Piast Gliwice
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| Full name | Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice | ||
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| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Piast, Gliwice, Poland | ||
| Capacity | 10,037 | ||
| Chairman |  Józef Drabicki | ||
| Manager | Marcin Brosz | ||
| League | I Liga | ||
| 2010–11 | 5th | ||
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Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpʲast ɡliˈvit͡sɛ]) is a Polish football club based in Gliwice, Poland. Founded in June 1945 by the Poles who had been forced to leave their homeland in present-day Western Ukraine, 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.
History
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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.
Club Names
- (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
Stadium
Piast plays their home games at the 10,000 capacity Stadion Piast in Gliwice.
Current squad
- As of 19 July 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Achievements
Domestic
- I Liga (Second Division)
- 2nd Place (4): 1962, 1976, 1977, 1981
- Polish Cup
- Runner-up (2): 1978, 1983
Seasons
- Seasons in Ekstraklasa : 2 (2008–2009, 2009–2010)
- Seasons in I Liga : 32
- Seasons in II Liga : 16
- Seasons in III Liga : 23
Managers
Krzysztof Zagorski (Dec 2001–Oct 02)- Jozef Dankowski (April 2003–Oct 04)
- Wojciech Borecki (Oct 2004–Dec 04)
- Jacek Zielinski (Dec 2004–Sept 06)
- Jan Furlepa (interim) (Sept 2006)
- Boguslaw Pietrzak (Sept 2006–June 07)
- Piotr Mandrysz (July 2007–June 08)
- Marek Wlecialowski (June 2008–Jan 09)
- Dariusz Fornalak (Jan 2009–March 10)
- Ryszard Wieczorek (March 2010–May 10)
- Marcin Brosz (June 2010–)