GKS Bełchatów

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GKS Bełchatów
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Full name PGE Górniczy Klub Sportowy Bełchatów
Nickname(s) Gieksa, brunatni (the Browns)
Founded 1977
Ground Stadion GKS,
Bełchatów, Poland
(Capacity: 5,238 [1]
(upgrading to 10,650)
Chairman Poland Andrzej Zalejski
Manager Kamil Kiereś
League Ekstraklasa
2009–10 5th
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

PGE GKS Bełchatów (Polish pronunciation: [bɛwˈxatuf] ( listen)) is a professional football club that competes in the Polish Ekstraklasa. GKS is an abbreviation for the Miners' Sport Club (Górniczy Klub Sportowy).

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[edit] History

GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Division 4 in 1977 and gained promotion to Division 3 after four years (in the 1981/1982 season). It took the club another seven years to rise to Division 2 (1986/1987 season), before winning a place in the Polish Premier League in 1992. After another spell in Division 2, the club again won promotion to the First league at the end of the 2004/2005 season. The club finished the 2005/2006 season in 10th place, with 37 points. The following season they challenged for the league title. After spending much of the latter part of the 2006/07 season in first place, they were ultimately overtaken by Zagłębie Lubin and had to settle for second place.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Bełchatów in Europe

Season Competition Round Club Score
2007/08 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) FC Ameri Tbilisi 2-0, 0-2 (4-2 p.)
2Q Ukraine FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1-1, 2-4

[edit] Current squad

As of 17 February 2012[2]

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
2 Poland DF Filip Modelski
3 Poland DF Grzegorz Baran
4 Poland DF Jacek Popek (Captain)
5 Poland DF Damian Zbozień (on loan from Legia Warszawa)
6 Poland MF Szymon Sawala
7 Poland MF Leszek Nowosielski
8 Poland MF Michał Mak
9 Poland FW Dawid Nowak
11 Poland MF Kamil Kosowski
12 Poland GK Łukasz Sapela
14 Croatia DF Mate Lacić
15 Slovakia MF Miroslav Božok
16 Poland MF Mateusz Mak
No. Position Player
20 Poland FW Paweł Buzała
21 Poland FW Marcin Żewłakow
22 Poland DF Grzegorz Fonfara
23 Poland MF Tomasz Wróbel
24 Poland DF Maciej Wilusz
30 Poland MF Kamil Wacławczyk
31 Poland MF Paweł Giel
32 Poland DF Maciej Szmatiuk
40 Poland GK Dominik Kisiel
53 Poland GK Łukasz Budziłek
55 Poland FW Łukasz Wroński
56 Poland MF Damian Zawieja
66 Poland DF Piotr Witasik

[edit] Notable players

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.gksbelchatow.com/index.php/stadion/informacje
  2. ^ "Lista zawodników" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. http://www.gksbelchatow.com/index.php/druyny/i-zespo/kadra/kadra-20112012/lista-zawodnikow. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 

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