Piast Gliwice

Football club infobox
clubname = Piast Gliwice


fullname = Gliwicki Klub Sportowy
Piast Gliwice
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founded = 1945
ground = Stadion Piast, Gliwice, Poland
capacity = 6,000 | chairman = flagicon|POL Jacek Krzyżanowski
manager = flagicon|POL Marek Wleciałowski
league = Ekstraklasa
season = 2007-08
position = Polish Second League, 3rd
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Piast Gliwice, IPA2|ˈpʲast gliˈviʦɛ, is a Polish football club based in Gliwice, Poland. Founded in June of 1945 by the Poles who had been forced to leave their homeland in present Western Ukraine, Piast's soccer team played for as many as 32 seasons in the Polish Second Division, however, it has never managed to qualify to the Ekstraklasa until 2008. Twice (1978, 1983, Piast managed to reach finals of the Cup of Poland. Club's name comes from the Piast dynasty, that ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state in the 10th century, until 1370.

General Information

Club:

*Full Name: Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice
*Date Established: June 19th 1945
*Colours: Blue-Red Address: ul. Zwycięstwa 36, 44-100 Gliwice Stadium:

Stadium:Address: ul. Stefana Okrzei, Gliwice Capacity - 6,000(5,000 seated) Lighting - 1460 lux. Pitch Dimensions - 105m x 65m

Directions:Take bus number 59,60. Bus stop on ul. Piwnej, or take line number 676 on Plac (Square) Piastów During the 2008/2009 season, Piast will play their home matches in the MOSiR stadium in the town of Wodzisław Śląski.

Stadium History:The current stadium was constucted in the 1920s. It has been renevated and modernized many times since then. Before World War 2, SpVgg Vorwärts-Rasensport played their matches regularly in the stadium. The capacity of the stadium was around 15,000 in 1941. After the 1956 fusion of the three different clubs, GKS Gliwice was formed. Piast continued to play their matches on ul. Robotniczej. In 196, the 2 clubs merged together. The new club name was GKS "Piast" Gliwice. On July 21st 2006, an inauguration match against Pogon Szczecin was played at 21:00 with the new lighting system installed.

Source: www.piast.gliwice.pl

Current Squad

Transfers

2008-2009:

In:
*Marcin Folc ( Zagłębie Sosnowiec)
*Mariusz Muszalik ( Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski)
*Lumir Sedláček ( Polonia Warsaw)
*Marcin Bojarski ( Cracovia)
*Jakub Szmatuła ( Warta Poznań)
*Daniel Koczon ( Motor Lublin)
*Kamil Glik ( Real Madrid C) Out:
*Wojciech Kędziora ( Zagłębie Lubin)
*Michał Chamera ( Bałtyk Gdynia)
*Maciej Humerski ( Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski)
*Adam Kompała ( Ruch Radzionków) Source: www.piastgliwice.eu

2007-2008:

In:
*Rafał Andraszak ( Górnik Zabrze)
*Mariusz Błachut ( Beskidy Andrychów)
*Łukasz Żyrkowski ( ŁTS Łabędy Gliwice)
*Stanisław Wróbel ( Odra Wodzisław Śląski)
*Michał Chamera ( Brabrand IF)
*Łukasz Kapusta ( Youth Team)
*Marcin Nowak ( Widzew Łódź)
*Łukasz Ponichtera ( Mieszko Gniezno)
*Piotr Prędota ( Motor Lublin) Out:
*Krzysztof Damian Kozik ( GKS BOT Bełchatów)
*Adrian Świątek ( ŁKS Łódź)
*Łukasz Wesecki ( GKS 71 Tychy)
*Marcin Rogalski ( Zawisza Bydgoszcz)

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 Source: www.piastgliwice.eu

Achievements

Football:
*Polish Cup finalist: 2x - 1977/78, 1982/83
*1 Liga 2nd place: 4x - 1962, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1980/81
*Seasons in Ekstraklasa : 1 (2008/2009)
*Seasons in 1 Liga : 32
*Seasons in II liga : 16
*Seasons in III liga : 23

See also

* Football in Poland
* List of football teams
* Champions' Cup/League
* UEFA Cup

External links

* [http://www.piast.gliwice.pl Official website]