Lechia Gdańsk & Śląsk Wrocław (Fan Friendship)

Founded in 1945 in Gdańsk after the expulsion of Poles in Lviv. Throughout their history they have mostly played in the top three tiers. The club had to restart in the lowest divisions after the club created a new club independent club a few years after the Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk merger in 2001. The team have been playing in the Ekstraklasa since 2008. The club have currently won the Polish Cup and the Polish SuperCup twice, winning both cups in 1983 and 2019.[7][8] The team's highest position in the Ekstraklasa is third which it achieved in 1956 and 2019.[9]

Founded in 1947 in Wrocław, Śląsk have been the more successful of the two teams, playing mostly in the top division since the 1960s. Śląsk last won promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 2008 and have been in the league since. Śląsk have won the Polish championship twice in 1977 and 2012, and finishing in either second or third a further six times. They have won the Polish Cup twice, the Polish SuperCup twice, and the Ekstraklasa Cup once.[10]

There have been a few players who have played for both Lechia Gdańsk and Śląsk Wrocław, with the majority of those playing for both clubs after the agreement which was made in 1977.[15]

• Bolesław Błaszczyk – Lechia (1980–1982) & Śląsk (1985)
• Tomasz Borowiec – Lechia (2000[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (1999)
• Piotr Bubiłek – Lechia (2000[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (2001)
• Michał Chrapek – Lechia (2015–2017) & Śląsk (2017–2020)
• Marcin Ciliński – Lechia (1995–1996[lower-alpha 2]) & Śląsk (1997–1998)
• Jan Erlich – Lechia (1978–1981) & Śląsk (1974–1978)
• Piotr Jacyna – Lechia (2000[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (1995)
• Marcin Janus – Lechia (1995,[lower-alpha 2] 2005–2006) & Śląsk (1999–2001)
• Jerzy Kasalik – Lechia (1975–1976) & Śląsk (1969–1970)
• Jakub Kosecki – Lechia (2011–2012) & Śląsk (2017–2018)
• Aleksandar Kovačević – Lechia (2015–2017) & Śląsk (2017)
• Kamil Kowalczyk – Lechia (1995–96,[lower-alpha 2] 1996) & Śląsk (1994)
• Maciej Kowalczyk – Lechia (2008–2009) & Śląsk (2000–2001)
• Grzegorz Krysiak – Lechia (2000[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (1999)
• Mateusz Lewandowski – Lechia (2017–2019) & Śląsk (2017, 2018)
• Mateusz Machaj – Lechia (2011–2013) & Śląsk (2014–2016)
• Michał Mak – Lechia (2015–2019) & Śląsk (2017–2018)
• Sebastian Mila – Lechia (1997–1998, 1998–2001,[lower-alpha 1] 2015–2018) & Śląsk (2008–2015)
• Tomasz Moskal – Lechia (2000[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (1994–1997)
• Flávio Paixão – Lechia (2016–2023) & Śląsk (2014–2016)
• Marco Paixão – Lechia (2016–2018) & Śląsk (2013–2015)
• Jacek Paszulewic – Lechia (1998[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (2001)
• Bartłomiej Pawłowski – Lechia (2014–2017) & Śląsk (2020–2021)
• Wojciech Pawłowski – Lechia (2010–2012) & Śląsk (2014–2015)
• Mirosław Pękala – Lechia (1985–1988) & Śląsk (1977–1984)
• Krzysztof Rusinek – Lechia (1998, 1998–2001,[lower-alpha 1] 2004–2006) & Śląsk (2007)
• Krzysztof Sadzawicki – Lechia (1995–1996[lower-alpha 2]) & Śląsk (1999–2001)
• Grzegorz Szamotulski – Lechia (1993) & Śląsk (2001)
• Adam Tokarz – Lechia (1973–1974) & Śląsk (1967–1969)
• Tomasz Unton – Lechia (1988–1994, 1995–96[lower-alpha 2]) & Śląsk (1997)
• Dariusz Wojciechowski – Lechia (2001[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (1996–1997)
• Łukasz Zwoliński – Lechia (2020–2023) & Śląsk (2016–2017)
• Dzidosław Żuberek – Lechia (2000[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (1998–1999)
• Mateusz Żukowski – Lechia (2017–2022) & Śląsk (2023–present)

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Currently there have been three managers who have managed both Lechia Gdańsk and Śląsk Wrocław.

• Zygmunt Czyżewski – Lechia (1945–1946[lower-alpha 1]) & Śląsk (1960–1961)
• Wojciech Łazarek – Lechia (1974–1975, 1985–1986) & Śląsk (1998–1999)
• Romuald Szukiełowicz – Lechia (2000[lower-alpha 2]) & Śląsk (1989–1991, 1995–1996, 2015–2016)

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