Górnik Wałbrzych
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| Full name | Klub Piłkarski Górnik Wałbrzych |
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| Nickname(s) | Legion Sudety |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Ground | 1000-year Anniversary Stadium, Wałbrzych |
| Chairman | Tomasz Jakacki |
| Manager | Jerzy Cyrak |
| League | II liga |
Górnik Wałbrzych is a Polish men's basketball and football team, based in Wałbrzych, southwestern Poland currently playing in the third tier
Gornik Walbrzych was formed on March 22, 1946 by a group of sports enthusiasts from Lower Silesian Coal Mining Association. On March 31, 1946, the first meeting of the board took place, during which Major Boleslaw Rudzinski was elected the chairman of Gornik. In August 1946, Kazimierz Nabielec, who used to play for Pogon Lwow, formed Autonomous Football Federation at Walbrzych (former German Waldenburg). In 1947, first local football championship took place, with Gornik-Zamek, as the team was then called, finishing in the last position.
In 1948, Gornik-Zamek merged with the team of Huta Karol, and in 1949, with Chrobry, Julia and Mieszko. As a result, by 1950, a powerful football team was created, with financial support of most local coal mines. In 1950, Gornik already played in the third level of Polish football system. Even though it failed to win promotion to the second league, Polish Football Association (PZPN) decided to expand the second division to four groups, with ten teams in each. As a result of this, Gornik was attached to the third group of the second division. The team from Walbrzych won its group in the 1951 season, finishing before Gornik Zabrze, and winning a spot in the Ekstraklasa playoffs. In the playoffs,which featured four teams (Lechia Gdansk, Wawel Krakow, Gwardia Warszawa), Gornik won only one game, losing five.
In 1953, the PZPN decided to reduce the number of teams in the second division, from 40 to 14. Gornik finished the season in the comfortable 6th position, and in 1954, it also was the 6th team. In 1958, Gornik was relegated from the second division, to remain there until 1963. In 1961, Gornik’s U-19 team won silver in Polish championship.
In 1962, the PZPN decided to change the whole system of Polish football championship, introducing the autumn - spring games. As a result, additional playoffs were necessary for Gornik to remain in the second division. The team from Walbrzych managed to beat MGKS Mikulczyce (later Sparta Zabrze), after an extra, third game, which took place in Opole.
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