GKS Piast Gliwice - last updated on 26 June 2009
(Courtesy of Andrzej Potocki, Previous President at GKS Piast Gliwice)
Club name: Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast
Foundation: June 18th 1945
City: Gliwice
Colours: Blue and red
Website: www.piast.gliwice.pl
Honours:
GKS Piast Gliwice has currently no honours.
About the logo:
The club now known as GKS Piast Gliwice was created in March 1964 following a merger between two local sides, KS Piast Gliwice (formed 1945) and GKS Gliwice (formed 1956).
Following the merger, the colours of KS Piast Gliwice were adopted by the new club, along with the crest elements of GKS Gliwice, albeit with certain modifications.
The club crest now in use (shown top right) contains the club name and elements of the city's coat of arms. A half-eagle represents the local Silesia region, while a tower represents the very first symbol to appear on the city's official documents back in the 13th century.
An updated version of the coat of arms of Gliwice was officially adopted by the City Council in 1991 and hence minor alterations to the football club's crest were also made at this time. However, proposals to also add a football to the crest (to mark the sport played) were rejected by club members, who saw the idea as a cliché!
With the club also running a fencing section, some versions the crest additionally show three swords, which represent this activity.
The crest used by KS Piast Gliwice until March 1964 (shown left) featured a red-blue coat of arms taken from the crest of the legendary pre-war club, LKS Pogon Lwow. Removed from that club's crest was the figure of a knight - a traditional symbol of eastern Polish lands that also appears on some older Lithuanian and Belarussian crests.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
KS Piast Gliwice - From June 18th 1945 to January 1st 1946
KSM Piast Gliwice - From January 1st 1946 to January 1st 1947
ZKSM Piast Gliwice - From January 1st 1947 to May 5th 1949
GKS Gliwice - From December 1st 1956 to December 31st 1962
GKS Hutnik Gliwice - From January 1st 1963 to March 14th 1964
GKS Piast Gliwice - From March 15th 1964 to October 17th 1983
CWKS Bumar-Piast Gliwice - From September 9th 1989 to April 4th 1990
KS Bumar Gliwice - From April 4th 1990 to May 11th 1990
MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice - From July 1st 1992 to August 1st 1995
GKS Piast Gliwice - Since September 2nd 1996
