Gwardia Warsaw

Gwardia Warszawa

Full name	Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa
Nickname(s)	Harpagony
Founded	1948
Dissolved	2018
Ground	Stadion "WKS" Gwardia
Capacity	9,000
2017–18	Klasa A, 12th of 14 (dissolved after the season)

Gwardia Warszawa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡvar.dja varˈʂa.va]) was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953 to 1960 (8 seasons), 1962–1966 (5 seasons), 1967–1968, 1969–1975, 1978–1979 and 1981–1983. The biggest success was finishing 2nd in the Polish Championship in the 1957 season. Gwardia was the first club in the history of Polish football to take part in European cup in 1955–56 season. The club was dissolved in 2018.

Gwardia Warszawa football team in Europe

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
1955–56	European Cup	1R		Djurgården	0–0, 1–4
1957–58	European Cup	Q		Wismut Aue	3–1, 1–3, 1–1 (Wismut advance by draw)
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R		Vojvodina	1–1, 1–0
		2R		Dunfermline Athletic	1–2, 0–1
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1R		Ferencvárosi	1–0, 2–1
		2R		Feyenoord Rotterdam	1–3, 1–0
1974–75	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Bologna	2–1, 1–2, penalties 5–3 for Gwardia
		2R		PSV Eindhoven	1–5, 0–3

Achievements

• Polish Cup:
  • Winner: 1954
  • Polish Cup Finalist: 1974
• Ekstraklasa:
  • Runner Up: 1957
  • Third Place: 1959, 1972-73
• Europe
  • First Round of the 1955–56 European Cup
  • Second Round of the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup
• Polish U-19 Runner Up: 1960, 1978

See also

• Football in Poland
• List of football teams
• Champions' Cup/League
• UEFA Cup

External links

• Official Website Archived 2017-03-19 at the Wayback Machine