Górnik Łęczna

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Górnik Łęczna
Górnik Łęczna logo.png
Full nameGórniczy Klub Sportowy Górnik Łęczna
Nickname(s)Zielono-Czarni
Founded1979
GroundStadion Górnika Łęczna
Capacity7,200
ChairmanPiotr Sadczuk
ManagerKamil Kiereś
LeagueEkstraklasa
2020–21I liga, 6th (promoted via play-offs)
WebsiteClub website

GKS Górnik Łęczna is a sports club based in Łęczna, Poland. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which competes in Ekstraklasa, the top division in the Polish football league system. The club also fields teams in women's football and wrestling.

History[]

The club was founded in 1979, as a club for the local coal miners. As the years went, the local Bogdanka Coal Mine decided to invest more and more money and as a result the club quickly rose through the leagues. The club shed its relative obscurity when it gained promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 2003.

Górnik Łęczna played in the top division from 2003 until 2007, when they were relegated to the 3rd division, as a consequence of their involvement in a match fixing scandal. However they were promoted straight back up as league winners after the 2007–08 season and competed in the I Liga for six years before winning promotion to the 2014–15 Ekstraklasa.

Since January 1, 2007, the men's football department has been operating as a business entity separate from the rest of the club.

In February 2011 the team was renamed GKS Bogdanka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈboɢɖɐ͡kɑ]) for sponsorship reasons, a decision from the local Bogdanka coal mine.[1] As a result, a group of supporters opposing the name change formed an amateur team GKS Górnik 1979 Łęczna.[2] On 23 July 2013 GKS Bogdanka's board of directors announced the return to the former name.[3]

Honours[]

Current squad[]

As of 7 July 2021.[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Poland POL Tomasz Midzierski
3 DF Brazil BRA Leândro
4 DF Poland POL Maciej Orłowski
5 DF Poland POL Kamil Pajnowski
7 MF Poland POL Tomasz Tymosiak
8 MF Poland POL Marcin Stromecki
9 FW Poland POL Aron Stasiak (on loan from Pogoń Szczecin)
10 MF Poland POL Aleksander Jagiełło
14 DF Romania ROU Gabriel Matei
17 MF Poland POL Karol Struski (on loan from Jagiellonia Białystok)
18 FW Poland POL Bartosz Śpiączka
19 FW Poland POL Przemysław Banaszak
20 DF Poland POL Bartłomiej Kukułowicz
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Poland POL Jakub Zagórski
22 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Krykun
23 MF Poland POL Bartłomiej Kalinkowski
24 MF Poland POL Michał Goliński
25 DF Poland POL Paweł Baranowski
26 MF Poland POL Adrian Cierpka
27 MF Poland POL Michal Mak
28 FW Poland POL Paweł Wojciechowski
33 GK Poland POL Maciej Gostomski
40 MF Poland POL Igor Korczakowski
44 GK Poland POL Adrian Kostrzewski
94 DF Poland POL Kamil Rozmus
— MF Poland POL Janusz Gol

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Poland POL Jakub Jaroszyński (at Hetman Zamość)

GKS Górnik 1979 Łęczna[]

Main article: GKS Górnik 1979 Łęczna

Górnik 1979 Łęczna was a club founded in 2011 by Górnik Łęczna fans who were unhappy with the name change to GKS Bogdanka. The club eventually changed its name back in 2013 but the fan owned counterpart has continued to operate in amateur football leagues. On 22 August 2014 the club withdrew from all competitions and ceased to operate, the reason cited were the lack of funds and the fact that the original Górnik Łęczna team went back to its original name scrapping the GKS Bogdanka name.[5]

Women's section[]

Main article: Górnik Łęczna (women)

The women's section of Górnik Łęczna played for years in the second and third tier leagues of Poland. In 2006–07 the team reached the semi-finals of the Polish Cup but lost to Medyk Konin.[6] In the 2009–10 season with the expansion of the Ekstraliga Kobiet the team finally gained promotion to it by finishing second in its 2nd tier division.[7] In its Ekstraliga debut Górnik was 5th.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Górnik Łęczna zmienił nazwę" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. ^ Olkiewicz, Jakub (26 March 2012). "Wyzwanie przyjęte – piłka w Łęcznej bez Bogdanki" (in Polish). Weszło!. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Wracamy do historycznej nazwy – Górnik Łęczna" (in Polish). GKS Bogdanka. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Górnik Łęczna. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Górnik 1979 Łęczna Archives". gornik-leczna.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Puchar Polski kobiet 2006/2007". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  7. ^ "I liga kobiet 2009/2010, grupa: południowa". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  8. ^ 2010–11 table in Soccerway.com

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