Pogoń Szczecin
Pogoń Stettin (officially Morski Klub Sportowy Pogoń Szczecin SSA ) is a Polish sports club from the port city of Stettin ( West Pomerania ) on the Oder . It was founded on April 21, 1948. Several team sports are practiced in the club. The first football team currently plays in the Ekstraklasa , the top division in Polish football, the first men's handball team in Poland's highest handball league.
Soccer (men)
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| Surname | Morski Klub Sportowy Pogoń Szczecin SSA | ||
| Seat | Szczecin | ||
| founding | April 21, 1948 | ||
| Colours | dark blue - burgundy red | ||
| president |
 Jarosław Mroczek
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| Website | pogonszczecin.pl | ||
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| Head coach |
 Kosta Runjaic
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| Venue | Florian Krygier Stadium | ||
| Places | 14,400 | ||
| league | Ekstraklasa | ||
| 2019/20 | 6th place | ||
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The football club Pogoń Szczecin was founded on April 21, 1948 and played in the Ekstraklasa , Poland's first football league , from 1959 . The first team is currently playing in the Ekstraklasa , the top division in Polish football.
The greatest sporting successes were the Polish vice championships in 1987 and 2001 as well as reaching the Polish cup finals in 1981, 1982 and 2010.
history
Pogoń Szczecin is a very well-known club in Poland. The history of the club is marked by numerous relegations and re-promotions, financial difficulties and investors with questionable intentions.
In 1948 the club “Klub Sportowy Sztorm” was founded. The burgundy and dark blue club colors were taken over from the traditional club Pogoń Lwów , which existed in Lviv , Ukraine , before the war . Seven years and a few name changes later, they finally agreed on "MKS Pogoń Szczecin". The club played successfully in a regional league at the time and was promoted to the highest Polish league for the first time ten years after it was founded. Pogoń played his games in the “przy ulicy Twardowskiego” stadium, which still exists today. It took about eight years to build and was completed in 1955. The first floodlit match also took place in 1955: Pogoń lost 4-2 to Kolejarz Poznań in front of around 11,000 spectators. The capacity now amounts to almost 15,000 spectators, all of which are seats.
After the 1959/60 season, the MKS had to compete in League 2 for the first time. After two years of the second division, one rose again to the upper house. This process of promotion and relegation occurred a total of five times up to the 1997/98 season. Between 1966 and 1979 Pogoń played first class for thirteen years, which is the longest stay in a row in the Polish Ekstraklasa for the club. The 1986/87 season was the most successful for the Hafenstädter to date, as they finished second in the league. But two years later Pogoń was again only second class.
The years 1999–2003 are among the most contrasting years in the club's history. The city of Szczecin refused financial support to the association, which meant an enormous mountain of debt. The Turkish businessman Sabri Bekdas took over the debt and in return received the stadium area for free. Sabri bought new players who were successful at both Polish and international level (including the top scorer of the 1994 World Cup , Oleg Salenko ) and repeated the club's greatest success to date: runner-up in 2001. In the UEFA Cup , however, Pogoń failed already in qualifying to Fylkir Reykjavík . After that, there were differences of opinion between the city and Bekdas. While Bekdas stopped his financial support, Pogoń's debts once again assumed enormous proportions and Bekdas dropped the club.
The Swedish businessman Les Gondor was now active as an investor, but due to his involvement in numerous affairs, the cooperation with Gondor and Pogoń was abandoned for the third time in a very short time. In 2003, two years after the runner-up, Pogoń Stettin rose to the second division. Defeats such as B. the 0: 9 against Górnik Zabrze or the 1: 7 against Odra Wodzisław made the departure inglorious.
Once in the second division, the club was finally dissolved before the start of the season. All that remained was the memory of times gone by. Up until that point in time, a club called Piotrkovia was playing in Poland's second division, a club from a city with just under 80,000 inhabitants, which by its standards was quite stable. The owner of Piotrkovias was Antoni Ptak. His idea to house the Piotrkovia association in Szczecin and to merge it with “MKS Pogoń Szczecin” met with enormous protests and uprisings, both on the part of Piotrkovia supporters and on the part of former Pogoń fans. But there wasn't much time left until the start of the season and it was agreed to "try". In the same year the club Pogoń Szczecin Nowa was founded by the Pogoń fan club , which played in the lower leagues. Ptak kept his promise to bring the new club into league one within a very short time. Already in the summer of 2004, thousands of Pogoń-Szczecin fans celebrated the resurgence. The stadium was sold out at almost every home game.
Since that promotion Pogoń Stettin played in Poland's top division. The owner Antoni Ptak wanted a team that should only consist of Brazilian players. As a result, Ptak renounced the services of several Polish players, including those of the current Polish national team Przemysław Kaźmierczak and Rafał Grzelak , who moved to Boavista Porto in the Portuguese league. Ptak's intentions attracted representatives of the clubs Manchester United , FC Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund to the przy ulicy Twardowskiego stadium for the game between the Brazilian Pogoń and Wisła Kraków in March 2006 . The third-rate Brazilians' game did not arouse their interest. Ptak's player policy led the club into a crisis: in the meantime the Brazilians were playing in front of almost empty stands, the income was missing, sponsors were bailing out and the players often complain about unpaid salaries.
The number of spectators in the 2006/07 season fell to almost 3,000 fans, with the exception of a few classics such as B. against the arch-rival Lech Poznań or the friendly club Legia Warszawa . The club became a mockery for the media. Many promising talents from the region, for whom Pogoń was always a stepping stone into great football, saw no more development opportunities and moved to other parts of Poland. The fans lost identification with the team and massive protests broke out, which even resulted in direct threats against Antoni Ptak in internet forums.
Ptak announced the club no longer for the 2007/2008 season of the 2nd division with the association. Eventually, the Pogoń fan clubs and two local businessmen who call themselves Pogoń supporters re-registered the club for the 4th division. The club merged with the Pogoń Szczecin Nowa club and within a week a group of former Pogoń veterans and talents from the region was assembled, which started the season without any preparation. After some sporting and organizational difficulties at the beginning, the club was in first place after the first half of the season and with 5,000 spectators, despite the 4th division, attracted more spectators than many top division clubs in Poland. The city also took part in the reconstruction and the club was able to keep up with second division clubs in terms of transfer policy, marketing concept and financial situation. In addition, in contrast to the Ptak era, the club carefully maintained the club's traditions, u. a. through several actions and events around the 60th anniversary of the association in 2008.
In June 2008, after a secure 1st place in the league and then 0: 1 and 4: 1 in the relegation against Zatoka Puck, the club achieved promotion to the new 2nd division , which after renaming the Polish leagues for the 2008/2009 season the former 3rd division was. After the end of the season, talks about a possible engagement of the Groclin owner and multimillionaire Zbigniew Drzymała as an investor took place, but they were unsuccessful. In the 2nd league Pogoń was able to secure a 4th place in the first half of the season after initial difficulties; Due to a strong second half of the season, Pogoń took 2nd place and was able to celebrate his second ascent in a row on the last matchday in front of 8,000 spectators. Pogoń Stettin had in the 2008/2009 season with 62,000 spectators, approx. 3440 per game day, the highest average attendance in the 2nd Polish League, with up to 8,000 spectators on one game day. Away, too, Pogoń drew more spectators than usual to the home team's stadium. Overall, Pogoń was statistically the strongest playing away team in the league.
In the 2009/2010 season Pogoń played again in the 1st Polish League , where they finished 2nd as a newcomer to the first half of the season with an almost completely renewed squad, but did not make it to promotion after a somewhat weaker second half. In the Polish Cup, Pogoń, after eliminating Polonia Warszawa and Piast Gliwice and record champions Ruch Chorzów , to the final, where they lost 1-0 to Jagiellonia Białystok. After Pogoń was only sixth in the 2010/11 season, they finished one season later after a strong first half of the season and thus secured the autumn championship .
successes
- Polish junior champion: 1986
- Polish vice-champion (2): 1987, 2001
- Polish Cup Finalist (3): 1981, 1982, 2010
- Polish League Cup finalist: 2000
European Cup balance sheet
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
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| 1984/85 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 1. FC Cologne
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1: 3 | 1: 2 (A) | 0: 1 (H) |
| 1987/88 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Hellas Verona
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2: 4 | 1: 1 (H) | 1: 3 (A) |
| 1995 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group stage |
 AS Cannes
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1: 2 | 1: 2 (H) | |
 Farul Constanța
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1: 2 | 1: 2 (A) | ||||
 Dnjapro Mahiljou
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3: 3 | 3: 3 (H) | ||||
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1: 2 | 1: 2 (A) | ||||
| 2001/02 | Uefa cup | qualification |
 Fylkir Reykjavík
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2: 3 | 1: 2 (A) | 1: 1 (H) |
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 round |
 CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
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9: 2 | 3: 0 (A) | 6: 2 (H) |
| 2nd round |
 SK Sigma Olomouc
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0: 1 | 0: 1 (A) | 0: 0 (H) |
Overall record: 14 games, 2 wins, 4 draws, 8 defeats, 20:22 goals (goal difference −2)
Player and coach
Current squad 2018/19
As of September 3, 2018
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Club statistics
Ekstraklasa
Pogoń Stettin played a total of 43 seasons (1959/60, 1962 / 63–1964 / 65, 1966 / 67–1978 / 79, 1981 / 82–1988 / 89, 1992 / 93–1995 / 96, 1997 / 98–2002 / 03 , 2004 / 05–2006 / 07, 2012 / 13–) in Poland's top division, with a record of 1269 games with 408 wins, 359 draws and 502 defeats. The goal balance is 1462: 1724 ( as of 2016 ). In the Eternal Table of the Ekstraklasa you are 8th with 1583 points.
International games
In the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Pogoń was represented twice, namely in 1995 & 2005. In 1995 it was already over in the group stage, in 2005 they made it to the second round. The balance here: 8 games, 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats with 15: 9 goals. In the UEFA Cup they were in the 1984/85, 1987/88 and 2001/02 seasons. The first round always ended. The balance: 6 games, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Ekstraklasa top scorer
- 1962/1963 Marian Kielec 18 goals
- 1986/1987 Marek Leśniak 24 goals
Others
- Ekstraklasa debut: March 15, 1959 against Gwardia Warsaw
- Biggest wins: May 15, 1984 against Szombierki Bytom 8: 1 & August 29, 2003 Polar Wrocław 7: 1 ( 1st division )
- Biggest defeat: April 9, 2003 against Górnik Zabrze 0: 9
- Most points in one season: 44 in 30 games in the 1986/87 season
- Fewest points in a season: 9 in 30 games in the 2002/03 season
- Most goals in one season: 64 in 30 games in 1986/87
- Fewest goals in one season: 14 in 30 games in the 2002/03 season
- Most games for Pogoń in the Ekstraklasa: Leszek Wolski - 348 (1971–1987)
- Most goals for Pogoń in Ekstraklasa: Leszek Wolski - 88 (1971–1986)
Fans
The fans of Pogoń Szczecin have a reputation in Poland for being passionate, always inspiring the Polish football world with great choreographies and being loyal to the club, as proven by several awards. That was also shown by the last very tough years, in which the club was on the verge of existence and still could count on the encouragement and loyalty of the fans. Pogon's fans had a 20-year friendship with Legia Warsaw, which ended on September 27, 2013. Everywhere in the city you can see the coat of arms of the association, whether on walls or at the harbor.
The most famous fan clubs are:
- Młode Wilki
- Lads from Szczecin
- Old Boys Pogodno
- Stowarzyszenie Kibiców Pogoni Szczecin Pogoń Walcząca
- Stowarzyszenie Kibiców Pogoni Szczecin Portowcy
- Wierni Tradycji
Handball (women)
The first women's team plays under the name SPR Pogoń Baltica Szczecin . In 2011/2012 she was active in the first Polish league, the PGNiG Superliga.
Handball (men)
The men's first team plays under the name GAZ-SYSTEM Pogoń Szczecin . In the 2011/12 season she was promoted from League I to the PGNiG Superliga Mężczyzn , Poland's first division.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Official website of Pogoń Szczecin, football section (Polish)
- Website of Pogoń Szczecin, women's handball division (Polish)
- Website of Pogoń Szczecin, men's handball division (Polish)
- Website of Pogon Szczecin Fans (German)
Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 13.8 ″ N , 14 ° 31 ′ 0.8 ″ E
