GKS Tychy is a Polish professional

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club, based in

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Tichau; szl, Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city boders Katowice to the north, ...

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, that plays in the Polish

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. The club was founded on 20 April 1971. It played in the

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

between 1974–1977. The biggest success of GKS Tychy was the 2nd place in the 1975/76 season of the Ekstraklasa, behind

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. As a result, the team played in the UEFA Cup 1976–77, losing to 1. FC Köln. Tychy stadion wewn

History

The history of GKS Tychy dates back to 20 April 1971, when the government of the

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, together with Communist party activists (PZPR), decided to form a powerful sports organization. As a result of the merger of Polonia Tychy, Gornik Wesola and Gornik

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. A new, 20,000 stadium was built, together with a swimming pool and ice-skating rink. By 1973, GKS Tychy had over 600 athletes in seven departments, including football, ice-hockey, wrestling, and track and field. Two years after its creation, the football team of GKS Tychy won promotion to the second level of Polish football tier, and in early summer of 1974, the team was promoted to

. With its topscorer Roman Ogaza, Tychy in August 1974 debuted in Ekstraklasa, in a 1–1 game vs.

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. In 1975–76 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy finished second, after Polish champion

, and in the

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, it played against West German side Köln. In the first leg, in

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(15 September 1976), Tychy lost 0–2. In the second leg, which took place on 29 September 1976 at

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in Chorzow, Polish team tied 1-1, after a goal by Roman Ogaza. Ogaza himself was a member of Polish football team, which won silver in the

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, becoming the first athlete in the history of Tychy to win an olympic medal. In the

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, GKS Tychy, to the surprise of experts, was relegated from Polish top division, despite the fact that its top players remained at Tychy. After several seasons in Polish Second Division, GKS was once again relegated (1983) to the third level of Polish football tier, remaining there until 1993. After a merger with

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, the new team, called Sokol Tychy-Pniewy, played in

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and

1996–97 Ekstraklasa Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1996–97 season. Overview 18 teams and played in the league and the title was won by Widzew Łódź. League table Results Top goalscorers References External links Poland – List of final tablesat RSSS ...

. Due to financial difficulties, the team was dissolved in 1997. Soon afterwards, new organization, called Tyski Klub Sportowy Tychy was founded.

Previous names

*20 April 1971 – 1996: Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy *1996: Sokół Tychy *1997: Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy *1998: TKS Tychy *2000: Górnośląski Klub Sportowy Tychy '71 *2008: Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy

GKS Tychy in Europe

Players

Out on loan

Personnel

Current technical staff

Other sports

Active sections *

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Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tychy. ;Bosnia & Herzegovina * Filip Arežina (2016) ;Democratic Republic of the Congo * Wilson Kamavuaka (2020) ;Estonia *

Ken Kallaste Ken Kallaste (''né'' Akerta; born 31 August 1988) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Meistriliiga club Flora and the Estonia national team. Club career Flora Kallaste came through the Flora youth system. He ma ...

(2019–2020) ;Kyrgyzstan *

Edgar Bernhardt Edgar Bernhardt (Russian: Эдгар Бернхардт; born 30 March 1986) is a Kyrgyz professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Udon Thani in Thai League 2. Early life Bernhardt was born in Novopavlovka, Soviet Union, now Kyrgyzs ...

(2018–2019) ;Moldova * Eugen Zasavițchi (2017) ;Poland *

Krzysztof Bizacki Krzysztof Bizacki (born April 7, 1973 in Tychy) is a former Polish footballer. Career Bizacki began his career in the 1990/91 season, where he played for GKS Tychy. He moved to Ruch Chorzów during the following season. His most notable moments ...

(1990–1993, 1995–1996, 2008–2014) *

Eugeniusz Cebrat Eugeniusz Cebrat (born 25 February 1955) is a Polish football goalkeeper. Born in Mysłowice, his career started in a local team of Gornik Wesola. In 1971, he moved to GKS Tychy, where in 1976 he became vice-champion of Poland. After several year ...

(1971–1977, 1979–1983) * Jerzy Dudek (1995–1996) (pictured) *

Dariusz Fornalak Dariusz Fornalak (born 15 October 1965) is a Polish football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known ...

(1996–1997) *

Seweryn Gancarczyk Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk (; born 22 November 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Górnik Łęczna. Career Gancarczyk started to play football in his early t ...

(2015–2017) *

Radosław Gilewicz Radosław Gilewicz (born 8 May 1971) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or as a striker. Club career Born in Chełm Śląski, Gilewicz started his career in 1991 playing for GKS Tychy. In 1992, he transferred ...

(1991–1992) * Dariusz Grzesik (1984, 2004) *

Bartosz Karwan Bartosz Karwan (born 13 January 1976) is a Polish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Karwan was born in Tychy. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with Hertha BSC. In September 2010, he joined GKS Katowice. He was r ...

(1993) *

Ryszard Komornicki Ryszard Komornicki (born 14 August 1959) is a former Polish footballer who played as a winger or an attacking midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of GKS Tychy. Playing career Born in Ścinawa, Lower Silesia, Komornicki played for ...

(1980–1982) *

Ryszard Kraus Ryszard Kraus (30 June 1964 – 3 November 2013) was a Polish professional football striker who played for the Poland national football team. Club career Kraus played 5 years for Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze, scoring 16 goals for them in ...

(1994–1995) *

Jerzy Ludyga Jerzy Ludyga (24 October 1950 – 1 March 1999) was a Polish footballer playing as a defender. Career Having started his career in his hometown Piekary Śląskie, his club career was spent in the second and first divisions. He scored 3 g ...

(1975–1979) *

Janusz Nawrocki Janusz Nawrocki (born 8 July 1961) is a retired Polish football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. ...

(1995–1997) *

Krzysztof Nowak Krzysztof Nowak (; 27 September 1975 – 26 May 2005) was a Polish football player, best known for his stint with the VfL Wolfsburg team. Nowak began playing football in 1985. He slowly rose in prominence and in 1996 moved to Brazil with fellow ...

(1995–1996) * Roman Ogaza (1975–1978) * Lechosław Olsza (1975–1977) * Sebastian Przyrowski (2015) * Marcin Radzewicz (2014–2018) *

Marek Rzepka Marek Rzepka (born 6 January 1964) is a Polish former professional association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. Career Rzepka's biggest career club successes were with Lech Poznań, winning Ekst ...

(1995–1997) * Jakub Świerczok (2016–2017) *

Krystian Szuster Krystian Szuster (born 6 March 1963) is a Polish former footballer. His career is mostly associated with his hometown club Ruch with whom he won the title in 1989. He later went on to win the Polish Cup with GKS Katowice GKS Katowice (; G ...

(1996–1997) * Rafał Szwed (1996–1997) * Bogusław Wyparło (1996–1997) ;Trinidad and Tobago *

Keon Daniel Keon Kelly Daniel (born 16 January 1987 in Lambeau) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who most recently played for Polish side GKS Tychy. Career Club Daniel attended Signal Hill Secondary School in his native Tobago, and later attende ...

(2018–2020) ;Zimbabwe * Edelbert Dinha (1995–1996)

References

External links

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