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General

"Poles and Wisła - that's Poland! — Wisła players during the founding meeting - justification for the club's name"

"Before the break, it seemed that neither side had gained an advantage over the other. Three minutes before the break, Mr. Górski scored a goal for 'Cracovia,' and 'Wisła' gains one point" — Description of the first goal in the Krakow derby.

"A handful of people, initially only connected by a name, but only with the passage of months and years, growing to love the burgeoning tradition, a handful of the homeless, a handful of eternal wanderers, a handful of survivors, a handful – it seemed a hundred times – of irretrievably lost bankrupts – that's the Krakow Wisła! - A description of the early years of Wisła's operation, when the club developed despite numerous adversities."

"As soon as the war quieted down, the old Wisła men seem to rise from the ground, they go back to their work, and the power of their will, solidarity, the power of love for the idea and spirit of these people prevail." - Sport Lviv No. 5/1922, describing the reactivation of Wisła in 1918.

"Until now, I knew that the Vistula flows from Krakow to Gdańsk. Now I am sure that the Vistula flows from Krakow to Rome. I wish you good luck in tomorrow's match." - Pope John Paul II during a general audience, addressing Wisła fans before the match against Lazio.


"To feel in your club as if in your homeland, to breathe freely, to emphasize at every step your pure national, and in times of foreign rule, also independence character - this is our idea, to which we have devoted ourselves." - A patriotic slogan that has accompanied Wisła since its inception in May 1906. "30th Anniversary of TS Wisła."

Henryk Reyman

Any one of you not feeling strong enough to give his best in the second half to clear the shame hanging over us now should better not re-enter the pitch […]. No one demands only victories from you. Sometimes a defeat occurs. But everyone has the right to expect ambitious and tenacious fight from you. Don’t allow people to consider you unworthy... of a handshake. - 3rd of May 1925, during the half time of derby match against Cracovia, when Wisła was losing 1:5. The game ended with 5:5 draw, Reyman himself scoring 4 goals.


The possibility of wearing White Eagle on the chest, on our as well as foreign pitches, shall not be something trivial for those honored to defend the colours of Poland.