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2001–02 Polish Cup
The 2001–02 Polish Cup was the forty-eighth season of the annual Polish cup competition. It began on 12 September 2001 with the preliminary round and ended on 10 May 2002 with second leg of the final, played at Stadion Miejski, Kraków. The winners qualified for the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Polonia Warsaw were the defending champions. Preliminary round The matches took place on 12 September 2001. ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 12 September 2001 Round 1 The matches took place on 18 and 19 September 2001. ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 18 September 2001 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 19 September 2001 Round 2 The matches took place on 9 and 10 October 2001. ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 9 October 2001 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 10 October 2001 Round 3 The matches took place on 10 and 11 November 2001. ! colspan="3" style="background:cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polonia Warsaw
Polonia Warsaw (, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing sports club in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, best known for its Association football, football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, Swimming (sport), swimming, chess, mountain biking, and contract bridge sections. Historically it also had sections in ice hockey, fencing, tennis, volleyball, Czech handball, ''hazena'', Cycle sport, cycling and boxing. The football team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. History 20th century Beginnings Polonia Warsaw was formed in the autumn of 1911 as a union of several ''Gymnasium (school), gimnazjum'' school teams (including "Stella" and "Merkury"). Alongside co-founders Wacław Gebethner, Stefan Pronaszko, and Tadeusz Gebethner, Wacław "Denhoff" Czarnocki was the co-founder 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polar Wrocław
Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Polar Wrocław, known simply as Polar Wrocław, is a Polish sports club based in the Zakrzów district of Wrocław, named after the local electronics company "Polar". The women's field hockey team existed since 1967. The men's football team is currently competing in the amateur divisions. After being in the centre of a huge corruption scandal in 2004, the club was dissolved. On 11 March 2005, the club "MKS Polar Wrocław-Zawidawie" was founded which continued the club's traditions until its disestablishment in 2015. In 2024, Polar was re-activated under its historic name. Current squad ''As of 8 April 2015'' Honours *Polish Cup quarter-finalists: 2002–03 *9th place in II liga: 1999–2000, 2001–02 See also * Football in Poland * List of football teams References External linksOfficial website(in Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
KSZO 1929 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski () is a Polish football club based in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland. It was initially founded on 11 August 1929. They currently play in group IV of the III liga, the fourth division of national football league system. History Initially, a club called ''Ostrovia'' existed in the city. It was established between 1922 and 1924 and dissolved in 1926. KSZO was established in 1929. The construction of the KSZO Municipal Sports Stadium began in 1931 and finished in 1934. As a result of the Nazi invasion of Poland, the club's activities ceased in 1939. The club activities resumed in 1945. Between 1949 and 1956, the club was called ''Stal''. In 2011, the club declared bankruptcy. The same year, it was reorganized under the name ''KSZO 1929'', and asserted the history and grounds of the original KSZO. League history KSZO joined the C klasa, the lowest level of regional leagues in Poland at the time, in 1932 gaining promotion to B klasa the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, athletics, tennis, table tennis, swimming, cycling, fencing, chess, etc. The club is based at Władysław Król Municipal Stadium, at Aleja Unii Lubelskiej 2 in the West of Łódź. This article focuses on the football club. Their nickname "''Rycerze Wiosny''" ("Knights of Spring") was given to them due to their usually strong performances after the winter break in the league. History The club was founded in 1908. It was one of the founders of the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. During World War II, two pre-war players of ŁKS, Adam Obrubański and Alojzy Welnitz, were among Poles murdered by the Russians in the large Katyn massacre in April–May 1940. ŁKS enjoyed greatest success in the 1950s and 1990s, when it reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaszubia Kościerzyna
Kaszubia Kościerzyna is a football club based in Kościerzyna (Poland). They play in IV liga (5th level). "Kaszubia" refers to the Kashubian regional and ethnic identity. History The beginning of football in Kościerzyna can be traced back to the very early 20th Century. The first club of note was "Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne Sokół" which had one of their branches in the town in 1922. There were many other smaller, mostly school teams which would play regularly in the local area, however the first club to participate in formal league competition and to be registered with the Polish FA was Sokół Kościerzyna which registered in 1939 with the intent to debut in 1940. However World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ... broke out and the club never resumed acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RKS Radomsko
RKS Radomsko is an association football club based in the city of Radomsko, in the south of Poland. Their home stadium is Stadion RKS. Currently, they compete in the IV liga Łódź. History Established in 1979, the club has played most of it history in the Polish fourth league, though in 1993, the club advanced to the third tier, and to the second division in 1995. RKS Radomsko's most notable achievements is reaching the top division in the 2001–02 season, where they played considerably well in the first half of the season. In 2003, the club made it to the semi-finals of the Polish Cup, although the club has since hit harder times and, in 2005, experienced relegation from the second tier. Notable players The club is known for the establishment of the Polish former international Jacek Krzynówek. Rivalries Their biggest rivals are GKS Bełchatów GKS Bełchatów is a Polish professional football club based in Bełchatów. The club currently competes in group I of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elana Toruń
Elana Toruń is a Polish football club based in Toruń. It competes in group II of the III liga, fourth tier of the Polish football league system. History The team was at the second level of the Polish pyramid in the 1990s, but were relegated at the conclusion of the 1998–99 season. In the following season, the club changed their name to TKP Toruń, but they were relegated again to the fourth level. The club were often referred to as Toruński KP, but by the 2007–08 season, they had returned to their original name of ''Elana Toruń'' and were back playing on the Polish third level. During the 2021–22 season, the club declared bankruptcy and withdrew from the III liga. The reserve team continued playing in the Liga okręgowa, securing promotion to the IV liga, and became the new first team since the 2022–23 season, under the name Fundacja Akademia Futbolu Elana Toruń. In mid-2023, after earning promotion back to the III liga, the club had to change its legal entity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogoń Staszów
The coat of arms of Lithuania features an armoured knight on horseback, wielding a sword and carrying a shield with a Jagiellonian cross. This emblem is known as ''Vytis'' (). Since the early 15th century, it has served as the official coat of arms of Lithuania and stands among the oldest heraldic symbols in Europe. It is also referred to by different names across languages—for instance, ''Waykimas'' or ''Pagaunė'' in Lithuanian, and ''Pogonia'', ''Pogoń'', or ''Пагоня'' (''Pahonia'') in Polish and Belarusian, all roughly translating to "the Chase." The term ''Vytis'' itself can be interpreted as "Chaser," "Pursuer," "Knight," or "Horseman," bearing similarities to the Slavic '' vityaz'', meaning a brave or valiant warrior. Historically, it has also been described as ''raitas senovės karžygys'' (a mounted hero of ancient times) or in heraldic terms, ''raitas valdovas'' (a mounted sovereign). The Lithuanian state was established by the pagan Lithuanians in respons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lech Poznań
Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. The club was established on 19 March 1922 as ''KS Lutnia Dębiec'', later changing its name several times. Until 1994, the club was closely linked to 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 when they won 5 Polish league titles, 3 Polish Cups and a Polish Super Cup. Lech has won the Polish league a total of nine times, most recently in 2025, and is the most popular football club in the Greater Poland region. Names History Formation and early years (1920–1945) In August 1920, a group of young teenagers from the Catho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracovia (football Club)
Cracovia () is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Kraków. The club is five-time Polish champion, besides being the inaugural Polish champion, winner of the Polish Cup and the Polish Super Cup in 2020. Founded in 1906, Cracovia is the oldest Polish club still in existence. They play in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the Polish football league system, national football league system. 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 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 (Eastern Europe), Galicia, and apart from gymna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widzew Łódź
RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds). They compete in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the Polish football league system, since the 2022-23 Ekstraklasa, 2022–23 season. History The club was founded in 1910 as ''Towarzystwo Miłośników Rozwoju Fizycznego Widzew (Society of Physical Development Fans Widzew)''. Its name comes from the name of the city district Widzew, while RTS stands for Workers' Sports Association (in Polish ''Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe''). The club was founded by Polish workers and German industrialists who were employees of the Widzew textile manufactory called WIMA. Initially, the club was called the Widzew Association for Physical Development (in Polish: Towarzystwo Miłośników Rozwoju Fizycznego Widzew) because at that time Łódź ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
