# Gwardia Warsaw

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Polish sports club

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Football club

Gwardia Warszawa Full name Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa Nickname Harpagony Founded 1948 Dissolved 2018 Ground Stadion "WKS" Gwardia Capacity 9,000 2017–18 Klasa A, 12th of 14 (dissolved after the season)[1]

**WKS Gwardia Warszawa** (Polish pronunciation: [\[ˈɡvar.dja varˈʂa.va\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish)) was a Polish [sports club](/source/Sports_club) based in [Warsaw](/source/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](/source/European_Cup_1955%E2%80%9356) season.

## Gymnastics

Gymnast [Jan Jankowicz](/source/Jan_Jankowicz), who competed at the [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics), was a member of the gymnastics club.

## 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

## Football honours

- **[Ekstraklasa](/source/Ekstraklasa)** - Runners-up: [1957](/source/1957_Ekstraklasa) - Third place: [1959](/source/1959_Ekstraklasa), [1972–73](/source/1972%E2%80%9373_Ekstraklasa)

- **[Polish Cup](/source/Polish_Cup)** - **Winners**: 1953–54 - Runners-up: 1973–74

- **[Poland Under-19 Championship](/source/Football_Junior_Championships_of_Poland):** - Runners-up: 1960, 1978

- **[European Cup](/source/UEFA_Champions_League)** - First round: [1955–56](/source/1955%E2%80%9356_European_Cup)

- **[European Cup Winners' Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup_Winners'_Cup)** - Second round: [1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup)

## See also

- [Football in Poland](/source/Football_in_Poland)

- [List of football teams](/source/List_of_football_teams)

- [Champions' Cup/League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League)

- [UEFA Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Klasa A 2017/2018, grupa: Warszawa III"](http://www.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga9391.html). *www.90minut.pl* (in Polish).

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