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Piast Gliwice
GKS Piast Gliwice.png
Full name Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice
Nickname(s) Piastunki (the Nurses)
Szlachta (Noblemen)
Founded 18 June 1945; 73 years ago (1945-06-18)
Ground Stadion Piast
Capacity 10,037
Chairman Marek Kwiatek
Manager Waldemar Fornalik
League Ekstraklasa
2017–18 14th
Website Club website

















Home colours














Away colours




Current season




Piast Gliwice Stadium


Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice ([ˈpʲast ɡliˈvit͡sɛ], "Gliwice Piast Sport Club") is a Polish football club based in Gliwice, Poland.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Naming history


  • 3 Honours


    • 3.1 Domestic


    • 3.2 Seasons




  • 4 European record


  • 5 Stadium


  • 6 Supporters


  • 7 Current squad


    • 7.1 Out on loan




  • 8 Managers


  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





History


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 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



Honours



Domestic




  • Ekstraklasa
    • 2nd Place (1): 2016



  • 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 : 7 (2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)


  • Seasons in I Liga : 32


  • Seasons in II Liga : 16


  • Seasons in III Liga : 23



European record

































Season
Competition
Round

Club
Home
Away
Aggregate

2013–14

UEFA Europa League

2Q

Azerbaijan

Qarabağ FK
2–2
1–2
3–4 (a.e.t.)

2016–17

UEFA Europa League

2Q

Sweden

IFK Göteborg
0–3
0–0
0–3

Notes

  • 2Q: Second qualifying round


Stadium





Piast Gliwice 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



As of 21 July 2018[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.




























































































No.

Position
Player
1

Poland

GK

Jakub Szmatuła
2

Denmark

DF

Mikkel Kirkeskov (on loan from Aalesund)

3

Poland

MF

Tomasz Jodłowiec
4

Poland

DF

Jakub Czerwiński
5

Poland

DF

Marcin Pietrowski (captain)
6

Monaco

DF

Tom Hateley
7

Poland

FW

Maciej Jankowski
10

Poland

FW

Karol Angielski
11

Spain

FW

Jorge Félix
12

Slovenia

MF

Saša Živec
13

Poland

GK

Karol Dybowski
14

Estonia

MF

Konstantin Vassiljev
15

Poland

DF

Adam Mójta
























































































No.

Position
Player
16

Poland

MF

Patryk Dziczek
17

Ecuador

MF

Joel Valencia
18

Poland

FW

Łukasz Krakowczyk
19

Poland

MF

Mateusz Mak
20

Poland

DF

Martin Konczkowski
21

Spain

MF

Gerard Badía
24

Croatia

DF

Dario Rugašević
25

Serbia

DF

Aleksandar Sedlar
26

Slovakia

GK

František Plach
27

Czech Republic

FW

Michal Papadopulos
77

Poland

MF

Denis Gojko
88

Slovenia

DF

Uroš Korun
98

Poland

GK

Krzysztof Kurek



Out on loan


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


























No.

Position
Player
46

Poland

MF

Aleksander Sopel (at Gwardia Koszalin)
93

Lithuania

DF

Edvinas Girdvainis (at Russia Tom Tomsk)
















No.

Position
Player


Poland

MF

Igor Sapała (at Raków Częstochowa)



Managers




  • Poland Krzysztof Zagórski (Dec 16, 2001 – Oct 23, 2002)


  • Poland Józef Dankowski (April 21, 2003 – Oct 19, 2004)


  • Poland Wojciech Borecki (Oct 19, 2004 – Dec 31, 2004)


  • Poland Jacek Zielinski (Dec 31, 2004 – Sept 14, 2006)[6]


  • Poland Jan Furlepa (interim) (Sept 14, 2006 – Sept 20, 2006)


  • Poland Boguslaw Pietrzak (Sept 20, 2006 – June 30, 2007)


  • Poland Piotr Mandrysz (July 3, 2007 – June 30, 2008)


  • Poland Marek Wlecialowski (June 28, 2008 – Jan 5, 2009)


  • Poland Dariusz Fornalak (Jan 5, 2009 – March 15, 2010)


  • Poland Ryszard Wieczorek (March 15, 2010 – May 31, 2010)


  • Poland Marcin Brosz (June 15, 2010 – May 6, 2014)


  • Spain Ángel García (May 7, 2014 – March 18, 2015)


  • Czech Republic Radoslav Látal (March 20, 2015 – July 15, 2016)


  • Czech Republic Jiří Neček (July 15, 2016 – August 30, 2016)


  • Czech Republic Radoslav Látal (September 1, 2016 – March 2, 2017)


  • Poland Dariusz Wdowczyk (March 3, 2017 – September 19, 2017)


  • Poland Waldemar Fornalik (September 19, 2017 – )[7]



See also



  • Football in Poland

  • List of football teams

  • Champions' Cup/League

  • UEFA Cup



References





  1. ^ "Kapitan Piasta awansował z nim od B-klasy do ekstraklasy" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2013-06-08..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Kuczyński, Tomasz. "Sztama GieKSy z Banikiem, Ruchu z Atletico, Piasta z BATE. Czy to ma sens? [SŁYNNE SZTAMY]". dziennikzachodni.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.


  3. ^ "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze 3:2. Festiwal goli w śląskich derbach [ZDJĘCIA]". sport.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.


  4. ^ SG, JU,. "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze. Dziś derby przy Okrzei WYNIK NA ŻYWO GDZIE W TV, TRANSMISJA ONLINE". gazetawroclawska.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.


  5. ^ "Piast Gliwice current squad" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. Retrieved 17 February 2016.


  6. ^ "Lech Poznań – Strona Oficjalna. Specjalista od awansów – Jacek Zieliński" (in Polish). Lechpoznan.pl. Retrieved 2013-06-08.


  7. ^ "Waldemar Fornalik trenerem Piasta" (in Polish). 90minut. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.




External links



  • Official website


  • Piast Gliwice at 90minut.pl



Coordinates: 50°18′23.69″N 18°41′45.42″E / 50.3065806°N 18.6959500°E / 50.3065806; 18.6959500







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