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GKS Tychy is a Polish professional
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club, based in
Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bie ...
, that competes in the Polish
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. The club was founded in 1971. It played in the
Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...
between 1974–1977 and 1995–1997. Their biggest success was a second-place finish in the 1975–76 Ekstraklasa season.


History

The history of GKS Tychy dates back to 20 April 1971, when the government of the
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of
Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bie ...
, 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
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as its major departments. Before the creation of GKS Tychy, ice hockey players of Górnik Murcki had twice won the
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(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 Bieruń (, ) is a town in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland, seat of the Bieruń-Lędziny County in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is located about south of Katowice. Geography It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Gostynia river, a ...
. 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 (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...
. With its topscorer Roman Ogaza, Tychy in August 1974 debuted in Ekstraklasa, in a 1–1 game vs.
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. In 1975–76 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy finished second, after Polish champion
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, and in the
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, it played against West German side
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. In the first leg, in
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(15 September 1976), Tychy lost 0–2. In the second leg, which took place on 29 September 1976 at
Silesian Stadium The Silesian Stadium (; Polish: ) is a sport stadium located on the premises of Silesian Park in Chorzów, Poland. The stadium has a fully covered capacity of 54,378, after refurbishment completed in October 2017. The stadium hosted many Poland ...
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
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in
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, 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
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and
1996–97 Ekstraklasa Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1996–97 season. Overview 18 teams and played in the league and the title was won by Widzew Łódź. League table Results Top goalscorers References External links Poland – List of final tablesat RSSS ...
. 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
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. In April 2021, The Seelig Group and Chien Lee acquired 75% of GKS Tychy and became the controlling shareholders.


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


Players


Current squad


Out on loan


Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tychy. ;Poland * Krzysztof Bizacki (1990–1993, 1995–1996, 2008–2014) * Eugeniusz Cebrat (1971–1977, 1979–1983) * Piotr Ćwielong (2017–2019) *
Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Henryk Dudek (born 23 March 1973) is a Polish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful ...
(1995–1996) (pictured) *
Dariusz Fornalak Dariusz Henryk Fornalak (born 15 October 1965) is a Polish professional football manager and former player. Honours Ruch Chorzów * Ekstraklasa: 1988–89 * Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single- ...
(1996–1997) * Seweryn Gancarczyk (2015–2017) *
Radosław Gilewicz Radosław Gilewicz (born 8 May 1971) is a Polish football pundit, co-commentator and former player who played as a midfielder or as a striker. Club career Born in Chełm Śląski, Gilewicz started his career in 1991 playing for GKS Tychy. In ...
(1991–1992) * Dariusz Grzesik (1984, 2004) * Bartosz Karwan (1993) * Jakub Kiwior (2012–2016) * Ryszard Komornicki (1980–1982) * Marcin Kowalczyk (2018–2020) *
Ryszard Kraus Ryszard Władysław Kraus (30 June 1964 – 3 November 2013) was a Polish professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Kraus played for Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze for five years, scoring 16 goals for them in the 1990 ...
(1994–1995) * Jerzy Ludyga (1975–1979) * Janusz Nawrocki (1995–1997) * Krzysztof Nowak (1995–1996) * Roman Ogaza (1975–1978) * Lechosław Olsza (1975–1977) * Sebastian Przyrowski (2015) * Marcin Radzewicz (2014–2018) * Marek Rzepka (1995–1997) *
Michał Stasiak Michał Stasiak (born 12 March 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career In January 2004, he joined Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. He was released from Zagłębie Lubin on 25 May 2011. In July ...
(2015) * Krystian Szuster (1996–1997) * Rafał Szwed (1996–1997) * Jakub Świerczok (2016–2017) * Bogusław Wyparło (1996–1997) ;Bosnia & Herzegovina * Filip Arežina (2016) ;Democratic Republic of the Congo * Wilson Kamavuaka (2020) ;Estonia * Ken Kallaste (2019–2020) ;Kyrgyzstan * Edgar Bernhardt (2018–2019) ;Mexico * Carlos Peña (2019) ;Moldova * Eugen Zasavițchi (2017) ;Slovakia *
Tomáš Malec Tomáš Malec (born 13 May 1982) is a Slovakia, Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He last played for HC Kometa Brno in the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Playing career After playing two seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, ...
(2021–2023) ;Slovenia * Denis Popovič (2014) ;Soviet Union * Valeri Panchik (1993) ;Trinidad and Tobago * Keon Daniel (2018–2020) ;Zimbabwe *
Edelbert Dinha Edelbert Dinha (born 13 March 1973 in Harare, Salisbury) is a Zimbabwean former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He works at Shumba Sports Management. He is the agent of Archford Gutu and Rodreck Mutuma. ...
(1995–1996)


Coaching staff


Other sports

Active sections: *
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* Ice hockey (men's) * Ice hockey (women's) * Football (women's) * Futsal (men's) * Esports


References


External links

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