Górnik Łęczna (women)

51°18′6.2″N 22°52′31.5″E / 51.301722°N 22.875417°E / 51.301722; 22.875417

Górnik Łęczna
Founded2002 (2002)
GroundStadion Górnika Łęczna
Capacity7,226
ChairmanDawid Osowski
ManagerArtur Bożyk
LeagueEkstraliga
2024–25Ekstraliga, 4th of 12
Websitehttp://gksgornik.leczna.pl/gks/gks/

Górnik Łęczna is a Polish women's football club from Łęczna, Lublin Voivodeship, founded in 2002. It is a section of the wider Górnik Łęczna sports-club.

The women's section of Górnik Łęczna played for years in the second and third tier leagues of Poland. In the 2006–07 season, the team reached the semi-finals of the Polish Cup but lost to Medyk Konin.[1] In the 2009–10 season with the expansion of the Ekstraliga, the team finally gained promotion to it by finishing second in the I liga.[2] In its Ekstraliga debut, Górnik finished 5th.[3] They won the national double twice, in 2018 and 2020, with another Ekstraliga title in-between.

In the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League season they reached the round of 32, defeated by Paris Saint-Germain.

Honours

European competitions

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2020–21 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Split 4–1 N/a 4–1
Second qualifying round Apollon Limassol 2–1 N/a 2–1
Round of 32 Paris Saint-Germain 0–2 1–6 1–8

References

  1. ^ "Puchar Polski kobiet 2006/2007". www.90minut.pl.
  2. ^ "I liga kobiet 2009/2010, grupa: południowa". www.90minut.pl.
  3. ^ 2010-11 table in Soccerway.com