President of Poland's Football Cup ( pl, Puchar Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, link=no) was an annual
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
competition, taking place in the
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...
in the years 1936–1939. It was sponsored by President
Ignacy Mościcki
Ignacy Mościcki (; 1 December 18672 October 1946) was a Polish chemist and politician who was the country's president from 1926 to 1939. He was the longest serving president in Polish history. Mościcki was the President of Poland when Germany ...
, and unlike today's
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. ...
, it did not feature clubs. Instead, it was a competition of the local districts of the
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 footb ...
(for example the team of
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
's district of the ''PZPN'' consisted of selected best players of such clubs, as
Wisła Kraków
Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...
,
Cracovia
Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh cen ...
, and
Garbarnia Kraków
K.S. Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinów, a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club's name comes from the nearby tannery () of the Dłużyński brothers, which was the original club sponsor. Garbarni ...
).
First two editions of the Cup (1936–1937) did not feature top players of the
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 cl ...
(see:
Polish Football League (1927–1939)). In the 1938 and 1939 games, all best footballers participated in the competition.
1936 games
First stage, May 24, 1936
*
Wilno
Vilnius ( , ; see also #Etymology and other names, other names) is the capital and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the munic ...
, Wilno – The ''B'' Team of the
Polish Football League
The Polish Football League ( pl, Polska Futbol Liga, shortly PFL) is an American football league in Poland. Founded in 2021 after merge of the Topliga and the LFA which have been split in 2017. The league is played under the newly formed Po ...
2–1 (att. 4000),
*
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
,
Pomerania
Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...
–
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located ...
3–2,
*
Stanisławów, Stanisławów – Lwów 2–1 (att. 3500),
*
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...
, Lublin –
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
4–4,
*
Częstochowa
Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...
,
Kielce
Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...
–
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...
2–4,
*
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...
, Białystok –
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
0–2,
*
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
, Warsaw –
Polesie
Polesia, Polesie, or Polesye, uk, Полісся (Polissia), pl, Polesie, russian: Полесье (Polesye) is a natural and historical region that starts from the farthest edge of Central Europe and encompasses Eastern Europe, including East ...
9–0,
*
Łuck
Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the Capital city, administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (oblast, province) and the administrative center o ...
,
Wołyń
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...
– The ''A'' Team of the
Polish Football League
The Polish Football League ( pl, Polska Futbol Liga, shortly PFL) is an American football league in Poland. Founded in 2021 after merge of the Topliga and the LFA which have been split in 2017. The league is played under the newly formed Po ...
3–6 (att. 8000).
Quarterfinals, August 2, 1936
*
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
, Kraków – Warsaw 4–0,
*
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...
, Poznań – Wilno 6–1,
* Bydgoszcz, Pomerania – Łódź 4–3,
* Stanisławów, Stanisławów – The ''A'' Team of the
Polish Football League
The Polish Football League ( pl, Polska Futbol Liga, shortly PFL) is an American football league in Poland. Founded in 2021 after merge of the Topliga and the LFA which have been split in 2017. The league is played under the newly formed Po ...
2-2. The game was repeated in Stanisławów on November 8, 1936. This time, the ''A'' Team of the League routed the home side 5–1. The winners featured such Polish National Team players, as
Ernest Wilimowski
Ernest Otton Wilimowski (, born Ernst Otto Prandella; 23 June 1916 – 30 August 1997), nicknamed "Ezi", was a footballer who played as a forward. He ranks among the best goalscorers in the history of both the Poland national team and Polish c ...
,
Gerard Wodarz
Gerard Wodarz (10 August 1913 – 8 November 1982) was one of the best football players of interwar Poland. He was a multiple champion of the country (representing Ruch Wielkie Hajduki, which in January 1939 became Ruch Chorzów) and also played ...
,
Jan Wasiewicz,
Spirydion Albański,
Hubert Gad
Hubert Gad, also known as Hubert God (15 August 1914 – 3 July 1939), was a Polish football player, a very skilled and aggressive forward, who for a while was the top scorer of Poland.
Born in Świętochłowice, Gad represented both Śląsk Św ...
,
Edmund Giemsa
Edmund Giemza (Giemsa) (16 October 1912 – 30 September 1994) was a Polish interwar soccer player. He was born on 16 October 1912 in Upper Silesian city of Ruda Śląska and died on 30 September 1994 in Chinnor, England.
Giemsa played for Ruc ...
, and
Ewald Dytko.
Semifinals, November 15, 1936
* Kraków, Kraków – The ''A'' Team of the
Polish Football League
The Polish Football League ( pl, Polska Futbol Liga, shortly PFL) is an American football league in Poland. Founded in 2021 after merge of the Topliga and the LFA which have been split in 2017. The league is played under the newly formed Po ...
5-3 after extra time (att. 5000). The team of Kraków was based mostly on players of Cracovia (such as
Józef Korbas
Józef Franciszek Korbas (11 November 1914 – 2 October 1981) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. He played for Cracovia and the Poland national team during the interwar period.
Club career
In Cracovia, Korbas played from 1935 ...
, and
Wilhelm Góra
Wilhelm Antoni Góra (18 January 1916 – 21 May 1975) was a Polish midfield soccer player.
His career started in Szarlej (Scharley O/S) - a small hamlet located near Bytom -Beuthen O/S. After some years, he moved to Pogon Katowice (which no lo ...
),
* Poznań, Poznań – Pomerania 5–0 (att. 1000).
Final, November 22, 1936
* Poznań, Poznań – Kraków 0–2 (att. 1500).
1937 games
First stage, June 20, 1937
*
Lwów
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
, Lwów – Stanisławów 1–2 (att. 3000)
*
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...
, Białystok – Warsaw 3–5 (att. 2500),
*
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
, Łódź – Pomerania 2–1 (att. 1500),
* Lutsk, Volhynia – Lublin 2–1,
*
Brzesc nad Bugiem
Brest ( be, Брэст / Берасьце, Bieraście, ; russian: Брест, ; uk, Берестя, Berestia; lt, Brasta; pl, Brześć; yi, בריסק, Brisk), formerly Brest-Litovsk (russian: Брест-Литовск, lit=Lithuanian Br ...
, Polesie – Wilno 3–5,
*
Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Silesian Metropolis municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industria ...
. Kielce – Upper Silesia 0–4 (att. 2000),
Quarterfinals, July 4, 1937
*
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
. Upper Silesia – Poznań 3–0 (att. 1500),
* Lutsk, Volhynia – Wilno 0–1 (att. 3000),
* Stanisławów, Stanisławów – Kraków 1–4 (att. 3000),
* Warsaw, Warsaw – Łódź 3–0.
Semifinals, September 12, 1937 and October 10, 1937
* Wilno, Wilno – Kraków 1–2 (att. 2000),
* Warsaw, Warsaw – Upper Silesia 1–4,
Final, November 14, 1937
* Warsaw, Upper Silesia – Kraków 5–1 (att. 1500).
1938 games
First stage, May 22, 1938
* Białystok, Białystok – Wilno 0–1,
* Brzesc nad Bugiem, Polesie – Warsaw 1–7,
* Lutsk, Volhynia – Stanisławów 2–3,
* Sosnowiec,
Zagłębie Dąbrowskie Zagłębie in Polish means coalfield. It can refer to:
*Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe, a mining region
*Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, a mining region
*Zagłębie Sosnowiec, an association football club
*Zagłębie Lubin, an association football clu ...
– Łódź 3–4,
* Bydgoszcz, Pomorze – Poznań 4–2,
* Lublin, Lublin – Lwów 3–4,
Quarterfinals, July 17, 1938
* Wilno, Wilno – Warsaw 0–3. The home team was entirely made of players of
Śmigły Wilno
Śmigły Wilno was a Polish association football team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno, Second Polish Republic (now Vilnius, Lithuania). Śmigły's full name was ''Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno'' (Military Sports Club "Śmigły" Wilno). The ...
, while Warsaw featured such footballers as
Henryk Martyna,
Erwin Nyc, and
Stanisław Baran
Stanisław Franciszek Baran (26 April 1920 – 12 May 1993) was an interwar Polish football player, who started his career in Resovia Rzeszów, then, sometime in 1938 (at the age of around 18) moved to Warszawianka Warszawa. Regarded as one of ...
,
* Lwów, Lwów – Upper Silesia 7–1. The home team was based on players of
Pogoń Lwów
LKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów, Lwów Voivodeship (now Lviv in Ukraine), and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behi ...
. Upper Silesia fielded, among others,
Ewald Cebula,
Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek (nicknames: ''Mietlorz'' and ''Teo''; 7 November 1910, in Świętochłowice – 12 January 1969, in Słupiec), was a Polish soccer player from the interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and the Polish national team ...
, and
Ryszard Piec
Ryszard Leon Piec (born Richard Leon Pietz; 17 August 1913 – 24 January 1979) was a Polish footballer.
Piec spent whole life in his native town of Lipiny, which now today is a district of Świętochłowice, in Upper Silesia. He played for Napr ...
(att. 4000),
* Łódź, Łódź – Pomerania 2–1 (att. 2500),
* Stanisławów, Stanisławów – Kraków 0–2.
Semifinals
* Łódź, Łódź – Lwów 2–3,
* Kraków, Kraków – Warsaw 5–3,
Final, November 27, 1938
* Lwów, Lwów – Kraków 5–1. Lwów fielded six players of Pogoń Lwów (i.e.
Michał Matyas
Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas (28 September 1910 – 22 October 1975) was a Polish footballer, who represented such teams as Pogoń Lwów and Polonia Bytom, as well as Poland. Among fans in Poland he was known as Myszka and in the So ...
), while Kraków featured
Edward Madejski
Edward Dominik Jerzy Madejski (11 August 1914 – 15 February 1996) was a Polish football goalkeeper and chemistry engineer, who was a graduate of Mining-Metallurgic Academy in Kraków.
For most of his career, Madejski was a goalie of Wisła ...
,
Wilhelm Góra
Wilhelm Antoni Góra (18 January 1916 – 21 May 1975) was a Polish midfield soccer player.
His career started in Szarlej (Scharley O/S) - a small hamlet located near Bytom -Beuthen O/S. After some years, he moved to Pogon Katowice (which no lo ...
, and
Jan Kotlarczyk. One player
Oleksandr Skotsen' represented
Ukraina Lwów
Ukraina Lviv (full name: ''Sports Society Ukraina Lviv'') was a Galician and then Polish association football team of the ST Ukraina (Sports Society), located in the city of Lviv.
At that time the ST Ukraina was a sports society of ethnic Ukraini ...
(Lwów Voivodeship Class A).
1939 games
First round, May 3, 1939
* Łódź, Łódź – Upper Silesia 2–4. The home team fielded
Antoni Gałecki, and the Silesians brought a score of top-class players, such as
Ernest Wilimowski
Ernest Otton Wilimowski (, born Ernst Otto Prandella; 23 June 1916 – 30 August 1997), nicknamed "Ezi", was a footballer who played as a forward. He ranks among the best goalscorers in the history of both the Poland national team and Polish c ...
,
Ryszard Piec
Ryszard Leon Piec (born Richard Leon Pietz; 17 August 1913 – 24 January 1979) was a Polish footballer.
Piec spent whole life in his native town of Lipiny, which now today is a district of Świętochłowice, in Upper Silesia. He played for Napr ...
,
Wilhelm Piec
Wilhelm Piec (born Wilhelm Pietz; 2 November 1915 – 4 April 1954) was a Polish soccer forward player.
Wilhelm was one of the best players of interwar Poland. Together with his older (and more famous) brother Ryszard Piec, they represented Napr ...
,
Edmund Giemsa
Edmund Giemza (Giemsa) (16 October 1912 – 30 September 1994) was a Polish interwar soccer player. He was born on 16 October 1912 in Upper Silesian city of Ruda Śląska and died on 30 September 1994 in Chinnor, England.
Giemsa played for Ruc ...
,
Hubert Gad
Hubert Gad, also known as Hubert God (15 August 1914 – 3 July 1939), was a Polish football player, a very skilled and aggressive forward, who for a while was the top scorer of Poland.
Born in Świętochłowice, Gad represented both Śląsk Św ...
,
Gerard Wodarz
Gerard Wodarz (10 August 1913 – 8 November 1982) was one of the best football players of interwar Poland. He was a multiple champion of the country (representing Ruch Wielkie Hajduki, which in January 1939 became Ruch Chorzów) and also played ...
, and
Ewald Cebula (att. 600),
* Brzesc nad Bugiem, Polesie – Wilno 1–5 (att. 3000),
* Toruń, Pomerania – Białystok 9–0 (att. 1000),
* Sosnowiec. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie – Poznań 3–4 (att. 4000),
* Lutsk. Volhynia – Warsaw 1–5 (att. 3000),
* Stanisławów. Stanisławów – Lublin 3–1 (att. 2000).
Quarterfinals, June 29, 1939
* Stanisławów. Stanisławów – Lwów 5–2. The visitors fielded a selection of the best players of the city, including eight footballers of Pogoń Lwów, and
Aleksandr Skocen of
Ukraina Lwów
Ukraina Lviv (full name: ''Sports Society Ukraina Lviv'') was a Galician and then Polish association football team of the ST Ukraina (Sports Society), located in the city of Lviv.
At that time the ST Ukraina was a sports society of ethnic Ukraini ...
(att. 3000),
* Warsaw. Warsaw – Wilno 1–2. Among home team players, there were
Władysław Szczepaniak, and
Henryk Jaźnicki
Henryk Jaźnicki (6 September 1917 – 25 February 2004) was a Polish football player, forward representing Polonia Warsaw and Poland national team. Jaźnicki played in only one international friendly, without scoring a goal. His only match occ ...
(att. 1000),
* Bydgoszcz. Pomerania – Upper Silesia 3–4. The Silesians fielded eight starters of the Polish National Team,
* Poznań. Poznań – Kraków 3–0. Home team fielded
Kazimierz Lis and
Edmund Białas
Edmund Białas (August 15, 1919 in Poznań – July 24, 1991 in Poznań) was a Polish football player who played and coached Lech Poznań. He first started playing for Lech Poznań in 1931, and continued through to play for the Poland national ...
, the visitors brought
Edward Jabłoński
Edward Leon Jabłoński (13 October 1919 – 17 November 1970) was a Polish soccer midfield player who represented both Cracovia and the Polish National Team. Born on 13 October 1919 in Krakow, Jabłoński was one of the few players who participa ...
,
Wilhelm Góra
Wilhelm Antoni Góra (18 January 1916 – 21 May 1975) was a Polish midfield soccer player.
His career started in Szarlej (Scharley O/S) - a small hamlet located near Bytom -Beuthen O/S. After some years, he moved to Pogon Katowice (which no lo ...
, and
Paweł Cyganek.
Semifinals, August, 6 and 15, 1939
* Wilno. Wilno – Stanisławów 0–1 (att. 1000),
* Katowice. Upper Silesia – Poznań 0–2 (att. 2000).
Final, November 5, 1939
* Stanisławów – Poznań. The game did not take place due to the
Nazi and Soviet attack on Poland, which marked the outbreak of World War II.
Sources
See also
*
Football in Poland
Football is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Polish national football team played its ...
*
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has represented Poland in men's international tournaments football competitions since their first match in 1921. The team is controlled by the Polish Football Associ ...
*
Polish football in the interwar period The interwar period of Polish football began in the late fall of 1918 after First World War, when Poland regained independence, which had been lost at the end of 18th century ''(see: Partitions of Poland)''. The newly created country soon started ...
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Polish Football League (1927–1939)
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