Silesia national football team

Silesia
NicknameŠlunsko Pila (Silesian football)
AssociationSilesian Football Association
FIFA codenone
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Galicia 0–1 Moravia and Silesia 
(Kraków, Poland; 31 August 1913)
as Silesia
 Silesia 0–1 Poland 
(Katowice, Poland; 30 October 1932)
Biggest win
 Silesia 7–2 Tanzania 
(Chorzów, Poland; 22 July 1974)
Biggest defeat
 Silesia 3–4 Basque Country 
(Chorzów, Poland; 9 June 1937)
 Silesia 0–1 Poland 
(Katowice, Poland; 30 October 1932)
 Silesia 1–2 Poland 
(Katowice, Poland; 4 October 1933)
 Silesia 2–3 Poland 
(Chorzów, Poland; 26 April 1953)

Silesia national football team (Polish: Reprezentacja Śląska w piłce nożnej; Silesian: Sylezyjo norodowo drużyna futbolu), also known as Upper Silesia,[1] Upper Silesia, Poland,[2] Polish Silesia[3] or Polish Upper Silesia[4] is an informal regional football team made up of players from football clubs located in Silesia, under the auspices of the Silesian Football Association (Polish: Śląski Związek Piłki Nożnej). It is not affiliated to FIFA, and does not play in official international matches.

Matches

Silesia vs Poland

Source:[5]

No. Date Stadium Match Result Turnout Goalscorers
1 30 October 1932 Katowice Silesia vs. Poland 0–1 5,000 Stefan Pytel
2 4 October 1933 KS Police Stadium, Katowice Silesia vs. Poland 1–2 5,000 Hubert Gad, Ryszard Piec
3 26 April 1953 Ruch Stadium, Chorzów Silesia vs. Poland 2–3 12,000 Miroslav Wiecek, Ewald Wiśniowski
4 13 September 1953 Polonia Stadium, Bytom Silesia vs. Poland 3–3 3,000 Lucjan Brychczy (2), Tadeusz Stawowy
5 9 December 2006 Ruch Stadium, Chorzów Silesia vs. Poland 1–1 5,000 Adam Kompała

Silesia vs other national football teams

Date Stadium Match Result Turnout Goalscorers
9 June 1937 Ruch Stadium, Chorzów Silesia vs. Basque Country 3–4[6] ? Jerzy Wostal (2), Ernest Wilimowski
20 April 1948 AKS Stadium, Chorzów Silesia vs. Czechoslovakia 2–1 ? Bąk, Gerard Cieślik, Stefan Pytel
24 August 1952 Ruch Stadium, Chorzów Silesia vs. China 5–1 15,000 Kazimierz Trampisz (3), Gerard Cieślik (2)
13 September 1953 Stadion Polonii Bytom, Bytom Silesia vs. Poland B 3–3 3,000 Lucjan Brychczy (2), Tadeusz Stawowy
22 July 1974 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Silesia vs. Tanzania 7–2 37,000 Joachim Marx (3), Henryk Zdebel (2), Ryszard Błachut, Jerzy Radecki
  • Note: This is not a full list!

Other matches

31 August 1913 Galicia  1–2  Moravia and Silesia Kraków
Dąbrowski 7' Historia Wisły Kitler 35'
Strack 85'
Stadium: Park Gier Cracovii
Referee: Orest Dżułyński (Lviv)

Players

Last call-up

The following players were called up for the friendly against Poland on 9 December 2006.

Head coach: Antoni Piechniczek

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Sebastian Nowak (1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 24) Ruch Chorzów
2 3MF Adam Kompała (1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 33) Piast Gliwice
3 2DF Grzegorz Baran (1982-12-23)23 December 1982 (aged 23) Ruch Chorzów
4 2DF Błażej Radler (1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 24) Górnik Zabrze
5 2DF Dariusz Dudek (1975-04-08)8 April 1975 (aged 31) Ruch Chorzów
6 2DF Wojciech Grzyb (1974-12-21)21 December 1974 (aged 31) Ruch Chorzów
7 3MF Jan Woś (1974-02-17)17 February 1974 (aged 32) Odra Wodzisław Śląski
8 3MF Marcin Malinowski (1975-11-06)6 November 1975 (aged 31) Odra Wodzisław Śląski
9 4FW Krzysztof Warzycha (c) (1964-11-17)17 November 1964 (aged 42) retired
10 3MF Tomasz Kasprzyk (1979-07-28)28 July 1979 (aged 27) Grunwald Ruda Slaska
11 4FW Tomasz Moskal (1975-07-08)8 July 1975 (aged 31) Górnik Zabrze
12 1GK Mateusz Sławik (1980-11-03)3 November 1980 (aged 26) Górnik Zabrze
13 4FW Rafał Jankowski (1985-08-18)18 August 1985 (aged 21) Kujawiak Kowal
14 3MF Mariusz Muszalik (1979-09-23)23 September 1979 (aged 27) Odra Wodzisław Śląski
15 3MF Marcin Lachowski (1981-01-05)5 January 1981 (aged 25) Zagłębie Sosnowiec
16 4FW Mariusz Mężyk (1983-09-02)2 September 1983 (aged 23) Polonia Bytom
17 3MF Bartłomiej Chwalibogowski (1982-08-07)7 August 1982 (aged 24) Zagłębie Sosnowiec
18 3MF Łukasz Wijas (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 21) GKS Katowice
19 2DF Jacek Broniewicz (1981-09-17)17 September 1981 (aged 25) Polonia Bytom
20 4FW Piotr Ćwielong (1986-04-23)23 April 1986 (aged 20) Ruch Chorzów
21 2DF Daniel Treściński (1978-05-01)1 May 1978 (aged 28) Zagłębie Sosnowiec
22 3MF Damian Seweryn (1979-09-30)30 September 1979 (aged 27) Górnik Zabrze
23 2DF Szymon Kapias (1984-06-12)12 June 1984 (aged 22) GKS Katowice

References

  1. ^ Makosz, Jan Red (1935). "Polska Zachodnia, 1935, R. 10, nr 83". 4422 IV (in Polish): 7.
  2. ^ Zabawski, Władysław; Korfanty, Wojciech, eds. (1924). "Polonia, 1924, R. 1, nr 72". 4421 IV (in Polish). p. 6.
  3. ^ Zabawski, Władysław; Korfanty, Wojciech, eds. (1935). "Polonia, 1935, R. 12, nr 3753". 4421 IV (in Polish). p. 4.
  4. ^ Zabawski, Władysław; Korfanty, Wojciech, eds. (1927). "Polonia, 1927, R. 4, nr 119" (in Polish). p. 5.
  5. ^ Paweł Czado, "Jak Górny Śląsk grał z reprezentacją Polski" (How Upper Silesia played against the Polish national team), Gazeta Wyborcza, 2006-12-06, (in Polish)
  6. ^ "Baskowie zwyciezaja Slask 4:3". Przeglad Sportowy, 10/6/1937. Retrieved 9 July 2014.