Lechia Gdańsk

OSP Lechia Gdańsk (fully Ośrodek Szkolenia Piłkarskiego Lechia Gdańsk) is a Polish football club from the along the Baltic city of Gdansk. The club was founded in 1945, celebrated in 1983 when he won the Polish Cup football club its greatest success. Home ground of the club since the season 2011/ 12, the newly built PGE Arena. In the 2011/12 season Lechia plays in the Polish Ekstraklasa.

History

The club was founded in 1945 as KS BOP Baltia Gdańsk, but changed a year later his name in KS Lechia Gdańsk. 1948 succeeded in rising to the first division, from which one but as Table equal descent again. 1951 managed to rise again, the direct relegation followed in 1952. 1954 succeeded in re- return to the top flight.

1955 moved the club to the final of the Polish Football Cup, losing to Legia Warszawa. The following season was finished in third place.

1963 rose from Lechia Gdańsk from the premier league and commuted in the following years between the second and third Polish league. As a third division succeeded in 1983, the biggest success of the club's history, as they defeated Piast Gliwice in the cup final with 2-1. In the same year also achieved a promotion to the second division. As for the European Cup Winners Cup Winners' Cup qualifies you met at Juventus, but lost both games. Nevertheless, you could cheer at the end of the year, because of the direct walkover in the first league was successful after 21 years of abstinence.

1988 it rose again and returned only after the merger with Olimpia Poznan in 1995 in the first division back. However, the success was and it rose twice in a row now and played from 1997 again only mediocre. The merger with the second division Polonia Gdańsk in 1998 it was second-rate again.

In 2001 they separated from communion with Polonia and started independently in the sixth league. A year later, the sports community OSP Lechia Gdańsk was reestablished as an independent sports club to continue the tradition of the football section of the KS Lechia.

In the following years the walkover into the top league ( Ekstraklasa ) in which you play from season 2008/2009 succeeded.

Statistics

Fans

A great rivalry between the fans of Lechia Gdańsk and those of Arka Gdynia. It is less about athletic backgrounds rather than geographical, since both camps claim to be, to be the " ruler of the North". Furthermore, the Danziger trailers are very unpopular and much more with the fans of the clubs Cracovia Krakow, Lech Poznan, Polonia Warszawa, Pogon Szczecin, Bydgoszcz Zawisza, which is due to the past.

A Fanfreundschaft there with the followers of Slask Wroclaw ( since 1977, the longest Fanfreundschaft in Poland) and Wisla Krakow, who have a local rivalry with neighbors KS Cracovia Krakow from.

On March 19, 2013, two members of a fan of the club died when the bus in Wloclawek a guard rail broke and fell on its side. 34 more fans were injured, including ten heavy, the other 24 fans received minor bruises and wounds.

Current squad 2013/14

(Updated: October 9, 2013)

Achievements

• Polish Football Cup finalists in 1954/55
• 3rd place in the 1st League - 1956
• Polish Football Cup winners 1982/83
• Polish football Super Cup winners 1983
• Youth Champion U-19 in 1957
• Youth Champion U -17 ( 3x) - 1993, 1995, 2004

Name Changes

• (1945 ) Baltia Gdańsk
• (1946 ) KS (Club Sportowy ) Lechia Gdańsk
• (1950 ) Budowlani Gdańsk
• (1955 ) BKS ( Budowlany club Sportowy ) Lechia Gdańsk
• (1992 ) FC Lechia Gdańsk
• (1995 ) Lechia / Olimpia Gdańsk ( the merger )
• (1996 ) Lechia Gdańsk
• (1998) Lechia / Polonia Gdańsk ( the merger )
• (2001) OSP ( Ośrodek Szkolenia Piłkarskiego ) Lechia Gdańsk

Known player

• Tomasz Dawidowski
• Zygmunt Gadecki
• Roman Korynt
• Marek Ługowski
• Roman Rogocz
• Łukasz Trałka
• Sławomir Wojciechowski

All Seasons

Rugby Division

The rugby team of the club won the Polish Championship ten times, most recently in 2002.