Silesia_national_football_team References

Silesia
Nickname(s)	Šlunsko Pila (Silesian football)
Association	Silesian Football Association
FIFA code	none
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; 30 October 1932)
Biggest win
	Silesia 7–2 Tanzania ; ( Chorzów, Poland; 22 July 1974)
Biggest defeat
	Silesia 3–4 Basque Country ; ( Chorzów, Poland; 9 June 1937); Silesia 0–1 Poland ; ( Katowice, Poland; 30 October 1932); Silesia 1–2 Poland ; ( Katowice, Poland; 4 October 1933); Silesia 2–3 Poland ; ( Chorzów, Poland; 26 April 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.	Date	Stadium	Match	Result	Turnout	Goalscorers
1	30 October 1932	Katowice	Silesia vs. Poland	0–1	5,000	Stefan Pytel
2	4 October 1933	KS Police Stadium, Katowice	Silesia vs. Poland	1–2	5,000	Hubert Gad, Ryszard Piec
3	26 April 1953	Ruch Stadium, Chorzów	Silesia vs. Poland	2–3	12,000	Miroslav Wiecek, Ewald Wiśniowski
4	13 September 1953	Polonia Stadium, Bytom	Silesia vs. Poland	3–3	3,000	Lucjan Brychczy (2), Tadeusz Stawowy
5	9 December 2006	Ruch Stadium, Chorzów	Silesia vs. Poland	1–1	5,000	Adam Kompała

Matches Silesia vs other national football teams

Date	Stadium	Match	Result	Turnout	Goalscorers
9 June 1937	Ruch Stadium, Chorzów	Silesia vs. Basque Country	3–4^[6]	?	Jerzy Wostal (2), Ernest Wilimowski
20 April 1948	AKS Stadium, Chorzów	Silesia vs. Czechoslovakia	2–1	?	Bąk, Gerard Cieślik, Stefan Pytel
24 August 1952	Ruch Stadium, Chorzów	Silesia vs. China	5–1	15,000	Kazimierz Trampisz (3), Gerard Cieślik (2)
13 September 1953	Stadion Polonii Bytom, Bytom	Silesia vs. Poland B	3–3	3,000	Lucjan Brychczy (2), Tadeusz Stawowy
22 July 1974	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów	Silesia vs. 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.

Players in bold have won the FIFA World Cup
Players in underlined have won a continental championships
Players in italics have won the gold medal at the Olympic Games

Janusz Michallik

Women's internationals