POLAND: KS Gwardia Koszalin

Stadion im. Stanisława Figasa = Stanisław Figas Stadium, Koszalin (KS Gwardia Koszalin)

Poland, voivodeship: Western Pomerania

3 V 2022 / KS Gwardia Koszalin - Biali Sądów 3-2 / IV. Liga - Western Pomeranian region (= POL level 5)

Note: Milicyjny Klub Sportowy (MKS) Koszalin, founded in 1946, took on the new name of Klub Sportowy (KS) Gwardia Koszalin two years later. In 1971, the club moved from their previous ground, the Stadion ZOS Bałtyk, to the newly built Stadion im. Przyjaźni Polsko-Radzieckiej (Stadium of Polish-Russian Friendship), inaugurated on September 11th of that year. The 25,000 capacity ground never saw top flight football, as Gwardia Koszalin did not manage to climb higher up the Polish football pyramid than the second tier, with nine seasons at that level between 1973 and 1994. In 2003, the ground was renamed after Stanisław Figas. In 2017, as the old terracing had fallen into disrepair, four small prefab stands were added to the stadium, which today has an official capacity of just 1,500.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author