GKS Bełchatów
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GKS Bełchatów Script error: No such module "IPA". is a Polish professional football club based in Bełchatów. The club currently competes in group I of the III liga.[1]
History
GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Klasa A in 1977 under the name of Węgiel Brunatny Bełchatów,[2] and gained promotion to the III liga in the 1981–82 season.[2] It took the club another seven years to rise to the II liga (1986/1987 season), before winning a place in the top-tier I liga in 1992.[2] After another spell in II liga, the club again won promotion to the I liga at the end of the 2004–05 season. The club finished the 2005–06 season in 10th place, with 37 points.[3] 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.[4]
On 11 March 2022, the club, then playing in the II liga, withdrew from the league and did not start playing in the spring round. As a consequence, they were moved to the last place in the 2021–22 season standings and their remaining matches being declared 0–3 forfeits for their opponents.[5] They declared liquidation on 20 April 2022.[6] On 31 May 2022, the Łódź Football Association admitted its academy (Akademia GKS Bełchatów) as its continuator to the Łódź group of the fifth division for the 2022–23 season.[7]
Honours
- Ekstraklasa:
- Runners-up: 2006–07
- Polish Cup:
- Runners-up: 1995–96, 1998–99
- Ekstraklasa Cup:
- Runners-up: 2006–07
- Polish Super Cup:
- Runners-up: 2007
Fans and rivalries
The fans are called Torfiorze (the "Turfers" in translation).[8] They have friendly relations with fans of Wisła Sandomierz.[9] 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.[9]
Bełchatów in Europe
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| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Template:Flagicon | Ameri Tbilisi | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 (4–2 pen) |
| 2Q | Template:Flagicon | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–5 |
Players
Current squad
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Notable players
Players who have been capped at any time and/or have over 80 appearances for the club
- Notable Polish players
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Managers
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- Template:Flagicon Włodzimierz Tylak (7 March 1992 – 20 June 1993)
- Template:Flagicon Wladysław Lach (1 July 1993 – 31 Aug 1995)
- Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Pawlak (1 Sept 1995 – 30 June 1996)
- Template:Flagicon Janusz Białek (27 July 1996 – 21 Sept 1996)
- Template:Flagicon Marek Pochopień (28 Sept 1996 – 31 Dec 1996)
- Template:Flagicon Bogusław Kaczmarek (5 March 1997 – 14 May 1997)
- Template:Flagicon Jerzy Wyrobek (17 May 1997 – 30 June 1998)
- Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Pawlak (1 July 1998 – 9 May 1999)
- Template:Flagicon Marek Pochopień (10 May 1999 – 30 June 1999)
- Template:Flagicon Orest Lenczyk (1999)
- Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Wolak (1999–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Ryszard Polak (2000)
- Template:Flagicon Jan Złomańczuk, Template:Flagicon Piotr Szarpak & Template:Flagicon Adam Mażysz (9 May 2000 – 22 April 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Józef Dankowski (2001)
- Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Tochel (Oct 2001 – 2 May 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Jacek Zieliński (11 June 2002 – 10 Sept 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Mariusz Kuras (11 Sept 2002 – 6 Oct 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Orest Lenczyk (10 Oct 2005 – 21 March 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Jan Złomańczuk (interim) (21 March 2008 – 21 May 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Paweł Janas (21 May 2008 – 3 Jan 2009)
- Template:Flagicon Rafał Ulatowski (2009 – 24 May 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Maciej Bartoszek (2 June 2010 – 17 June 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Paweł Janas (17 June 2011 – 31 Aug 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Kamil Kiereś (1 Sept 2011 – 25 Sept 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Jan Złomańczuk (25 Sept 2012 – 14 Nov 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Michał Probierz (14 Nov 2012 – 21 Dec 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Kamil Kiereś (9 Jan 2013 – 23 March 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Marek Zub (2015)
- Template:Flagicon Kamil Kiereś (21 May 2015 – 22 June 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Rafał Ulatowski (2015–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Krystian Kierach (interim) (2016)
- Template:Flagicon Andrzej Konwiński (2016)
- Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pawlak (2017–2018)
- Template:Flagicon Artur Derbin (2018–2020)
- Template:Flagicon Marcin Węglewski (2020–2021)
- Template:Flagicon Patryk Rachwał (25 June 2021 – 15 Nov 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Kamil Socha (2021–2022)
- Template:Flagicon Bogdan Jóźwiak (22 June 2022 – 27 April 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Patryk Rachwał (interim) (29 April 2024 – 13 June 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Artur Derbin (13 June 2024 – 5 Jan 2025)
- Template:Flagicon Patryk Rachwał (7 Jan 2025 – 9 June 2025)[10]
- Template:Flagicon Radosław Pęciak (17 June 2025 – 9 November 2025)[11][12]
- Template:Flagicon Mateusz Milczarek (12 November 2025 – present)[13]
References
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External links
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- GKS Bełchatów at Soccerway
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