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Piłka Nożna Magazine Plebiscite
The ''Piłka Nożna'' magazine plebiscite () is an annual plebiscite organized by the journalists of '':pl:Piłka Nożna (tygodnik), Piłka Nożna'' (literally "Foot Ball"), the Polish football weekly. Jurors choose the best men's player, women's player, newcomer, team, coach and foreigner in Football in Poland, Polish football, as well as the best performing Ekstraklasa, top-flight and I liga, second-tier players. The title of Polish Footballer of the Year has been awarded every year since 1973. Kazimierz Deyna, a midfielder for Legia Warsaw, was the inaugural winner of the award, and Mirosław Bulzacki was named the Newcomer of the Year. Since then, the plebiscite has been expanded to include more categories. In 2015, the women's player of the year category was introduced. As of 2025, Robert Lewandowski holds the record number of 12 wins followed by Ebi Smolarek with 3 wins. Franciszek Smuda and Paweł Janas are the joint-record winners in the Coach of the Year category with 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Lewandowski 123799
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gwardia Warszawa
WKS Gwardia Warszawa () was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. The club was dissolved in 2018. Football It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953 to 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 was the first club in the history of Polish football to take part in the European Cup in the 1955–56 season. Gymnastics Gymnast Jan Jankowicz, who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, was a member of the gymnastics club. Gwardia Warszawa football team in Europe Football honours * Ekstraklasa ** Runners-up: 1957 ** Third place: 1959, 1972–73 * Polish Cup ** Winners: 1953–54 ** Runners-up: 1973–74 * Poland Under-19 Championship: ** Runners-up: 1960, 1978 * European Cup ** First round: 1955–56 * European Cup Winners' Cup ** Second round: 1974–75 See also * Football in Poland * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pogoń Szczecin
Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league system. History The club was founded by Poles from Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), who had been transferred west after the Soviet annexation of Poland's eastern territories in 1945. The founders of Pogoń Szczecin had previously been supporters of Pogoń Lwów and the colors of their new club reflect their old club. Polonia Bytom and Odra Opole were likewise founded or revived by the former inhabitants of Lwów. The most popular sports organization in Szczecin was founded on 21 April 1948 as ''Klub Sportowy Sztorm''. Its first departments were football and boxing, and the football team began playing in the local ''C-Klasa''. In March 1949, several sports clubs in Szczecin (''KS Sztorm, KS Cukrownik, KS Drukarz, Pocztowy KS'') were merged in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bogusław Hajdas
Bogusław Hajdas (born 21 July 1939) is a Polish former profeesional footballer and manager. Playing career Hajdas played for Warta Zawiercie, Lotnik Warsaw and AZS-AWF Warsaw. Coaching career Hajdas managed Gwardia Warsaw, Pogoń Szczecin, KuPS, Poland U21, Wisła Kraków, VPS, Hutnik Kraków and Raków Częstochowa Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Raków Częstochowa Spółka Akcyjna (commonly referred to as Raków Częstochowa, or simply Raków) is a Polish professional football club, based in Częstochowa, that competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of natio .... Honours Individual * Polish Coach of the Year: 1977 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hajdas, Boguslaw 1939 births Living people Footballers from Kraków Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Polish football managers Gwardia Warsaw managers Pogoń Szczecin managers Kuopion Palloseura managers Wisła Kraków managers Vaasan Palloseura managers Legionovia Legionowo (football) ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wisła Kraków
Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, following relegation from the 2021–22 Ekstraklasa season. It ranks fourth in the number of national titles won (13), behind Górnik Zabrze, Ruch Chorzów (both on 14), and Legia Warsaw (15), and second in all-time victories. Wisła was founded in 1906 under the name TS Wisła ( Polish: Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła). The team plays its home matches at Henryk Reyman Stadium. The club's coat of arms is a white star on a red background crossed by a blue ribbon. Wisła Kraków was one of the most successful Polish football clubs of 2000s, winning eight league championships since 1999. Along with league titles, Wisła also won the Polish Cup on five occasions, including the first-ever edition in 1926, and are the current cup holders. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Adam Nawałka
Adam Nawałka (; born 23 October 1957) is a Polish professional football manager and former player. From 2013 to 2018, he was the head coach of the Poland national team. Player career Club Nawałka comes from a footballing family. His father, Adam, played for the local team Orlęta Rudawa. Nawałka began his career in 1969 with Wisła Kraków, and made his top-tier debut on 21 May 1975. He played 190 matches in the highest class of Polish association football, scoring 9 goals. He played most of his career for ''The White Star''. He started having recurrent injuries in the fall of 1978, and despite repeated surgeries, he had to retire from professional soccer in 1984. In 1985, he emigrated to the United States where he played semi-professional soccer with Polish-American Eagles, alongside performing manual labor jobs (like trimming trees around high-voltage power lines). In 1990, he returned to Poland and started selling Trabant cars with Volkswagen engines until he received hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stanisław Terlecki
Stanisław Andrzej Terlecki (13 November 1955 – 28 December 2017) was a Polish footballer. He played in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1981 to 1990. Terlecki was a MISL Most Valuable Player recipient who scored 267 goals and recorded 179 assists in his 256-game career with the Pittsburgh Spirit, New York Cosmos, Golden Bay Earthquakes, and St. Louis Storm. Early life Born in Warsaw, Poland, as the son of two university professors, Terlecki was a student of history, like his father, and earned a degree in the field from the University of Łódź. This made him the first team member among Polish footballers whose education was not centered exclusively in physical education. Career Terlecki began his professional career at age 17 and played for three clubs in the Polish top division. He was first selected for the national team as a 21-year-old, but his career for Poland was cut short due to his staunch anti-communist activis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zbigniew Boniek
Zbigniew Kazimierz Boniek (; born 3 March 1956) is a Polish former association football, footballer and manager as well as a current UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and Forward (association football), second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time, and was selected by Pelé as one of the FIFA 100, 100 best living footballers in 2004. In an 80-cap international career, Boniek scored 24 goals and played at three consecutive World Cups, helping Poland national football team, Poland to 3rd place in 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1982 and making the Team of the Tournament. His greatest achievements in club football were at Juventus FC, Juventus in Italy, winning the Serie A, Coppa Italia, UEFA Champions League, European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Super Cup, European Super Cup between 1983 and 1985, being the first Polish footballer to win a UEFA competitions, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Henryk Kasperczak
Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak (born 10 July 1946) is a Polish former professional football manager and player. As a player, Kasperczak took part in two FIFA World Cups with Poland, achieving third place in 1974, as well as a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1976 and 1977, he was the winner of the Polish Footballer of the Year Award conferred by the '' Piłka Nożna'' football weekly. As a manager, Kasperczak enjoyed most success in the African Cup of Nations, securing second place with Tunisia in 1996, third with Ivory Coast (1994) and fourth with Mali ( 2002). Club career Kasperczak was born in Zabrze. With Stal Mielec, Kasperczak won two Ekstraklasa title in his native Poland. He had also played for the reserve team of Legia Warsaw, before ending his career in FC Metz. International career He played for Poland at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, securing third place; at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Leszek Jezierski
Leszek "Napoleon" Jezierski (12 May 1929 – 12 January 2008) was a Polish footballer and manager. Biography Born in Lublin, Jezierski played for top-tier club CWKS Warsaw. He made his debut for the Poland national team against Bulgaria in 1954, playing for his country six times. He later became a manager, helping promote Widzew Łódź in 1975 to the top-flight. After retiring, Jezierski worked as a sport commentator for print and broadcasting media. On 12 January 2008, he died aged 78 of a heart attack. Honours Player ŁKS Łódź * Ekstraklasa: 1958 * Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...: 1956–57 Manager Widzew Łódź * II liga North: 1974–75 Ruch Chorzów * Ekstraklasa: 1978–79 Individual * Polish Coach of the Year: 1975, 1976, 1987 Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stal Mielec
FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The club was established on 10 April 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great success within Poland's top division, winning the title in 1973 and 1976, but had undergone significant management changes and financial difficulties within the past two decades, which prevented the club from participation in the Poland's top league. After finishing first in the I liga in 2020, Stal Mielec was promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time since the 1995–96 season, where it remained until 2025. History Naming history * 1939 – Klub Sportowy PZL Mielec * 1946 – Robotniczy Klub Sportowy PZL Zryw Mielec * 1948 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Metalowców PZL Mielec * 1949 – Związkowy Klub Sportowy Stal Mielec * 1950 – Koło Sportowe Stal przy Wytwórni Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego Mielec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
