MOSiR Gdańsk was a football team based in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
, Poland. The club, Miejskiego Ośrodka Sportu i Rekreacji Gdańsk (''"Municipal Sports and Recreation Center Gdańsk"''), played its games at the
Stadion MOSiR, the centre in the city for the sports club in which the football team got its name from. In the 1980s MOSiR Gdańsk often played in the IV liga, and often played against Gdańsk rivals Gedania during these years. In 1987 MOSiR Gdańsk were involved in a merger with
Gedania Gdańsk
KS Gedania Danzig was an ethnically-Polish association football club that was part of German football competition in the inter-war period. It was formed in 1922 in what was at the time the Free City of Danzig (present day Gdańsk, Poland). Ban ...
, likely to try to improve the fortunes of the clubs by focusing on one team and having a greater pool of players to initially choose from. This led to Gedania absorbing all aspects of the club and officially leading to MOSiR Gdańsk being dissolved.
Former players for the club include Polish internationals
Zdzisław Puszkarz and
Stanisław Burzyński, while
Zbigniew Żemojtel
Zbigniew Żemojtel (24 March 1943 – 9 January 1995) was a Polish footballer who played as a defender. Żemojtel spent his career playing in the Tricity area of Poland, playing for both Lechia Gdańsk and Arka Gdynia.
Biography
Żemojtel st ...
was the club's last manager.
See also
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Gdańsk Derby
The "Gdańsk Derby" () is the name given to describe football matches between teams in Gdańsk, Poland. While this term can be used for any team in Gdańsk historically this term has been used for games involving Gedania 1922 Gdańsk, Gedania GdaŠ...
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Sport in Gdańsk
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a par ...
References
1987 disestablishments in Poland
Football clubs in Gdańsk
Defunct football clubs in Poland
Association football clubs disestablished in 1987
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