Szkolny Klub Sportowy Gwarek Zabrze is a Polish football club based in

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Si ...

, focusing on youth development.

History

The club was established on 12 June 1974, inspired by the successes of the local club

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning the second-most Po ...

in the 1970s. With the work of several local famous players and coaches within the local schools it was decided that a youth system should be implemented serving as feeder to

. The club are three-time youth champions of Poland, in 2002, 2003 and 2006. Besides the youth development teams, the club has had a senior team playing in the amateur divisions.

Honours

*Polish U-19 Champions (x2) – 2006, 2003 *Polish U-19 Runners-Up (x) – 1988, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004 *Polish U-17 Champions (x1) – 2002

Players

Among most notable players who began their careers at Gwarek, or were spotted by Gwarek's scouts and purchased by the club in their teens, are Tomasz Cywka, Adam Danch, Dawid Jarka, Kamil Kosowski,

Marcin Kuźba Marcin Kuźba (born 15 April 1977) is a Polish footballer - striker most recently playing for Górnik Zabrze. In his career, he has played for such clubs as Wisła Kraków, Auxerre, Saint-Étienne and Olympiacos. In the years 1995–2003 he pl ...

, Piotr Gierczak,

Łukasz Piszczek Łukasz Piotr Piszczek (; born 3 June 1985) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for III liga club Goczałkowice-Zdrój. He is primarily positioned as a right-back, but is capable of playing as a centre-back. He began his senior career ...

, Tomasz Bandrowski, Przemysław Trytko.

References

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External links

Official page (Polish)

90minut.pl profile (Polish)
Football clubs in Silesian Voivodeship Zabrze Association football clubs established in 1974 1974 establishments in Poland