Poland - Regional Analysis


Below you find a regionwise analysis of the Polish league - which regions provided how many teams to the league, and titles won per region.

Seasons in First Division 1927-1939 and 1948-2004/2005 and national champions 1921-1939 and 1946-2003/2004.


Pomorze Zachodnie (zachodniopomorskie)

region in Poland since 1945

capital city: Szczecin

population: 1.733.800

Pogoń Szczecin, 37 seasons

Arkonia Szczecin, 4 seasons

Pomorze Gdańskie (pomorskie)

part of the region (Gdańsk) in Poland since 1945

capital city: Gdańsk

population: 2.198.300

Lechia Gdańsk, 16 seasons

Arka Gdynia, 7 seasons

Bałtyk Gdynia, 7 seasons

Olimpia/Lechia Gdańsk, 1 season

Warmia & Mazuria (warmińsko – mazurskie)

region in Poland since 1945

capital city: Olsztyn

population: 1.468.300

Stomil Olsztyn, 8 seasons

Podlasie (podlaskie)

capital city: Białystok

population: 1.221.100

Jagiellonia Białystok, 4 seasons

Mazowsze (mazowieckie)

capital city: Warszawa

population: 5.072.300

Legia Warszawa, 69 seasons, 7 titles

Polonia Warszawa, 25 seasons, 2 titles

Gwardia Warszawa, 23 seasons

Warszawianka Warszawa, 13 seasons

Wisła (Orlen, Petrochemia) Płock, 7 seasons

Strzelec 22 pp Siedlce, 3 seasons

Radomiak Radom, 1 season

Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, 1 season

Kujawy & Pomorze (kujawsko – pomorskie)

capital cities: Bydgoszcz & Toruń

population: 2.099.700

Zawisza Bydgoszcz, 12 seasons

Polonia Bydgoszcz, 7 seasons

Toruński KS Toruń, 2 seasons

Wielkopolska (wielkopolskie)

capital city: Poznań

population: 3.360.900

Lech Poznań, 44 seasons, 5 titles

Warta Poznań, 18 seasons, 2 titles

Amica Wronki, 10 seasons

Olimpia Poznań, 8 seasons

Dyskobolia (Groclin) Grodzisk Wielkopolski, 7 seasons

Sokół Pniewy, 3 seasons

Ziemia Lubuska (lubuskie)

region in Poland since 1945

capital cities: Gorzów Wielkopolski & Zielona Góra

population: 1.024.000

No teams of Ziemia Lubuska have played in First Division until 2004/05.

Dolny Śląsk (dolnośląskie)

region in Poland since 1945

capital city: Wrocław

population: 2.972.700

Śląsk Wrocław, 29 seasons, 1 title

Zagłębie Lubin, 18 seasons, 1 title

Górnik Wałbrzych, 6 seasons

Zagłębie Wałbrzych, 6 seasons

Górnik Polkowice, 1 season

Śląsk Opolski (opolskie)

region in Poland since 1945

capital city: Opole

population: 1.084.700

Odra Opole, 22 seasons

Górny Śląsk (śląskie)

part of region (Zabrze, Bytom, Racibórz) in Poland since 1945

capital city: Katowice

polulation: 4.847.600

Ruch Chorzów (Hajduki Wielkie), 67 seasons, 14 titles

Górnik Zabrze, 49 seasons, 14 titles

Zagłębie Sosnowiec, 34 seasons

Polonia Bytom, 31 seasons, 2 titles

GKS (Dospel) Katowice, 30 seasons

Szombierki Bytom, 25 seasons, 1 title

AKS Chorzów, 10 seasons

Odra Wodzisław Śląski, 9 seasons

Górnik Radlin, 8 seasons

Górnik ROW Rybnik, 7 seasons

Raków Częstochowa, 4 seasons

1. FC Katowice, 3 seasons

GKS Tychy, 3 seasons

Ruch Radzionków, 3 seasons

Śląsk Świętochłowice, 3 seasons

Dąb Katowice, 2 seasons

Unia Racibórz, 2 seasons

GKS Jastrzębie - Zdrój, 1 season

Garbarnia Szczakowianka Jaworzno, 1 season

Rymer Niedobczyce, 1 season

Sokół Tychy, 1 season

Małopolska (małopolskie)

capital city: Kraków

popualtion: 3.233.800

Wisła Kraków, 65 seasons, 9 titles

Cracovia (Kraków), 27 seasons, 5 titles

Garbarnia Kraków, 15 seasons, 1 title

Hutnik Kraków, 7 seasons

Podgórze Kraków, 2 seasons

Wawel (OWKS) Kraków, 2 seasons

Tarnovia (Tarnów), 1 season

Jutrzenka Kraków, 1 season

Podkarpacie (podkarpackie)

capital city: Rzeszów

population: 2.128.600

Stal Mielec, 25 seasons, 2 titles

Stal Rzeszów, 11 seasons

Stal Stalowa Wola, 4 seasons

Siarka Tarnobrzeg, 3 seasons

Igloopol (Pegrotour) Dębica, 2 seasons

Ziemia Świętokrzyska (świętokrzyskie)

capital city: Kielce

population: 1.322.900

KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, 3 seasons

Ziemia Łódzka (łódzkie)

capital city: Łódź

population: 2.643.400

Łódzki KS Łódź, 61 seasons, 2 titles

Widzew Łódź, 29 seasons, 4 titles

GKS Bełchatów, 3 seasons

Klub Turystów Łódź, 3 seasons

ŁTS-G Łódź, 1 season

RKS Radomsko, 1 season

Union - Touring Łódź, 1 season

Lubelszczyzna (lubelskie)

capital city: Lublin

population: 2.232.100

Motor Lublin, 9 seasons

Górnik Łęczna, 2 seasons

Regions, which was in Poland before 1939, now in Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine

Wileńczszyzna (wileńskie)

capital city: Wilno (Vilnus)

Śmigły Wilno, 1 season

Ziemia Lwowska (lwowskie)

capital city: Lwów (L'viv)

Pogoń Lwów, 13 seasons, 4 titles

Czarni Lwów, 7 seasons

Hasmonea Lwów, 2 seasons

Lechia Lwów, 1 season

Overall statistics 

Region

Population

Presences

Titles

 

 

clubs

seas.

clubs

seas.

zachodniopomorskie

1.733.800

2

41

0

0

pomorskie

2.198.300

4

31

0

0

warmińsko - mazur.

1.468.300

1

8

0

0

podlaskie

1.221.100

1

4

0

0

mazowieckie

5.072.300

8

142

2

9

kujawsko - pomors.

2.099.700

3

21

0

0

wielkopolskie

3.360.900

6

90

2

7

lubuskie

1.024.000

0

0

0

0

dolnośląskie

2.972.700

5

60

2

2

opolskie

1.084.700

1

22

0

0

śląskie

4.847.600

21

294

4

31

małopolskie

3.233.800

8

120

3

15

podkarpackie

2.128.600

5

45

1

2

świętokrzyskie

1.322.900

1

3

0

0

łódzkie

2.643.400

7

99

2

6

lubelskie

2.232.100

2

11

0

0

Wilno

???

1

1

0

0

Lwów

???

4

23

1

4


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: 19 Feb 2005

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