GKS Bełchatów

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).

GKS Bełchatów
Full namePGE Górniczy Klub Sportowy Bełchatów
Nickname(s)Gieksa
Brunatni (the Browns)
Torfiarze (the Turfers)
Founded1977
GroundStadion Miejski,
Bełchatów, Poland
Capacity5,264
Chairman Wiktor Rydz
Manager Marcin Węglewski
LeagueI liga
2019-2015th
WebsiteClub website

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 FC Ameri Tbilisi 2–0, 0–2 (4–2 p.)
2Q FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–1, 2–4

Current squad
As of 5 October 2020.[1]

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  POL Paweł Lenarcik
2 DF  POL Mateusz Szymorek
4 DF  POL Seweryn Michalski
5 DF  POL Michał Pawlik
6 MF  POL Damian Michalak
7 MF  POL Szymon Łapiński (on loan from Jagiellonia Białystok)
8 MF  POL Damian Hilbrycht (on loan from Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała)
9 FW  POL Patryk Winsztal
10 MF  POL Dawid Flaszka
11 FW  POL Maciej Mas (on loan from Jagiellonia Białystok)
12 GK  POL Daniel Niźnik
14 MF  POL Marcin Szeibe
15 FW  POL Konrad Matuszewski
16 DF  POL Mikołaj Grzelak
17 MF  POL Marcin Ryszka
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  POL Arkadiusz Najemski
19 MF  POL Waldemar Gancarczyk
20 MF  POL Piotr Skrobosiński (on loan from Polonia Środa Wielkopolska)
21 DF  POL Mariusz Magiera
22 GK  POL Kewin Komar
23 FW  POL Dawid Błanik
24 DF  POL Bartłomiej Eizenchart (on loan from Górnik Zabrze)
30 MF  POL Łukasz Wroński
59 FW  POL Przemysław Zdybowicz (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
66 DF  POL Bartłomiej Lisowski
70 DF  POL Marcin Sierczyński
71 FW  POL Patryk Makuch (on loan from Miedź Legnica)
74 MF  POL Jakub Witek (on loan from Wisła Płock)
99 FW  POL Jakub Bator (on loan from Raków Częstochowa)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  POL Damian Warnecki (at Skra Częstochowa)

Managers

Notable players

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

See also

References
  1. "I zespół" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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