GKS Bełchatów

Full name

PGE Górniczy Klub Sportowy Bełchatów

Nickname(s)

Gieksa
Brunatni (the Browns)
Torfiarze (the Turfers)

Founded

1977

Ground

GIEKSA Arena,
Bełchatów, Poland

Capacity

5,238

Chairman

Michał Antczak

Manager

Andrzej Konwiński

League

II Liga

2015–16 I liga

16th, (relegated)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

PGE GKS Bełchatów [ˌpɛɡʲɛˈʔɛ ˌɡʲɛkaˈɛs bɛwˈxatuf] is a professional football club that competes in the Polish First League. GKS is an abbreviation for the Miners' Sport Club (Górniczy Klub Sportowy).

History

GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Division 4 in 1977 and gained promotion to Division 3 after four years (in the 1981/1982 season). It took the club another seven years to rise to Division 2 (1986/1987 season), before winning a place in the Polish Premier League in 1992. After another spell in Division 2, the club again won promotion to the First league at the end of the 2004/2005 season. The club finished the 2005/2006 season in 10th place, with 37 points. The following season they challenged for the league title. After spending much of the latter part of the 2006/07 season in first place, they were ultimately overtaken by Zagłębie Lubin and had to settle for second place.

Achievements

Ekstraklasa (First division):
- 2nd place (1): 2007
Polish Cup:
- Finalist (2): 1996, 1999
Ekstraklasa Cup:
- Finalist (1): 2007
Polish SuperCup:
- Finalist (1): 2007

Fans

The fans are called Torfiorze (the "Turfers" in translation). They have friendly relations with fans of Wisła Sandomierz. Their biggest rivals are neighbours RKS Radomsko, and as Bełchatów is located in the Łódź Province, they also have rivalries with the two traditional well-established Łódź teams, ŁKS and Widzew.

Bełchatów in Europe

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
2007/08	UEFA Cup	1Q		FC Ameri Tbilisi	2–0, 0–2 (4–2 p.)
		2Q		FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–1, 2–4

Current squad

As of 30 August 2016 ^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Paweł Lenarcik
2	DF	Mateusz Szymorek
3	DF	Marcin Grolik
4	MF	Mikołaj Bociek
5	MF	Artur Lenartowski
6	MF	Szymon Zgarda
7	MF	Bartłomiej Bartosiak
8	FW	Krystian Pałczyński
9	MF	Paweł Zięba
10	FW	Dawid Flaszka
11	MF	Albin Maciejewski
12	GK	Kamil Bruchajzer
13	GK	Daniel Niźnik
14	DF	Adrian Klepczyński

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Krzysztof Michalak
16	MF	Aghvan Papikyan
17	DF	Damian Michalski
18	MF	Konrad Andrzejczak
19	FW	Maciej Łabędzki
20	MF	Patryk Rachwał
21	MF	Marcin Ryszka
22	DF	Robert Pisarczuk
23	MF	Bartłomiej Kondracki
24	DF	Michał Sitarz
25	DF	Piotr Witasik
26	FW	Marcin Krzywicki
27	MF	Dawid Dzięgielewski

Managers

Wlodzimierz Tylak (March 7, 1992 – June 20, 1993)
Wladyslaw Lach (July 1, 1993 – Aug 31, 1995)
Krzysztof Pawlak (Sept 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996)
Janusz Bialek (July 27, 1996 – Sept 21, 1996)
Marek Pochopień (Sept 28, 1996 – Dec 31, 1996)
Bogusław Kaczmarek (March 5, 1997 – May 14, 1997)
Jerzy Wyrobek (May 17, 1997 – June 30, 1998)
Krzysztof Pawlak (July 1, 1998 – May 9, 1999)
Marek Pochopień (May 10, 1999 – June 30, 1999)
Orest Lenczyk (1999)
Krzysztof Wolak (1999–00)
Ryszard Polak (2000)
Jan Złomańczuk, Piotr Szarpak & Adam Mażysz (May 9, 2000 – April 22, 2001)
Józef Dankowski (2001)

Krzysztof Tochel (Oct 2001 – May 02)
Jacek Zieliński (June 11, 2002 – Sept 10, 2002)
Mariusz Kuras (Sept 11, 2002 – Oct 6, 2005)
Orest Lenczyk (Oct 10, 2005 – March 21, 2008)
Jan Złomańczuk (interim) (March 21, 2008 – May 21, 2008)
Paweł Janas (May 21, 2008 – Jan 3, 2009)
Rafał Ulatowski (2009 – May 10)
Maciej Bartoszek (June 2, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
Paweł Janas (June 17, 2011 – Aug 31, 2011)
Kamil Kiereś (Sept 1, 2011 – Sept 25, 2012)
Jan Złomańczuk (Sept 25, 2012 – Nov 14, 2012)
Michal Probierz (Nov 14, 2012 – Dec 21, 2012)
Kamil Kiereś (Jan 9, 2013–)

Notable players

Players who have been capped and/or have over 80 appearances for the club

References

↑ "I zespół" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

External links

Official club website
GKS Bełchatów at Soccerway

I liga · 2016–17 clubs

Bytovia Bytów Chojniczanka Chojnice Chrobry Głogów GKS Katowice GKS Tychy Górnik Zabrze Miedź Legnica MKS Kluczbork Olimpia Grudziądz Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Pogoń Siedlce Sandecja Nowy Sącz Stal Mielec Stomil Olsztyn Wigry Suwałki Wisła Puławy Zagłębie Sosnowiec Znicz Pruszków

Second level football seasons in Poland

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I liga (2008–present)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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