Kraków Dragoons FC

Krakow Dragoons
Full nameKlub Sportowy Dragoons
NicknamesThe Expats, Smoki (Dragons)
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundCentrum Sportowo-Rekreacyjne UJ
Capacity330 (seated)
OwnerPartnership - owned by its members
ChairmanGareth Davis
ManagerGonçalo Lopes
LeagueKlasa A Kraków I
2024–25Klasa A Kraków I, 5th of 14
Websitehttps://www.dragoonsfc.com/

Kraków Dragoons FC, founded in 2016, is an association football club based in Kraków, Poland.[1][2][3][4]

The club was founded by a group of expats and started competing in the Polish football league system in the 2019–20 season. The Dragoons played two seasons in Klasa B before eventually being crowned champions of their group at the end of the 2021–22 season and winning promotion to Klasa A.

Since the 2022/2023 season, Dragoons FC has been competing in the Fenix Trophy, an UEFA sanctioned tournament for non-professional clubs.

Squad

As of 17 July 2025[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  CHI Gabriel Muñoz-Garcia
3 DF  COL Obed Sánchez
5 DF  ITA Simon Calabrese
6 DF  NED Brian Lemmen
7 FW  POL Adrian Paliś
8 MF  ITA Enrico Forabosco (Captain)
9 FW  ISR Yuri Samyonov
10 FW  ANG Flavio Nkola
12 MF  ITA Danilo Birbiglia
13 DF  POL Jakub Drobny
14 DF  ARG Roman Bilovol
16 DF  ITA Francesco Leuci
17 MF  COL Stiven Campo
18 MF  PER Alonso Villa-Garcia
20 MF  POR Daniel Silva (vice-captain)
21 MF  ESP Fernando Gámez
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  POL Gracjan Bałuch
25 MF  NED Rob Smits
26 MF  POL Jan Krzyżanowski
29 FW  BLR Vałdzis Fuhaš
30 FW  CZE Martin Voženílek
33 MF  ITA Omar Atzori
34 DF  SCO Michael Syska-Lamb
36 MF  COD Corneille Malonga
44 FW  POL Barry Chowaniec
73 DF  ESP Alejandro Pascual
77 DF  POL Jan Kołodziejski
80 FW  UKR Serhii Yelysieiev
83 GK  ITA Lorenzo Bartolomei
97 DF  POL Szymon Urzędowski
99 GK  POL Marcin Obyrtacz

Honours

References

  1. ^ Bandurski, Norbert (2020-03-30). "21 narodowości, jeden zespół. Jak powstał klub obcokrajowców w krakowskiej B klasie?". przegladsportowy.onet.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  2. ^ Trela, Michał (2020-07-30). "Międzynarodowa B klasa. Kraków Dragoons jedynym w Polsce klubem obcokrajowców". newonce (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  3. ^ "Krakow Dragoons FC: "We aim to embed grassroots football culture into the local scene"". Kafkadesk. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  4. ^ Bochenek, Tomasz (2022-04-11). "Dragoons Kraków idą po awans. Zespół ekspatów pokonał Opatkowiankę ZDJĘCIA". Gazeta Krakowska. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  5. ^ "Dragoons FC 2025/2026".