Wisla Krakow U18

Polish I Liga U18
27 Aug 2026
Thursday
Process
4 Edition

The Wisla Krakow Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

Both of them Ángel Rodado's — 8.96

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.96, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market

Esenler Erokspor come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Wisla Krakow did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Maciej Kuziemka at 20 — 8.19

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Maciej Kuziemka did not need any: 8.19, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market

Piotr Starzyński puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Wisla Krakow, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

Wisla Krakow cannot stop winning

4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Jonatan Braut Brunes

Wisla Krakow asked and Raków Częstochowa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Boardroom

Wisla Krakow go back to the board over Kacper Łukasiak

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $356.5K — a club that wants Kacper Łukasiak enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets

An offer of $340.0K for Kacper Łukasiak

Wisla Krakow have gone to GKS Katowice with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets

Wisla Krakow bid $290.0K for Jakub Żewłakow

The offer went to Legia this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Wisla Krakow Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Marcel Łubik stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Player ratings

Maciej Kuziemka, 20, steals the show — 7.60

Marked 7.60 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Transfer targets

Wisla Krakow bid $2.7M for Jonatan Braut Brunes

The offer went to Raków Częstochowa this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets

Wisla Krakow baulk at the price for Jérémy Blasco

Radomiak Radom wanted more than $1.1M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Boardroom

Wisla Krakow go back to the board over Jonatan Braut Brunes

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $3.0M — a club that wants Jonatan Braut Brunes enough to be asked twice.

Match

Wisla Krakow cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad

Tempers go at Wisla Krakow

Marko Božić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

Wisla Krakow bid $26.0K for Bartosz Jaroszek

The offer went to GKS Katowice this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Market

Lechia watching Alan Uryga

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Wisla Krakow have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief

2 Edition

The Wisla Krakow Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Wisla Krakow tear Gornik Leczna apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Gornik Leczna, and it could have been more.

Player ratings

Maciej Kuziemka, 20, steals the show — 7.69

Marked 7.69 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad

Lisandro Semedo arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Lisandro Semedo has, at Wisla Krakow, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad

Ángel Rodado signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ángel Rodado commits to Wisla Krakow for another 4 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Wisla Krakow

Marko Božić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Tomasz Lewandowski steps up from the Wisla Krakow academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tomasz Lewandowski has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Piotr Blaszczykowski joins the Wisla Krakow first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Piotr Blaszczykowski is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Wisla Krakow promote Dawid Frankowski from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dawid Frankowski has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

One of our own: Szymon Frankowski joins the Wisla Krakow first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Szymon Frankowski is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief

1 Edition

The Wisla Krakow Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Wisla Krakow run riot against Polonia Bytom

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings

A brace, and Marko Božić takes the afternoon — 8.60

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Marko Božić provided it, and the 8.60 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Maciej Kuziemka at 20 — 7.83

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Maciej Kuziemka did not need any: 7.83, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Marko Božić signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marko Božić commits to Wisla Krakow for another 4 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Wisla Krakow

Marko Božić and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces

Wisla Krakow supporters have found a favourite in Maciej Kuziemka

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Maciej Kuziemka has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad

A row about effort at Wisla Krakow

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Julian Lelieveld was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

49 months and counting on Darijo Grujčić

Still no offer on the table, and Darijo Grujčić’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Transfer targets

Wisla Krakow try to borrow Aliou Thiaré

Dynamo Kyiv have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief