Piast Gliwice

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Piast Gliwice
Full nameGliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice
Nickname(s)Piastunki (the Custodians, the Keepers)
Founded18 June 1945; 78 years ago (1945-06-18)
GroundStadion Miejski im. Piotra Wieczorka
Capacity9,913
ChairmanGrzegorz Bednarski
ManagerAleksandar Vuković
LeagueEkstraklasa
2022–23Ekstraklasa, 5th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season
Piast Gliwice Vice-Champion of Poland celebration in 2016

Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice (pronounced [ɡlʲiˈvʲit͡sʲ.kʲi klup spɔrˈtɔ.vɨ pʲjasd ɡlʲiˈvʲi.t͡sɛ][A]) is a Polish football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2022–23, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division.

History

The club was founded in June 1945 by the

Poles who had been forced to leave their homes in former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union (present-day Ukraine). 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, and in the city itself until 1532.

In 1949, five local teams were merged with Piast, and the team was renamed to Metal Piast Gliwice, and then to Stal Gliwice, before its original name Piast Gliwice was restored in 1955. Piast continued to play their matches on ul. Robotniczej. In 1964, Piast merged with GKS Gliwice, a team formed in 1956 from a fusion of the three other local clubs, and the name was changed to GKS Piast Gliwice. Since the 1950s, Piast mostly played in the Second Division. During that period, Piast have twice (1978, 1983) managed to reach the final of the Polish Cup, losing on both occasions.

In the 1990s, due to financial difficulties, the team was rebuilt from the Klasa B (7th tier), achieving four consecutive promotions from the seventh to the third tier in 1997–2001, and afterwards it won promotion to the II liga (second tier) in 2003. Piast played as many as 33 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 to come back in 2012. It is the first football team in Poland to gain promotion from the 7th tier to the Ekstraklasa (Polish top tier of football) and later to the European club competition.[1]

In the 2010s, Piast enjoyed its greatest success, being runners-up in the 2015–16 Ekstraklasa and winning its first Polish Championship in the 2018–19 season.

There is also a futsal department of Piast Gliwice, which competes in the Futsal Ekstraklasa (top division). Its home venue is the Gliwice Arena. It won its first Polish Championship in the 2021–22 season.[2]

Naming history

  • (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

Crest

Gliwice city coat of arms from which the club crest is derived

The club's crest is derived from the coat of arms of the city of Gliwice, and thus contains the Piast Eagle of the Upper Silesian line of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty, which ruled the city until 1532.

Honours

Seasons

European record

Results

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
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1Q Belarus BATE Borisov 1−2 1−1 2−3
UEFA Europa League 2Q Latvia Riga FC 3−2 1−2 4−4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Belarus Dinamo Minsk 2−0
2Q Austria Hartberg 3–2
3Q Denmark Copenhagen 0−3
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round

UEFA Team ranking

As of 30 September 2021.[3]

Rank Team Points
301 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris 3.500
302 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 3.500
303 Poland Piast Gliwice 3.500
304
Gabala
3.500
305 Republic of Ireland Cork City 3.500

Stadium

Stadion Miejski

Piast plays their home games at the 10,000 capacity Stadion Miejski im. Piotra Wieczorka in Gliwice.

Supporters

Piast have a friendship with fans of Belarusian club

Sturm Graz, the friendship became official and both sets of fans regularly visit each other.[4]

Piast's major rivals are

derby.[5][6] The stadiums are located just a few kilometres from each other. Other rivals are local teams Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice and the two Bytom clubs, Szombierki and Polonia
.

Current squad

As of 7 March 2024[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Poland POL Ariel Mosór
3 DF Spain ESP Miguel Muñoz
4 DF Poland POL Jakub Czerwiński (captain)
5 DF Slovakia SVK Tomáš Huk
6 MF Poland POL Michał Chrapek
7 MF Spain ESP Jorge Félix
9 FW Poland POL Fabian Piasecki
10 FW Poland POL Kamil Wilczek
11 MF Poland POL Damian Kądzior
12 GK Poland POL Bartłomiej Jelonek
14 DF Slovakia SVK Jakub Holúbek
16 MF Poland POL Patryk Dziczek
17 MF Poland POL Filip Karbowy
19 MF Poland POL Michael Ameyaw
20 MF Poland POL Grzegorz Tomasiewicz
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Poland POL Tomasz Mokwa
23 MF Poland POL Szczepan Mucha
24 MF England ENG Tom Hateley
25 DF Poland POL Piotr Liszewski
26 GK Slovakia SVK František Plach
30 MF Poland POL Miłosz Szczepański
31 MF Poland POL Oskar Leśniak
33 GK Poland POL Karol Szymański
44 MF Ukraine UKR Sergiy Krykun
67 MF Poland POL Jakub Niedbała
77 DF Poland POL Arkadiusz Pyrka
79 GK Poland POL Dawid Rychta
96 MF North Macedonia MKD Tihomir Kostadinov
99 FW Poland POL Piotr Urbański
MF Georgia (country) GEO Valerian Gvilia

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
27 FW Poland POL Gabriel Kirejczyk (at Zagłębie Sosnowiec until 30 June 2024)
28 MF Poland POL Michał Kaput (at Radomiak Radom until 30 June 2024)
29 FW Poland POL Marcel Bykowski (at Kotwica Kołobrzeg until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 DF Austria AUT Constantin Reiner (at SCR Altach until 30 June 2024)
67 MF Poland POL Jakub Niedbała (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2024)

Former players

Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Hungary
Lithuania
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Ukraine
South America
Brazil
  • Hebert Silva Santos
Ecuador

Managers

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Piast is pronounced [pʲjast]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kapitan Piasta awansował z nim od B-klasy do ekstraklasy" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 2008-05-27. Archived from the original on 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. ^ "Piast Gliwice po raz pierwszy mistrzem Polski w futsalu". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Club coefficients | UEFA Coefficients". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  4. ^ Kuczyński, Tomasz. "Sztama GieKSy z Banikiem, Ruchu z Atletico, Piasta z BATE. Czy to ma sens? [SŁYNNE SZTAMY]". dziennikzachodni.pl. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze 3:2. Festiwal goli w śląskich derbach [ZDJĘCIA]". sport.pl. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. ^ SG, JU. "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze. Dziś derby przy Okrzei WYNIK NA ŻYWO GDZIE W TV, TRANSMISJA ONLINE". gazetawroclawska.pl. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Piast Gliwice current squad" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Lech Poznań – Strona Oficjalna. Specjalista od awansów – Jacek Zieliński" (in Polish). Lechpoznan.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  9. ^ "Waldemar Fornalik trenerem Piasta" (in Polish). 90minut. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

External links

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