{{Short description|Polish football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Piast Nowa Ruda | image = Piast Nowa Ruda logo.png | image_size = 200px | fullname = Klub Sportowy<br>Piast Nowa Ruda | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1946|7|11}} (as ''KS Nowa Ruda'') | ground = Stadion Centrum Turystyczno-Sportowego | capacity = 1,852 | chairman = Dawid Szukiełowicz | manager = Karol Ulatowski | league = IV liga Lower Silesia | season = 2023–24 | position = IV liga Lower Silesia, 10th of 18 | pattern_la1=_00aa00 stripes|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=_00aa00 stripes
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'''KS Piast Nowa Ruda''' is a Polish sports club from Nowa Ruda in Lower Silesia. Its football teams include junior and women's teams. The club also has archery, athletics, swimming, volleyball, table tennis and skiing sections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://piastnowaruda.pl/klub.html |title=Klub Sportowy "Piast" Nowa Ruda |publisher=www.piastnowaruda.pl |date= |accessdate=2015-09-18}}</ref>
== History == <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|right|Previous club crest, 1972-1992 --> On 11 July 1946, a sports club was established by the local coal mine by the name ''KS Nowa Ruda'' and its history has been intertwined with that of the local mine. That same year the name changed to ''Klub Sportowy Węglowiec''. In 1949, another name change meant that the club was called ''KS Górnik''. In 1955, a merger of the club with another local team '''Włókniarz Nowa Ruda''' caused the new club to become ''ZKS Piast Nowa Ruda'', a name which became legally recognised in 1957. Under the decision of the Minister of Mining and Energy in 1972, another merger took place when the local mine in Nowa Ruda was merged with another in Słupiec to become one, which meant that its two football teams also merged, therefore '''ZKS Górnik Słupiec''' merged with Piast to become ''GKS Piast Nowa Ruda'', before finally reverting it original prefix ''KS'' in 1992, a name which remains to this day. The club's biggest footballing achievements came in the mid-1980s and early 1990s where the team has enjoyed spells in the higher leagues, including a season in the second highest division and several in the third tier.
==Honours== *'''II liga''' ** Third place: 1987–88 *'''III liga''' **'''Champions''': 1985–86 ** 3rd place: 1989–90 *'''Polish Cup''' ** Round of 16: 1984–85
==Fans== Piast has a small but loyal and fanatical following. They have friendships with fans of Nysa Zgorzelec, Polonia Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Bielawianka Bielawa and Kryształ Stronie Śląskie. Piast fans also follow the local powerhouse WKS Śląsk Wrocław. They have rivalries with Górnik Wałbrzych, Lechia Dzierżoniów and Moto-Jelcz Oława.
==References== {{Reflist}}
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