Ruch Chorzów

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Ruch Chorzów
Full name Ruch Chorzów S.A.
Nickname(s) Niebiescy (The Blues),
Niebieska eRka (The Blue R),
HKS (from Hutniczy KS)
Founded 1920 (April 20)
Ground Stadion Ruchu
(Capacity 10,000 seats)
Chairman Flag of Poland Katarzyna Sobstyl
Manager Flag of Slovakia Dušan Radolský
League Ekstraklasa
2007-08 10th
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Ruch Chorzów (pron. IPA: [ˈrux ˈxɔʐuf]) is a Polish football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. One of the most successful soccer teams in Poland, 14 time national champion, 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently (2007/2008) in Ekstraklasa. Their main local rivals are Górnik Zabrze and GKS Katowice.

Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 time national champion).

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[edit] Current squad

Accurate as of May 22, 2008

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Serbia GK Mateusz Struski
2 Flag of Serbia DF Jovan Ninković
3 Flag of Poland DF Grzegorz Baran
4 Flag of Poland DF Ireneusz Adamski
5 Flag of Croatia DF Toni Golem
6 Flag of Poland MF Wojciech Grzyb
7 Flag of Poland FW Piotr Ćwielong
8 Flag of Poland DF Krzysztof Nykiel
9 Flag of Poland MF Grzegorz Domżalski
11 Flag of Poland MF Marcin Nowacki
14 Flag of Poland FW Łukasz Janoszka
15 Flag of Poland DF Rafał Grodzicki
17 Flag of Poland MF Michał Pulkowski
No. Position Player
18 Flag of Poland FW Marcin Sobczak
20 Flag of Slovakia MF Pavol Baláž
21 Flag of Poland DF Maciej Sadlok
22 Flag of Poland DF Tomasz Brzyski
24 Flag of Slovakia FW Martin Fabuš
26 Flag of Poland MF Radosław Mikołajek
27 Flag of Poland MF Daniel Feruga
28 Flag of Slovakia MF Gábor Straka
29 Flag of Poland DF Ariel Jakubowski
30 Flag of Croatia GK Matko Perdijić
76 Flag of Poland FW Remigiusz Jezierski
80 Flag of Poland GK Krzysztof Pilarz
96 Flag of Poland GK Robert Mioduszewski

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Foreign players

[edit] Honours

  • Polish Championships
    • Winners 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989
    • Runners-up 1950, 1956, 1963, 1970, 1973
  • Polish Cup:
    • Winners 1951, 1974, 1996
    • Runners-up 1963, 1968, 1970, 1993 (second team)

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Ekstraklasa 2007-08
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Cracovia Kraków | GKS Bełchatów | Górnik Zabrze | Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski | Jagiellonia Białystok | Korona Kielce | Lech Poznań | Legia Warsaw | ŁKS Łódź | Odra Wodzisław | Polonia Bytom | Ruch Chorzów | Widzew Łódź | Wisła Kraków | Zagłębie Lubin | Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1921–1938

Cracovia Kraków | Pogoń Lwów | Pogoń Lwów | Pogoń Lwów | Pogoń Lwów | Wisła Kraków | Wisła Kraków | Warta Poznań | Cracovia Kraków | Garbarnia Kraków | Cracovia Kraków | Ruch Chorzów | Ruch Chorzów | Ruch Chorzów | Ruch Chorzów | Cracovia Kraków | Ruch Chorzów
1946–1959

Polonia Warszawa | Warta Poznań | Cracovia Kraków | Wisła Kraków | Wisła Kraków | Ruch Chorzów | Ruch Chorzów | Ruch Chorzów | Polonia Bytom | Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | Górnik Zabrze | ŁKS Łódź | Górnik Zabrze
1960–1979

Ruch Chorzów | Górnik Zabrze | Polonia Bytom | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Ruch Chorzów | Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Stal Mielec | Ruch Chorzów | Ruch Chorzów | Stal Mielec | Śląsk Wrocław | Wisła Kraków | Ruch Chorzów
1980–1999

Szombierki Bytom | Widzew Łódź | Widzew Łódź | Lech Poznań | Lech Poznań | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Górnik Zabrze | Ruch Chorzów | Lech Poznań | Zagłębie Lubin | Lech Poznań | Lech Poznań | Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | Widzew Łódź | Widzew Łódź | ŁKS Łódź | Wisła Kraków
2000–2008

Polonia Warszawa | Wisła Kraków | Legia Warszawa | Wisła Kraków | Wisła Kraków | Wisła Kraków | Legia Warszawa | Zagłębie Lubin | Wisła Kraków

Coordinates: 50°16′55.93″N, 18°56′39.04″E