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Młoda Ekstraklasa
Młoda Ekstraklasa (, official abbreviation MESA or (rarely) literally in English: The Young Ekstraklasa) was a Polish youth football league consisting of the top youth teams from the 16 Ekstraklasa clubs. The league was established to promote improved scouting and youth development in Poland, providing young players with regular competitive matches, as they often faced challenges in securing playing time with their respective first teams. Competition format The competition was held for players aged 21 and under, although each team was permitted to include three players exceeding the age limit (for the 2007–08 season: players born on or after 1 January 1986). Typically, matches were scheduled one day after the senior teams of the respective clubs had played, but the venues were reversed. The team accumulating the highest number of points by the season's conclusion was crowned the Młoda Ekstraklasa Champion. History Bogdan Basałaj conceived the idea of establishing a tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KS Cracovia (football)
Cracovia () is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Kraków. The club is five-time Polish champion, besides being the inaugural Polish champion, winner of the Polish Cup and the Polish Super Cup in 2020. Founded in 1906, Cracovia is the oldest Polish club still in existence. They play in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the Polish football league system, national football league system. History Beginning The early years of football in the city of Kraków are associated with professor Henryk Jordan. He was a Polish physician who had spent some time in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Britain and after coming back to his native city introduced football to its youth. Jordan was a huge supporter of all sports and gymnastics. On 12 March 1889, he founded The Park of Games and Plays in Kraków, which was commonly called Jordan's Park. Places like this later spread all across Austrian Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, and apart from gymna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reserve Association Football Leagues In Europe
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Football Leagues In Poland
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football; and rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogoń Szczecin
Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league system. 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 21 April 1948 as ''Klub Sportowy Sztorm''. Its first departments were football and boxing, and the football team began playing in the local ''C-Klasa''. In March 1949, several sports clubs in Szczecin (''KS Sztorm, KS Cukrownik, KS Drukarz, Pocztowy KS'') were merged in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Zieliński (footballer)
Kamil Zieliński (born 3 March 1988) is a Polish professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He wore the yellow jersey of general classification leader for one stage in the 2015 Tour de Pologne. Major results ;2009 : 10th Overall Dookoła Mazowsza ;2010 : 2nd Overall Carpathia Couriers Paths : 5th Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej ;2013 : 4th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique : 10th Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego ;2014 : 1st Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego : 2nd Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Hungary : 3rd Tour Bohemia : 6th Overall Okolo Jižních Čech : 10th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia ;2015 : 2nd Overall Podlasie Tour ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Korona Kocich Gór : 5th Overall Tour of Małopolska : 9th Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour ::1st Stage 6 ;2016 : 5th Korona Kocich Gór : 6th Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej : 7th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympiqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Grunt
Michał Grunt (born 10 September 1993) is a Polish professional footballer playing as a forward. Club career Born in Sosnowiec, Grunt made his professional debut with local club Zaglebie Sosnowiec, scoring a goal on that match. He then signed for Polonia Warszawa. A lack of first team opportunities saw him return to his old club the following season. He became the topscorer for the reserve team. On 5 July 2013, he signed for Braga B, playing in Segunda Liga (second tier of Portuguese football) on a four-year contract. On 7 December, he scored his debut goal for his club in a 2–1 defeat to Maritimo B. On 22 August 2016, his contract at Braga was terminated, and he subsequently joined KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. On 28 January 2019, Grunt signed a contract with Motor Lublin. In January 2020 he was loaned out to his former club, KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, for the rest of the season. After returning from loan, Grunt moved to Podhale Nowy Targ. Honours KSZO Os ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łukasz Teodorczyk
Łukasz Teodorczyk (; born 3 June 1991) is a Polish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Club career Early career Having joined Polonia Warsaw in January 2010, Teodorczyk made his Ekstraklasa debut on 29 October 2010. During the 2010–11 Ekstraklasa, 2010–11 season, his first at Polonia, he featured in six outings for the senior team, and appeared in 21 games in the Młoda Ekstraklasa youth league, scoring 15 goals. Lech Poznań Before leaving Lech Poznań in August 2014, Teodorczyk had played four games and scored three goals, which qualified him for a medal when Lech won the Ekstraklasa in May 2015. Dynamo Kyiv On 27 August 2014, Teodorczyk signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv who reportedly paid €4 million for the transfer. He made his debut for Dynamo on 30 August 2014 in a 2–0 win against Chornomorets Odesa coming on as a substitute on the 85th minute. About 15 seconds a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Kaszuba
Jakub Kaszuba (born 28 January 1988) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Early life Born in 1988, Kaszuba grew up idolizing Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimović. As a youth player, Kaszuba joined the youth academy of Bałtyk Gdynia. He was nicknamed "Kasza" and was regarded as one of the brightest youth prospects in Poland. Career Kaszuba started his career with Bałtyk Gdynia. In total, he scored 28 league goals for them during his first stint there. After that, he signed for Cracovia. He played for the first team while simultaneously playing for their youth team. Kaszubed finished as top scorer of the 2009–10 Młoda Ekstraklasa with 13 goals. He also featured in friendlies for the first team. He scored his first league goal for Cracovia during a 1–1 draw with Polonia Warsaw on 17 October 2008, dedicating the goal to his parents. In early 2009, he suffered an injury that kept him sidelined for several months. He returned to play in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lech Poznań
Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. The club was established on 19 March 1922 as ''KS Lutnia Dębiec'', later changing its name several times. Until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways (PKP). As a result, its popular nickname is ''Kolejorz'' , which means The Railwayman in local slang. The club's debut in the Polish top division took place in the year 1948. The brightest era of Lech was in the early 1980s and early 1990s when they won 5 Polish league titles, 3 Polish Cups and a Polish Super Cup. Lech has won the Polish league a total of nine times, most recently in 2025, and is the most popular football club in the Greater Poland region. Names History Formation and early years (1920–1945) In August 1920, a group of young teenagers from the Catho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Śląsk Wrocław
Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football league system. Two-time Polish champion (1977, 2012), four-time Polish runner-up (1978, 1982, 2011, 2024), two-time Polish Cup winner (1976, 1987), two-time Polish Super Cup winner (1987, 2012) and Ekstraklasa Cup winner (2009). The club's home is Wrocław Stadium, Tarczyński Arena Wrocław, a 45,105 capacity stadium in Wrocław which was one of the host venues during UEFA Euro 2012. The club previously played at Olympic Stadium (Wrocław), Olympic Stadium and Stadion Oporowska. History The club has had many names since its foundation in 1947. They are listed below; * 1947 – Pionier Wrocław * 1949 – Legia Wrocław * 1950 – Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Wrocław * 1951 – Okręgowy Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Wrocł ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Biliński
Kamil Biliński (born 23 January 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker. Club career Biliński was born on 23 January 1988 in the city of Wrocław. He began his senior career with Śląsk Wrocław in 2006, where he spent six seasons and took part in 26 league games. From 2007 to 2013, he played for clubs such as Górnik Polkowice, Znicz Pruszków, Wisła Płock and Žalgiris. Dinamo București On 3 January 2014, it was announced that Romanian side Dinamo București had reached an agreement for the transfer of Biliński, signing a -year deal for €530,000. In June 2015, he was released by Dinamo, a year before his contract expired. International career He was a part of Poland under-21 national football team. Honours Śląsk Wrocław *Ekstraklasa Cup: 2008–09 Žalgiris *A Lyga: 2013 *Lithuanian Cup: 2012–13 *Lithuanian Supercup: 2013 Riga *Latvian Higher League: 2018, 2019 *Latvian Cup: 2018 Individual * Młoda Ekstraklasa top scorer: 2008– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
