad

As of 7 September 2024^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVK	Adrián Chovan
3	DF	POL	Arkadiusz Kasperkiewicz
4	DF	POL	Daniel Cieśla
6	MF	POL	Maciej Wolski
7	MF	GER	Morgan Faßbender
8	MF	UKR	Andriy Dombrovskyi
10	MF	POL	Kacper Karasek
11	FW	FIN	Jasse Tuominen
12	FW	POL	Jakub Wróbel
13	DF	POL	Bruno Wacławek
16	MF	POL	Tomasz Płaneta
17	MF	UKR	Taras Zaviyskyi
18	DF	POL	Bartosz Farbiszewski
21	MF	POL	Damian Hilbrycht


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	POL	Noah Mrosek
23	DF	AUT	Lukas Spendlhofer
25	MF	POL	Kamil Zapolnik
26	MF	POL	Wojciech Jakubik
28	MF	POL	Maciej Ambrosiewicz
29	DF	GER	Gabriel Isik
35	MF	GEO	Diego Deisadze
53	FW	POL	Andrzej Trubeha
77	DF	UKR	Artem Putivtsev (captain)
80	MF	POL	Jakub Różycki
86	MF	POL	Igor Strzałek (on loan from Legia Warsaw)
88	GK	POL	Mikołaj Molga
90	MF	POL	Jakub Nowakowski
99	GK	POL	Miłosz Mleczko

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BIH	Vlastimir Jovanović

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	POL	Jakub Branecki (at Chojniczanka Chojnice until 30 June 2025)
19	MF	POL	Erwin Bahonko (at Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki until 30 June 2025)
37	DF	POL	Jakub Marcinkowski (at Znicz Pruszków until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
70	GK	POL	Eric Topór (at Pogoń Siedlce until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	POL	Arkadiusz Morąg (at KS Wiązownica until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	POL	Tomasz Matuszewski (at Resovia until 30 June 2025)

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players marked in bold have had caps while playing for Bruk-Bet Termalica.

Poland

Szymon Pawłowski (2017–18)
Dawid Plizga (2015–16)
Michał Skóraś (2018–19)

Belarus

Pavel Pavlyuchenko (2022–23)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vlastimir Jovanović (2016–)

Czech Republic

Mario Lička (2015)
Tomáš Poznar (2022–23)

Finland

Joona Toivio (2018)
Jasse Tuominen (2024–)

Hungary

Roland Varga (2022)

Iceland

Árni Vilhjálmsson (2018–19)

Latvia

Vladislavs Gutkovskis (2016–20)
Vitālijs Maksimenko (2017–18)

Lebanon

Feiz Shamsin (2020)

Romania

Gabriel Iancu (2017–18)

Slovakia

Ľuboš Hajdúch (2011)
Ján Mucha (2017–18)

Slovenia

Rajko Rep (2022–24)

Ukraine

Artem Putivtsev (2016–)

League results


Season	League	Position	Points	Goals	Notes
1998–99	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	7	24	25–29
1999–2000	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	5	40	36–32
2000–01	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	3	50	62–34
2001–02	Klasa A (group: Żabno)	3	51	52–29
2002–03	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	2	58	82–30
2003–04	Klasa A (group: Tarnów III)	1	73	101–21	promotion
2004–05	Regional league (group: Tarnów)	2	73	74–20
2005–06	Regional league (group: Tarnów)	2	80	118–17
2006–07	V liga (group: Nowy Sącz-Tarnów)	1	78	79–14	promotion
2007–08	IV liga (group: małopolska)	3	73	69–30	promotion
2008–09	III liga (group: małopolsko-świętokrzyska)	2	64	57–20	promotion
2009–10	II liga (East)	1	72	56–21	promotion
2010–11	I liga	14	37	40–53
2011–12	I liga	5	56	42–26
2012–13	I liga	3	64	54–28
2013–14	I liga	5	53	42–33
2014–15	I liga	2	69	56–23	promotion
2015–16	Ekstraklasa	13	26	39–50
2016–17	Ekstraklasa	8	25	35–55
2017–18	Ekstraklasa	15	36	39–66	relegation
2018–19	I liga	8	46	45–46
2019–20	I liga	6	50	47–34
2020–21	I liga	2	65	56–28	promotion
2021–22	Ekstraklasa	16	32	36–56	relegation
2022–23	I liga	3	61	55–37
2023–24	I liga	14	41	56–52