Gwardia Warsaw
Full name | Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa |
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Nickname(s) | Harpagony |
Founded | 1948 |
Dissolved | 2018 |
Ground | Stadion "WKS" Gwardia |
Capacity | 9,000 |
2017–18 | Klasa A, 12th of 14 (dissolved after the season)[1] |
WKS Gwardia Warszawa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡvar.dja varˈʂa.va]) was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953 to 1960 (8 seasons), 1962–1966 (5 seasons), 1967–1968, 1969–1975, 1978–1979 and 1981–1983. The biggest success was finishing 2nd in the Polish Championship in the 1957 season. Gwardia was the first club in the history of Polish football to take part in the European Cup in the 1955–56 season. The club was dissolved in 2018.
Gwardia Warszawa football team in Europe
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score | |
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1955–56 | European Cup | 1R | Djurgården | 0–0, 1–4 | |
1957–58 | European Cup | Q | Wismut Aue | 3–1, 1–3, 1–1 (Wismut advance by draw) | |
1969–70 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1R | Vojvodina | 1–1, 1–0 | |
2R | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–2, 0–1 | |||
1973–74 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Ferencvárosi | 1–0, 2–1 | |
2R | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 1–3, 1–0 | |||
1974–75 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | Bologna | 2–1, 1–2, penalties 5–3 for Gwardia | |
2R | PSV Eindhoven | 1–5, 0–3 |
Honours
- Ekstraklasa
- Polish Cup
- Winners: 1953–54
- Runners-up: 1973–74
- Poland Under-19 Championship:
- Runners-up: 1960, 1978
- European Cup
- First round: 1955–56
- European Cup Winners' Cup
- Second round: 1974–75
See also
References
- ^ "Klasa A 2017/2018, grupa: Warszawa III". www.90minut.pl (in Polish).
External links
- Official Website Archived 2017-03-19 at the Wayback Machine