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2003–04 Ekstraklasa
The 2003–04 Ekstraklasa is the 78th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 70th season of the Ekstraklasa, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. Overview 14 teams competed in the 2003-04 season. Wisła Kraków won the championship. League table Results Relegation playoffs The matches were played on 19 and 26 June 2004. Top goalscorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:2003-04 Ekstraklasa Ekstraklasa seasons 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 ... 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekstraklasa
Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the I liga, seasons start in July, and end in May or June the following year. Teams play a total of 34 games each. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. The winner of the Ekstraklasa qualifies for the Polish SuperCup. The league is now operated by the Ekstraklasa Spółka Akcyjna. The Ekstraklasa (former I liga) was officially formed as Liga Polska on 4–5 December 1926 in Warsaw, since 1 March 1927 as Liga Piłki Nożnej (), but the Polish Football Association (Polish: Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN) had been in existence since 20 December 1919, a year after the independence of Poland in 1918. The first games of the freshly created league took place on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning the second-most Polish Championship titles together with Ruch Chorzów. The club was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. Górnik holds the record for winning the most consecutive Polish Championship titles (5) and Polish Cup titles (5). In addition, the club was 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup runners-up. The club plays in a white or dark blue-red kit, and is based at the Arena Zabrze. Their main local rival is Ruch Chorzów. History First years The club was founded in 1948 after several smaller sports associations – KS Zjednoczenie, KS Pogoń, KS Skra, and KS Concordia – were merged into a single organization, which took the name "Górnik", the Polish word for "Miner", reflecting the fact that Zabrze was an important coal-mining centre. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Włodarczyk
Piotr Włodarczyk (; born 4 May 1977) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is a former member of the Poland national team. He played a total of four games, scoring twice. Career Włodarczyk returned to Legia Warsaw's first team on 8 March 2006 and put in some strong performances to close the season. In June 2008, he was transferred to Aris FC having the opportunity to participate in the forthcoming UEFA Cup. Style of play Włodarczyk was known for his skill in getting into good shooting positions. Personal life He is the brother of heptathlete Urszula Włodarczyk and the father of footballer Szymon Włodarczyk. Career statistics Honours Legia Warsaw * Ekstraklasa: 2005–06 * Polish Cup: 1996–97 Zagłębie Lubin * Polish Super Cup: 2007 Individual * 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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Saganowski
Marek Mirosław Saganowski (; born 31 October 1978) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a striker, currently in charge of II liga club Pogoń Siedlce. In a much-travelled career, he represented clubs in Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, England, Denmark and Greece. Saganowski made his full international debut for Poland in 1996, earned 35 caps and scored 5 goals for his national side. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2008. Playing career Poland Saganowski was born in Łódź, Poland and began his career in 1994 with his local club ŁKS Łódź, playing there for six seasons, with brief loan spells at Feyenoord in 1996 and with Hamburger SV in early 1997. Neither of these loan spells was a particular success and he returned to ŁKS in the summer of 1997 to rebuild his career. In 1997–98, he made 22 appearances for ŁKS Łódź, but his career was interrupted by a serious motor-cycle accident in 1998 following wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireneusz Jeleń
Ireneusz Jeleń (; born 9 April 1981) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a right-winger or striker for the Poland national football team. Club career Jeleń was born in Cieszyn. From 2002 to 2006 he played for Wisła Płock in the Ekstraklasa. In four seasons he scored 45 goals in 100 appearances in the Polish top league. On 28 June 2006, Jeleń signed for Auxerre in Ligue 1. On 9 September 2006, Jeleń scored his first league goal for Auxerre against Monaco. On 20 October 2007, he grabbed his first hat-trick, after coming off the bench in the 71st minute against FC Lorient. In his first couple of seasons at Auxerre, Jeleń was plagued with recurring back problems. In October 2008 he suffered a broken collarbone. He returned to action in late January 2009. Auxerre's manager Jean Fernandez has described Jeleń as the player in his squad having the most ability in front of goal. Prior to his return, Auxerre was in 17th place, barely above the relegation zone. Upon hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracovia (football Club)
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] |
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] |
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup football finals (the summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions) were won by Lille, Schalke 04, and Villarreal. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. First round First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ''The game was awarded 3–0 to Khazar Universiteti due to Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz fielding an ineligible player.'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg ''2–2 on aggregate, Sloboda Tuzla won on away goals rule.'' ---- ''The game was awarded 3–0 to Vllaznia due to Hapoel fielding an ineligible player. Vllaznia won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vardar won 10–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Slaven Belupo won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sartid won 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Marek Dupnitsa won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Teplice won 3–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004–05 UEFA Cup
The 2004–05 UEFA Cup was the 34th edition of the UEFA Cup. The format of the competition had changed from previous seasons, replacing that from the previous one after the abolition of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999; an extra qualifying round was introduced, as was a group phase after the first round. The group stage operated in a single round-robin format consisting of eight groups of five teams, each team plays two games at home and two away and the top three finishers of each group progress to the knock-out round, joining the eight third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage. The tournament was won by PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow, coming from behind in the final against Sporting CP, in whose home stadium the match was played. It was the first win by a Russian side in any European competition. The match was refereed by Graham Poll. Valencia CF, Valencia were the defending champions, but were eliminated by FC Steaua București, Steaua București in the Round o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004–05 UEFA Champions League
The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club association football, football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool F.C., Liverpool, who beat A.C. Milan, Milan on Penalty shoot-out (association football), penalties in the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, final, having come back from 3–0 down at half-time. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was named as UEFA Club Football Awards#Most Valuable Player, UEFA's Footballer of the Year for his key role in the final and throughout the Champions League season. The final, played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, is often regarded as one of the best in the history of the tournament. As it was their fifth European Cup title, Liverpool were European Champion Clubs' Cup#Clubs awarded the trophy permanently, awarded the trophy permanently, and received the European Champion Clubs' Cup#Multiple-winner ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki () is a Polish football club based in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship. History This team played 2003–2004 in Ekstraklasa under the name "Lukullus Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki" for first time, but it was relegated after one season as 13th team with 22 points, preceded by 14th Widzew Łódź and succeeded by 12th Górnik Polkowice, which was also relegated with one point more after only season in Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 .... Stadium Świt plays their home matches at the Municipal Stadium, at the 66 Sportowa Street in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. The city is the owner of the stadium and it is managed by the local Sports and Recreation Center. At the turn of 2008 and 2009, an illuminated, full-size training ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
