President of Poland's Football Cup (Polish: Puchar Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) was an annual football competition, taking place in the Second Polish Republic in the years 1936–1939. It was sponsored by President Ignacy Mościcki, and unlike today's Polish Cup, it did not feature clubs. Instead, it was a competition of the local districts of the PZPN (for example the team of Kraków's district of the PZPN consisted of selected best players of such clubs, as Wisła Kraków, Cracovia, and Garbarnia Kraków).

First two editions of the Cup (1936–1937) did not feature top players of the Ekstraklasa (see: Polish Football League (1927–1939)). In the 1938 and 1939 games, all best footballers participated in the competition.

1936 games

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First stage, May 24, 1936

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Quarterfinals, August 2, 1936

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Semifinals, November 15, 1936

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  • Kraków, Kraków – The A Team of the Polish Football League 5-3 after extra time (att. 5000). The team of Kraków was based mostly on players of Cracovia (such as Józef Korbas, and Wilhelm Góra),
  • Poznań, Poznań – Pomerania 5–0 (att. 1000).

Final, November 22, 1936

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  • Poznań, Poznań – Kraków 0–2 (att. 1500).

1937 games

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First stage, June 20, 1937

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  • Lwów, Lwów – Stanisławów 1–2 (att. 3000)
  • Białystok, Białystok – Warsaw 3–5 (att. 2500),
  • Łódź, Łódź – Pomerania 2–1 (att. 1500),
  • Lutsk, Volhynia – Lublin 2–1,
  • Brzesc nad Bugiem, Polesie – Wilno 3–5,
  • Sosnowiec. Kielce – Upper Silesia 0–4 (att. 2000),

Quarterfinals, July 4, 1937

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  • Katowice. Upper Silesia – Poznań 3–0 (att. 1500),
  • Lutsk, Volhynia – Wilno 0–1 (att. 3000),
  • Stanisławów, Stanisławów – Kraków 1–4 (att. 3000),
  • Warsaw, Warsaw – Łódź 3–0.

Semifinals, September 12, 1937 and October 10, 1937

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  • Wilno, Wilno – Kraków 1–2 (att. 2000),
  • Warsaw, Warsaw – Upper Silesia 1–4,

Final, November 14, 1937

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  • Warsaw, Upper Silesia – Kraków 5–1 (att. 1500).

1938 games

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First stage, May 22, 1938

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  • Białystok, Białystok – Wilno 0–1,
  • Brzesc nad Bugiem, Polesie – Warsaw 1–7,
  • Lutsk, Volhynia – Stanisławów 2–3,
  • Sosnowiec, Zagłębie Dąbrowskie – Łódź 3–4,
  • Bydgoszcz, Pomorze – Poznań 4–2,
  • Lublin, Lublin – Lwów 3–4,

Quarterfinals, July 17, 1938

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Semifinals

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  • Łódź, Łódź – Lwów 2–3,
  • Kraków, Kraków – Warsaw 5–3,

Final, November 27, 1938

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1939 games

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First round, May 3, 1939

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  • Łódź, Łódź – Upper Silesia 2–4. The home team fielded Antoni Gałecki, and the Silesians brought a score of top-class players, such as Ernest Wilimowski, Ryszard Piec, Wilhelm Piec, Edmund Giemsa, Hubert Gad, Gerard Wodarz, and Ewald Cebula (att. 600),
  • Brzesc nad Bugiem, Polesie – Wilno 1–5 (att. 3000),
  • Toruń, Pomerania – Białystok 9–0 (att. 1000),
  • Sosnowiec. Zagłębie Dąbrowskie – Poznań 3–4 (att. 4000),
  • Lutsk. Volhynia – Warsaw 1–5 (att. 3000),
  • Stanisławów. Stanisławów – Lublin 3–1 (att. 2000).

Quarterfinals, June 29, 1939

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Semifinals, August, 6 and 15, 1939

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  • Wilno. Wilno – Stanisławów 0–1 (att. 1000),
  • Katowice. Upper Silesia – Poznań 0–2 (att. 2000).

Final, November 5, 1939

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Sources

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See also

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