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
Capacity 10,037
Chairman Marek Kwiatek
Manager Waldemar Fornalik
League Ekstraklasa
2017–18 14th
Website Club website
Piast Gliwice Stadium

Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice ([ˈpʲast ɡliˈvit͡sɛ], "Gliwice Piast Sport Club") 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 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

  • (18.06.1945) – KS Piast Gliwice
  • (23.05.1946) – KSM Piast Gliwice
  • (September/November 1947) – ZKSM Piast Gliwice
  • (05.03.1949) – ZS Metal Piast Gliwice (merged with ZKSM Huta Łabędy, ZKS Walcownia Łabędy, RKS Jedność Rudziniec, *RKS PZS Gliwice and ZKS Silesia Gliwice)
  • (01.11.1949) – ZKS Stal Gliwice
  • (11.03.1951) – ZKS Stal GZUT Gliwice
  • (15.03.1955) – ZKS Piast Gliwice
  • (20.01.1957) – KS Piast Gliwice
  • (01.01.1961) – SKS Piast Gliwice
  • (15.03.1964) – GKS Piast Gliwice (merged with GKS Gliwice and KS Metal Gliwice)
  • (17.10.1983) – MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice
  • (12.09.1989) – CWKS Piast-Bumar Gliwice
  • (1989) – [merged with ZTS Łabędy (Gliwice)]
  • (1990) – CWKS Bumar-Piast Gliwice
  • (04.04.1990) – KS Bumar Gliwice
  • (11.05.1990) – KS Bumar Łabędy (Gliwice)
  • (01.07.1990) – KS Bumar Gliwice
  • (1991) – KS Piast-Bumar Gliwice
  • (01.07.1992) – MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice
  • (01.08.1995) – KS Bojków Gliwice (merged with KS Bojków Gliwice)
  • (15.09.1995) – KS Piast Bojków Gliwice
  • (02.09.1996) – GKS Piast Gliwice

Honours

Domestic

Seasons

  • Seasons in Ekstraklasa : 7 (2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)
  • Seasons in I Liga : 32
  • Seasons in II Liga : 16
  • Seasons in III Liga : 23

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2Q Azerbaijan Qarabağ FK 2–2 1–2 3–4 (a.e.t.)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 2Q Sweden IFK Göteborg 0–3 0–0 0–3
Notes
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round

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

As of 21 July 2018[5]

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 Denmark DF Mikkel Kirkeskov (on loan from Aalesund)
3 Poland MF Denis Gojko
4 Poland DF Jakub Czerwiński (on loan from Legia Warsaw)
5 Poland DF Marcin Pietrowski (captain)
6 Monaco DF Tom Hateley
7 Poland FW Maciej Jankowski
10 Poland FW Karol Angielski
11 Spain FW Jorge Félix
12 Slovenia MF Saša Živec
13 Poland GK Karol Dybowski
14 Estonia MF Konstantin Vassiljev
15 Poland DF Adam Mójta
16 Poland MF Patryk Dziczek
No. Position Player
17 Ecuador MF Joel Valencia
18 Poland FW Łukasz Krakowczyk
19 Poland MF Mateusz Mak
20 Poland DF Martin Konczkowski
21 Spain MF Gerard Badía
24 Croatia DF Dario Rugašević
25 Serbia DF Aleksandar Sedlar
26 Slovakia GK František Plach
27 Czech Republic FW Michal Papadopulos
33 Poland MF Tomasz Jodlowiec (on loan from Legia Warsaw)
88 Slovenia DF Uroš Korun
98 Poland GK Krzysztof Kurek

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
46 Poland MF Aleksander Sopel (at Gwardia Koszalin)
93 Lithuania DF Edvinas Girdvainis (at Russia Tom Tomsk)
No. Position Player
Poland MF Igor Sapała (at Raków Częstochowa)

Managers

  • Poland Krzysztof Zagórski (Dec 16, 2001 – Oct 23, 2002)
  • Poland Józef Dankowski (April 21, 2003 – Oct 19, 2004)
  • Poland Wojciech Borecki (Oct 19, 2004 – Dec 31, 2004)
  • Poland Jacek Zielinski (Dec 31, 2004 – Sept 14, 2006)[6]
  • Poland Jan Furlepa (interim) (Sept 14, 2006 – Sept 20, 2006)
  • Poland Boguslaw Pietrzak (Sept 20, 2006 – June 30, 2007)
  • Poland Piotr Mandrysz (July 3, 2007 – June 30, 2008)
  • Poland Marek Wlecialowski (June 28, 2008 – Jan 5, 2009)
  • Poland Dariusz Fornalak (Jan 5, 2009 – March 15, 2010)
  • Poland Ryszard Wieczorek (March 15, 2010 – May 31, 2010)
  • Poland Marcin Brosz (June 15, 2010 – May 6, 2014)
  • Spain Ángel García (May 7, 2014 – March 18, 2015)
  • Czech Republic Radoslav Látal (March 20, 2015 – July 15, 2016)
  • Czech Republic Jiří Neček (July 15, 2016 – August 30, 2016)
  • Czech Republic Radoslav Látal (September 1, 2016 – March 2, 2017)
  • Poland Dariusz Wdowczyk (March 3, 2017 – September 19, 2017)
  • Poland Waldemar Fornalik (September 19, 2017 – )[7]

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. ↑ Kuczyński, Tomasz. "Sztama GieKSy z Banikiem, Ruchu z Atletico, Piasta z BATE. Czy to ma sens? [SŁYNNE SZTAMY]". dziennikzachodni.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze 3:2. Festiwal goli w śląskich derbach [ZDJĘCIA]". sport.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ↑ SG, JU,. "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze. Dziś derby przy Okrzei WYNIK NA ŻYWO GDZIE W TV, TRANSMISJA ONLINE". gazetawroclawska.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Piast Gliwice current squad" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lech Poznań – Strona Oficjalna. Specjalista od awansów – Jacek Zieliński" (in Polish). Lechpoznan.pl. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  7. ↑ "Waldemar Fornalik trenerem Piasta" (in Polish). 90minut. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

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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