Pogoń Szczecin
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Refimprove Template:Short description{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox football club with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| alt | American | body1 | body2 | body3 | capacity | caption | chairman | chrtitle | clubname | coach | coordinates | current | dissolved | founded | fullname | ground | image | image_size | kit_alt1 | kit_alt2 | kit_alt3 | league | leftarm1 | leftarm2 | leftarm3 | manager | mgrtitle | nickname | owner | owntitle | pattern_b1 | pattern_b2 | pattern_b3 | pattern_la1 | pattern_la2 | pattern_la3 | pattern_name1 | pattern_name2 | pattern_name3 | pattern_ra1 | pattern_ra2 | pattern_ra3 | pattern_sh1 | pattern_sh2 | pattern_sh3 | pattern_so1 | pattern_so2 | pattern_so3 | position | rightarm1 | rightarm2 | rightarm3 | season | shortname | short name | shorts1 | shorts2 | shorts3 | socks1 | socks2 | socks3 | stadium | title | upright | website }}{{#if:| }}{{#if:| }} Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna (Template:Literal translation), commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}), is a Polish professional football club based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa. Template:Pogoń Szczecin sections
History
The club was founded by Poles from Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), who had been transferred west after the Soviet annexation of Poland's eastern territories in 1945. The founders of Pogoń Szczecin had previously been supporters of Pogoń Lwów and the colors of their new club reflect their old club. Polonia Bytom and Odra Opole were likewise founded or revived by the former inhabitants of Lwów.
The most popular sports organization in Szczecin was founded on 21 April 1948 as Klub Sportowy Sztorm. Its first departments were football and boxing, and the football team began playing in the local C-Klasa. In March 1949, several sports clubs in Szczecin (KS Sztorm, KS Cukrownik, KS Drukarz, Pocztowy KS) were merged into a large organization called Klub Sportowy Zwiazkowiec. The team of Zwiazkowiec joined local A-Class league, replacing Pocztowy KS. In November 1950, Zwiazkowiec was dissolved, and a new organization, Klub Sportowy Kolejarz Szczecin was formed. Its football team, supported by the Port of Szczecin, in 1953 was promoted to the newly created Interregional League (Liga Międzywojewódzka), which covered the provinces of Szczecin, Zielona Góra and Poznań.
In autumn 1955, Kolejarz was renamed into Pogoń Szczecin. The name and the hues of the club are a continuation of Pogoń Lwów. In 1957, Pogoń was runner up of the Interregional League, qualifying to the second division playoffs. After beating Flota Gdynia, Kujawiak Włocławek and Warta Gorzów, Pogoń for the first time won promotion to the second level of Polish football system. In 1958, Pogoń was the winner of Group North of the Second Division (37 points, goals 54–22, not a single game lost), winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa.
In its top level debut, Pogoń lost at home to Gwardia Warszawa 0–1. In 1960, Pogoń was relegated from the Ekstraklasa, to return there in 1962.
For most of the 1960s and 1970s, Pogoń remained in the top Polish league, but remained an average team, without any successes. This changed in the early 1980s: in 1981, Pogoń advanced to the final of the Polish Cup, to lose 0–1 to Legia Warsaw. In 1982, Pogoń again made it to the Polish Cup final, to lose 0–1 to Lech Poznań.
In 1984 Pogoń, managed by Eugeniusz Ksol, for the first time in history was among top three teams in the Ekstraklasa, which meant that the team qualified for the UEFA Cup. In its European debut, Pogoń faced 1. FC Köln, with such stars as Harald Schumacher, Pierre Littbarski and Klaus Allofs. In the first leg (September 19, 1984 in Cologne), Pogoń lost 1–2. In the second leg (October 3), Polish team lost 0–1, after its players failed to score on two penalty kicks.
In 1987, Pogoń was Polish runner-up. Managed by Leszek Jezierski, the team played offensively, scoring plenty of goals. With such players as Mariusz Kuras, Marek Ostrowski and Marek Leśniak, Pogoń was only behind Górnik Zabrze. In the first round of UEFA Cup, Pogon faced Hellas Verona, with Thomas Berthold and Preben Elkjær. In the first leg (September 16, 1987), Pogoń tied at home 1–1. Two weeks later, Polish team lost in Italy 1–3.
Pogoń in 2002 was on the brink of bankruptcy. As a result, fans created a new team on the basis of the reserves in the fourth division. However owner of Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski Antoni Ptak decided to move the team and renamed the club MKS Pogoń Szczecin. The initial distrust was lost when the team performed well and used local players, however halfway through the 2005–06 season the team started underperforming and Ptak decided to replace almost the entire squad with only Brazilian nationals, making it the "most Brazilian team outside Brazil". Antoni Ptak also built a small training facility in Gutów Mały, meaning the home games were played almost Template:Convert away from Szczecin. The experiment failed and in 2007 Antoni Ptak moved away from football, leaving the club to be rebuilt on the basis of the 4th division counterpart set up originally by the fans, which acted as the reserve team in the meantime.
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The club was promoted to the Zachodnia (Western) group of the new II Liga (formerly the Third League) for the 2007–08 season. The club earned promotion to the Polish First League after finishing 2nd in Western Group of Polish Second League in 2008–09 season. Despite playing on the second tier, Pogoń performed well in the 2009–10 Polish Cup, defeating top division teams Polonia Warsaw, Piast Gliwice and Ruch Chorzów to reach the final, to lose 0–1 to Jagiellonia Białystok. Finally Pogoń returned to the top division after finishing the First League as runner-up in the 2011–12 season.
Since then, Pogoń has promoted a number of players to the Poland national team and transferred several players to stronger leagues, including Sebastian Walukiewicz to Serie A side Cagliari Calcio<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Kacper Kozłowski to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.<ref name=bah>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While still a Pogoń player, Kozłowski, aged 17 years and 246 days, became the youngest-ever player to play at the European Championship, when he capped for Poland against Spain in June 2021 - this record was later broken by Lamine Yamal against Croatia at UEFA Euro 2024.<ref name=bah/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 2020, Pogoń re-established itself as one of the top teams in the country, finishing third in the league twice in a row (2020–21, 2021–22), and then fourth thrice in a row (2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25), and reaching the Polish Cup final twice in a row (2023–24, 2024–25).
Crest and colours
The club's colours are navy blue and maroon. Incorporated into the club's crest, they are derived from Pogoń Lwów, from which Pogoń Szczecin also took its name. The crowned griffin in the crest comes from the coat of arms of the city of Szczecin. Additionally, the crest contains the name "Pogoń" and the year of the club's foundation, i.e. 1948.
The club mascot Gryfus is a red crowned griffin, also derived from the coat of arms of Szczecin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Honours
Domestic
International
- UEFA Cup
- UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Second round: 2005
Youth teams
- Polish U-19 Championship:
- Champions: 1986, 2021
- Runners-up: 1965, 2016, 2017
- Third place: 1960, 2008, 2012, 2014
- Polish U-17 Championship:
- Third place: 2002
Pogoń Szczecin in European football
Results
Players
Current squad
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Former notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries at any time.
- Template:Flagicon Vahan Bichakhchyan
- Template:Flagicon Admir Adžem
- Template:Flagicon Zvonimir Kožulj
- Template:Flagicon Edin Šaranović
- Template:Flagicon Amaral
- Template:Flagicon Spas Delev
- Template:Flagicon Hervé Tchami
- Template:Flagicon Morten Rasmussen
- Template:Flagicon Sergei Mošnikov
- Template:Flagicon Santeri Hostikka
- Template:Flagicon Lasha Dvali
- Template:Flagicon Vladimir Dvalishvili
- Template:Flagicon Mate Tsintsadze
- Template:Flagicon Michalis Manias
- Template:Flagicon Ádám Gyurcsó
- Template:Flagicon Otávio Dutra
- Template:Flagicon Vladimirs Kamess
- Template:Flagicon Omar Jarun
- Template:Flagicon Dariusz Adamczuk
- Template:Flagicon Jacek Bednarz
- Template:Flagicon Czesław Boguszewicz
- Template:Flagicon Grzegorz Bonin
- Template:Flagicon Adrian Budka
- Template:Flagicon Adam Buksa
- Template:Flagicon Piotr Celeban
- Template:Flagicon Jacek Chańko
- Template:Flagicon Damian Dąbrowski
- Template:Flagicon Paweł Drumlak
- Template:Flagicon Waldemar Folbrycht
- Template:Flagicon Dariusz Fornalak
- Template:Flagicon Dariusz Gęsior
- Template:Flagicon Wojciech Golla
- Template:Flagicon Rafal Grzelak
- Template:Flagicon Grzegorz Kaliciak
- Template:Flagicon Zenon Kasztelan
- Template:Flagicon Przemysław Kaźmierczak
- Template:Flagicon Adam Kensy
- Template:Flagicon Marian Kielec
- Template:Flagicon Robert Kolendowicz
- Template:Flagicon Kacper Kozłowski
- Template:Flagicon Michał Kucharczyk
- Template:Flagicon Rafał Kurzawa
- Template:Flagicon Waldemar Jaskulski
- Template:Flagicon Marek Leśniak
- Template:Flagicon Tomasz Lisowski
- Template:Flagicon Mateusz Łęgowski
- Template:Flagicon Paweł Magdoń
- Template:Flagicon Radosław Majdan
- Template:Flagicon Radosław Majewski
- Template:Flagicon Patryk Małecki
- Template:Flagicon Ryszard Mańko
- Template:Flagicon Grzegorz Mielcarski
- Template:Flagicon Olgierd Moskalewicz
- Template:Flagicon Rafał Murawski
- Template:Flagicon Marek Ostrowski
- Template:Flagicon Jakub Piotrowski
- Template:Flagicon Jerzy Podbrożny
- Template:Flagicon Marcin Robak
- Template:Flagicon Paweł Skrzypek
- Template:Flagicon Jakub Słowik
- Template:Flagicon Kazimierz Sokołowski
- Template:Flagicon Maciej Stolarczyk
- Template:Flagicon Marek Szczech
- Template:Flagicon Dariusz Szubert
- Template:Flagicon Maciej Terlecki
- Template:Flagicon Łukasz Trałka
- Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Urbanowicz
- Template:Flagicon Sebastian Walukiewicz
- Template:Flagicon Henryk Wawrowski
- Template:Flagicon Kazimierz Węgrzyn
- Template:Flagicon Bogusław Wyparło
- Template:Flagicon Łukasz Załuska
- Template:Flagicon Michał Żyro
- Template:Flagicon Cornel Râpă
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Nunes
- Template:Flagicon Oleg Salenko
- Template:Flagicon Dušan Perniš
- Template:Flagicon Luka Zahović
- Template:Flagicon Stefan Jansson
- Template:Flagicon Mekeil Williams
- Template:Flagicon Dickson Choto
- Template:Flagicon Dzikamai Gwaze
Managers
- Template:Flagicon Jan Dixa (1950)
- Template:Flagicon Kazimierz Chrostek (1951–1952)
- Template:Flagicon Zygmunt Czyżewski (1953)
- Template:Flagicon Henryk Wielga (1954)
- Template:Flagicon Michał Matyas (1955–1956)
- Template:Flagicon Florian Krygier (1956–1958)
- Template:Flagicon Edward Brzozowski (1959)
- Template:Flagicon Florian Krygier (1960)
- Template:Flagicon Edward Brzozowski (1960–1961)
- Template:Flagicon Zygmunt Czyżewski (1962–1963)
- Template:Flagicon Marian Suchogórski (1963–1965)
- Template:Flagicon Stefan Żywotko (1965–1970)
- Template:Flagicon Eugeniusz Ksol (1970)
- Template:Flagicon Karel Kosarz (1970–1972)
- Template:Flagicon Edmund Zientara (1972–1975)
- Template:Flagicon Bogusław Hajdas (1975–1977)
- Template:Flagicon Aleksander Mandziara (1977–1978)
- Template:Flagicon Hubert Fiałkowski (1978)
- Template:Flagicon Konstanty Pawlikaniec (1979)
- Template:Flagicon Jerzy Kopa (Oct 20, 1979 – June 30, 1982)
- Template:Flagicon Eugeniusz Ksol (1982–1985)
- Template:Flagicon Maciej Hejn (1985)
- Template:Flagicon Leszek Jezierski (1985–1987)
- Template:Flagicon Jan Jucha (1987–1988)
- Template:Flagicon Jerzy Jatczak (1988)
- Template:Flagicon Lesław Ćmikiewicz (July 1, 1988 – April 10, 1989)
- Template:Flagicon Eugeniusz Ksol (1989)
- Template:Flagicon Włodzimierz Obst (1989–1990)
- Template:Flagicon Aleksander Brożyniak (1990)
- Template:Flagicon Jerzy Jatczak (1990)
- Template:Flagicon Eugeniusz Różański (1991–1992)
- Template:Flagicon Leszek Jezierski (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Roman Szukiełowicz (1992–1993)
- Template:Flagicon Jerzy Kasalik (22 Dec 1993 – 31 Dec 1994)
- Template:Flagicon Orest Lenczyk (1 Jan 1995 – 1 July 1995)
- Template:Flagicon Janusz Pekowski (1995–1996)
- Template:Flagicon Roman Szukiełowicz (1996–1997)
- Template:Flagicon Bogusław Baniak (1 July 1997 – 7 April 1999)
- Template:Flagicon Albin Mikulski (1 July 1999 – 16 April 2000)
- Template:Flagicon Mariusz Kuras (17 April 2000 – 30 June 2000)
- Template:Flagicon Edward Lorens (20 July 2000 – 29 April 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Mariusz Kuras (29 April 2001 – 14 June 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Albin Mikulski (14 June 2002 – 3 Sept 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Jerzy Wyrobek (4 Sept 2002 – 1 July 2003)
- Template:Flagicon Bogusław Baniak (1 July 2003 – 1 July 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Pavel Malura (1 July 2004 – 9 Aug 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Bohumil Páník (8 Oct 2004 – 18 April 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Bogusław Pietrzak (11 May 2005 – 23 Aug 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Bohumil Páník (Aug 2005 – Feb 1906)
- Template:Flagicon José Carlos Serrão (15 Dec 2005 – 1 March 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Bohumil Páník (March 2006 – 17 April 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Mariusz Kuras (18 April 2006 – 11 Dec 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Libor Pala (21 Dec 2006 – 21 March 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Bogusław Baniak (21 March 2007 – 30 June 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Marcin Kaczmarek (July 2007 – Dec 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Mariusz Kuras (30 Dec 2007 – 15 Sept 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Piotr Mandrysz (15 Sept 2008 – 17 Aug 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Maciej Stolarczyk (17 Aug 2010 – 9 Nov 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Artur Płatek (10 Nov 2010 – 30 June 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Marcin Sasal (30 May 2011 – 10 April 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Ryszard Tarasiewicz (10 April 2012 – 30 June 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Artur Skowronek (1 July 2012 – 19 March 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Dariusz Wdowczyk (20 March 2013 – 21 Oct 2014)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon Ján Kocian (22 Oct 2014 – 8 April 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Czesław Michniewicz (9 April 2015 – 30 June 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Kazimierz Moskal (24 May 2016 – 30 June 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Maciej Skorża (1 July 2017 – 30 Oct 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Kosta Runjaić (30 Nov 2017 – 23 May 2022)<ref name="Runjaić">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon Jens Gustafsson (1 July 2022 – 15 Aug 2024)<ref name=Jens>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon Robert Kolendowicz (15 August 2024 – 16 Sept 2025)<ref name=Kolendowicz>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon Tomasz Grzegorczyk (caretaker) (17 Sept 2025 – 30 Sept 2025)<ref name=Grzegorczyk>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon Thomas Thomasberg (30 Sept 2025 – present)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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See also
- Pogoń Szczecin II (reserve team)
- Football in Poland
References
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