Widzew Łódź

RTS Widzew Łódź

Full name

Reaktywacja Tradycji Sportowych Widzew Łódź

Nickname(s)

The Red-White-Reds (Czerwono-biało-czerwoni),
The Red Army (Czerwona Armia),
Team with Character (Drużyna z charakterem)

Founded

1910 as TMRF Widzew
1922 reformed as RTS Widzew
2014 reformed as RTS Widzew

Ground

Stadion Widzewa
Łódź, Poland

Capacity

18,008

Chairman

Marcin Ferdzyn

Manager

Przemysław Cecherz

League

III liga (4th level)

2016–17

3rd

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

RTS Widzew Łódź (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɛr ˈtɛ ˈɛs ˈvʲidzɛf ˈwut͡ɕ]) is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910 and initially called TMRF Widzew, referring to the Widzew-district of Łódź. Its official colors are red and white, hence their nicknames Czerwona Armia (Red Army) and Czerwono-biało-czerwoni (Red-white-reds).

History

The club was founded on 5 November 1910 (1910-11-05) as Towarzystwo Miłośników Rozwoju Fizycznego Widzew (Society of Lovers of Physical Development Widzew) in Widzew, then a suburb (now district) of Łódź. In 1922 the club transformed into Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe Widzew (Workers' Sports Society Widzew).

Widzew has won four Polish league championships (in 1981, 1982, 1996 and 1997) and the 1985 Polish Cup.

They have appeared in 117 matches in European Cups, of which they won 42. Widzew knocked European giants Manchester United out of the 1980-81 UEFA Cup, although their biggest achievement was reaching the semi-final of the 1982–83 European Cup.

Recent history

New ground

In the beginning of season 2007/2008 Widzew was bought by one of the wealthiest men in Poland - Sylwester Cacek.^[1]

In January 2008, while playing in the Second League, the Polish Football Association ruled that Widzew Łódź should be relegated due to their involvement in a corruption scandal. However, Widzew became champion that year, and were allowed to stay in the second division, which was renamed First League (I liga) before the start of the 2008-2009 season. Despite the deduction of six points as a penalty, Widzew managed to become champions once again, and were finally promoted to the Ekstraklasa. In total, Widzew played 35 seasons at the highest level before being relegated in the 2013-2014 season.

Due to financial problems, Widzew finished last at the end of the 2014–15 I Liga season. Subsequently, the club ruled by Sylwester Cacek went bankrupt.

In consequence local businessmen led by Marcin Ferdzyn and Grzegorz Waranecki decided to take on amateur status as a new association called Stowarzyszenie Reaktywacja Tradycji Sportowych Widzew Łódź (Association of the Reactivation of the Sports Traditions of Widzew Łódź),^[2] which continues the tradition of the old RTS Widzew Łódź. The new association was registered in a Polish court on 2.07.2015, and within a few weeks of summer 2015 they managed to find new coach Witold Obarek and collect a new squad, which started the 2015/2016 season in the fifth tier of Polish football.

Achievements

Domestic

Ultras of Widzew

Ultras of Widzew

Ekstraklasa (First Division):
- Winner (4): 1981, 1982, 1996, 1997
- 2nd place (7): 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1999
Polish First League (Second Division):
- Winner (3): 2006, 2009, 2010
Polish Cup:
- Winner (1): 1985
Polish SuperCup:
- Winner (1): 1996
- Finalist (1): 1997
Polish League Cup:
- Finalist (1): 1977

Europe

UEFA Champions League:
- Semi-Finalist (1): 1983
Copa del Sol:
- Runner-up (1): 2013

Youth Team

Polish U-19 Runner Up: 1995
- Polish U-19 Bronze Medal: 1936, 1937, 1997

Honours in the Polish Ekstraklasa (to 2008 Polish 1st Division)

	Season	Position	Matches	Points	Goals	W.-D.-L.
1	1948	14 (relegation to 2nd division)	26	13 pts.	31–99	5–3–18
2	1975/76	5	30	32 pts.	33–33	10–12–8
3	1976/77	2	30	38 pts.	46–31	14–10–6
4	1977/78	10	30	28 pts.	34–40	9–10–11
5	1978/79	2	30	39 pts.	37–26	14–11–5
6	1979/80	2	30	36 pts.	47–39	13–10–7
7	1980/81	1	30	39 pts.	39–25	14–11–5
8	1981/82	1	30	39 pts.	45–31	14–11–5
9	1982/83	2	30	38 pts.	50–30	13–12–5
10	1983/84	2	30	42 pts.	43–25	15–12–3
11	1984/85	3	30	38 pts.	34–16	13–12–5
12	1985/86	3	30	41 pts.	40–25	15–11–4
13	1986/87	6	30	36 pts.	34–29	14–7–9
14	1987/88	5	30	31 pts.	28–24	8–15–7
15	1988/89	7	30	29 pts.	27–27	9–12–9
16	1989/90	15 (relegation to 2nd division.)	30	17 pts.	22–39	4–12–14
17	1991/92	3	34	43 pts.	48–28	17–9–8
18	1992/93	5	34	43 pts.	60–42	16–11–7
19	1993/94	6	34	39 pts.	45–33	12–15–7
20	1994/95	2	34	45 pts.	48–25	17–11–6
21	1995/96	1	34	88 pts.	84–22	27–7–0
22	1996/97	1	34	81 pts.	74–20	25–6–3
23	1997/98	4	34	61 pts.	53–34	18–7–9
24	1998/99	2	30	56 pts.	50–33	18–2–10
25	1999/00	7	30	40 pts.	48–54	11–7–12
26	2000/01	12	30	36 pts.	33–40	9–9–12
27	2001/02
	Autumn round – group A:	8	14	11 pts.	9–24	3–2–9
	Spring round – g. relegation:	2	14	31 pts.	19–8	6–7–1
28	2002/03	9	30	37 pts.	29–39	10–7–13
29	2003/04	14 (relegation)	26	19 pts.	25–52	4–7–15
30	2006/07	12	30	28 pts.	27–48	7–7–16
31	2007/08	15 (relegation)	30	26 pts.	27–42	5–11–14
32	2010/11	9	30	43 pts.	41–34	11–10–9
33	2011/12	11	30	39 pts.	25–26	9–12–9
34	2012/13	13	30	33 pts.	30–41	8–9–13
35	2013/14	15 (relegation to 1st division)	37	22 pts.	36-59	8–9–20
36	2014/15	17 (relegation to 4th division)	34	22 pts.	25-58	4–10–20

Widzew in Europe

New ground

Old ground

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
1977–78	UEFA Cup	1R	Manchester City	2–2, 0–0
		2R	PSV Eindhoven	3–5, 0–1
1979–80	UEFA Cup	1R	AS Saint-Étienne	2–1, 0–3
1980–81	UEFA Cup	1R	Manchester United	1–1, 0–0
		2R	Juventus FC	3–1, 1–3 p. 4–1
		3R	Ipswich Town	0–5, 1–0
1981–82	European Cup	1R	RSC Anderlecht	1–4, 1–2
1982–83	European Cup	1R	Hibernians FC	4–1, 3–1
		2R	SK Rapid Wien	1–2, 5–3
		1/4F	Liverpool F.C.	2–0, 2–3
		1/2F	Juventus FC	0–2, 2–2
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1R	IF Elfsborg	0–0, 2–2
		2R	Sparta Prague	1–0, 0–3
1984–85	UEFA Cup	1R	Aarhus Gymnastik Forening	2–0, 0–1
		2R	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3, 1–0
		3R	FC Dinamo Minsk	0–2, 1–0
1985–86	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Galatasaray SK	0–1, 2–1
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R	LASK Linz	1–1, 1–0
		2R	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	0–0, 0–2
1992–93	UEFA Cup	1R	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2, 0–9
1995–96	UEFA Cup	Q	Bangor City FC	4–0, 1–0
		1R	FC Chornomorets Odessa	1–0, 0–1 p. 5–6
1996–97	UEFA Champions League	Q	Brøndby IF	2–1, 2–3
		GR	Borussia Dortmund	1–2, 2–2
		GR	Atlético Madrid	1–4, 0–1
		GR	Steaua Bucureşti	0–1, 2–0
1997–98	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Neftchi Baku	2–0, 8–0
		2Q	Parma FC	1–3, 0–4
	UEFA Cup	1R	Udinese Calcio	1–0, 0–3
1999–00	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Litex Lovech	4–1, 1–4 p. 3–2
		3Q	ACF Fiorentina	1–3, 0–2
	UEFA Cup	1R	Skonto FC	0–1, 2–0
		2R	AS Monaco	1–1, 0–2

Current squad

As of 7 May 2016.^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
21	GK	Patryk Wolański
85	GK	Maciej Humerski
69	GK	Konrad Reszka
3	DF	Marcin Nowak
13	DF	Michał Czaplarski
28	DF	Marcin Kozłowski
6	DF	Maciej Szewczyk
23	DF	Bartłomiej Gromek
77	DF	Patryk Baran
14	DF	Przemysław Rodak
87	DF	Kamil Tlaga
95	DF	Sebastian Zieleniecki

No.	Position	Player
10	MF	Yudai Ogawa
16	MF	Adrian Budka
98	MF	Adam Radwański
4	MF	Maciej Kazimierowicz
70	MF	Krzysztof Możdżonek
27	MF	Paweł Broniszewski
8	MF	Sebastian Olczak
17	MF	Patryk Strus
7	MF	Mateusz Michalski
18	MF	Daniel Mąka
86	FW	Marcin Krzywicki
19	FW	Dawid Kamiński
9	FW	Piotr Okuniewicz
99	FW	Grzegorz Brochocki

Widzew Łódź – current squad

21 Patryk Wolański
69 Konrad Reszka
85 Maciej Humerski
3 Marcin Nowak
13 Michał Czaplarski
28 Marcin Kozłowski
6 Maciej Szewczyk
23 Bartłomiej Gromek
77 Patryk Baran)
14 Przemysław Rodak
87 Kamil Tlaga
85 Sebastian Zieleniecki
21 Mateusz Michalski
16 Adrian Budka
4 Maciej Kazimierowicz
10 Yudai Ogawa
98 Adam Radwański
70 Krzysztof Możdżonek
8 Sebastian Olczak
18 Daniel Mąka
27 Paweł Broniszewski
17 Patryk Strus
19 Dawid Kamiński
86 Marcin Krzywicki
9 Piotr Okuniewicz
99 Grzegorz Brochocki
Manager: Przemysław Cecherz

Notable players

Edgar Bernhardt
Tadeusz Błachno
Daniel Bogusz
Henryk Bolesta
Ulrich Borowka
Zbigniew Boniek
Stanisław Burzyński
Wiesław Cisek
Marek Citko
Ryszard Czerwiec
Jacek Dembiński

Mirosław Tłokiński
Artur Wichniarek
Jerzy Wijas
Roman Wójcicki
Paweł Wojtala
Andrzej Woźniak
Wiesław Wraga
Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz
Marcin Zając
Władysław Żmuda
Andriy Mikhalchuk

Managers

^[4]

Zygmunt Otto (1948)
Vančo Kaménař (1948)
Wacław Pegza (1949)
Władysław Król (1950–51)
Leszek Jezierski (1972–76) (II liga)
Janusz Pekowski (1976)
Paweł Kowalski (1976–77)
Bronisław Waligóra (1977–79)
Stanisław Świerk (1978–79)
Jacek Machciński (1979–81)
Władysław Jan Żmuda (1981–84)
Bronisław Waligóra (1984–86)
Orest Lenczyk (1987–88)
Andrzej Grębosz (1988–89)
Bronisław Waligóra (1988–90)
Jan Tomaszewski (1989–90)
Czesław Fudalej (1989–90)
Paweł Kowalski (1990–91) (II liga)
Władysław Jan Żmuda (April 28, 1992 – May 20, 1993)
Leszek Jezierski (1992–93)
Marek Woziński (1993–94)
Władysław Stachurski (Sept 1, 1993–April 20, 1995)
Ryszard Polak (1994–95)

Franciszek Smuda (April 30, 1995 – May 31, 1998)
Andrzej Pyrdoł (July 1, 1998 – July 28, 1998)
Wojciech Łazarek (July 28, 1998–Oct 26, 1998)
Marek Dziuba (1998–99)
Grzegorz Lato (1999–00)
Orest Lenczyk (Aug 30, 1999–April 23, 2000)
Andrzej Pyrdoł (1999–00)
Jan Żurek (April 24, 2000 – July 1, 2000)
Piotr Kuszłyk (2000–01)
Marek Koniarek (2000–01)
Marek Kusto (July 3, 2001–Oct 13, 2001)
Dariusz Wdowczyk (Oct 13, 2001–Aug 2, 2002)
Franciszek Smuda (Aug 2, 2002–Dec 5, 2002)
Petr Němec (Dec 6, 2002–April 7, 2003)
Tomasz Muchiński (int.) (April 7, 2003 – April 10, 2003)
Franciszek Smuda (April 10, 2003 – July 9, 2003)
Andrzej Kretek (July 10, 2003–Aug 26, 2003)
Tomasz Łapiński (interim) (Aug 26, 2003–Sept 2, 2003)
Jerzy Kasalik (Sept 3, 2003–March 22, 2004)
Stefan Majewski (2004–06) (II liga)
Michał Probierz (June 1, 2006–Sept 3, 2007)
Marek Zub (Sept 3, 2007–April 21, 2008)

Janusz Wójcik (April 21, 2008–08)
W. Fornalik (July 1, 2008–Jan 9, 2009) (I liga nowa)
P. Janas (Jan 9, 2009–June 21, 2010) (I liga nowa, I liga)
A. Kretek (June 25, 2010–Nov 15, 2010) (Ekstraklasa)
C. Michniewicz (Nov 15, 2010–June 22, 2011) (Ekstraklasa)
R. Mroczkowski (June 24, 2011–Sept 26, 2013) (Ekstraklasa)
Rafal Pawlak (Sept 26, 2013–Jan 6, 2014) (Ekstraklasa)
Artur Skowronek (Jan 6, 2014–June 20, 2014) (Ekstraklasa)
Włodzimierz Tylak (June 20, 2014 – 2014)
Rafał Pawlak (2014)
Wojciech Stawowy (2014–2015)
Witold Obarek (2015)
Marcin Płuska (2015–?)

Stadium

The club's home stadium was the Stadion Widzewa, also called Stadion im. Ludwika Sobolewskiego, which opened in 1930. The stadium, which was owned by the city of Łódź, had a capacity of 10,500 seats. In early 2015, it was demolished to make way for a new stadium with 18,000 seats. It was intended the new stadium will be completed by November 2016.

In the 2014-2015 season, its last season as a professional club, Widzewa played their home matches in Byczyna near Poddębice, 40 km west of Łódź.^[5]

After bankruptcy and relegation to the 4th division a rebuilt team plays its domestic games in Łódź at UKS SMS Łódź stadium,^[6] during the construction of a new Stadion Widzewa stadium.

Fans

Widzew has one of the largest fan-bases in Poland with fan-clubs all around the country. Widzew's biggest rival is ŁKS Łódź, with whom they contest the Łódź Derby. Legia Warsaw are also big rivals, with whom they contest the Derby of Poland, which stems from the fact there were frequent title races between the two clubs. Widzew fans maintain friendly relations with fans of Ruch Chorzów, Elana Toruń, Wisła Kraków and PFC CSKA Moscow.^[7]

TMRF Widzew Łódź

TMRF Widzew is a football team created by the active supporters of Widzew in 2014, who are in a long conflict with the club board. Only Widzew supporters can be admitted to the squad.

References

↑ Historia Widzewa
↑ Jest nowy Widzew! Reaktywacja Tradycji Sportowych Widzew Łódź
↑ "Widzew Łódź current squad" (in Polish).
↑ If not marked in a different way – I league
↑ Byczyna dla Widzewa. Jest umowa. Władze klubu dogadały się z gminą Poddębice
↑ http://www.expressilustrowany.pl/artykul/3932343,rts-widzew-bedzie-gral-na-stadionie-sms,id,t.html RTS Widzew będzie grał na stadionie SMS
↑ http://www.widzewtomy.net/

External links

Official website (in Polish)
Widzew Łódź at 90minut.pl

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