Official Website: gornikzabrze.pl

The most meritorious club in Poland was founded in 1948, three years after borders of Poland had switched westwards and the city of Zabrze became part of Polish Republic. Gornik was based on several smaller sports associations that had existed in Zabrze in 1945-1948: RKS Concordia, KS Pogoń, RKS Skra I KS Zjednoczenie.

All these teams joined forces, creating a strong club, which took the name GZKS Gornik.

The name was changed to TKS Górnik in 1949 and next to KS Górnik Zabrze in 1957. This year, just a year after promotion, Gornik won its first championship of Poland. The team, with star, Ernest Pohl, was third in 1958, to regain the crown in 1959 and 1961, together with such players as Stanislaw Oslizlo and Hubert Kostka. In 1961 Gornik for the first time appeared in European Cups, losing in the first round to Tottenham Hotspur.

The next championship, won in 1963, marked the beginning of an unusual streak of five consecutive titles (1963, 64, 65, 66 and 67), which is a Polish record.

Gornik’s biggest success in European football took place in 1970 (even though in Poland the team was second, after Legia Warsaw). In the Cup Winners Cup, Gornik beat all their opponents - Olympiakos Piraeus, Rangers, Levski Sofia and AS Roma, reaching the final, which took place in Vienna. There, Manchester City turned out to be the better team, winning 2-1.

The word Górnik means miner, Zabrze being an important city in the mining region of Silesia in southwestern Poland. The stadium is named for a legendary Górnik player from the 1950s and 60s.

Trophy Room:
* Polish League (1957, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 72, 85, 86, 87, 88*
* Polish Cup (1965, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)