KS Piast Nowa Ruda is Polish sports club from

Nowa Ruda Nowa Ruda (, ) is a town in south-western Poland near the Czech Republic, Czech border, lying on the Włodzica river in the central Sudetes mountain range. it had 22,067 inhabitants. The town is located in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivod ...

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. It is most well known for its

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teams, despite lack of on-field success, which includes junior and women's teams. The club also has

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...

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and

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sections.

History

On 11 July 1946, a sports club was established by the local coal mine by the name ''KS Nowa Ruda'' and its history has been intertwined with that of the local mine. That same year the name changed to ''Klub Sportowy Węglowiec''. In 1949, another name change meant that the club was called ''KS Górnik''. In 1955 ,a merger of the club with another local team Włókniarz Nowa Ruda caused the new club to become ''ZKS Piast Nowa Ruda'', a name which became legally recognised in 1957. Under the decision of the Minister of Mining and Energy in 1972, another merger took place when the local mine in

was merged with another in Słupiec to become one, which meant that its two football teams also merged, therefore ZKS Górnik Słupiec merged with Piast to become ''GKS Piast Nowa Ruda'', before finally reverting it original prefix ''KS'' in 1992, a name which remains to this day. The club's biggest footballing achievements came in the mid-1980s and early 1990s where the team has enjoyed spells in the higher leagues, including a season in the second highest division and several in the third tier.

Honours

II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, ''II Liga'' referre ...

** Third place: 1987–88 *

III liga III liga (Trzecia liga), currently named Betclic III liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga ref ...

**Champions: 1985–86 ** 3rd place: 1989–90 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

** Round of 16: 1984–85

Fans

Piast has a small but loyal and fanatical following. They have friendships with fans of Nysa Zgorzelec, Polonia Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Bielawianka Bielawa and Kryształ Stronie Śląskie. Piast fans also follow the local powerhouse

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. They have rivalries with

Górnik Wałbrzych Gornik may refer to one of the following. * Gornik, Pleven Province, a village in Cherven Bryag Municipality, Bulgaria *April Gornik, an American painter *Górnik (meaning "miner" in Polish) is a common name of Polish sports teams: **Górnik Konin ...

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and Moto-Jelcz Oława.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piast Nowa Ruda Football clubs in Poland Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in Poland Football clubs in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Nowa Ruda