Pogoń Szczecin

Pogoń Szczecin
Full name Morski Klub Sportowy
Pogoń Szczecin
Nickname(s) Portowcy (The Dockers)
Duma Pomorza (Pride of Pomerania)
Founded 21 April 1948 (1948-04-21)
Ground Stadion Florian Kryger
Szczecin, Poland
Ground Capacity 18,027
Chairman Poland Jarosław Mroczek
Manager Poland Kazimierz Moskal
League Ekstraklasa
2015–16 6th
Website Club home page

MKS Pogoń Szczecin (Polish pronunciation: [ˌɛmkaˈɛs ˌpɔɡɔɲ ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin]) is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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 April 21, 1948 as Klub Sportowy Sztorm. Its first departments were football and boxing, and the football team began playing in the local C-Class championship. 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 Miedzywojewodzka), which covered the provinces of Szczecin, Zielona Góra and Poznań.

In autumn 1955, Kolejarz was renamed into Pogon Szczecin. The name and the hues of the club are a continuation of Pogon Lwow. In 1957, Pogon was runner up of the Interregional League, qualifying to the second division playoffs. After beating Flota Gdynia, Kujawiak Włocławek and Warta Gorzow, Pogon for the first time won promotion to the second level of Polish football system. In 1958, Pogon 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, Pogon lost at home to Gwardia Warszawa 0–1. In 1960, Pogon was relegated from the Ekstraklasa, to return there in 1962.

For most of the 1960s and 1970s, Pogon remained in the top Polish league, but remained an average team, without any successes. This changed in the early 1980s: in 1981, Pogon advanced to the final of the Cup of Poland, to lose 0–1 to Legia Warszawa. In 1982, Pogon again made it to the Cup final, to lose 0–1 to Lech Poznań.

Ground: Stadion Florian Kryger

In 1984 Pogon, 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, Pogon faced 1. FC Köln, with such stars as Harald Schumacher, Pierre Littbarski and Klaus Allofs. In the first leg (September 19, 1984 in Cologne, Pogon 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, Pogon 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 Lesniak, Pogon was only behind Górnik Zabrze. In the first round of UEFA Cup, Pogon faced Hellas Verona, with Thomas Berthold and Preben Elkjær Larsen. In the first leg (September 16, 1987), Pogon 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 500 km (311 mi) 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.

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. Finally Pogoń returned to top division after finishing First League as runner-up in 2011–12 season.

Honours

Domestic

1987, 2001
1984
1981, 1982, 2010

International

Youth Team

1986,
1965
1960, 2008, 2012, 2014
2002

Current squad

As of 30 October 2016.[1]
Rafał Murawski (Captain)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Poland GK Jakub Słowik
2 Romania DF Cornel Râpă
3 Poland DF Jarosław Fojut
6 Poland MF Rafał Murawski (Captain)
7 Hungary MF Ádám Gyurcsó
9 Poland DF Adam Frączczak (Vice-captain)
10 Poland MF Dawid Kort
11 Bulgaria FW Spas Delev
12 Poland GK Adrian Henger
14 Poland MF Kamil Drygas
15 Poland DF Hubert Matynia
18 Japan FW Seiya Kitano
19 Poland MF Jakub Piotrowski
No. Position Player
21 Poland DF Sebastian Rudol
22 Poland FW Gracjan Jaroch
23 Poland MF Mateusz Matras
24 Poland DF David Niepsuj
25 Poland MF Jędrzej Kujawa
27 Japan MF Takafumi Akahoshi
29 Poland FW Marcin Listkowski
32 Poland MF Robert Obst
33 Poland DF Mateusz Lewandowski
66 Poland GK Dawid Kudła
77 South Africa DF Ricardo Nunes
93 Poland FW Łukasz Zwoliński

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
22 Poland FW Jakub Okuszko (at Błękitni Stargard Szczeciński)
24 Poland DF Błażej Chouwer (at Kotwica Kołobrzeg)
No. Position Player
26 Poland DF Sebastian Murawski (at Chrobry Głogów)

Managers

  • Poland Aleksander Brożyniak (1990)
  • Poland Jerzy Jatczak (1990)
  • Poland Eugeniusz Różański (1991–92)
  • Poland Leszek Jezierski (1992)
  • Poland Roman Szukiełowicz (1992–93)
  • Poland Jerzy Kasalik (Dec 22, 1993 – Dec 31, 1994)
  • Poland Orest Lenczyk (Jan 1, 1995 – July 1, 1995)
  • Poland Janusz Pekowski (1995–96)
  • Poland Roman Szukiełowicz (1996–97)
  • Poland Bogusław Baniak (July 1, 1997 – April 7, 1999)
  • Poland Albin Mikulski (July 1, 1999 – April 16, 2000)
  • Poland Mariusz Kuras (April 17, 2000 – June 30, 2000)
  • Poland Edward Lorens (July 20, 2000 – April 29, 2001)
  • Poland Mariusz Kuras (April 29, 2001 – June 14, 2002)
  • Poland Albin Mikulski (June 14, 2002 – Sept 3, 2002)
  • Poland Jerzy Wyrobek (Sept 4, 2002 – July 1, 2003)
  • Poland Bogusław Baniak (July 1, 2003 – July 1, 2004)
  • Czech Republic Pavel Malura (July 1, 2004 – Aug 9, 2004)
  • Czech Republic Bohumil Páník (Oct 8, 2004 – April 18, 2005)
  • Poland Bogusław Pietrzak (May 11, 2005 – Aug 23, 2005)
  • Czech Republic Bohumil Páník (Aug 2005–Feb 06)
  • Brazil José Carlos Serrão (Dec 15, 2005 – March 1, 2006)
  • Czech Republic Bohumil Páník (March 2006–April 06)
  • Poland Mariusz Kuras (April 18, 2006 – Dec 11, 2006)
  • Czech Republic Libor Pala (Dec 21, 2006 – March 21, 2007)
  • Poland Bogusław Baniak (March 21, 2007 – June 30, 2007)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Pogoń Szczecin. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.szczecin.sport.pl/sport-szczecin/1,130883,8268155,Trenerzy_Pogoni.html

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