WKS Gwardia Warszawa () was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948 before being dissolved in 2018.

Football

The club 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 the European Cup in the 1955–56 season.

Gymnastics

Gymnast Jan Jankowicz, who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, was a member of the gymnastics club.

Gwardia Warszawa football team in Europe

{| class="wikitable"

! 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

|-

|}

Football honours

  • Ekstraklasa
  • Runners-up: 1957
  • Third place: 1959, 1972–73
  • Polish Cup
  • Winners: 1953–54
  • Runners-up: 1973–74
  • Poland Under-19 Championship:
  • Runners-up: 1960, 1978
  • European Cup
  • First round: 1955–56
  • European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Second round: 1974–75

See also

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

References

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