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2013–14 I Liga
The 2013–14 I liga was the sixth season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the sixty-sixth season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system. The season began on 27 July 2013 and concluded on 7 June 2014. According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1993 or later and Polish or trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing). Changes from last season The following teams have changed division since the 2012-13 season. To I liga Promoted from II liga East * Puszcza Niepołomice * Wisła Płock Promoted from II liga West * Chojniczanka Chojnice * Energetyk ROW Rybnik Relegated from Ekstraklasa * GKS Bełchatów From I liga Relegated to II liga West * Polonia Bytom * Warta Poznań Demoted * ŁKS Łódź Promoted to Ekstraklasa * KS Cracovia * Zawisza Bydgoszcz Notes * ŁKS Łódź were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Liga
I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/relegation systems. Run by the Polish Football Association (PZPN) since its inception on 30 May 1948. The league was renamed from Second League (II liga) to First League (I liga) in 2008. It is currently contested by 18 teams, from 2002 all clubs onwards must have a licence, issued by the Association.. Before 1939, there were several plans to create a second, national level of Polish football system, but all failed. Instead, there were regional leagues of most Polish provinces, the so-called ''A Classes'' (see also Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland). History State Class in Austrian Galicia In 1913 and 1914, the football championship of Austrian Galicia took place. At that time it was called the ''A Class Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom, founded in 1920, two times Polish Champions. The team currently plays in the III liga (as of 2022–23). History Beginnings Polonia was founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings. In late 1922, however, as a result of the Upper Silesia plebiscite, Bytom remained part of Germany and the club ceased to exist. In May 1945, numerous players and officials of another Polish club, Pogoń Lwów, arrived in Bytom and decided to revive Polonia. On 17 May 1945, the team played its first game in over two decades, defeating Warta Poznań 3–2. Polonia is considered the continuation of Pogoń Lwów; its logo is very similar to the logo of Lwów's team as well as their colours, red-blue. 1950s and 1960s Polonia achieved greatest success in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was one of the top teams in Poland. It has won the Polish championship twice, in 1954 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the Polish Second Division. Ruch plays at the Ruch Stadium with a capacity of 9,300 seats.Stadion Miejski (Chorzów) at ruchchorzow.com.pl Ruch Chorzów has also had a very successful female handball team (9 times national champions). History The club was founded on 20 April 1920 in Bismarkhuta (German ''Bismarckhütte'', historically ''Hajduki''), one of the many heavily industrialised municipalities in the eastern part of |
Polonia Warsaw
Polonia Warsaw ( pl, Polonia Warszawa, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing Varsovian sports club, best known for its football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, swimming, chess, mountain biking, and contract bridge sections. Historically it also had sections in: ice hockey, fencing, tennis, volleyball, ''hazena'', cycling, and boxing. History 20th century Beginnings Polonia Warsaw was formed in the autumn of 1911 as a union of several ''gimnazjum'' school teams (including "Stella" and "Merkury"). Alongside co-founders Wacław Gebethner, Stefan Pronaszko, and Tadeusz Gebethner, Wacław "Denhoff" Czarnocki was the co-fouder of the club who also came up with its name. "Polonia" is Latin for "Poland" and is often used by Polish migrants in reference to the diaspora communities of Poles living abroad in other countries. The choice of such a name was a brave decision in the early 20th century, since Poland was not an independent country a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PZPN
The Polish Football Association ( pl, Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej; PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the Ekstraklasa), the Polish Cup and the Polish national football team. It is based in the Polish capital of Warsaw. History The fully independent federation was established 20 December 1919 engulfing the autonomous Polish Football Union (PFU) that was part of the disintegrated Austrian Football Union. The PFU was established on 25 June 1911 in Lwów, Austria-Hungary. Between 1911 and 1919 the national team of Poland played three games at the Czarni Lwów's stadium. The team was composed mainly of players from the city of Lwów. When the Wehrmacht invaded Poland in September 1939, all Polish institutions and associations were dissolved, including the PZPN. The German occupying forces forbade Poles to organise football matches. In September 2008, the leadership of the PZPN was suspended by the Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MKS Kluczbork
MKS Kluczbork is a football club based in Kluczbork, Opole Voivodeship, Poland. History The club was founded in 2003 as the merger of three local clubs: KKS Kluczbork (itself a result of merger in 1945 between ZKK Kluczbork and Cresovia Kluczbork), LKS Kuniów and the local inter-school sports organisation. The club itself, although founded recently, relates to the town's very rich footballing history, inheriting the stadium and facilities of the previous most successful Kluczbork club Metal Kluczbork. In season 2008–09 the club won the Western Division of the Second League, and were consequently promoted to the First League for the 2009–10 season. They reached the 1/8th of the Polish Cup in the 2011-12 season, losing eventually 1–0 to Ruch Zdzieszowice Honours & Achievements * 1/8 Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bytovia Bytów
Bytovia Bytów is a Polish semi-professional association football club based in Bytów, Poland, founded in 1946. Bytovia currently plays in the IV liga Pomerania. Players Current squad Out on loan League history Honours *1/8 Polish Cup - 2009/2010 * Third Division Runners-up - 2013/2014 *Second Division 8. position *1/4 Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ... - 2016/2017 References External links Official page Bytovia Bytów(90minut.pl) Football clubs in Poland Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in Poland Football clubs in Pomeranian Voivodeship {{Poland-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stal Rzeszów (football)
Stal Rzeszów is a Polish football club based in Rzeszów, Poland, as part of the multi-sports club History The history of Stal Rzeszow dates back to November 1944, when a group of sports enthusiasts, working at ''WSK PZL Rzeszow'' (''Transport Equipment Enterprise'') decided to form a ''Sports Circle''. With support of the ''Youth Organization of the Association of Workers University'' (''Organizacja Mlodziezy Towarzystwa Uniwersytetu Robotniczego, OM TUR''), the new club was managed by Bronislaw Szczoczarz. In March 1945, football team of ''PZL OM TUR'' was formed, under manager Jan Polak. In its first game, OM TUR faced ''Szturmowiec (Walter) Rzeszow'', the match ended in a 2–2 draw. By the summer of 1945, OM TUR played several friendly games, facing Sokol Rzeszow (4–6), Czuwaj Lancut (2–6), and in June 1945, it played in the City of Rzeszow Cup tournament, losing in the final 1–3 to Resovia. In the autumn of 1946, a series of playoffs took place, in order to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelikan Łowicz
Pelikan Łowicz () is a Polish football club based in Łowicz, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou .... External linksOfficial website Club Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelikan Lowicz Association football clubs established in 1945 1945 establishments in Poland Łowicz County Football clubs in Łódź Voivodeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
II Liga (Poland)
II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorship reasons by eWinner, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ''II Liga'' referred to a league at the 2nd tier, although this changed with the formation of the Ekstraklasa as the top level league in Poland. Currently, II liga is below I liga and above III liga. Since the 2014/15 season there is one group making up the II Liga unlike in previous seasons when there were two groups (''West'' and ''East''). The league consists of 18 teams. Two first teams win promotion to the I Liga. Teams from places 15–18 are demoted to the III Liga. Teams will play 34 league queue after 9 matches (including 306 meetings) in two rounds: autumn and spring. The top two places in the final table will be rewarded with a promotion to the first division, the teams ranked 3rd to 6th will play in the play-offs for the entrance to the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Zawisza Bydgoszcz () is a sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th-century knight, Zawisza Czarny (Zawisza the Black). The club holds many sections: football, track and field athletics, boxing, rowing, canoeing, weightlifting, gymnastics, shooting, and parachuting ones. History The team was founded in 1946, as a military-sponsored club in Koszalin, although they only played friendly matches initially. When the army headquarters moved to Bydgoszcz a year later in 1947 the club followed. The football team has achieved some successes, playing for several years in the Polish First Division, first winning promotion in 1961. They reached the semi-finals of the Polish Cup in 1991 and competed in 1993 Intertoto Cup. Zawisza was relegated from the Second Level to the Fourth Level in the 1997–98 season. In 2001, they controversially merged with Chemik Bydgoszcz, and played as Chemik-Zawisza, whilst the reserve team was ini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KS Cracovia (football)
Miejski Klub Sportowy Cracovia Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known simply as MKS Cracovia or Cracovia (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. The club is five-time and also the first Polish champion, winner of the Polish Cup and the Polish Super Cup in 2020. Founded in 1906, Cracovia is the longest existing Polish club. History Beginning The early years of football in the city of Kraków are associated with professor Henryk Jordan. He was a Polish physician who had spent some time in Britain and after coming back to his native city introduced football to its youth. Jordan was a huge supporter of all sports and gymnastics. On 12 March 1889, he founded The Park of Games and Plays in Kraków, which was commonly called Jordan's Park. Places like this later spread all across Austrian Galicia, and apart from gymnastics, the youth there became acquainted with football. However, it was not Kraków where the first football game with Polish participation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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