Polonia Bytom

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Polonia Bytom

Full name	Bytomski Sport Polonia Bytom Spółka z o.o.
Nickname(s)	Niebiesko-czerwoni (The Blue and Reds) Królowa Śląska (The Queen of Silesia)
Founded	4 January 1920; 105 years ago (1920-01-04)
Ground	Polonia Bytom Stadium
Capacity	1,175[1]
Chairman	Sławomir Kamiński
Manager	Łukasz Tomczyk
League	II liga
2023–24	II liga, 6th of 18[2]
Website	bs.poloniabytom.com.pl
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Polonia Bytom (Polish pronunciation: [pɔˈlɔɲja ˈbɨtɔm]) is a Polish football club based in Bytom. Founded in 1920, the team won two championships, in 1954 and 1962. As of the 2024–25 season, they compete in the II liga.

Polonia was founded on 4 January 1920 in the

In May 1945, numerous players and officials of another Polish club, Pogoń Lwów, arrived in Bytom and decided to revive Polonia. On 17 May 1945, the team played its first game in over two decades, defeating Warta Poznań 3–2.

Polonia is considered the continuation of Pogoń Lwów; its logo is very similar to the logo of

Polonia achieved greatest success in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was one of the top teams in Poland. It has won the Polish championship twice, in

During that period, Polish international player and goalkeeper Edward Szymkowiak played for Polonia. The club stadium is named after him, and has a capacity of 5,500 spectators.

In June 2007 Polonia Bytom, after many years, returned to the Polish

• Ekstraklasa
  • Champions: 1954, 1962
  • Runners-up: 1952, 1958, 1959, 1961
• Polish Cup
  • Runners-up: 1963–64, 1972–73, 1976–77

• International Football Cup (Intertoto Cup)
  • Winners: 1964–65
  • Runners-up:
    1963–64
• Intertoto Cup
  • Winners: 1967 (Group B3), 1970 (Group B8)
• International Soccer League
  • Winners: 1965

• Polish U-19 Championship
  • Champions: 1963, 1970, 1978
  • Runners-up: 1956

Polonia Bytom supporters were the first organised fan-club in Poland. They have introduced scarfs, flags and organised chants. Many of the other supporters groups were travelling to Bytom only to watch how Polonia's fans are cheering their club and behaving on the stadium.

The fans have friendships with fans of Arka Gdynia which dates back to 1974, one of the longest friendships in supporter history which has survived to date;^[4] and with fans of Odra Opole, since 1987.

Polonia biggest rivals are local teams

• Ekstraklasa: 1948–1949 (2 seasons), 1951–1955 (5 seasons), 1957–1976 (20 seasons), 1977–1980, 1986–1987, 2007–2011
• I liga: 1950, 1956, 1976–1977, 1980–1986, 1987–2001, 2005–2007, 2011–2013
• II liga: 2001–2005, 2013–2014, 2015–2017, 2023–present
• III liga: 2014–2015, 2019–2023
• IV liga: 2017–2019

As of 28 February 2025^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Karol Szymkowiak 3 DF  POL Szymon Michalski 4 DF  POL Remigiusz Szywacz 5 DF  POL Alan Karwel 6 MF  POL Daniel Ściślak 7 MF  POL Lucjan Zieliński 8 MF  POL Mikołaj Łabojko 9 FW  POL Kamil Wojtyra 10 MF  POL Nikodem Skupin 11 MF  POL Konrad Andrzejczak 14 DF  POL Grzegorz Szymusik 15 MF  POL Oliwier Kwiatkowski 16 MF  POL Patryk Stefański 17 MF  POL Sebastian Steblecki

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  POL Tomasz Gajda (captain) 19 FW  COL Jean Franco Sarmiento 20 MF  POL Maciej Mirowski 22 DF  POL Bartosz Tomaszewski (on loan from Lech Poznań) 23 FW  POL Jakub Arak 25 MF  POL Dominik Konieczny 26 DF  POL Norbert Barczak (on loan from Górnik Zabrze) 28 DF  POL Olivier Wypart 29 DF  POL Adrian Piekarski 30 DF  POL Oskar Krzyżak 31 DF  POL Oliwier Miller 33 GK  POL Jakub Rybacki 99 GK  POL Axel Holewiński (on loan from Pogoń Szczecin)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  POL Kamil Hajduk (at Pelikan Łowicz until 30 June 2025) — MF  POL Dawid Krzemień (at Szombierki Bytom until 30 June 2025) — MF  POL Łukasz Piontek (at Pniówek Pawłowice until 30 June 2025) — FW  POL Kamil Siudak (at Drama Zbrosławice until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POL Piotr Topolewski (at Drama Zbrosławice until 30 June 2025) — GK  POL Paweł Zagórski (at Silesia Miechowice until 30 June 2025) — MF  POL Daniel Zieliński (at Pniówek Pawłowice until 30 June 2025) — FW  POL Kacper Żabiński (at Świdniczanka Świdnik until 30 June 2025)

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate/Position
1958–59	European Cup	Q		MTK Budapest	0–3	0–3	0–6
1962–63	European Cup	Q		Panathinaikos FC	2–1	4–1	6–2
		1R		Galatasaray	1–4	1–0	2–4
1964–65	Intertoto Cup	Group C3		Lens	4–0	1–3	Winner/1st
				Schalke 04	6–0	0–2
				Degerfors IF	6–0	1–1
		1R	Bye
		Quarter final		Karl-Marx-Stadt FC	0–2	4–1	4–3
		Semi-final		RFC Liège	0–1	3–1	3–2
		Final		Lokomotive Leipzig	0–3	5–1	5–4
1966–67	Intertoto Cup[6]	Group B6		Norrköping	3–1	1–5	3rd
				Dynamo Dresden	0–0	1–7
				Spartak Hradec Králové	0–0	0–0
1967	Intertoto Cup[7]	Group B3		Elfsborg	3–0	2–1	Winner/1st
				Werder Bremen	2–1	0–2
				Grasshopper	5–1	4–1
1970	Intertoto Cup[8]	Group B8		Horsens	2–2	1–1	Winner/1st
				Rot-Weiss Essen	3–2	1–1
				Tirol Innsbruck	1–0	3–2
1973	Intertoto Cup[9]	Group 10		B 1901	6–2	2–0	3rd
				Öster	1–2	2–3
				Austria Salzburg	4–1	1–7
1975	Intertoto Cup[10]	Group 5		Zbrojovka Brno	1–2	1–2	2nd
				AIK	5–1	3–2
				Tennis Borussia Berlin	3–0	1–1
1980	Intertoto Cup[11]	Group 5		Nitra	1–0	0–4	4th
				Esbjerg	0–1	2–1
				LASK Linz	1–1	0–2

• Club crest (archived 13 January 2010)
• Official website
• Official fanclub

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