1951 Wisła Kraków season

Wisła Kraków
1951 season
ChairmanGrzegorz Łanin
ManagerMichał Matyas
Ekstraklasa1st
Polish CupRunner-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Mieczysław Gracz (16 goals)
All: Mieczysław Gracz (20 goals)
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The 1951 season was Wisła Kraków's 43rd year as a club. Wisła was under the name of Gwardia Kraków.

Friendlies

4 March 1951 Górnik Wałbrzych Poland 3–4 Poland Gwardia Kraków Wałbrzych, Poland
Ignaczak
Czyż
Stoły 		Report Kohut
Gracz
Cisowski
Mordarski
March 1951 Górnik Kowary Poland 0–8 Poland Gwardia Kraków Wałbrzych, Poland
Report
11 March 1951 Gwardia Wrocław Poland 3–7 Poland Gwardia Kraków Wrocław, Poland
Gierżak
Sierżęga
Kuś 		Report Jaskowski
Cisowski
Szczurek (pen.)
Gamaj
Rupa
Gracz 		Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Czesław Małecki (Wrocław)
26 March 1951 Gwardia Lublin Poland 2–4 Poland Gwardia Kraków Lublin, Poland
Różkiewicz
Grocholski 		Report Kohut
Mordarski
Cisowski 		Attendance: 3,000
22 April 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 7–3 Poland Górnik Radlin Kraków, Poland
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Gracz
Gamaj
Legutko
Kohut 		Report Schleger
Franke
Węglorz 		Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Franciszek Bartyzel (Kraków)
29 April 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 5–0 Poland Stal Bielsko-Biała Kraków, Poland
Mordarski
Kotaba
Kohut 		Report
23 May 1951 Gwardia Nowa Huta Poland 1–10 Poland Gwardia Kraków Kraków, Poland
17:15 CET (UTC+1) Wójcik Report Kohut
Gamaj
Łapiński
Flanek 		Stadium: Stadion Gwardii Nowa Huta
Referee: Jan Kotlarczyk (Kraków)
27 May 1951 Puszcza Niepołomice Poland 1–6 Poland Gwardia Kraków Niepołomice, Poland
Report Stadium: Stadion LZS Puszcza
28 June 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 3–0 Poland Ogniwo Kraków Kraków, Poland
Gracz 4'
Kotaba 6', 10'		 Report Referee: Emil Hausner (Kraków)
28 June 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 0–0 Poland Włókniarz Kraków Kraków, Poland
Report Attendance: 6,000
18 July 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 2–2 Hungary Hungarian Miners Kraków, Poland
Gracz 80'
Olszewski 83'		 Report Varga 29'
Molnár 72'		 Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Referee: Alfonsy Cober (Gliwice)
26 July 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 0–1 Hungary Dorogi Bányász SK Kraków, Poland
Report Csuberda 48' Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Referee: Kazimierz Bukowski (Radom)
7 October 1951 Ogniwo Tarnów Poland 1–4 Poland Gwardia Kraków Tarnów, Poland
Kremski 25' (pen.) Report Gracz 13'
Kohut 26', ??'
Mordarski 81'
11 November 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 1–1 Poland Gwardia Kielce Kraków, Poland
Mordarski Report Iwański Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 6,000
16 November 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 0–3 Soviet Union Dynamo Tbilisi Kraków, Poland
Report Chkuaseli
Vardimiadi
Gogoberidze 		Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Chkhartishvili (Soviet Union)
25 November 1951 Gwardia Kraków Poland 3–4 Poland OWKS Kraków Kraków, Poland
Gracz
Kohut
Dudek Red card 75'		 Report Piechoczek
Jankowski
Kucharski 		Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Władysław Kuleszir (Kraków)

Ekstraklasa

Main article: 1951 Ekstraklasa
18 March 1951 1 Kolejarz Poznań 1–0 Gwardia Kraków Poznań
Anioła 30' Report Stadium: Stadion na Dębcu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Julian Brzuchowski (Warsaw)
1 April 1951 2 Górnik Radlin 2–2 Gwardia Kraków Radlin
Węglorz 29'
Franke 88'		 Report Gracz 48', 85' Stadium: Stadion Górnika
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Edmund Andrzejak (Łódź)
8 April 1951 3 Gwardia Kraków 1–1 Unia Chorzów Kraków
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Mordarski 58' Report Cieślik 44' Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eugeniusz Stępień (Łódź)
15 April 1951 4 Kolejarz Warsaw 0–0 Gwardia Kraków Warsaw
Report Stadium: Stadion Polonii
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Orliński (Katowice)
6 May 1951 5 Ogniwo Bytom 0–1 Gwardia Kraków Bytom
Report Gracz 31' Stadium: Stadion Polonii
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Franciszek Wilczyński (Poznań)
20 May 1951 6 Ogniwo Kraków 0–0 Gwardia Kraków Kraków
17:15 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Cracovii
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Edmund Andrzejak (Łódź)
3 June 1951 7 Gwardia Kraków 3–1 CWKS Warsaw Kraków
17:30 CET (UTC+1) Kohut 5'
Jaskowski 41'
Gracz 79'		 Report Brajter 20' Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leon Losiak (Kościan)
6 June 1951 8 Włókniarz Kraków 0–3 Gwardia Kraków Kraków
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Gracz 6'
Mordarski 9'
Kohut 59'		 Stadium: Stadion Garbarni
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jan Grabowski (Sosnowiec)
10 June 1951 9 Gwardia Kraków 1–0 Budowlani Chorzów Kraków
10:00 CET (UTC+1) Kotaba 29'
Mordarski soccer ball with red X 77'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Edward Sperling (Łódź)
17 June 1951 10 Włókniarz Łódź 2–1 Gwardia Kraków Łódź
Hogendorf 17'
Gustowski 20'		 Report Kohut 47' Stadium: Stadion ŁKS-u
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Marian Nalepa (Zabrze)
21 June 1951 11 Gwardia Kraków 4–0 Gwardia Szczecin Kraków
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Kotaba 1'
Kohut 9'
Mordarski 44', 78'
Gracz soccer ball with red X 75'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Józef Gunia (Katowice)
24 June 1951 12 Gwardia Kraków 2–1 Górnik Radlin Kraków
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Kotaba 11'
Mordarski 19'		 Report Schleger 44' Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jan Gronowski (Warsaw)
1 July 1951 13 Budowlani Chorzów 2–0 Gwardia Kraków Chorzów
Spodzieja 61'
Pilarek 64'		 Report Stadium: Stadion AKS-u
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Stefan Winiarski (Łódź)
8 July 1951 14 Gwardia Kraków 2–0 Kolejarz Poznań Kraków
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Gracz 23', 46' Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tadeusz Feret (Katowice)
15 July 1951 15 CWKS Warsaw 1–4 Gwardia Kraków Warsaw
Brajter 31' Report Jaskowski 30', 56', 65'
Gracz 69' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Edmund Andrzejak (Łódź)
25 August 1951 16 Gwardia Kraków 4–0 Włókniarz Łódź Kraków
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Kohut 53', 70'
Jaskowski 57'
Mordarski 78'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Józef Orliński (Katowice)
2 September 1951 17 Gwardia Kraków 5–0 Ogniwo Kraków Kraków
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Gracz 1', 19', 77', soccer ball with red X 54'
Kohut 25'
Mordarski 40'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Edward Sperling (Łódź)
23 September 1951 18 Gwardia Szczecin 0–5 Gwardia Kraków Szczecin
Report Kohut 43'
Mordarski 53'
Gracz 68', 89'
Kotaba 70'		 Stadium: Stadion Arkonii
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Józef Orliński (Łódź)
29 September 1951 19 Gwardia Kraków 1–1 Włókniarz Kraków Kraków
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Gracz 36' Report Glajcar 38' Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Grzegorz Aleksandrowicz (Warsaw)
14 October 1951 20 Unia Chorzów 1–2 Gwardia Kraków Bytom
Tim 56' Report Gracz 23'
Kohut 30'		 Stadium: Stadion Ogniwa
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Leon Losiak (Kościan)
1 November 1951 21 Gwardia Kraków 2–0 Kolejarz Warsaw Kraków
11:45 CET (UTC+1) Gracz 61'
Dudek 68'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jakub Krumholz (Bielsko)
4 November 1951 22 Gwardia Kraków 0–0 Ogniwo Bytom Kraków
Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Leon Losiak (Kościan)

Polish Cup

Main article: Polish Cup
25 March 1951 Round of 32 OWKS Lublin 0–3 Gwardia Kraków Lublin
Report Gracz 70'
Kohut 81'
Mordarski 88'		 Stadium: Stadion OWKS-u
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Julian Brzuchowski (Warsaw)
13 May 1951 Round of 16 Gwardia Kraków 8–0 Włókniarz Pabianice Kraków
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Gracz
Jaskowski
Gamaj
Mordarski
Kotaba 		Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Trąbałowicz (Opole)
21 August 1951 Quarterfinal Gwardia Kraków 2–0 Włókniarz Kraków Kraków
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Kohut 15'
Gamaj 46'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Gwardii
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Grzegorz Aleksandrowicz (Warsaw)
9 September 1951 Semifinal Kolejarz Warsaw 1–2 Gwardia Kraków Łódź
16:10 CET (UTC+1) Popiołek 7' Report Kohut 24', 81' Stadium: Stadion ŁKS-u
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Edmund Andrzejak (Łódź)
16 September 1951 Final Unia Chorzów 2–0 Gwardia Kraków Warsaw
Alszer 7'
Przecherka 83'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Władysław Przybysz (Bydgoszcz)

Squad, appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Ekstraklasa Polish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Poland POL Jerzy Jurowicz 27 0 22+0 0 5+0 0
GK Poland POL Zbigniew Lech 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF Poland POL Mieczysław Dudek 27 1 22+0 1 5+0 0
DF Poland POL Stanisław Flanek 24 0 20+0 0 4+0 0
DF Poland POL Tadeusz Legutko 10 0 7+2 0 1+0 0
DF Poland POL Antoni Talik 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Poland POL Wiesław Gamaj 13 2 9+1 0 3+0 2
MF Poland POL Zbigniew Kotaba 22 5 15+3 4 4+0 1
MF Poland POL Leszek Łapiński 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
MF Poland POL Zdzisław Mordarski 27 10 22+0 8 5+0 2
MF Poland POL Leszek Snopkowski 17 0 14+0 0 2+1 0
MF Poland POL Mieczysław Szczurek 26 0 21+0 0 5+0 0
MF Poland POL Kazimierz Ślizowski 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Poland POL Jan Wapiennik 21 0 16+1 0 4+0 0
FW Poland POL Kazimierz Cisowski 3 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
FW Poland POL Mieczysław Gracz 26 20 22+0 16 4+0 4
FW Poland POL Zbigniew Jaskowski 23 7 16+2 5 4+1 2
FW Poland POL Józef Kohut 24 13 19+0 9 4+1 4
FW Poland POL Józef Mamoń 12 0 9+0 0 3+0 0
FW Poland POL Rudolf Patkolo 5 0 3+0 0 0+2 0
FW Poland POL Mieczysław Rupa 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Goalscorers

Place Position Nation Name Ekstraklasa Polish Cup Total
1 FW Poland Mieczysław Gracz 16 4 20
2 FW Poland Józef Kohut 8 4 12
3 MF Poland Zdzisław Mordarski 9 2 11
4 FW Poland Zbigniew Jaskowski 5 2 7
5 MF Poland Zbigniew Kotaba 4 1 5
6 MF Poland Wiesław Gamaj 0 2 2
7 DF Poland Mieczysław Dudek 1 0 1
Totals 43 15 58