GKS Bełchatów

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GKS Bełchatów
GKS Bełchatów.png
Full nameGórniczy Klub Sportowy Bełchatów
Nickname(s)Gieksa
Brunatni (the Browns)
Torfiarze (the Turfers)
Founded1977
GroundGIEKSA Arena
Capacity5,264
ChairmanPoland Wiktor Rydz
ManagerPatryk Rachwał
LeagueII liga
2020-21I liga, 18th of 18 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

GKS Bełchatów [ɡʲɛkaˈɛs bɛwˈxatuf] is a professional football club that competes in the Polish II liga.[1] GKS is an abbreviation for the Miners' Sport Club (Górniczy Klub Sportowy).

History[]

GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Klasa A in 1977 under the name of Węgiel Brunatny Bełchatów,[2] and gained promotion to the III liga in the 1981–82 season.[2] It took the club another seven years to rise to the II liga (1986/1987 season), before winning a place in the top-tier I liga in 1992.[2] After another spell in II liga, the club again won promotion to the I liga at the end of the 2004–05 season. The club finished the 2005–06 season in 10th place, with 37 points.[3] The following season they challenged for the league title. After spending much of the latter part of the 2006–07 season in first place, they were ultimately overtaken by Zagłębie Lubin and had to settle for second place.[4]

Achievements[]

Fans[]

The fans are called Torfiorze (the "Turfers" in translation).[5] They have friendly relations with fans of .[6] Their biggest rivals are neighbours RKS Radomsko, and as Bełchatów is located in the Łódź Province, they also have rivalries with the two traditional well-established Łódź teams, ŁKS and Widzew.[6]

Bełchatów in Europe[]

Season Competition Round Club Score
2007/08 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) FC Ameri Tbilisi 2–0, 0–2 (4–2 p.)
2Q Ukraine FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–1, 2–4

Current squad[]

As of 6 September, 2021.[7]

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 Mateusz Szymorek
5 MF Poland POL Mikołaj Gabor
6 DF Poland POL Adam Dobosz
7 MF Poland POL Damian Warnecki
8 MF Poland POL Artur Golański
9 MF Poland POL Waldemar Gancarczyk
10 MF Poland POL Dawid Flaszka
11 FW Poland POL Szymon Sołtysiński
16 DF Poland POL Mikołaj Grzelak
17 MF Poland POL Marcin Ryszka
18 FW Poland POL Mateusz Kempski
20 MF Poland POL Oskar Przywara
22 GK Poland POL Kewin Komar
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Poland POL Michał Graczyk
25 GK Poland POL Leonid Otczenaszenko
27 FW Poland POL Kacper Sionkowski
29 MF Poland POL Kamil Mizera
30 MF Poland POL Łukasz Wroński
31 FW Ukraine UKR Jewhen Radionow
38 DF Slovakia SVK Martin Klabnik
50 MF Poland POL Jakub Miarka
51 DF Poland POL Hubert Jakubiec
55 DF Poland POL Mateusz Mikulski
69 DF Poland POL Kajetan Kunka (on loan from Rozwój Katowice)
72 FW Poland POL Adrian Bielka (on loan from Korona Kielce)
77 DF Poland POL Mateusz Gancarczyk

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
FW Poland POL Damian Warnecki (at Skra Częstochowa)

Managers[]

Notable players[]

Players who have been capped and/or have over 80 appearances for the club

References[]

  1. ^ "Fortuna I liga: Bełchatów 0-2 GKS 1962. Spadek Bełchatowa". www.90minut.pl.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "GKS Bełchatów - sezon po sezonie - Historia Polskiej Piłki Nożnej - HPPN.PL". www.hppn.pl.
  3. ^ "Orange Ekstraklasa 2005/2006". www.90minut.pl.
  4. ^ "Dziesięć lat temu GKS Bełchatów zaszokował piłkarską Polskę". Dziennik Łódzki. November 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Kieruzel, Adam (November 27, 2020). "Bełchatów. Kibice GKS utworzyli mural z podobizną papieża Jana Pawła II [ZDJĘCIA]". Bełchatów Nasze Miasto.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "GKS Bełchatów — zgody, układy, kosy, grupy, grill i inne".
  7. ^ "I zespół" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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