GKS Bełchatów
PGE GKS Bełchatów [ˌpɛɡʲɛˈʔɛ ˌɡʲɛkaˈɛs bɛwˈxatuf] is a professional football club that competes in the Polish First League. GKS is an abbreviation for the Miners' Sport Club (Górniczy Klub Sportowy).
History
GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Division 4 in 1977 and gained promotion to Division 3 after four years (in the 1981/1982 season). It took the club another seven years to rise to Division 2 (1986/1987 season), before winning a place in the Polish Premier League in 1992. After another spell in Division 2, the club again won promotion to the First league at the end of the 2004/2005 season. The club finished the 2005/2006 season in 10th place, with 37 points. The following season they challenged for the league title. After spending much of the latter part of the 2006/07 season in first place, they were ultimately overtaken by Zagłębie Lubin and had to settle for second place.
Achievements
Fans
The fans are called Torfiorze (the "Turfers" in translation). They have friendly relations with fans of Wisła Sandomierz. Their biggest rivals are neighbours RKS Radomsko, and as Bełchatów is located in the Łódź Province, they also have rivalries with the two traditional well-established Łódź teams, ŁKS and Widzew.
Bełchatów in Europe
Current squad
- As of 8 March, 2016[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managers
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 Wlodzimierz Tylak (March 7, 1992 – June 20, 1993)
- Wladyslaw Lach (July 1, 1993 – Aug 31, 1995)
- Krzysztof Pawlak (Sept 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996)
- Janusz Bialek (July 27, 1996 – Sept 21, 1996)
- Marek Pochopień (Sept 28, 1996 – Dec 31, 1996)
- Bogusław Kaczmarek (March 5, 1997 – May 14, 1997)
- Jerzy Wyrobek (May 17, 1997 – June 30, 1998)
- Krzysztof Pawlak (July 1, 1998 – May 9, 1999)
- Marek Pochopień (May 10, 1999 – June 30, 1999)
- Orest Lenczyk (1999)
- Krzysztof Wolak (1999–00)
- Ryszard Polak (2000)
- Jan Złomańczuk, Piotr Szarpak & Adam Mażysz (May 9, 2000 – April 22, 2001)
- Józef Dankowski (2001)
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- Krzysztof Tochel (Oct 2001 – May 02)
- Jacek Zieliński (June 11, 2002 – Sept 10, 2002)
- Mariusz Kuras (Sept 11, 2002 – Oct 6, 2005)
- Orest Lenczyk (Oct 10, 2005 – March 21, 2008)
- Jan Złomańczuk (interim) (March 21, 2008 – May 21, 2008)
- Paweł Janas (May 21, 2008 – Jan 3, 2009)
- Rafał Ulatowski (2009 – May 10)
- Maciej Bartoszek (June 2, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
- Paweł Janas (June 17, 2011 – Aug 31, 2011)
- Kamil Kiereś (Sept 1, 2011 – Sept 25, 2012)
- Jan Złomańczuk (Sept 25, 2012 – Nov 14, 2012)
- Michal Probierz (Nov 14, 2012 – Dec 21, 2012)
- Kamil Kiereś (Jan 9, 2013–)
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Notable players
Players who have been capped and/or have over 80 appearances for the club
See also
References
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