Piast Gliwice

Piast Gliwice
Full name Gliwicki Klub Sportowy
Piast Gliwice
Founded 1945
Ground Stadion Piast,
Gliwice, Poland
(Capacity: 10,037)
Chairman Józef Drabicki
Manager Marcin Brosz
League I Liga
2010–11 5th
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpʲast ɡliˈvit͡sɛ]) is a Polish football club based in Gliwice, Poland. Founded in June 1945 by the Poles who had been forced to leave their homeland in present-day Western Ukraine, 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.

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History

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.

Club Names

Stadium

Piast plays their home games at the 10,000 capacity Stadion Piast in Gliwice.

Current squad

As of 25 July 2011

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Jakub Szmatula
2 DF Rafal Pietrzak
3 DF Szymon Matuszek
4 DF Mateusz Matras
5 DF Mateusz Bodzioch
6 MF Mariusz Zganiacz
7 MF Tomasz Bzdega
8 MF Rudolf Urban
9 MF Marcin Pietron
10 FW Adrian Swiatek
11 MF Krzysztof Halgas
12 GK Dariusz Trela
13 MF Kamil Groborz
No. Position Player
14 DF Adrian Klepczynski
15 DF Łukasz Krzycki
16 FW Pavol Cicman
17 MF Tomasz Podórski (captain)
18 DF Gediminas Paulauskas
19 DF Bartosz Sopel
20 DF Jan Buryan
21 DF Wojciech Lisowski
22 FW Ruben Fernandez
23 GK Marcin Korbecki
24 FW Wojciech Kędziora
25 FW Patryk Nalepa

Achievements

Domestic

Seasons

See also

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