GKS Tychy

GKS Tychy is a Polish professional football club, based in Tychy, Poland, that plays in the Polish I Liga. The club was founded on 20 April 1971. It played in the Ekstraklasa between 1974–1977. The biggest success of GKS Tychy was the 2nd place in the 1975/76 season of the Ekstraklasa, behind Stal Mielec. As a result, the team played in the UEFA Cup 1976-77, losing to 1. FC Köln.

Tychy City Stadium
For the ice hockey section of the club, see GKS Tychy (ice hockey).
GKS Tychy
Full nameGórniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy
Founded20 April 1971 (1971-04-20)
GroundTychy City Stadium,
Edukacji 7 Street, 43-100 Tychy, Poland
Capacity15,300
Chairman Leszek Bartnicki
Manager Tomasz Horwat
LeagueI liga
2018–197th
WebsiteClub website

History

The history of GKS Tychy dates back to 20 April 1971, when the government of the county of Tychy, together with Communist party activists (PZPR), decided to form a powerful sports organization. As a result of the merger of Polonia Tychy, Gornik Wesola and Gornik Murcki, a strong, multi-department sports club was formed, with football and ice-hockey as its major departments. Before the creation of GKS Tychy, ice-hockey players of Gornik Murcki had twice won the Cup of Poland (1967 and 1971).

The decision to merge the teams from Murcki and Wesola was not welcomed by members of local communities, who wanted to keep their organizations. The Tychy County government did not care about these concerns, as the plan was to form a strong club, with top class athletes. GKS Tychy was financially supported by local coal mines, from Tychy, Ledziny, Wesola and Bieruń. A new, 20,000 stadium was built, together with a swimming pool and ice-skating rink. By 1973, GKS Tychy had over 600 athletes in seven departments, including football, ice-hockey, wrestling, and track and field.

Two years after its creation, the football team of GKS Tychy won promotion to the second level of Polish football tier, and in early summer of 1974, the team was promoted to Ekstraklasa. With its topscorer Roman Ogaza, Tychy in August 1974 debuted in Ekstraklasa, in a 1–1 game vs. Lech Poznan. In 1975–76 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy finished second, after Polish champion Stal Mielec, and in the UEFA Cup, it played against West German side 1. FC Koeln. In the first leg, in Cologne (15 September 1976), Tychy lost 0–2. In the second leg, which took place on 29 September 1976 at Silesian Stadium in Chorzow, Polish team tied 1-1, after a goal by Roman Ogaza. Ogaza himself was a member of Polish football team, which won silver in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, becoming the first athlete in the history of Tychy to win an olympic medal.

In the 1976–77 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy, to the surprise of experts, was relegated from Polish top division, despite the fact that its top players remained at Tychy. After several seasons in Polish Second Division, GKS was once again relegated (1983) to the third level of Polish football tier, remaining there until 1993. After a merger with Sokol Pniewy, the new team, called Sokol Tychy-Pniewy, played in 1995–96 Ekstraklasa and 1996–97 Ekstraklasa. Due to financial difficulties, the team was dissolved in 1997. Soon afterwards, new organization, called Tyski Klub Sportowy Tychy was founded.

Previous names
  • 20.04.1971 to 1996 - Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy
  • 1996 - Sokół Tychy
  • 1997 - Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy
  • 1998 - TKS Tychy
  • 2000 - Górnośląski Klub Sportowy Tychy '71
  • 2008 - Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy

GKS Tychy in Europe
Season Competition Round Club Score
1976-77 UEFA Cup 1R 1. FC Köln 0-2, 1-1

Players
As of 21 July 2019.[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 Adrian Odyjewski
3 DF  POL Łukasz Sołowiej
4 DF  POL Marcin Biernat
5 DF  POL Maciej Mańka
6 DF  POL Marcin Kowalczyk
8 MF  POL Łukasz Grzeszczyk
9 FW  POL Dawid Kasprzyk
11 MF  POL Nikolas Wróblewski
14 MF  CRO Darijo Krišto
16 MF  POL Jakub Piątek
17 FW  POL Sebastian Steblecki
18 MF  POL Aleksander Biegański
19 FW  POL Michal Staniucha
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  POL Bartosz Szeliga
21 DF  EST Ken Kallaste
22 MF  COD Wilson Kamavuaka
23 FW  ESP Omar Monterde
24 MF  POL Dominik Polap
27 FW  POL Mateusz Piatkowski
31 MF  TRI Keon Daniel
32 FW  POL Szymon Lewicki
53 GK  SVK Marek Igaz
77 MF  POL Kacper Piątek
79 MF  POL Paweł Szołtys
91 GK  POL Konrad Jalocha
96 MF  POL Wojciech Szumilas

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Staff
Head coach Tomasz Horwat
Assistant coach Jarosław Zadylak
Goalkeeping coach Tomasz Rogala
Director coach Grzegorz Kiecok
Fitness coach Leszek Simiłowski
Doctor Grzegorz Nocoń

Other sports

Active sections

Notable players
Jerzy Dudek

Had international caps for their respective countries.[2] Players listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tychy.

Bosnia & Herzegovina
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Estonia
Kyrgyzstan
Moldova
Poland
Trinidad and Tobago
Zimbabwe

References
  1. "Pierwzy zespół" (in Polish). GKS Tychy. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. "GKS 71 Tychy". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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