Polonia Bytom [SEP] inception
Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings. In late 1922, however, as a result of the Upper Silesia plebiscite, Bytom became part of Germany and the club ceased to exist.
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
- Upper Silesia has a large number of professional teams and any match between the following teams can be considered to be an "Upper Silesian Derby": GKS Katowice, GKS Tychy, GKS Jastrzębie, Górnik Zabrze, Odra Wodzisław, Piast Gliwice, Polonia Bytom, ROW Rybnik, Ruch Chorzów, Ruch Radzionków, Szombierki Bytom. The most significant derbies include:
- between Polonia Bytom and Szombierki Bytom (and Ruch Radzionków in the past) - traditionally between Polonia and Szombierki, the two championship-winning Bytom teams, however