Hetman Białystok, formerly Gwardia Bialystok, is a Polish sports club based in

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. The

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section play in the Fifth Division.

History

Gwardia was organized in 1948 as a Polish

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's (Communist

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) club. The name Gwardia used to be a common name for any Citizens' Militia's sports' club in Poland. Many players were soldiers serving in the

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who were assigned to the units in or near Bialystok City. Gwardia Bialystok was the first team from Bialystok after

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to advance to the 2nd League, but survived there only one season (1951–1952) before being relegated to the 3rd League. With the fall of the Communist Oligarchy and the cessation of sponsorship, the club was forced to temporarily disappear in 1990. The club was reactivated soon after when it changed its name from Gwardia to Hetman. The club also added three other sections:

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, and

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Honours

* 2nd League: One season (1951–1952) * 3rd League: Group champion (2nd group out of 4 groups) (1953) * Polish Cup – OZPN Białystok – 1952/53, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1960/61, 1978/79, 1981/82, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1993/94

Updates

At the half—time winter break, Hetman leads in the Podlaska group of the new (old "5th") 4th or IV "Liga" Division. In the last game, Hetman defeated the previous leader, Piast also from Bialystok, 0:1 after a goal in the 39th minute scored by Lukasz Szarejko.

Current squad

Sections club

The club also has a section of

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and

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Notable boxers

Paweł Głażewski Paweł Głażewski (born 1 September 1982) is a Polish professional boxer who has challenged once for the WBA light-heavyweight title. Amateur career Głażewski was Polish Senior Champion in amateur boxing three times. In 2005, 2006 and 2008. ...

Grzegorz Kiełsa Grzegorz Kielsa (born 26 May 1979) is a Canada-based Poland, Polish professional boxer. Amateur career He fought at both the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships, 2000 and 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships, 2002 European Boxing Ch ...

Andrzej Liczik Andrzej Liczik (born 4 March 1977 in Feodosiya, Krym, Ukraine) is a boxer from Poland. He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Uzbekis ...

* Łukasz Maszczyk *

Kamil Szeremeta Kamil Szeremeta (born 11 October 1989) is a Polish professional boxer who held the European middleweight title from 2018 to 2019. As of June 2020, he is ranked as the world's seventh best active middleweight by '' The Ring'' and eighth by the Tr ...

Krzysztof Zimnoch Krzysztof Zimnoch (born 6 September 1983) is a Polish professional heavyweight boxer affiliated to the Hetman Białystok Boxing Club. He holds an amateur win over former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Professional career Zimnoch mad ...

References

External links

Hetman Białystok web page

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