The Holy War (), also known as the Kraków derby (), is a rivalry in Polish football between Cracovia and Wisła Kraków, the two biggest clubs in Kraków and reportedly the oldest in Poland, both founded in 1906. The term Holy War was coined by the defender from KS Cracovia, Ludwik Gintel. It is also the theme of a song devoted to their never-ending shenanigans, played by Andrusy.

Highlights The earliest extant records of the Holy War originate from the newspaper published on 20 September 1908 informing that the match played at Błonia Park between the two teams resulted in a 1–1 draw. Earlier matches were also reported, but their results are missing from archives of the local media. The first competition in accordance with the 1904 official FIFA standards, took place on 8 May 1913 at the Cracovia stadium in Kraków, with the home team winning over Wisła 2–1.

The Holy War is considered the most intense rivalry in Poland and one of the most intense in all of Europe. Despite the fact that the two stadiums are less than a kilometer away, the fans are two bitter rivals against each other, often resulting in fights between them as well as the police.

Clubs Cracovia and Wisła Kraków are two of the oldest still existing football clubs in Poland. Club comparison Cracovia Wisła Kraków 13 June 1906 Date founded September 1906 5(first championship – 1921) Polish championship 13(first championship – 1927) 1 Polish Cup 5 1 Polish Super Cup 1 47 Seasons played in Ekstraklasa (as of the 2026–27 season) 83 21 August 1921 Debut in the competition for the Polish championship 12 August 1923 25 March 1928 Debut in Ekstraklasa 3 April 1927 2 Top goalscorers in Ekstraklasa 19 Ekstraklasa Current league level (2026–27) Ekstraklasa Cracovia stadium(Capacity: 15,114) Stadium Wisła Kraków stadium(Capacity: 33,326)

All-time results

Season CompetitionDate Home team Result Away team1934–35 I Liga 05-05-1935 Wisła Kraków 4 – 0 KS Cracovia I Liga 08-09-1935 KS Cracovia 5 – 0 Wisła Kraków1936–37 I Liga 27-05-1937 Wisła Kraków 1 – 1 KS Cracovia I Liga 05-09-1937 KS Cracovia 1 – 0 Wisła Kraków1937–38 I Liga 01-05-1938 Wisła Kraków 2 – 2 KS Cracovia I Liga 02-10-1938 KS Cracovia 2 – 1 Wisła Kraków1938–39 I Liga 07-05-1939 Wisła Kraków 5 – 1 KS Cracovia 1947–48 I Liga 06-06-1948 Wisła Kraków 0 – 2 KS Cracovia I Liga 31-10-1948 KS Cracovia 1 – 1 Wisła Kraków I Liga Playoffs 05-12-1948 KS Cracovia 3 – 1 Wisła Kraków1948–49 I Liga 26-05-1949 Wisła Kraków 0 – 1 KS Cracovia I Liga 15-09-1949 KS Cracovia 0 – 0Wisła Kraków 1949–50 I Liga 22-06-1950 Wisła Kraków 1 – 0 KS Cracovia I Liga 10-09-1950 KS Cracovia 1 – 3Wisła Kraków 1950–51 I Liga 22-06-1951 KS Cracovia 0 – 0 Wisła Kraków I Liga 02-09-1951 Wisła Kraków 5 – 0 KS Cracovia 1952–53 I Liga 12-04-1953 KS Cracovia 4 – 2 Wisła Kraków I Liga 08-10-1953 Wisła Kraków 3 – 0 KS Cracovia 1953–54 I Liga 20-06-1954 KS Cracovia 0 – 0 Wisła Kraków I Liga 31-10-1954 Wisła Kraków 1 – 1 KS Cracovia 1955–56 Puchar Polski 20-11-1955 Wisła Kraków 3 – 1 KS Cracovia1957–58 I Liga 20-04-1958 Wisła Kraków 1 – 2 KS Cracovia I Liga 14-08-1958 KS Cracovia 1 – 1Wisła Kraków 1958–59 I Liga 20-11-1966 KS Cracovia 0 – 1 Wisła Kraków I Liga 13-09-1959 Wisła Kraków 2 – 3 KS Cracovia 1961–62 I Liga 11-06-1961 Wisła Kraków 1 – 0 KS Cracovia I Liga 24-09-1961 KS Cracovia 0 – 1Wisła Kraków 1966–67 I Liga 20-11-1966 KS Cracovia 1 – 2 Wisła Kraków I Liga 10-06-1967 Wisła Kraków 3 – 0 KS Cracovia 1969–70 I Liga 24-09-1969 KS Cracovia 2 – 3 Wisła Kraków I Liga 24-05-1970 Wisła Kraków 2 – 0 KS Cracovia 1982–83 I Liga 11-09-1982 Wisła Kraków 0 – 0 KS Cracovia Puchar Polski 22-09-1982 KS Cracovia 2 – 2 pWisła Kraków I Liga 23-04-1983 KS Cracovia 2 – 1Wisła Kraków1983–84 I Liga 13-08-1983 Wisła Kraków 0 – 0 KS Cracovia I Liga 17-03-1984 KS Cracovia 0 – 0Wisła Kraków 1995–96 II Liga 24-09-1995 Wisła Kraków 0 – 1 KS Cracovia II Liga 15-05-1996 KS Cracovia 0 – 2Wisła Kraków

Season CompetitionDate Home team Result Away team1995–96 II Liga 24-09-1995 Wisła Kraków 0 – 1 KS Cracovia II Liga 15-05-1996 KS Cracovia 0 – 2Wisła Kraków 2004–05 I Liga 02-10-2004 Wisła Kraków 0 – 0 KS Cracovia I Liga 05-05-2005 KS Cracovia 0 – 1Wisła Kraków 2005–06 Ekstraklasa 22-11-2005 Wisła Kraków 3 – 0 KS Cracovia Ekstraklasa 11-03-2006 KS Cracovia 1 – 1Wisła Kraków 2006–07 Ekstraklasa 27-10-2006 Wisła Kraków 3 – 0 KS Cracovia Ekstraklasa 13-05-2007 KS Cracovia 0 – 0Wisła Kraków 2007–08 Ekstraklasa 20-10-2007 KS Cracovia 1 – 2 Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 20-04-2008 Wisła Kraków 2 – 1 KS Cracovia 2008–09 Ekstraklasa 31-08-2008 KS Cracovia 1 – 1 Wisła KrakówEkstraklasa Cup 09-10-2008 Wisła Kraków 2 – 0 KS Cracovia Ekstraklasa Cup 26-11-2008 KS Cracovia 0 – 0 Wisła KrakówEkstraklasa 22-03-2009 Wisła Kraków 4 – 1 KS Cracovia 2009–10 Ekstraklasa 22-11-2009 Wisła Kraków 0 – 1 KS Cracovia Ekstraklasa 11-05-2010 KS Cracovia 1 – 1Wisła Kraków 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 05-11-2010 KS Cracovia 0 – 1 Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 15-05-2011 Wisła Kraków 1 – 0 KS Cracovia 2011–12 Ekstraklasa 06-11-2011 KS Cracovia 1 – 0 Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 30-04-2012 Wisła Kraków 1 – 0 KS Cracovia 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 21-09-2013 KS Cracovia 1 – 1 Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 23-02-2014 Wisła Kraków 3 – 1 KS Cracovia 2014–15 Ekstraklasa 28-09-2014 KS Cracovia 1 – 0 Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 21-03-2015 Wisła Kraków 2 – 1 KS Cracovia 2015–16 Ekstraklasa 24-07-2015 KS Cracovia 1 – 1Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 29-11-2015 Wisła Kraków 1 – 2 KS Cracovia2016–17 Ekstraklasa 05-08-2016 KS Cracovia 2 – 1 Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 10-12-2016 Wisła Kraków 1 – 1 KS Cracovia2017–18 Ekstraklasa 12-08-2017 Wisła Kraków 2 – 1 KS Cracovia Ekstraklasa 13-12-2017 KS Cracovia 1 – 4 Wisła Kraków2018–19 Ekstraklasa 07-10-2018 KS Cracovia 0 – 2 Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 17-03-2019 Wisła Kraków 3 – 2 KS Cracovia2019–20 Ekstraklasa 29-09-2019 Wisła Kraków 0 – 1 KS Cracovia Ekstraklasa 03-03-2020 KS Cracovia 0 – 2 Wisła Kraków2020–21 Ekstraklasa 04-12-2020 KS Cracovia 1 – 1 Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa 24-04-2021 Wisła Kraków 0 – 0 KS Cracovia2021–22 Ekstraklasa 07-11-2021 Wisła Kraków 1 – 0 KS Cracovia Ekstraklasa 01-05-2022 KS Cracovia 0 – 0 Wisła Kraków

1982 Puchar Polski match ended 2–2, Wisła won 5–3 on penalties.

Players who played for both clubs The following players were under contract with the first team of both clubs after the 1927 season.

NamePositionCracoviaWisła Kraków Artur Bugaj Forward 1989–1990 1988–1989, 1990–1991 Jacek Bzukała Midfielder 1984–1985 1985–1987 Radosław Cierzniak Goalkeeper 2012 2015–2016 Adam Dąbrowski Midfielder 1997 1996–1997 Henryk Duda Defender 1973–1979 1968–1973 Mieczysław Dudek Defender 1953 1949–1951, 1955–1956 Guy Feutchine Midfielder 1997–1998 1996–1997 Mateusz Jelonek Forward 1987–1988, 1992–1993 1988–1991 Jan Karwecki Goalkeeper 1980–1981 1978–1980 Walerian Kisieliński Forward 1933–1935 1930–1932 Zbigniew Klaja Midfielder 1990 1983–1989 Wiesław Lendzion Forward 1974–1976 1965–1973 Radosław Matusiak Forward 2009–2011 2008 Marek Motyka Defender 1991–1993 1978–1990 Zdzisław Mordarski Defender 1956 1949–1956 Andrzej Niedzielan Forward 2011 2007–2009 Paweł Nowak Midfielder 2002–2009 1997–2003 Zbigniew Opoka Forward 1955–1958 1959 Krzysztof Piszczek Midfielder 2002–2004 1996–1997 Krzysztof Radwański Defender 2002–2009 1998 Artur Sarnat Goalkeeper 1993 1993–2001, 2002–2003 Ryszard Sarnat Forward 1967–1970 1970–1974 Łukasz Skrzyński Defender 1998–1999, 2002–2008 1995–2000 Łukasz Sosin Forward 1996–1997 2000–2001 Janusz Sputo Forward 1974 1966–1972 Henryk Stroniarz Goalkeeper 1961–1963 1964–1971 Janusz Surowiec Midfielder 1977–1984 1973–1977 Henryk Szymanowski Defender 1983–1986 1971–1983 Adam Wapiennik Midfielder 1954–1955 1946–1950 Kazimierz Węgrzyn Defender 2003–2005 1998–2000 Dariusz Zawadzki Midfielder 2003 2001–2004

Managers who managed both clubs NameCracoviaWisła Kraków Roman Durniok 1974–1975, 1984 1982–1983 Karel Finek 1956–1957, 1961 1960–1961 Lucjan Franczak 1991–1993 1979–1981, 1985–1986, 1994–1996 František Koželuh 1911–1912, 1924, 1926 1929–1934 Orest Lenczyk 2009–2010 1977–1979, 1984–1985, 1994, 2000–2001 Michał Matyas 1959–1961, 1968–1969, 1972–1973 1970–1971 Michał Probierz 2017–2021 2012 Czesław Skoraczyński 1958 1954–1955, 1964–1967 Henryk Stroniarz 1980–1983, 1984–1985 1974–1975

Notes and references

External links Wisla.Krakow.pl Cracovia.pl FootballDerbies.com