Pogoń Lwów
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| Full name | Lwowski Klub Sportowy Pogoń Lwów | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Marshal Rydz-Śmigły Sports Park, Kilinskiego 43 Street, Lwów |
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| Capacity | 10.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pogoń Lwów was one of the first Polish professional sport clubs and the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia.
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[edit] History
The history of the club dates back to 1904, when a Sports-Gymnastics Club at Lwów’s 4th High School was founded. In 1907 the name was changed to Pogoń (“Pogoń” is the ancient coat of arms of Lithuania). With numerous sections - soccer, ice-hockey, track and field, Pogoń was one of the biggest and strongest sports organizations in Poland. Unfortunately, it ceased to exist in September 1939 after German and Soviet aggression against Poland.
After the war, when it became clear that Lwów would no longer belong to Poland, its Polish citizens were forced to leave the city. Most of them settled in Silesia and along the line of the Odra river. Pogoń's former officials as well as its players, who wanted to continue their sports activities, helped with founding of several sports clubs. Among clubs that can be regarded as Pogoń's continuation, there are: Polonia Bytom, Odra Opole and Pogoń Szczecin.
[edit] Honours
- 4 times Polish Champions: 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926.
- 3 times Polish Vice-Champions: 1932, 1933, 1935.
- junior Vice-Champions of Poland: 1937
[edit] Pogoń´s soccer team in interwar Poland
1920-1926 non-league championships - winners of regional leagues played against each other in the finals
- 1920 - championships not finished due to Polish-Soviet War
- 1921 - 4th in the finals
- 1922 - champion, after beating Warta Poznań (1-1 and 4-3)
- 1923 - champion, after beating Wisła Kraków (3-0 and 2-1)
- 1924 - no competition because of Olympic Games.
- 1925 - champion, after beating in the finals, both Warta Poznań (4-1 and 2-2) and Wisła Kraków (1-0 and 1-0)
- 1926 - champion, after beating in the finals, both Warta Poznań (7-1 and 2-2) and Polonia Warszawa (2-2 and 2-0)
1927-1939 Polish Soccer League
- 1927 - 4th, with 29 points, goals 65-42
- 1928 - 6th, with 31 points, goals 61-55
- 1929 - 9th, with 19 points, goals 43-48
- 1930 - 7th, with 19 points, goals 34-36
- 1931 - 4th, with 28 points, goals 47-33
- 1932 - 2nd, with 28 points, goals 32-24
- 1933 - 2nd in the champions group, with 13 points, goals 29-16
- 1934 - 6th, with 24 points, goals 41-38
- 1935 - 2nd, with 25 points, goals 55-31
- 1936 - 6th, with 19 points, goals 36-29
- 1937 - 6th, with 19 points, goals 25-23
- 1938 - 5th, with 19 points, goals 23-26
- 1939 - This season was not finished due to World War II. At the end of August, 1939, Pogoń was 3rd in the Polish Soccer League, with 16 points and goals 27-22.
