Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice (pronounced [ɡlʲiˈvʲit͡sʲ.kʲi klup spɔrˈtɔ.vɨ pʲjasd ɡlʲiˈvʲi.t͡sɛ]^{[upper-alpha 1]}) is a Polish football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2023–24, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division.

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Piast Gliwice

Full name	Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice
Nickname(s)	Piastunki (the Custodians, the Keepers)
Founded	18 June 1945; 78 years ago (1945-06-18)
Ground	Stadion Miejski im. Piotra Wieczorka
Capacity	9,913
Chairman	Grzegorz Jaworski (acting)
Manager	Aleksandar Vuković
League	Ekstraklasa
2022–23	Ekstraklasa, 5th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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]

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.

• Ekstraklasa
  • Champions: 2018–19
  • Runners-up: 2015–16
  • 3rd place: 2019–20
• I Liga (Second Division)
  • Champions: 2011–12
• Polish Cup
  • Runners-up: 1978, 1983

Piast plays their home games at the 10,000 capacity Stadion Miejski im. Piotra Wieczorka in Gliwice.

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 Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice and the two Bytom clubs, Szombierki and Polonia.

As of 8 April 2024^[7]

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  POL Ariel Mosór 3 DF  ESP Miguel Muñoz 4 DF  POL Jakub Czerwiński (captain) 5 DF  SVK Tomáš Huk 6 MF  POL Michał Chrapek 7 MF  ESP Jorge Félix 9 FW  POL Fabian Piasecki 10 FW  POL Kamil Wilczek 11 MF  POL Damian Kądzior 12 GK  POL Bartłomiej Jelonek 14 DF  SVK Jakub Holúbek 16 MF  POL Patryk Dziczek 17 MF  POL Filip Karbowy 19 MF  POL Michael Ameyaw 20 MF  POL Grzegorz Tomasiewicz

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  POL Tomasz Mokwa 23 MF  POL Szczepan Mucha 24 MF  ENG Tom Hateley 25 DF  POL Piotr Liszewski 26 GK  SVK František Plach 30 MF  POL Miłosz Szczepański 31 MF  POL Oskar Leśniak 33 GK  POL Karol Szymański 44 MF  UKR Sergiy Krykun 67 MF  POL Jakub Niedbała 77 DF  POL Arkadiusz Pyrka 79 GK  POL Dawid Rychta 81 MF  GEO Valerian Gvilia 96 MF  MKD Tihomir Kostadinov 99 FW  POL Piotr Urbański

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Out on loan

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  POL Gabriel Kirejczyk (at Zagłębie Sosnowiec until 30 June 2024) 28 MF  POL Michał Kaput (at Radomiak Radom until 30 June 2024) 29 FW  POL Marcel Bykowski (at Kotwica Kołobrzeg until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 DF  AUT Constantin Reiner (at SCR Altach until 30 June 2024) 67 MF  POL Jakub Niedbała (at Skra Częstochowa until 30 June 2024)

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Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Stojan Vranješ

Czech Republic

• Michal Papadopulos
• Lumír Sedláček

Denmark

• Mikkel Kirkeskov

Estonia

• Konstantin Vassiljev

Hungary

• Kristopher Vida

Lithuania

• Edvinas Girdvainis

Poland

• Daniel Ciechański
• Patryk Lipski
• Piotr Parzyszek
• Sebastian Milewski
• Kamil Glik
• Martin Konczkowski
• Bartosz Rymaniak
• Piotr Malarczyk
• Dominik Steczyk
• Tomasz Jodłowiec
• Michał Żyro
• Tymoteusz Klupś
• Patryk Sokołowski
• Jakub Świerczok
• Patryk Tuszyński

Portugal

• Tiago Alves

Serbia

• Aleksandar Sedlar

Slovenia

• Uroš Korun

Spain

• Gerard Badía

Ukraine

• Denys Arendaruk

South America

Brazil

• Hebert Silva Santos

Ecuador

• Joel Valencia

• Krzysztof Zagórski (16 December 2001 – 23 October 2002)
• Józef Dankowski (21 April 2003 – 19 October 2004)
• Wojciech Borecki (19 October 2004 – 31 December 2004)
• Jacek Zielinski (31 December 2004 – 14 September 2006)^[8]
• Jan Furlepa (interim) (14–20 September 2006)
• Boguslaw Pietrzak (20 September 2006 – 30 June 2007)
• Piotr Mandrysz (3 July 2007 – 30 June 2008)
• Marek Wlecialowski (1 July 2008 – 5 January 2009)
• Dariusz Fornalak (5 January 2009 – 15 March 2010)
• Ryszard Wieczorek (15 March 2010 – 31 May 2010)
• Marcin Brosz (15 June 2010 – 6 May 2014)
• Ángel García (7 May 2014 – 18 March 2015)
• Radoslav Látal (20 March 2015 – 15 July 2016)
• Jiří Neček (15 July 2016 – 30 August 2016)
• Radoslav Látal (1 September 2016 – 2 March 2017)
• Dariusz Wdowczyk (3 March 2017 – 19 September 2017)
• Waldemar Fornalik (19 September 2017 – 25 October 2022)^[9]
• Aleksandar Vuković (27 October 2022 – present)

• Football in Poland