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AFC Warsaw
Full nameAssociation Football Club Warszawa
Nickname(s)The Knaves
FoundedSeptember 2021; 3 years ago (September 2021)
GroundHutnik Warsaw[1]
ManagerNeil Riley
LeagueKlasa B[2][3]
Websitehttps://warszawaafc.com/

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

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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 York 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

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Current squad

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

Non-playing staff

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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
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References

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  1. ^ "AFC Warsaw".
  2. ^ https://warszawaafc.com/
  3. ^ "Klasa B 2023/2024, grupa: Warszawa III".
  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.