Pogoń Lwów (2009)
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| Full name | Lwowski Klub Sportowy Pogoń Lwów |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| Ground | Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły Sports Park, 43 Kiliński 43 Street, Lviv |
| Capacity | about 10 000 |
| Chairman | Marek Horbań |
| Manager | Witalij Łobasiuk |
| League | Ukrainian Amateur League |
LKS Pogoń Lwów (Ukrainian: Погонь Львів) is a sports club which was located in Lviv in Ukraine. It was founded in 2009 by Poles in Ukraine to continue the traditions of the original club of the same name, which was a very successful Polish club when the city was still part of Poland.
The original club was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów – Czarni and Lechia. With numerous departments, among them football, ice hockey and track and field, Pogoń was a major force of Polish sports in the interbellum period; its football team was never relegated from the elite Polish Football League. The club ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland. On July 2, 1939, Pogoń played last pre-war official home game, drawing 1–1 with AKS Chorzów. The last pre-war game of the Pogoń's football team took place in Warsaw on August 20, 1939. Lwów's side lost 1–2 to Polonia Warszawa, scorer of the last goal was the 20-year-old forward Piotr Dreher.
After the war, when it became clear that Lwów would no longer belong to Poland, its Polish citizens were forced to leave the city. Most of them settled in Lower Silesia and along the line of the Odra river. Pogoń's former officials as well as its players, who wanted to continue their sports activities, helped with founding of several sports clubs. Among clubs that can be regarded as Pogoń's continuation, there are: Polonia Bytom, Odra Opole, Piast Gliwice and Pogoń Szczecin. All these teams have the same hues as Pogon, and similar logos. Odra Opole was originally called Lwowianka, but the name was disliked by Communist authorities and had to be changed some time in late 1940s.
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