AKS Beskid Andrychów is a Polish

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club from, Andrychów, Lesser Poland. The club name is derived from the Beskid Mountains.

History

The club was founded in 1919 under the name "KS Beskid Andrychów", as a multi-sports club. The club quickly changed its name to "KS Włókniarz Andrychów" whilst playing in the Kraków district league between 1951 and 1962. The following five seasons they played in the

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. In the 1953/54 season they reached the second round of the Polish Cup, beating Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski 4–1 in the first before being narrowly edged out 4–1 in a penalty shoot-out after a 3–3 draw against Zagłębie Sosnowiec. The club, which by 2001 already only had the

and volleyball sections left functioning, split and the football section changed its name to "TS Beskid Andrychów" whilst the volleyball section had been reformed as "MKS Andrychów". The club was in financial difficulties so on 14 December 2007, the board resigned, and it was re-founded under the name of "AKS Beskid Andrychów" under a new management, allowing the club to maintain its league position and continue the heritage of the "Beskid" name uninterrupted. The club spent the majority of the last two decades oscillating between the sixth, fifth and fourth tiers of Polish football.

Notable players

Many locally born footballers started their professional careers at Beskid, most notably

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who went on to become an Ekstraklasa regular and Polish internationals Stanisław Paździor and

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Fans

The club has a small but dedicated ultras group, ''Ultras Beskid'', who are capable of presenting difficult and impressive tifos, a great source of pride for such a small team. On 27 April the fans travelled 265 km for a match against

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, the furthest away game in the club's history. The fans have a friendship with fans of Energie Cottbus and also used to maintain good relations with Górnik Libiąż fans until 2011. Their biggest rival is

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Achievements

* 8th place in the

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– 2012/13, 2013/14 * 2nd Round National Polish Cup: 1953/54 * Winners Wadowice District Polish Cup: 2014/15, 2019/20

Management

The club board has currently 7 members:http://www.aksbeskid.pl/11-zarzad-aks-beskid * Chairman ** Krzysztof Kokoszka * Vice-Chairmen ** Marcin Widlarz ** Jan Witkowski * Board Members ** Sławomir Czywilis ** Krzysztof Gondko ** Halina Świderska ** Dariusz Rusinek

References

External links

Official website

Ultras Beskid website

90minut.pl profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beskid Andrychow Football clubs in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Poland