Kraków Dragoons FC

Krakow Dragoons
Full nameKlub Sportowy Dragoons
Nickname(s)The 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 Chile CHI Gabriel Muñoz-Garcia
3 DF Colombia COL Obed Sánchez
5 DF Italy ITA Simon Calabrese
6 DF Netherlands NED Brian Lemmen
7 FW Poland POL Adrian Paliś
8 MF Italy ITA Enrico Forabosco (Captain)
9 FW Israel ISR Yuri Samyonov
10 FW Angola ANG Flavio Nkola
12 MF Italy ITA Danilo Birbiglia
13 DF Poland POL Jakub Drobny
14 DF Argentina ARG Roman Bilovol
16 DF Italy ITA Francesco Leuci
17 MF Colombia COL Stiven Campo
18 MF Peru PER Alonso Villa-Garcia
20 MF Portugal POR Daniel Silva (vice-captain)
21 MF Spain ESP Fernando Gámez
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Poland POL Gracjan Bałuch
25 MF Netherlands NED Rob Smits
26 MF Poland POL Jan Krzyżanowski
29 FW Belarus BLR Vałdzis Fuhaš
30 FW Czech Republic CZE Martin Voženílek
33 MF Italy ITA Omar Atzori
34 DF Scotland SCO Michael Syska-Lamb
36 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Corneille Malonga
44 FW Poland POL Barry Chowaniec
73 DF Spain ESP Alejandro Pascual
77 DF Poland POL Jan Kołodziejski
80 FW Ukraine UKR Serhii Yelysieiev
83 GK Italy ITA Lorenzo Bartolomei
97 DF Poland POL Szymon Urzędowski
99 GK Poland 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".