Ruch Chorzów (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrux ˈxɔʐuf]) is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity is 10,000 seats.
Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champions).
History
The club was founded on 20 April 1920 in Hajduki Wielkie (then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch (a common noun for motion) being sometimes interpreted by Polish patriots as a cover reference to the Silesian Uprisings. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on 3 May 1920. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941; however, it reverted to its old name in 1945.[2] In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. The current team sponsor is the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.
Achievements
- Polish championship
- Winners (14): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951,[n 1] 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989
- ↑ (In 1951 Wisła Kraków was league champion, however, the Polish Championship title was awarded to the Cup winner, Ruch Chorzów)
- Runners-up (6): 1950, 1956, 1963, 1970, 1973, 2012
- 3rd place (8): 1937, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1983, 2000, 2010
- Polish Cup:
- Winners (3): 1951, 1974, 1996
- Runners-up (6): 1963, 1968, 1970, 1993, 2009, 2012
- Polish SuperCup:
- Runners-up (2): 1989, 1996
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Cup
- UEFA Intertoto Cup
Current squad
- As of 20 July 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Notable former players
Managerial history
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| |
| Name |
From |
To |
|
 Gustav Wieser |
Oct 1934 |
July 1935 |
| Gunther Ringer |
Aug 1936 |
Nov 1937 |
|
 Ferenc Fogl |
June 1938 |
Jan 1939 |
| Péter Szabó |
Jan 1939 |
July 1939 |
|
 František Dembický |
Jan 1948 |
Dec 1948 |
 Gerard Wodarz |
July 1949 |
Dec 1949 |
|
| Ryszard Koncewicz |
Jan 1950 |
June 1952 |
| Ewald Cebula |
July 1952 |
June 1954 |
|
| Adam Niemiec |
July 1954 |
Dec 1956 |
| Mikołaj Beljung |
Feb 1957 |
Oct 1957 |
|
| Czesław Suszczyk |
Oct 1957 |
Dec 1957 |
| Janos Steiner |
Jan 1958 |
Dec 1958 |
|
| Ewald Cebula |
Jan 1959 |
Dec 1959 |
| Janos Steiner |
Jan 1960 |
May 1960 |
|
| Ewald Cebula |
May 1960 |
June 1960 |
| Lajos Szolar |
June 1960 |
Dec 1960 |
|
| Gerard Wodarz |
Jan 1961 |
April 1961 |
| Gerard Cieślik |
April 1961 |
July 1961 |
|
| Sándor Tátrai |
July 1961 |
Oct 1963 |
| Franciszek Tim |
Oct 1963 |
Nov 1963 |
|
| Augustyn Dziwisz |
Dec 1963 |
Sept 1964 |
| Artur Woźniak |
Sept 1964 |
June 1966 |
|
| Teodor Wieczorek |
July 1966 |
April 1969 |
Eugeniusz Pohl
Hubert Pala |
May 1969 |
June 1969 |
|
| Jerzy Nikiel |
July 1969 |
Nov 1969 |
| Tadeusz Foryś |
Dec 1969 |
June 1971 |
|
| Hubert Pala |
June 1971 |
June 1971 |
| Michal Vičan |
July 1971 |
April 1976 |
|
| Rudolf Kapera |
April 1976 |
June 1976 |
| Frantisek Havranek |
July 1976 |
Oct 1977 |
| Teodor Wieczorek |
Oct 1977 |
June 1978 |
|
|
|
| Name |
From |
To |
|
| Leszek Jezierski |
June 1978 |
Nov 1980 |
|
| Antoni Piechniczek |
Nov 1980 |
Jan 1981 |
| Józef Zwierzyna |
Jan 1981 |
Sept 1981 |
|
| Piotr Czaja |
Sept 1981 |
May 1982 |
| Orest Lenczyk |
1 July 1982 |
1 Feb 1984 |
|
| Alojzy Łysko |
Feb 1984 |
Dec 1984 |
| Władysław Jan Żmuda |
1 Jan 1985 |
1 May 1987 |
|
| Jacek Góralczyk |
April 1987 |
May 1987 |
| Jacek Machciński |
May 1987 |
July 1987 |
|
| Jerzy Wyrobek |
1 July 1987 |
1 July 1990 |
| Zdzisław Podedworny |
July 1990 |
March 1991 |
|
| Edward Lorens |
1 April 1991 |
1 May 1994 |
| Albin Wira |
3 May 1994 |
4 May 1995 |
|
| Jerzy Wyrobek |
5 May 1995 |
23 Sept 1996 |
| Orest Lenczyk |
24 Sept 1996 |
23 March 1999 |
|
| Edward Lorens |
23 March 1999 |
30 June 2000 |
| Jan Żurek |
1 July 2000 |
21 Aug 2000 |
|
| Jan Rudnow |
Aug 2000 |
Dec 2000 |
| Bogusław Pietrzak |
1 Dec 2000 |
11 April 2002 |
|
| Orest Lenczyk |
11 April 2002 |
9 Oct 2002 |
| Piotr Mandrysz |
10 Oct 2002 |
30 June 2003 |
|
| Jerzy Wyrobek |
1 July 2003 |
5 May 2005 |
| Dariusz Fornalak |
5 May 2005 |
22 Nov 2005 |
|
| Edward Lorens |
22 Nov 2005 |
27 Nov 2005 |
| Marek Wleciałowski |
28 Nov 2005 |
15 June 2007 |
|
 Dusan Radolsky |
15 June 2007 |
10 Sept 2008 |
| Bogusław Pietrzak |
10 Sept 2008 |
27 April 2009 |
|
| Waldemar Fornalik |
27 April 2009 |
10 July 2012 |
| Tomasz Fornalik |
12 July 2012 |
5 Sept 2012 |
|
| Jacek Zielinski |
5 Sept 2012 |
16 Sept 2013 |
| Dariusz Fornalak (int.) |
16 Sept 2013 |
18 Sept 2013 |
|
| Ján Kocian |
18 Sept 2013 |
|
|
|
Ruch in Europe
| Season |
Competition |
Round |
|
Club |
Score |
|---|
| 1972/73 |
UEFA Cup |
1R |
 |
Fenerbahçe SK |
3-0, 0-1 |
| 2R |
 |
Dynamo Dresden |
0-1, 0-3 |
| 1973/74 |
UEFA Cup |
1R |
 |
Wuppertaler SV |
4-1, 4-5 |
| 2R |
|
FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
3-0, 0-1 |
| 3R |
|
Budapest Honvéd FC |
0-2, 5-0 |
| 1/4F |
 |
Feyenoord Rotterdam |
1-1, 1-3 |
| 1974/75 |
European Cup |
1R |
 |
Hvidovre IF |
0-0, 2-1 |
| 2R |
|
Fenerbahçe SK |
2-1, 2-0 |
| 1/4F |
 |
AS Saint-Étienne |
3-2, 0-2 |
| 1975/76 |
European Cup |
1R |
 |
KuPS |
5-0, 2-2 |
| 2R |
|
PSV Eindhoven |
1-3, 0-4 |
| 1979/80 |
European Cup |
1R |
|
Dynamo Berlin |
1-4, 0-0 |
| 1989/90 |
European Cup |
1R |
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CSKA Sofia |
1-1, 1-5 |
| 1996/97 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
Q |
 |
Llansantffraid |
1-1, 5-0 |
| 1R |
 |
S.L. Benfica |
1-5, 0-0 |
| 1998 |
Intertoto Cup |
1R |
|
FK Austria Wien |
1-0, 2-2 |
| 2R |
 |
Örgryte IS |
1-2, 1-0 |
| 3R |
|
C.F. Estrela da Amadora |
1-1, 1-1 |
| 4R |
|
Debreceni VSC |
1-0, 3-0 |
| 5R |
 |
Bologna F.C. 1909 |
0-1, 0-2 |
| 2000/01 |
UEFA Cup |
Q |
 |
FK Žalgiris Vilnius |
1-2, 6-0 |
| 1R |
|
Internazionale Milano F.C. |
0-3, 1-4 |
| 2010/11 |
UEFA Europa League |
1Q |
 |
FC Shakhter Karagandy |
2-1, 1-0 |
| 2Q |
 |
Valletta F.C. |
1-1, 0-0 |
| 3Q |
|
FK Austria Wien |
1-3, 0-3 |
| 2012/13 |
UEFA Europa League |
2Q |
 |
Metalurg Skopje |
3-1, 3-0 |
| 3Q |
 |
Viktoria Plzeň |
0-2, 0-5 |
|
Notes
References
- Gowarzewski Andrzej, Głyk Wioletta (2000). O tytuł mistrza Polski 1920-2000 (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-02-9.
- Gowarzewski Andrzej, Waloszek Joachim (1995). Ruch Chorzów: 75 lat "Niebieskich" (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-902751-3-9.
- Bagier Tadeusz, Dutkowski Zbigniew, Kraszkiewicz Mirosław (1970). Pięćdziesiąt lat Klubu Sportowego "Ruch" Chorzów (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Artystyczno-Graficzne Chorzów.
- Gorzelany Franciszek, Miklica Bogusław (and others) (1960). 40-lecie Klubu Sportowego "Ruch" Chorzów (in Polish). Wydawnictwo "Prasa" Katowice.
- Collective work under Henryk Rechowicz editorial (1994). Z najnowszych dziejów kultury fizycznej i turystyki (in Polish). Wydawnictwo AWF Katowice.
- Collective work (2000). 80 lat OZPN [Okręgowego Związku Piłki Nożnej] Katowice: 1920-2000 (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-03-7.
- Kurek Jacek (2001). Historia Wielkich Hajduk (in Polish). Związek Górnośląski. Koło "Wielkie Hajduki", Rococo Chorzów-Batory. ISBN 83-86293-29-2.
- Gowarzewski Andrzej (2001). Biało-czerwoni : piłkarska reprezentacja Polski 1921-2001 : ludzie mecze fakty daty (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-08-8.
- Gowarzewski Andrzej, Waloszek Joachim (1996). 75 lat OZPN [Okręgowego Związku Piłki Nożnej] Katowice: 1920-1995, ludzie, historia, fakty (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-902751-7-1.
- Czapliński Marek (red.) (2002). Historia Śląska (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław. ISBN 83-229-2213-2.
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