ŁKS Łódź (Łódzki Klub Sportowy) ( ) is a Polish Sports Club which is publicly owned by Łódź City Council. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and Rugby Union 7's The club is based at Al. Unii Lubelskiej 2 in the West of Łódź, Poland. The club was founded in 1908.

In 2009 the new Atlas Arena was completed adjacent to the soccer stadium. It is an indoor arena and has already hosted international events in basketball, volleyball and boxing. The City council intend to construct a brand new stadium on the site of the current soccer stadium. It is intended to be complete in time for Euro 2012. Although Lodz is not a host city it is hoped the failure by the Ukraine to be ready on time will lead to Poland hosting the entire tournament on its own and therefore requiring more host cities. There are currently 4 Polish host cities (Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Wroclaw)and 2 back-up cities (Krakow, Chorzow), but 7-8 stadia would be required to host the tournament. It is envisioned the new stadium will hold approx 40,000 seats as required by UEFA . Due to their rivalry Widzew Lodz have ruled out using this new stadium and instead intend to rebuild their own stadium.

Soccer Club

They have a fierce rivalry with cross-town club, Widzew Łódź, with the derby match between the two clubs being intense both on and off the field.

Their nickname Rycerze Wiosny (Spring Knights) has been given to them due to their usually strong performance in the second round of the league, after Winter break.

Achievements

• Ekstraklasa :
  • 1st Place(2): 1958, 1998
  • 2nd Place(1): 1954
  • 3rd Place(3): 1922, 1957, 1993
• Polish Cup:
  • Winner(1): 1957
  • Finalist(1): 1994
• Polish SuperCup:
  • Finalist(2): 1994, 1998

Current squad

As of February 2009.

 (on loan)

Players out on loan

ŁKS in Europe

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
1959/60	European Cup	Q		Jeunesse Esch	0-5, 2-1
1994/95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		FC Porto	0-2, 0-1
1996	Intertoto Cup	GR		KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	0-3
				PFC Spartak Varna	1-1
				TSV 1860 München	0-5
				Kaucuk Opava	0-5
1998/99	UEFA Champions League	1Q		FC Kapaz Gandja	4-1, 3-1
		2Q		Manchester United	0-2, 0-0
	UEFA Cup	1R		AS Monaco	1-3, 0-0

Notable players

• Paweł Abbott
• Stanisław Baran
• Witold Bendkowski
• Mirosław Bulzacki
• Marek Chojnacki
• Kazimierz Deyna
• Marek Dziuba
• Antoni Gałecki
• Robert Grzywocz
• Leszek Jezierski
• Władysław Karasiak
• Przemysław Kazimierczak
• Tomasz Kłos
• Władysław Król
• Jerzy Sadek
• Marek Saganowski
• Władysław Soporek
• Igor Sypniewski
• Henryk Szczepański
• Stanisław Terlecki
• Jan Tomaszewski
• Mirosław Trzeciak
• Tomasz Wieszczycki
• Andrzej Woźniak
• Labinot Haliti
• Bogusław Wyparło
• Jacek Ziober

See also

• ŁKS Lotto Łódź - women basketball team STBL
• Football in Poland
• List of football teams
• Champions' Cup/League
• UEFA Cup

References

1. http://www.atlasarena.pl/
2. http://www.lkslodz.pl/klub.php
3. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-10-29-2669160872_x.htm
4. http://www.polishsoca.com/newswire/ekstraklasa/1919-new-stadia-key-to-polish-footballs-rebirth
5. http://www.lkslodz.com.pl/ekstraklasa,kadra

External links

• http://www.lkslodz.com.pl/ - official website
• http://www.lkslodz.pl/ - official website
• http://www.lksfans.pl/ - unofficial website

Atlas Arena Site