KKS Wiara Lecha Poznań
Fan-owned club founded by Lech Poznań supporters in 2010.
KKS Wiara Lecha Poznań, also known as Drużyna Wiary Lecha (DWL), is a Polish multi-sport club founded in 2010 by supporters of Lech Poznań. It was created to reclaim spontaneity and freedom in the ultras scene, distinct from protests against the parent club. The club fields teams in association football, basketball, rugby union, and futsal, with a strict policy that only active Lech Poznań supporters who have contributed to the supporter scene may play.
Quick Facts
- Clubname
- Wiara Lecha
- Fullname
- Kibolski Klub Sportowy / Wiara Lecha Poznań
- Nickname
- Kolejorz (The Railwayman) / Kibole (Fans)
- Founded
- 2010 (futsal) / · 2011 (association football) / · 2019 (basketball) / · 2020 (rugby union)
- Ground
- Youth Sports Centre
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Owner
- Stowarzyszenie Wiara Lecha
- Chairman
- Paweł Piestrzyński
- Coach
- Łukasz Kubiak
- League
- V liga Greater Poland
- Season
- 2025–26
- Position
- IV liga Greater Poland, 15th of 18 (relegated via play-offs)
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Lore & Background
The club emerged from a sense among Lech Poznań supporters that heavy policing, closed-door games, and restrictions on tifos and pyrotechnics had diminished the joy of supporting the team. In 2011, a 'fans football club, for the fans, by the fans' was set up, but unlike many supporter-owned clubs, it was not a protest against Lech Poznań itself. In December 2013, Wiara Lecha ceased being the official supporter association of Lech Poznań, and a new group took over that role; Wiara Lecha then fully committed to running the fan-owned club.
Reader's Guide
KKS Wiara Lecha Poznań represents a distinctive model in Polish football: a supporter-run club that maintains a direct link to the parent club's fan culture without being a breakaway protest. Its admission policy—requiring players to be active supporters with season tickets and attendance at away matches—ensures that the team remains embedded in the ultras scene. The club has progressed through the lower tiers of Polish football, achieving promotion to the A-klasa in 2013 and later to an inter-district league, while also expanding into basketball, rugby union, and futsal. Its matches, especially derbies against Odlew Poznań, draw up to 800 fans with choreographies, reflecting the continued vitality of supporter culture. The club's significance lies in demonstrating how fan ownership can coexist with loyalty to a professional club, offering an alternative space for expression without severing ties.
Did You Know?
- The club's name 'Wiara' means 'faith' in standard Polish and 'people' in local slang.
- The club's first ever league match in 2011/2012 was a 3–1 win over SKS 13 Poznań in the B-klasa (eighth tier).
- In September 2018, the club beat Meblorz Swarzędz 1–0 in the regional Polish Cup, with both sets of fans presenting tifos.
- A new basketball section was created in September 2019 to restore past basketball glories of Lech Poznań.
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