Football in Poland - Citizendia

In Poland, football (soccer) is the most popular sport. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Poland's sports include amost all sports in particular Track & field, Basketball, Boxing, Fencing, football (soccer American Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, while millions more play occasionally. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s and the Polish national football team played its first international match in 1921. The Poland national football team (Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar

There are hundreds of professional and amateur football teams in Poland. The football teams are organized into the national 1st league and 2nd league, 4 regional 3rd leagues, 18 regional 4th leagues, 49 regional 5th leagues and many more lower level leagues. There are also Polish Cup and Polish Supercup competitions.

History

The history of football in Poland started in the late 19th century with the rising popularity of the new sport. At the time, Polish state was Partitioned though. The first decades of Polish football are connected with the history of Football in Austria and the Austrian Football Association which was founded in 1904. Football is a popular sport in Austria, second only to Alpine skiing. The Austrian Football Association ( ÖFB) (Österreichischer Fußball-Bund is the governing body of football in Austria.

The first Polish football clubs were Lechia Lwów (1903), Czarni Lwów (1903), Pogoń Lwów (1904), Cracovia Kraków (1906) and Wisła Kraków (1906). A football team or a football club, in football (soccer is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a Football game be it Association Lechia Lwów (full name Lwowski Klub Sportowy "Lechia" Lwów) was the first Polish professional football club founded on summer 1903 Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Czarni Lwów was one of the first Polish professional football club (then Sports club Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting LKS Pogoń Lwów was one of the first and biggest Polish professional sports clubs and the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Cracovia Kraków ( pron kraˈkɔvʲa ˈkrakuf is a professional football club based in Kraków, Poland. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Wisła Kraków ( pron 'viswa ˈkrakuf Veeswa Krakouf) is a Polish football club based in Kraków Poland Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Polish national federation called the Polish Football Union (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN) was founded on December 20, 1919, in Warsaw when 31 delegates elected Edward Cetnarowski as the first president. The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej is the governing body of football in Poland Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Edward Cetnarowski was a Polish sports official Gynaecologist and one of most famous personalities of the sports club Cracovia Kraków. PZPN joined FIFA in 1923 and UEFA in 1955. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)

Much like in other European states, football appeared in Poland in the late 19th century. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar In 1888 Prof. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Henryk Jordan, a court physician of the Habsburgs and the pioneer of sports in Poland, opened a sports park in Kraków's Błonia, a large open space surrounding the demolished city walls of that town. Henryk Jordan ( July 23, 1842, Przemyśl – May 16, 1907, Kraków) was a Polish philanthropist Physician Kraków, in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow (ˈkrækaʊ M-W: krăk'ou krāk'ō is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland The park, along with the Sokół society founded in 1867, became the main centres to promote sports and healthy living in Poland. See also Sokol (disambiguation Sokół (Polskie Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne "Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society "Falcon") is the Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting It was Jordan who began promoting football as a healthy sport in the open air; some sources also credit him with bringing the first football to Poland from his travels to Brunswick in 1890^[1]. Braunschweig, known as Brunswiek in Low German, is a city of 245810 people (as of 31 December 2007 located in Lower Saxony, Germany. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Other sources ^[2] mention Dr. Edmund Cenar as the one to bring the first ball and the one to translate The Cambridge Rules and parts of the International Football Association Board regulations to Polish language. The Cambridge Rules were a code of football rules first drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848 by a committee that included H The International Football Association Board ( IFAB) is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland.

On July 14, 1894 during the Second Sokół Jamboree in Lwów a short football match was played between the Sokół members of Lwów and those from Kraków. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It lasted only six minutes and was seen as a curiosity rather than a potentially popular sport. Nevertheless, it was the first recorded football match in Polish history^[3]. It was won by the Lwów team after Włodzimierz Chomicki scored the only goal - and the first known goal in Polish history. Włodzimierz Michal Chomicki (born April 19, 1878 in Lwow, died July 12, 1953 in Chocianow) was a scorer of the first officially

This match incited the popularity of the new sport in Poland. Initially the rules and regulations were very simplified, with the size of the field and the ball varying greatly. Despite being discouraged by many educational societies and the state authorities, the new sport gained extreme popularity among pupils of various gymnasiums in Galicia. A gymnasium (pronounced with ɡ- in several languages is a type of school providing Secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar The first football teams were formed and in 1903-1904 four Lwów-based gymnasiums formed their own sport clubs; the IV Gymnasium for Boys formed a club later renamed to Pogoń Lwów, while the pupils of the I and II State Schools formed the Sława Lwów club, later renamed to Czarni Lwów. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on LKS Pogoń Lwów was one of the first and biggest Polish professional sports clubs and the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni Lwów was one of the first Polish professional football club (then Sports club In the same season the Lechia Lwów was also formed. Lechia Lwów (full name Lwowski Klub Sportowy "Lechia" Lwów) was the first Polish professional football club founded on summer 1903 It is uncertain which of the clubs was created first as they were initially little organized, however the Czarni Lwów are usually credited as being the first Polish professional football team. The following year popularity of the new sport spread to nearby Rzeszów where Resovia Rzeszów was formed, while in German-held part of Poland the 1. FC Katowice and Warta Poznań were formed. Rzeszów (Ряшiв Reichshof Resovia ריישע- Reisha) is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 170722 (2008 granted a town charter in 1354 Resovia Rzeszow is a Polish sports ( football, Volleyball, Basketball) team based in Rzeszów, playing in Polish Volleyball League Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Warta Poznań, pron ˈvarta ˈpɔznaɲ is a Football (soccer club based in Poznań, Poland.

On June 6, 1906 a representation of Lwów youth came to Kraków for a repeat match, this time composed of two already organized teams, the Czarni and the team of the IV Gymnasium. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Kraków's representation was badly beaten in both meetings (4:0 and 2:0 respectively). The same summer the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show set up camp at Kraków's Błonia, right outside of the traditional playground area and Jordan's garden. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26 1846 &ndash January 10 1917 was an American soldier bison hunter and Showman. On August 5, 1906 the team of the Kraków-based Jan Sobieski Gymnasium played a match against the British and American members of Buffalo Bill's troupe, winning 1:0. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The only goal scored by Stanisław Szeligowski was also the first goal scored by a Polish team in an international meeting. The success led to the popularisation of football in Kraków and to creation of the first Kraków-based professional football team, Cracovia Kraków - initially composed primarily of students of the Jan Sobieski Gymnasium^[1]. Cracovia Kraków ( pron kraˈkɔvʲa ˈkrakuf is a professional football club based in Kraków, Poland. By the autumn of that year there were already 16 teams in Kraków, including Wisła Kraków. Wisła Kraków ( pron 'viswa ˈkrakuf Veeswa Krakouf) is a Polish football club based in Kraków Poland In 1911 a Kraków-based Union of Polish Football for Galicia was formed and entered the Austrian Football Federation. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The union inspired the creation of a number of teams, including Polonia Warszawa formed later that year as the first football club in Warsaw. Polonia Warszawa, ( pron pɔˈlɔɲa varˈʂava is a Polish Sports club with football and Basketball teams Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland.

After the outbreak of World War I, most of the Galician football players, many of them members of either Strzelec or Sokół, joined Piłsudski's Polish Legions. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Związek Strzelecki "Strzelec" (Riflemen's Association "Rifleman" was a Polish Paramilitary cultural and educational organization created See also Sokol (disambiguation Sokół (Polskie Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne "Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society "Falcon") is the Polish Legions ( Polish Legiony Polskie) was the name of Polish armed forces created in August 1914 in Galicia. The unit, fighting alongside the Austro-Hungarian Army, fought mostly in various parts of Russian-held Poland, which led to popularisation of the new sport in other parts of Poland. The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy (1867 - 1918 Among the notable clubs started during the war was Legia, initially a club of the Legions and after the war renamed to Legia Warszawa. Legia Warszawa ( pron ˈlɛgʲa varˈʂava Leg-ya Var-sha-va) is a Polish professional football club based in Warsaw After Poland regained her independence, on December 21, 1919 the Polish Football Association (PZPN) was formed. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej is the governing body of football in Poland Headed by Edward Centrarowski, it united most of the then-existent Polish football clubs. The league could not be formed due to the Polish-Bolshevik War, but in 1922 the PZPN published the rules of football^[4] and the following year it joined FIFA. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) In 1921 the league was resumed and the first Champion of Poland was Cracovia Kraków, followed by Pogoń Lwów in 1922, 1923, 1925 and 1926. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Polish Championship in Football Year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 1913 Cracovia Kraków, Pogoń Lwów, Czarni Lwów (Championship Cracovia Kraków ( pron kraˈkɔvʲa ˈkrakuf is a professional football club based in Kraków, Poland. LKS Pogoń Lwów was one of the first and biggest Polish professional sports clubs and the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As Poland was then a fully independent state, in 1921 the Polish national football team was formed. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Poland national football team (Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish On December 18, 1921 it played its first international match in Budapest against the Hungarian team and was defeated 1:0. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. In the third international match in Stockholm on May 28, 1922 Poland defeated Sweden 1:2, scoring its first international victory. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.

In 1955 the PZPN became one of the founding members of UEFA. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football.

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b (Polish) Leszek Mazan (2006). "Buffalo Bill na Błoniach". Polityka 2544 (9): 82–84. Polityka (" Politics " is a centre-left weekly Newsmagazine in Poland.
^ (Polish) Zbigniew Chmielewski (2003). "Obok Czarnych znak Pogoni". Polityka 2414 (33). Polityka (" Politics " is a centre-left weekly Newsmagazine in Poland.
^ In fact there was a previous meeting mentioned by the press in Kraków in 1892, though no details are known
^ (Polish) Francis Percy Addington; Rudolf Wacek (1922). Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Teorja piłki nożnej (football); praktyczny i teoretyczny przewodnik gry wraz z prawidłami Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej. Lwów: M. Bodek, 96.