FFootball is the most popular

sport in Poland. Over 400,000

Poles play football. The first

professional clubs were

founded in the early 1900s, and the first match of

Polish National Football Team was played in

1921.

The history of football in Poland started in the late 19th century with the rising popularity of the new sport. At the time, the Polish state was partitioned. The first decades of Polish football are therefore connected with the history of Football in Austria.The first Polish football clubs were Lechia Lwów , Czarni Lwów, Pogoń Lwów, Resovia Rzeszów , Cracovia and Wisła Kraków. The Polish National Footbal Federation, called PZPN, was founded on 20th December 1919 in Warsaw when 31 delegates elected Edward Cetnarowski as the first president.

The history of football in Poland

Football Association FIFA, the Polish representation at the Olympic Games in Paris 1924.20 April 1923 the Polish Football Association was officially adopted in the structure of the organization, and already in 1924 the first Polish National Team took part in the Olympic football tournament in Paris. In the only match they played they loose against Hungary.

The first Polish Cup and league competitions.At the turn of 1925 and 1926 seasons was the premiere edition of the Polish Cup . The first trophy received Wisła Kraków after a victory over Sparta Lions. Another edition of the Polish Cup was conducted in 1951. On 15th January 1928 Football League became an autonomous member of the football panel.

Today

Currently there are around 5,700 football clubs, playing in ten league levels.

Artur BorucIreneusz Jeleń

Maciej Żurawski

Euzebiusz Smolarek

Jerzy Dudek

Jakub Błaszczykowski

On 18th april 2007 the President of UEFA

announced that the hosts of the 2012 UEFA

Championships will be Poland and Ukraine.

EURO 2012

Stadiums

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