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{{Infobox football club
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| clubname = {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}}
| clubname = Gryf Wejherowo
| image = [[File:Gryf Wejherowo.png|frameless|Gryf Wejherowo's crest]]
| image = Gryf Wejherowo crest.png
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| fullname = Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"
| fullname = Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"
| nickname = {{lang|pl|Żółto-czarni}} (Yellow-blacks)
| nickname = {{lang|pl|Żółto-czarni}} (The Yellow And Blacks)
| founded = {{start date|1921}}, as {{lang|pl|{{abbr|TS|Towarzystwo Sportowe}} Kaszubia}}
| founded = {{start date|1921}} (as ''Towarzystwo Sportowe Kaszubia'')
| ground = [[WKS Gryf Stadium]] <br/>[[Wejherowo]], Poland
| ground = [[WKS Gryf Stadium]]
| coordinates = {{coord|54|35|32|N|18|13|38|E|region:PL-PM_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|54|35|32|N|18|13|38|E|region:PL-PM_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| capacity = 1,050
| capacity = 2,500
| chairman = Piotr Ruszewski
| chairman = Dariusz Mikołajczak
| manager = Zbigniew Szymkowicz
| manager = Dawid Kowalski
| league = [[II Liga (Poland)|II Liga]]
| league = [[IV liga Pomerania]]
| season = [[2017–18 II Liga (Poland)|2017–18]]
| season = 2023–24
| position = 9th
| position = IV liga Pomerania, 6th of 18
| website = http://gryfwejherowo.com.pl
| website = https://gryfwejherowo1.futbolowo.pl
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'''Gryf Wejherowo''' is a Polish semi-professional [[association football|football]] club in [[Wejherowo]], Poland.{{efn|The full name has changed several times:{{startplainlist|padding-left:1.6em}}
'''Gryf Wejherowo''' is a Polish [[association football|football]] club in [[Wejherowo]], Poland.{{efn|The full name has changed several times:{{startplainlist|padding-left:1.6em}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1921}}|event=Towarzystwo Sportowe "Kaszubia" Wejherowo}}<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia" />
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1921}}|event=Towarzystwo Sportowe "Kaszubia" Wejherowo}}<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia" />
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1945}}|event=Klub Sportowy "Gryf"}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1945}}|event=Klub Sportowy "Gryf"}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1952}}|event=Miejski Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy "Gryf"}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1952}}|event=Miejski Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy "Gryf"}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1998}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1998}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2005}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf-Northpol" Wejherowo}}<ref>{{cite web|location= |publisher=Pomorski Futbol |website=pomorskifutbol.pl |title=Nowy Sponsor Gryfa |last=Necel |first=Roman |date={{Date|2005-02-23|dmy}} |language=Polish |url=http://www.pomorskifutbol.pl/news_1163_Nowy-sponsor-Gryfa.html |accessdate={{Date|2013-07-09|dmy}} |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715172104/http://www.pomorskifutbol.pl/news_1163_Nowy-sponsor-Gryfa.html |archivedate=15 July 2014 |deadurl=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2005}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf-Northpol" Wejherowo}}<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Pomorski Futbol |website=pomorskifutbol.pl |title=Nowy Sponsor Gryfa |last=Necel |first=Roman |date=23 February 2005 |language=pl |url=http://www.pomorskifutbol.pl/news_1163_Nowy-sponsor-Gryfa.html |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715172104/http://www.pomorskifutbol.pl/news_1163_Nowy-sponsor-Gryfa.html |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf Orlex" Wejherowo}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf Orlex" Wejherowo}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2012}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf Orlex"}}<ref>{{cite web|location=Wejherowo |publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo |website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl |title=Po walnym zebraniu sprawozdawczym |date={{Date|2012-02-10|dmy}} |language=Polish |url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/po-walnym-zebraniu-sprawozdawczym,0kx7h700YZ397p3Z720d3DPB60t1lu97K9pqD5mqfmI8V35A87.html |accessdate={{Date|2013-07-09|dmy}} |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821042149/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/po-walnym-zebraniu-sprawozdawczym%2C0kx7h700YZ397p3Z720d3DPB60t1lu97K9pqD5mqfmI8V35A87.html |archivedate=21 August 2013 |deadurl=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2012}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf Orlex"}}<ref>{{cite web |location=Wejherowo |publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo |website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl |title=Po walnym zebraniu sprawozdawczym |date=10 February 2012 |language=pl |url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/po-walnym-zebraniu-sprawozdawczym,0kx7h700YZ397p3Z720d3DPB60t1lu97K9pqD5mqfmI8V35A87.html |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821042149/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/po-walnym-zebraniu-sprawozdawczym%2C0kx7h700YZ397p3Z720d3DPB60t1lu97K9pqD5mqfmI8V35A87.html |archive-date=21 August 2013}}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2014}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2014}}|event=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"}}
{{endplainlist}}}} The club plays in the [[Polish Second League]] ({{lang|pl|II liga}}).<ref name="PomorskiFutbol_Gryf">{{cite web|location= |publisher=Pomorski Futbol |website=pomorskifutbol.pl |title=Gryf Wejherowo |year=2014 |language=Polish |url=http://pomorskifutbol.pl/druzyna.php?id=17 |accessdate={{Date|2014-07-15|dmy}} |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715201827/http://pomorskifutbol.pl/druzyna.php?id=17 |archivedate=15 July 2014 |deadurl=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It was founded as {{lang|pl|{{abbr|TS|Towarzystwo Sportowe}} Kaszubia}} in 1921, but after [[World War II]] the club was renamed Gryf Wejherowo.
{{endplainlist}}}} The club plays in the [[IV liga Pomerania]].<ref name="PomorskiFutbol_Gryf">{{cite web|publisher=Pomorski Futbol |website=pomorskifutbol.pl |title=Gryf Wejherowo |year=2014 |language=pl |url=http://pomorskifutbol.pl/druzyna.php?id=17 |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715201827/http://pomorskifutbol.pl/druzyna.php?id=17 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was founded as {{lang|pl|{{abbr|TS|Towarzystwo Sportowe}} Kaszubia}} in 1921, but after [[World War II]] the club was renamed to Gryf Wejherowo.


Gryf Wejherowo is the oldest [[association football|football]] club in [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]], and for several years was the only club in the region playing in the [[Polish Third League]] ({{lang|pl|III liga}}). It is well known in [[Poland]] for reaching the [[2011–12 Polish Cup]] quarterfinals after beating clubs from the [[Polish Premier League]] ({{lang|pl|Ekstraklasa}}) and the [[Polish First League]] ({{lang|pl|I liga}}).
Gryf Wejherowo is the oldest [[association football|football]] club in [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]], and for several years was the only club in the region playing in the [[II liga]]. It is well known in [[Poland]] for reaching the [[2011–12 Polish Cup]] quarterfinals after beating clubs from the Polish [[Ekstraklasa|top-flight]] and [[I liga|second tier]].


== Football team ==
== Football team ==


. Previously there was an [[ultras]] group of supporters called {{lang|pl|Żółto-czarni}} – which prepared banners, flags, and chanted at all of the matches – but dissolved after supporters started to boycott {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} because of a conflict with the club's management. {{lang|pl|Gryf}}'s fans are friendly with {{lang|pl|Kaszubia Kościerzyna}} and {{lang|pl|Orkan Rumia}} supporters. The latter of the two is also one of {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}}'s local rivals.Most of the {{lang|pl|Gryf}} fans also support {{lang|pl|[[Arka Gdynia]]}}.
. Previously there was an [[ultras]] group of supporters called {{lang|pl|Żółto-czarni}} – which prepared banners, flags, and chanted at all of the matches – but dissolved after supporters started to boycott {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} because of a conflict with the club's management. {{lang|pl|Gryf}}'s fans are friendly with {{lang|pl|Kaszubia Kościerzyna}} and {{ill|Orkan Rumia|pl}} supporters. The latter of the two is also one of {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}}'s local rivals. Most of the {{lang|pl|Gryf}} fans also support {{lang|pl|[[Arka Gdynia]]}}.


{{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} does not just have one or two rivals, but has several clubs that clearly have feelings of animosity towards them. Some of the more notable rival clubs are {{lang|pl|[[Bałtyk Gdynia]]}} and {{lang|pl|Bytovia Bytów}}. Matches involving these two rivals often feed to a lot of anticipation and antagonistic promotion, and extra security. {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} has local friendly rivalries. {{lang|pl|Orkan Rumia}} and {{lang|pl|Orlęta Reda}} are two local rivals located in [[Wejherowo County]] and compete against {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} in the [[Kashubian Tricity]] [[local derby]].
{{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} does not just have one or two rivals, but has several clubs that clearly have feelings of animosity towards them. Some of the more notable rival clubs are {{lang|pl|[[Bałtyk Gdynia]]}} and {{lang|pl|Bytovia Bytów}}. Matches involving these two rivals often feed to a lot of anticipation and antagonistic promotion, and extra security. {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} has local friendly rivalries. {{lang|pl|Orkan Rumia}} and {{lang|pl|Orlęta Reda}} are two local rivals located in [[Wejherowo County]] and compete against {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} in the [[Kashubian Tricity]] [[local derby]].
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Period = from:1925 till:2020
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from:2012 till:2014 color:III
from:2012 till:2014 color:III
from:2014 till:2015 color:IV
from:2014 till:2015 color:IV
from:2015 till:2019 color:III
from:2015 till:2020 color:III
</timeline><br>First-team appearances history from 1927<ref name="PomorskiFutbol_Gryf" />}}
</timeline><br>First-team appearances history from 1927<ref name="PomorskiFutbol_Gryf" />}}


=== Roster ===
=== Roster ===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=POL|name=Dawid Leleń|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=POL|name=Dawid Leleń |pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=POL|name=Paweł Ewertowski|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=POL|name=Igor Biedrzycki |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=POL|name=Oskar Sikorski|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=POL|name=Bartosz Gęsior |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=POL|name=Paweł Brzuzy|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=POL|name=Tomasz Wojcinowicz |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=POL|name=[[Robert Chwastek]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=POL|name=Oskar Koprowski |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=POL|name=Dawid Rogalski|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=POL|name=Oskar Sikorski |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=POL|name=Krzysztof Wicki|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=POL|name=Maciej Prusinowski |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=POL|name=Mateusz Goerke|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=POL|name=Mateusz Majewski |pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=POL|name=Wiesław Ferra|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=POL|name=Maksymilian Hebel |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=POL|name=Michał Bury|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=POL|name=Mateusz Goerke |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=POL|name=Wiesław Ferra |pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=POL|name=[[Paweł Czychowski]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=POL|name=[[Paweł Czychowski]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=POL|name=Piotr Kołc|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=POL|name=[[Marcin Burkhardt]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=POL|name=[[Kamil Włodyka]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=POL|name=Filip Szewczyk |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=POL|name=Adrian Liberacki|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=POL|name=Tomasz Kolus |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=POL|name=Adrian Machol|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=POL|name=Jakub Pek |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=POL|name=Grzegorz Gulczyński|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=POL|name=Szymon Nowicki |pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=POL|name=Maciej Koziara|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=POL|name=Mikołaj Gabor |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=POL|name=Oskar Ryk|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=POL|name=Kamil Kankowski |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=POL|name=Szymon Więckowicz|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=POL|name=Fabian Kątny |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=POL|name=Fabian Kątny|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=POL|name=Kacper Małolepszy |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=POL|name=Błażej Niciński|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=POL|name=Jakub Poręba |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=POL|name=Mariusz Sławek |pos=DF}}
{{Fs end}}
{{Fs end}}


{{updated|23 August 2018}}<ref name="GryfWejherowo_kadra">{{cite web|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Gryf Wejherowo|website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl|title=Kadra|language=Polish|url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/kadra/|accessdate=23 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="90minut.pl : Database - Gryf Wejherowo">{{cite web|location=|publisher=|website=90minut.pl|title=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy Gryf Wejherowo|language=Polish|url=http://www.90minut.pl/kadra.php?id_sezon=93&jesien=1&id_klub=765}}</ref>
{{updated|5 August 2019}}<ref name="GryfWejherowo_kadra">{{cite web|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Gryf Wejherowo|website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl|title=Kadra|language=pl|url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/kadra/|access-date=23 August 2018|archive-date=26 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726041839/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/kadra.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="90minut.pl : Database - Gryf Wejherowo">{{cite web|website=90minut.pl|title=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy Gryf Wejherowo|language=pl|url=http://www.90minut.pl/kadra.php?id_sezon=93&jesien=1&id_klub=765}}</ref>



The football managers were:<ref name="90minut.pl : Database - Gryf Wejherowo"/>
The football managers were:<ref name="90minut.pl : Database - Gryf Wejherowo"/>
{{startplainlist|padding-left:1.6em}}
{{startplainlist}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1921}}|end_date={{End date|1991}}|event=unknown}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1921}}|end_date={{End date|1991}}|event=unknown}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1994}}|end_date={{End date|2007}}|event=Mieczysław Gierszewski}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1994}}|end_date={{End date|2007}}|event=Mieczysław Gierszewski}}
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*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2004}}|end_date={{End date|2005}}|event=Dariusz German}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2004}}|end_date={{End date|2005}}|event=Dariusz German}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2005}}|end_date={{End date|2007}}|event={{Interlanguage link multi|Ryszard Szewczyk|pl}}}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2005}}|end_date={{End date|2007}}|event={{Interlanguage link multi|Ryszard Szewczyk|pl}}}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007}}|end_date={{End date|2007}}|event={{Interlanguage link multi|Tomasz Unton|pl}}}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007}}|end_date={{End date|2007}}|event=[[Tomasz Unton]]}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2008}}|end_date={{End date|2011}}|event=Wojciech Wasiek, former {{lang|pl|Gryf}} player}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2008}}|end_date={{End date|2011}}|event=Wojciech Wasiek, former {{lang|pl|Gryf}} player}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2011}}|end_date={{End date|2012}}|event=Grzegorz Niciński, banned for participating in a 2004 match-fixing scandal, while he was a player}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2011}}|end_date={{End date|2012}}|event=Grzegorz Niciński, banned for participating in a 2004 match-fixing scandal, while he was a player}}
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*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2013}}|end_date={{End date|2014}}|event=Grzegorz Niciński}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2013}}|end_date={{End date|2014}}|event=Grzegorz Niciński}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2014}}|end_date={{End date|2015}}|event=Tomasz Kotwica, former Gryf player}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2014}}|end_date={{End date|2015}}|event=Tomasz Kotwica, former Gryf player}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2015}}|end_date={{End date|2016}}|event=Piotr Rzepka}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2015}}|end_date={{End date|2016}}|event=[[Piotr Rzepka]]}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2016}}|end_date={{End date|2016}}|event=Mariusz Pawlak}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2016}}|end_date={{End date|2016}}|event=Mariusz Pawlak}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2017}}|end_date={{End date|2017}}|event=Jarosław Kotas, assistant manager}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2017}}|end_date={{End date|2017}}|event=Jarosław Kotas, assistant manager}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2017}}|end_date={{End date|2017}}|event=Piotr Rzepka}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2017}}|end_date={{End date|2017}}|event=[[Piotr Rzepka]]}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2018}}|end_date={{End date|2018}}|event=Jarosław Kotas, assistant manager}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2018}}|end_date={{End date|2018}}|event=Jarosław Kotas, assistant manager}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2018}}|end_date={{End date|2018}}|event=Tomasz Kotwica, Gryf U-19 manager}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2018}}|end_date={{End date|2018}}|event=Tomasz Kotwica, Gryf U-19 manager}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2018}}|end_date={{End date|present}}|event=Zbigniew Szymkowicz}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2018}}|end_date={{End date|2019}}|event=Zbigniew Szymkowicz}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2019}}|end_date={{End date|present}}|event=[[Łukasz Kowalski]]}}
{{endplainlist}}
{{endplainlist}}
{{Complete list|date=July 2018}}
{{Complete list|date=August 2019}}


=== Colours ===
=== Colours ===
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=== History ===
=== History ===


In April 1921, a {{lang|pl|[[Sokół]]}} nest was the first gymnastics association organized in Wejherowo. Soon after that the predecessor of the current Wejherowo sports club, {{lang|pl|Kaszubia}}, was organized, along with {{lang|pl|Siła}} and some other smaller associations. Because of {{lang|pl|Sokół}}, the city became famous for top national boxers and long-distance runners, despite that they lacked modern training facilities, which were completed in 1927. {{lang|pl|Sokół}} nest had 700 members. Wejherowo's sports movement regularly organized various competitions and hosted nationally renowned tournaments including the "{{lang|pl|Błękitną Wstęgę Bałtyku}}", a tennis blue riband event in which players such as [[Ignacy Tłoczyński]], {{Interlanguage link multi|Józef Hebda|pl}}, and [[Jadwiga Jędrzejowska]] competed.<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia">{{cite web|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo|website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl|title=Historia|language=Polish|url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/historia/|accessdate=2 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629154356/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/historia.html|archivedate={{date|2013-06-29|dmy}}|deadurl=no}}</ref> The development of this sports movement was stopped by World War II.
In April 1921, a [[Polish Sokół movement]] nest was the first gymnastics association organized in Wejherowo. Soon after that the predecessor of the current Wejherowo sports club, {{lang|pl|Kaszubia}}, was organized, along with {{lang|pl|Siła}} and some other smaller associations. Because of {{lang|pl|Sokół}}, the city became famous for top national boxers and long-distance runners, despite that they lacked modern training facilities, which were completed in 1927. {{lang|pl|Sokół}} nest had 700 members. Wejherowo's sports movement regularly organized various competitions and hosted nationally renowned tournaments including the "{{lang|pl|Błękitną Wstęgę Bałtyku}}", a tennis blue riband event in which players such as [[Ignacy Tłoczyński]], {{Interlanguage link multi|Józef Hebda|pl}}, and [[Jadwiga Jędrzejowska]] competed.<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia">{{cite web|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo|website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl|title=Historia|language=pl|url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/historia/|access-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629154356/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/historia.html|archive-date=29 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The development of this sports movement was stopped by World War II.


After in April 1945, all sport clubs in Wejherowo merged. In 1952 the club name was changed to "{{lang|pl|Miejski Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy (MMKS) 'Gryf'}}."<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia" /> {{lang|pl|Kaszubia}} was considered the most important of them all. There were also single sport clubs, like {{lang|pl|Czytelnik}} and {{lang|pl|Wejherowianka}}, but they quickly fell into obscurity and dissolved.
After in April 1945, all sport clubs in Wejherowo merged. In 1952 the club name was changed to "{{lang|pl|Miejski Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy (MMKS) 'Gryf'}}."<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia" /> {{lang|pl|Kaszubia}} was considered the most important of them all. There were also single sport clubs, like {{lang|pl|Czytelnik}} and {{lang|pl|Wejherowianka}}, but they quickly fell into obscurity and dissolved.
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The team again was promoted to the {{lang|pl|III liga}} in 1992, but was demoted five years later in a restructuring of the Polish football league system. By 1998, the team returned to the previous division as "{{lang|pl|{{abbr|WKS|Wejherowski Klub Sportowy}}}} Gryf Wejherowo" and won a Regional [[Polish Cup]]. In 1995, some of the club's athletes left the team and founded a new club, {{lang|pl|{{abbr|KS|Klub Sportowy}}}} Wejher Wejherowo.<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia"/>
The team again was promoted to the {{lang|pl|III liga}} in 1992, but was demoted five years later in a restructuring of the Polish football league system. By 1998, the team returned to the previous division as "{{lang|pl|{{abbr|WKS|Wejherowski Klub Sportowy}}}} Gryf Wejherowo" and won a Regional [[Polish Cup]]. In 1995, some of the club's athletes left the team and founded a new club, {{lang|pl|{{abbr|KS|Klub Sportowy}}}} Wejher Wejherowo.<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia"/>


During the years 1999–2004 were definitely the most difficult in the club's history. The club was in debt to the amount of 300,000 [[polish zloty|zł]], which was equivalent to £43,336 as of 2004. For a time, until 2002, the club was not exclusively focused on football but also bowling and [[duplicate bridge]]. The team was the only club from the region which played in the pre-2008 {{lang|pl|III liga}} season. During that time, it included a few players, such as Dawid Pomorski and Wojciech Pięta, who are widely regarded today as legends. Both Pomorski and Pięta—despite the club's debt and difficulty paying it—are widely credited within the community of Wejherowo for competing at a level that raised the team to the {{lang|pl|III liga}}, and in turn won two regional cups in 2000 and 2003. But at the end of the 2003–2004 season, the team was relegated to the {{lang|pl|IV liga}} and the board resigned.<ref>{{cite web|location=|publisher=|website=trojmiasto.pl|title=Na wybrzerzu coraz gorzej. Koniec Gryfa?|language=Polish|date=13 June 2002|url=http://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Na-Wybrzezu-coraz-gorzej-Koniec-Gryfa-n3875.html|accessdate=2 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711232836/http://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Na-Wybrzezu-coraz-gorzej-Koniec-Gryfa-n3875.html|archivedate= 11 July 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref>
During the years 1999–2004 were definitely the most difficult in the club's history. The club was in debt to the amount of 300,000 [[polish zloty|zł]], which was equivalent to £43,336 as of 2004. For a time, until 2002, the club was not exclusively focused on football but also bowling and [[duplicate bridge]]. The team was the only club from the region which played in the pre-2008 {{lang|pl|III liga}} season. During that time, it included a few players, such as Dawid Pomorski and Wojciech Pięta, who are widely regarded today as legends. Both Pomorski and Pięta—despite the club's debt and difficulty paying it—are widely credited within the community of Wejherowo for competing at a level that raised the team to the {{lang|pl|III liga}}, and in turn won two regional cups in 2000 and 2003. But at the end of the 2003–2004 season, the team was relegated to the {{lang|pl|IV liga}} and the board resigned.<ref>{{cite web|website=trojmiasto.pl|title=Na wybrzerzu coraz gorzej. Koniec Gryfa?|language=pl|date=13 June 2002|url=http://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Na-Wybrzezu-coraz-gorzej-Koniec-Gryfa-n3875.html|access-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711232836/http://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Na-Wybrzezu-coraz-gorzej-Koniec-Gryfa-n3875.html|archive-date= 11 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>


Rafał Szlas became the {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} chairman in 2004. With Szlas's company he paid off all the club's debts and started to rebuild {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} after suffering another relegation to the {{lang|pl|V liga}}. In 2006, the team reached the 4th tier, and gained a new club sponsor: The Orlex Company. From 2006–2009, the club reached higher divisions using local players, but when they reached the 4th tier, which was renamed the {{lang|pl|III liga}}, they decided to appoint a director of football; Wiesław Renusz. Renusz immediately started to trade for new young and talented players, like Grzegorz Gicewicz and Przemysław Kostuch, who are still playing for Gryf. In fact, Gicewicz and Kostuch are widely considered two of the best players in the club's history. In May 2011, former {{lang|pl|Ekstraklasa}} player {{Interlanguage link multi|Grzegorz Niciński|pl}} was hired as the team [[Manager (association football)|manager]].<ref>{{cite web|location=Gdynia |publisher=Arka Gdynia Sportowa Spólka Akcyjna |website=arka.gdynia.pl |last=Nowaczyk |first=Łukasz |title=Grzegorz Niciński nowym szkoleniowcem Gryfa |language=Polish |date=4 May 2011 |url=http://www.arka.gdynia.pl/news,7366-grzegorz-nicinski-nowym-szkoleniowcem-gryfa-%28express-gdynski%29.html |accessdate=3 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224000/http://www.arka.gdynia.pl/news%2C7366-grzegorz-nicinski-nowym-szkoleniowcem-gryfa-%28express-gdynski%29.html |archivedate=17 December 2013 |deadurl=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref> With Niciński's arrival, he has changed the club's winning average into one of the best in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, to boot, he led the club to win another Polish regional cup. In June 2011, the team reached the quarterfinals of the Central Polish Cup and got promoted to the {{lang|pl|II liga}} in June 2012. Unfortunately, Niciński was banned in 2012 for eight months by the [[Polish Football Association]] for participating in a 2004 match-fixing scandal, while he was a player.<ref>{{cite web
Rafał Szlas became the {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} chairman in 2004. With Szlas's company he paid off all the club's debts and started to rebuild {{lang|pl|Gryf Wejherowo}} after suffering another relegation to the {{lang|pl|V liga}}. In 2006, the team reached the 4th tier, and gained a new club sponsor: The Orlex Company. From 2006–2009, the club reached higher divisions using local players, but when they reached the 4th tier, which was renamed the {{lang|pl|III liga}}, they decided to appoint a director of football; Wiesław Renusz. Renusz immediately started to trade for new young and talented players, like Grzegorz Gicewicz and Przemysław Kostuch, who are still playing for Gryf. In fact, Gicewicz and Kostuch are widely considered two of the best players in the club's history. In May 2011, former {{lang|pl|Ekstraklasa}} player {{Interlanguage link multi|Grzegorz Niciński|pl}} was hired as the team [[Manager (association football)|manager]].<ref>{{cite web|location=Gdynia |publisher=Arka Gdynia Sportowa Spólka Akcyjna |website=arka.gdynia.pl |last=Nowaczyk |first=Łukasz |title=Grzegorz Niciński nowym szkoleniowcem Gryfa |language=pl |date=4 May 2011 |url=http://www.arka.gdynia.pl/news,7366-grzegorz-nicinski-nowym-szkoleniowcem-gryfa-%28express-gdynski%29.html |access-date=3 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224000/http://www.arka.gdynia.pl/news%2C7366-grzegorz-nicinski-nowym-szkoleniowcem-gryfa-%28express-gdynski%29.html |archive-date=17 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> With Niciński's arrival, he has changed the club's winning average into one of the best in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, to boot, he led the club to win another Polish regional cup. In June 2011, the team reached the quarterfinals of the Central Polish Cup and got promoted to the {{lang|pl|II liga}} in June 2012. Unfortunately, Niciński was banned in 2012 for eight months by the [[Polish Football Association]] for participating in a 2004 match-fixing scandal, while he was a player.<ref>{{cite web
|location=Warszawa
|location=Warszawa
|publisher=Agora
|publisher=Agora
|website=sport.pl
|website=sport.pl
|title=Gryf Wejherowo zwolnił Grzegorza Nicińskiego. Za korupcję
|title=Gryf Wejherowo zwolnił Grzegorza Nicińskiego. Za korupcję
|language=Polish
|language=pl
|date=12 October 2012
|date=12 October 2012
|url=http://www.trojmiasto.sport.pl/sport-trojmiasto/1,111913,12663678,Gryf_Wejherowo_zwolnil_Grzegorza_Nicinskiego__Za_korupcje.html
|url=http://www.trojmiasto.sport.pl/sport-trojmiasto/1,111913,12663678,Gryf_Wejherowo_zwolnil_Grzegorza_Nicinskiego__Za_korupcje.html
|accessdate=3 June 2013
|access-date=3 June 2013
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221730/http://www.trojmiasto.sport.pl/sport-trojmiasto/1%2C111913%2C12663678%2CGryf_Wejherowo_zwolnil_Grzegorza_Nicinskiego__Za_korupcje.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221730/http://www.trojmiasto.sport.pl/sport-trojmiasto/1%2C111913%2C12663678%2CGryf_Wejherowo_zwolnil_Grzegorza_Nicinskiego__Za_korupcje.html
|archivedate=17 December 2013
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|location=Gdańsk |publisher=Polskapresse |website=dziennikbaltycki.pl |last=Smuga |first=Tomasz |title=Mierzejewski za Nicińskiego w Gryfie |date=14 October 2012 |url=http://www.dziennikbaltycki.pl/artykul/677369,mierzejewski-za-nicinskiego-w-gryfie,id,t.html |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715024610/http://www.dziennikbaltycki.pl/artykul/677369%2Cmierzejewski-za-nicinskiego-w-gryfie%2Cid%2Ct.html?cookie=1 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The team's temporary manager became Dariusz Mierzejewski who managed until July 2013.<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia"/> In July 2016 [[Mariusz Pawlak]] became new Gryf Wejherowo's manager.
|df=dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|location=Gdańsk |publisher=Polskapresse |website=dziennikbaltycki.pl |last=Smuga |first=Tomasz |title=Mierzejewski za Nicińskiego w Gryfie |date=14 October 2012 |url=http://www.dziennikbaltycki.pl/artykul/677369,mierzejewski-za-nicinskiego-w-gryfie,id,t.html |accessdate=15 July 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715024610/http://www.dziennikbaltycki.pl/artykul/677369%2Cmierzejewski-za-nicinskiego-w-gryfie%2Cid%2Ct.html?cookie=1 |archivedate=15 July 2014 |deadurl=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The team's temporary manager became Dariusz Mierzejewski who managed until July 2013.<ref name="GryfWejherowo_historia"/> In July 2016 [[Mariusz Pawlak]] became new Gryf Wejherowo's manager.


In 2011, a book about the club's history was published: ''9 Dekad Gryfa''.{{efn|Not found in [[WorldCat]].<ref>{{cite book|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy Gryf|last1=Nowaczyk|first1=Łukasz|last2=Modzelewski|first2=Tomasz|title=9 dekad Gryfa: 90 lat historii największego wejherowskiego klubu sportowego WKS Gryf Wejherowo|language=Polish|year=2011|isbn=978-83-932843-0-6}}</ref>}}
In 2011, a book about the club's history was published: ''9 Dekad Gryfa''.{{efn|Not found in [[WorldCat]].<ref>{{cite book|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Wejherowski Klub Sportowy Gryf|last1=Nowaczyk|first1=Łukasz|last2=Modzelewski|first2=Tomasz|title=9 dekad Gryfa: 90 lat historii największego wejherowskiego klubu sportowego WKS Gryf Wejherowo|language=pl|year=2011|isbn=978-83-932843-0-6}}</ref>}}


=== Honours ===
=== Honours ===


* One Polish Women's Team Bowling Cup
* One Polish Women's Team Bowling Cup
* Four Polish Regional FA Cups: 1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2010–2011<ref>{{cite web|location=|publisher=|website=trojmiasto.pl|title=Na wzgórzu stoi...|language=Polish|date=29 July 2003|url=http://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Na-wzgorzu-stoi-Arka-Gdynia-n8512.html|accessdate=3 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712002236/http://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Na-wzgorzu-stoi-Arka-Gdynia-n8512.html|archivedate=12 July 2014 |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|location=Wejherowo |publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo |website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl |title=Gryf Orlex z Pucharem Polski! |language=Polish |date=25 June 2011 |url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/gryf-orlex-z-pucharem-polski,029Qay71d08Maa0b2n66kj9Hd59jWmrz7vqRBH0uR184k72Q5L.html |accessdate=3 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821013806/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/gryf-orlex-z-pucharem-polski%2C029Qay71d08Maa0b2n66kj9Hd59jWmrz7vqRBH0uR184k72Q5L.html |archivedate=21 August 2013 |deadurl=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Four Polish Regional FA Cups: 1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2010–2011<ref>{{cite web|website=trojmiasto.pl|title=Na wzgórzu stoi...|language=pl|date=29 July 2003|url=http://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Na-wzgorzu-stoi-Arka-Gdynia-n8512.html|access-date=3 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712002236/http://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Na-wzgorzu-stoi-Arka-Gdynia-n8512.html|archive-date=12 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |location=Wejherowo |publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo |website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl |title=Gryf Orlex z Pucharem Polski! |language=pl |date=25 June 2011 |url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/gryf-orlex-z-pucharem-polski,029Qay71d08Maa0b2n66kj9Hd59jWmrz7vqRBH0uR184k72Q5L.html |access-date=3 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821013806/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/gryf-orlex-z-pucharem-polski%2C029Qay71d08Maa0b2n66kj9Hd59jWmrz7vqRBH0uR184k72Q5L.html |archive-date=21 August 2013}}</ref>


=== Crest ===
=== Crest ===
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=== Venue ===
=== Venue ===


{{lang|pl|{{abbr|WKS|Wejherowski Klub Sportowy}}}} Gryf Wejherowo plays its home matches at {{lang|pl|{{abbr|WKS|Wejherowski Klub Sportowy}}}} "{{lang|pl|Gryf}}" Stadium, which is located in the forest south of Wejherowo. The stadium was built between 1924 and 1927 and has two grass pitches: the main pitch is on the central part of the plot of land, and the smaller pitch is reserved for training, and is on an elevated part of the plot of land located to the south. Initially the area was designed for a military shooting range. The stadium's maximum capacity is 2,500, however there are only 1,050 seats.<ref name="GryfWejherowo_stadion">{{cite web|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo|website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl|title=Stadion|language=Polish|url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/stadion/|accessdate=2 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618042356/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/stadion.html|archivedate={{date|2013-06-18|dmy}}|deadurl=no}}</ref>
{{lang|pl|{{abbr|WKS|Wejherowski Klub Sportowy}}}} Gryf Wejherowo plays its home matches at {{lang|pl|{{abbr|WKS|Wejherowski Klub Sportowy}}}} "{{lang|pl|Gryf}}" Stadium, which is located in the forest south of Wejherowo. The stadium was built between 1924 and 1927 and has two grass pitches: the main pitch is on the central part of the plot of land, and the smaller pitch is reserved for training, and is on an elevated part of the plot of land located to the south. Initially the area was designed for a military shooting range. The stadium's maximum capacity is 2,500, however there are only 1,050 seats.<ref name="GryfWejherowo_stadion">{{cite web|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo|website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl|title=Stadion|language=pl|url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/stadion/|access-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618042356/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/stadion.html|archive-date=18 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>


The stadium has [[floodlights (sport)|floodlights]] but it is still not possible to play an official match at night there.<ref name="Nadmorski24">{{cite web|location=|publisher=|website=nadmorski24.pl|title=Wejherowo: Nowa jakość na stadionie|language=Polish|date=7 April 2011|url=http://www.nadmorski24.pl/sport/wiadomosci-2314/wejherowo-nowa-jakosc-na-stadionie-zobacz-zdjecia.html|accessdate=3 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218060039/http://www.nadmorski24.pl/sport/2314-wejherowo-nowa-jakosc-na-stadionie-zobacz-zdjecia.html|archivedate=18 December 2013|deadurl=no}}</ref>
The stadium has [[floodlights (sport)|floodlights]] but it is still not possible to play an official match at night there.<ref name="Nadmorski24">{{cite web|website=nadmorski24.pl|title=Wejherowo: Nowa jakość na stadionie|language=pl|date=7 April 2011|url=http://www.nadmorski24.pl/sport/wiadomosci-2314/wejherowo-nowa-jakosc-na-stadionie-zobacz-zdjecia.html|access-date=3 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218060039/http://www.nadmorski24.pl/sport/2314-wejherowo-nowa-jakosc-na-stadionie-zobacz-zdjecia.html|archive-date=18 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Officials ===
=== Officials ===


The current club officials are:<ref name="GryfWejherowo_zarzad">{{cite web|location=Wejherowo|publisher=Gryf Orlex Wejherowo|website=gryfwejherowo.com.pl|title=Zarząd klubu|language=Polish|url=http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/zarzad-klubu/|accessdate=3 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726043653/http://www.gryfwejherowo.com.pl/zarzad.html|archivedate=26 July 2013|deadurl=no}}</ref>
The current club officials are:<ref>{{cite web |title=Zarząd klubu |url=https://gryfwejherowo1.futbolowo.pl/zarzad-klubu |publisher=[[Gryf Wejherowo]] |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>
*Chairman: Piotr Ruszewski
*Chairman: Dariusz Mikołajczak
*Co-chairmen: Sylwester Maszota, Dariusz Mikołajczak
*Co-chairmen: Wiesław Renusz, Piotr Wieczorek
*Treasurer: Krzysztof Wilkowski
*Director of football: Dariusz Mikołajczak
*Youth board member: Tadeusz Ciapa


==See also==
==See also==
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== References ==
== References ==
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{{II Liga (Poland) clubs}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{pl icon}} [http://90minut.pl/ Polish football database]
*{{in lang|pl}} [http://90minut.pl/ Polish football database]


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Gryf Wejherowo
Full nameWejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"
Nickname(s)Żółto-czarni (The Yellow And Blacks)
Gegründet1921 (1921) (as Towarzystwo Sportowe Kaszubia)
GroundWKS Gryf Stadium
Capacity2,500
Coordinates54°35′32″N 18°13′38″E / 54.59222°N 18.22722°E / 54.59222; 18.22722
ChairmanDariusz Mikołajczak
ManagerDawid Kowalski
LeagueIV liga Pomerania
2023–24IV liga Pomerania, 6th of 18
WebsiteClub website

Gryf Wejherowo is a Polish football club in Wejherowo, Poland.[a] The club plays in the IV liga Pomerania.[4] It was founded as TS Kaszubia in 1921, but after World War II the club was renamed to Gryf Wejherowo.

Gryf Wejherowo is the oldest football club in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and for several years was the only club in the region playing in the II liga. It is well known in Poland for reaching the 2011–12 Polish Cup quarterfinals after beating clubs from the Polish top-flight and second tier.

Football team

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. Previously there was an ultras group of supporters called Żółto-czarni – which prepared banners, flags, and chanted at all of the matches – but dissolved after supporters started to boycott Gryf Wejherowo because of a conflict with the club's management. Gryf's fans are friendly with Kaszubia Kościerzyna and Orkan Rumia [pl] supporters. The latter of the two is also one of Gryf Wejherowo's local rivals. Most of the Gryf fans also support Arka Gdynia.

Gryf Wejherowo does not just have one or two rivals, but has several clubs that clearly have feelings of animosity towards them. Some of the more notable rival clubs are Bałtyk Gdynia and Bytovia Bytów. Matches involving these two rivals often feed to a lot of anticipation and antagonistic promotion, and extra security. Gryf Wejherowo has local friendly rivalries. Orkan Rumia and Orlęta Reda are two local rivals located in Wejherowo County and compete against Gryf Wejherowo in the Kashubian Tricity local derby.

Gryf Wejherowo's first shirt sponsor was the town council of Wejherowo until 2004. The next sponsor was Northpol, and from 2007 to 2014, the Gryf Wejherowo strategic sponsor was Orlex, which supported the club with 500,000zł every year, and starting in 2012 Orlex became Gryf Wejherowo's title sponsor. Some of the secondary sponsors were: Northpol, and PKS Wejherowo. Since 2015-16 season the club does not have any shirt sponsors.


First-team appearances history from 1927[4]

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Polen POL Dawid Leleń
2 DF Polen POL Igor Biedrzycki
3 MF Polen POL Bartosz Gęsior
4 DF Polen POL Tomasz Wojcinowicz
5 DF Polen POL Oskar Koprowski
6 MF Polen POL Oskar Sikorski
7 DF Polen POL Maciej Prusinowski
9 FW Polen POL Mateusz Majewski
10 MF Polen POL Maksymilian Hebel
11 DF Polen POL Mateusz Goerke
12 GK Polen POL Wiesław Ferra
14 FW Polen POL Paweł Czychowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Polen POL Marcin Burkhardt
19 MF Polen POL Filip Szewczyk
20 MF Polen POL Tomasz Kolus
21 MF Polen POL Jakub Pek
23 FW Polen POL Szymon Nowicki
MF Polen POL Mikołaj Gabor
DF Polen POL Kamil Kankowski
MF Polen POL Fabian Kątny
MF Polen POL Kacper Małolepszy
MF Polen POL Jakub Poręba
DF Polen POL Mariusz Sławek
As of 5 August 2019[5][6]

The football managers were:[6]

  • 1921 (1921) – 1991 (1991): unknown
  • 1994 (1994) – 2007 (2007): Mieczysław Gierszewski
  • 1997 (1997) – 2004 (2004): Wojciech Bork
  • 2004 (2004) – 2005 (2005): Dariusz German
  • 2005 (2005) – 2007 (2007): Ryszard Szewczyk [pl]
  • 2007 (2007) – 2007 (2007): Tomasz Unton
  • 2008 (2008) – 2011 (2011): Wojciech Wasiek, former Gryf player
  • 2011 (2011) – 2012 (2012): Grzegorz Niciński, banned for participating in a 2004 match-fixing scandal, while he was a player
  • 2012 (2012) – 2013 (2013): Dariusz Mierzejewski
  • 2013 (2013) – 2014 (2014): Grzegorz Niciński
  • 2014 (2014) – 2015 (2015): Tomasz Kotwica, former Gryf player
  • 2015 (2015) – 2016 (2016): Piotr Rzepka
  • 2016 (2016) – 2016 (2016): Mariusz Pawlak
  • 2017 (2017) – 2017 (2017): Jarosław Kotas, assistant manager
  • 2017 (2017) – 2017 (2017): Piotr Rzepka
  • 2018 (2018) – 2018 (2018): Jarosław Kotas, assistant manager
  • 2018 (2018) – 2018 (2018): Tomasz Kotwica, Gryf U-19 manager
  • 2018 (2018) – 2019 (2019): Zbigniew Szymkowicz
  • 2019 (2019) – present (present): Łukasz Kowalski

Colours

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The home colours have always been yellow and black, the Kashubians national colors. The numbers have always been black.

The away colours were previously all-black with yellow accents, including the socks. But there were also several years in the 1990s, when the away jersey was pink and black. During the 2010–2012 seasons, the away jersey stripes were changed to their sponsor's colours: red, navy blue and white, however they were dropped. Currently the away jersey is a white shirt with black bars on the shoulders, worn with black shorts and white socks.

Sports club

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History

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In April 1921, a Polish Sokół movement nest was the first gymnastics association organized in Wejherowo. Soon after that the predecessor of the current Wejherowo sports club, Kaszubia, was organized, along with Siła and some other smaller associations. Because of Sokół, the city became famous for top national boxers and long-distance runners, despite that they lacked modern training facilities, which were completed in 1927. Sokół nest had 700 members. Wejherowo's sports movement regularly organized various competitions and hosted nationally renowned tournaments including the "Błękitną Wstęgę Bałtyku", a tennis blue riband event in which players such as Ignacy Tłoczyński, Józef Hebda [pl], and Jadwiga Jędrzejowska competed.[1] The development of this sports movement was stopped by World War II.

After in April 1945, all sport clubs in Wejherowo merged. In 1952 the club name was changed to "Miejski Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy (MMKS) 'Gryf'."[1] Kaszubia was considered the most important of them all. There were also single sport clubs, like Czytelnik and Wejherowianka, but they quickly fell into obscurity and dissolved.

The heritage of Interwar period sports clubs was mainly dominated by boxing. MMKS Gryf was also a club for boxers; past members who competed for the club include Olympic medal winners Hubert Skrzypczak and Henryk Dampc.[1] Despite these successes, the importance of the sports club decreased because it lacks the financial support of a large local employer for development so the sports club lost boxers to GKS Wybrzeże i Stoczniowca, footballers to various clubs, and handball players to Starty Gdańsk.[1] On a side note, Gryf had also won the Polish women's team bowling cup during this period.

In the 1970s, the club's football team was promoted to the third tier of the Polish football league system but was demoted three years later. Football's popularity grew in Wejherowo and eventually dominated over the club's other sports. Football in Wejherowo even kept its popularity supreme over basketball, during the 1980s, when basketball was making some headway and accomplishing minor achievements.

The team again was promoted to the III liga in 1992, but was demoted five years later in a restructuring of the Polish football league system. By 1998, the team returned to the previous division as "WKS Gryf Wejherowo" and won a Regional Polish Cup. In 1995, some of the club's athletes left the team and founded a new club, KS Wejher Wejherowo.[1]

During the years 1999–2004 were definitely the most difficult in the club's history. The club was in debt to the amount of 300,000 , which was equivalent to £43,336 as of 2004. For a time, until 2002, the club was not exclusively focused on football but also bowling and duplicate bridge. The team was the only club from the region which played in the pre-2008 III liga season. During that time, it included a few players, such as Dawid Pomorski and Wojciech Pięta, who are widely regarded today as legends. Both Pomorski and Pięta—despite the club's debt and difficulty paying it—are widely credited within the community of Wejherowo for competing at a level that raised the team to the III liga, and in turn won two regional cups in 2000 and 2003. But at the end of the 2003–2004 season, the team was relegated to the IV liga and the board resigned.[7]

Rafał Szlas became the Gryf Wejherowo chairman in 2004. With Szlas's company he paid off all the club's debts and started to rebuild Gryf Wejherowo after suffering another relegation to the V liga. In 2006, the team reached the 4th tier, and gained a new club sponsor: The Orlex Company. From 2006–2009, the club reached higher divisions using local players, but when they reached the 4th tier, which was renamed the III liga, they decided to appoint a director of football; Wiesław Renusz. Renusz immediately started to trade for new young and talented players, like Grzegorz Gicewicz and Przemysław Kostuch, who are still playing for Gryf. In fact, Gicewicz and Kostuch are widely considered two of the best players in the club's history. In May 2011, former Ekstraklasa player Grzegorz Niciński [pl] was hired as the team manager.[8] With Niciński's arrival, he has changed the club's winning average into one of the best in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, to boot, he led the club to win another Polish regional cup. In June 2011, the team reached the quarterfinals of the Central Polish Cup and got promoted to the II liga in June 2012. Unfortunately, Niciński was banned in 2012 for eight months by the Polish Football Association for participating in a 2004 match-fixing scandal, while he was a player.[9][10] The team's temporary manager became Dariusz Mierzejewski who managed until July 2013.[1] In July 2016 Mariusz Pawlak became new Gryf Wejherowo's manager.

In 2011, a book about the club's history was published: 9 Dekad Gryfa.[b]

Honours

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  • One Polish Women's Team Bowling Cup
  • Four Polish Regional FA Cups: 1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2010–2011[12][13]

Crest

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Gryf Wejherowo's crest is a black Kashubian griffin with a crown, turned to the left on a basic gold shield surrounded by a blue, white and gold circle where the club's name is accompanied by a six-pointed star.

Venue

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WKS Gryf Wejherowo plays its home matches at WKS "Gryf" Stadium, which is located in the forest south of Wejherowo. The stadium was built between 1924 and 1927 and has two grass pitches: the main pitch is on the central part of the plot of land, and the smaller pitch is reserved for training, and is on an elevated part of the plot of land located to the south. Initially the area was designed for a military shooting range. The stadium's maximum capacity is 2,500, however there are only 1,050 seats.[14]

The stadium has floodlights but it is still not possible to play an official match at night there.[15]

Officials

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The current club officials are:[16]

  • Chairman: Dariusz Mikołajczak
  • Co-chairmen: Wiesław Renusz, Piotr Wieczorek
  • Treasurer: Krzysztof Wilkowski
  • Youth board member: Tadeusz Ciapa

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The full name has changed several times:
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    • 1921 (1921): Towarzystwo Sportowe "Kaszubia" Wejherowo[1]
    • 1945 (1945): Klub Sportowy "Gryf"
    • 1952 (1952): Miejski Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy "Gryf"
    • 1998 (1998): Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"
    • 2005 (2005): Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf-Northpol" Wejherowo[2]
    • 2007 (2007): Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf Orlex" Wejherowo
    • 2012 (2012): Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf Orlex"[3]
    • 2014 (2014): Wejherowski Klub Sportowy "Gryf"
  • ^ Not found in WorldCat.[11]
  • References

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    6. ^ a b "Wejherowski Klub Sportowy Gryf Wejherowo". 90minut.pl (in Polish).
    7. ^ "Na wybrzerzu coraz gorzej. Koniec Gryfa?". trojmiasto.pl (in Polish). 13 June 2002. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
    8. ^ Nowaczyk, Łukasz (4 May 2011). "Grzegorz Niciński nowym szkoleniowcem Gryfa". arka.gdynia.pl (in Polish). Gdynia: Arka Gdynia Sportowa Spólka Akcyjna. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
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    16. ^ "Zarząd klubu" (in Polish). Gryf Wejherowo. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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