Górnik Wałbrzych

Górnik Wałbrzych is a Polish men's basketball and football team, based in Wałbrzych, southwestern Poland, currently in Polish division II (basketball) and in Western division II (football)

Achievements

Basketball

• 1982 Polish Basketball League Champions (Gold medal)
• 1988 Polish Basketball League Champions (Gold medal)
• 1981 Polish Basketball League runner-up (Silver medal)
• 1983 Polish Basketball League runner-up (Silver medal)
• 1986 Polish Basketball League runner-up (Silver medal)
• 1995 Polish Basketball League - 4th place
• 2000 Polish Under-20 runner-up
• Promotion to Dominet Basket Liga (Polish Basketball League) in the 2006-07 season
• 12th place in Dominet Basket Liga (Polish Basketball League) in the 2007/08 season

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. However relegated to Second League in 2008-2009 season.

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

• 2009/2010

Head Coach: Grzegorz Chodkiewicz			Assistant Coach: Arkadiusz Chlebda
Nr	Nat.	Name	Born	Height	Position
		Sławomir Buczyniak	10 Mar 1984	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	G
		Mariusz Matczak	09 Mar 1986	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	G
		Krzysztof Jakóbczyk	03 Dec 1986	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	G
		Mateusz Bierwagen	09 Mar 1981	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	F
		Bartłomiej Ratajczak	1991		F
		Damian Pieloch	16 Feb 1989	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	F
		Stanisław Prus	30 Mar 1982	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	F
		Marcin Sterenga	30 Jun 1978	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	F/C
		Łukasz Grzywa	08 Apr 1986	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	C
		Adrian Stochmiałek	09 Mar 1983	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	F
		Bartłomiej Józefowicz	04 May 1980	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	G

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