From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match13 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Podbeskidzie 's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Podbeskidzie has to find a result from somewhere.
Match15 Nov 2027
Position 14, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market15 Nov 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Nov 2027
A season average of 7.17 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Podbeskidzie know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match13 Nov 2027
0-1 to Pogon , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Igor Skrobała , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Steady
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Erik Janža
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch8 Nov 2027
11 appearances at Podbeskidzie and the goals keep coming. Gornik Zabrze are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Market8 Nov 2027
The name of Michal Sáček keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gornik Zabrze say nothing, which says plenty.
Erik Janža The manager makes an example of Erik Janža
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Upbeat
Match30 Oct 2027
The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market1 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gornik Zabrze can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Nov 2027
Kacper Urbański wants to know where this is going“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Gornik Zabrze hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Match30 Oct 2027
Lech made Gornik Zabrze work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
10 appearances away from home and 8 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market1 Nov 2027
The name of Michał Rakoczy keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gornik Zabrze say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Roberto Massimo unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Roberto Massimo has let it be known that he does not like the way Gornik Zabrze are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Borislav Rupanov keeps the shirt for now, at Gornik Zabrze 's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Match25 Oct 2027
Position 3 and 22 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Match23 Oct 2027
The unbeaten run reaches 11. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Tomasz Loska
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A season average of 7.26 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
9 appearances at Podbeskidzie and the goals keep coming. Gornik Zabrze are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Match23 Oct 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Legia defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Uneasy
Match18 Oct 2027
Position 14, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match16 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Podbeskidzie 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Podbeskidzie has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A season average of 7.09 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Podbeskidzie know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
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Uneasy
Market4 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Konrad Forenc commits to Podbeskidzie for another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Bruno Durdov named player of the monthThe award goes to Bruno Durdov , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
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Upbeat
Match25 Sep 2027
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Paweł Bochniewicz , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match25 Sep 2027
Gornik Leczna made Gornik Zabrze work for it, but the scoreboard read 4-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Erik Janža
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad27 Sep 2027
A season average of 7.24 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Loan watch27 Sep 2027
8 appearances away from home and 7 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Uneasy
Match25 Sep 2027
6 matches without a win for Podbeskidzie
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Podbeskidzie are no longer polite ones.
Market27 Sep 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Podbeskidzie can pretend not to have heard.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Kornel Osyra gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad27 Sep 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Konrad Forenc knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match25 Sep 2027
A 2-2 draw with Legia leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Isaias Galván knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Podbeskidzie , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Match18 Sep 2027
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Maksym Khlan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match18 Sep 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Korona will be the happier side with the point.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
7 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market20 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gornik Zabrze know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad20 Sep 2027
At 22 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Gornik Zabrze are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Crisis
Match20 Sep 2027
6 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market20 Sep 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Podbeskidzie can pretend not to have heard.
Match18 Sep 2027
5 matches without a win for Podbeskidzie
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Podbeskidzie are no longer polite ones.
Squad20 Sep 2027
A season average of 7.01 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Podbeskidzie know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match18 Sep 2027
Ruch left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 97 days on the sidelines for Igor Skrobała , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Crisis
Market6 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marcin Biernat commits to Podbeskidzie for another 2 years.
Match4 Sep 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Rodrigo Dantas , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Bruno Durdov named player of the monthThe award goes to Bruno Durdov , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
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Upbeat
Match18 Aug 2027
A 2-0 win over Korona , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market23 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gornik Zabrze can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match21 Aug 2027
Piast made Gornik Zabrze work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tomasz Loska gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Aug 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Nick Homan knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gornik Zabrze , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
5 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market23 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gornik Zabrze know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Market16 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Roberto Massimo and Gornik Zabrze agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match14 Aug 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Jonasz Albert Gornik Zabrze turn down Podbeskidzie for Jonasz Albert
Squad16 Aug 2027
Michal Sáček gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market16 Aug 2027
The name of Michal Sáček keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gornik Zabrze say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
4 appearances at Podbeskidzie and the goals keep coming. Gornik Zabrze are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market9 Aug 2027
Korona come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Gornik Zabrze did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Borislav Rupanov and Gornik Zabrze agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Josema Josema says Gornik Zabrze went back on their word
Squad9 Aug 2027
Erik Janža gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match7 Aug 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Wisla Krakow defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market9 Aug 2027
The name of Michał Rakoczy keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gornik Zabrze say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Podbeskidzie 's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Podbeskidzie has to find a result from somewhere.
Market9 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad9 Aug 2027
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Bruno Durdov takes the match ball home3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 49 days on the sidelines for Rodrigo Dantas , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Podbeskidzie can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 79 days on the sidelines for Rodrigo Dantas , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Dalibor Takáč has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Dalibor Takáč keeps the shirt for now, at Podbeskidzie 's convenience rather than his own.
Market12 Jul 2027
3 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market12 Jul 2027
No fee and no drama: David Večerić has signed at Podbeskidzie , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Uneasy
Match5 Jul 2027
Position 3 and 50 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
117 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Michał Rakoczy and Gornik Zabrze agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market5 Jul 2027
Lechia pay $200.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market5 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Gornik Zabrze have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Market15 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gornik Zabrze can pretend not to have heard.
Match15 Mar 2027
50 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad15 Mar 2027
126 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bruno Durdov commits to Gornik Zabrze for another 4 years.
Squad15 Mar 2027
20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match18 Jan 2027
46 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Match16 Jan 2027
7 matches without a win for Gornik Zabrze
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Gornik Zabrze are no longer polite ones.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Kamil Lukoszek Kamil Lukoszek says Gornik Zabrze went back on their word
Market18 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market18 Jan 2027
The name of Borislav Rupanov has come up in conversations Gornik Zabrze were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tomasz Loska gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Jakub Barczak , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bastien Donio commits to Gornik Zabrze for another 5 years.
Market18 Jan 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Gornik Zabrze will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Lukáš Sadílek , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Kacper Urbański will call it something else in private.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bruno Durdov and Gornik Zabrze agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch14 Dec 2026
“I did not go to Gornik Leczna to sit and watch. I want to come back to Gornik Zabrze and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Rafał Janicki
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match12 Dec 2026
A 1-1 draw with OH Leuven leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Upbeat
Market17 Aug 2026
$8.3M from Guadalajara for Erik Prekop . Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market17 Aug 2026
The fee is $520.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Gornik Leczna drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Match15 Aug 2026
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Bruno Durdov gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
Piotr Pietryga is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Gornik Zabrze has been clear about where Piotr Pietryga stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad17 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Gornik Zabrze have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.