Ignace Kowalczyk

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Ignaz or Ignace Kowalczyk (born December 27, 1913 in Kastrop; † March 27, 1996 ), often just called Ignace , was a French football player of Polish origin .

Club career

Ignace Kowalczyk, who emigrated to northern France with his family, first played for RC Lens before the neighboring second division US Valenciennes gave him a contract in 1933 after the introduction of professional football . With this club he rose to the first division in 1935 - and after a year promptly from again, because the team was something like the "shooting gallery of the league", offensively strong, but with a weak defense (goal difference 57:87). The player, who was positioned as a half- forward or right-hand runner , had known how to convince personally as a strategically clever game maker and preparer, elegant, persistent and fair, and had become a national player after his naturalization. In the 1936/37 season Ignace moved to Olympique Marseille in the Mediterranean . There coach Eisenhoffer made him the head of the team straight away, and alongside greats at the time like Aznar , Ben Bouali , Kohut , goalkeeper Vasconcelos , "Waggi" - Poles like Kowalczyk, who had already formed the left wing at Valenciennes -, Weiskopf and Zatelli he became French football champion . Nevertheless, he was immediately drawn back to the north, where FC Metz wanted to get to the top with considerable reinforcements. With the Lorraine , it was only enough to midfield in Division 1 in the following two years, but in 1938 Ignace was with Metz for the first time in the final of the national cup . However, Olympique Marseille won 2-1 after extra time.

After the outbreak of war and the German occupation of France, it is very likely that Kowalczyk served as a soldier. As a footballer, he did not appear again until 1941, at Stade Reims , with whom he won the championship of the northern group of the top division in 1942. However, the “War Championships” from 1939 to 1945 do not count as official titles in France. In 1943/44, instead of club teams, regional selections played in a national league and in the cup; with the Équipe Fédérale Reims-Champagne Ignace again reached the cup final, but left the stadium again after a 4-0 defeat of ÉF Nancy-Lorraine without winning this competition. The following year, playing again as a club in a two-part league, Stade finished fourth in the northern group. When he left Reims after four years, he was one of the players who laid the foundation for Stade Reims' long dominance in French and European football, alongside Batteux , goalkeeper Favre , Flamion , Jonquet , Marche , Petitfils , Roessler , Sinibaldi and player- coach Vandooren had.

In 1945 he returned to FC Metz. With the Messins he only ever occupied a double-digit position in the final table of Division 1 , but in the cup competition he reached the semi-finals again in 1949. Then a 2-0 replay against Racing Paris (first game: 2-2 afterwards) put an end to his hopes of winning the Coupe de France . In 1950, after the relegation of FC Metz to the second division, he ended his career in professional football. What subsequently became of him cannot yet be determined.

Stations

  • Noyelles-sous-Lens (until 1931)
  • Racing Club Lens (1931-1933)
  • Union Sportive de Valenciennes (1933-1936)
  • Olympique de Marseille (1936/37)
  • Football Club de Metz (1937-1939)
  • Stade de Reims (1941-1943)
  • Équipe Fédérale Reims-Champagne (1943/44)
  • Stade de Reims (1944/45)
  • Football Club de Metz (1945–1950)

In the national team

Between November 1935 and January 1938 Ignace Kowalczyk, who also played for the B-Elf and the country's military selection, played 5 A-internationals for France ; he was also there in the 0: 4 in Stuttgart against Germany (March 1937). Despite a goal in his last game (5-3 against Belgium ), he was no longer considered. However, he was part of the Bleus squad at the 1938 World Cup , but his preferred position was occupied by Heisserer and Delfour .

Palmarès

  • French Champion: 1937 (and North Zone Champion in 1942 [unofficial title])
  • French cup winner: Nothing (but finalist 1938, 1944)
  • 5 international matches (1 goal) for France (2 each during his time at Valenciennes and Marseille, one at Metz)
  • In Division 1 29 games (7 hits) that year for Marseille and 44/0 for Metz (only 1948 to 1950); no further stakes are available.

literature

  • Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004 ISBN 2-03-505420-6
  • Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001 ISBN 2-911698-21-5
  • Paul Hurseau / Jacques Verhaeghe: Les immortels du football nordiste. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2003 ISBN 2-84253-867-6
  • L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007 ISBN 978-2-915-53562-4
  • Alain Pécheral: La grande histoire de l'OM. Des origines à nos jours. Ed. Prolongations, o. O. 2007 ISBN 978-2-916400-07-5
  • Jean-Philippe Rethacker / Jacques Thibert: La fabuleuse histoire du football. Minerva, Genève 1996, 2003 2 ISBN 978-2-8307-0661-1

Remarks

  1. ↑ Since such a place cannot be found in today's Poland, it is conceivable that Kowalczyk was born in Castrop , which was an independent part of Castrop-Rauxel until 1926 ; The spelling Kastrop also exists for this Castrop. From there "after 1918 [many Poles] emigrated to France or returned to Poland" (from http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Castrop-Rauxel ); Also Stefan Dembicki , Jean Snella and Édouard Wawrzyniak are, for example, of Marten , Mengede or Oberhausen out, gone this route.
  2. ↑ Ignace Kowalczyk at om1899.com, accessed November 5, 2014
  3. ↑ Hurseau / Verhaeghe, p. 73; Chaumier, p. 164; Rethacker / Thibert, p. 142
  4. ↑ Rethacker / Thibert, p. 141
  5. ↑ Pécheral, p. 385
  6. ^ Rethacker / Thibert, p. 146
  7. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Coupe, p. 354; on archive link ( memento of the original from November 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. a detailed match report @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fcmetz.com
  8. ↑ Grégoire-Boutreau / Verbicaro, p. 249
  9. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Coupe, p. 360; Rethacker / Thibert, p. 171
  10. ↑ Grégoire-Boutreau / Verbicaro, pp. 249-251.
  11. ^ Hubert Beaudet: La Coupe de France. Ses vainqueurs, ses surprises. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2003 ISBN 2-84253-958-3 , p. 51
  12. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: La belle histoire. L'équipe de France de football. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2004 ISBN 2-951-96053-0 , pp. 306/307
  13. ↑ Chaumier, p. 164
  14. ↑ Pécheral, p. 375
  15. ↑ after Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.

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personal data
SURNAME Kowalczyk, Ignace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ignace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-born French football player
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Castrop
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1996