Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski

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Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Full name

Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Nickname(s)

Dyskobole (Discobolus)

Founded

1922

Ground

Stadion Dyskobolia, Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Capacity

7,000

Chairman

Zbigniew Drzymała

Manager

Maciej Skorża

League

Ekstraklasa (First league)

2005/2006

Polish First league





Home colours





Away colours

Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski is a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland.

1 History
2 Colours
3 Achievements
4 Current first team squad
5 Famous players
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on April 30, 1922 (under the name Dyskobolia Grodzisk).

After several decades on lower league football, the club was taken over in the mid-1990s by Zbigniew Drzymała, president of the Groclin auto company, and enjoyed an instant string of promotions culminating in the promotion to top level football in 1997.

Not having its own youth backbone, the club was based on players predominantly over 30 years, mostly with former league experience. After performing reasonably in the autumn period of the 1997/98 season, they experienced a sudden drop in form, which resulted in relegation. However within a year Groclin was in the top flight again. With many more younger and success-hungry players this time, the club performed disastrously in the autumn of 1999, gathering just five points from fifteen games. An unexpected (and some say suspicious) form increase in the spring resulted in eight victories in a row, which were more than enough to fight off relegation.

The club has been in the top flight ever since, enjoying the second league place on two occasions (2003 and 2005). The first runner-up title made them eligible to play in the UEFA Cup, in which they eliminated Hertha BSC and Manchester City (with just three goals in four games!) before failing to Girondins Bordeaux. The second flirt with the cup was less successful, resulting in a first round exit against RC Lens.

[edit] Colours

The club colours are green and white.

[edit] Achievements

Orenge Ekstraklasa (First league):
- Runners-up (2): 2003, 2005

Polish Cup:
- Winner (1): 2005

[edit] Current first team squad

Accurate as of december 2006

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Aleksander Ptak
		DF	Radek Mynar
		DF	Pance Kumbev
		DF	Vlade Lazerevski
		DF	Marcin Łukaszewski
		MF	Michał Goliński
		MF	Piotr Piechniak
		MF	Marek Sokołowski
		GK	Sebastian Przyrowski
		DF	Radim Sablik
		FW	Adrian Sikora
		MF	Piotr Rocki
		FW	Bartosz Ślusarski (on loan to UD Leiria)

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Dariusz Brzostowski
		DF	Błażej Telichowski
		MF	Piotr Świerczewski
		MF	Jarosław Lato
		DF	Łukasz Tupalski
		DF	Mate Lacić
		FW	Tomasz Zahorski
		FW	Szymon Kaźmierowski
		DF	Krzysztof Król (on to Real Madrid C)
		MF	Tomasz Jodłowiec
		MF	Marcin Nowacki

[edit] Famous players

Mariusz Lewandowski, defender, capped for the Polish national football team
Sebastian Mila, midfield, capped for the Polish national football team
Radosław Sobolewski, midfield, capped for the Polish national football team
Grzegorz Rasiak, striker, capped for the Polish national football team

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Orange Ekstraklasa 2006/2007

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