WKS Grunwald Poznań is a Polish

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

club, a section of the wider multi-sports club, from

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

. It is historically one of the most successful clubs in the country and regularly competes in European competitions.

History

The section traces its roots to inter-war military club WKS Poznań, champions of Poland in 1935, 1936 and 1938. However the courts have decided that these titles are not formally recognised as belonging to WKS Grunwald. The section was created in January 1952. At the turn of 1951/1952, the Board of the Union Sports Club Włókniarz Poznań (third place in the Polish Championships in 1950) made a proposal to the Board of the Garrison Military Sports Club (GWKS) Poznań to take over the field and ice hockey sections, which it itself was unable to maintain. The management of GWKS agreed and the section was officially taken over. The team is one of the most successful teams of all time. Since the early 90s they were regulars in European competitions. Domestically they dominated the 2010s adding several titles to their already large tally. They also dominated the indoor championships in equal measure. The following decade also started with domination winning in 2020 and 2021.

Honours

*Polish Championship **Gold medal (25 times): 1955, 1966, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 **Silver medal (18 times): 1956, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 **Bronze medal (10 times): 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1985, 1986, 1989 *Polish Indoor Championship **Gold medal (18 times): 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 **Silver medal (13 times): 1967, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1988, 1990, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2020, 2021 **Bronze medal (5 times): 1987, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1999 *Polish Junior Championship **Gold medal (3 times): 1971, 1973, 1993 **Silver medal (4 times): 1972, 1992, 1994, 2004 **Bronze medal (2 times): 1989, 2006 *Polish Junior Indoor Championship **Gold medal (2 times): 1992, 1993 **Silver medal (3 times): 1971, 1972, 1994 **Bronze medal (2 times): 2006, 2013

Stadium

Klub Sportowy Wojskowy GRUNWALD 3 boisko do hokeja na trawie F

The club plays its home games at the field hockey only Henryk Zielazka Stadium () in the Grunwald neighbourhood of Poznań next to the

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base in the city. The stadium was renovated in 2016 and has stands which can hold up to 3000 people. It was named in 2017 after a local prominent field hockey activist.

References

Bibliography

* * * {{cite book , title = 75 lat Poznańskiego ZPN , author = Bernard Woltmann , language = pl

External links

- Official website

- Sportowy Poznań profile Field hockey clubs in Poland Field hockey clubs established in 1952 Sports clubs and teams in Poznań 1952 establishments in Poland