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; October 30, 1932)
Biggest win
 Silesia 7–2 Tanzania 
(Chorzów, Poland; July 22, 1974)
Biggest defeat
 Silesia 3–4 Basque Country 
(Chorzów, Poland; June 9, 1937)
 Silesia 0–1 Poland 
(Katowice, Poland; October 30, 1932)
 Silesia 1–2 Poland 
(Katowice, Poland; October 4, 1933)
 Silesia 2–3 Poland 
(Chorzów, Poland; April 26, 1953)

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.

Matches Silesia vs Poland[5]

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

Matches Silesia vs other national football teams

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

Silesian dream team

Although Silesia was never independently affiliated with FIFA, it is a place of origin of many notable football players playing mostly for the Germany, Poland and Czech Republic national teams. In 2010, the following hypothetical "dream" Silesian team was presented of the current players of Silesian background:[7] Raphael Schäfer, Marek Jankulovski, Kamil Glik, Tomas Ujfalusi (born in Rýmařov, a town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region which is not in Silesia), Łukasz Piszczek, Adam Matuszczyk, Libor Sionko, Sebastian Tyrała, Lukas Podolski, Ireneusz Jeleń, Miroslav Klose.

Since then, other prominent Silesian players who have appeared for the full Poland team include Łukasz Skorupski, Tomasz Jodłowiec, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Piotr Ćwielong, Arkadiusz Milik and Artur Sobiech. Mario Lička, Tomáš Vaclík and Michal Papadopoulos have been capped by the Czech Republic.

Notable Players

Silesian footballers who represented FIFA national teams.

 Czech Republic

 East Germany

 Germany

 Poland

 United States

Women's internationals

 Czech Republic

 Poland

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.
  7. ↑ Konrad Kostorz, "Reprezentacja Śląska silniejsza od Polski?" (Is the Silesia team stronger than Poland?), Sportowe Fakty, 2010-08-04 (in Polish)
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