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Football Trivia Question of the Day

I think there are two different lists somehow. Due to for some years, the title of Champion of Poland were given to the winners of the Polish Cup. Something similar in Malaysia, the overall winner is the Malaysia Cup winner and not the league winner.
 
Mr. Green said:
I think there are two different lists somehow. Due to for some years, the title of Champion of Poland were given to the winners of the Polish Cup. Something similar in Malaysia, the overall winner is the Malaysia Cup winner and not the league winner.
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I don't know when the Polish league started but it could be similar to Germany where the national league didn't start until relatively late (early 60s). Before then there were regional leagues. So the title of national champions might be better determined by a cup competition. I think the Germans had a play-off style national championship involving regional league winners for at least some of the time before the Bundesliga.
 
THFC6061 said:
Wisla have won the Polish League 12 times but the two teams I'm after have 14 titles each.
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My Polish Brother-in-law reckons Wisla has won it 14 times and hold that title with Gornik Zabrze. And a team called Ruch Chorzow has 13. I know nothing of polish football but luckily he is visiting.
 
Lily White said:
My Polish Brother-in-law reckons Wisla has won it 14 times and hold that title with Gornik Zabrze. And a team called Ruch Chorzow has 13. I know nothing of polish football but luckily he is visiting.
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Seems he is right that they have finished first in the league 14 times, but were only Polish champions 13 times. Conversely, Ruch Chorzów have been Polish Champions 14 times, but only won the league 13 times.

Wikipedia said:
In 1951, the Polish Football Association decided to give the Champion of Poland title to the winner of the Polish Cup, in order to increase the importance of the re-activated cup competition. Ruch Chorzów was 6th in the league, but won the cup, beating 2-0 Wisła Kraków in the final game. However, in the League, Wisła Kraków was first, Górnik Radlin second and Legia Warszawa third.
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Yes, there does seem to be some degree of confusion over who were the Polish League Winners and who were the National Champions.

I suppose it's a bit like declaring the winner of the Charity Shield English Champions for the season.



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