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Błękitni Kielce is a Polish defunct sports club, established in 1945 in
Kielce Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...
. In 1949, it became supported by Kielce's office of communist police (''milicja''), its official name was changed into ''Gwardyjski Klub Sportowy Błękitni Kielce'' and hues were red-white-blue, like in other sports clubs affiliated with ''milicja''. Enjoying support of both ''milicja'' and
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa The Ministry of Public Security (), was the secret police, intelligence and counter-espionage agency operating in the Polish People's Republic. From 1945 to 1954 it was known as the Security Office (, UB), and from 1956 to 1990 as the Security ...
, Błękitni became the major sports organization in the area of Kielce, however, their football team never managed to win promotion to the top-flight. They played their last games in the
III liga III liga (Trzecia liga), currently named Betclic III liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga ref ...
in the 1998–99 season, then it was merged with a local rival,
Korona Kielce Korona Kielce (, Korona – ''Crown'' – symbol of club and city, Kielce – name of city where club is based) is a Polish professional football club based in Kielce, competing in Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season. From 2002 to ...
. Association football clubs established in 1945 1945 establishments in Poland Association football clubs disestablished in 1998 1998 disestablishments in Poland Defunct football clubs in Poland Sport in Kielce Football clubs in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Police association football clubs in Poland Police sports clubs and teams {{poland-footyclub-stub