Piast Gliwice
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| Full name | Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Piastunki (the Nurses) Szlachta (Noblemen) |
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| Founded | 18 June 1945 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Piast, Gliwice, Poland |
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| Capacity | 10,037 | ||
| Chairman |  Adam Sarkowicz |
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| Manager |  Radoslav Látal |
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| League | Ekstraklasa | ||
| 2014–15 | 12th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpʲast ɡliˈvit͡sɛ]) is a Polish football club based in Gliwice, Poland.
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History
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The club was founded in June 1945 by the Poles who had been forced to leave their homeland in present-day Western Ukraine. After the 1956 fusion of the three different clubs, GKS Gliwice was formed. Piast continued to play their matches on ul. Robotniczej. In 1964, the 2 clubs merged. The new club name was 'GKS Piast Gliwice'. Piast's football team played as many as 32 seasons in the Polish Second Division, before finally being promoted to the Ekstraklasa in 2008. Having played two seasons in the top division, the club was relegated in 2010. Piast have twice (1978, 1983) managed to reach the final of the Cup of Poland, losing on both occasions. The club's name comes from the Piast dynasty, which ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state in the 10th century, until 1370. Piast is the first soccer team in Poland to gain promotion from the 7th tier to the Ekstraklasa (Polish top tier of football) and later to the European Cup.[1]
Naming history
- (18.06.1945) - KS Piast Gliwice
- (23.05.1946) - KSM Piast Gliwice
- (September/November 1947) - ZKSM Piast Gliwice
- (05.03.1949) - ZS Metal Piast Gliwice (merged with ZKSM Huta Łabędy, ZKS Walcownia Łabędy, RKS Jedność Rudziniec, *RKS PZS Gliwice and ZKS Silesia Gliwice)
- (01.11.1949) - ZKS Stal Gliwice
- (11.03.1951) - ZKS Stal GZUT Gliwice
- (15.03.1955) - ZKS Piast Gliwice
- (20.01.1957) - KS Piast Gliwice
- (01.01.1961) - SKS Piast Gliwice
- (15.03.1964) - GKS Piast Gliwice (merged with GKS Gliwice and KS Metal Gliwice)
- (17.10.1983) - MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice
- (12.09.1989) - CWKS Piast-Bumar Gliwice
- (1989) - [merged with ZTS Łabędy (Gliwice)]
- (1990) - CWKS Bumar-Piast Gliwice
- (04.04.1990) - KS Bumar Gliwice
- (11.05.1990) - KS Bumar Łabędy (Gliwice)
- (01.07.1990) - KS Bumar Gliwice
- (1991) - KS Piast-Bumar Gliwice
- (01.07.1992) - MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice
- (01.08.1995) - KS Bojków Gliwice (merged with KS Bojków Gliwice)
- (15.09.1995) - KS Piast Bojków Gliwice
- (02.09.1996) - GKS Piast Gliwice
European Record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q |  Qarabağ FK |
2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 (aet) |
- Notes
- Home results are noted in bold
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
Stadium
Piast plays their home games at the 10,000 capacity Stadion Piast in Gliwice.
Supporters
Piast have a friendship with fans of Belarusian club BATE Borisov since 2011. The friendship started when BATE fans on their way to a Champions League match in Copenhagen stopped for a Piast game against local rivals GKS Katowice. The Piast fans then went to Alkmaar to support BATE versus AZ. After another visit for a Champions League game against Sturm Graz, the friendship became official and both sets of fans regularly visit each other.[2]
Piast's major rivals are Górnik Zabrze, with whom they contest the local derby.[3][4] The stadiums are located just a few kilometres from each other and Górnik have a sizeable support within Gliwice. Other rivals are local teams Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice and the two Bytom clubs, Szombierki and Polonia.
Current Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Achievements
Domestic
- I Liga (Second Division)
- 1st Place (1): 2012
- 2nd Place (4): 1962, 1976, 1977, 1981
- Polish Cup
- Runner-up(2): 1978, 1983
Seasons
- Seasons in Ekstraklasa : 4 (2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14)
- Seasons in I Liga : 32
- Seasons in II Liga : 16
- Seasons in III Liga : 23
Managers
- Krzysztof Zagorski (Dec 16, 2001–Oct 23, 2002)
- Jozef Dankowski (April 21, 2003–Oct 19, 2004)
- Wojciech Borecki (Oct 19, 2004–Dec 31, 2004)
- Jacek Zielinski (Dec 31, 2004–Sept 14, 2006)[5]
- Jan Furlepa (interim) (Sept 14, 2006–Sept 20, 2006)
- Boguslaw Pietrzak (Sept 20, 2006–June 30, 2007)
- Piotr Mandrysz (July 3, 2007 – June 30, 2008)
- Marek Wlecialowski (June 28, 2008 – Jan 5, 2009)
- Dariusz Fornalak (Jan 5, 2009 – March 15, 2010)
- Ryszard Wieczorek (March 15, 2010 – May 31, 2010)
- Marcin Brosz (June 15, 2010 – May 6, 2014)
Ángel García (May 7, 2014 – March 18, 2015)- Radoslav Látal (March 20, 2015 –)
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/artykul/709451,sztama-gieksy-z-banikiem-ruchu-z-atletico-piasta-z-bate-czy-to-ma-sens-slynne-sztamy,id,t.html?cookie=1
- ↑ http://www.slask.sport.pl/sport-slask/1,124015,18469246,piast-gliwice-gornik-zabrze-3-2-festiwal-goli-w-slaskich.html
- ↑ http://www.gazetawroclawska.pl/artykul/3777145,piast-gliwice-gornik-zabrze-dzis-derby-przy-okrzei-wynik-na-zywo-gdzie-w-tv-transmisja-online,id,t.html?cookie=1
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
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