GKS Tychy

GKS Tychy is a Polish professional football club, based in Tychy, that competes in the Polish I liga. The club was founded in 1971. It played in the Ekstraklasa between 1974–1977 and 1995–1997. The biggest success of GKS Tychy was the 2nd place in the 1975–76 season of the Ekstraklasa.

Stadion Miejski, home venue of GKS Tychy
GKS Tychy
Full nameGórniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy
Founded20 April 1971 (1971-04-20)
GroundStadion Miejski,
Edukacji 7 Street, 43-100 Tychy, Poland Poland
Capacity15,300
OwnerThe Seelig Group
Chien Lee
ChairmanLeszek Bartnicki
ManagerDariusz Banasik
LeagueI liga
2022–23I liga, 13th of 18
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, Górnik Wesoła and Górnik 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 Górnik Murcki had twice won the Polish Cup (1967 and 1971).

The decision to merge the teams from Murcki and Wesoła 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, Lędziny, Wesoła 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 Poznań. In 1975–76 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy finished second, after Polish champion Stal Mielec, and in the UEFA Cup, it played against West German side Köln. 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 Sokół Pniewy, the new team, called Sokół 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. Later on, the team eventually returned to the historic name GKS Tychy and won promotion to the I liga (second tier) in 2012. In the 2020–21 season GKS qualified to promotion play-offs to the Ekstraklasa, but lost to the final winner Górnik Łęczna.

In April 2021, The Seelig Group and Chien Lee acquired 75% of GKS Tychy and became the controlling shareholders.[1]

Previous names

  • 20 April 1971 – 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 Germany 1. FC Köln 0-2, 1-1

Players

As of 17 July, 2023[2]

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 Poland POL Maciej Kikolski
3 DF Czech Republic CZE Petr Buchta
6 DF Montenegro MNE Nemanja Nedić
7 MF Poland POL Wiktor Niewiarowski
8 MF Poland POL Marcin Szpakowski
9 FW Poland POL Daniel Rumin
10 MF Poland POL Przemysław Mystkowski
11 MF Poland POL Kacper Skibicki
12 GK Poland POL Stanisław Czarnogłowski
15 MF Poland POL Michal Ploch
16 DF Poland POL Jakub Budnicki
17 DF Poland POL Marcel Błachewicz
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Poland POL Bartosz Śpiączka
21 DF Poland POL Krzysztof Machowski
23 MF Poland POL Mateusz Radecki
24 DF Poland POL Dominik Połap
25 MF Poland POL Wiktor Żytek
26 MF Poland POL Jakub Bieroński
27 MF Poland POL Dorian Orliński
28 MF Poland POL Miłosz Pawlusiński
33 DF Poland POL Jakub Tecław
44 GK Poland POL Adrian Kostrzewski
77 FW Poland POL Patryk Mikita
88 MF Poland POL Natan Dzięgielewski

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

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coachPoland Artur Derbin
Assistant coachPoland Tomasz Horwat
Assistant coachPoland Kacper Jędrychowski
Goalkeeping coachPoland Tomasz Rogala
Director coachPoland Grzegorz Kiecok
Fitness coachPoland Leszek Simiłowski
DoctorPoland Grzegorz Nocoń

Other sports

Active sections:

  • Basketball
  • Ice hockey (men's)
  • Ice hockey (women's)
  • Football (women's)
  • Futsal (men's)
  • Esports

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.[3] 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. “Tychy Investment Company Limited has finalized the first stage of investment in Klub Piłkarski GKS Tychy S.A.”
  2. "Pierwzy zespół" (in Polish). GKS Tychy. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. "GKS 71 Tychy". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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