Pogoń Oleśnica is a Polish

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based in

Oleśnica Oleśnica (; ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, within the Wrocław metropolitan area. It is the administrative seat of Oleśnica County and also of the rural district of Gmina Oleśnica, although it is not part ...

. It was founded in 1945. The team's official colors are white, blue and amaranth red. The club is best known for their football team that played at the second level of Polish association football during the 1994–95 season.

History

The club was established on 12 May 1945 and is, therefore, the oldest Polish sports club in

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. Originally called ''Kolejarz'', the current name was adopted after a merger with ''Włókniarz'' by the end of 1955.

League history

In 1983, the Pogoń football team was promoted to the third division, where the club spent the next 6 seasons. Pogoń was relegated in 1989 but the team won promotion back to the third level one year later. In 1994, the club finished first in the third division winning promotion to the

II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, ''II Liga'' referre ...

. During its only season at the second tier, Pogoń finished last out of 18 teams in the western group of the second division. Pogoń went on to participate in the III liga until 2002, achieving mostly mid-table results. However, in the 2001–02 season, 12th place out of 18 teams wasn't enough to secure a place in the third division and Pogoń was relegated to the fourth level. In 2007–08, Pogoń was ranked 6th and thus was moved to the new

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. There, the team played for the next two seasons. However, in September 2010, after participating in just 7 matches, the club withdrew, their results being annulled. In 2011, Pogoń joined the regional league, the sixth level of association football in Poland, before being promoted to the

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, the fifth division, after just one season. The team played at the fifth level until relegation in 2018.

In the Polish Cup

The club's most notable result at the central level of 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 ...

was achieved during the 1995–96 season. In the fall of 1995, having recently been relegated from the second division, Pogoń started the competition from its second round by eliminating

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

, a top-tier team, 1–0 after extra time. In the third round, Pogoń won 1–0 against Ślęza Wrocław (second division) before eliminating Olimpia Poznań (top tier) 2–1 in the subsequent round. In the fifth round, the club managed to win against

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. ...

, another top-level team, 1–0. In the spring of 1996, the quarterfinals were held. Pogoń beat yet another first division team,

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

, 1–0 after extra time. In the end, the team was eliminated in the semi-finals by

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland, having won fourteen List of Polish football champions, Polish Championship ...

- the club that went on to win the cup that year. Pogoń also managed to reach the 16th-finals or round of 32 in 2007.

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* {{Official website, http://pogonolesnica.pl/ Oleśnica County Football clubs in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Association football clubs established in 1945 1945 establishments in Poland Railway association football clubs in Poland