Gwardia Warsaw

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{{Infobox football club | clubname = Gwardia Warszawa | image = Gwardia Warszawa Logo.png | fullname = Warszawski Klub Sportowy <br> Gwardia Warszawa | nickname = ''Harpagony'' | founded = 1948 | dissolved = 2018 | ground = Stadion "WKS" Gwardia | capacity = 9,000 | chairman = | manager = | league = | season = 2017–18 | position = [[Klasa A]], 12th of 14 (dissolved after the season)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga9391.html|title=Klasa A 2017/2018, grupa: Warszawa III|website=www.90minut.pl|language=pl}}</ref> }}

'''WKS Gwardia Warszawa''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈɡvar.dja varˈʂa.va|-}}) 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 [[European Cup 1955–56|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 |- |[[European Cup 1955–56|1955–56]] |[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] |1R |{{flagicon|Sweden}} |[[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]] |0–0, 1–4 |- |[[European Cup 1957–58|1957–58]] |[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] |Q |{{flagicon|East Germany}} |[[Wismut Aue]] |3–1, 1–3, 1–1 (Wismut advance by draw) |- |[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969-70|1969–70]] |[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] |1R |{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} |[[FK Vojvodina|Vojvodina]] |1–1, 1–0 |- | | |2R |{{flagicon|Scotland}} |[[Dunfermline Athletic]] |1–2, 0–1 |- |[[UEFA Cup 1973-74|1973–74]] |[[UEFA Cup]] |1R |{{flagicon|Hungary}} |[[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencvárosi]] |1–0, 2–1 |- | | |2R |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} |[[Feyenoord Rotterdam]] |1–3, 1–0 |- |[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974–75|1974–75]] |[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] |1R |{{flagicon|Italy}} |[[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] |2–1, 1–2, penalties 5–3 for Gwardia |- | | |2R |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} |[[PSV Eindhoven]] |1–5, 0–3 |- |}

==Football honours== * '''[[Ekstraklasa]]''' ** Runners-up: [[1957 Ekstraklasa|1957]] ** Third place: [[1959 Ekstraklasa|1959]], [[1972–73 Ekstraklasa|1972–73]] * '''[[Polish Cup]]''' ** '''Winners''': 1953–54 ** Runners-up: 1973–74 * '''[[Football Junior Championships of Poland|Poland Under-19 Championship]]: ''' ** Runners-up: 1960, 1978 * '''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]''' ** First round: [[1955–56 European Cup|1955–56]] * '''[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]''' ** Second round: [[1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup|1974–75]]

==See also== * [[Football in Poland]] * [[List of football teams]] * [[UEFA Champions League|Champions' Cup/League]] * [[UEFA Cup]]

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.gwardiawarszawa.club/}}. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319111449/https://www.gwardiawarszawa.club/ |date=2017-03-19 }}.

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