Znicz Pruszkow
Est. 1923 · Poland
About Znicz Pruszkow
Znicz Pruszkow are a Polish football club from the town of Pruszkow in Masovian Voivodeship, just west of Warsaw, founded in 1923 and one of the more modestly celebrated clubs in the Polish game. The club is best known internationally for being the professional launchpad of Robert Lewandowski, who joined in 2006 and scored 38 goals in 66 appearances before his move to Lech Poznan in 2008 set him on the path to becoming one of football's all-time great strikers. Today Znicz Pruszkow compete in Liga 1, Poland's second division, and carry the proud distinction of being the club where the world first began to notice a teenage Lewandowski.
Znicz Pruszkow were founded in 1923 and are based in Pruszkow, Masovian Voivodeship, near Warsaw. They compete in Liga 1, the second division of Polish football. The club is famous for being the professional launchpad of Robert Lewandowski, who played there from 2006 to 2008 before his move to Lech Poznan.
The shirts of Znicz Pruszkow from the 2006-08 era, when a teenage Robert Lewandowski wore them on his way to becoming a global superstar, are the most historically significant in the club's collection. For fans of Polish football and anyone who has followed Lewandowski's extraordinary career, a Znicz Pruszkow shirt from those two formative seasons is a genuine collector's item. The club's modest surroundings in Pruszkow belie a footballing legacy that stretches across a century of competition and includes nurturing one of the sport's greatest ever players.
