WKS Grunwald Poznań was a Polish

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team based in

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 ...

and section of the wider multi-sports club.

History

It was the first section to be created upon establishment of the club. Having spent the majority of its years in either the regional leagues or the third division, their highlights were reaching the 1st round of the 1966–67 and 1/16th of the 1975–76

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losing 2–0 to

Zagłębie Wałbrzych Zagłębie Wałbrzych is a Polish multi-sports club in the south-western city of Wałbrzych. The club, based in the Biały Kamień neighbourhood, is the most famous for its football team, which competed in the Polish top division in the past. H ...

and

Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom. Founded in 1920, the team won two List of Polish football champions, championships, in 1954 Ekstraklasa, 1954 and 1962 Ekstraklasa, 1962. As of the 2025–26 I liga, 2025–26 season, th ...

respectively. After relegation from the third tier in 1985 the section was disbanded.

Notable players

Its most notable players were

Walenty Czarnecki Walenty Czarnecki (19 November 1941 – 19 December 2020) was a Polish professional footballer who played mainly as a midfielder. He has spent the vast majority of his career with Śląsk Wrocław, making 100 appearances and scored three goals in ...

and Remigiusz Marchlewicz.

References

Bibliography

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