Polonia Warsaw

Polonia Warsaw (official club Sportowy Piłkarski Polonia Warszawa) is a sports club from the Polish capital Warsaw. It was founded in 1911. The colors of the club are Black -White-Red - Black.

  • 3.1 Achievements

Football Division

History

The Sports Club Polonia celebrated 1946 as the first Polish football champions after the Second World War, his first major club success, which six years later, winning the cup followed. Thereafter, however, the club sank into insignificance and grew until 1994 for the first time in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division on. But the debut failed - with just four wins from 34 games rose Polonia Warsaw immediately again before him two years later, back in the Bundesliga and he began to establish himself in the Ekstraklasa.

Although Polonia Warsaw stands in the shadow of the league rivals Legia Warsaw, so it could just turn of the millennium there for almost 50 years back celebrating the big national success for the first time. In 1998 failed short of LKS Lodz, the Sport Club Polonia two matches secured in May 2000 with a slick 3-0 win at Legia Warsaw before the season ends the second Polish Cup. The following year, Polonia Warsaw sat in the final of the Polish Cup competition with 2:2 and 2:1 against Gornik Zabrze through.

At the international level, meanwhile, the successes of the Warsaw remain manageable. According to the 1998 championship just missing out on the sports club subsequently failed to qualify for the UEFA Cup (0-1, 0-1 against Dynamo Moscow). A year later, the team failed to qualify through the Intertoto Cup, when they failed with 1:1 and 1:5 at FC Metz in the semifinals. The qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League survived Polonia Warsaw not after the championship 2000. Although Warsaw was home reverse in the second round against Panathinaikos a 0-2 deficit to. However, in the return game, the team failed to 1:2. This after all, the first time qualified for the UEFA Cup, Warsaw failed in this and the following year the same in the 1st round. In the first round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003, both games against Tobol Qostanai from Kazakhstan were lost with 0:3 and 1:2.

In May 2006, the club rose from the Table of the Ekstraklasa. On 11 July 2008, the club merged with Groclin Grodzisk and took his place in the Ekstraklasa.

Home ground of the Sporting Club Polonia Warsaw is the 7,000 -seat Polonia Warsaw Stadium. The stadium is currently being modernized and, according to the modification work offer 16,000 spectators and be completely covered. At the object also has a 4,500 -seat indoor basketball court and an indoor 50 m swimming pool is to be connected. The cost of the conversion amount to 180 million zloty (about 41.2 million euros ). After the club was sold in July 2012, he should start the season 2012/13 in the 4th league. However, the attempt of the owner of the license failed to found a new club under the name of KS Katowice, which is why the club continues to play in the Ekstraklasa. After a sixth place in the Ekstraklasa 2012/13 and further progressive financial constraints Polonia Warsaw missed then the license for the 2013/14 season. From the Polish Association of the Club was consequently demoted to the fourth fifth rate league.

Achievements

  • Polish Champion: 1946, 2000
  • Polish Cup: 1952, 2001
  • Polish Super Cup: 2000
  • Polish League Cup: 2000

In the Super Cup, the champion and cup winner of each game year are facing.

The first team squad for the 2012/13 season

(As of 7 May 2013)

I: before the round starts back in 2012/13

Known player

Basketball Division

The basketball team of Polonia spieleten under the name Polonia Warsaw Azbud in Dominet Basket League. Due to financial difficulties the club has not been granted the license for the 2011/2012 season.

Achievements

  • Polish Champion: (1959 )
  • Polish Basketball Cup: (1970 )

Chess section

The chess section Polonia Warsaw for the first time in 1959 Polish team champion. For more league titles followed in 1996 and 1999 to 2006 without interruption. In 2007, she was spun for financial reasons. In the first year since independence from the parent club Polonia reached the runner-up in Poland, the first championship was won in 2009, among other things, Michał Krasenkow, Bartholomew Macieja Robert Kempiński and Eduardas Rozentalis.

Stadion Polonii Warszawa 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2012–13 Ekstraklasa Ekstraklasa Cup Igor Morozov Dimitrije Injac Arkadiusz Bąk Andreu Guerao Mayoral Marcin Kuś Robertas Poškus Euzebiusz Smolarek Maciej Szczęsny Tomas Žvirgždauskas Polish Basketball League
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