Piast Gliwice

Piast Gliwice
Full nameGliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice
Nickname(s)Piastunki (the Custodians, the Keepers)
Founded18 June 1945 (1945-06-18)
GroundPiotr Wieczorek Stadium
Capacity9,913
ChairmanŁukasz Lewiński
ManagerMax Mölder
LeagueEkstraklasa
2024–25Ekstraklasa, 10th of 18
Websitewww.piast-gliwice.eu

Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice (pronounced [ɡliˈvit͡skʲi klup spɔrˈtɔvɨ pjazd ɡliˈvit͡sɛ][A]) is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship. Founded in 1945, the club competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the Polish football league system.

Piast won their first national championship in the 2018–19 Ekstraklasa season and have regularly qualified for European competitions since. Prior to their rise in the 2010s, the club had spent most of its history in the lower divisions.

Piast Gliwice play their home matches at the Piotr Wieczorek Stadium, a 10,000-seat venue opened in 2011, and traditionally wear blue and red.

History

The club was founded in June 1945 by the Poles who had been forced to leave their homes in former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union (present-day Ukraine). The club's name comes from the Piast dynasty, which ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state in the 10th century, until 1370, and in the city itself until 1532.

In 1949, five local teams were merged with Piast, and the team was renamed to Metal Piast Gliwice, and then to Stal Gliwice, before its original name Piast Gliwice was restored in 1955. Piast continued to play their matches on ul. Robotniczej. In 1964, Piast merged with GKS Gliwice, a team formed in 1956 from a fusion of the three other local clubs, and the name was changed to GKS Piast Gliwice. Since the 1950s, Piast mostly played in the Second Division. During that period, Piast have twice (1978, 1983) managed to reach the final of the Polish Cup, losing on both occasions.

In the 1990s, due to financial difficulties, the team was rebuilt from the Klasa B (7th tier), achieving four consecutive promotions from the seventh to the third tier in 1997–2001, and afterwards it won promotion to the II liga (second tier) in 2003. Piast played as many as 33 seasons in the Polish Second Division, before finally being promoted to the Ekstraklasa in 2008. Having played two seasons in the top division, the club was relegated in 2010 to come back in 2012. It is the first football team in Poland to gain promotion from the 7th tier to the Ekstraklasa (Polish top tier of football) and later to the European club competition.[1]

In the 2010s, Piast enjoyed its greatest success, being runners-up in the 2015–16 Ekstraklasa and winning its first Polish championship in the 2018–19 season.

There is also a futsal department of Piast Gliwice, which competes in the Futsal Ekstraklasa (top division). Its home venue is the Gliwice Arena. It won its first Polish Championship in the 2021–22 season.[2]

Naming history

  • (18.06.1945) – KS Piast Gliwice
  • (23.05.1946) – KSM Piast Gliwice
  • (September/November 1947) – ZKSM Piast Gliwice
  • (05.03.1949) – ZS Metal Piast Gliwice (merged with ZKSM Huta Łabędy, ZKS Walcownia Łabędy, RKS Jedność Rudziniec, *RKS PZS Gliwice and ZKS Silesia Gliwice)
  • (01.11.1949) – ZKS Stal Gliwice
  • (11.03.1951) – ZKS Stal GZUT Gliwice
  • (15.03.1955) – ZKS Piast Gliwice
  • (20.01.1957) – KS Piast Gliwice
  • (01.01.1961) – SKS Piast Gliwice
  • (15.03.1964) – GKS Piast Gliwice (merged with GKS Gliwice and KS Metal Gliwice)
  • (17.10.1983) – MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice
  • (12.09.1989) – CWKS Piast-Bumar Gliwice
  • (1989) – [merged with ZTS Łabędy (Gliwice)]
  • (1990) – CWKS Bumar-Piast Gliwice
  • (04.04.1990) – KS Bumar Gliwice
  • (11.05.1990) – KS Bumar Łabędy (Gliwice)
  • (01.07.1990) – KS Bumar Gliwice
  • (1991) – KS Piast-Bumar Gliwice
  • (01.07.1992) – MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice
  • (01.08.1995) – KS Bojków Gliwice (merged with KS Bojków Gliwice)
  • (15.09.1995) – KS Piast Bojków Gliwice
  • (02.09.1996) – GKS Piast Gliwice

Crest

The club's crest is derived from the coat of arms of the city of Gliwice, and thus contains the Piast Eagle of the Upper Silesian line of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty, which ruled the city until 1532.

Honours

Seasons

European record

Results

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2Q Qarabağ FK 2–2 1–2 3–4 (a.e.t.)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 2Q IFK Göteborg 0–3 0–0 0–3
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1Q BATE Borisov 1−2 1−1 2−3
UEFA Europa League 2Q Riga FC 3−2 1−2 4−4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Dinamo Minsk — 2−0 —
2Q Hartberg 3–2 — —
3Q Copenhagen — 0−3 —
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round

UEFA Team ranking

See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 4 May 2025.[3]

Rank Team Points
225 Randers 7.000
226 Anorthosis Famagusta 7.000
227 Piast Gliwice 7.000
228 Cracovia 7.000
229 Silkeborg 7.000

Stadium

Piast plays their home games at the 10,000 capacity Piotr Wieczorek Stadium in Gliwice.

Supporters

Piast have a friendship with fans of Belarusian club BATE Borisov since 2011. The friendship started when BATE fans on their way to a Champions League match in Copenhagen stopped for a Piast game against local rivals GKS Katowice. The Piast fans then went to Alkmaar to support BATE versus AZ. After another visit for a Champions League game against Sturm Graz, the friendship became official and both sets of fans regularly visit each other.[4]

Piast's major rivals are Górnik Zabrze, with whom they contest the local derby.[5][6] The stadiums are located just a few kilometres from each other. Other rivals are local teams GKS Katowice and the two Bytom clubs, Szombierki and Polonia.

Players

Current squad

As of 10 July 2025[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  POL Jakub Czerwiński (captain)
6 MF  POL Michał Chrapek
7 MF  ESP Jorge Félix
10 MF  POL Patryk Dziczek
15 DF  POL Levis Pitan
16 FW  POL Mateusz Kopczyński
20 MF  POL Grzegorz Tomasiewicz
22 DF  POL Tomasz Mokwa
26 GK  SVK František Plach
27 MF  POL Justin Daniel
29 DF  POL Igor Drapiński
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF  POL Oskar Leśniak
33 GK  POL Karol Szymański
36 DF  POL Jakub Lewicki
70 FW  CYP Andreas Katsantonis
79 GK  POL Dawid Rychta
90 FW  SVK Erik Jirka
— MF  FRA Quentin Boisgard
— DF  POL Filip Borowski
— FW  ESP Adrián Dalmau
— MF  POL Szczepan Mucha
— DF  GHA Ema Twumasi

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  POL Piotr Liszewski

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
67 MF  POL Jakub Niedbała (at Stal Stalowa Wola until 30 June 2026)

Retired numbers

See also: List of retired numbers in association football

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  ESP Gerard Badía (2014–21)

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries at any time. Players with names listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Piast.

Managers

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Piast is pronounced [pjast]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kapitan Piasta awansował z nim od B-klasy do ekstraklasy" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 2008-05-27. Archived from the original on 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. ^ "Piast Gliwice po raz pierwszy mistrzem Polski w futsalu". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Club coefficients". UEFA. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  4. ^ Kuczyński, Tomasz. "Sztama GieKSy z Banikiem, Ruchu z Atletico, Piasta z BATE. Czy to ma sens? [SŁYNNE SZTAMY]". dziennikzachodni.pl. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze 3:2. Festiwal goli w śląskich derbach [ZDJĘCIA]". sport.pl. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. ^ SG, JU. "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze. Dziś derby przy Okrzei WYNIK NA ŻYWO GDZIE W TV, TRANSMISJA ONLINE". gazetawroclawska.pl. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Piast Gliwice current squad" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Lech Poznań – Strona Oficjalna. Specjalista od awansów – Jacek Zieliński" (in Polish). Lechpoznan.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  9. ^ "Waldemar Fornalik trenerem Piasta" (in Polish). 90minut. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Max Mölder nowym trenerem Piasta Gliwice od początku sezonu 2025/26!" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

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