GKS 71 Tychy
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GKS Tychy is a Polish football club based in Tychy
Tychy
Tychy is a city in Silesia, Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south...

, 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...

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It was founded in 1971. The club now plays in the Polish Second League
Polish Second League
II Liga is a Polish football league that sits at the 3rd tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season II Liga referred to a league at the 2nd tier, although this changed with the formation of the Ekstraklasa as the top level league in Poland...

 (two classes below Ekstraklasa). It played in Ekstraklasa between 1974-1977.

Previous names

  • 20.04.1971 to 1996 - Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy
  • 1996 - Sokół Tychy
  • 1997 - Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy
  • 1998 - TKS Tychy
  • 2000 - Górnośląski Klub Sportowy Tychy '71
  • 2008 - Górniczy Klub Sportowy Tychy

GKS Tychy in Europe

Season Competition Round Club Score
1976-77 UEFA Cup 1R   1. FC Koln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

0-2, 1-1

Current First Team

Notable players

Jerzy Dudek
Jerzy Dudek
Jerzy Henryk Dudek is a retired Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful spells in Netherlands and England, winning the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool in 2005, appearing in 186 official games for the club over...

 (pictured) Bogusław Wyparło Radosław Gilewicz Ryszard Komornicki Roman Ogaza
Roman Ogaza
Roman Grzegorz Ogaza was a Polish football player.-Life and work:Roman Ogaza was born 17 November in Katowice. He was a striker...

 Mirosław Widuch
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