Uczniowski Klub Sportowy Szkoła Mistrzostwa Sportowego Łódź (), commonly known as UKS SMS Łódź, is a Polish football club based in

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, currently playing in the regional league. The club is well known for working with youngsters. UKS SMS Łódź operates at the

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's High School of the Sports Championship School at the 12 Milionowa 12 Street in Łódź. The stadium has a capacity of 3,000 places (2,000 seats).

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Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

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Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (''Wisła Płock S.A.''), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national ...

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Maciej Makuszewski Maciej Makuszewski (born 29 September 1989 in Grajewo) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for I liga club Odra Opole. Career Club Makuszewski started his career with UKS SMS Łódź. In the summer of 2008, he joined Wi ...

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Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. T ...

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Artur Bogusz Artur Bogusz (born 18 April 1993) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a full-back for III liga club Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Honours Wigry Suwałki * II liga East: 2013–14 Radomiak Radom * I liga: 2020–21 The dash i ...

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ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and in the past ic ...

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Mateusz Cholewiak Mateusz Cholewiak (born 5 February 1990) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or a left back for Puszcza Niepołomice. Club career Cholewiak's first youth team was in Jasło, close to his birthplace of Krosno. In 20 ...

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Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2022–23, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. History The club w ...

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Przemysław Płacheta Przemysław Płacheta ( ; born 23 March 1998) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or left back for EFL Championship club Oxford United and the Poland national team. Płacheta graduated from RB Leipzig's youth academy ...

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Warta Poznań Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. Founded in 1912, the association football club are two-time winners of the ...

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Odra Opole Odra Opole () is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the I liga. History Beginnings The history of Odra Opole began on 16 June 1945, when in the Opole Town Hall, a group of sports officials gathered to form a new ...

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Paweł Zawistowski Paweł Zawistowski (born 11 March 1984) is a Polish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for IV liga Łódź club AKS SMS Łódź. Career Club In June 2010, he was loaned to Arka Gdynia on a one-year deal. He w ...

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Chojniczanka Chojnice Chojniczanka Chojnice is a Polish football club located in Chojnice, Poland. It currently plays in I liga. The team's colors are yellow, white and red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to o ...

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Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds). Histor ...

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Garbarnia Kraków K.S. Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinów, a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club's name comes from the nearby tannery () of the Dłużyński brothers, which was the original club sponsor. Garbarni ...

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Maciej Mas Maciej Daniel Mas (born 15 May 2001) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for II liga club Olimpia Grudziądz. Career Mas started his career with Polish sixth division side UKS SMS Łódź. In 2019, he was sent on loa ...

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References

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UKS SMS Łódź at 90minut.pl
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