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Ruch Chorzów

 
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Ruch Chorzów
Full name Ruch Chorzów S.A.
Nickname(s) Niebiescy (The Blues),
Niebieska eRka (The Blue R),
HKS (from Hutniczy KS)
Founded 1920 (April 20)
Ground Stadion Ruchu
(Capacity: 10,000 seats)
Chairman Flag of Poland Katarzyna Sobstyl
Manager Flag of Poland Bogusław Pietrzak
League Ekstraklasa
2007-08 10th
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Ruch Chorzów (pron. [ˈrux ˈxɔʐuf]) is a Polish football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful soccer teams in Poland, 14 time national champion, 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently (2008/2009) in Ekstraklasa.

Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champion).

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History

The club was founded on April 20, 1920 in Hajduki Wielkie (then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch being a reference to the Silesian Uprisings. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on May 3, 1920, on the anniversary of the Constitution of May 3, 1791. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. The club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 after the German occupation of Poland, and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941, however, it reverted to its old name in 1945.[1] In 1948, under communist pressure, the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch.

Achievements

Current squad

Accurate as of February 2009.[2]

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Poland GK Mateusz Struski
3 Flag of Poland DF Grzegorz Baran
4 Flag of Poland DF Ireneusz Adamski
6 Flag of Poland MF Wojciech Grzyb
8 Flag of Poland DF Krzysztof Nykiel
11 Flag of Poland MF Marcin Nowacki
14 Flag of Poland FW Łukasz Janoszka
15 Flag of Poland DF Rafał Grodzicki
17 Flag of Poland MF Michał Pulkowski
19 Flag of Poland FW Artur Sobiech
20 Flag of Slovakia MF Pavol Baláž
No. Position Player
21 Flag of Poland MF Maciej Sadlok
22 Flag of Poland DF Tomasz Brzyski
24 Flag of Slovakia FW Martin Fabuš
27 Flag of Poland MF Bartosz Flis
28 Flag of Slovakia MF Gábor Straka
29 Flag of Poland DF Ariel Jakubowski
30 Flag of Croatia GK Matko Perdijić
31 Flag of Poland MF Bartłomiej Babiarz
32 Flag of Poland DF Piotr Kieruzel
80 Flag of Poland GK Krzysztof Pilarz

Players out on loan

No. Position Player
18 Flag of Poland FW Marcin Sobczak (on loan to GKS Bełchatów)

Notable former players

Ruch in Europe

Season Competition Round Club Score
1972/73 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Turkey Fenerbahçe SK 3-0, 0-1
2R Flag of the German Democratic Republic Dynamo Dresden 0-1, 0-3
1973/74 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Germany Wuppertaler SV 4-1, 4-5
2R Flag of the German Democratic Republic FC Carl Zeiss Jena 3-0, 0-1
3R Flag of Hungary Budapest Honvéd FC 0-2, 5-0
1/4F Flag of the Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam 1-1, 1-3
1974/75 European Cup 1R Flag of Denmark Hvidovre IF 0-0, 2-1
2R Flag of Turkey Fenerbahçe SK 2-1, 2-0
1/4F Flag of France AS Saint-Étienne 3-2, 0-2
1975/76 European Cup 1R Flag of Finland KuPS 5-0, 2-2
2R Flag of the Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1-3, 0-4
1979/80 European Cup 1R Flag of the German Democratic Republic Dynamo Berlin 1-4, 0-0
1989/90 European Cup 1R Flag of Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1-1, 1-5
1996/97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Q Flag of Wales Llansantffraid 1-1, 5-0
1R Flag of Portugal Benfica Lisboa 5-1, 0-0
1998 Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Austria FK Austria Wien 1-0, 2-2
2R Flag of Sweden Örgryte IS 1-2, 1-0
3R Flag of Portugal C.F. Estrela da Amadora 1-1, 1-1
4R Flag of Hungary Debreceni VSC 1-0, 3-0
5R Flag of Italy Bologna F.C. 1909 0-1, 0-2
2000/01 UEFA Cup Q Flag of Lithuania FK Žalgiris Vilnius 1-2, 6-0
1R Flag of Italy Internazionale Milano F.C. 0-3, 1-4

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