Tournament held on two occasions, initiated by "Sport" magazine. The first
edition in 1977 was contested by all 16 top level clubs in Poland (including
GKS Tychy and ROW Rybnik, who had just been relegated) and was considered an
official tournament by the PZPN (Polish FA). It started two days after the
final round of the 1976/77 league season and was finished three weeks later.
Winners Odra Opole were rewarded with a place in the 1977/78 UEFA Cup.
The second edition in 1978 also started immediately after the league season
(which ended in controversy following allegations of corruption in the final
few rounds) and just before the 1978 World Cup in Argentina (Poland played
its first match the day after the league cup final). As only eleven
top level clubs (including both relegated sides, Zawisza Bydgoszcz and
G�rnik Zabrze) agreed to enter, four Hungarian clubs (of which two, Kaposv�ri
R�k�czi and SZEOL, had also just been relegated from the domestic top level)
were invited to make up the numbers. Because of this, the PZPN did not consider
the tournament official.
Two successor tournaments, the Puchar Ligi Polskiej (2000-2002) and
the Puchar Ekstraklasy (2007-2009) were little more successful, each
managing three editions before disappearing from the calendar.
1977 Odra Opole 1978 G�rnik Zabrze
1977 Odra Opole 3-1 Widzew Ł�dź 1978 G�rnik Zabrze 2-0 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Group Stage Grupa I Round 1 [May 29] Arka Gdynia 0-0 Lech Poznań [Jun 1] Pogoń Szczecin 2-1 Śląsk Wrocław Round 2 [Jun 4] Śląsk Wrocław 0-1 Arka Gdynia [Jun 5] Lech Poznań 2-0 Pogoń Szczecin Round 3 [Jun 9] Lech Poznań 3-0 Śląsk Wrocław Arka Gdynia 0-1 Pogoń Szczecin Final Table: 1.Lech Poznań 3 2 1 0 5- 0 5 Qualified 2.Pogoń Szczecin 3 2 0 1 3- 3 4 3.Arka Gdynia 3 1 1 1 1- 1 3 4.Śląsk Wrocław 3 0 0 3 1- 6 0 Grupa II Round 1 [May 29] Ruch Chorz�w 3-3 Odra Opole GKS Tychy 1-2 Szombierki Bytom Round 2 [Jun 5] Szombierki Bytom 1-0 Ruch Chorz�w Odra Opole 1-0 GKS Tychy Round 3 [Jun 9] Ruch Chorz�w 0-0 GKS Tychy Odra Opole 3-2 Szombierki Bytom Final Table: 1.Odra Opole 3 2 1 0 7- 5 5 Qualified 2.Szombierki Bytom 3 2 0 1 5- 4 4 3.Ruch Chorz�w 3 0 2 1 3- 4 2 4.GKS Tychy 3 0 1 2 1- 3 1 Grupa III Round 1 [May 29] ROW Rybnik 0-5 Wisła Krak�w [Jun 7] Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1-0 G�rnik Zabrze Round 2 [Jun 4] Wisła Krak�w 5-0 Zagłębie Sosnowiec [Jun 5] G�rnik Zabrze 1-1 ROW Rybnik Round 3 [Jun 9] G�rnik Zabrze 4-5 Wisła Krak�w Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2-2 ROW Rybnik Final Table: 1.Wisła Krak�w 3 3 0 0 15- 4 6 Qualified 2.Zagłębie Sosnowiec 3 1 1 1 3- 7 3 3.ROW Rybnik 3 0 2 1 3- 8 2 4.G�rnik Zabrze 3 0 1 2 5- 7 1 Grupa IV Round 1 [May 28] ŁKS Ł�dź 3-0 Legia Warszawa [May 29] Widzew Ł�dź 1-0 Stal Mielec Round 2 [Jun 4] Legia Warszawa 0-1 Widzew Ł�dź [Jun 5] Stal Mielec 0-0 ŁKS Ł�dź Round 3 [Jun 8] Widzew Ł�dź 1-1 ŁKS Ł�dź [Jun 9] Stal Mielec 1-1 Legia Warszawa Final Table: 1.Widzew Ł�dź 3 2 1 0 3- 1 5 Qualified 2.ŁKS Ł�dź 3 1 2 0 4- 1 4 3.Stal Mielec 3 0 2 1 1- 2 2 4.Legia Warszawa 3 0 1 2 1- 5 1 Playoff Stage Semifinals [Jun 12] Widzew Ł�dź 2-1 Wisła Krak�w Odra Opole 7-4 Lech Poznań [aet] Final [Jun 18, Częstochowa] Odra Opole 3-1 Widzew Ł�dź [Andrzej Grębosz 3og, Wojciech Tyc 33, 75; Zdzisław Rozborski 90]
NB: teams listed in italics were from Hungary. Group Stage Grupa I Round 1 [May 6,7] Widzew Ł�dź 1-1 Polonia Bytom Stal Mielec 1-2 Di�sgyőri VTK (Miskolc) Round 2 [May 10] Polonia Bytom 0-3 Di�sgyőri VTK (Miskolc) Stal Mielec 1-0 Widzew Ł�dź Round 3 [May 13,14] Widzew Ł�dź 1-0 Di�sgyőri VTK (Miskolc) Polonia Bytom 2-1 Stal Mielec Round 4 [May 17] Polonia Bytom 1-2 Widzew Ł�dź Di�sgyőri VTK (Miskolc) 8-0 Stal Mielec Round 5 [May 20,21] Di�sgyőri VTK (Miskolc) 3-1 Polonia Bytom Widzew Ł�dź 2-1 Stal Mielec Round 6 [May 24] Stal Mielec 2-2 Polonia Bytom Di�sgyőri VTK (Miskolc) 3-0 Widzew Ł�dź Final Table: 1.Di�sgyőri VTK (Miskolc) 6 5 0 1 19- 3 10 Qualified 2.Widzew Ł�dź 6 3 1 2 6- 7 7 3.Polonia Bytom 6 1 2 3 7-12 4 4.Stal Mielec 6 1 1 4 6-16 3 Grupa II Round 1 [May 6,7] Kaposv�ri R�k�czi 0-2 ŁKS Ł�dź Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2-1 Pogoń Szczecin Round 2 [May 10] Pogoń Szczecin 1-1 ŁKS Ł�dź Kaposv�ri R�k�czi 2-1 Zawisza Bydgoszcz Round 3 [May 13,14] Kaposv�ri R�k�czi 1-2 Pogoń Szczecin ŁKS Ł�dź 0-0 Zawisza Bydgoszcz Round 4 [May 17] Pogoń Szczecin 2-1 Zawisza Bydgoszcz ŁKS Ł�dź 1-0 Kaposv�ri R�k�czi Round 5 [May 20,21] ŁKS Ł�dź 3-1 Pogoń Szczecin Zawisza Bydgoszcz 0-2 Kaposv�ri R�k�czi Round 6 [May 24] Zawisza Bydgoszcz 1-1 ŁKS Ł�dź Pogoń Szczecin 1-0 Kaposv�ri R�k�czi Final Table: 1.ŁKS Ł�dź 6 3 3 0 8- 3 9 Qualified 2.Pogoń Szczecin 6 3 1 2 8- 8 7 3.Kaposv�ri R�k�czi 6 2 0 4 5- 7 4 4.Zawisza Bydgoszcz 6 1 2 3 5- 8 4 Grupa III Round 1 [May 6,7] Szombierki Bytom 0-1 SZEOL (Szeged) Zagłębie Sosnowiec bye Round 2 [May 10] Zagłębie Sosnowiec 4-0 SZEOL (Szeged) Szombierki Bytom bye Round 3 [May 13,14] Szombierki Bytom 6-4 Zagłębie Sosnowiec SZEOL (Szeged) bye Round 4 [May 17] SZEOL (Szeged) 1-0 Szombierki Bytom Zagłębie Sosnowiec bye Round 5 [May 20,21] SZEOL (Szeged) 2-3 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Szombierki Bytom bye Round 6 [May 24] Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2-2 Szombierki Bytom SZEOL (Szeged) bye Final Table: 1.Zagłębie Sosnowiec 4 2 1 1 13-10 5 2.SZEOL (Szeged) 4 2 0 2 4- 7 4 3.Szombierki Bytom 4 1 1 2 8- 8 3 Grupa IV Round 1 [May 6,7] Tatab�nyai B�ny�sz 3-1 Śląsk Wrocław Odra Opole 1-4 G�rnik Zabrze Round 2 [May 10] G�rnik Zabrze 3-1 Śląsk Wrocław Tatab�nyai B�ny�sz 2-2 Odra Opole Round 3 [May 13,14] Śląsk Wrocław 2-1 Odra Opole Tatab�nyai B�ny�sz 1-2 G�rnik Zabrze Round 4 [May 17] G�rnik Zabrze 2-0 Odra Opole Śląsk Wrocław 3-0 Tatab�nyai B�ny�sz Round 5 [May 20,21] Odra Opole 2-2 Tatab�nyai B�ny�sz Śląsk Wrocław 1-3 G�rnik Zabrze Round 6 [May 24] Odra Opole 2-2 Śląsk Wrocław G�rnik Zabrze 1-1 Tatab�nyai B�ny�sz [before this match there was a farewell ceremony for Zygfryd Szołtysik, member of the 1972 Olympic gold medal winning side, who was ending his football career at 35 years of age (however, he then moved to Canada to play for Toronto Falcons and continued playing for minor teams in Poland and Germany into his late forties)] Final Table: 1.G�rnik Zabrze 6 5 1 0 15- 5 11 Qualified 2.Śląsk Wrocław 6 2 1 3 10-12 5 3.Tatab�nyai B�ny�sz 6 1 3 2 9-11 5 4.Odra Opole 6 0 3 3 8-14 3 Playoff Stage Semifinals [May 28] Di�sgyőri VTK (Miskolc) o/w Zagłębie Sosnowiec [Di�sgyőri VTK withdrew] G�rnik Zabrze 2-0 ŁKS Ł�dź Final [May 31, Zabrze] G�rnik Zabrze 2-0 Zagłębie Sosnowiec [Janusz Marcinkowski 15, J�zef Kurzeja 27]
Sources: for 1977: Wikipedia (Polish edition); for 1978: Dziennik Polski (at Malopolska Digital Library), Trybuna Robotnicza (at Śląska Biblioteka Cyfrowa (Silesian Digital Library)), WikiG�rnik; background information: Historia Polskiej Piłki Nożnej
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