Wrocà Âawski Klub Sportowy à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw Spóà Âka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw (), is a Polish professional football club based in Wrocà Âaw that plays in , the second level of the Polish football league system.
à Âlàsk is a two-time Polish champion (1977, 2012), a four-time top-tier runner-up (1978, 1982, 2011, 2024), a two-time Polish Cup winner (1976, 1987), a two-time Polish Super Cup winner (1987, 2012) and a one-time Ekstraklasa Cup winner (2009).
The club's home is Tarczyà Âski Arena Wrocà Âaw, a 45,105 capacity stadium in Wrocà Âaw which was one of the host venues during UEFA Euro 2012. The club previously played at Olympic Stadium and Stadion Oporowska.
The club has had many names since its foundation in 1947. They are listed below;
à Âlàsk is the Polish name of Silesia, the historical region in which Wrocà Âaw is located.
à Âlàsk fans are one of the largest supporter movements in Poland. In the early 1970s, they were one of the pioneers of football supporters groups. The à Âlàsk supporters call themselves Nobles from Wrocà Âaw (). Notable à Âlàsk fans include: Waldemar Kasta, a rapper and ring announcer KSW, that also created fan songs for à Âlàsk, Hubert Hurkacz, a Polish tennis player.
They have a friendship with Lechia Gdaà Âsk with which the two clubs fans have had a friendship since 1977, and have had friendly relations since 1967. This is the oldest fan friendship in Polish football. During the 2017âÂÂ18 season, the two sets of fans celebrated their 40th Friendship Anniversary. Games between the two are often called "the friendship match".
The fans have also had a friendship with Motor Lublin dating back to the 1990s. Due to the clubs' long friendship, Ã ÂlÃÂ sk were invited to play a friendly in 2015 in Lublin to celebrate Motor's 65th anniversary.
Despite the clubs' close proximity, à Âlàsk also hold friendly relations with Miedà º Legnica. The fans also have friendships with fans from both SFC Opava, from the Czech Republic, and Ferencvárosi TC, from Hungary.
Their biggest rivals are Zagà ÂÃÂbie Lubin, with the games between the two known as the "Lower Silesian Derby" (Polish: Derby Dolnego à Âlàska). The two teams are the largest in the Lower Silesia region, with à Âlàsk representing Wrocà Âaw (the capital of Lower Silesia) and Zagà ÂÃÂbie representing Lubin, a traditionally industrial and copper mining city. Both teams have won the twice, à Âlàsk in 1977 & 2012, and Zagà ÂÃÂbie in 1991 & 2007. They also hold a big rivalry with Legia Warsaw, due to both clubs having military roots. There also is a rivalry with Widzew à Âódà º, traditionally only due to competitive reasons, however, after the murder of a 17 year old à Âlàsk fan by a group of Widzew hooligans in Walichnowy, the rivalry became more heated than ever, and it still holds this status.
The fans of Lechia and à Âlàsk formally had a friendship with the Wisà Âa Kraków fans, creating the "Three Kings of Great Cities" () coalition. Wisà Âa fans left the coalition in 2016. Since 2016 Wisà Âa Kraków itself has since turned into a rivalry.
Arka Gdynia, Lech Poznaà  and Cracovia are rivals dating back to the time with their alliance with Wisà Âa. This was due to the two largest fan coalitions in Poland, "Three Kings of Great Cities" (à Âlàsk, Lechia, Wisà Âa) and "The Great Triad" (Lech, Arka, Cracovia) with any of the opposite coalition teams playing each other resulting in a big and hotly contested match.
The Wrocà Âaw Stadium is the highest fourth category football (soccer) stadium built for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. The Stadium is located on aleja à Âlàska in the western part of the city (Pilczyce district). It is the home stadium of the à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw football team playing in the Polish PKO Ekstraklasa. The stadium has a capacity of 42,771 spectators, all seated and all covered. The Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw is the largest arena in Ekstraklasa and the third largest in the country (after National Stadium and Silesia Stadium). Stadium construction began in April 2009 and was completed in September 2011. Stadium opening took place at 10 September 2011 with boxing fight between Tomasz Adamek and Vitali Klitschko for WBC heavyweight title. The inaugural football match was held on 10 October 2011, between à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw and Lechia Gdaà Âsk. à Âlàsk won 1âÂÂ0, with Johan Voskamp becoming the first goalscorer in the new stadium.
à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw's score is shown first in each case
Had international caps for their respective countries.
The à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw's women's team was formed in 2020, taking the place of Kà  AZS Wrocà Âaw in the Ekstraliga.