Górnik Wałbrzych is a
Polish
men's basketball and
football team, based in
Wałbrzych
, southwestern Poland, playing in Dominet Bank Ekstraliga (basketball)
and regional 4th football league of the Lower Silesia region.
Best achievements
Team history
Gornik was
founded in 1946, when former German
city of
Waldenburg become part of Poland. The most famous
departments - basketball and football, were opened in the same
year. The basketball team in 1956 won promotion to the Second
Division, and in 1970 it appeared for the first time in the Polish
First Division. Best years for Gornik's basketball team were the
1980s - in 1981, Gornik was second in Poland, in 1982 it won the
championships of the country. In 1983, it was second again, and in
1986 - third. Then, in the 1990s, coal-mining industry of the city
of Walbrzych collapsed and lacking sponsors, Gornik declined. Good
times returned in the 2006/2007 season, when Gornik, with a new
sponsor and under the name
Victoria-Gornik, won promotion
to the elite
Dominet Basket
Liga.
The football team of Gornik won in 1983 promotion to the
Ekstraklasa and was an immediate sensation,
winning the fall 1983 games. However, in the spring 1984 games,
Gornik lagged and overall finished the whole season in the 6th
spot. With its top star,
Wlodzimierz
Ciolek, Gornik spent 6 years in the First League, and was
demoted in 1989, never to return to the highest level. It must be
noted that Gornik's U-19 junior team was twice champion of Poland -
in 1968 and 1973.
Current Roster
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