Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

Full name	Ruch Chorzów S.A.
Nickname(s)	Niebiescy (The Blues), Niebieska eRka (The Blue R), HKS (from Hutniczy KS)
Founded	20 April 1920
Ground	Stadion Miejski
Capacity	10,000[1]
Chairman	Dariusz Smagorowicz
Manager	Waldemar Fornalik
League	Ekstraklasa
2014–15	10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Ruch Chorzów (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrux ˈxɔʐuf]) is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity is 10,000 seats. Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 times national champions).

History

The club was founded on 20 April 1920 in Hajduki Wielkie (then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch (a common noun for movement) being sometimes interpreted by Polish patriots as a cover reference to the Silesian Uprisings. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on 3 May 1920. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941; however, it reverted to its old name in 1945.^[2] In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. The current team sponsor is the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.

Achievements

• Polish championship
  • Winners (14): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951,^{[n 1]} 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989
    1. (In 1951 Wisła Kraków was league champion, however, the Polish Championship title was awarded to the Cup winner, Ruch Chorzów.)
  • Runners-up (6): 1950, 1956, 1963, 1970, 1973, 2012
  • 3rd place (9): 1937, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1983, 2000, 2010, 2014
• Polish Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1951, 1974, 1996
  • Runners-up (6): 1963, 1968, 1970, 1993, 2009, 2012
• Polish SuperCup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1989, 1996
• UEFA Champions League
  • Quarter-Final (1): 1975
• UEFA Cup
  • Quarter-Final (1): 1974
• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Finalist (1): 1998
• Youth Teams:
  • Polish U-19 Champion: 1965, 1984

Current squad

As of 17 February 2016.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Kamil Lech 2 DF Mateusz Cichocki 4 MF Łukasz Surma 5 MF Marek Zieńczuk 7 MF Maciej Iwański 8 MF Artur Lenartowski 9 FW Adam Setla (on loan from Nadwiślan Góra) 10 MF Patryk Lipski 11 FW Michał Efir 13 MF Łukasz Moneta 14 DF Michał Koj 15 DF Martin Konczkowski 16 DF Konrad Korczyński 17 MF Maciej Urbańczyk

No. Position Player 18 FW Mariusz Stępiński 19 MF Tomasz Podgórski 20 DF Marek Szyndrowski 22 MF Łukasz Hanzel 23 DF Paweł Oleksy 27 MF Kamil Mazek 30 GK Matúš Putnocký 39 DF Michał Helik 51 DF Rafał Grodzicki (captain) 66 MF Miłosz Trojak 72 MF Przemysław Bargiel 84 GK Wojciech Skaba 97 FW Łukasz Siedlik

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player FW Mateusz Kwiatkowski (on loan at Legionovia Legionowo)

Managerial history

^[4]

Name From To Gustav Wieser Oct 1934 July 1935 Gunther Ringer Aug 1936 Nov 1937 Ferenc Fogl June 1938 Jan 1939 Péter Szabó Jan 1939 July 1939 František Dembický Jan 1948 Dec 1948 Gerard Wodarz July 1949 Dec 1949 Ryszard Koncewicz Jan 1950 June 1952 Ewald Cebula July 1952 June 1954 Adam Niemiec July 1954 Dec 1956 Mikołaj Beljung Feb 1957 Oct 1957 Czesław Suszczyk Oct 1957 Dec 1957 Janos Steiner Jan 1958 Dec 1958 Ewald Cebula Jan 1959 Dec 1959 Janos Steiner Jan 1960 May 1960 Ewald Cebula May 1960 June 1960 Lajos Szolar June 1960 Dec 1960 Gerard Wodarz Jan 1961 April 1961 Gerard Cieślik April 1961 July 1961 Sándor Tátrai July 1961 Oct 1963 Franciszek Tim Oct 1963 Nov 1963 Augustyn Dziwisz Dec 1963 Sept 1964 Artur Woźniak Sept 1964 June 1966 Teodor Wieczorek July 1966 April 1969 Eugeniusz Pohl Hubert Pala May 1969 June 1969 Jerzy Nikiel July 1969 Nov 1969 Tadeusz Foryś Dec 1969 June 1971 Hubert Pala June 1971 June 1971 Michal Vičan July 1971 April 1976 Rudolf Kapera April 1976 June 1976 Frantisek Havranek July 1976 Oct 1977 Teodor Wieczorek Oct 1977 June 1978 Leszek Jezierski June 1978 Nov 1980

Name From To Antoni Piechniczek Nov 1980 Jan 1981 Józef Zwierzyna Jan 1981 Sept 1981 Piotr Czaja Sept 1981 May 1982 Orest Lenczyk 1 July 1982 1 Feb 1984 Alojzy Łysko Feb 1984 Dec 1984 Władysław Jan Żmuda 1 Jan 1985 1 May 1987 Jacek Góralczyk April 1987 May 1987 Jacek Machciński May 1987 July 1987 Jerzy Wyrobek 1 July 1987 1 July 1990 Zdzisław Podedworny July 1990 March 1991 Edward Lorens 1 April 1991 1 May 1994 Albin Wira 3 May 1994 4 May 1995 Jerzy Wyrobek 5 May 1995 23 Sept 1996 Orest Lenczyk 24 Sept 1996 23 March 1999 Edward Lorens 23 March 1999 30 June 2000 Jan Żurek 1 July 2000 21 Aug 2000 Jan Rudnow Aug 2000 Dec 2000 Bogusław Pietrzak 1 Dec 2000 11 April 2002 Orest Lenczyk 11 April 2002 9 Oct 2002 Piotr Mandrysz 10 Oct 2002 30 June 2003 Jerzy Wyrobek 1 July 2003 5 May 2005 Dariusz Fornalak 5 May 2005 22 Nov 2005 Edward Lorens 22 Nov 2005 27 Nov 2005 Marek Wleciałowski 28 Nov 2005 15 June 2007 Dusan Radolsky 15 June 2007 10 Sept 2008 Bogusław Pietrzak 10 Sept 2008 27 April 2009 Waldemar Fornalik 27 April 2009 10 July 2012 Tomasz Fornalik 12 July 2012 5 Sept 2012 Jacek Zielinski 5 Sept 2012 16 Sept 2013 Dariusz Fornalak (int.) 16 Sept 2013 18 Sept 2013 Ján Kocian 18 Sept 2013 6 Oct 2014 Waldemar Fornalik 7 Oct 2014

Ruch in Europe

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
1972/73	UEFA Cup	1R		Fenerbahçe SK	3–0, 0–1
		2R		Dynamo Dresden	0–1, 0–3
1973/74	UEFA Cup	1R		Wuppertaler SV	4–1, 4–5
		2R		FC Carl Zeiss Jena	3–0, 0–1
		3R		Budapest Honvéd FC	0–2, 5–0
		1/4F		Feyenoord Rotterdam	1–1, 1–3
1974/75	European Cup	1R		Hvidovre IF	0–0, 2–1
		2R		Fenerbahçe SK	2–1, 2–0
		1/4F		AS Saint-Étienne	3–2, 0–2
1975/76	European Cup	1R		KuPS	5–0, 2–2
		2R		PSV Eindhoven	1–3, 0–4
1979/80	European Cup	1R		Dynamo Berlin	1–4, 0–0
1989/90	European Cup	1R		CSKA Sofia	1–1, 1–5
1996/97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Q		Llansantffraid	1–1, 5–0
		1R		S.L. Benfica	1–5, 0–0
1998	Intertoto Cup	1R		FK Austria Wien	1–0, 2–2
		2R		Örgryte IS	1–2, 1–0
		3R		C.F. Estrela da Amadora	1–1, 1–1
		4R		Debreceni VSC	1–0, 3–0
		5R		Bologna F.C. 1909	0–1, 0–2
2000/01	UEFA Cup	Q		FK Žalgiris Vilnius	1–2, 6–0
		1R		Internazionale Milano F.C.	0–3, 1–4
2010/11	UEFA Europa League	1Q		FC Shakhter Karagandy	2–1, 1–0
		2Q		Valletta F.C.	1–1, 0–0
		3Q		FK Austria Wien	1–3, 0–3
2012/13	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Metalurg Skopje	3–1, 3–0
		3Q		Viktoria Plzeň	0–2, 0–5
2014/15	UEFA Europa League	2Q		FC Vaduz	3–2, 0–0
		3Q		Esbjerg	0–0, 2–2
		PO		Metalist Kharkiv	0–0, 0–1 (a.e.t)

Notes

1. http://www.ruchchorzow.com.pl/?page=klub-stadion
2. Ruch Chorzów profile Albion Road, accessed: 15 April 2009
3. "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Ruch Chorzów. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
4. Encyklopedia piłkarska FUJI, kolekcja klubów, tom I: Ruch Chorzów, Andrzej Gowarzewski, Katowice 1995; s. 66

References

• Gowarzewski Andrzej, Głyk Wioletta (2000). O tytuł mistrza Polski 1920–2000 (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-02-9.
• Gowarzewski Andrzej, Waloszek Joachim (1995). Ruch Chorzów: 75 lat "Niebieskich" (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-902751-3-9.
• Bagier Tadeusz, Dutkowski Zbigniew, Kraszkiewicz Mirosław (1970). Pięćdziesiąt lat Klubu Sportowego "Ruch" Chorzów (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Artystyczno-Graficzne Chorzów.
• Gorzelany Franciszek, Miklica Bogusław; et al. (1960). 40-lecie Klubu Sportowego "Ruch" Chorzów (in Polish). Wydawnictwo "Prasa" Katowice.
• Collective work under Henryk Rechowicz editorial (1994). Z najnowszych dziejów kultury fizycznej i turystyki (in Polish). Wydawnictwo AWF Katowice.
• Collective work (2000). 80 lat OZPN [Okręgowego Związku Piłki Nożnej] Katowice: 1920–2000 (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-03-7.
• Kurek Jacek (2001). Historia Wielkich Hajduk (in Polish). Związek Górnośląski. Koło "Wielkie Hajduki", Rococo Chorzów-Batory. ISBN 83-86293-29-2.
• Gowarzewski Andrzej (2001). Biało-czerwoni : piłkarska reprezentacja Polski 1921–2001 : ludzie mecze fakty daty (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-08-8.
• Gowarzewski Andrzej, Waloszek Joachim (1996). 75 lat OZPN [Okręgowego Związku Piłki Nożnej] Katowice: 1920–1995, ludzie, historia, fakty (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-902751-7-1.
• Czapliński Marek (red.) (2002). Historia Śląska (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław. ISBN 83-229-2213-2.

External links

• Official website (Polish)
• Fansite (Polish)