Ruch Chorzów
Encyclopedia
Ruch Chorzów (ˈrux ˈxɔʐuf) is a Polish
association football club based in Chorzów
, Upper Silesia
. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently (2009/2010 season) the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity is 10,000 seats. Since the new national stadium in Chorzów is being rebuilt to a capacity of 55,210 seats, Ruch Chorzów is allowed to play only important matches in the new Silesian stadium. There are rumours that Ruch Chorzów will build a new stadium soon, with a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 thousands seats.
Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champions). Their main local rival is Górnik Zabrze
.
(then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch (a common noun for motion) being sometimes interpreted by Polish patriots as a cover reference
to the Silesian Uprisings
. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on May 3, 1920. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941; however, it reverted to its old name in 1945. In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. The current team sponsor (listed as PARTNER STRATEGICZNY or strategic partner) is the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
.
(1947-58) Marcin Baszczyński
(1995-00) Krzysztof Bizacki
(1994-95), (1997-06) Andrzej Buncol
(1979-81)
Ewald Cebula
(1948-52) Gerard Cieślik
(1939-59) Dariusz Gęsior
(1983-96) Edmund Giemsa
(1932-39)
Joachim Marx
(1969-75) Zygmunt Maszczyk
(1963-76) Teodor Peterek
(1928-39), (1946-48) Czesław Suszczyk (1946-59)
Mariusz Śrutwa
(1991-99), (2000-06) Krzysztof Warzycha
(1983-89)
Ernst Wilimowski (1934-39) Gerard Wodarz
(1946-47)
association football club based in Chorzów
, Upper Silesia
. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently (2009/2010 season) the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity is 10,000 seats. Since the new national stadium in Chorzów is being rebuilt to a capacity of 55,210 seats, Ruch Chorzów is allowed to play only important matches in the new Silesian stadium. There are rumours that Ruch Chorzów will build a new stadium soon, with a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 thousands seats.
Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champions). Their main local rival is Górnik Zabrze
.
(then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch (a common noun for motion) being sometimes interpreted by Polish patriots as a cover reference
to the Silesian Uprisings
. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on May 3, 1920. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941; however, it reverted to its old name in 1945. In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. The current team sponsor (listed as PARTNER STRATEGICZNY or strategic partner) is the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
.
(1947-58) Marcin Baszczyński
(1995-00) Krzysztof Bizacki
(1994-95), (1997-06) Andrzej Buncol
(1979-81)
Ewald Cebula
(1948-52) Gerard Cieślik
(1939-59) Dariusz Gęsior
(1983-96) Edmund Giemsa
(1932-39)
Joachim Marx
(1969-75) Zygmunt Maszczyk
(1963-76) Teodor Peterek
(1928-39), (1946-48) Czesław Suszczyk (1946-59)
Mariusz Śrutwa
(1991-99), (2000-06) Krzysztof Warzycha
(1983-89) Ernst Wilimowski (1934-39) Gerard Wodarz
(1946-47)
association football club based in Chorzów
, Upper Silesia
. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently (2009/2010 season) the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity is 10,000 seats. Since the new national stadium in Chorzów is being rebuilt to a capacity of 55,210 seats, Ruch Chorzów is allowed to play only important matches in the new Silesian stadium. There are rumours that Ruch Chorzów will build a new stadium soon, with a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 thousands seats.
Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champions). Their main local rival is Górnik Zabrze
.
(then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch (a common noun for motion) being sometimes interpreted by Polish patriots as a cover reference
to the Silesian Uprisings
. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on May 3, 1920. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941; however, it reverted to its old name in 1945. In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. The current team sponsor (listed as PARTNER STRATEGICZNY or strategic partner) is the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
.
(1947-58) Marcin Baszczyński
(1995-00) Krzysztof Bizacki
(1994-95), (1997-06) Andrzej Buncol
(1979-81)
Ewald Cebula
(1948-52) Gerard Cieślik
(1939-59) Dariusz Gęsior
(1983-96) Edmund Giemsa
(1932-39)
Joachim Marx
(1969-75) Zygmunt Maszczyk
(1963-76) Teodor Peterek
(1928-39), (1946-48) Czesław Suszczyk (1946-59)
Mariusz Śrutwa
(1991-99), (2000-06) Krzysztof Warzycha
(1983-89) Ernst Wilimowski (1934-39) Gerard Wodarz
(1946-47)
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...
association football club based in Chorzów
Chorzów
Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million...
, Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently (2009/2010 season) the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity is 10,000 seats. Since the new national stadium in Chorzów is being rebuilt to a capacity of 55,210 seats, Ruch Chorzów is allowed to play only important matches in the new Silesian stadium. There are rumours that Ruch Chorzów will build a new stadium soon, with a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 thousands seats.
Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champions). Their main local rival is Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...
.
History
The club was founded on April 20, 1920 in Hajduki WielkieChorzów Batory
Chorzów Batory is a district of the Polish city of Chorzów, in Silesian Voivodeship. Until early 1939, it was a separate municipality. One of the most renowned football clubs in Poland, Ruch Chorzów, is based there....
(then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch (a common noun for motion) being sometimes interpreted by Polish patriots as a cover reference
Double entendre
A double entendre or adianoeta is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic....
to the Silesian Uprisings
Silesian Uprisings
The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919–1921, against German rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I...
. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on May 3, 1920. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941; however, it reverted to its old name in 1945. In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. The current team sponsor (listed as PARTNER STRATEGICZNY or strategic partner) is the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is one of the biggest, non-governmental, non-profit, charity organizations in Poland...
.
Achievements
- Polish championship
- Winners (14): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951(In 1951 Wisła Kraków was league champion, however, the Polish Championship title was awarded to the 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, Ruch Chorzów) , 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989 - Runners-up (5): 1950, 1956, 1963, 1970, 1973
- 3rd place (8): 1937, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1983, 2000, 2010
- Winners (14): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951(In 1951 Wisła Kraków was league champion, however, the Polish Championship title was awarded to the Cup
- 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...
:- Winners (3): 1951, 1974, 1996
- Runners-up (5): 1963, 1968, 1970, 1993, 2009
- 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...
:- Runners-up (2): 1989, 1996
- 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...
- Quarter-Final (1): 1975
- 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...
- Quarter-Final (1): 1974
- UEFA Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
- Finalist (1): 1998
Current squad
Notable former players
Henryk AlszerHenryk Alszer
Henryk Alszer was a Polish footballer. He was part of the Polish national team who were at the 1952 Summer Olympics....
(1947-58) Marcin Baszczyński
Marcin Baszczynski
Marcin Baszczyński is a Polish footballer who plays for Polonia Warsaw.-Club career:Baszczyński started his career at Pogoń Ruda Śląska. In 1995 he joined Ruch Chorzów. In 2000 he moved to Wisła Kraków...
(1995-00) Krzysztof Bizacki
Krzysztof Bizacki
Krzysztof Bizacki is a Polish footballer. He is currently a player of GKS Tychy.-Career:Bizacki began his career in the 1990/91 season, where he played for GKS Tychy....
(1994-95), (1997-06) Andrzej Buncol
Andrzej Buncol
Andrzej Bernard Buncol is a retired Polish football player.He played for clubs such as Ruch Chorzów, Legia Warszawa, FC Homburg , Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Düsseldorf ....
(1979-81)
Ewald Cebula
Ewald Cebula
Edward Cebula was a Polish football player and defender...
(1948-52) Gerard Cieślik
Gerard Cieslik
Gerard Cieślik , also known as Gienek, is a former football player of Ruch Wielkie Hajduki ....
(1939-59) Dariusz Gęsior
Dariusz Gesior
Dariusz Jan Gęsior is a retired Polish footballer .-Club:He is one of the notable players of Ruch Chorzów. His last club was Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, where he was released free in the winter 2006. Now he is connected with many clubs like Ruch Chorzów or Odra Wodzisław...
(1983-96) Edmund Giemsa
Edmund Giemsa
Edmund Giemza was a Polish interwar soccer player, started career as a forward, then moved to midfield, regarded as an expert on free kicks. Born on October 16, 1912 in Upper Silesian city of Ruda Śląska, died on September 30, 1994 in Chinnor, England.Giemsa played for Ruch Chorzów as well as...
(1932-39)
Joachim Marx
Joachim Marx
Joachim Jerzy Marx is a retired Polish football striker.On the national level, he played for Poland national team and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.With Ruch Chorzów, he played 162 matches in the Ekstraklasa scoring 66 goals...
(1969-75) Zygmunt Maszczyk
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Zygmunt Paweł Maszczyk is a retired Polish football player.He played mostly for Ruch Chorzów.He played for the Polish national team and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal and at the 1976...
(1963-76) Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek , a Polish soccer player from interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and Polish National Team...
(1928-39), (1946-48) Czesław Suszczyk (1946-59)
Mariusz Śrutwa
Mariusz Śrutwa
Mariusz Śrutwa is a former Polish footballer who played as a striker.-External links:...
(1991-99), (2000-06) Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...
(1983-89)
Ernst Wilimowski (1934-39) Gerard WodarzGerard Wodarz
Gerard Wodarz was one of the best soccer players of interwar Poland. He was a multiple champion of the country and also played 28 games on the Polish national football team, scoring 9 goals.He was born in 1913 in Wielkie Hajduki Gerard Wodarz (August 10, 1913 – November 8, 1982) was one of...
(1946-47)
Managerial history
Ruch Chorzów (ˈrux ˈxɔʐuf) is a PolishPoland
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...
association football club based in Chorzów
Chorzów
Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million...
, Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently (2009/2010 season) the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity is 10,000 seats. Since the new national stadium in Chorzów is being rebuilt to a capacity of 55,210 seats, Ruch Chorzów is allowed to play only important matches in the new Silesian stadium. There are rumours that Ruch Chorzów will build a new stadium soon, with a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 thousands seats.
Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champions). Their main local rival is Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...
.
History
The club was founded on April 20, 1920 in Hajduki WielkieChorzów Batory
Chorzów Batory is a district of the Polish city of Chorzów, in Silesian Voivodeship. Until early 1939, it was a separate municipality. One of the most renowned football clubs in Poland, Ruch Chorzów, is based there....
(then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch (a common noun for motion) being sometimes interpreted by Polish patriots as a cover reference
Double entendre
A double entendre or adianoeta is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic....
to the Silesian Uprisings
Silesian Uprisings
The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919–1921, against German rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I...
. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on May 3, 1920. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941; however, it reverted to its old name in 1945. In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. The current team sponsor (listed as PARTNER STRATEGICZNY or strategic partner) is the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is one of the biggest, non-governmental, non-profit, charity organizations in Poland...
.
Achievements
- Polish championship
- Winners (14): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951(In 1951 Wisła Kraków was league champion, however, the Polish Championship title was awarded to the 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, Ruch Chorzów) , 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989 - Runners-up (5): 1950, 1956, 1963, 1970, 1973
- 3rd place (8): 1937, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1983, 2000, 2010
- Winners (14): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951(In 1951 Wisła Kraków was league champion, however, the Polish Championship title was awarded to the Cup
- 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...
:- Winners (3): 1951, 1974, 1996
- Runners-up (5): 1963, 1968, 1970, 1993, 2009
- 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...
:- Runners-up (2): 1989, 1996
- 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...
- Quarter-Final (1): 1975
- 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...
- Quarter-Final (1): 1974
- UEFA Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
- Finalist (1): 1998
Current squad
Notable former players
Henryk AlszerHenryk Alszer
Henryk Alszer was a Polish footballer. He was part of the Polish national team who were at the 1952 Summer Olympics....
(1947-58) Marcin Baszczyński
Marcin Baszczynski
Marcin Baszczyński is a Polish footballer who plays for Polonia Warsaw.-Club career:Baszczyński started his career at Pogoń Ruda Śląska. In 1995 he joined Ruch Chorzów. In 2000 he moved to Wisła Kraków...
(1995-00) Krzysztof Bizacki
Krzysztof Bizacki
Krzysztof Bizacki is a Polish footballer. He is currently a player of GKS Tychy.-Career:Bizacki began his career in the 1990/91 season, where he played for GKS Tychy....
(1994-95), (1997-06) Andrzej Buncol
Andrzej Buncol
Andrzej Bernard Buncol is a retired Polish football player.He played for clubs such as Ruch Chorzów, Legia Warszawa, FC Homburg , Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Düsseldorf ....
(1979-81)
Ewald Cebula
Ewald Cebula
Edward Cebula was a Polish football player and defender...
(1948-52) Gerard Cieślik
Gerard Cieslik
Gerard Cieślik , also known as Gienek, is a former football player of Ruch Wielkie Hajduki ....
(1939-59) Dariusz Gęsior
Dariusz Gesior
Dariusz Jan Gęsior is a retired Polish footballer .-Club:He is one of the notable players of Ruch Chorzów. His last club was Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, where he was released free in the winter 2006. Now he is connected with many clubs like Ruch Chorzów or Odra Wodzisław...
(1983-96) Edmund Giemsa
Edmund Giemsa
Edmund Giemza was a Polish interwar soccer player, started career as a forward, then moved to midfield, regarded as an expert on free kicks. Born on October 16, 1912 in Upper Silesian city of Ruda Śląska, died on September 30, 1994 in Chinnor, England.Giemsa played for Ruch Chorzów as well as...
(1932-39)
Joachim Marx
Joachim Marx
Joachim Jerzy Marx is a retired Polish football striker.On the national level, he played for Poland national team and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.With Ruch Chorzów, he played 162 matches in the Ekstraklasa scoring 66 goals...
(1969-75) Zygmunt Maszczyk
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Zygmunt Paweł Maszczyk is a retired Polish football player.He played mostly for Ruch Chorzów.He played for the Polish national team and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal and at the 1976...
(1963-76) Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek , a Polish soccer player from interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and Polish National Team...
(1928-39), (1946-48) Czesław Suszczyk (1946-59)
Mariusz Śrutwa
Mariusz Śrutwa
Mariusz Śrutwa is a former Polish footballer who played as a striker.-External links:...
(1991-99), (2000-06) Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...
(1983-89)
Ernst Wilimowski (1934-39) Gerard WodarzGerard Wodarz
Gerard Wodarz was one of the best soccer players of interwar Poland. He was a multiple champion of the country and also played 28 games on the Polish national football team, scoring 9 goals.He was born in 1913 in Wielkie Hajduki Gerard Wodarz (August 10, 1913 – November 8, 1982) was one of...
(1946-47)
Managerial history
Ruch Chorzów (ˈrux ˈxɔʐuf) is a PolishPoland
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...
association football club based in Chorzów
Chorzów
Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million...
, Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently (2009/2010 season) the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity is 10,000 seats. Since the new national stadium in Chorzów is being rebuilt to a capacity of 55,210 seats, Ruch Chorzów is allowed to play only important matches in the new Silesian stadium. There are rumours that Ruch Chorzów will build a new stadium soon, with a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 thousands seats.
Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champions). Their main local rival is Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...
.
History
The club was founded on April 20, 1920 in Hajduki WielkieChorzów Batory
Chorzów Batory is a district of the Polish city of Chorzów, in Silesian Voivodeship. Until early 1939, it was a separate municipality. One of the most renowned football clubs in Poland, Ruch Chorzów, is based there....
(then Bismarckhütte). It was known as Ruch Hajduki Wielkie until 1938, with Ruch (a common noun for motion) being sometimes interpreted by Polish patriots as a cover reference
Double entendre
A double entendre or adianoeta is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic....
to the Silesian Uprisings
Silesian Uprisings
The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919–1921, against German rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I...
. The club's first match, a 3:1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on May 3, 1920. In early 1939, the municipality of Hajduki Wielkie merged with Chorzów, which led to the club taking on its current name Ruch Chorzów. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941; however, it reverted to its old name in 1945. In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. The current team sponsor (listed as PARTNER STRATEGICZNY or strategic partner) is the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is one of the biggest, non-governmental, non-profit, charity organizations in Poland...
.
Achievements
- Polish championship
- Winners (14): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951(In 1951 Wisła Kraków was league champion, however, the Polish Championship title was awarded to the 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, Ruch Chorzów) , 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989 - Runners-up (5): 1950, 1956, 1963, 1970, 1973
- 3rd place (8): 1937, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1983, 2000, 2010
- Winners (14): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951(In 1951 Wisła Kraków was league champion, however, the Polish Championship title was awarded to the Cup
- 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...
:- Winners (3): 1951, 1974, 1996
- Runners-up (5): 1963, 1968, 1970, 1993, 2009
- 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...
:- Runners-up (2): 1989, 1996
- 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...
- Quarter-Final (1): 1975
- 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...
- Quarter-Final (1): 1974
- UEFA Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
- Finalist (1): 1998
Current squad
Notable former players
Henryk AlszerHenryk Alszer
Henryk Alszer was a Polish footballer. He was part of the Polish national team who were at the 1952 Summer Olympics....
(1947-58) Marcin Baszczyński
Marcin Baszczynski
Marcin Baszczyński is a Polish footballer who plays for Polonia Warsaw.-Club career:Baszczyński started his career at Pogoń Ruda Śląska. In 1995 he joined Ruch Chorzów. In 2000 he moved to Wisła Kraków...
(1995-00) Krzysztof Bizacki
Krzysztof Bizacki
Krzysztof Bizacki is a Polish footballer. He is currently a player of GKS Tychy.-Career:Bizacki began his career in the 1990/91 season, where he played for GKS Tychy....
(1994-95), (1997-06) Andrzej Buncol
Andrzej Buncol
Andrzej Bernard Buncol is a retired Polish football player.He played for clubs such as Ruch Chorzów, Legia Warszawa, FC Homburg , Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Düsseldorf ....
(1979-81)
Ewald Cebula
Ewald Cebula
Edward Cebula was a Polish football player and defender...
(1948-52) Gerard Cieślik
Gerard Cieslik
Gerard Cieślik , also known as Gienek, is a former football player of Ruch Wielkie Hajduki ....
(1939-59) Dariusz Gęsior
Dariusz Gesior
Dariusz Jan Gęsior is a retired Polish footballer .-Club:He is one of the notable players of Ruch Chorzów. His last club was Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, where he was released free in the winter 2006. Now he is connected with many clubs like Ruch Chorzów or Odra Wodzisław...
(1983-96) Edmund Giemsa
Edmund Giemsa
Edmund Giemza was a Polish interwar soccer player, started career as a forward, then moved to midfield, regarded as an expert on free kicks. Born on October 16, 1912 in Upper Silesian city of Ruda Śląska, died on September 30, 1994 in Chinnor, England.Giemsa played for Ruch Chorzów as well as...
(1932-39)
Joachim Marx
Joachim Marx
Joachim Jerzy Marx is a retired Polish football striker.On the national level, he played for Poland national team and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.With Ruch Chorzów, he played 162 matches in the Ekstraklasa scoring 66 goals...
(1969-75) Zygmunt Maszczyk
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Zygmunt Paweł Maszczyk is a retired Polish football player.He played mostly for Ruch Chorzów.He played for the Polish national team and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal and at the 1976...
(1963-76) Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek , a Polish soccer player from interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and Polish National Team...
(1928-39), (1946-48) Czesław Suszczyk (1946-59)
Mariusz Śrutwa
Mariusz Śrutwa
Mariusz Śrutwa is a former Polish footballer who played as a striker.-External links:...
(1991-99), (2000-06) Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...
(1983-89)
Ernst Wilimowski (1934-39) Gerard WodarzGerard Wodarz
Gerard Wodarz was one of the best soccer players of interwar Poland. He was a multiple champion of the country and also played 28 games on the Polish national football team, scoring 9 goals.He was born in 1913 in Wielkie Hajduki Gerard Wodarz (August 10, 1913 – November 8, 1982) was one of...
(1946-47)
Managerial history
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Ruch in Europe
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| 1972/73 | 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 |  |
Fenerbahçe SK Fenerbahçe SK Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü is a professional sports club based in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The club derives its name from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Istanbul. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar )... |
3-0, 0-1 |
| 2R |  |
Dynamo Dresden Dynamo Dresden SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles... |
0-1, 0-3 | ||
| 1973/74 | 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 | |
Wuppertaler SV | 4-1, 4-5 |
| 2R | |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
3-0, 0-1 | ||
| 3R |  |
Budapest Honvéd FC Budapest Honvéd FC Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian... |
0-2, 5-0 | ||
| 1/4F |  |
Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division... |
1-1, 1-3 | ||
| 1974/75 | European Cup | 1R |  |
Hvidovre IF Hvidovre IF Hvidovre IF is a Danish football club, founded on 15 October 1925 in Hvidovre.- Current squad :As of 2011-03-21... |
0-0, 2-1 |
| 2R | |
Fenerbahçe SK Fenerbahçe SK Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü is a professional sports club based in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The club derives its name from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Istanbul. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar )... |
2-1, 2-0 | ||
| 1/4F |  |
AS Saint-Étienne AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire is a French association football club based in Saint-Étienne. The club was founded in 1919 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard located within the city... |
3-2, 0-2 | ||
| 1975/76 | European Cup | 1R |  |
KuPS KuPS Kuopion Palloseura is a Finnish football club, based in the 8th most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. The team plays its home matches at Kuopion keskuskenttä... |
5-0, 2-2 |
| 2R | |
PSV Eindhoven | 1-3, 0-4 | ||
| 1979/80 European Cup 1979-80 The season 1979–80 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Hamburg. The winning goal was scored by John Robertson, who drilled the ball into the corner of the Hamburg net from outside the penalty area... |
European Cup | 1R | |
Dynamo Berlin Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:... |
1-4, 0-0 |
| 1989/90 European Cup 1989-90 The 1989–90 European Cup was the 35th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament, the European Cup. The final was played at the Praterstadion in Vienna on 23 May 1990. The final was contested by Italian defending champions Milan and Portuguese two-time former winners Benfica. Milan... |
European Cup | 1R |  |
CSKA Sofia | 1-1, 1-5 |
| 1996/97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996-97 The season 1996-97 of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona after beating holders Paris Saint-Germain in the final. It was the last of four occasions that the Catalan club won the tournament.-Qualifying round:-First leg:... |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
Q |  |
Llansantffraid The New Saints F.C. The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club , also known as The New Saints or simply TNS is a full-time-professional British football club representing Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain in Powys, Wales and Oswestry in Shropshire, England . They play in the Welsh Premier League... |
1-1, 5-0 |
| 1R |  |
Benfica Lisboa | 5-1, 0-0 | ||
| 1998 | Intertoto Cup | 1R |  |
FK Austria Wien FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA... |
1-0, 2-2 |
| 2R |  |
Örgryte IS Örgryte IS Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg.-History:The club was founded on 4 December 1887 and participated in the first football match in Sweden on 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. After... |
1-2, 1-0 | ||
| 3R | |
C.F. Estrela da Amadora | 1-1, 1-1 | ||
| 4R | |
Debreceni VSC Debreceni VSC Debreceni VSC or just Debrecen or DVSC is a football club from the city of Debrecen in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 season. Debreceni VSC has been the most successful Hungarian club since 2000. The club has won the Hungarian... |
1-0, 3-0 | ||
| 5R |  |
Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history... |
0-1, 0-2 | ||
| 2000/01 UEFA Cup 2000-01 In perhaps the most bizarre European final ever, the 2000–01 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool in a dramatic golden goal final against Deportivo Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a unique cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season... |
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... |
Q |  |
FK Žalgiris Vilnius FK Žalgiris Vilnius VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white... |
1-2, 6-0 |
| 1R | |
Internazionale Milano F.C. | 0-3, 1-4 | ||
| 2010/11 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  |
FC Shakhter Karagandy | 2-1, 1-0 |
| 2Q |  |
Valletta F.C. Valletta F.C. Valletta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. Valletta F.C. has the strongest support on the island... |
1-1, 0-0 | ||
| 3Q | |
FK Austria Wien FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA... |
1-3, 0-3 | ||
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