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86-528: Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna , commonly referred to as Stal Stalowa Wola ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈstal staˈlɔva ˈvɔla] ), is a Polish professional football club based in Stalowa Wola , Subcarpathian Voivodeship . Founded in 1938, they will compete in the 2024–25 I liga , the second tier of Polish football , following successive promotions from the 2022–23 III liga and 2023–24 II liga . Stal's greatest success are 12th place in

172-616: A concussion , ruling him out for approximately one week. On 12 May, playing in a protective mask, he curled in at the 59th minute in his team's 3–2 home victory against eventual winners Barcelona in the Champions League semifinal second leg , albeit they were eliminated by an aggregate score of 3–5. With 17 goals in 31 games, Lewandowski was joint-second highest scorer of the Bundesliga season alongside teammate Arjen Robben , behind Eintracht Frankfurt 's Alexander Meier . He finished

258-503: A treble . He is one of only two players, alongside Johan Cruyff , to achieve the European treble while being the highest goalscorer in all three competitions, and the first to do it as the sole top scorer. Lewandowski is also one of only two players to be top goalscorer for club and country in Europe for three consecutive years (2019–21), alongside Cristiano Ronaldo . He was widely considered

344-429: A 0–2 loss to Borussia Dortmund in the 2014 DFL-Supercup on 13 August 2014, and scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Schalke 04 in his second league match on 30 August. On 21 October, Lewandowski scored his first Champions League goal for Bayern Munich in a 7–1 away win against Roma . On 1 November, in his first league match against Dortmund, Lewandowski scored in a 2–1 win which put Bayern four points clear at

430-548: A 14-year absence. Stal Stalowa Wola plays its home matches at the Subcarpathian Football Center at the Hutnicza 10a Street. It opened in 2020 and has been the home stadium of Stal Stalowa Wola since its completion. The stadium has lighting and a heated pitch. It holds 3,764 people (including 258 seats for visitors fans). In the first match at the new stadium, on 29 February 2020, Stal drew 0–0 with Bytovia Bytów (it

516-519: A 2–0 win over Nürnberg on 20 August 2011 by providing the finishing touch from a Mario Götze cross. On 1 October, Lewandowski netted a hat-trick and provided an assist in the club's 4–0 victory over Augsburg , following a disappointing 0–3 loss to Marseille in the UEFA Champions League group stage . He later scored his first Champions League goal in a 1–3 away defeat to Olympiacos on 19 October. Dortmund climbed into second place in

602-400: A 3–0 win against Serbian club Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League on 18 September. Later that month, after scoring his tenth goal of the campaign during a 3–2 win over Paderborn, he became the first player in Bundesliga history to achieve double figures for goals scored after the first six match rounds. Lewandowski then became the first player in Bundesliga history to score in each of

688-463: A 4–0 home win over Köln, a result which made Bayern the first Bundesliga team ever to win all 10 of their opening games of a season. The victory in Cologne was also Bayern's 1,000th win in the Bundesliga. On 11 January 2016, he achieved fourth place at the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or awards. On 19 March 2016, Lewandowski scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Köln to bring his league total up to 25 goals;

774-597: A 5–1 group stage home win over Benfica . It took Lewandowski just 77 Champions League matches to reach the milestone. He finished as the top scorer in the Champions League group stage with eight goals in six matches. On 9 February 2019, Lewandowski scored in a 3–1 win over Schalke 04 and became the first player to score 100 competitive goals at the Allianz Arena. His goal was also his 119th league goal for Bayern Munich, which saw him draw level with Roland Wohlfarth as

860-435: A Champions League match. He also became only the second player ever to score four goals in multiple Champions League matches. On 25 February 2020, Lewandowski equalled Cristiano Ronaldo 's record of nine away goals in a season in Europe's top club competition. He did so by scoring a goal in a 3–0 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (he also assisted Serge Gnabry twice in that match). On 10 August, Lewandowski scored

946-410: A Champions League semi-final as Borussia Dortmund defeated Spanish champions Real Madrid 4–1 in the first leg at Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park . On 25 May, he played in the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final in which Borussia Dortmund were defeated 1–2 by Bayern Munich. On 27 July 2013, Lewandowski won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund, 4–2, against Bayern Munich. He scored his first goal of

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1032-499: A brace and provided two assists in a 4–1 win over Chelsea in the return leg . On 14 August, he assisted and scored in Bayern's 8–2 decimation of Barcelona in the quarter-finals . Lewandowski scored another goal, to be 15 goals in total, in his ninth consecutive Champions League match in Bavarian's semifinal 3–0 win against Lyon . His European scoring streak ended when he failed to score

1118-402: A goal in the Champions League final match against Paris Saint-Germain on 23 August; nevertheless, Bayern defeated PSG 1–0, giving Lewandowski his first Champions League title. He also became the second player ever to win the European treble while being the top scorer in all three competitions, repeating Johan Cruyff 's achievement with Ajax from the 1971–72 season . However, Lewandowski

1204-468: A heel flick goal just four minutes after coming into the game late second half. In his first season in the Polish top division, he was second in the goal-scoring charts. Lewandowski finished the season with 18 goals in 42 matches. He also scored in a 1–1 away draw against Wisła Kraków in the 2009 Polish Super Cup on 27 July, and converted his attempt in the won penalty shoot-out . The next season, he became

1290-423: A joint-record seven seasons, alongside Gerd Müller, five of which were won consecutively, another record. He most prominently won it in the 2020–21 Bundesliga where he scored 41 goals in a single campaign, breaking Gerd Müller's previous Bundesliga record of 40 goals, set in 1971–72 . He also holds the record for most consecutive UEFA Champions League match wins, with 22. On 30 November 2021, he finished second in

1376-444: A joint-stock sport company was built up under the name "Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna". It is the lawful successor and continuator of the "ZKS Stal Stalowa Wola" tradition. In July 2018, the city of Stalowa Wola took over the club's majority stake. In 1938, Feliks Olszak  [ pl ] , who served as the director of Huta Stalowa Wola , founded Klub Sportowy Stalowa Wola (''Sports Club Stalowa Wola''). At that time,

1462-438: A league record for a foreign player. He also reached 10 goals in the opening 7 matches with this brace, a feat only achieved before by Gerd Müller . On 29 September, he scored a Champions League hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Dinamo Zagreb , putting him on ten goals in three games in a week. He added two in a 5–1 rout of Dortmund five days later, to total 12 goals in his last four appearances. On 24 October, Lewandowski scored in

1548-440: A new personal best. He had scored 24 goals for Borussia Dortmund during the 2012–13 season. He also started Bayern's comeback with a 73rd-minute header in the second leg of the round of 16 on 16 March, after trailing 0–2 home to Juventus , which Munich eventually won 4–2 after extra time, and 6–4 on aggregate. His goal against Atlético Madrid on 3 May in the second leg of Bayern's Champions League semifinal exit saw him end

1634-417: A substitute (five). Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes was also the fastest in any major European football league since Opta began keeping records, and it ended Wolfsburg's 14-match unbeaten run. He was awarded four certificates by Guinness World Records for this feat. Four days later, he scored twice in a 3–0 win at Mainz , the first goal being his 100th Bundesliga goal on his 168th appearance,

1720-578: A summer move to Real Madrid. On 24 February, he played his 250th Bundesliga game against Hertha Berlin . On 19 May, Lewandowski scored Bayern's only goal in a 3–1 defeat in the DFB-Pokal Final against Eintracht Frankfurt. Lewandowski finished the league as the Bundesliga's top goalscorer with 29 goals. This was the third time he won the Torjägerkanone award. He finished the season with 41 goals in 48 matches in all competitions. On 1 August, after

1806-449: A summer of transfer speculation, Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , confirmed in an interview that Lewandowski would not be allowed to leave Bayern at any price, saying "the top quality we have at Bayern Munich will stay here. With Robert, we clearly want to send a signal to people within and outside the club: Bayern Munich are completely different to other clubs who get weak when certain sums are mentioned" On 12 August, Lewandowski recorded

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1892-433: Is called "Stalówka The Firm". In 2020 officially begun a friendship with Ultras of Italian giants Inter Curva Nord Milano . The great character species have games between Stal and Siarka Tarnobrzeg (called the great derby of Subcarpathia ), Motor Lublin (called the east derby) and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (called the metallurgical derby). Stal Stalowa Wola II is a Polish football team, which serves as

1978-479: Is equivalent in literal meaning and function to: It is equivalent in function to: Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɔbɛrt lɛvanˈdɔfskʲi] ; born 21 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and captains the Poland national team . He is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time. He

2064-515: Is one of the most successful players in Bundesliga and Bayern Munich history. He has scored over 600 senior career goals for club and country. After being the top scorer in the third and second tiers of Polish football with Znicz Pruszków , Lewandowski moved to top-flight Lech Poznań , helping the team win the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa . In 2010, he transferred to Borussia Dortmund , where he won honors including two consecutive Bundesliga titles and

2150-475: The 1993–94 Ekstraklasa , 1990–91 I liga championship and the quarter-final of the 1991–92 Polish Cup . It is the fourth best team in the history of the I liga , second professional association football division. Since the spring round of the 2019–20 season , Stalowa Wola has played its home games at the 3,764-capacity Subcarpathian Football Center . Previously the team had played at the MOSiR Stadium from

2236-522: The 2012–13 Bundesliga campaign in Dortmund's 2–1 victory over Werder Bremen on the opening day of the season. He netted his first goal in a 3–0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on 15 September 2012, extending Dortmund's run to 31 games unbeaten and moved the club into third in the Bundesliga. Three days later, in the club's first Champions League game of the season, Lewandowski scored an 87th-minute winner to defeat Ajax , 1–0. He set club's new record of

2322-583: The 2014–15 season . Lewandowski was officially presented as a Bayern Munich player on 9 July 2014. Pre-season started on 9 July 2014 at which time he was presented. He made his pre–season debut against MSV Duisburg on 21 July, scoring a goal in the process. On 6 August, he opened the scoring as Bayern contested the 2014 MLS All-Star Game at the Providence Park in Portland, Oregon , eventually losing 1–2. He made his competitive debut for his new club in

2408-469: The 2020 DFL-Supercup , to win their fifth trophy of the year. On 4 October, he scored all four goals in a 4–3 win against Hertha BSC. On 24 October, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt, to become the first player in Bundesliga to score ten goals in only five matches. On 16 December, he scored a brace against Wolfsburg to be the third player to pass the 250-goal mark in Bundesliga, after Gerd Müller and Klaus Fischer . After winning

2494-675: The Ballon d'Or , 33 points behind the winner Lionel Messi. "When I was six, I remember Roberto Baggio at the 1994 World Cup. When I was between 10 and 14, Alessandro Del Piero was the best player for me. Then my idol was Thierry Henry . He was amazing – it wasn't just how he scored the goals but what he did for the team." —Lewandowski on his childhood role models Lewandowski was born in Warsaw and grew up in Leszno , Warsaw West County . He took his first steps in football as an unregistered player for

2580-821: The IFFHS World's Best Player in 2020 and 2021 and the European Golden Shoe for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. Lewandowski has been named the Polish Footballer of the Year a record eleven times and the Polish Sports Personality of the Year three times. Moreover, he has won the Gerd Müller Trophy twice, in 2021 and 2022. In 2020, Lewandowski won the Best FIFA Men's Player Award (retained in 2021) and

2666-615: The Segunda División . However, Gijón rejected him. He debuted for Lech on 17 July 2008 as a substitute in the first qualifying first leg match of the UEFA Cup versus Khazar Lankaran from Azerbaijan , in which he scored the only goal of the evening in the 75th minute at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium . During his Ekstraklasa debut in the first game of the season, in a match against GKS Bełchatów , he scored

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2752-702: The UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award . He has been named to the UEFA Team of the Year twice. He is the third-highest goalscorer in the history of the Champions League . Lewandowski has been named the VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season a record five times. He has scored over 300 goals in the Bundesliga ( second-highest goalscorer of all time in Bundesliga , only behind Gerd Müller 's 365 Bundesliga goals), having reached

2838-486: The final , as Bayern became the second club ever (after Barcelona in 2009 ) to win the sextuple . He was also involved in Benjamin Pavard 's winning goal, and was named player of the tournament. On 23 February, Lewandowski opened the score in a 4–1 win against Lazio in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 , reaching his 72nd Champions League goal and surpassing Raúl as the third highest goalscorer in

2924-625: The first round of the DFB-Pokal . Four days later, he scored two goals in the 2019–20 Bundesliga opener against Hertha BSC. With his goals, Lewandowski set a Bundesliga record for scoring a goal in the season opener for the fifth year in a row. He then scored a hat-trick against Schalke at the Veltins Arena on 24 August, as the Reds won 3–0. On 29 August, Lewandowski extended his contract at Bayern until 2023. Lewandowski scored his 200th goal for Bayern in

3010-469: The league's top goalscorer award. In 2013, he also featured with Dortmund in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final . Prior to the start of the 2014–15 season , Lewandowski agreed to join Dortmund's domestic rivals, Bayern Munich , on a free transfer . In Munich, he won the Bundesliga title in every one of his eight seasons. Lewandowski was integral in Bayern's UEFA Champions League win in 2019–20 as part of

3096-639: The reserve side of Stal Stalowa Wola. Reactivated in 2012, they started in the B class and won the championship in their debut season (2012–13). From 2019 to 2021, they competed in the IV league but were relegated to the district class in 2021. They play their home matches at the training pitch of the Subcarpathian Football Center . Sp%C3%B3%C5%82ka Akcyjna As with bearer bonds , anonymous unregistered share ownership and dividend collection enabled money laundering , tax evasion , and concealed business transactions in general, so governments passed laws to audit

3182-534: The top scorer with 18 goals and helped his team win the 2009–10 championship . English coach, Sam Allardyce , said that Lewandowski was about to join Premier League club Blackburn Rovers in 2010, but the volcanic ash clouds caused by the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull which suspended all flights in and out of the UK, in addition to other financial worries, prevented the potential transfer. Moreover, Lewandowski

3268-459: The 0–3 loss to Wisła Puławy , Szymon Szydełko was released from his contract (at the time of his release, Stal was sixth, 18 points behind to first place). On November 4, 2020, Jaromir Wieprzęć was announced as his successor. They were not able to win the promotion back the following season, finding themselves remaining in the fourth-tier III liga. In the 2022–23 season, Stal won the Polish Cup of

3354-399: The 100th Bundesliga meeting between Bayern Munich and Dortmund, Lewandowski scored twice in a 5–0 win, with his first goal taking him to 200 goals in the league. Lewandowski ended the league campaign as the Bundesliga's top goalscorer with 22 goals for the fourth time. On 25 May, he scored a brace as Bayern won against Leipzig 3–0 in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final . With his goals, he became

3440-460: The 1930s, when the stadium was built. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Siarka Tarnobrzeg , and matches between the two sides are known as the great derby of Subcarpathia . The club's traditional colours are green and black, and the club is known as Stalówka and Hutnicy ( Steelworkers ). At the beginning of its existence, it was associated with the Huta Stalowa Wola . In May 2010,

3526-494: The Bundesliga to make it 3–0 in the Revierderby against Schalke 04 ; the game ended 3–1. In the 2011–12 Bundesliga campaign , Lewandowski profited from an injury to Lucas Barrios and he was elevated to an ever-present position in the starting XI until the winter break. The striker responded by finding the net two times in Dortmund's 3–0 DFB-Pokal first round victory over Sandhausen . Lewandowski opened his league account in

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3612-532: The Bundesliga with a comfortable 5–0 victory over Köln on 22 October, with Lewandowski finding the net either side of half-time. Dortmund travelled to Freiburg on 17 December and Lewandowski struck twice and provided an assist for Kevin Großkreutz , as Dortmund eased to a 4–1 triumph, scoring his first hat-trick in Bundesliga. Due to his strong performances, he was named Footballer of the Year in Poland . Following

3698-400: The Bundesliga, nevertheless he scored the second spot kick to complete his hat-trick. On 11 February 2018, he was voted Poland's Footballer of the Year for the seventh time in a row. On 22 February, he fired his long-time agent, Cezary Kucharski. Lewandowski hired renowned dealmaker Pini Zahavi as his new agent; the hiring of Zahavi was rumoured to be the start of Lewandowski trying to seal

3784-472: The Bundesliga, the first player since Dieter Müller in 1976–77 , and secured him the Torjägerkanone for the second time in three seasons. He finished the season with 42 goals in 51 matches. The 2016–17 season started with Bayern winning the 2016 DFL-Supercup on 14 August. Five days later, Bayern defeated Carl Zeiss Jena 5–0 in the DFB-Pokal first round , with the help of Lewandowski's hat-trick during

3870-463: The Bundesliga. He finished the season with 42 goals in 47 matches. The season began with Bayern Munich winning the 2017 DFL-Supercup against Borussia Dortmund, in which Lewandowski scored the opening goal for the Bavarians by controlling a low cross from Joshua Kimmich to cancel out Christian Pulisic 's opener. The match ended 2–2 after extra time. Lewandowski, again, scored the first penalty of

3956-519: The Subcarpathian Voivodeship and were promoted to the II liga – securing promotion in the penultimate round by winning 7–0 over Wisła Sandomierz and reaching a six-point lead over Avia Świdnik . Stal Stalowa Wola achieved back-to-back promotions through the play-offs in the 2023–24 season . Their 2–1 victory over KKS 1925 Kalisz in the play-off final marked their return to the second tier after

4042-406: The all-time top scorer in the DFB-Pokal finals with six, surpassing Gerd Müller on five. Lewandowski finished the season with 40 goals in 47 matches in all competitions, reaching the 40-goal landmark for the fourth consecutive season, also winning his second domestic double with Bayern. On 12 August, Lewandowski scored his first goal of the season when Bayern defeated Energie Cottbus 3–1 in

4128-428: The assist for Shinji Kagawa 's 59th-minute goal as Dortmund won 2–0 over Borussia Mönchengladbach to seal their second straight title. In the final Bundesliga game of the campaign, Lewandowski scored two first-half goals as Dortmund beat Freiburg 4–0 and celebrated lifting the title. Lewandowski finished the year as the third top goal scorer with 22 goals, none from the penalty spot, and six assists. On 12 May, in

4214-731: The best player of 2020 and deserving of the Ballon d'Or , until it was canceled. In 2022, he was signed by Barcelona , where he won the Supercopa de España , the La Liga title and the Pichichi Trophy in his debut season. He holds the joint-record for most top scorer awards in Europe's top five leagues with eight, alongside Lionel Messi , and the joint-record for the most consecutive with six, alongside Kylian Mbappé . A full international for Poland since 2008, Lewandowski has earned over 150 caps, and

4300-501: The century mark quicker than any other foreign player, and is the league's all-time leading foreign goalscorer . In 2015, while playing for Bayern, he scored five goals in less than nine minutes against VfL Wolfsburg , the fastest by any player in Bundesliga history as well as any major European football league for which he was awarded four Guinness World Records . Moreover, he has won the Bundesliga Top Scorer Award in

4386-483: The club on his 182nd appearance, as Dortmund defeated VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 in the semi-finals of the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal on 16 April, and revealed a shirt with the number 100 during celebration. Lewandowski ended the 2013–14 season as the top goalscorer in the Bundesliga with 20 goals, which earned him the Torjägerkanone  [ de ] . He also scored six goals in the Champions League, as Dortmund reached

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4472-457: The club possessed a pitch devoid of running tracks and stands, and its players were purely amateurs. Training sessions were scheduled post work hours, with matches held exclusively on Sundays. The inaugural match occurred on 4 May 4 1939, coinciding with Saint Florian 's Day, the patron saint of steelworkers . Post- World War II , the club resumed its operations. Stal emerged victorious in the 1953 season of Klasa A (4th level). This triumph marked

4558-417: The club's third-highest goalscorer of all-time. He surpassed Wohlfarth the following month after scoring a brace in a 5–1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach, with his second goal also seeing him equal Claudio Pizarro 's record of 195 league goals for the most Bundesliga goals by a foreign player. In his very next fixture, he broke Pizarro's record by scoring twice in a 6–0 win over Wolfsburg. On 6 April, in

4644-411: The club, and would leave either in the summer of 2013 or after the 2013–14 season. He finished season with 24 league goals, one goal short of the Bundesliga's top scorer, Bayer Leverkusen's Stefan Kießling . On 27 February 2013, Lewandowski played in his side's 1–0 defeat to Bayern Munich in the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal quarter final . On 24 April, Lewandowski became the first player to score four goals in

4730-422: The competition's history. On 6 March, he scored his 12th Bundesliga hat-trick in a 4–2 win over his former club Borussia Dortmund, to reach 31 goals in 23 matches. On 13 March, he scored a goal in a 3–1 away win over Werder Bremen, hence he became the joint-second on the all-time Bundesliga scoring list with 268 goals along with Klaus Fischer. On 20 March, he surpassed Fischer, as he scored a perfect hat-trick in

4816-404: The final due to injury concerns; although Lewandowski played all 120 minutes of the final, Dortmund lost, 0–2. He finished the season with 28 goals in 48 matches. In November 2013, Lewandowski confirmed he would sign a pre-contractual agreement for Borussia Dortmund's rivals Bayern Munich, which officially happened on 3 January 2014, when he signed a five-year contract beginning at the start of

4902-422: The final game of the season for Dortmund , he scored a hat-trick in the DFB-Pokal Final , a 5–2 win over Bayern Munich, to earn the club its first domestic double . Lewandowski finished as the DFB-Pokal's top goalscorer , with seven goals from six games. On 12 August 2012, Lewandowski began the 2012–13 season by scoring in the 1–2 2012 DFL-Supercup defeat to Bayern Munich. He made his first appearance of

4988-539: The first elevation of footballers from Stalowa Wola to the II liga (2nd level) in 1973, under the guidance of Jerzy Kopa . The team remained in the second league until 1987, when they secured promotion to Ekstraklasa following a play-off victory against Górnik Knurów . Stal Stalowa Wola featured in Ekstraklasa during the subsequent seasons: 987–88 , 1991–92 , 1993–94 and 1994–95 . Notable achievements of Stal include reaching

5074-559: The first ever hat-trick in the DFL-Supercup in a 0–5 away victory against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2018 edition as Bayern Munich went on to win the title for the record seventh time. He also became the all-time top scorer in the German Supercup history. On 27 November, Lewandowski became the third-fastest player to score 50 goals (after Lionel Messi and Ruud van Nistelrooy ) in the Champions League, when he scored two goals in

5160-432: The first half and assist to Arturo Vidal in the 72nd minute. He opened the 2016–17 Bundesliga season with another hat-trick in a 6–0 victory against Werder Bremen. On 13 December, Lewandowski signed a new contract with Bayern, keeping him at the club until 2021. On 11 March 2017, Lewandowski reached 100 goals for Bayern in his 137th appearance for the club, scoring twice in a 3–0 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt in

5246-461: The first player in Bundesliga history to score 21 goals after just 16 games – a new Hinrunde record, beating Gerd Müller's 20 goals during the 1968–69 season . On 8 February, he scored a brace in a 2–0 win over Al Ahly in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup semi-finals . On 11 February, he won the FIFA Club World Cup 2020 with the club after 1–0 win against Mexican top-flight club Tigres in

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5332-433: The initial five matches. After the loss to Błękitni Stargard (0–1), the coach Paweł Wtorek resigned. He was replaced by Szymon Szydełko, who was unable to turn around the club's fortunes. Stalówka finished the season in 15th, thus becoming relegated to III liga . Szydełko stayed at the club, beginning another season with a victory in the Polish Cup over the II liga side Skra Częstochowa (3–1 win). On October 31, 2020, after

5418-484: The league, ahead of only Motor Lublin . In the 2009–10 Polish Cup edition, Stal advanced to the round of 16, notably eliminating the defending champion Lech Poznań , featuring Robert Lewandowski in their squad, in a penalty shootout (0–0, p. 4–1). From 2010 to 2020, Stal maintained a consistent presence in the II liga . The 2019–20 II liga season began severely for the Subcarpathian team – they had one point in

5504-471: The local club, Partyzant Leszno. In 1997, he joined MKS Varsovia Warsaw, where as a teen he played for seven years. The following year he moved to fourth tier side Delta Warsaw, where he finally managed to play in the first team, scoring four goals at the end of the season. In 2006–07  [ pl ] , Lewandowski was the Polish third division 's top goalscorer with 15 goals, helping Znicz Pruszków win

5590-499: The longest scoring streak, having scored in 12 consecutive league games, surpassing Friedhelm Konietzka 's record from 1964–65 season . On 9 February 2013, he opened the scoring in a home match against Hamburg, but was sent off in the 31st minute for a foul on Per Ciljan Skjelbred and Dortmund lost 4–1. According to Borussia Dortmund director Michael Zorc , speaking in February 2013, Lewandowski would not be renewing his contract with

5676-489: The net against Schalke 04 at the Allianz Arena to equal the record of scoring in 11 successive home games in a single season, a record also held by then Bayern manager Jupp Heynckes . He continued his goal scoring form by netting a hat-trick against Hamburg as the runaway leaders won 6–0, while he also missed a kick from the spot which would have been his fourth goal of the day. This was his first penalty missed for Bayern in

5762-466: The opening match of the new Bundesliga season , he scored the second goal of a 5–0 win over Hamburg. On 22 September 2015, Lewandowski set a Bundesliga record by coming on as a substitute with Bayern trailing 0–1 to Wolfsburg and scoring five goals in 8 minutes and 59 seconds, the fastest by any player in Bundesliga history, to take a 5–1 lead. He also set Bundesliga records for the fastest hat-trick (three goals in four minutes), and most goals scored by

5848-406: The opening nine, ten and eleven matches of a season, surpassing the record of eight set by former Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang . On 26 November, Lewandowski scored 4 goals in under 15 minutes as Bayern defeated Red Star Belgrade 6–0 in their reverse fixture and clinched first place in their Champions League group , setting a new record for fastest time to score four goals in

5934-532: The practice. Nowadays, shareholders of S.A.s are not anonymous, though shares can still be held by a holding company to obscure the beneficiary. S.A. can be an abbreviation of: "SA" is part of the name of lots of corporations named after an acronym : some examples are Cepsa , originally Compañía Española de Petróleos, Sociedad Anónima , "Spanish petroleum company, S.A." ; Sabena , originally Societé anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne , "Belgian S.A. of exploitation of air navigation". It

6020-399: The promotion. The next season , he was the top scorer in the Polish second highest division with 21 goals. In June 2008, Lech Poznań signed Lewandowski from Znicz for 1.5 million PLN . Earlier that month, Lewandowski's agent Cezary Kucharski offered him to his former team Sporting Gijón , which had been promoted to the La Liga , Spain's first division, after ten years in

6106-477: The quarter-finals of the Polish Cup in the 1991–92 edition . Following their triumph in the 2001–02 II liga (fourth group), Stal ascended to the I liga . However, in their debut season at the higher tier, they finished fifteenth, landing in the relegation zone. Stal made a reappearance at this level in 2006 but descended to the third tier after the 2009–10 season of I liga , securing the penultimate position in

6192-426: The quarter-finals. During the second leg of the round of 16 match between Borussia Dortmund and Zenit, Lewandowski received a second yellow card, which resulted in his suspension for the first leg of the quarter-final against Real Madrid. Lewandowski played his final match for Dortmund in the 2014 DFB-Pokal Final against Bayern Munich on 17 May. Head coach Jürgen Klopp had excused him from some training ahead of

6278-474: The season in Dortmund's 4–0 win over Augsburg in the club's opening Bundesliga match on 10 August. On 1 November, he scored his only hat-trick of the season in a 6–1 Bundesliga win against Stuttgart . On 25 February 2014, Lewandowski scored twice in the Champions League round of 16 first leg against Zenit Saint Petersburg , becoming Dortmund's overall top scorer in European competition, surpassing Stéphane Chapuisat 's 16 goals. He scored his 100th goal for

6364-413: The season with 25 goals in 49 appearances. Lewandowski's second season began with the 2015 DFL-Supercup on 1 August, with Bayern losing in a penalty shootout away to VfL Wolfsburg; he had been substituted in the 72nd minute for Rafinha . Eight days later in the DFB-Pokal first round match , he scored the last goal in a 3–1 win against Oberliga Baden-Württemberg club Nöttingen . On 14 August, in

6450-403: The season's competition with nine goals. On 7 May 2016, Lewandowski scored both goals for Bayern in a 2–1 win at Ingolstadt to confirm the Bavarian club as champions of Germany for the fourth consecutive season. A week later, he scored his 30th goal of the season in Bayern's final league match of the season at home to Hannover 96 . This made him the first foreign player to score 30 goals in

6536-409: The shootout as Bayern eventually won 5–4. Lewandowski started from where he left in the last season and once again was the top scorer in the early stages of the 2017–18 Bundesliga . On 13 December, in the league fixture against Köln, he scored the only goal of the game, to reach Bundesliga's top ten goalscorers of all time. A couple of months later, on Matchday 22, Lewandowski again found the back of

6622-596: The team of the Stal Stalowa Wola's stars against the Wisła Kraków 's stars in 2017. (H) – Home ; (A) – Away The following list is not complete. Stal Stalowa Wola fans have a friendship with supporters of GKS Jastrzębie , Łada Biłgoraj , Polonia Przemyśl , Sokół Nisko and Stal Rzeszów . Stal's major rivals are Hutnik Kraków , Korona Kielce , KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski , Motor Lublin , Siarka Tarnobrzeg and Stal Mielec . The team's fan group

6708-404: The top of the table while leaving his former club in a relegation play-off place. In his third match of the season against Dortmund on 4 April 2015, Lewandowski scored in the 36th minute in a 1–0 win, after Dortmund's goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller "parried" Thomas Müller 's shot. On 21 February 2015, Lewandowski scored twice in Bayern's 6–0 win away at Paderborn , his second goal of the game

6794-419: The treble with Bayern Munich and his performances in the tournaments, he was named The Best FIFA Men's Player 2020 on 17 December, becoming the first Polish player to win the award. The cancellation of the 2020 Ballon d'Or was met with extensive criticism, as most news and sports organisations believed Lewandowski was the front-runner and should have won the award. On 17 January 2021, Lewandowski became

6880-409: The winter break, on 22 January 2012, Dortmund thrashed Hamburg 5–1 to move level on points with leaders Bayern Munich ; Lewandowski netted twice and added an assist for Jakub Błaszczykowski in the rout. He scored in a 1–0 home win over Bayern Munich on 11 April. The result gave Dortmund a six-point cushion over their title rivals with only four games left to play. On 21 April, Lewandowski provided

6966-719: Was a member of their team at the UEFA European Championship in 2012 , 2016 , 2020 , and 2024 , and the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022 . With 84 international goals, Lewandowski is the all-time top scorer for Poland and the fourth overall men's international goalscorer in Europe , only behind Cristiano Ronaldo (135), Romelu Lukaku (85) and Ferenc Puskás (84). He won IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer Award in 2015 and 2021, IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer Award in 2020 and 2021, and IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer Award in 2021. He also won

7052-565: Was also about to join Italian club Genoa , before president Enrico Preziosi decided to cancel the transfer. Following press speculation that Lewandowski might move to one of a number of clubs, he joined Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in June 2010, signing a four-year contract with the German club for a fee reported to be worth around € 4.5 million. On 19 September, he scored his first goal in

7138-429: Was also the inauguration of artificial lighting). Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Players who have been capped, including national youth football teams. Players who have played in

7224-434: Was his 10th of the league season. He scored twice in the first half on 21 April as Bayern overturned a deficit from the first leg to defeat Porto 7–4 on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League . Five days later, after VfL Wolfsburg lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern won the Bundesliga title. He scored again on 28 April, opening a 1–1 draw in the DFB-Pokal semi-final against Dortmund, but

7310-498: Was later involved in a mid-air collision with Mitchell Langerak in the 116th minute of extra time . The game ended in Bayern's elimination via a penalty shoot-out (0–2), and, unusually, none of the four attempts were converted by the Munich side, at their own stadium. Although Lewandowski stayed until the end of the match, he didn't participate in the shootout; and tests later confirmed that he had fractured jaw and nose bone, and had

7396-558: Was the first to do so as the sole top scorer in all three competitions. On 18 September, in an 8–0 win over Schalke 04 , in which Lewandowski scored a penalty, he provided a rabona assist to Thomas Müller , which was praised as the best of the season. On 24 September, Lewandowski assisted Leon Goretzka 's opener in 2–1 victory over 2019–20 UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup in Budapest . 6 days later, he played in Bayern's 3–2 win over Borussia Dortmund in

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