Polonia Bydgoszcz
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| Surname | Polonia Bydgoszcz | ||
| Seat | Bydgoszcz | ||
| founding | May 14, 1920 | ||
| Colours | White-red | ||
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| Head coach | Michał Stolarski | ||
| Venue | Polonia Stadium | ||
| Places | 15,000 | ||
| league | 5th league | ||
| 2019/20 | 5th place | ||
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Polonia Bydgoszcz is a sports club from the Polish city of Bydgoszcz (German Bromberg ). It was founded in 1920. The club's colors are white and red. The most successful is the speedway division of the club, which has won the Polish championship seven times.
Name changes
- 1920: KS Polonia
- 1932: BKS Polonia
- 1949: Milicyjny KS Gwardia (militia sports club)
- 1956: Gwardyjski KS Polonia (militia sports club)
- 1990: BKS Polonia
- 2003: BTŻ Polonia speedway department, KP Polonia football department
- 2006: Speedway department ŻKS Polonia
Speedway department
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The club's speedway division won the Polish team championship seven times, and the Polonia drivers won the individual championship eight times and the pair championship 11 times. The club has won the Speedway Europa Cup three times , comparable to the Champions League in football. The best known and most successful driver of the team was Tomasz Gollob . Until 2007 it was the only club in Poland that had never been relegated from the Speedway Ekstraliga . After only one season in the second-rate first division, the team was able to return to the upper house, but had to relegate again after the end of the 2010 season. The rise again succeeded in 2011.
successes
- Polish team championship : 1955, 1971, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
- Polish individual championship: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
- Polish pair championship: 1974, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
- Speedway European Cup : 1998, 1999, 2001
Squad 2020
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Football department
Polonia Bydgoszcz footballers play in the Polish fifth division. In 1929, 1932, 1933 and 1935 they won the Pomeranian championship, but were defeated in the promotion games to the 1st Polish league. In the years 1954-1956 and 1958-1961 they played in the 1st Polish league .
In May 1923, Polonia became the first Polish team to play a game against a foreign club. In the then German Schneidemühl they lost against FC Viktoria Schneidemühl with 1: 2. Viktoria also won the second leg in Bydgoszcz, 1-0.
successes
- 5th place in the Ekstraklasa : 1960 season
- 7 seasons in Ekstraklasa - last season 1961
- Polish junior champion: 1980
- Pomeranian Masters: 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935
Ice hockey department
The club's ice hockey department existed from 1928–1990. On December 19, 1959, at the inauguration game for the new ice hockey hall in Bydgoszcz, the Canadian world champions of 1955 , the brothers Dick, Bill and Grant Warwick, played against Górnik Katowice in front of 10,000 spectators in the ranks of the club . The game was lost 9: 3. The Canadians scored all three goals for Polonia.