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Polish Cup (rugby)
The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an annual knockout football competition for Polish football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. Due to mass participation of teams, the tournament is often called ''The Cup of the Thousand Teams'' ( pl, Puchar Tysiąca Drużyn ). Participation is open to any club registered with the Polish FA, regardless of whether it competes in any league in the national pyramid. Reserve and veteran teams are also eligible, with reserve teams reaching the final on two occasions (and winning it once). The Cup is popular among lower-level teams, as it gives them a chance to play better known sides. In some cases, the underdogs even reached the final, with the most famous example being Czarni Żagań, who at the time of the 1964–65 final, eventually won by Górnik Zabrze, were playing in the third division. Lower league clubs h ...
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Polish Football Association
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 Po ...
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2023–24 Polish Cup
The 2023–24 Polish Cup is the 70th season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 2 August 2023 with the first matches of the preliminary round and will end with the final on 2 May 2024 at Stadion Narodowy. The 2023–24 edition of the Polish Cup is sponsored by Fortuna, making the official name Fortuna Puchar Polski. Winners of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. The defending champions is Legia Warsaw. Participating teams Prize money The PZPN Board of Directors determined the size of the prizes. Round and draw dates Preliminary round The matches were played on 2–10 August 2023. Participating in this round were the 2 lowest ranked teams from 2022–23 I liga (which finished 2022–23 season on positions 17-18) and 18 teams from the 2022–23 II liga. With reference to the competition regulations, the matches were played according to the following scheme: * 17th team of 2022–23 I liga s ...
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Lechia Gdańsk
Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a poetic name for Poland, and is a continuation of the name used by the club based in Lwów. In their early years, Lechia enjoyed some success, most notably finishing third in the Polish top division, before spending decades in the second and third tiers. In the early 1980s, Lechia won the Polish Cup, the Polish SuperCup, and played in a European competition for the first time. After having two mergers with other teams in the 1990s the club had to restart from the sixth tier in 2001. In May 2008 the club was promoted again to the Ekstraklasa, with the club's most recent success coming in 2019, finishing third in the league and again winning both the Polish Cup and SuperCup. History Early years (1945–1948) The club was founded on 7 ...
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1982–83 Polish Cup
The 1982–83 Polish Cup was the 29th edition of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It started on the 23 July 1982 and finished on 22 June 1983. The finalists were 2nd division Piast Gliwice and 3rd division Lechia Gdańsk, with Lechia Gdańsk winning the Polish Cup for the first time after winning the final 2–1. Round 1 First round fixtures. Round 2 Second round fixtures. Round 3 Third round fixtures. Round of 32 Round of 32 fixtures. The teams from the Ekstraklasa are introduced. Due to the competitions rules they are all drawn away from home in this round. Round of 16 Round of 16 fixtures. Quarter-finals Quarter final fixtures. Semi-finals Semi final fixtures. Final The Polish Cup was won by Lechia Gdańsk. Bracket References {{DEFAULTSORT:1982-83 Polish Cup Polish Cup Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring o ...
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Lech Poznań
Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. The club is named after Lech, Czech, and Rus, Lech, the legendary founder of the Polish nation. The club was established on 19 March 1922 as ''KS Lutnia Dębiec'', later changing its name several times. From 1930 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways, Polish State Railways (PKP). As a result, its popular nickname is ''Kolejorz'' , which means The Railwayman in local slang. The club's debut in the Polish top division took place in the year 1948. The brightest era of Lech was in the early 1980s and early 1990s. Lech has won the Polish league a total of eight times, most recently in 2022, and is the most popular football club in the Greater Poland region. History Formation and early years (1920 ...
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Arka Gdynia
Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The history of Arka dates back to 1929, when a group of workers of the ''Port of Gdynia'' founded ''Sports Club (Klub Sportowy, KS) Gdynia''. In 1932, a new stadium of KS was opened at ''Polanka Redlowska''. This location was used by the club until 2000. In 1934, ''Sports Club Kotwica (Anchor)'' was registered. Both team existed until 1939. In 1949, ''Fishermen Sports Club (Rybacki Klub Sportowy) MIR'' was formed. Three years later, its name was changed into ''Klub Sportowy Kolejarz-Arka Gdynia''. In 1953, the team for the first time won promotion to the third level of Polish football. In 1959, Arka's U-19 became Polish runner-up, and in 1960, after a dramatic game vs. Hutnik Kraków, Arka won promotion to the Second Division. In 1964, Arka merged with ''Doker Gdynia'', t ...
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Śląsk Wrocław
Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish football league system. The club was founded in 1947 and has competed under many names since then; adopting the name Śląsk Wrocław ten years after their foundation. In 1977, Śląsk Wrocław won the Polish league championship for the first time. The club has also won the Polish Cup twice, the Polish SuperCup twice and the Ekstraklasa Cup once. The club's home is Stadion Wrocław, a 45,105 capacity stadium in Wrocław which was one of the host venues during UEFA Euro 2012. Club previously played at Olympic Stadium and Stadion Oporowska. History The club has had many names since its foundation in 1947. They are listed below; * 1947 – Pionier Wrocław * 1949 – Legia Wrocław * 1950 – Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Wro ...
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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 ...
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Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a football club based in Sosnowiec, Poland. The club was established in 1906. It won Polish Cup four times (1962, 1963, 1977, 1978), and also was four times Polish runner up (1955, 1964, 1967, 1972). Apart from football, the organization of Zagłębie has other departments, such as ice-hockey (KH Zagłębie Sosnowiec; five times Polish champion: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985) and men's basketball (twice Polish champion: 1985, 1986). History The history of Zagłębie Sosnowiec dates back to 1906, when the city of Sosnowiec belonged to Congress Poland, Russian Empire. In that year, a group of young workers of the Milowice Steelworks formed a sports organization. Their activities were mostly concentrated on playing football at suburban meadows. In 1908, local activist Aleksander Rene was arrested by the Okhrana, and accused of forming an illegal Polish sports organization. Imprisoned in Łódź, he sent a letter to a Russian Governor, who resided in Piotrk ...
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ŁKS Łódź
ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and in the past ice hockey. The club is based at Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla, at the 2 Union of Lublin Avenue in the West of Łódź. The club was founded in 1908. This article focuses on the football club. Their nickname "''Rycerze Wiosny''" ("Knights of Spring") was given to them due to their usually strong performance in the second round of the league, after Winter break. History In March 2010, the city government sold the football team to a private investor, as the city could no longer afford to support the football team, particularly after several seasons in the top level Ekstraklasa, where expenses often exceeded the ticket revenue from the club's small seating-capacity stadium. In May 2013, at the conclusion of the second-tier 2012–13 I ...
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Gwardia Warsaw
Gwardia Warszawa was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953–1960 (8 seasons), 1962–1966 (5 seasons), 1967–1968, 1969–1975, 1978–1979 and 1981–1983. The biggest success was finishing 2nd in the Polish Championship in the 1957 season. Gwardia Warszawa football team in Europe Achievements * Polish Cup: ** Winner: 1954 ** Polish Cup Finalist: 1974 * Ekstraklasa: ** Runner Up: 1957 ** Third Place: 1959, 1972-73 * Europe ** First Round of the 1955–56 European Cup ** Second Round of the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup * Polish U-19 Runner Up: 1960, 1978 References External links Official Website See also * Football in Poland * List of football teams * Champions' Cup/League * UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store Solid, solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grai ...
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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 ...
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