Amica Wronki

Foundation and rise

The history of SSA Amica Sport goes back to 1992 when the "Amica company" (a white goods manufacturer) wanted to sponsor a football team in the town of Wronki where their factory was located. The Amica company's increasing profits gave the new team financial clout in the Polish leagues. The club was formed when two clubs were joined, Błękitni Wronki and LZS Czarni Wromet Wróblewo.

In the 1993–1994 season Amica Wronki were promoted to the third division. The next season the team, led by Jarosław Szuby, won promotion to the second tier. Amica didn't stay in the second division for long, because the following season they again won promotion, this time to the Ekstraklasa under Marian Kurowski who took over the job started by former coaches Bogusław Baniak and Horst Panic.

Golden era of Ryszard Forbrich

The team finished 5th, 5th and 7th in successive seasons to cement themselves as an Ekstraklasa side. On 13 June 1998, Amica Wronki beat Aluminium Konin 5–3 to win their first Polish Cup and first trophy in their history. Despite the team from Konin being by far the better team, Amica Wronki won in controversial circumstances, with the help of the referee Marek Kowalczyk so obvious that he was given a three-month ban, but the PZPN match observer Alojzy Jarguz inexplicably gave the referee a high note. Impartial observers, such the manager of Lech Poznań Adam Topolski, chairman of Olimpia Poznań (a top flight club at the time) Bolesław…

Polish Cup Winners: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 Finalists: 2001–02 Polish Super Cup Winners: 1998, 1999 Finalists: 2000 Polish Under-19 Championship Champions: 2002, 2007 Runners-up: 2003 Polish Under-17 Championship Champions: 1998, 2003 Runners-up: 2002

Participation in European competitions

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998-99 – First round UEFA Cup 1999-00 – Second round UEFA Cup 2000-01 – Second round UEFA Cup 2002-03 – Second round UEFA Cup 2004-05 – Group stage