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Polish Football Association

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Polish Football Association
UEFA
Polish Football Association logo.svg
Founded20 December 1919; 103 years ago (1919-12-20)[1]
HeadquartersWarsaw
FIFA affiliation20 April 1923; 99 years ago (1923-04-20)
UEFA affiliation2 March 1955; 68 years ago (1955-03-02)
PresidentCezary Kulesza
Websitepzpn.pl

The Polish Football Association (Polish: Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej; PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the Ekstraklasa), the Polish Cup and the Poland national football team. It is based in the Polish capital of Warsaw.

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Polish language

Polish language

Polish is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being the official language of Poland, it is also used by the Polish diaspora. There are over 50 million Polish speakers around the world. It ranks as the sixth most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects and maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals.

Association football

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposite team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is considered the world's most popular sport.

Poland

Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi). Poland has a population of 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.

Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa

Poland Ekstraklasa, meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams.

Polish Cup

Polish Cup

The Polish Cup in football is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. Due to mass participation of teams, the tournament is often called The Cup of the Thousand Teams.

Poland national football team

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team has represented Poland in men's international tournaments football competitions since their first match in 1921. The team is controlled by the Polish Football Association (PZPN), the governing body for football in Poland.

Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 6th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures 517 km2 (200 sq mi) and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers 6,100 km2 (2,355 sq mi). Warsaw is an alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government.

History

The fully independent federation was established 20 December 1919 engulfing the autonomous Polish Football Union (PFU) that was part of the disintegrated Austrian Football Union. The PFU was established on 25 June 1911[2] in Lwów, Austria-Hungary. Between 1911 and 1919 the national team of Poland played three games at the Czarni Lwów's stadium. The team was composed mainly of players from the city of Lwów.

When the Wehrmacht invaded Poland in September 1939, all Polish institutions and associations were dissolved, including the PZPN. The German occupying forces forbade Poles to organise football matches.[3]

In September 2008, the leadership of the PZPN was suspended by the Polish Olympic Committee for "[violating] its statutes in a continuous and flagrant fashion."[4] A year earlier, the Polish sports ministry also made an attempt to address corruption within the PZPN, but was threatened with suspension by FIFA, which forbids any form of government intervention.[5] On 30 October 2008, Grzegorz Lato became the president of the PZPN. On 26 October 2012, Zbigniew Boniek was elected president after winning 61 votes from 118 delegates.[6]

The football association turned 100 years with the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup during its centennial year. In 2019, Józef Klotz, who had played for the Poland national football team and was killed in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust, was honored by the Association.[7][8]

On 28 August 2021, Cezary Kulesza was elected president.[9]

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War and was dissolved shortly after its defeat in the First World War.

Czarni Lwów

Czarni Lwów

Czarni Lwów was one of the first Polish professional sports clubs with the well developed football section as well as ice hockey among the several other sports. The football club was started in the late 19th century in Lwów as a school football section Sława Lwów. In 1903 the name was changed and the club became professional.

FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération internationale de football association is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC, UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF, OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL.

Grzegorz Lato

Grzegorz Lato

Grzegorz Bolesław Lato is a Polish former professional football player and manager who played as a winger. He was a member of Poland's golden generation of football players who rose to fame in the 1970s and early 80s. Over a decade, he represented Poland at five major tournaments starting with gold at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and ending with a third-place finish at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He reached the peak of his career at the 1974 World Cup, where he was the leading scorer and the only Pole to-date to have won the honor. After retiring from his playing career he had a brief stint as manager in several clubs in and out of Poland.

Zbigniew Boniek

Zbigniew Boniek

Zbigniew Boniek is a Polish former footballer and manager as well as current UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time, and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004.

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The tournament was hosted by Poland between 23 May and 15 June 2019. This was the first FIFA tournament hosted by Poland; the country had hosted UEFA international football events in the past including the UEFA Euro 2012 with Ukraine and the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Józef Klotz

Józef Klotz

Józef Klotz was a Polish footballer who played centre-half. He scored the first-ever goal for the Poland national football team. He was killed by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941.

Warsaw Ghetto

Warsaw Ghetto

The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the German authorities within the new General Government territory of occupied Poland. At its height, as many as 460,000 Jews were imprisoned there, in an area of 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi), with an average of 9.2 persons per room, barely subsisting on meager food rations. From the Warsaw Ghetto, Jews were deported to Nazi concentration camps and mass-killing centers. In the summer of 1942, at least 254,000 ghetto residents were sent to the Treblinka extermination camp during Großaktion Warschau under the guise of "resettlement in the East" over the course of the summer. The ghetto was demolished by the Germans in May 1943 after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising had temporarily halted the deportations. The total death toll among the prisoners of the ghetto is estimated to be at least 300,000 killed by bullet or gas, combined with 92,000 victims of starvation and related diseases, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and the casualties of the final destruction of the ghetto.

The Holocaust

The Holocaust

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through labor in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bełżec, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, and Treblinka in occupied Poland.

Cezary Kulesza

Cezary Kulesza

Cezary Kulesza is a Polish former footballer and current president of the Polish Football Association (PZPN). He played for Jagiellonia Białystok in the Ekstraklasa. From 2010 to 2021 he served as a chairman of Jagiellonia Białystok.

Presidents

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N. President Years Notes
1. Edward Cetnarowski 20 December 1919 – 15 January 1928
2. Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski 15 January 1928 – 20 February 1937
3. Kazimierz Glabisz 20 February 1937 – 1 September 1939
4. Tadeusz Kuchar 29 June 1945 – 16 February 1946
5. Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski 16 February 1946 – 1949
6. Andrzej Przeworski 1949 – 1951
7. Jerzy Bordziłowski 1951 – 1953
8. Jan Rotkiewicz 1953 – 1954
9. Roman Gajzler 1954 – 1954
10. Władysław Rajkowski 1954 – 1956
11. Stefan Glinka 1956 – 1961
12. Wit Hanke 1961 – 1966
13. Wiesław Ociepka 1966 – 1972
14. Stanisław Nowosielski 1972 – 1973
15. Jan Maj 1973 – 1976
16. Edward Sznajder 1976 – 1978
17. Marian Ryba 1978 – 1981
18. Włodzimierz Reczek 1981 – 1985
19. Edward Brzostowski 1985 – 1986
20. Zbigniew Jabłoński 1986 – 1989
21. Jerzy Domański 1989 – 25 March 1991
22. Kazimierz Górski 25 March 1991 – 3 July 1995
23. Marian Dziurowicz [pl] 3 July 1995 – 28 June 1999
- Wiesław Pakoca 25 May 1998 – 7 August 1998 curator
24. Michał Listkiewicz 28 June 1999 – 30 October 2008
- Andrzej Rusko [pl] 19 January 2007 – 1 February 2007 curator
- Marcin Wojcieszak [pl] 1 February 2007 – 5 March 2007 curator
- Robert Zawłocki [pl] 29 September 2008 – 10 October 2008 curator
25. Grzegorz Lato 30 October 2008 – 26 October 2012
26. Zbigniew Boniek 26 October 2012 – 18 August 2021
27. Cezary Kulesza 18 August 2021 – present

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Edward Cetnarowski

Edward Cetnarowski

Edward Cetnarowski was a Polish sports official, gynaecologist and one of the most famous personalities of the sports club Cracovia.

Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski

Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski

Wladyslaw Boncza-Uzdowski was a General brygady of the Polish Army and sports activist, general manager of the Polish Football Association.

Tadeusz Kuchar

Tadeusz Kuchar

Tadeusz Kuchar was a Polish athlete, footballer, swimmer, ice-skater, skier, sports official, and the brother of Wacław Kuchar.

Andrzej Przeworski

Andrzej Przeworski

Andrzej Przeworski - was a Polish footballer, referee and manager. He played in Cracovia, WKS Warsaw (1920), Polonia Warsaw (1920–1922) and Legia Warsaw (1922). His debut in national team came on September 3, 1922, in 1–1 draw to Romania.

Jerzy Bordziłowski

Jerzy Bordziłowski

Jerzy Bordziłowski was a Polish and Soviet military officer and communist politician.

Kazimierz Górski

Kazimierz Górski

Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski was a coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of the Polish Football Association. He was also a football player, capped once for Poland.

Curator

Curator

A curator is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the particular institution and its mission. In recent years the role of curator has evolved alongside the changing role of museums, and the term "curator" may designate the head of any given division. More recently, new kinds of curators have started to emerge: "community curators", "literary curators", "digital curators" and "biocurators".

Michał Listkiewicz

Michał Listkiewicz

Michał Józef Listkiewicz is a retired Polish football referee, former president of Polish Football Association. He graduated from Warsaw University in 1977.

Grzegorz Lato

Grzegorz Lato

Grzegorz Bolesław Lato is a Polish former professional football player and manager who played as a winger. He was a member of Poland's golden generation of football players who rose to fame in the 1970s and early 80s. Over a decade, he represented Poland at five major tournaments starting with gold at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and ending with a third-place finish at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He reached the peak of his career at the 1974 World Cup, where he was the leading scorer and the only Pole to-date to have won the honor. After retiring from his playing career he had a brief stint as manager in several clubs in and out of Poland.

Zbigniew Boniek

Zbigniew Boniek

Zbigniew Boniek is a Polish former footballer and manager as well as current UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time, and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004.

Cezary Kulesza

Cezary Kulesza

Cezary Kulesza is a Polish former footballer and current president of the Polish Football Association (PZPN). He played for Jagiellonia Białystok in the Ekstraklasa. From 2010 to 2021 he served as a chairman of Jagiellonia Białystok.

Source: "Polish Football Association", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 23rd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Football_Association.

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Roman Kosecki

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Michał Pazdan

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1923 Polish Football Championship

Sparta Lwów

Okęcie Airport incident

Ryszard Kulesza

Lwów District League

Cezary Kulesza
References
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  2. ^ Korzachenko, Yuri (12 January 2010). Колиска українського футболу [Cradle of Ukrainian football] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine.
  3. ^ Thomas Urban, “Football ‘Only for Germans’, in the Underground and in Auschwitz: Championships in Occupied Poland“, in European Football During the Second World War. Ed. M. Herzog/F. Brändle. Oxford 2018, p. 367.
  4. ^ "Administrator taking over scandal-hit Polish federation". Agence France-Presse. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
  5. ^ Slowikowska, Karolina (30 September 2008). "Polish FA suspended over corruption issues". Reuters.
  6. ^ "Boniek becomes new head of Polish FA". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. 26 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Poland honors national soccer player murdered in Holocaust" Israel HaYom, 11 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Before Polish-Israeli soccer match, murdered Jewish player honored". The Jerusalem Post. 10 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Cezary Kulesza nowym prezesem Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej". www.laczynaspilka.pl.
  10. ^ "Presidents of PZPN". PZPN. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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