Bogdan Adamczyk (born 27 November 1935) is a Polish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. Adamczyk spent the majority of his career playing for

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

, with the exceptions of playing two seasons with

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, and two years in Australia playing for Polonia Sydney.

Senior career

In 1954, Adamczyk made his Lechia debut against

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

, in the first game of the season. In his second professional season Adamczyk was playing in the top flight with Lechia, and was playing regularly for the team. He scored his first

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

goal against

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, his third game of playing in the highest division. From 1956 to 1957, Adamczyk was called up for his military service, and as a result spent those two years playing for

, a team which started as a military sponsored sports club. In 1958, Adamczyk returned to Lechia and found himself back in the starting team. In his first year back, he scored a total of 11 goals making him the club's top scorer, and was his highest tally in the top division in a single season. In 1962, Adamczyk played his 100th game in the Ekstraklasa, an occasion with which he scored a goal for Lechia. Adamczyk's goals were not enough to keep Lechia in the top division, and within a few years Lechia found themselves playing in the third tier. It was at this time Adamczyk decided to leave Lechia, with whom he had played 117 games and scoring 36 goals in the Ekstraklasa for Lechia. Adamczyk was Lechia's highest goalscorer in the Ekstraklasa until

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broke his record in 2018. In 1965, Adamczyk moved to Sydney, Australia, to play for Polonia Sydney, a team started in Sydney by Polish immigrants. Adamczyk finally retired from football in 1967 having played in Australia for 2 years.

Awards

* 2011: Gold Cross of Merit, for achievements in football and its popularization

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adamczyk, Bogdan 1935 births Living people Footballers from Radom Men's association football forwards Polish men's footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players Ekstraklasa players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) 20th-century Polish sportsmen