Hetman Białystok

Hetman Białystok

Full name	Białostocki Klub Sportowy Hetman Białystok
Founded	1948 (1948)
Chairman	Marcin Maciejewski
Manager	Jacek Bayer
League	Klasa A Podlaskie II
2023–24	Klasa A Podlaskie II, 9th of 10
Website	http://www.hetman.bialystok.pl/
Home colours Away colours

Hetman Białystok, formerly Gwardia Bialystok, is a Polish sports club based in Białystok. The football departments currently plays in the second group of Klasa A Podlaskie.

Gwardia was organized in 1948 as a Polish Milicja Obywatelska (Communist Police) club. The name Gwardia used to be a common name for any Citizens' Militia's sports' club in Poland. Many players were soldiers serving in the Polish People's Army who were assigned to the units in or near Bialystok City.

Gwardia was the first team from Białystok after World War II to advance to the second tier, but survived there only one season (1951–52) before being relegated to the third division.

With the End of communism in Poland and the cessation of sponsorship, the club was forced to temporarily disappear in 1990.

The club was reactivated soon after when it changed its name from Gwardia to Hetman. The club also added three other sections: amateur boxing, judo, and contract bridge.

• III liga, group II: 1953
• Polish Cup (Białystok regionals): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1993–94

As of 19 May 2013^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  POL Kamil Stepanczenko — GK  POL Rafał Topczewski — GK  POL Łukasz Łopatowicz — DF  POL Jacek Malaszewski — DF  POL Piotr Jarocki — DF  POL Karol Sobota — DF  POL Radosław Nowiński — DF  POL Marcin Bochenek — DF  POL Bartosz Gliński

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POL Paweł Seweryn — MF  POL Daniel Sienkiewicz — MF  POL Kamil Żyliński — MF  POL Łukasz Suchowolec — MF  POL Norbert Wiński — MF  POL Mateusz Sawicki — MF  POL Jakub Czaczkowski — FW  POL Adam Hillo — FW  POL Jakub Budźko

The club also has a section of boxing, judo and duplicate bridge.^[2]

• Hetman Białystok web page (in Polish)
• Hetman Białystok (football club) at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Polish Soccer Podlasie Regional Association (in Polish)