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GKS Górnik Łęczna

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Górnik Łęczna
Full nameGórniczy Klub Sportowy Górnik Łęczna
Nickname(s)Zielono-Czarni (The Green and Blacks)
Founded20 September 1979; 45 years ago (1979-09-20)
GroundStadion Górnika Łęczna
Capacity7,200
ChairmanMaciej Grzywa
ManagerPavol Staňo
LeagueI liga
2023–24I liga, 5th of 18
Websitehttp://www.gornik.leczna.pl
Current season

Górniczy Klub Sportowy Górnik Łęczna, commonly referred to as Górnik Łęczna, is a sports club based in Łęczna, Poland. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which competes in I liga, the second division in the Polish football league system. The club also fields teams in women's football and wrestling.

History

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The club was founded in 1979, as a club for the local coal miners. As the years went, the local Bogdanka Coal Mine decided to invest more and more money and as a result the club quickly rose through the leagues. The club shed its relative obscurity when it gained promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 2003.

Górnik Łęczna played in the top division from 2003 until 2007, when they were relegated to the 3rd division, as a consequence of their involvement in a match fixing scandal. However they were promoted straight back up as league winners after the 2007–08 season and competed in the I Liga for six years before winning promotion to the 2014–15 Ekstraklasa.

Since 1 January 2007, the men's football department has been operating as a business entity separate from the rest of the club.

In February 2011 the team was renamed GKS Bogdanka (Polish pronunciation: [bɔɡˈdaŋka]) for sponsorship reasons, a decision from the local Bogdanka coal mine.[1] As a result, a group of supporters opposing the name change formed an amateur team GKS Górnik 1979 Łęczna.[2] On 23 July 2013 GKS Bogdanka's board of directors announced the return to the former name.[3]

Honours

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Current squad

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As of 4 September 2024[4]

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 Slovakia SVK Branislav Pindroch
3 DF Poland POL Marcin Grabowski
5 DF Poland POL Mateusz Broda
6 DF Spain ESP Jonathan de Amo
7 FW Spain ESP Solo Traoré
8 MF Slovenia SVN Egzon Kryeziu
9 FW Poland POL Hubert Turski (on loan from Pogoń Szczecin)
10 MF Poland POL Adam Deja (captain)
11 MF Poland POL Fryderyk Janaszek
12 FW Slovakia SVK Marcel Masár
14 DF Poland POL Filip Szabaciuk
15 MF Poland POL Szymon Krawczyk (on loan from GKS Katowice)
16 MF Poland POL Paweł Żyra
17 MF Slovakia SVK Branislav Spáčil
18 DF Lithuania LTU Dominykas Barauskas
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Poland POL Przemysław Banaszak
20 MF Poland POL Patryk Malamis
21 DF Poland POL Jakub Bednarczyk
22 MF Poland POL Kamil Orlik
23 DF Nigeria NGA David Ogaga
25 DF Poland POL Damian Zbozień
30 MF Uzbekistan UZB Bekzod Akhmedov (on loan from Janowianka Janów Lubelski)
44 GK Poland POL Adrian Kostrzewski
47 MF Poland POL Michał Steszuk
52 FW Poland POL Damian Warchoł
77 FW Poland POL Michał Litwa
80 GK Poland POL Dawid Olszak
91 DF Poland POL Sebastian Szczytniewski
95 FW Croatia CRO Marko Roginić

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Poland POL Tomasz Woźniak

GKS Górnik 1979 Łęczna

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Górnik 1979 Łęczna was a club founded in 2011 by Górnik Łęczna fans who were unhappy with the name change to GKS Bogdanka. The club eventually changed its name back in 2013 but the fan owned counterpart has continued to operate in amateur football leagues. On 22 August 2014 the club withdrew from all competitions and ceased to operate, the reason cited were the lack of funds and the fact that the original Górnik Łęczna team went back to its original name scrapping the GKS Bogdanka name.[5]

Women's section

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The women's section of Górnik Łęczna played for years in the second and third-tier leagues of Poland. In 2006–07 the team reached the semi-finals of the Polish Cup but lost to Medyk Konin.[6] In the 2009–10 season with the expansion of the Ekstraliga Kobiet the team finally gained promotion to it by finishing second in its 2nd tier division.[7] In its Ekstraliga debut Górnik was 5th.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Górnik Łęczna zmienił nazwę" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. ^ Olkiewicz, Jakub (26 March 2012). "Wyzwanie przyjęte – piłka w Łęcznej bez Bogdanki" (in Polish). Weszło!. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Wracamy do historycznej nazwy – Górnik Łęczna" (in Polish). GKS Bogdanka. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). GKS Górnik Łęczna. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Górnik 1979 Łęczna Archives". gornik-leczna.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Puchar Polski kobiet 2006/2007". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  7. ^ "I liga kobiet 2009/2010, grupa: południowa". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  8. ^ 2010–11 table in Soccerway.com
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