Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski

Club information

Track address

Edward Jancarz Stadium
Śląska
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Lubusz Voivodeship

Country

Poland

Founded

1947

Team manager

Team captain

League

Website

Club facts

Colours

yellow and blue

Track size

329 metres (360 yd)

Track record time

58.00 seconds

Track record date

13 May 2012

Track record holder

Niels Kristian Iversen

Major team honours

Team Polish Champion	1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 2014, 2016
Pair Polish Champion	1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1992, 1998, 2014
Individual Polish Champion	1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1983, 2009, 2014
Team Junior Polish Champion	1986, 1999, 2010, 2014
Pair Junior Polish Champion	1985, 1986, 1987, 2010, 2015
Individual Junior Polish Champion	1974, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2015

Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski - polish speedway team based in Gorzów Wielkopolski who currently race in Speedway Ekstraliga.

The club was officially registered 9 April 1950. At number 60 the register of sports associations was written down trade union sports club "Stal" Gorzów Wielkopolski. In July 1951 the Gorzów Wielkopolski club already had own 395-metres with path by the Śląska Street. After a few years of the struggle on III league paths and suspending the operations of the speedway chapter in 1953–1954 years, in 1955 the team is being Gorzów Wielkopolski reported to gameses of the II league. In 1961 the team of "Stal" in the end fought its way through to gameses of the first division. In the entire season the Gorzów Wielkopolski team suffered only two defeats, but surnames of Edmund Migosia, Bronisław Rogala of Edward Pilarczyka or Jerzy Padewski were already then well known for fans throughout the country. In conclusion of season sports club "Stal" was an organiser one from series test-match with the representation the USSR. specially to this match, with the help of Mechanical Plants "Gorzów" and of army unit, an artificial lighting was installed. Match, played on 17 October at hour 22, closed with the minimal victory for the representation of Poland 39:38. They acted in stocks white and red "Stal" speedway riders: Edmund Migoś, Jerzy Padewski, Andrzej Pogorzelski, Edward Pilarczyk and Zdzisław Boniecki. Igor Plechanov was a star of the Soviet team. In the draught of two first seasons in the first division inhabitant of Gorzów Wielkopolski occupied lower areas of the table. 1962 was the year difficult, but after winning play-off matches with Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra defended "Stal" one's place in the first division in order for her no longer to leave for next long years. Only in 1964 the first success is coming in the form of getting a silver medal of the Team Speedway Polish Championship.

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