GKS Tychy

History

The history of GKS Tychy dates back to 20 April 1971, when the government of the county of Tychy, together with Communist party activists (PZPR), decided to form a powerful sports organization. As a result of the merger of Polonia Tychy, Górnik Wesoła and Górnik Murcki, a strong, multi-department sports club was formed, with football and ice hockey as its major departments. Before the creation of GKS Tychy, ice hockey players of Górnik Murcki had twice won the Polish Cup (1967 and 1971).

The decision to merge the teams from Murcki and Wesoła was not welcomed by members of local communities, who wanted to keep their organizations. The Tychy County government did not care about these concerns, as the plan was to form a strong club, with top class athletes. GKS Tychy was financially supported by local coal mines, from Tychy, Lędziny, Wesoła and Bieruń. A new, 20,000 stadium was built, together with a swimming pool and ice-skating rink. By 1973, GKS Tychy had over 600 athletes in seven departments, including football, ice hockey, wrestling, and track and field.

Two years after its creation, the football team of GKS Tychy won promotion to the second level of Polish football tier, and in early summer of 1974, the team was promoted to Ekstraklasa. With its topscorer Roman Ogaza, Tychy in August 1974 debuted in Ekstraklasa, in a 1–1 game vs. Lech Poznań. In 1975–76 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy finished second, after Polish champion Stal Mielec, and in the UEFA Cup, it played against West German side Köln. In the first leg, in Cologne (15 September 1976), Tychy lost 0–2. In the second leg, which took place on 29 September 1976 at Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Polish team tied 1-1, after a goal by Roman Ogaza. Ogaza himself was a member of Polish football team, which won silver in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, becoming the first athlete in the history of Tychy to win an olympic medal.

In the 1976–77 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy, to the surprise of experts, was relegated from Polish top division, despite the fact that its top players remained at Tychy. After several seasons in Polish Second Division, GKS was once again relegated (1983) to the third level of Polish football tier, remaining there until 1993. After a merger with Sokół Pniewy, the new team, called Sokół Tychy-Pniewy, played in 1995–96 Ekstraklasa and 1996–97 Ekstraklasa. Due to financial difficulties, the team was dissolved in 1997. Soon afterwards, new organization, called Tyski Klub Sportowy Tychy was founded. Later on, the team eventually returned to the historic name GKS Tychy and won promotion to the I liga (second tier) in 2012. In the 2020–21 season GKS qualified to promotion play-offs to the Ekstraklasa, but lost to the final winner Górnik Łęczna.

In April 2021, The Seelig Group (TSG) and Chien Lee of NewCity Capital together acquired 75% of GKS Tychy and became the controlling shareholders. Tyski Sport S.A. remains as 25% shareholder.

On 12 November 2025, GKS Tychy appointed Łukasz Piszczek as their new head coach to replace Artur Skowronek.

Home stadium

The Stadion Miejski (English: Municipal Stadium) is located in Tychy, Poland. It is the home ground of GKS Tychy. The stadium holds 15,300 people.

Previous names

• 20 April 1971 – 1996: Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy
• 1996: Sokół Tychy
• 1997: Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy
• 1998: TKS Tychy
• 2000: Górnośląski Klub Sportowy Tychy '71
• 2008: Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy

GKS Tychy in Europe

Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tychy. ;Poland

• Poland Krzysztof Bizacki (1990–1993, 1995–1996, 2008–2014)
• Poland Eugeniusz Cebrat (1971–1977, 1979–1983)
• Poland Piotr Ćwielong (2017–2019)
• Poland Jerzy Dudek (1995–1996) (pictured)
• Poland Dariusz Fornalak (1996–1997)
• Poland Seweryn Gancarczyk (2015–2017)
• Poland Radosław Gilewicz (1991–1992)
• Poland Dariusz Grzesik (1984, 2004)
• Poland Bartosz Karwan (1993)
• Poland Damian Kądzior (2025–present)
• Poland Jakub Kiwior (2012–2016)
• Poland Ryszard Komornicki (1980–1982)
• Poland Marcin Kowalczyk (2018–2020)
• Poland Ryszard Kraus (1994–1995)
• Poland Jerzy Ludyga (1975–1979)
• Poland Janusz Nawrocki (1995–1997)
• Poland Krzysztof Nowak (1995–1996)
• Poland Roman Ogaza (1975–1978)
• Poland Lechosław Olsza (1975–1977)
• Poland Sebastian Przyrowski (2015)
• Poland Marcin Radzewicz (2014–2018)
• Poland Marek Rzepka (1995–1997)
• Poland Michał Stasiak (2015)
• Poland Krystian Szuster (1996–1997)
• Poland Rafał Szwed (1996–1997)
• Poland Jakub Świerczok (2016–2017)
• Poland Bogusław Wyparło (1996–1997) ;Bosnia & Herzegovina
• BIH Filip Arežina (2016) ;Democratic Republic of the Congo
• COD Wilson Kamavuaka (2020) ;Estonia
• EST Ken Kallaste (2019–2020) ;Kyrgyzstan
• KGZ Edgar Bernhardt (2018–2019) ;Mexico
• Mexico Carlos Peña (2019) ;Moldova
• Moldova Eugen Zasavițchi (2017) ;Slovakia
• Slovakia Tomáš Malec (2021–2023) ;Slovenia
• Slovenia Denis Popovič (2014) ;Soviet Union
• RussiaUkraine Valeri Panchik (1993) ;Trinidad and Tobago
• Trinidad and Tobago Keon Daniel (2018–2020) ;Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe Edelbert Dinha (1995–1996)

Coaching staff

Other sports

Active sections:

• Basketball
• Ice hockey (men's)
• Ice hockey (women's)
• Football (women's)
• Futsal (men's)
• Esports

References

References

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