Poland – Pomerania Clubs

Poland - Pomerania - Clubs in First and Second Division

One part of the Pomerania (pomorskie) region, including for example Gdansk, Tczew and Malbork, belongs to Poland since 1945 (earlier to Free City Gdansk and Germany); the other part, including for example Gdynia and Starogard Gdanski belongs to Poland since 1918. Below all clubs from the region to appear at first or second level in Poland are listed chronologically.

cities and towns (population):
Gdańsk - 461.000
Gdynia - 248.000
Słupsk - 99.000
Malbork - 40.300

1920/1921:

Pomeranian Football Federation wasn't in Polish National Football Federation and pomeranian clubs didn't play in Polish National Championship.

1922:

Pomeranian Football Federation wasn't in Polish National Football Federation and pomeranian clubs didn't play in Polish National Championship.

1923:

Pomeranian Football Federation wasn't in Polish National Football Federation and pomeranian clubs didn't play in Polish National Championship.

1924:

No championship due to Olympic Games preparation.

1925:

TKS Toruń (Pomerania & Cuiavia region) represented Pomeranian Football Federation.

1926:

TKS Toruń (Pomerania & Cuiavia region) represented Pomeranian Football Federation.

1927:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams in finals

1928:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1929:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1930:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1931:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1932:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1933:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1934:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1935:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1936:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1937:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1938:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1939 (not finished due to the outbreak of Second World War):

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1946:

regional champion: Gedania Gdańsk (2:6 with RKU Sosnowiec in 2^nd round of National Championship)

1947:

league qualifications: Gedania Gdańsk (7^th/10 place in Group 2, all 28 teams)

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (1^st/4 place in Group 3, qualifited to Final Group, then 5^th (last) place, all 20 teams)

1948:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (1^st/4 place in Group 5, qualifited to Final Group, then 1^st/5 place, promotion, all 20 teams)

1949:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (12^th (last) place, relegation)

2^nd division: any teams

1950:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (6^th/10 place in Western Group, all 20 teams)

1951:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (1^st/8 place in Group 1, qualifited to Final Group, then 1^st/4 place, promotion), Gedania Gdańsk (7^th/8 place in Group 1), Gryf Słupsk (8^th (last) place in Group 1, all 32 teams)

1952:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (4^th/6 place in Group 1, all 12 teams)

2^nd division: Gryf Słupsk (5^th/10 place in Group 1, relegation), Polonia Gdańsk (7^th/10 place in Group 1, relegation), Gedania Gdańsk (10^th (last) place in Group 1, relegation, all 40 teams)

1953:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (12^th (last) place)

2^nd division: any teams

1954:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (2^nd/11 place, promotion)

1955:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (5^th/12 place)

2^nd division: Polonia Gdańsk (7^th/14 place)

1956:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (3^rd/12 place)

2^nd division: Polonia Gdańsk (7^th/14 place)

1957:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (5^th/12 place)

2^nd division: Polonia Gdańsk (6^th/12 place in Northern Group, all 24 teams)

1958:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (8^th/12 place)

2^nd division: Polonia Gdańsk (6^th/12 place in Northern Group, all 24 teams)

1959:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (6^th/12 place)

2^nd division: Polonia Gdańsk (8^th/12 place in Northern Group, all 24 teams)

1960:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (9^th/12 place)

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (6^th/12 place in Northern Group), Polonia Gdańsk (11^th/12 place in Northern Group, relegation, all 24 teams)

1961:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (8^th/14 place)

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (12^th/18 place), Bałtyk Gdynia (14^th/18 place)

1962:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (5^th/7 place in Group B, 2:0 and 1:3 with ŁKS Łódź in play-offs, 10^th/14 place in all over league)

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (6^th/8 place in Group D), Arka Gdynia (8^th (last) place in Group D, relegation, all 16 teams)

1962/1963:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (13^th/14 place, relegation)

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (15^th/16 place, relegation), Polonia Gdańsk (16^th (last) place, relegation)

1963/1964:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (10^th/16 place)

1964/1965:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (7^th/16 place), Arka Gdynia (11^th/16 place)

1965/1966:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (6^th/16 place), Arka Gdynia (8^th/16 place)

1966/1967:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (6^th/16 place), Lechia Gdańsk (13^th/16 place, relegation)

1967/1968:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (15^th/16 place, relegation)

1968/1969:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: any teams

1969/1970:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (5^th/16 place)

1970/1971:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (4^th/16 place)

1971/1972:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (4^th/16 place)

1972/1973:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (7^th/16 place), Arka Gdynia (9^th/16 place)

1973/1974:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (1^st/16 place in Northern Group, promotion), Lechia Gdańsk (4^th/16 place in Northern Group), Bałtyk Gdynia (6^th/16 place in Northern Group), Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (7^th/16 place in Northern Group, all 32 teams)

1974/1975:

1^st division: Arka Gdynia (16^th (last) place, relegation)

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (2^nd/16 place in Northern Group), Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (6^th/16 place in Northern Group), Bałtyk Gdynia (10^th/16 place in Northern Group, all 32 teams)

1975/1976:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (1^st/16 place in Northern Group, promotion), Lechia Gdańsk (2^nd/16 place in Northern Group), Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (4^th/16 place in Northern Group), Bałtyk Gdynia (5^th/16 place in Northern Group, all 32 teams)

1976/1977:

1^st division: Arka Gdynia (11^th/16 place)

2^nd division: Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (3^rd/16 place in Northern Group), Lechia Gdańsk (5^th/16 place in Northern Group), Bałtyk Gdynia (6^th/16 place in Northern Group, all 32 teams)

1977/1978:

1^st division: Arka Gdynia (7^th/16 place)

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (2^nd/16 place in Northern Group), Bałtyk Gdynia (3^rd/16 place in Northern Group), Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (9^th/16 place in Northern Group, all 32 teams)

1978/1979:

1^st division: Arka Gdynia (11^th/16 place)

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (2^nd/16 place in Western Group), Lechia Gdańsk (3^rd/16 place in Western Group), Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (11^th/16 place in Western Group, all 32 teams)

1979/1980:

1^st division: Arka Gdynia (8^th/16 place)

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (1^st/16 place in Western Group, promotion), Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (5^th/16 place in Western Group), Lechia Gdańsk (6^th/16 place in Western Group, all 32 teams)

1980/1981:

1^st division: Bałtyk Gdynia (6^th/16 place), Arka Gdynia (11^th/16 place)

2^nd division: Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (6^th/16 place in Western Group), Lechia Gdańsk (7^th/16 place in Western Group, all 32 teams)

1981/1982:

1^st division: Bałtyk Gdynia (13^th/16 place), Arka Gdynia (15^th/16 place, relegation)

2^nd division: Gryf Słupsk (6^th/16 place in Western Group), Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (13^th/16 place in Western Group, relegation), Lechia Gdańsk (14^th/16 place in Western Group, relegation, all 32 teams)

1982/1983:

1^st division: Bałtyk Gdynia (10^th/16 place)

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (11^th/16 place in Western Group), Gryf Słupsk (16^th (last) place in Western Group, relegation, all 32 teams)

1983/1984:

1^st division: Bałtyk Gdynia (13^th/16 place)

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (1^st/16 place in Western Group, promotion), Arka Gdynia (14^th/16 place in Western Group, relegation, all 32 teams)

1984/1985:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (12^th/16 place), Bałtyk Gdynia (13^th/16 place)

2^nd division: any teams

1985/1986:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (14^th/16 place), Bałtyk Gdynia (15^th/16 place, relegation)

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (6^th/16 place in Western Group, all 32 teams)

1986/1987:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (11^th/16 place, qualifited to relegation play-offs, then 2:1 and 2:1 with Ruch Chorzów, still in 1^st division)

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (2^nd/16 place in Western Group, qualifited to promotion play-offs, then 1:1 and 2:0 with Piast Gliwice, promotion), Arka Gdynia (15^th/16 place in Western Group, relegation, all 32 teams)

1987/1988:

1^st division: Lechia Gdańsk (12^th/16 place, relegation after play-offs with Olimpia Poznań 0:1 and 2:2), Bałtyk Gdynia (15^th/16 place, relegation)

2^nd division: Stoczniowiec Gdańsk (16^th (last) place in Western Group, relegation, all 32 teams)

1988/1989:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (10^th/16 place in Western Group), Lechia Gdańsk (10^th/16 place in Eastern Group), Arka Gdynia (14^th/16 place in Western Group, relegation, all 32 teams)

1989/1990:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (11^th/20 place), Bałtyk Gdynia (19^th/20 place, relegation)

1990/1991:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (12^th/20 place)

1991/1992:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (8^th/17 place in Western Group), Bałtyk Gdynia (12^th/17 place in Western Group, all 35 teams)

1992/1993:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (4^th/18 place in Western Group), Lechia Gdańsk (5^th/18 place in Western Group), Arka Gdynia (9^th/18 place in Western Group, all 36 teams)

1993/1994:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Bałtyk Gdynia (10^th/18 place in Western Group), Arka Gdynia (12^th/18 place in Western Group), Lechia Gdańsk (14^th/18 place in Western Group, all 36 teams)

1994/1995:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Pomezania Malbork (9^th/18 place in Eastern Group), Bałtyk Gdynia (14^th/18 place in Western Group), Lechia Gdańsk (15^th/18 place in Western Group, relegation), Arka Gdynia (17^th/18 place in Western Group, relegation, all 36 teams)

1995/1996:

1^st division: Olimpia/Lechia Gdańsk (16^th/18 place, relegation, club Olimpia from Poznań merged to Gdańsk to create Olimpia/Lechia Gdańsk)

2^nd division: Pomezania Malbork (12^th/18 place in Eastern Group), Polonia Gdańsk (17^th/18 place in Western Group, relegation), Bałtyk Gdynia (18^th (last) place in Western Group, relegation, all 36 teams)

1996/1997:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Olimpia/Lechia Gdańsk (15^th/18 place in Western Group, relegation), Pomezania Malbork (16^th/18 place in Eastern Group, relegation, all 36 teams)

1997/1998:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Polonia Gdańsk (5^th/17 place in Western Group, all 35 teams, after season merged with Lechia to create Lechia/Polonia Gdańsk)

1998/1999:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia/Polonia Gdańsk (7^th/14 place in Western Group, after season changed name to Lechia Gdańsk, all 29 teams)

1999/2000:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (14^th/24 place)

2000/2001:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Lechia Gdańsk (19^th/20 place, relegation)

2001/2002:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (11^th/20 place)

2002/2003:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (7^th/18 place)

2003/2004:

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia (13^th/16 place, qualifited to relegation play-offs, then 0:0 and 2:1 with Śląsk Wrocław, still in 2^nd division)

2004/2005 (is playing now):

1^st division: any teams

2^nd division: Arka Gdynia

SEASONS:

1^st division (1927-1939 and 1948-2004/2005)
Lechia Gdańsk - 16 seasons
Arka Gdynia - 7 seasons
Bałtyk Gdynia - 7 seasons
Olimpia/Lechia Gdańsk - 1 season

2^nd division (1927-1939 and 1947-2004/2005)
Lechia Gdańsk - 28 seasons
Arka Gdynia - 24 seasons
Bałtyk Gdynia - 19 seasons
Polonia Gdańsk - 10 seasons
Stoczniowiec Gdańsk - 10 seasons
Gryf Słupsk - 4 seasons
Pomezania Malbork - 3 seasons
Gedania Gdańsk - 2 seasons
Lechia/Polonia Gdańsk - 1 season
Olimpia/Lechia Gdańsk - 1 season

Poland - Regional Analysis

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Maks Saczywko for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Maks Saczywko (maks890@poczta.onet.pl), Goleniów (Western Pomerania, Poland)
Last updated: 23 Oct 2004