Radunia Stężyca

{{Short description|Polish football club}}

{{For|the river flowing through Stężyca|Radunia}}

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| clubname = Radunia Stężyca

| image = Logo of Radunia Stezyca.png

| upright = 0.7

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| fullname = Klub Sportowy Radunia Stężyca

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1982}}

| ground = Arena Radunia

| capacity = 450

| chairman = Dawid Klawikowski{{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/skarb.php?id_klub=1509|title=Skarb - Radunia Stężyca|website=www.90minut.pl}}

| manager = Oliwier Sidor

| league = IV liga Pomerania

| season = 2023–24

| position = II liga, 7th of 18 (withdrew at the end of the season, relegated to the IV liga){{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga12906.html|title=II liga 2023/2024|website=www.90minut.pl}}

| website = https://raduniastezyca.pl

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Radunia Stężyca is a Polish football club based in Stężyca, Pomeranian Voivodeship. As of the 2024–25 season, they compete in the IV liga Pomerania, after withdrawing from II liga at the end of the 2023–24 season.{{cite web |title=Radunia wycofała się z rozgrywek |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/332/news3326813-Radunia-wycofala-sie-z-rozgrywek.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=27 June 2024 |language=pl |date=27 June 2024}}

The club was founded in 1982. In the 2020–21 season, Radunia was promoted to the II liga for the first time in its history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radunia.gminastezyca.pl/strona-02/|title=Historia Klubu – Klub Sportowy Radunia Stężyca}} The team plays its home matches at the multipurpose stadium "Arena Radunia", which was put into use in 2017, with a capacity of 450 seats.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportnakaszubach.pl/pilka-nozna/stadion-arena-radunia-w-stezycy-otwarty-plyta-trawiasta-kryta-trybuna-pelna-bieznia-robia-wrazenie-i-budza-zazdrosc-id2400.html|title=Stadion Arena Radunia w Stężycy otwarty. Płyta trawiasta, kryta trybuna, pełna bieżnia robią wrażenie i budzą zazdrość|website=www.sportnakaszubach.pl}} The club also runs four youth groups.{{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga11302.html|title=Klasa okręgowa 2020/2021, grupa: Gdańsk II|website=www.90minut.pl}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gminastezyca.pl/pl/459/2671/o-nas.html|title=O nas - Klub Sportowy Radunia - www.gminastezyca.pl|website=www.gminastezyca.pl}} In the club's first season in II liga, Radunia finished 6th and qualified for the promotion playoffs.{{cite web |title=Radunia w barażach |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/319/news3196880-eWinner-II-liga-Stal-Rz-2-2-Lech-II-Radunia-w-barazach.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=22 May 2022 |language=Polish |date=22 May 2022}}

Radunia's climb in the late 2010s and early 2020s, as well as its ability to regularly bring in players with top-flight and second division experience, was owed to support from the Stężyca county and its mayor Tomasz Brzoskowski. Players were employed and paid by the county, rather than the club itself.{{cite web |title=To tylko sny. Miliony utopione w Raduni [REPORTAŻ] |url=https://weszlo.com/2024/07/13/radunia-stezyca-spadek-reportaz/ |website=weszlo.com |access-date=18 July 2024 |language=pl |date=13 July 2024}} Heavy spending related to Radunia was cited as one of the main reasons for the county's dire financial situation at the start of 2024, with over 100 million PLN of debt to Stężyca's name.{{cite web |first=Mateusz |last=Różycki |title=Wybory pod znakiem gigantycznego długu. "Spłacać będą następne pokolenia" |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/inne-ligi/wybory-pod-znakiem-gigantycznego-dlugu-beda-splacac-nastepne-pokolenia/zk85ctz |access-date=27 June 2024 |language=pl |date=9 April 2024}} Following the 2024 Polish local elections, the new mayor, and former employee of Radunia, Ireneusz Stencel withdrew all of the funding from the club, resulting in departures of most of the players and staff.{{cite web |first=Maciej |last=Krajewski |title=Piłkarze dostawali z gminy nawet po 20 tys. zł miesięcznie. „Kończymy finansowanie Raduni Stężyca” |url=https://kartuzy.naszemiasto.pl/pilkarze-dostawali-z-gminy-nawet-po-20-tys-zl-miesiecznie/ar/c2-9709117 |website=kartuzy.naszemiasto.pl |access-date=27 June 2024 |language=pl |date=21 May 2024}} After finishing the 2023–24 season in seventh place, Radunia withdrew from the II liga on 27 June 2024. They were eventually demoted to the IV liga Pomerania, the fifth level of competition, replacing their reserve side.{{cite web |title=IV liga 2024/2025, grupa: pomorska |url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga13641.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=17 July 2024 |language=pl}}