AFC Warsaw
Full nameAssociation Football Club Warszawa
Nickname(s)The Knaves
FoundedSeptember 2021; 2 years ago (September 2021)
GroundHutnik Warsaw[1]
ManagerNeil Riley
LeagueKlasa B[2][3]
WebsiteClub website

AFC Warsaw is a Polish amateur association football club based in Warsaw, Poland. The team competes in Klasa B, the 8th tier of Polish football league system (Warsaw group III[4]), organized by Mazovian Football Association [pl].

History edit

The club was established in September 2021 based on a long-standing six-a-side team FC Foreigntina[5] and it is Warsaw's only fully foreign-owned club with the majority of non-Polish players. In April 2022 was registered to play in Polish football league system.

Two roses on the club badge are the White Rose of Yorkshire and the Red Rose of Lancashire, which represent the towns of club co-founders Richard Harrison of Kingston upon Hull and Neil Riley of Burnley. The badge also has a stylized Mermaid of Warsaw.

Official club colors are amber and claret.

In its first season AFC Warszawa placed 7th out of twelve teams playing in group 3 of Warsaw "Klasa B" division[6].

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 22 February 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Tarn Williers
13 GK   POL Igor Wolański
39 GK   FRA Bruno Fiuza
2 DF   UKR Yarosłav Tarnavskyi
21 DF   FIN Ville Karimies
22 DF   POL Joe Ogijewicz
55 DF   FRA Corentin Razès
88 DF   POL Konrad Bulik
71 DF   FRA Martin Corion
99 DF   IRL Ciaran Murphy
4 MF   SCO Paul Lennon
5 MF   POR Hugo Molina
6 MF   GER Markus Ogrizek
8 MF   ITA Andrea Tolusso
14 MF   FRA Łukasz Fox
16 MF   FRA Sacha Beubry-Niejinsky
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   ITA Amedeo Ambesi
19 MF   FRA Sofian Ben Hamida
20 MF   POL Marcin Gelo
23 MF   IRL Senan Corbett
24 MF   FRA Noah Delophont
25 MF   FRA Simon Réal
32 MF   FIN Samuli Hännikäinen
33 MF   GER Joey Mahn
42 MF   POL Marcin Mączka
7 FW   ESP Ruben Señorans
9 FW   UKR Dmytro Ivanov
10 FW   GER Sebastian Pott
15 FW   POL Kai Bednarczyk
18 FW   ROU Andrei Anita
93 FW   ITA Filippo De Felice

Non-playing staff edit

As of 22 February 2024
Role Name
Board Members Richard Harrison, Ciaran Murphy, Neil Riley, Paul Lennon
Manager Neil Riley
Assistant manager Paul Lennon
Media Rafał Gajerski, Paweł Konstantinov
Kitman Grant Fisken
Match day supervisor Will Bland

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ https://betsapi.com/t/985995/AFC-Warsaw
  2. ^ https://warszawaafc.com/
  3. ^ http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga13071.html
  4. ^ "Keeza Klasa B 2023/2024, grupa: Warszawa III". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ "FC Foreigntina in Elitliga competition". elitliga.pl. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Klasa B Warsaw group 3". www.mzpn.pl. Retrieved 22 February 2024.