1946 Polish Football Championship
{{Short description|20th season of top-tier football league in Poland}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Polish Football Championship
| season = 1946
| dates = 25 August 1946 –
1 December 1946
| winners = Polonia Warsaw
(1st title)
| matches = 26
| total goals = 153
| league topscorer = Henryk Spodzieja
(8 goals){{cite web |url=http://www.90minut.pl/strona.php?id=rozgrywki_mp_strzelcy |title=Królowie Strzelców |language=pl |work=90minut.pl |access-date=5 May 2015}}
| biggest home win = Warta 10–2 PKS
| biggest away win = Skra 3–5 Tęcza
ŁKS 3–5 Polonia
(6 October 1946){{cite web |url=http://wikiliga.pl/liga/index.php?title=1946-10-06_%C5%81%C3%B3dzki_KS_-_Polonia_Warszawa_3-5 |title=Match report |language=pl |work=wikiliga.pl |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=5 January 2018}}
Tęcza 1–3 Warta
| highest scoring = Warta 10–2 PKS
| longest wins = 3 matches
AKS
Polonia
| longest unbeaten = 4 matches
AKS
Polonia
Warta
| longest winless = 3 matches
AKS
| longest losses = 2 matches
AKS
ŁKS
Warta
| prevseason = 1939
| nextseason = 1947
}}
The 1946 Polish Football Championship was the 20th edition of the Polish Football Championship and 18th completed season ended with the selection of a winner. The first season of the Polish championship after the end of World War II. Played by 18 regional champions in a cup system (qualifying round, first round and second round). The championship was decided in final tournament played among four teams. The champions were Polonia Warsaw, who won their 1st Polish title.
Main phase (central)
=Qualifying round=
{{OneLegStart}}
|-
{{OneLegResult|Ognisko Siedlce||7–0|KKS Olsztyn}}
{{OneLegResult|Burza Wrocław||1–2|PKS Szczecin}}
|}
=First round=
{{OneLegStart}}
|-
{{OneLegResult|AKS Chorzów||5–3|Pomorzanin Toruń}}
{{OneLegResult|RKU Sosnowiec||6–2|Gedania Gdańsk}}
{{OneLegResult|Radomiak Radom||5–0|Lublinianka Lublin}}
{{OneLegResult|Warta Poznań||10–2|PKS Szczecin}}
{{OneLegResult|Skra Częstochowa||3–5|Tęcza Kielce}}
{{OneLegResult|Polonia Warsaw||5–0|Ognisko Siedlce}}
{{OneLegResult|Wisła Kraków||4–0|Czuwaj Przemyśl}}
{{OneLegResult|ŁKS Łódź||8–1|Orzeł Gorlice}}
|}
=Second round=
{{OneLegStart}}
|-
{{OneLegResult|Tęcza Kielce||1–3|Warta Poznań}}
{{OneLegResult|Wisła Kraków||2–3|Polonia Warsaw}}
{{OneLegResult|ŁKS Łódź||3–1|Radomiak Radom}}
{{OneLegResult|AKS Chorzów||4–0|RKU Sosnowiec}}
|}
=Final tournament table=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|sortable_table=y
|winpoints=2
|team1=PWA|name_PWA=Polonia Warsaw
|team2=WAR|name_WAR=Warta Poznań
|team3=AKS|name_AKS=AKS Chorzów
|team4=ŁKS|name_ŁKS=ŁKS Łódź
|win_PWA=4|draw_PWA=1|loss_PWA=1|gf_PWA=18|ga_PWA=12
|win_WAR=2|draw_WAR=2|loss_WAR=2|gf_WAR=16|ga_WAR=17
|win_AKS=2|draw_AKS=1|loss_AKS=3|gf_AKS=17|ga_AKS=11
|win_ŁKS=2|draw_ŁKS=0|loss_ŁKS=4|gf_ŁKS=16|ga_ŁKS=27
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/polhist.html rsssf.com]
}}
Top goalscorers
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Rank
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|POL}} Henryk Spodzieja |align="left"|AKS Chorzów |rowspan="1"|8 |
| rowspan="2"|2
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|POL}} Jerzy Szularz |align="left"|Polonia Warsaw |rowspan="2"|7 |
| align="left"|{{Flagicon|POL}} Tadeusz Świcarz
|align="left"|Polonia Warsaw |
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |author1=Gowarzewski, Andrzej |title=Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. Liga Polska. O tytuł mistrza Polski 1920–2000 |publisher=GiA, Katowice |year=2000 |language=pl |isbn=83-88232-02-9}}
- {{Cite book |author1=Gowarzewski, Andrzej |title=Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. 75 lat PZPN. Księga jubileuszowa |publisher=GiA, Katowice |year=1994 |language=pl |isbn=83-902751-1-2}}
- {{Cite book |author1=Gowarzewski, Andrzej |title=Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. Album 80 lat PZPN |publisher=GiA, Katowice |year=2000 |language=pl }}
- {{Cite book |author1=Gowarzewski, Andrzej |title=Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. Album 90 lat PZPN |publisher=GiA, Katowice |year=2010 |language=pl }}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/polhist.html Poland – List of final tables] at RSSSF {{in lang|en}}
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/polchamp.html List of Polish football championships] {{in lang|en}}
- [http://www.90minut.pl/strona.php?id=rozgrywki_mp List of Polish football championships] {{in lang|pl}}
{{Polish non-League Football Championship}}
{{1945–46 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{1946–47 in European football (UEFA)}}