{{Short description|Polish motorcycle speedway team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use British English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox motorcycle speedway team |clubname=Wilki Krosno |image= |track=[[Stadion MOSiR Krosno]]<br>Legionów 1 <br>[[Krosno]] |country= Poland |founded= 2018 |closed= |manager= Piotr Świderski/Michal Finfa |captain=Tobiasz Musielak |league= [[Polish Speedway First League|Ekstraliga 2]] |website= [https://wilkikrosno.pl/ Official website] |colours= Black, Red and Grey |tracksize=396 m |nickname = Wolves |track record time= 65.13 seconds |track record date= 20 April 2025 |track record holder= [[Tobiasz Musielak]] |honour1 = [[Polish Speedway First League]] |year1 = [[2022 Polish Speedway season|2022]] }}
'''Wilki Krosno''' (''Wolves Krosno'') is a Polish [[motorcycle speedway]] team based in [[Krosno]]. The club operates under the name of ''Cellfast Wilki Krosno''. The team currently competes in the [[Ekstraliga (speedway)|Ekstraliga]] (the highest division).<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=42 |location= |publisher= |date=10 September 2022 |access-date=}}</ref> [[File:Stadion mosir krosno 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The stadium in 2022]]
==History of speedway in Krosno== ===Legia Krosno=== During the [[1957 Polish speedway season]] a team called '''Legia Krosno''' took part in the [[Polish Speedway Second League|third division south]] using the relatively newly built [[Stadion MOSiR Krosno]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1957.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1957 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> They competed for five seasons in total, until the end of the [[1961 Polish speedway season|1961 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1961.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1961 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
===Karpaty Krosno=== In [[1962 Polish speedway season|1962]], the name of the Krosno team became '''[[Karpaty Krosno]]''' (Carpathians) after the sports club in Krosno. The team competed in the second division and achieved a best place finish of third in 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1963.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1963 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> However, in 1969, due to financial problems, the club's activities were suspended.
===KKŻ Krosno=== After nearly 20 years without speedway the city welcomed '''KKŻ Krosno''' for the [[1988 Polish speedway season]]. The team spent nine uninspiring years in the second division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1988.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1988 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
===ŻKS Krosno=== For the [[1997 Polish speedway season]] the team were known as '''ŻKS Krosno''' (Żużlowy Klub Sportowy w Krośnie).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1997.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1997 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> When the [[Ekstraliga (speedway)|Ekstraliga]] was introduced in [[2000 Polish speedway season|2000]], the club were in the [[Polish Speedway Second League|2. Liga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zuzelend.com/i,89,Historia-Druzynowych-Mistrzostw-Polski |title=Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski |website=Zuzeland.com |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> ŻKS ran for five seasons.
===KSŻ Krosno=== Yet another name was used for the seasons from 2002 to 2006. The team was called '''KSŻ Krosno''' (Krośnieńskie Stowarzyszenie Żużlowe) but the result was the same as the team struggled in the lower tiers of Polish speedway.
=== KSM Krosno=== [[File:ZUZEL KSM KROSNO FOTO HEPNAR.jpg|thumb|right|200px|KSM Krosno in 2009]] '''KSM Krosno''' (Krośnieńskie Stowarzyszenie Motorowe Krosno) was the next name change for the [[2007 Polish speedway season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_2007.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 2007 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> KSM languished near the bottom of 2. Liga for multiple seasons before a regular season 2nd place finish in [[2013 Polish speedway season|2013]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_2013.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 2013 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> The name disappeared at the end of the 2018 season, as the team finished last in 2.Liga.
=== Wilki Krosno === In 2018, during a press conference, the authorities of Krosno presented a new club that replaced KSM Krosno. The new club played matches for the first time in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/en/druzyny/wilki-krosno/ |title=CELLFAST WILKI KROSNO |website=Ekstraliga |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>
In 2020, Wolves Krosno won all their matches and advanced to the [[Polish Speedway First League]] (Liga.1). Additionally lighting was built in the city's stadium. In 2021, the team lost the final to [[TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski|Ostrovia]]. In the following year, Wilki Krosno won the final against [[Falubaz Zielona Góra|Zielona Góra]] and were promoted for the first time in the history of Krosno to the highest division in Poland called the Ekstraliga.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fimspeedway.com/news/doyle-spearheads-krosno-side-as-pawlicki-joins-wroclaw |title=DOYLE SPEARHEADS KROSNO SIDE AS PAWLICKI JOINS WROCLAW |website=FIM |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, the extension of the stadium also began.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=Żużel: Cellfast Wilki Krosno w najlepszej lidze na świecie |url=https://krosno24.pl/informacje/zuzel-cellfast-wilki-krosno-w-najlepszej-lidze-na-swiecie-i3853 |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Krosno24}}</ref> During the [[2022 Polish Speedway season]] the team won the 1.Liga title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/1liga/index.html |title=2022 ewinner Liga 1 season |website=Speedway Fan Site |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>
==Previous teams== {{collapse top}}
'''2022 team'''
*{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Andžejs Ļebedevs]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Tobiasz Musielak]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rafal Karczmarz]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Mateusz Szczepaniak (speedway rider)|Mateusz Szczepaniak]] *{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Václav Milík Jr.]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Franciszek Karczewski]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Sadurski]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kacper Szopa]] *{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Keynan Rew]] *{{flagicon|UKR}} Marko Levishyn
'''2023 team'''
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Doyle]] *{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Andžejs Ļebedevs]] *{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Václav Milík Jr.]] *{{flagicon|UKR}} Marko Levishyn *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Mateusz Świdnicki]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Kasprzak]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Sadurski]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kacper Szopa]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Szymon Bańdur]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Denis Zieliński]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Miłosz Grygolec]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Patryk Nater]]
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== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Polish speedway teams}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilki Krosno}} [[Category:Speedway teams in Poland]]