Ruch Chorzów
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Ruch Chorzów (Template:IPA) is a Polish professional football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland, having won fourteen Polish Championships, and the Polish Cup three times. As of the 2025–26 season, they compete in the I liga.
Ruch's home venue is the Ruch Chorzów Stadium, with a capacity of 9,300 seats.<ref name="Stadion Miejski Chorzów"/> As it is currently under renovation, Ruch temporarily hosts their games at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów with a capacity of 55,211 seats. The club is known for its Silesian identity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ruch also operates a women's handball team, who have won nine national titles, and a men's futsal department.
Names
| Years | Name |
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| 1920–1923 | Template:Abbr Ruch Bismarkhuta |
| 1923 | KS Ruch Wielkie Hajduki |
| 1923–Template:Circa | KS Ruch Template:Abbr Wielkie Hajduki |
| Template:Circa–1939 | KS Ruch Wielkie Hajduki |
| 1939–1940 | KS Ruch Chorzów |
| 1940–1945 (as a part of German Gauliga) | Bismarckhütter SV 99 |
| 1945–1948 | KS Ruch Chorzów |
| 1948–1949 | Template:Abbr Ruch Chorzów |
| 1949 | KS Chemik Chorzów |
| 1949–1955 | Template:Abbr Unia Chorzów |
| 1955–Template:Circa | ZKS Unia-Ruch Chorzów |
| Template:Circa–2002 | KS Ruch Chorzów |
| 2002–2004 | KS Ruch w Chorzowie |
| 2004–2008 | Ruch Chorzów Template:Abbr |
| 2008–2017 | Ruch Chorzów Template:Abbr |
| 2017–2018 | Ruch Chorzów SA w restrukturyzacji |
| 2018–current | Ruch Chorzów SA |
History
The club was founded on 20 April 1920 in Bismarkhuta (German Bismarckhütte, historically Hajduki), one of the many heavily industrialised municipalities in the eastern part of Upper Silesia, a disputed province between Poland and Germany. The main incentive was an appeal of the Polish Plebiscite Committee a few months earlier that led to creation of around one hundred sport associations. It took place in between the first and second Silesian Uprisings, to which the name Ruch is a supposed cover reference.<ref>Andrzej Gowarzewski, 1995, p. 15</ref> The Polish word ruch is however also a common noun for movement, not as strongly associated with Polishness as names of many other clubs established after the appeal (like Polonia, Powstaniec etc.). On the other hand, the club's first match, a 3–1 win against Orzeł Józefowiec, was played on 3 May 1920, the day of the first Polish Constitution. After the Upper Silesia plebiscite and the third Silesian Uprising in 1921 Bismarkhuta became part of Poland and the Silesian Voivodeship. The municipality was renamed to Wielkie Hajduki on 1 January 1923,<ref>Jacek Kurek, Historia Wielkich Hajduk, Chorzów Batory-Wielkie Hajduki 2001, p. 11.</ref> hence the club was known as Ruch Wielkie Hajduki until another merger into the town Chorzów (created in 1934 from amalgamation of Królewska Huta, Chorzów and Hajduki Nowe) in the early 1939, with a short period in 1923 after the fusion with the older local German club Bismarckhütter Ballspiel Club, when it was known as Ruch BBC Wielkie Hajduki. After the merger the team played its games on the former BBC's pitch known as na Kalinie.<ref>O powstaniu KS Ruch i boisku na Kalinie, Chorzowianin nr 22 (398) z 28.05.2008, p. 19-20. See also Jacek Kurek, Historia Wielkich Hajduk, Chorzów Batory-Wielkie Hajduki 2001, p. 105, 119; Encyklopedia piłkarska FUJI, kolekcja klubów, tom I: Ruch Chorzów, Andrzej Gowarzewski, Katowice 1995; p. 19.</ref> The popular nickname of the club Niebiescy (The Blues) clung to the team already in the 1920s.<ref>Encyklopedia piłkarska FUJI, kolekcja klubów, tom I: Ruch Chorzów, Andrzej Gowarzewski, Katowice 1995; p. 12.</ref>
In autumn of 1920 Ruch won the promotion to the nascent Silesian Klasa A (see also: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland). The Blues were third out of fourteen teams in its first season, unfinished due to the third Silesian Uprising. The next year Ruch won the championship of the Silesian Klasa A and represented the region in the 1922 Polish Football Championship. In 1924 the club finished second in the regional top league, behind AKS Królewska Huta, before 1924 considered German and known as Verein für Rasenspiele Königshütte, the first team Ruch had developed a local rivalry with. In 1925 the Silesian Klasa A did not play, instead Stanisław Flieger's Cup took place, ultimately won by Ruch, which gave the side a start in the only interwar Polish Cup competition in 1926. On 4 July 1926 Józef Sobota, before 1920 a BBC's player, became the first Ruch's player (and the fourth from Upper Silesia) of the Poland national team, who also scored a goal (against Estonia). In the same year, two weeks after the national Cup Ruch won for the second time the regional Klasa A, firmly establishing itself as one of the strongest football clubs in this densely populated region and as such it was among the founding clubs of the Polish national league in 1927. In 1933 Ruch won its first Championship as the first side from Silesia, with all the players who were born not further as a few kilometers from the na Kalinie pitch.<ref>Analiza miejsc urodzenia piłkarzy na podstawie biogramów zamieszczonych w Encyklopedii piłkarskiej FUJI, kolekcja klubów, tom I: Ruch Chorzów, Andrzej Gowarzewski, Katowice 1995.</ref> Thus the first truly golden era began. The local steel mill (since 1934 known as Huta Batory) began to financially support the side. In the winter of 1933 the most noteworthy players such as Edmund Giemsa, Teodor Peterek and Gerard Wodarz were joined by legendary Ernst Wilimowski, bought from 1. FC Kattowitz, who with Peterek and Wodarz were collectively nicknamed the three kings and helped to win another 4 championships (1934, 1935, 1936, 1938). On 1 November 1934 the club, as the last in the league, employed its first coach, Gustav Wieser.<ref>Encyklopedia piłkarska FUJI, kolekcja klubów, tom I: Ruch Chorzów, Andrzej Gowarzewski, Katowice 1995; p. 43.</ref> The side was also a leader in the unfinished season 1939. The successes rendered the club the most popular in the voivodeship and accelerated building of the new stadium in the years 1934-1935, the current Ruch Chorzów Stadium.
During the World War II German occupation of Poland in 1939, the club was officially discontinued but unofficially was simply renamed Bismarckhütter SV 99 and joined the Gauliga Oberschlesien in 1941.<ref>Ruch Chorzów profile Template:Webarchive Albion Road, accessed: 15 April 2009</ref> The club was officially re-established after the war. In 1947 Ruch won the regional championships. In 1948, under communist pressure (Stalinisation), the club was renamed Unia Chorzów, in 1955 it became Unia-Ruch, and finally in 1956 returned to the name Ruch. As Unia the club finished third in the first season of the reactivated national league in 1948 and in 1950 as the second team. In 1951 the club won the reactivated Polish Cup edition and were rewarded with the title of the National Champions (even though they were only sixth in the league). The next two years the club also won the title, first in 1952 after final against Polonia Bytom, another local bitter rival, and in 1953 after finishing the league on the top position. The most renowned player of that era was Gerard Cieślik, who dedicated his whole life to the club and became its icon.
The years 1957-1966 are considered a lost decade, completely overshadowed by the successes of the new biggest regional rival, Górnik Zabrze, even though the club won the championships in 1960. A record of its kind in the national football history as the team consisted of only 14 players, 11 of whom originated in the town of Chorzów. The turn of the tide came in the season 1967–68 when Ruch won the 10th championship title breaking Górnik Zabrze's streak of five consecutive titles. Another golden era for the Blues arrived in the early 1970s with Michal Vičan as a coach. In 1972–73 the club finished second, in 1973–74 they won the only double in the history (the championship and the cup) and advanced up to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. In 1974–75 they again won the league and qualified to the quarter-finals of the European Cup. The most praised players of that times were Bronisław Bula, Zygmunt Maszczyk and Joachim Marx.
These successes were followed by a bad financial plight and mediocre results until 1978–79, when the club won its 13th Championship title. In the 1980s the club was one of the poorest in the national league. The worst came in the season 1986–87, when the club, the only one in the country which so far played all the seasons of the official national top league, was relegated to the second tier. Especially shifty were the circumstances of the relegation decider, against Lechia Gdańsk, when Ruch's goalkeeper Janusz Jojko scored an infamous and bizarre own goal and the club lost the game 1–2.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After one year Ruch returned to the top flight as winners of the seconed league and won the 14th Championship title, as the second freshly-promoted club in the national history (the first was Cracovia in 1937), a feat, especially as it was still one of the poorest clubs in the top tier and over half of the players were home-grown,<ref>O tytuł mistrza, p. 146</ref> including e.g. Dariusz Gęsior and the most renowned Krzysztof Warzycha, who was also, with 24 goals, the top scorer of the season.
After the political turnover in Poland in 1989, Ruch did not fare well for the first two seasons. The funds from the transfer of Krzysztof Warzycha to Panathinaikos ran out quickly. The team began to compete with the top teams first in 1991–92 finishing in the fifth spot, fourth the next year, furthermore the second team (Ruch II) reached the Polish cup final. Ruch was demoted for the second time in the history in the 1994–95 season. As before the stay in the second tier lasted one season. While playing in the second league Ruch won its third Polish Cup trophy. In 1998 Ruch reached the final of the UEFA Intertoto Cup and in the 1999–2000 season finished third in the league. The crisis came during the 2002–03 campaign, when the club was relegated from the top tier for the third time. In the following season, Ruch was in danger of being demoted to the third tier for the first time in history, however the club won the relegation play-offs against Stal Rzeszów (1–1, 2–0). In 2005, the club was restructured as a joint-stock company. The Blues won the promotion to the top flight in the 2006–07 season. In 2009, the side reached the Polish Cup final, the next year The Blues finished third in the league. The best season in the recent history was 2011–12, when Ruch was vice-champion (only 1 point behind the champions, Śląsk Wrocław) and reached the final of the national cup, which they lost 0–3 to Legia Warsaw.
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In 2017, it was decided that for the first time in the history of Polish football, in accordance with the Restructuring Law, SA will initiate an accelerated arrangement procedure aimed at agreeing the terms of debt repayment with creditors. These proceedings were opened before the Katowice District Court on 23 June 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In these proceedings all 255 creditors were offered to reduce the debt, spread it into installments or convert the debt into club shares. On 30 November 2017 creditors gathered in court to decide whether or not to accept the offer. The majority agreed and the agreement was adopted, ultimately the agreement became final on 13 March 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> According to the provisions of the agreement, Ruch is to repay PLN 8 million złoty within 5 years. Installments are spread over 400 thousand złoty every quarter.
Ruch started the 2017–18 season in Nice I liga with a six-point deduction for unpaid debts. After a disastrous season in which the Blues suffered heavy defeats, including 0–6 in a home match against Pogoń Siedlce on the club's 98th anniversary, a 6–1 away defeat against Miedź Legnica and a 6–0 away loss to Wigry Suwałki, the club finished last in the league, being 11 points off the play-off place, which resulted in the first relegation to the third level in Ruch's history.
Ruch ended the 2018–19 season in the II liga in last place, eight points off of safety. It was the third season in a row in which the Blues were relegated from last place in the table.
In 2020–21, Ruch dominated group III of the III liga and were promoted to the II liga, 11 points ahead of second placed Polonia Bytom.
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Ruch finished the 2021–22 season in third place, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team faced Radunia Stężyca, which they beat 1–0 after a goal from Daniel Szczepan in the 118th minute.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The final was played in Chorzów, where Ruch faced 5th placed Motor Lublin - on 29 May, Ruch won 4–0 and was promoted for the second season in a row, returning to the I liga for the first time since the 2017–18 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ruch finished the 2022–23 season as runners-up, after defeating GKS Tychy 1–0 on the last matchday, with the sole goal scored again by Daniel Szczepan. In result, Ruch returned to Ekstraklasa after 7 years of absence, with a streak of three straight promotions.
However, Ruch were relegated back to the second division after just a single season back in the top flight, finishing the 2023–24 campaign in 17th and second-last.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Honours
- Ekstraklasa
- Champions: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951,<ref group="n">(In 1951, Wisła Kraków was the league champion, however, the championship title was awarded to the Cup winners, Ruch Chorzów.)</ref> 1952, 1953, 1960, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1988–89<references group="n" />
- Runners-up: 1950, 1956, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1972–73, 2011–12
- Third place: 1937, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1966–67, 1982–83, 1999–2000, 2009–10, 2013–14
- I liga
- Champions: 1987–88, 2006–07
- Runners-up: 2022–23
- II liga
- Promotion play-off winner: 2021–22
- III liga
- Champions: 2020–21 (group III)
Cup
- Polish Cup
- Polish Super Cup
- Runners-up: 1989, 1996
Europe
- European Cup
- Quarter-finals: 1974–75
- UEFA Cup
- Quarter-finals: 1973–74
- UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Finalists: 1998
Youth teams
- Polish U-19 Championship
- Champions: 1965, 1984
Players
Current squad
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Notable former players
- Template:Flagicon Ernst Wilimowski
- Template:Flagicon Teodor Peterek
- Template:Flagicon Gerard Wodarz
- Template:Flagicon Gerard Cieślik
- Template:Flagicon Zygmunt Maszczyk
- Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Warzycha
- Template:Flagicon Waldemar Fornalik
- Template:Flagicon Dariusz Gęsior
- Template:Flagicon Roman Dąbrowski
- Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Bizacki
- Template:Flagicon Michał Probierz
- Template:Flagicon Mariusz Śrutwa
- Template:Flagicon Piotr Lech
- Template:Flagicon Artur Sobiech
- Template:Flagicon Tomasz Brzyski
- Template:Flagicon Jarosław Paśnik
- Template:Flagicon Grzegorz Kuświk
- Template:Flagicon Martin Konczkowski
- Template:Flagicon Łukasz Surma
- Template:Flagicon Tomasz Jaworek
- Template:Flagicon Gražvydas Mikulėnas
- Template:Flagicon Michal Peškovič
- Template:Flagicon Eduards Višņakovs
Managerial history
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Ruch in Europe
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score | |
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| 1972–73 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon | Fenerbahçe | 3–0, 0–1 |
| 2R | Template:Flagicon | Dynamo Dresden | 0–1, 0–3 | ||
| 1973–74 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon | Wuppertaler SV | 4–1, 4–5 |
| 2R | Template:Flagicon | Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–0, 0–1 | ||
| 3R | Template:Flagicon | Budapest Honvéd | 0–2, 5–0 | ||
| QF | Template:Flagicon | Feyenoord | 1–1, 1–3 | ||
| 1974–75 | European Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon | Hvidovre IF | 0–0, 2–1 |
| 2R | Template:Flagicon | Fenerbahçe | 2–1, 2–0 | ||
| QF | Template:Flagicon | Saint-Étienne | 3–2, 0–2 | ||
| 1975–76 | European Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon | KuPS | 5–0, 2–2 |
| 2R | Template:Flagicon | PSV Eindhoven | 1–3, 0–4 | ||
| 1979–80 | European Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon | Dynamo Berlin | 1–4, 0–0 |
| 1989–90 | European Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon | CSKA Sofia | 1–1, 1–5 |
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Q | Template:Flagicon | Llansantffraid | 1–1, 5–0 |
| 1R | Template:Flagicon | Benfica | 1–5, 0–0 | ||
| 1998 | Intertoto Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon | Austria Wien | 1–0, 2–2 |
| 2R | Template:Flagicon | Örgryte | 1–2, 1–0 | ||
| 3R | Template:Flagicon | Estrela da Amadora | 1–1, 1–1 | ||
| 4R | Template:Flagicon | Debrecen | 1–0, 3–0 | ||
| 5R | Template:Flagicon | Bologna | 0–1, 0–2 | ||
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | Q | Template:Flagicon | Žalgiris Vilnius | 1–2, 6–0 |
| 1R | Template:Flagicon | Inter Milan | 0–3, 1–4 | ||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Template:Flagicon | Shakhter Karagandy | 2–1, 1–0 |
| 2Q | Template:Flagicon | Valletta | 1–1, 0–0 | ||
| 3Q | Template:Flagicon | Austria Wien | 1–3, 0–3 | ||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Template:Flagicon | Metalurg Skopje | 3–1, 3–0 |
| 3Q | Template:Flagicon | Viktoria Plzeň | 0–2, 0–5 | ||
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Template:Flagicon | FC Vaduz | 3–2, 0–0 |
| 3Q | Template:Flagicon | Esbjerg | 0–0, 2–2 | ||
| PO | Template:Flagicon | Metalist Kharkiv | 0–0, 0–1 (a.e.t) |
Crest
Ruch Chorzów has a very specific crest and is one of the most recognizable football crests in Poland. There isn't information who was the author of the prototype and in which year the crest was used for the first time. The oldest confirmed source is letterhead from 1929. The club colours are blue and white. They accompany the team from the very beginning of the club's existence and already in the twenties it was written about Ruch - "Niebiescy" (en. The Blues). This color has become the symbol of the club. Except for the emblem of Unia Chorzów (around 1949-1955), the shield of the crest has always been, more or less precisely, the blue Reuleaux triangle with the club's full name on the rim. The white center of the sign is filled with an acronym. In the late 1980s, the monogram was decorated with thin lines, emphasizing the activity, militancy and mobility of the signet itself, and thereby reflecting the name of the club in a slightly expressive way (Ruch means Movement in English). In September 2007, it was decided to make a facelift of the logo, which was to be a sign of the continuous evolution of the brand of Ruch Chorzów. Shading was introduced to the sign in order to plasticize the drawing, give depth and spaciousness to the whole crest. In this way, they tried to show the spirit of nowadays and to gain the identity of a modern and attractive brand. However, trends for gradients quickly passed, while the crest in this version stayed for a long time and received many opponents. In 2021, after the jubilee year, starting its second century, the club decided to return to the most acceptable version of the crest among fans.
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Due to the lack of a consistent chronology of individual marks, the above listing of all crests with dates is approximate and conventional. The set above does not include jubilee signs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Upper Silesian symbolism
Ruch Chorzów proudly emphasizes its Upper Silesian origin. The club is considered to be "synonymous with Silesianess" and has been called "the most Silesian of Silesian clubs".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On the stadium mast hangs the Upper Silesian flag,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the stadium announcer often declares Template:Lang (en. Goal!) over the tannoy after goals scored,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while the club mascot is named Adler, an anthropomorphic eagle, stylized as a golden eagle from the Upper Silesian coat of arms, who speaks only in the Silesian language. In fan stores there are many products with Upper Silesian symbols,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> on social media the club tags all posts with the hashtag Template:Lang (en. We are Ruch), and on the club’s television channel people often uses the Silesian language. An example of which may be the video promoting the match against Zagłębie Sosnowiec.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The symbolism of Upper Silesia is also often displayed from a sporting angle. On July 15, 2015, on Silesian Flag Day, the club presented new away kits for the 2015/2016 season. The yellow jersey, blue shorts and yellow socks alluded to the flag of Upper Silesia, intended to emphasize the Silesian character of Ruch, in whose traditions the club is so deeply rooted.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The debut of the kits took place on the 80th anniversary of the stadium, and the team played in such a set for the first time in history. On that day, the coat of arms of the Silesian Voivodeship was additionally on the sleeve, and the announcer during the match spoke entirely in the Silesian language.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the 2016–17 season, the team’s jerseys had a large coat of arms of Upper Silesia with the inscription "Upper Silesia". Initially, only the first match was played in such kits, and all of them went to a charity auction, but after many requests from fans and the approval of the winners of these auctions, the emblem was printed on kits once again and from the 13th round they were in use until the end of the season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On 23 April 2022, in a match against Radunia Stężyca, Ruch's captain Tomasz Foszmańczyk put on a captain's armband with the Upper Silesian flag for the first time in the club's history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Supporters and rivalries
Ruch's popularity exploded in the 1930s and has remained strong ever since, especially in Upper Silesia. A specific subculture of Template:Lang (a name derived from szalik - scarf) developed in the 1970s, as elsewhere in the country, but regionally only after having first appeared among fans of Polonia Bytom.<ref name="historiakibicow">Template:Cite web</ref> There are also hooligans (Psycho Fans, formed in the mid 1990s) and ultras (Nucleo Ultra '03 from 2003, replaced by Ultras Niebiescy, formed in 2008).
Expressions of Upper Silesian identity are often displayed in the form of golden-blue flags, on banners, such as the controversial Template:Lang example,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> now banned, or Template:Lang<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Template:Translation), or through chants.
Ruch's supporters maintain friendships with fans of Widzew Łódź (since 2005), Elana Toruń, and Atlético Madrid.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The biggest animosity is held against the followers of Górnik Zabrze (with whom The Great Silesian Derby is contested), GKS Katowice, Polonia Bytom (the oldest Silesian derby<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>), Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Legia Warszawa, and Lech Poznań.<ref name="historiakibicow"/>
Notable individual supporters of Ruch are, among others:
- Jerzy Bralczyk – professor at Warsaw University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Jerzy Buzek<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – professor of technical science and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001<ref>Ruch Chorzów Template:Webarchive.</ref>
- Gustaw Holoubek – actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator.<ref>Mistrz Holoubek trzymał z Ruchem Chorzów – e-teatr.pl Template:Webarchive.</ref>
- Bogdan Kalus – actor<ref>Świr Roku to zapalony kibic Ruchu Chorzów.</ref>
- Wojciech Kilar – classical and film music composer<ref name=autonazwa1>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Wojciech Kuczok – novelist, poet, and screenwriter<ref>Ta trudna sztuka piłki nożnej > ESEJE 2.0 Template:Webarchive.</ref>
- Kazimierz Kutz – film director, author, journalist and politician<ref>Fenomen Wielkich Derbów Śląska.</ref>
- Jan Miodek – linguist, professor of Wrocław University<ref name=autonazwa1 />
- Jerzy Szymik – poet, professor of KUL<ref>Powstaje film o kibicach Ruchu, bo to dobra rodzina.</ref>
- Ingmar Villqist (Jarosław Świerszcz) – writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Karol Gwóźdź – poet, musician, graphic designer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Szczepan Twardoch – writer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Michał Żurawski – film and theater actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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External links
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