LKS Lódz
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ŁKS Łódź (ˈew ˈka ˈes ˈwut͡ɕ) is a Polish Sports Club which is publicly owned by Łódź City Council. They are best known for their football
club but are represented in many sports such as basketball
, volleyball
, tennis
, athletics and in the past ice hockey
The club is based at Al. Unii Lubelskiej 2 in the West of Łódź, Poland
. The club was founded in 1908.
In 2009 the new Atlas Arena was completed adjacent to the football stadium. It is an indoor arena and has already hosted international events in basketball, volleyball and boxing. The City council intend to construct a brand new stadium on the site of the current football stadium. It is intended to be complete in time for Euro 2012. Although Lodz is not a host city it is hoped the failure by the Ukraine to be ready on time will lead to Poland hosting the entire tournament on its own and therefore requiring more host cities. There are currently 4 Polish host cities (Warsaw, Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław)and 2 back-up cities (Kraków, Chorzów), but 7-8 stadia would be required to host the tournament. It is envisioned the new stadium will hold approx 34,000 seats as required by UEFA
. Due to their rivalry Widzew Łódź have ruled out using this new stadium and instead intend to rebuild their own stadium.
Support for the project has been undermined by the re-call election of the Lodz City President in early 2010. The interim president has questioned the cost of the stadium. The city has also announced a public auction for their stake in the club as they can no longer afford to cover the clubs loses. The future of the project is therefore uncertain.
Their nickname Rycerze Wiosny (Spring Knights) has been given to them due to their usually strong performance in the second round of the league, after Winter break.
Mirosław Bulzacki Marek Chojnacki
Kazimierz Deyna
Marek Dziuba
Antoni Gałecki Marcin Gortat
Robert Grzywocz Leszek Jezierski
Władysław Karasiak Tomasz Kłos Władysław Król Jerzy Sadek Marek Saganowski
Władysław Soporek
Piotr Suski
Igor Sypniewski
Henryk Szczepański Stanisław Terlecki Jan Tomaszewski
Mirosław Trzeciak Tomasz Wieszczycki
Andrzej Woźniak
Bogusław Wyparło Jacek Ziober
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club but are represented in many sports such as basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, athletics and in the past ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
The club is based at Al. Unii Lubelskiej 2 in the West of Łódź, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. The club was founded in 1908.
In 2009 the new Atlas Arena was completed adjacent to the football stadium. It is an indoor arena and has already hosted international events in basketball, volleyball and boxing. The City council intend to construct a brand new stadium on the site of the current football stadium. It is intended to be complete in time for Euro 2012. Although Lodz is not a host city it is hoped the failure by the Ukraine to be ready on time will lead to Poland hosting the entire tournament on its own and therefore requiring more host cities. There are currently 4 Polish host cities (Warsaw, Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław)and 2 back-up cities (Kraków, Chorzów), but 7-8 stadia would be required to host the tournament. It is envisioned the new stadium will hold approx 34,000 seats as required by UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
. Due to their rivalry Widzew Łódź have ruled out using this new stadium and instead intend to rebuild their own stadium.
Support for the project has been undermined by the re-call election of the Lodz City President in early 2010. The interim president has questioned the cost of the stadium. The city has also announced a public auction for their stake in the club as they can no longer afford to cover the clubs loses. The future of the project is therefore uncertain.
Football Club
They have a fierce rivalry with cross-town club, Widzew Łódź, with the derby match between the two clubs being intense both on and off the field.Their nickname Rycerze Wiosny (Spring Knights) has been given to them due to their usually strong performance in the second round of the league, after Winter break.
Achievements
- Ekstraklasa (First division):
- 1st Place(2): 1958, 1998
- 2nd Place(1): 1954
- 3rd Place(3): 1922, 1957, 1993
- Polish CupPolish CupThe Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...
:- Winner(1): 1957
- Finalist(1): 1994
- Polish SuperCupPolish SuperCupThe Polish SuperCup in football is an annually held match between the champion of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winner. To this date the Polish SuperCup has been played out 21 times with the Polish Cup winner taking the trophy 13 times, while the Ekstraklasa champions had won the trophy 8 times...
:- Finalist(2): 1994, 1998
Current squad
ŁKS in Europe
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score | |
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| 1959/60 European Cup 1959-60 The 1959–60 European Cup was the fifth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in the final, a record score for the European Cup final... |
European Cup UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
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0-5, 2-1 |
| 1994/95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994-95 The season 1994-95 of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Real Zaragoza in the final against defending champions Arsenal, Zaragoza famously winning thanks to a spectacular last-minute goal from midfielder Nayim with an effort from 40 yards.... |
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FC Porto | 0-2, 0-1 |
| 1996 | Intertoto Cup | GR |  |
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 0-3 |
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Kaucuk Opava SFC Opava Slezský FC Opava is a football club from Opava, Czech Republic. Currently the club plays in the third-level Moravian-Silesian Football League. They were in the Gambrinus Liga at the top tier of Czech football from 1995 to 2000, getting relegated in 2000 but returning to the top flight the following... |
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| 1998/99 UEFA Champions League 1998-99 The 1998–99 UEFA Champions League was the seventh season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament, since it was renamed from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Manchester United, coming back from a goal down in the last... |
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FC Kapaz Gandja | 4-1, 3-1 |
| 2Q |  |
Manchester United | 0-2, 0-0 | ||
| UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1R |  |
AS Monaco | 1-3, 0-0 | |
Notable players
Paweł Abbott Stanisław Baran Witold BendkowskiWitold Bendkowski
Witold Bendkowski is a Polish football player. He has played in Polish football clubs such as Unia Skierniewice and especially ŁKS Łódź, as well as the South Korean club Yukong Kokkiri.-External links:* in Playerhistory.com*...
Mirosław Bulzacki Marek Chojnacki
Marek Chojnacki
Marek Chojnacki is a former Polish footballer who played as a defender. He is the manager of Zagłębie Sosnowiec.-Club career:Chojnacki played for ŁKS Łódź in the Polish Ekstraklasa, appearing in more than 450 league matches...
Kazimierz Deyna
Kazimierz Deyna
Kazimierz Deyna was a Polish footballer, who played as an offensive midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation.-Early life:...
Marek Dziuba
Marek Dziuba
Marek Dziuba is a retired Polish football player and later a football manager.He played for a few clubs, including ŁKS Łódź and Widzew Łódź....
Antoni Gałecki Marcin Gortat
Marcin Gortat
Marcin Gortat, pronounced "MAHR-cheen GOR-taht" , also known as the Polish Hammer, is a Polish professional basketball player who plays the center position for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. The 6'11", 240 pound power forward/center is the son of boxer Janusz Gortat...
Robert Grzywocz Leszek Jezierski
Leszek Jezierski
Leszek "Napoleon" Jezierski was a Polish football striker and coach.-Biography:Born in Lublin, Jezierski played for top club Legia Warsaw. He made his debut on the national team against Bulgaria in 1954, playing for his country six times. He later became a coach, helping promote Lodz Widzew in...
Władysław Karasiak Tomasz Kłos Władysław Król Jerzy Sadek Marek Saganowski
Marek Saganowski
Marek Mirosław Saganowski is a Polish football player who plays as a striker for ŁKS Łódź.-Poland:Saganowski was born in Łódź, Poland and began his career in 1994 with his local club ŁKS Łódź, playing there for six seasons, with brief loan spells at Feyenoord in 1996 and at Hamburg in early 1997...
Władysław Soporek
Władysław Soporek
Wladyslaw Soporek was a Polish football player, and a coach.Soporek, whose first team was a local side TUR Grodzisk, spent the best years of his career in ŁKS Łódź, where he won the 1958 championship of Poland. In the same year, he was the top scorer of the Ekstraklasa, with 18 goals...
Piotr Suski
Igor Sypniewski
Igor Sypniewski
Igor Sypniewski is a former Polish footballer.-Club career:Sypniewski began his career with ŁKS Łódź, a club for whom he would play several seasons in the Polish Ekstraklasa and Polish First League. He also spent several seasons playing in the Greek Super League with Kavala, Panathinaikos and...
Henryk Szczepański Stanisław Terlecki Jan Tomaszewski
Jan Tomaszewski
Jan Tomaszewski is a retired Polish footballer , who was nicknamed "Tomek" and "The Man That Stopped England", named Best Goalkeeper in the 1974 World Cup in West Germany....
Mirosław Trzeciak Tomasz Wieszczycki
Tomasz Wieszczycki
Tomasz Wieszczycki is former Polish football player.-National team:Wieszczycki appeared in 11 matches for the Poland national football team, scoring three goals.-External links:*...
Andrzej Woźniak
Andrzej Wozniak
Andrzej Woźniak is a retired Polish professional football goalkeeper that played most often for Widzew Łódź and also had a spell with Portuguese side FC Porto. Known as one of the best goalkeepers in his country he made 20 appearances for the Poland national football team.-External links:*...
Bogusław Wyparło Jacek Ziober
Jacek Ziober
Jacek Ziober is a Polish former football player. Now he is a national coach of Poland national beach soccer team-References:**...
See also
- ŁKS Lotto ŁódźLKS Lotto LódzŁKS Lotto Łódź is a Polish women's basketball team based in Łódź playing in the PLKK.- 2003/2004 season :ŁKS Lotto Łódź has won the 6th place in the Sharp Torell Basket Liga.- See also :* ŁKS Łódź - Men's football team...
- women basketball team STBL - Football in PolandFootball in PolandFootball is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Polish national football team played its first international match in 1921.There are hundreds of...
- List of football teams
- UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
- UEFA CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...