Górnicy Kibice Sportowcy Górnik 1979 Łęczna, commonly referred to as Górnik 1979 Łęczna, was a short-lived fan-owned phoenix club founded in 2011 by

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fans who were unhappy with the name change to GKS Bogdanka. The club eventually changed its name back in 2013 but the fan owned counterpart has continued to operate in amateur football leagues until 2014.

History

The club has relative success, gaining promotion in its first season to the A-klasa, and advancing through a few rounds of the local

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

. The club had also several players who transferred from the original

in protest of the name change. On 22 August 2014, the club withdrew from all competitions and ceased to operate, the reason cited were the lack of funds and the fact that the original Górnik Łęczna team went back to its original name scrapping the GKS Bogdanka name.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:GKS Gornik 1979 Leczna * Fan-owned football clubs Football clubs in Poland Association football clubs established in 2011 2011 establishments in Poland Association football clubs disestablished in 2014 Defunct football clubs in Poland