KS ROW 1964 Rybnik

KS ROW 1964 Rybnik

Full name	Klub Sportowy Rybnickiego Okręgu Węglowego 1964 Rybnik
Founded	6 August 1964; 60 years ago (1964-08-06) 2003; 21 years ago (2003) (refounded as Energetyk ROW Rybnik)
Ground	MOSiR Stadium
Capacity	10,304
Chairman	Mirosław Mosór
Head coach	Dawid Jóźwiak
League	IV liga Silesia
2023–24	IV liga Silesia II, 10th of 16
Website	www.row1964rybnik.com
Home colours Away colours Alternate colours

KS ROW 1964 Rybnik is a Polish association football club based in Rybnik. The club was formed in 2003 on the basis of RKS Energetyk Rybnik (founded in 1981) and traces its roots back to ROW Rybnik's football section, founded in 1964 and dissolved in the early 1990s. Although continuing the traditions of the original club, it is considered a new entity. The club was called Energetyk ROW Rybnik between 2003 and 2015.

While KS ROW spent 7 seasons in the Ekstraklasa (1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–77), were runners-up of the 1974–75 Polish Cup and played in the Intertoto Cup (1971, 1973, 1975, 1976), Energetyk ROW's biggest success to date has been the promotion to the 2013–14 I liga, the second tier in Polish league pyramid.

History

The history of football in Rybnik dates back to 1920, when a group of Polish activists, who participated in the Silesian Uprisings, formed a sports organisation in Rybnik. ROW itself was not formed until 1964, when two sports clubs, Górnik Rybnik and Górnik 23 Chwałowice, from nearby Chwałowice, merged. In its heyday (1970s), ROW Rybnik had 13 departments, including the most popular: football and speedway.

ROW Rybnik was officially created on 6 August 1964, upon the decision of local authorities. Its first manager was an influential coal magnate from Upper Silesia and chairman of Rybnik Union of Coal Industry, Jerzy Kucharczyk. ROW originally had 13 departments, including ski-jumping. Each department was financially supported by a different factory: ROW’s football team was sponsored by the Chwałowice Coal Mine.

In the 1966–67 season of Upper Silesian Third Division, ROW emerged as a winner, and was promoted to the second division. In the summer of 1968, ROW won promotion to the Ekstraklasa, finishing below Zagłębie Wałbrzych, but ahead of Zawisza Bydgoszcz and Lech Poznań. After one year, the team was relegated, to once again win promotion to the first level of Polish football, after the 1969–70 season. Once again, ROW was relegated in the summer of 1971, to return to the Ekstraklasa in mid-1972 and remain there for five years.

In the 1974–75 season, ROW managed to reach the final of the Polish Cup, beating Metal Kluczbork, Legia Warsaw, Polonia Bytom, Lech Poznań and Górnik Zabrze in the semifinal. The final game against Stal Rzeszów ended in a draw, and after penalty shootout, Stal won the Polish Cup.

ROW was relegated from the Ekstraklasa after the 1976–77 season, never to return to the top division. After several years at the second level of competition, the team was in 1983 relegated to the third division.

In the early 1990s, ROWs football team was dissolved. Among top players, who put on ROW’s jersey were Henryk Wieczorek, Piotr Mowlik, and Eugeniusz Lerch. Altogether, ROW played seven years in Ekstraklasa: 198 games, 50 victories, 65 draws, 83 losses, 165 goals scored. It played in the Intertoto Cup four times.

Rybnik Municipal Stadium, home venue of ROW Rybnik, in 2007

Before the 2015–2016 season after a fan vote and a board change, the club returned its historical roots and renamed itself "KS ROW 1964", dropping its affiliation with "Energetyk".^[1][2]

Honours

Domestic

• Polish Cup
  • Runners-up: 1974–75

European

• Intertoto Cup
  • Winners: 1973 (group 5), 1975 (group 6)

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate/Position
1971	Intertoto Cup[3]	Group 5		Åtvidaberg	1–1	1–4	2nd
				Borussia Dortmund	2–1	2–1
				Tirol Innsbruck	1–3	1–0
1973	Intertoto Cup[4]	Group 5		Örebro	3–1	1–2	1st
				Lugano	3–0	4–0
				VÖEST Linz	3–1	2–2
1975	Intertoto Cup[5]	Group 6		AZ	2–2	0–0	1st
				Öster	2–1	1–0
				Grasshopper	1–0	2–0
1976	Intertoto Cup[6]	Group 9		Djurgården	5–2	0–3	4th
				St. Gallen	2–0	1–4
				Sturm Graz	1–3	1–2

Current squad

As of 26 September 2021^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  POL Jan Janik 3 DF  POL Daniel Rolka 4 DF  POL Piotr Jakubowski 5 FW  POL Aleksander Folmert 6 DF  POL Bartosz Kunat 8 MF  POL Jakub Pochcioł 9 FW  POL Łukasz Krakowczyk 10 MF  UKR Yaroslav Baranskyi 11 MF  POL Konrad Warmiński 12 GK  POL Paweł Kapusta 13 MF  POL Mateusz Cywka 14 DF  POL Szymon Balcer

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  POL Kornel Musiatowicz 16 MF  POL Olivier Wiora 17 MF  POL Andrzej Malik 18 FW  POL Nikodem Juraszczyk 20 MF  POL Michał Pieczka 22 GK  POL Aleksander Łubik 24 MF  POL Dominik Piekorz 27 DF  POL Oliwer Grabczyński 64 GK  POL Bartosz Barczyk 88 MF  POL Adam Byzdra 97 MF  POL Olaf Sobik — MF  POL Marcin Chruszcz

References

1. "Oficjalnie: ROW już nie Energetyk - Aktualności - 12ZAWODNIK.pl". www.12zawodnik.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2015-06-29.
2. "Energetyk ROW Rybnik zmienił nazwę" (in Polish).
3. "Intertoto Cup 1971". mogiel.net. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
4. "Intertoto Cup 1973". mogiel.net. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
5. "Intertoto Cup 1975". mogiel.net. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
6. "Intertoto Cup 1976". mogiel.net. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
7. "2021/22 squad - ROW 1964 Rybnik".

External links

• Official website