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| Full name | Ludowy Klub Sportowy Błyskawica Gać | |
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| Nickname(s) | Rycerzami wiosny (Knights of spring) | |
| Founded | 1946 | |
| Ground | Stadion LKS Błyskawica Gać [1] | |
| Capacity | 600 [2] | |
| President | Tomasz Luda | |
| Manager | Jan Kownacki | |
| Coach | Krystian Pikaus | |
| League | Liga okręgowa | |
| 2023-24 | 1st of 16 | |
| Website | Club website | |
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Błyskawica Gać is a football club from the Lower Silesian village of Gać in Poland. The club has become well known amongst Polish football fans as a result of the club’s supporters regular display of their banner during Polish national team matches. [3]
History
The current iteration of the club was formed in 1997 as a merger between three local sides Foto-Higiena Oława, Błyskawica Gać and Korona Osiek. [4] The newly formed club inherited the legacy of Błyskawica Gać who were originally founded in 1946 and became affiliated with the Ludowe Zespoły Sportowe in the 1950s. [5]
After finishing top of the IV liga in the 2017-18 season, the club gained promotion to the III liga. [6] Their opening game of the following season was against Ruch Chorzów which, up until that point, was the lowest league game the latter club had contested in their history. [7] During the COVID-19 pandemic the club was accused of discrimination after having banned residents of the Silesian Voivodeship from attending matches at their home ground prior to a fixture against Ruch Chorzów. [8]
Club name
In 1995 the club’s current president, a local entrepreneur named Tomasz Luda, applied to enter a team in the football league pyramid under the name Foto-Higiena Oława. The unusual club prefix, translatable as ‘Photo-Hygiene’, was a result of Luda’s ownership of a local photographic society, meetings of which were held in the premises of his brother’s hygiene supplies business in Oława. After the 1997 merger the club retained the name Photo-Hygiene, [9] although in 2023 the club announced that they would drop their well known prefix, reverting to their original name of Błyskawica Gać. [10]
Rivalries
The club contest a local derby against Stal Brzeg from the nearby town of Brzeg. [11]
Supporters
Since the UEFA Euro 2016 supporters of the club have prominently displayed a Polish flag with the words Foto Higiena superimposed on it during matches played by the national team. The flag was also taken to games during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [12]
In 2018 Maciej Zieliński took to Twitter to complain about the Foto-Higiena banner which he mistook for an advertisement after it had been displayed at a Poland basketball match. [13]
References
- ^ "Stadion LKS Błyskawica Gać". polska-org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Foto-Higiena Gać". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Padewski, Andrzej (11 September 2023). "Koniec legendarnej nazwy. Charakterystyczna flaga zniknie ze stadionów". dolfutbol.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Hydzik, Rafał (30 September 2019). "Gać - małe piłkarskie miasteczko Foto-Higieny z atestem Włodzimierza Lubańskiego". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Padewski, Andrzej (11 September 2023). "Koniec legendarnej nazwy. Charakterystyczna flaga zniknie ze stadionów". dolfutbol.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Trybulski, Krzysztof A. (22 June 2018). "Foto-Higiena Gać w III lidze!". tuolawa.pl (in Polish). Gazeta Powiatowa. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Sroka, Jacek (18 August 2019). "Ruch Chorzów przegrywa z Foto-Higieną Gać. Garstka widzów na Cichej - kibice Niebieskich bojkotują klub". chorzow.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Kuczyński, Tomasz (8 August 2020). "Ślązakom wstęp wzbroniony! Kibice ze Śląska nie mogą wejść na stadion na mecz Foto-Higiena Gać - Ruch Chorzów. Kibice Niebieskich oburzeni". Dziennik Zachodni (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Hydzik, Rafał (30 September 2019). "Gać - małe piłkarskie miasteczko Foto-Higieny z atestem Włodzimierza Lubańskiego". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Padewski, Andrzej (11 September 2023). "Koniec legendarnej nazwy. Charakterystyczna flaga zniknie ze stadionów". dolfutbol.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Red (21 August 2020). "Brzeg zagra z Foto-Higieną Gać". brzeg24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Kowalski, Jakub (2 December 2022). "Flaga z Gaci paraduje na mundialu". rp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Hydzik, Rafał (30 September 2019). "Gać - małe piłkarskie miasteczko Foto-Higieny z atestem Włodzimierza Lubańskiego". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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| Full name | Ludowy Klub Sportowy Błyskawica Gać | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Rycerzami wiosny (Knights of spring) | |
| Founded | 1946 | |
| Ground | Stadion LKS Błyskawica Gać [1] | |
| Capacity | 600 [2] | |
| President | Tomasz Luda | |
| Manager | Jan Kownacki | |
| Coach | Krystian Pikaus | |
| League | Liga okręgowa | |
| 2023-24 | 1st of 16 | |
| Website | Club website | |
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Błyskawica Gać is a football club from the Lower Silesian village of Gać in Poland. The club has become well known amongst Polish football fans as a result of the club’s supporters regular display of their banner during Polish national team matches. [3]
History
The current iteration of the club was formed in 1997 as a merger between three local sides Foto-Higiena Oława, Błyskawica Gać and Korona Osiek. [4] The newly formed club inherited the legacy of Błyskawica Gać who were originally founded in 1946 and became affiliated with the Ludowe Zespoły Sportowe in the 1950s. [5]
After finishing top of the IV liga in the 2017-18 season, the club gained promotion to the III liga. [6] Their opening game of the following season was against Ruch Chorzów which, up until that point, was the lowest league game the latter club had contested in their history. [7] During the COVID-19 pandemic the club was accused of discrimination after having banned residents of the Silesian Voivodeship from attending matches at their home ground prior to a fixture against Ruch Chorzów. [8]
Club name
In 1995 the club’s current president, a local entrepreneur named Tomasz Luda, applied to enter a team in the football league pyramid under the name Foto-Higiena Oława. The unusual club prefix, translatable as ‘Photo-Hygiene’, was a result of Luda’s ownership of a local photographic society, meetings of which were held in the premises of his brother’s hygiene supplies business in Oława. After the 1997 merger the club retained the name Photo-Hygiene, [9] although in 2023 the club announced that they would drop their well known prefix, reverting to their original name of Błyskawica Gać. [10]
Rivalries
The club contest a local derby against Stal Brzeg from the nearby town of Brzeg. [11]
Supporters
Since the UEFA Euro 2016 supporters of the club have prominently displayed a Polish flag with the words Foto Higiena superimposed on it during matches played by the national team. The flag was also taken to games during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [12]
In 2018 Maciej Zieliński took to Twitter to complain about the Foto-Higiena banner which he mistook for an advertisement after it had been displayed at a Poland basketball match. [13]
References
- ^ "Stadion LKS Błyskawica Gać". polska-org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Foto-Higiena Gać". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Padewski, Andrzej (11 September 2023). "Koniec legendarnej nazwy. Charakterystyczna flaga zniknie ze stadionów". dolfutbol.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Hydzik, Rafał (30 September 2019). "Gać - małe piłkarskie miasteczko Foto-Higieny z atestem Włodzimierza Lubańskiego". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Padewski, Andrzej (11 September 2023). "Koniec legendarnej nazwy. Charakterystyczna flaga zniknie ze stadionów". dolfutbol.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Trybulski, Krzysztof A. (22 June 2018). "Foto-Higiena Gać w III lidze!". tuolawa.pl (in Polish). Gazeta Powiatowa. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Sroka, Jacek (18 August 2019). "Ruch Chorzów przegrywa z Foto-Higieną Gać. Garstka widzów na Cichej - kibice Niebieskich bojkotują klub". chorzow.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Kuczyński, Tomasz (8 August 2020). "Ślązakom wstęp wzbroniony! Kibice ze Śląska nie mogą wejść na stadion na mecz Foto-Higiena Gać - Ruch Chorzów. Kibice Niebieskich oburzeni". Dziennik Zachodni (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Hydzik, Rafał (30 September 2019). "Gać - małe piłkarskie miasteczko Foto-Higieny z atestem Włodzimierza Lubańskiego". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Padewski, Andrzej (11 September 2023). "Koniec legendarnej nazwy. Charakterystyczna flaga zniknie ze stadionów". dolfutbol.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Red (21 August 2020). "Brzeg zagra z Foto-Higieną Gać". brzeg24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Kowalski, Jakub (2 December 2022). "Flaga z Gaci paraduje na mundialu". rp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Hydzik, Rafał (30 September 2019). "Gać - małe piłkarskie miasteczko Foto-Higieny z atestem Włodzimierza Lubańskiego". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.