Pogoń Szczecin

Pogoń Szczecin ( officially Morski club Sportowy Pogoń Szczecin SSA) is a Polish sports club from the nearby port city of Stettin on the Oder River (West Pomerania ). It was founded on 21 April 1948. In several team sports club are operated. The first football team currently plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top division in Polish football, the first men's handball team in Poland's top handball league.

Football (men )

The team Pogoń Szczecin was founded on 21 April 1948, played from 1959 in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's first football league. Currently, the first team plays in the first league, the second- highest division in Polish football.

Biggest sporting achievements were the Polish Vice championships in 1987 and 2001, and reaching the Polish Cup finals in 1981, 1982 and 2010.

History

Pogoń Szczecin is a very well known club in Poland. The history of the association is characterized by numerous off and on again climbs, financial difficulties and investors with questionable intentions.

In 1948 it came to the creation of the " Klub Sportowy Sztorm ". The claret- red and dark blue club colors were taken over by the then giants Pogoń Lwów, which had existed before the war, now in its Ukrainian Lviv. Seven years and several name changes later, one finally agreed to " MKS Pogoń Szczecin ". The club then played successfully in a regional league and entered ten years after the founding of the first time in the highest Polish league. His games played Pogoń in still existing stadium " przy ulicy Twardowskiego ", whose construction lasted for about eight years and was completed in 1955. The first floodlit game was also held in 1955: Pogoń lost before 11,000 spectators with 2:4 against Kolejarz Poznan. Meanwhile, the capacity is just under 18,000 spectators, with all seats are.

After the 1959/60 season of FMD had for the first time they went up the aisle in League 2. After two years of being second class we got back on in the House of Lords. This process of ups and downs occurred up to the 1997/98 season a total of five times. Between 1966 and 1979, played Pogoń thirteen years premium, which is the longest stay in one piece in the Polish Ekstraklasa for the club. The 1986/87 season was the most successful to date for the port city dwellers, as they finished in second place in the league. But just two years later Pogoń was again only second-rate.

The years 1999-2003 are among the most contrasty years of the club's history. The city of Szczecin refused the club 's financial support, which meant an enormous mountain of debt. The Turkish businessman Sabri Bekdas took over the debts and got the stadium environment given in return. However, runner-up in 2001 in the UEFA Cup failed Pogoń already in the qualification: Sabri bought new, successful both on the Polish and international level players a ( including the top scorer in FIFA World Cup 1994, Oleg Salenko ) and repeated the biggest club success. to Fylkir Reykjavík. Then there was disagreement between the city and Bekdas. While Bekdas stopped its financial support, Pogońs liabilities increased once again to enormous dimensions and Bekdas let the club fall.

The Swedish businessman Les Gondor now operated as an investor, but through his involvement in several scandals were dispensed to working with Gondor and Pogoń Szczecin was now the third time within a short time without money there. 2003, two years after the runner, Pogoń Szczecin got down to the second division. Losses such as the 0:9 or 1:7 against Gornik Zabrze against Odra Wodzisław made ​​the inglorious departure.

In the second division arrived, the club was dissolved before the start of the season finally on. All that was left was the memory of times past. Until then played in Poland's second league club called Piotrkovia, one from a city with nearly 80,000 residents derived, by his standards pretty stable club. The owner Piotrkovias was Antoni Ptak. His idea of ​​the club Piotrkovia accommodate in Szczecin and to merge with " MKS Pogoń Szczecin 'was not huge protests and riots, both on the part of Piotrkovia pendant and on the part of the former Pogoń fans. However, by the beginning of the season did not have much time and you agreed to it, " to try ". In the same year the club Pogoń Szczecin Nowa was founded by the Pogoń fan club but, who played in the lower leagues. Ptak kept his promise, the new club within a very short time in one league to bring. Already in the summer of 2004 celebrated thousands of Pogoń -Stettin fans the resurgence. The stadium was sold out at almost every home game.

Since this rise Pogoń Szczecin Poland played in the highest league. The owner Antoni Ptak wanted a team that should only consist of the Brazilian players. Consequently Ptak renounced the services of several Polish players, including the current Polish national team Przemyslaw Kazmierczak and Rafal Grzelak, who moved to Boavista Porto in the Portuguese league. Ptaks intentions enticed to play between the Brazilian Pogoń and Wisła Kraków in March 2006, representatives of the clubs Manchester United, FC Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund to the stadium przy ulicy Twardowskiego. The play of the third-class Brazilians was no response from them. Ptaks Players policy led the club in a crisis: now the Brazilians played to almost empty benches, revenue fell out, sponsors have backed out and the players complain frequently about unpaid salaries.

The audience in the season 2006/ 07 fell to just under 3,000 fans, with the exception of some classics such as against arch-rivals Lech Poznan Legia Warszawa or his friend. The club was a byword number for the media. Many promising talents from the region, for the Pogoń always represented a springboard into the big football, did not see any more development opportunities and changed in other parts of Poland. The fans lost their identification with the team and there were massive protests that degenerated even in direct threats against Antoni Ptak on Internet forums.

Ptak no longer reported the club to the 2007/2008 season the 2nd league at the Association. Finally, the Pogoń fan clubs and two local businessmen who call themselves Pogoń pendant the association reported, new to the fourth league. The club merged with the Association Pogoń Szczecin Nowa and within a week a troupe of former Pogoń - veterans and talents from the region was summoned, who started the season without any preparations. After several sporting and organizational difficulties at the beginning, the club was after the first round at rank 1, drew 5,000 spectators despite fourth league more viewers than many first division in Poland. The city also participated in the reconstruction and the club could keep up if the Transferpolitk, the marketing concept and the financial situation now with second-division clubs. In addition, the club used in contrast to Ptak era carefully the traditions of the club, including through several actions and events around the association's anniversary 2008 60 -year-old.

In June 2008, the club reached a safe first place in the league, followed by 0:1 and 4:1 in the relegation against Zatoka Puck promotion to the new second league after the renaming of the Polish League for season 2008/2009 the former third league was. After the end of the season running talks on a possible involvement of Groclin - owner and multimillionaire Zbigniew Drzymała as an investor, but were unsuccessful. In the second league to Pogoń was able to secure a 4th place in the first round, after some initial difficulty; by a strong second half Pogoń occupied the 2nd place and was so on the final day to celebrate his second ascent after another in front of 8,000 spectators. Pogoń Szczecin had in the 2008/2009 season with 62,000 spectators, about 3440 per match, the highest average attendance of the 2nd Polish League, with up to 8,000 spectators on a game day. Even Away drew more viewers than usual Pogoń to the stadium of the home team. Overall Pogoń was statistically the most playing away team in the league.

In the 2009/2010 season Pogoń played again in the Polish 1st League, where they finished at the end of the first round as League newcomer with an almost completely renewed squad the second place, the rise but did not make for a slightly weaker second half. In the Polish Cup managed Pogoń, by checking Polonia Warszawa and Piast Gliwice and record champions Ruch Chorzów eliminated, until the final, where they lost to Jagiellonia Białystok 0-1. After Pogoń in the 2010/11 season only finished sixth, they finished a season later, after a strong first round the first place, thus securing the Autumn Cup.

Achievements

• Polish Junior Champion: 1986
• Polish Vice-Champion ( 2): 1987, 2001
• Polish Cup finalist (3): 1981, 1982, 2010
• Polish League Cup finalists: 2000

Participations in the European Cup

2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Pogoń Szczecin - FC Tiligul Tiraspol 3-0, 6-2

• 2nd round

Pogoń Szczecin - SK Sigma Olomouc 0:1, 0:0

2001/ 02 UEFA Cup

Pogoń Szczecin - Fylkir Reykjavik 1:1, 1:2

1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup

• Group stage
• Pogoń Szczecin - AS Cannes 1:2
• Farul Constanta - Pogoń Szczecin 2:1
• Pogoń Szczecin - Dnjapro Mogilev 3:3
• FK Becej - Pogoń Szczecin 2:1

1987/88 UEFA Cup

Pogoń Szczecin - Hellas Verona 1:1, 1:3

1984/85 UEFA Cup

Pogoń Szczecin - 1 FC Cologne 1:2, 0:1

Players and coaches

The current squad

(Updated: November 11, 2013)

Well-known former players

• Dariusz Adamczuk Pole
• Amaral Brazilian
• Edi Andradina Brazilians
• Batata Poland / Brazilian
• Piotr Bednarz Pole
• Brasilia Brazil
• Artur Bugaj Pole
• Ferdinand Chi Fon Cameroonian
• Dickson Choto Zimbabwe
• Brazilian Danilo
• Dariusz Gęsior Pole
• Kamil Grosicki Pole
• Rafał Grzelak Pole
• Janusz Makowski Pole
• Jerzy Hawrylewicz Pole
• Omar Jarun Palestinians
• Julcimar Poland / Brazilian
• Zenon Kasztelan Pole
• Przemysław Kaźmierczak Pole
• Adam Kensy Pole
• Marian Kielec Pole
• Marek Leśniak Pole
• Radosław Maidan Pole
• Grzegorz Matlak Pole
• Andrzej Miazek Pole
• Grzegorz Mielcarski Pole

• Claudio Milar Uruguaier
• Emil Noll German
• Dušan Perniš Slovak
• Marek Ostrowski Pole
• Oleg Salenko Russian
• Marek Szczech Pole
• Dariusz Szubert Pole
• Maciej Stolarczyk Pole
• Łukasz Trałka Pole
• Henryk Wawrowski Pole
• Leszek Wolski Pole
• Kazimierz Węgrzyn Pole
• Zbigniew Maciejewski Pole

Coach

• 01.01.1991 - 20.02.1992: Eugeniusz Różański Pole
• 21.02.1992 - 30.06.1992: Leszek Jezierski Pole
• 31.07.1992 - 31.12.1993: Romuald Szukiełowicz Pole
• 01.01.1994 - 31.12.1994: Jerzy Kasalik Pole
• 01.01.1995 - 30.06.1995: Orest Lenczyk Pole
• 01.07.1995 - 30.06.1996: Janusz Pekowski Pole
• 01.07.1996 - 30.06.1997: Romuald Szukiełowicz Pole
• 01.07.1997 - 06.04.1999: Bogusław Baniak Pole
• 07.04.1999 - 31.05.1999: Leszek Jezierski and Jan Jucha Pole Pole
• 01.06.1999 - 30.06.2000: Albin Mikulski Pole
• 01.07.2000 - 20.07.2000: Janusz Wójcik Pole
• 21.07.2000 - 30.04.2001: Edward Loren's poles
• 01.05.2001 - 30.06.2002 Mariusz Kuras Pole
• 01.07.2002 - 31.08.2002: Albin Mikulski Pole
• 01.09.2002 - 30.06.2003: Jerzy Wyrobek Pole

• 01.07.2003 - 30.06.2004: Bogusław Baniak Pole
• 01.07.2004 - 08.07.2004: Pavel Malura Czech
• 09.07.2004 - 08.10.2004: Bogusław Baniak Pole
• 09.10.2004 - 10.05.2005: Bochumil Pánik Czech
• 11.05.2005 - 22.07.2005: Bogusław Pietrzak Pole
• 23.07.2005 - 15.02.2006: Bochumil Pánik Czech
• 16.02.2006 - 08.03.2006: José Carlos Serrão Brazilians
• 09.03.2006 - 17.04.2006: Bochumil Pánik Czech
• 18.04.2006 - 11.12.2006 Mariusz Kuras Pole
• 12.12.2006 - 21.03.2007: Libor Pala Czech
• 22.03.2007 - 30.06.2007: Bogusław Baniak Pole
• 01.07.2007 - 28.11.2007 Marcin Kaszmarek Pole
• 29.11.2007 - 15.09.2008 Mariusz Kuras Pole
• 15.09.2008 - 17.08.2010 Piotr Mandrysz Pole
• 17.08.2010 - 09.11.2010: Maciej Stolarczyk Pole
• 10.11.2010 - 30.05.2011 Artur Płatek Pole
• 31.05.2011 - 12.06.2011: Jerzy Red Pole
• 12.06.2011 - 09.04.2012 Marcin Sasal Pole
• 10.09.2012 - 10.06.2012 Ryszard Tarasiewicz Pole
• Since 11.06.2012 - Artur Skowronek Pole

Club statistics

Polish 1st League

Pogon Szczecin spent a total of 39 seasons ( 1959-60, 62/63-64/65, 66/67-78/79, 81/82-88/89, 92/93-95/96, 97/98-02/03, 04/05-06/07 ) in Poland's top flight, with the balance of 1128 games at 364 wins, 311 draws and 453 defeats. The goal balance is 1295:1540 (stand 2011). In the Eternal table 1 Polish league is one with 1123 points followed by 8

2nd Polish League

In the second division of Poland Pogoń spent 13 years (1958, 1961-62, 65/66, 79/80-80/81, 89/90-91/92, 96/97, 03/ 04, 09/10- ). Record: 400 Games in 192 wins, 113 draws and 95 defeats. The goal balance is here: 629:388.

International Games

In the UEFA Intertoto Cup Pogon 2 was once represented, namely 1995 & 2005 1995 was already over in the group stage, in 2005 it managed only in Round 2 Record here. 8 games, 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats in 15-9 doors. In the UEFA Cup it was in season 1984/85, 1987/88 and 2001/ 02 there. Always was over in the first round. Record: 6 games, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Goalscoring 5:10.

Scorers 1st League

Others

Fans

The fans of Pogoń Szczecin have the reputation of being passionate, always with great choreography to inspire in Poland, the Polish football world and to be faithful to the club, what some awards show. This also showed the last very hard years in which the club was on the brink of existence and yet could still count on the accentuation and the loyalty of the fans. The fans of Pogon verbandt a 20-year friendship with Legia Warsaw, which was, however, ended on 09/27/2013. Throughout the city, you can see the coat of arms of the club, whether on walls or on the harbor.

The best-known supporters clubs are:

• Młode Wilki
• Lads from Szczecin
• Old Boys Pogodno
• Stowarzyszenie Kibiców Pogoni Szczecin Pogoń Walcząca
• Stowarzyszenie Kibiców Pogoni Szczecin Portowcy
• Wierni Tradycji

Handball (women )

Under the name of SPR Pogoń Szczecin Baltica plays the first women's team. She was 2011/2012 in the first Polish league, the PGNiG Superliga active.

Handball (men)

The first team of men playing under the name of GAZ- SYSTEM Pogoń Szczecin. She succeeded in the 2011/12 season, the rise of the Liga I in PGNiG Superleague mężczyzn, Poland's first league.