Gryf Slupsk

Gryf Slupsk is a Polish multi-sports club in Slupsk, Pomerania., best known for its association football team.

History

Gryf was created at the end of 1956 after a merger of four local factory clubs: KS Unia, from the local furniture factory (Slupskie Fabryki Mebli); KS Traktor, from the agricultural mechanization repair works (Zaklady Naprawczych Mechanizacji Rolnictwa abbreviated to ZNMR); KS Stal, the club of the "Famarol" agricultural tools factory (Fabryka Narzedzi Rolniczych FAMAROL); and KS Sparta, from the "Sezamor" ship equipment and tools factory (Slupska Fabryka Sprzetu Okretowego „SEZAMOR”).

The club's chosen colours were white and green. The football section of the club was founded in 1957. It was that year that the Polish Football Association started up the III Division, in which Gryf were allowed to participate. The first coach was Bronislaw Koziar, a former Pogon Lwow player.

Prior to that, from 1946 KS Gwardia Slupsk functioned, with the club colours red - white - blue, which was the only predecessor of the later ZGKS Gryf. Official, historical and archival data frequently refers to Gryf from 1946 onwards. However, this is a common mistake as the clubs only merged in 1964, when it changed it became Gryf and changed to the tricolour, which are official emblems of the club to this day. For seven years (1957–64) the clubs operated as two completely different and independent clubs alongside each other.

The School of Civic Military Police began operating in Slupsk in 1945. At the end of the first year of its operations, the idea to set up their own sports club arose. The infrastructure had to be based on city-owned facilities, but the club was operated by school staff and nearly all the members were school attendees. First meeting and discussions on the future of the club took place April 26, 1946, and the club officially came into being on 7 May. The club was called Klub Sportowy Centrum Wyszk