RKS Radomsko is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in the city of

Radomsko Radomsko () is a city in southern Poland with 44,700 inhabitants (2021). It is situated on the Radomka river in the Łódź Voivodeship. It is the county seat of Radomsko County. Founded in the 11th century, Radomsko is a former royal city located ...

, in the south of

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. Their home stadium is Stadion RKS. Currently, they compete in the

IV liga Łódź IV liga Łódź group (grupa łódzka), also known as Betcris IV liga łódzka for sponsorship reasons, is one of the groups of IV liga, the fifth level of Polish football league system. The league was created in the 2000–01 season after a new ...

History

Established in 1979, the club has played most of it history in the Polish fourth league, though in 1993, the club advanced to the third tier, and to the second division in 1995. RKS Radomsko's most notable achievements is reaching the top division in the 2001–02 season, where they played considerably well in the first half of the season. In 2003, the club made it to the semi-finals of the

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, although the club has since hit harder times and, in 2005, experienced

relegation Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...

from the second tier.

Notable players

The club is known for the establishment of the Polish former international Jacek Krzynówek.

Rivalries

Their biggest rivals are

GKS Bełchatów GKS Bełchatów is a Polish professional football club based in Bełchatów. The club currently competes in group I of the III liga. History GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Klasa A in 1977 under the name of Węgiel Brunatny Bełchatów, and ...

, mostly due to the close proximity of the two clubs and many years spent in the same divisions.

References

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