Alfred Kobylański (10 September 1925 – 1 November 2009) was a Polish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a forward.

Biography

Kobylański's first club was Flota Gdynia, who he is known to have played for in the youth sides. He played for

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), swimm ...

from 1951 until 1953 and was part of the team who won the

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 ...

in 1952 by beating main rivals

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

in the final. In total for Polonia he made 26 appearances and scored 8 goals in the

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

. In 1954 he spent a season at

Polonia Bydgoszcz Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish sports club based in Bydgoszcz most known for its Motorcycle speedway, speedway team ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz which currently races in the Polish Speedway First League, 1. Liga. The club has won the Team Speedway Pol ...

, making 11 appearances, before moving to

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

the following season. He made his Lechia debut on 25 March 1955 in the 1-0 defeat against

Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom. Founded in 1920, the team won two List of Polish football champions, championships, in 1954 Ekstraklasa, 1954 and 1962 Ekstraklasa, 1962. As of the 2025–26 I liga, 2025–26 season, th ...

. In his first season with Lechia he was again in a Polish Cup final against Legia Warsaw, this time being on the wrong end of a 5-0 defeat. In the 1956 season he played 12 times and scored 4 goals as Lechia achieved their greatest achievement in their early history by finishing 3rd in the

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, 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/rel ...

. He left the club midway through the following season having scored a total of 11 goals in 44 games for the club.

Personal life

Kobylański's son is former Polish international and Olympic silver medalist Andrzej Kobylański, and his grandson is the footballer

Martin Kobylański Martin Kobylański (, ; born 8 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Regionalliga Nord club Blau-Weiß Lohne. Born in Germany, he has represented both his country of birth and Poland at youth level. ...

Honours

Polonia Warsaw *Polish Cup: 1952

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobylański, Alfred 1925 births 2009 deaths Polonia Warsaw players Polonia Bydgoszcz players Lechia Gdańsk players Polish men's footballers Men's association football forwards People from Łazy Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship 20th-century Polish sportsmen