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| Surname | KKS Lech Poznań Spółka Akcyjna | |||
| Seat | Poses | |||
| founding | March 19, 1922 | |||
| Colours | blue White | |||
| president |
 Karol Klimczak
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| Website | lechpoznan.pl | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach |
Dariusz Żuraw
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| Venue | Poznań Stadium | |||
| Places | 43,269 | |||
| league | Ekstraklasa | |||
| 2019/20 | 2nd place | |||
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Lech Posen (officially: KKS Lech Poznań ) is a Polish football club from Poznań ( Polish: Poznań ). With seven Polish championships and five cup wins, Lech Posen is one of the most successful teams in Poland. The association, founded in 1922, is named after Lech , the legendary founder of Poland.
history
The association was founded on March 19, 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec in Dębiec ( German Dembsen ), which today belongs to the city of Poznan.
It celebrated its greatest successes in the years from 1982 to 1993, in which the team became Polish champions five times and won the Polish Cup competition three times. In 2004, Poznan for the first time continued this successful period when they won the trophy for the fourth time. After the team merged with Amica Wronki in the summer of 2006 , Lech Posen was able to establish himself at the top of the Ekstraklasa for the first time . On May 19, 2009, the team succeeded after a 1-0 win against Ruch Chorzów in the Śląski Stadium, the fifth cup victory. After the 2008/09 season , Jacek Zieliński took over the legacy of Franciszek Smuda as head coach. Before the 2009/10 season, Zieliński was finally able to get his first title with Lech Posen after penalty shoot-out against Wisła Krakau with the Superpuchar Polski . After 17 years, the club, whose nickname is Kolejorz , was able to celebrate winning the Polish championship again and can thus qualify for the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League in the 2010/11 season. In 2015 he won the championship for the seventh time.
European Cup
The Poznaners' appearances were less successful in the UEFA Champions League (until 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup ) and in the European Cup Winners' Cup , in which Lech Poznan regularly failed at the latest in the second round. The bitterest end came for the team on November 9, 1988, when they were able to beat FC Barcelona , which ultimately also won the European Cup, a 1-1 draw for the second time and only failed 4-5 on penalties in front of a home crowd. In 2008 Lech Posen qualified again for the UEFA Europa League after a long absence and reached the group stage after the qualifying match against Chazar Lenkoran and the first round match against Austria Wien . There they met CSKA Moscow , Feyenoord Rotterdam , Deportivo La Coruña and AS Nancy and were able to move into the final of the last 32 teams as third in the group. The last stop was in the second round , when they were eliminated by Udinese Calcio and thus missed the second round.
After the championship in the Polish league in 2009/10, Lech Poznan took part in the qualification for the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League and met Azerbaijan's representative İnter Baku in the second round . There, after a penalty shootout, the third round could be reached, but where they failed to Sparta Prague (0: 1 and 0: 1). With a 0-1 away win and a goalless draw in front of a home crowd in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League play-offs against Ukrainian representative Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk , Lech Posen made it into the group stage of the Europa League . After leading the table after four matchdays with victories against FC Red Bull Salzburg and Manchester City , Lech Posen secured an early entry into the round of 32 with a 1-1 draw in their own stadium against Juventus Turin . There they were able to defeat Portuguese representatives Sporting Braga 1-0 in the first leg at their home stadium , but lost the second leg in Braga 2-0 and were eliminated from the tournament.
Stadion
Lech Poznan's home ground is the 42,837-seat Poznań Stadium . The stadium, built in 1980, was heavily expanded in 2010 for the 2012 UEFA European Championship . In the 2014/15 season , the average number of spectators in the Ekstraklasa was 20,054, with the top games against arch rivals Legia Warsaw with 41,545 and against Wisła Krakow with 41,556 spectators by far the most popular fans.
successes
At the national level
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Polish champion (7): 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2010, 2015
- Polish runner-up (2): 2013, 2014
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Polish Cup Winner (5): 1982, 1984, 1988, 2004 , 2009
- Polish Cup finalist (5): 1980, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
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Polish Super Cup winner (6): 1990, 1992, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2016
- Polish Super Cup finalist (3): 1983, 1988, 2010
In the Super Cup , the champions and cup winners of the respective game year face each other.
On international level
Current squad 2018/19
(As of September 17, 2018)
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Known players
Fan friendships
Fan friendships exist with Arka Gdynia and KS Cracovia , collectively known as Wielka Triada (Great Triad). There is also a friendship between KKS Lech Posen and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski .
Lech Cup
The Lech-Cup ( Polish : Puchar Lecha ) is one of the most prestigious indoor football tournaments for children under 12 in Europe . The tournament has been held since 2006. It was held there for the first time only for Polish clubs and has been internationalized since 2007. Clubs from all regions of Europe take part in the football event, which offers young players their first international experience at European level: u. a. the D-youth players from top European clubs and the home team Lech Posen. The tournament is organized by Lech Posen . Many of today's football professionals took part in the tournament as young people.
Rivalries
The biggest rival of Lech Poznan in sporting terms, as well as in terms of fan culture, is without a doubt Legia Warsaw . This becomes particularly clear when both teams meet.
Basketball department
The basketball department of Lech Poznan won the Polish championship eleven times, the last time in 1990. However, in 1997 the department was closed for financial reasons.
Web links
- Official website of Lech Posen (Polish, English)
- Unofficial fan portal for Lech Posen (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lech Poznań obchodzi 91. urodziny. Na początku była Lutnia Dębiec , sport.pl, March 19, 2013, accessed on September 17, 2018 (Polish)
- ↑ sport.pl: Amica przejmuje Lecha Poznań
- ↑ TKWM, Wielka Triada, Polonia z "Pasami". Zgody, których nic never złamie? on tvn24.pl, September 29, 2013, accessed on September 17, 2018 (Polish).
- ↑ herthabsc.de: Hertha's U12 wins the Lech Cup in Poznan
