Górniczy Klub Sportowy Górnik Łęczna, commonly referred to as Górnik Łęczna, is a sports club based in Łęczna, Poland. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which competes in I liga, the second division in the Polish football league system. The club also fields teams in women's football and wrestling.
The club was founded in 1979, as a club for the local coal miners. As the years went, the local Bogdanka Coal Mine decided to invest more and more money and as a result the club quickly rose through the leagues. The club shed its relative obscurity when it gained promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 2003.
Górnik Łęczna played in the top division from 2003 until 2007, when they were relegated to the 3rd division, as a consequence of their involvement in a match fixing scandal. However they were promoted straight back up as league winners after the 2007–08 season and competed in the I Liga for six years before winning promotion to the 2014–15 Ekstraklasa.
Since 1 January 2007, the men's football department has been operating as a business entity separate from the rest of the club.
In February 2011 the team was renamed GKS Bogdanka (Polish pronunciation:[bɔɡˈdaŋka]) for sponsorship reasons, a decision from the local Bogdanka coal mine.[1] As a result, a group of supporters opposing the name change formed an amateur team GKS Górnik 1979 Łęczna.[2] On 23 July 2013 GKS Bogdanka's board of directors announced the return to the former name.[3]
Górnik 1979 Łęczna was a club founded in 2011 by Górnik Łęczna fans who were unhappy with the name change to GKS Bogdanka. The club eventually changed its name back in 2013 but the fan owned counterpart has continued to operate in amateur football leagues. On 22 August 2014 the club withdrew from all competitions and ceased to operate, the reason cited were the lack of funds and the fact that the original Górnik Łęczna team went back to its original name scrapping the GKS Bogdanka name.[5]
The women's section of Górnik Łęczna played for years in the second and third tier leagues of Poland. In 2006–07 the team reached the semi-finals of the Polish Cup but lost to Medyk Konin.[6] In the 2009–10 season with the expansion of the Ekstraliga Kobiet the team finally gained promotion to it by finishing second in its 2nd tier division.[7] In its Ekstraliga debut Górnik was 5th.[8]
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January 01, 1970
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Not to be confused with Gornik 1979 Leczna Gorniczy Klub Sportowy Gornik Leczna commonly referred to as Gornik Leczna is a sports club based in Leczna Poland It is best known for its men s professional football team which competes in I liga the second division in the Polish football league system The club also fields teams in women s football and wrestling Gornik LecznaFull nameGorniczy Klub Sportowy Gornik LecznaNickname s Zielono CzarniFounded1979 45 years ago 1979 GroundStadion Gornika LecznaCapacity7 200ChairmanMaciej GrzywaManagerPavol StanoLeagueI liga2022 23I liga 12th of 18WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird colours Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Current squad 3 1 Out on loan 4 GKS Gornik 1979 Leczna 5 Women s section 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory editThe club was founded in 1979 as a club for the local coal miners As the years went the local Bogdanka Coal Mine decided to invest more and more money and as a result the club quickly rose through the leagues The club shed its relative obscurity when it gained promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 2003 Gornik Leczna played in the top division from 2003 until 2007 when they were relegated to the 3rd division as a consequence of their involvement in a match fixing scandal However they were promoted straight back up as league winners after the 2007 08 season and competed in the I Liga for six years before winning promotion to the 2014 15 Ekstraklasa Since 1 January 2007 the men s football department has been operating as a business entity separate from the rest of the club In February 2011 the team was renamed GKS Bogdanka Polish pronunciation bɔɡˈdaŋka for sponsorship reasons a decision from the local Bogdanka coal mine 1 As a result a group of supporters opposing the name change formed an amateur team GKS Gornik 1979 Leczna 2 On 23 July 2013 GKS Bogdanka s board of directors announced the return to the former name 3 Honours editEkstraklasa 7th place 2004 05 II liga Champions 1987 88 gr VII 1995 96 gr V 2007 08 gr IV 2019 20 Polish Cup Semi finalists 2022 23 Youth Teams Polish U 19 third place 2004 2005Current squad editAs of 3 February 2024 4 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 nbsp POL Mikolaj Kiliszek 3 DF nbsp POL Marcin Grabowski 4 DF nbsp POL Lukas Klemenz 5 MF nbsp POL Michal Pawlik 6 DF nbsp ESP Jonathan de Amo 7 FW nbsp TUR Ilkay Durmus 8 MF nbsp SVN Egzon Kryeziu 9 FW nbsp POL Karol Podlinski 10 MF nbsp POL Adam Deja 11 MF nbsp POL Fryderyk Janaszek 12 GK nbsp POL Tomasz Wozniak 14 DF nbsp POL Jakub Kwiatkowski 16 DF nbsp POL Pawel Zyra 17 MF nbsp POL Kacper Lukasiak No Pos Nation Player 19 FW nbsp POL Piotr Starzynski 21 DF nbsp POL Jakub Bednarczyk 23 DF nbsp POL Karol Turek 25 DF nbsp POL Damian Zbozien 29 DF nbsp POL Daniel Dziwniel 30 DF nbsp SEN Souleymane Cisse 32 DF nbsp POL Grzegorz Gulczynski 33 GK nbsp POL Maciej Gostomski 40 FW nbsp POL Mateusz Golba 47 MF nbsp POL Michal Steszuk 77 FW nbsp POL Damian Gaska 95 FW nbsp CRO Marko Roginic 99 FW nbsp POL Kacper Zabinski Out on loan edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation PlayerGKS Gornik 1979 Leczna editMain article GKS Gornik 1979 Leczna Gornik 1979 Leczna was a club founded in 2011 by Gornik Leczna fans who were unhappy with the name change to GKS Bogdanka The club eventually changed its name back in 2013 but the fan owned counterpart has continued to operate in amateur football leagues On 22 August 2014 the club withdrew from all competitions and ceased to operate the reason cited were the lack of funds and the fact that the original Gornik Leczna team went back to its original name scrapping the GKS Bogdanka name 5 Women s section editMain article Gornik Leczna women The women s section of Gornik Leczna played for years in the second and third tier leagues of Poland In 2006 07 the team reached the semi finals of the Polish Cup but lost to Medyk Konin 6 In the 2009 10 season with the expansion of the Ekstraliga Kobiet the team finally gained promotion to it by finishing second in its 2nd tier division 7 In its Ekstraliga debut Gornik was 5th 8 See also editFootball in Poland List of football teams Champions Cup League UEFA CupReferences edit Gornik Leczna zmienil nazwe in Polish 90minut pl 18 February 2011 Retrieved 23 July 2013 Olkiewicz Jakub 26 March 2012 Wyzwanie przyjete pilka w Lecznej bez Bogdanki in Polish Weszlo Archived from the original on 12 June 2014 Retrieved 23 July 2013 Wracamy do historycznej nazwy Gornik Leczna in Polish GKS Bogdanka Archived from the original on 23 July 2013 Retrieved 23 July 2013 Pierwsza druzyna in Polish Gornik Leczna Archived from the original on 20 September 2016 Retrieved 26 May 2023 Gornik 1979 Leczna Archives gornik leczna com Retrieved 28 January 2019 Puchar Polski kobiet 2006 2007 www 90minut pl Retrieved 28 January 2019 I liga kobiet 2009 2010 grupa poludniowa www 90minut pl Retrieved 28 January 2019 2010 11 table in Soccerway comExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gornik Leczna Official website in Polish Gornik Leczna at the Fans website in Polish Gornik Leczna at 90minut pl Polish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title GKS Gornik Leczna amp oldid 1223070942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
