Grodzisk Wielkopolski is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie), with a population of 13,703 (2006). It is 43 kilometres (27 mi) south-west of Poznań, the voivodeship capital. It is the seat of Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, and also of the smaller administrative district called Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski. The suffix "Wielkopolski" distinguishes it from the town of Grodzisk Mazowiecki in east-central Poland.
Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland.
The Polish Cup in football is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. Due to mass participation of teams, the tournament is often called The Cup of the Thousand Teams.
The Polish Super Cup is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been played 31 times. The most successful club is Lech Poznań, who won 6 times. The most common participant are Legia Warsaw, as they played fourteen final games and have lost their eight following finals since 2012. Unlike in Polish Cup, there is no extra time played in the competition, therefore in case of a draw after regular time match goes straight into a penalty shoot-out.
Radosław Sobolewski is a retired Polish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and a football manager. He represented the Poland national team. He is currently the head coach of I liga club Wisła Kraków.
Sebastian Mila is a Polish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for clubs including; Lechia Gdańsk, Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski and Śląsk Wrocław. His longest spell at a club was with Śląsk Wrocław with whom he won the Ekstraklasa and Polish Super Cup. He played for two teams outside of Poland; Austria Wien in Austria, who he won the Austrian Bundesliga with. And had a short spell with Vålerenga in Norway. Mila was an international for the Poland national team getting a total of 38 caps and scoring 8 goals for his national team and was included in the nation's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, previously Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship.
The 2006–07 Ekstraklasa started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions.
The 2007–08 Ekstraklasa started in July 2007 and ended in mid-May 2008. It was run by the Ekstraklasa SA.
Tomasz Zahorski is a former Polish footballer.
Tomasz Jodłowiec is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.
The 2008–09 Ekstraklasa was the 75th season of top-tier football in Poland. It began on 8 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The season was originally scheduled to start on 25 July 2008. However, the first two rounds of games were postponed because of legal uncertainties about the number of teams in the competition following an association-wide corruption scandal.
Maciej Skorża is a former Polish professional footballer. He is currently the manager of J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.
Piotr Rocki was a Polish football player.
Jakub Jesionkowki is a Polish football player, most recently playing in England for League Two team Swindon Town.
MKS Błękitni Wronki is a Polish association football club from Wronki, Greater Poland. The original Błękitni Wronki was created in 1921 and played until 1992. Błękitni then merged with Wromet Wróblewo and became Amica Wronki. In 2007, in response to Amica's disbandment, it was decided to rebuild the Błękitni club, as a phoenix club.
The 2018–19 I liga was the 11th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 71st season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league was operated by the PZPN. The league was contested by 18 teams. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 20 July 2018 and will conclude on 19 May 2019.
The 2019–20 I liga was the 72nd season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 12th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the PZPN. The league was contested by 18 teams. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 26 July 2019 and concluded on 26 July 2020. On 13 March 2020, the PZPN suspended the league due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. After consultation with the Polish government, the league resumed behind closed doors without any spectators on 2 June 2020.
Sérgio Leandro Seixas Santos known as Sérgio Batata or just Batata is a Brazilian-born Polish footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Luciążanka Przygłów.
In Polish football there have been four different League Cups with varying levels of success, but all were short-lived competitions, held irregularly over the years. The league cup competitions focused mainly on top division teams, in contrast to that of the Polish Cup which allows teams much lower down in the footballing pyramid to compete. The four League Cup competitions played in Poland are; the Young Leaders Rally Cup (1952), the League Cup (1977–1978), the Polish League Cup (1999–2002), and the Ekstraklasa Cup (2006–2009), the former three being organised by the Polish Football Association while the most recent competition was organised by Ekstraklasa SA.
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