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GKS Bełchatów
Full namePGE Górniczy Klub Sportowy Bełchatów
Nickname(s)Gieksa
Brunatni (the Browns)
Torfiarze (the Turfers)
Founded1977
GroundGIEKSA Arena,
Bełchatów, Poland
Capacity5,264
ChairmanPoland Michał Antczak
ManagerPoland Mariusz Pawlak[1]
LeagueII Liga
2015–16 I liga16th, (relegated)
Websitehttp://www.gksbelchatow.com
Current season

PGE GKS Bełchatów [ˌpɛɡʲɛˈʔɛ ˌɡʲɛkaˈɛs bɛwˈxatuf] is a professional football club that competes in the Polish First League. GKS is an abbreviation for the Miners' Sport Club (Górniczy Klub Sportowy).

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.

Achievements

Fans

The fans are called Torfiorze (the "Turfers" in translation). They have friendly relations with fans of Wisła Sandomierz. Their biggest rivals are neighbours RKS Radomsko, and as Bełchatów is located in the Łódź Province, they also have rivalries with the two traditional well-established Łódź teams, ŁKS and Widzew.

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

Current squad

As of 26 June 2017[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Poland POL Paweł Lenarcik
2 DF Poland POL Mateusz Szymorek
3 DF Poland POL Marcin Grolik
4 MF Poland POL Mikołaj Bociek
6 MF Poland POL Szymon Zgarda
7 MF Poland POL Bartłomiej Bartosiak
10 FW Poland POL Dawid Flaszka
11 MF Poland POL Albin Maciejewski
12 GK Poland POL Kamil Bruchajzer
13 GK Poland POL Daniel Niźnik
14 DF Poland POL Adrian Klepczyński
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Poland POL Krzysztof Michalak
16 MF Armenia ARM Aghvan Papikyan
17 DF Poland POL Damian Michalski
20 MF Poland POL Patryk Rachwał
21 MF Poland POL Marcin Ryszka
22 DF Poland POL Robert Pisarczuk
23 MF Poland POL Bartłomiej Kondracki
25 DF Poland POL Piotr Witasik
- MF Poland POL Robert Chwastek
- MF Poland POL Michał Ciarkowski
- MF Poland POL Marcin Garuch
- MF Senegal SEN Émile Thiakane

Managers

Notable players

Players who have been capped and/or have over 80 appearances for the club

See also

References

  1. ^ Mariusz Pawlak trenerem PGE GKS Bełchatów‚ gksbelchatow.com, 11 January 2017
  2. ^ "I zespół" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. Retrieved 26 June 2017.