Piast Gliwice

Piast Gliwice
Full name Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice
Nickname(s) Piastunki (the Nurses)
Szlachta (Noblemen)
Founded 18 June 1945 (1945-06-18)
Ground Stadion Piast
Ground Capacity 10,037
Chairman Marek Kwiatek
Manager Radoslav Látal
League Ekstraklasa
2015–16 2nd
Website Club home page
Piast Gliwice Stadium

Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice ([ˈpʲast ɡliˈvit͡sɛ], "Gliwice Piast Sport Club") is a Polish football club based in Gliwice, Poland.

History

The club was founded in June 1945 by the Poles who had been forced to leave their homeland in present-day Western Ukraine. 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'. 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. Piast is the first soccer team in Poland to gain promotion from the 7th tier to the Ekstraklasa (Polish top tier of football) and later to the European Cup.[1]

Naming history

Achievements

Domestic

Seasons

European Record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2Q Azerbaijan Qarabağ FK 2–2 1–2 3–4 (a.e.t.)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 2Q Sweden IFK Göteborg 0–3 0–0 0–3
Notes

Stadium

Piast Gliwice Stadium

Piast plays their home games at the 10,000 capacity Stadion Piast in Gliwice.

Supporters

Piast have a friendship with fans of Belarusian club BATE Borisov since 2011. The friendship started when BATE fans on their way to a Champions League match in Copenhagen stopped for a Piast game against local rivals GKS Katowice. The Piast fans then went to Alkmaar to support BATE versus AZ. After another visit for a Champions League game against Sturm Graz, the friendship became official and both sets of fans regularly visit each other.[2]

Piast's major rivals are Górnik Zabrze, with whom they contest the local derby.[3][4] The stadiums are located just a few kilometres from each other and Górnik have a sizeable support within Gliwice. Other rivals are local teams Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice and the two Bytom clubs, Szombierki and Polonia.

Current Squad

As of 30 October 2016.[5]

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

No. Position Player
1 Poland GK Jakub Szmatuła
2 Slovakia DF Patrik Mráz
3 Poland MF Denis Gojko
4 Poland DF Marcin Flis
5 Poland MF Marcin Pietrowski
6 Poland MF Dominik Budzik
7 Poland FW Maciej Jankowski
9 Poland MF Radosław Murawski (captain)
10 Croatia FW Josip Barišić
11 Poland MF Paweł Moskwik
12 Slovenia MF Saša Živec
13 Poland MF Tomasz Okraszewski
14 Poland MF Maciej Borycka
15 Poland MF Michał Masłowski (on loan from Legia Warsaw)
No. Position Player
19 Poland MF Mateusz Mak
21 Spain MF Gerard Badía
22 Poland DF Tomasz Mokwa
25 Serbia DF Aleksandar Sedlar
26 Poland MF Bartosz Szeliga
29 Poland MF Rafał Zaborowski
31 Slovakia GK Dobrivoj Rusov
53 Poland GK Jakub Freitag
77 Poland MF Igor Sapała
82 Slovakia MF Martin Bukata
88 Slovenia DF Uroš Korun
91 Brazil DF Hebert
93 Lithuania DF Edvinas Girdvainis
96 Poland FW Sebastian Musiolik
99 Austria FW Sandro Gotal

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
6 Poland MF Piotr Kwaśniewski (at MKS Kluczbork)
13 Poland GK Rafał Leszczyński (at Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała)
28 Poland DF Kornel Osyra (at Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza)
No. Position Player
55 Poland MF Jakub Kuzdra (at Polonia Bytom)
95 Poland FW Daniel Ciechański (at Polonia Bytom)
Poland DF Mateusz Długołęcki (at Znicz Pruszków)

Managers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kapitan Piasta awansował z nim od B-klasy do ekstraklasy" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. ↑ http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/artykul/709451,sztama-gieksy-z-banikiem-ruchu-z-atletico-piasta-z-bate-czy-to-ma-sens-slynne-sztamy,id,t.html?cookie=1
  3. ↑ http://www.slask.sport.pl/sport-slask/1,124015,18469246,piast-gliwice-gornik-zabrze-3-2-festiwal-goli-w-slaskich.html
  4. ↑ http://www.gazetawroclawska.pl/artykul/3777145,piast-gliwice-gornik-zabrze-dzis-derby-przy-okrzei-wynik-na-zywo-gdzie-w-tv-transmisja-online,id,t.html?cookie=1
  5. ↑ "Piast Gliwice current squad" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lech Poznań - Strona Oficjalna. Specjalista od awansów - Jacek Zieliński" (in Polish). Lechpoznan.pl. Retrieved 2013-06-08.

External links

Coordinates: 50°18′23.69″N 18°41′45.42″E / 50.3065806°N 18.6959500°E / 50.3065806; 18.6959500

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