Silesia national football team

Silesia national football team (Polish: Reprezentacja Śląska w piłce nożnej), 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.

Silesia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Šlunsko 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)

Matches

Silesia vs Poland

Source:[5]

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

Silesia vs other national football teams
DateStadiumMatchResultTurnoutGoalscorers
9 June 1937 Ruch Stadium, Chorzów Silesia Silesia vs. Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community) 3–4[6]  ? Jerzy Wostal (2), Ernest Wilimowski
20 April 1948 AKS Stadium, Chorzów Silesia Silesia vs. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2–1  ? Bąk, Gerard Cieślik, Stefan Pytel
24 August 1952 Ruch Stadium, Chorzów Silesia Silesia vs. China China 5–1 15,000 Kazimierz Trampisz (3), Gerard Cieślik (2)
13 September 1953 Stadion Polonii Bytom, Bytom Silesia Silesia vs. Poland B Poland 3–3 3,000 Lucjan Brychczy (2), Tadeusz Stawowy
22 July 1974 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Silesia Silesia vs. Tanzania 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)

References
  1. Makosz, Jan Red (1935). "Polska Zachodnia, 1935, R. 10, nr 83". 4422 IV (in Polish): 7.
  2. Zabawski, Władysław Red; Korfanty, Wojciech (1873-1939) Red nacz (1924). "Polonia, 1924, R. 1, nr 72". 4421 IV (in Polish): 6.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Zabawski, Władysław Red; Korfanty, Wojciech (1873-1939) Red nacz (1935). "Polonia, 1935, R. 12, nr 3753". 4421 IV (in Polish): 4.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Zabawski, Władysław Red; Korfanty, Wojciech (1873-1939) Red nacz (1927). "Polonia, 1927, R. 4, nr 119" (in Polish): 5. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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.
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