Błękitni Kielce

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Błękitni Kielce
Full nameGwardyjski Klub Sportowy Błękitni Kielce
Founded1945
Dissolved1999

Błękitni Kielce is a defunct Polish sports club, established in 1945 in Kielce. In 1949, it became supported by Kielce's office of communist police (milicja), its official name was changed into Guards Sports Club Błękitni Kielce and hues were red-white-blue, like in other sports clubs affiliated with milicja. Enjoying support of both milicja and Urząd Bezpieczeństwa, Błękitni became the major sports organization in the area of Kielce, however, it never managed to win promotion to the Polish First Division. Błękitni's football team played their last games in the Third League in the 1998–99 season, then it was merged with local rival, Korona Kielce.