Piast Gliwice

Piast Gliwice
Full name Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice
Nickname(s) Piastunki (the Nurses)
Szlachta (Noblemen)
Founded 18 June 1945 (1945-06-18)
Ground Stadion Piast,
Gliwice, Poland
Ground Capacity 10,037
Chairman Poland Adam Sarkowicz
Manager Czech Republic Radoslav Látal
League Ekstraklasa
2014–15 12th
Website Club home page
Piast Gliwice Stadium

Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpʲast ɡliˈvit͡sɛ]) is a Polish football club based in Gliwice, Poland.

History

The club was founded in June 1945 by the Poles who had been forced to leave their homeland in present-day Western Ukraine. 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'. 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. Piast is the first soccer team in Poland to gain promotion from the 7th tier to the Ekstraklasa (Polish top tier of football) and later to the European Cup.[1]

Naming history

European Record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2Q Azerbaijan Qarabağ FK 2–2 1–2 3–4 (aet)
Notes

Stadium

Piast Gliwice Stadium

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

Supporters

Piast have a friendship with fans of Belarusian club BATE Borisov since 2011. The friendship started when BATE fans on their way to a Champions League match in Copenhagen stopped for a Piast game against local rivals GKS Katowice. The Piast fans then went to Alkmaar to support BATE versus AZ. After another visit for a Champions League game against Sturm Graz, the friendship became official and both sets of fans regularly visit each other.[2]

Piast's major rivals are Górnik Zabrze, with whom they contest the local derby.[3][4] The stadiums are located just a few kilometres from each other and Górnik have a sizeable support within Gliwice. Other rivals are local teams Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice and the two Bytom clubs, Szombierki and Polonia.

Current Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Poland GK Jakub Szmatuła
2 Slovakia DF Patrik Mráz
4 Croatia DF Kristian Ipsa
5 Poland MF Marcin Pietrowski
6 Poland MF Piotr Kwaśniewski
9 Poland MF Radosław Murawski (captain)
10 Poland FW Karol Angielski
11 Poland DF Paweł Moskwik
12 Slovenia MF Saša Živec
13 Poland GK Rafał Leszczyński
16 Czech Republic FW Martin Nešpor (on loan from Sparta Prague)
19 Poland MF Mateusz Mak
20 Poland MF Maciej Jankowski
No. Position Player
21 Spain MF Gerard Badía
22 Poland DF Tomasz Mokwa
25 Czech Republic MF Kamil Vacek (on loan from Sparta Prague)
26 Poland MF Bartosz Szeliga
27 Poland MF Patryk Dziczek
28 Poland DF Kornel Osyra
29 Latvia FW Arturs Karasausks
31 Slovakia GK Dobrivoj Rusov
55 Poland MF Jakub Kuzdra
82 Slovakia MF Martin Bukata
88 Slovenia DF Uroš Korun
90 Croatia FW Josip Barišić
91 Brazil DF Hebert

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
17 Poland MF Cezary Demianiuk (on loan at GKS Bełchatów)
No. Position Player
95 Poland FW Daniel Ciechański (on loan at Polonia Bytom)
96 Poland FW Sebastian Musiolik (on loan at KS ROW 1964 Rybnik)

Achievements

Domestic

Seasons

Managers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kapitan Piasta awansował z nim od B-klasy do ekstraklasy" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. ↑ http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/artykul/709451,sztama-gieksy-z-banikiem-ruchu-z-atletico-piasta-z-bate-czy-to-ma-sens-slynne-sztamy,id,t.html?cookie=1
  3. ↑ http://www.slask.sport.pl/sport-slask/1,124015,18469246,piast-gliwice-gornik-zabrze-3-2-festiwal-goli-w-slaskich.html
  4. ↑ http://www.gazetawroclawska.pl/artykul/3777145,piast-gliwice-gornik-zabrze-dzis-derby-przy-okrzei-wynik-na-zywo-gdzie-w-tv-transmisja-online,id,t.html?cookie=1
  5. ↑ "Lech Poznań - Strona Oficjalna. Specjalista od awansów - Jacek Zieliński" (in Polish). Lechpoznan.pl. Retrieved 2013-06-08.

External links

Coordinates: 50°18′23.69″N 18°41′45.42″E / 50.3065806°N 18.6959500°E / 50.3065806; 18.6959500

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