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| Full name | Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy | |||
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| Founded | 20 April 1971; 54 years ago (1971-04-20) | |||
| Ground | Stadion Miejski | |||
| Capacity | 15,300 | |||
| Owner(s) | The Seelig Group Chien Lee[1] | |||
| Chairman | Maximilian Kothny | |||
| Manager | Łukasz Piszczek | |||
| League | I liga | |||
| 2024–25 | I liga, 7th of 18 | |||
| Website | https://kp-gkstychy.pl | |||
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GKS Tychy is a Polish professionalfootball club, based inTychy, that competes in the PolishI liga. The club was founded in 1971. It played in theEkstraklasa between 1974–1977 and 1995–1997. Their biggest success was a second-place finish in the1975–76 Ekstraklasa season.
The history of GKS Tychy dates back to 20 April 1971, when the government of thecounty ofTychy, together with Communist party activists (PZPR), decided to form a powerful sports organization. As a result of the merger of Polonia Tychy, GórnikWesoła and GórnikMurcki, a strong, multi-department sports club was formed, with football andice hockey as its major departments. Before the creation of GKS Tychy, ice hockey players of Górnik Murcki had twice won thePolish Cup (1967 and 1971).
The decision to merge the teams from Murcki and Wesoła was not welcomed by members of local communities, who wanted to keep their organizations. The Tychy County government did not care about these concerns, as the plan was to form a strong club, with top class athletes. GKS Tychy was financially supported by local coal mines, from Tychy,Lędziny, Wesoła andBieruń. A new, 20,000 stadium was built, together with a swimming pool and ice-skating rink. By 1973, GKS Tychy had over 600 athletes in seven departments, including football, ice hockey, wrestling, and track and field.
Two years after its creation, the football team of GKS Tychy won promotion to the second level of Polish football tier, and in early summer of 1974, the team was promoted toEkstraklasa. With its topscorerRoman Ogaza, Tychy in August 1974 debuted in Ekstraklasa, in a 1–1 game vs.Lech Poznań. In1975–76 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy finished second, after Polish championStal Mielec, and in theUEFA Cup, it played against West German sideKöln. In the first leg, inCologne (15 September 1976), Tychy lost 0–2. In the second leg, which took place on 29 September 1976 atSilesian Stadium inChorzów, Polish team tied 1-1, after a goal by Roman Ogaza. Ogaza himself was a member of Polish football team, which won silver in the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal, becoming the first athlete in the history of Tychy to win an olympic medal.
In the1976–77 Ekstraklasa, GKS Tychy, to the surprise of experts, was relegated from Polish top division, despite the fact that its top players remained at Tychy. After several seasons in Polish Second Division, GKS was once again relegated (1983) to the third level of Polish football tier, remaining there until 1993. After a merger withSokół Pniewy, the new team, called Sokół Tychy-Pniewy, played in1995–96 Ekstraklasa and1996–97 Ekstraklasa. Due to financial difficulties, the team was dissolved in 1997. Soon afterwards, new organization, called Tyski Klub Sportowy Tychy was founded. Later on, the team eventually returned to the historic name GKS Tychy and won promotion to the I liga (second tier) in 2012. In the2020–21 season GKS qualified to promotion play-offs to the Ekstraklasa, but lost to the final winnerGórnik Łęczna.
In April 2021,The Seelig Group (TSG) andChien Lee of NewCity Capital together acquired 75% of GKS Tychy and became the controlling shareholders. Tyski Sport S.A. remains as 25% shareholder.[1]
On 12 November 2025, GKS Tychy appointedŁukasz Piszczek as their new head coach to replaceArtur Skowronek.[2]
TheStadion Miejski(English: Municipal Stadium) is located inTychy,Poland. It is the home ground of GKS Tychy. The stadium holds 15,300 people.[3]
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score | |
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| 1976–77 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  | 1. FC Köln | 0–2, 1–1 |
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Had international caps for their respective countries.[6] Players listed inbold represented their countries while playing for Tychy.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Łukasz Piszczek |
| Assistant coach | Przemysław Gomułka |
| Goalkeeping coach | Bartosz Kowalczyk |
| Fitness coach | Damian Fos |
| Team manager | Mateusz Długasiewicz |
| Kitman | Sławomir Skowroński |
| Physiotherapists | Robert Cypcer Radosław Krowiak |
| Masseur | Janusz Wolski |
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