Flota Świnoujście (ˈflɔta ɕfinoˈujɕt͡ɕɛ) is a football club based in Świnoujście

Swinoujscie

Świnoujście is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. It is situated mainly on the islands of Uznam and Wolin, but also occupies smaller islands, of which the largest is Karsibór island, once part of Usedom, now separated by a Piast...

, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Currently, they play in the Polish First League.

Flota's football sector was founded on 17 April 1957 in Świnoujście as Military Sport Club Flota. Its present name was introduced in 1986. Flota is currently the highest ranked football club in the western coastal region of Poland.

Flota, as a club, runs three sports sections: soccer, bridge and table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

. The club also runs a reserve side, which competes in the lower divisions of Polish football, and three junior sides.

Notable players

Arkadiusz Bąk

Arkadiusz Bak

Arkadiusz Bąk is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Flota Świnoujście.Having started in the 1992/1993 season, Bąk also played for Ruch Chorzów, Polonia Warszawa, Birmingham City, Widzew Łódź and Amica Wronki. He made thirteen appearances for Poland, including appearances in the 2002...

 - defender, a participant of the 2002 FIFA World Cup

2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

 Krzysztof Mikuła - Flota's all-time top scorer - the legend of the club. Marcin Adamski

Marcin Adamski

Marcin Adamski is a Polish professional footballer who currently plays for ŁKS Łódź in the Polish First League.-Club:In 2002, he joined SK Rapid Wien.In January 2005, he was loaned to Angers SCO on half year deal....

 - former Poland international

Honours

• Reached the quarterfinals of the Polish Cup
  Polish Cup
  The Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...
  
   in the 2003/2004 season
• Promotion to Polish First Division
  Polish First League
  I Liga is the second level of the Polish association football league, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II Liga. Run by the Polish Football Association since its inception in 1948, all teams from 2002 onwards must have professional status and a licence, issued by the Association...
  
   in 2007/2008

Team

As of 26 July, 2011.

Former players

Poland Artur Bańka Krzysztof Hus

Krzysztof Hus

Krzysztof Hus is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Stal Rzeszów, on loan from Jagiellonia Białystok.-Club:...

 Ariel Lindner Michał Protasewicz Grzegorz Skwara

Grzegorz Skwara

Grzegorz Skwara is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Olimpia Elbląg.-Club:In the summer 2010, he moved to MKS Kluczbork from Flota Świnoujście on one-year contract.He left this club on 27 November 2010....

Slovakia Peter Iskra

Official website

• Official club website