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GKS Bełchatów
Full nameFundacja Akademia GKS Bełchatów[1]
NicknamesGieksa
Brunatni (The Browns)
Torfiarze (The Turfers)
Founded26 November 1977; 48 years ago (1977-11-26)
GroundGIEKSA Arena
Capacity5,264
Chairmanvacant
ManagerRobert Rogan
LeagueIV liga Łódź
2025–26III liga, group I, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Websitegksbelchatow.com.pl

GKS Bełchatów [ɡʲɛkaˈɛs bɛwˈxatuf] is a Polish professional football club based in Bełchatów. The club currently competes in the IV liga Łódź after suffering relegation from the III liga in the 2025–26 season.[2]

History

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GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Klasa A in 1977 under the name of Węgiel Brunatny Bełchatów,[3] and gained promotion to the III liga in the 1981–82 season.[3] It took the club another seven years to rise to the II liga (1986/1987 season), before winning a place in the top-tier I liga in 1992.[3] After another spell in II liga, the club again won promotion to the I liga at the end of the 2004–05 season. The club finished the 2005–06 season in 10th place, with 37 points.[4] The following season they challenged for the league title. After spending much of the latter part of the 2006–07 season in first place, they were ultimately overtaken by Zagłębie Lubin and had to settle for second place.[5]

On 11 March 2022, the club, then playing in the II liga, withdrew from the league and did not start playing in the spring round. As a consequence, they were moved to the last place in the 2021–22 season standings and their remaining matches being declared 0–3 forfeits for their opponents.[6] They declared liquidation on 20 April 2022.[7] On 31 May 2022, the Łódź Football Association admitted its academy (Akademia GKS Bełchatów) as its continuator to the Łódź group of the fifth division for the 2022–23 season.[8]

Honours

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Fans and rivalries

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The fans are called Torfiorze (the "Turfers" in translation).[9] They have friendly relations with fans of Wisła Sandomierz.[10] Their biggest rivals are neighbours RKS Radomsko, and as Bełchatów is located in the Łódź Province, they also have rivalries with the two traditional well-established Łódź teams, ŁKS and Widzew.[10]

Bełchatów in Europe

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Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) Ameri Tbilisi 2–0 0–2 2–2 (4–2 pen)
2Q Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–4 1–1 3–5

Players

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Current squad

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As of 2 March 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  POL Tomasz Kucharski
2 DF  POL Mateusz Szymorek
3 DF  POL Norbert Warmuz (on loan from GKS Katowice)
4 DF  POL Mateusz Lipp
5 MF  POL Patryk Pytlewski
6 MF  POL Damian Michalak
7 FW  POL Kacper Popławski
8 MF  POL Wiktor Kościuk
9 FW  POL Nikodem Powroźnik
10 MF  POL Ricardo Gonçalves do Nascimento
14 MF  POL Szymon Małecki
16 DF  POL Marcel Sadziński
17 FW  UKR Serhiy Napolov
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  POL Szymon Sarnik
19 DF  POL Jakub Bartosiński
20 MF  POL Mikołaj Błaszczyk
21 DF  POL Adam Dębiński
22 MF  POL Antoni Koszur
23 GK  POL Alan Ostrowski
24 MF  POL Oliwier Kasprzycki
25 MF  JPN Daichi Kato
27 DF  POL Wojciech Bogacz
28 MF  POL Mateusz Wójcik
30 MF  POL Łukasz Wroński (captain)
33 MF  POL Natan Wysiński
77 GK  POL Jakub Wiśniewski

Notable players

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Players who have been capped at any time and/or have over 80 appearances for the club

Notable Polish players
Notable foreign players

Managers

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References

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  1. ↑ "Fundacja Akademia GKS Bełchatów". ngo.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  2. ↑ Szarwark, Piotr (31 May 2026). "Upadek wicemistrza Polski. Właśnie spadł do IV ligi". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "GKS Bełchatów - sezon po sezonie - Historia Polskiej Piłki Nożnej - HPPN.PL". www.hppn.pl.
  4. ↑ "Orange Ekstraklasa 2005/2006". www.90minut.pl.
  5. ↑ "Dziesięć lat temu GKS Bełchatów zaszokował piłkarską Polskę". Dziennik Łódzki. November 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ "GKS Bełchatów wycofał się z rozgrywek 2 ligi". www.lodz.tvp.pl (in Polish).
  7. ↑ "Oficjalnie: GKS Bełchatów ogłosił upadłość". weszlo.com (in Polish). 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  8. ↑ "OFICJALNIE: GKS Bełchatów-reaktywacja. Klub zgłoszony do nowych rozgrywek". transfery.info (in Polish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Kieruzel, Adam (November 27, 2020). "Bełchatów. Kibice GKS utworzyli mural z podobizną papieża Jana Pawła II [ZDJĘCIA]". Bełchatów Nasze Miasto.
  10. 1 2 "GKS Bełchatów — zgody, układy, kosy, grupy, grill i inne".
  11. ↑ "Patryk Rachwał kończy swoją misję w PGE GiEK GKS Bełchatów" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Radosław Pęciak nowym trenerem PGE GiEK GKS Bełchatów!" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Radosław Pęciak nie jest już trenerem PGE GiEK GKS-u Bełchatów" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. 9 November 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Mateusz Milczarek nowym trenerem PGE GiEK GKS Bełchatów" (in Polish). GKS Bełchatów. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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