Michał Matyas

Matyas was born in Brzozów. After moving to Lviv in 1924 he started playing in junior team of Lechia and in 1926 moved to Pogoń, for which Matyas played for 14 seasons. His debut in the national team took place on 10 July 1932 in Warsaw in a 2–0 win against Sweden 2–0). All together he played in 18 international games (including the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin), scoring 7 goals. In Pogoń, in 1935 he was the top-scorer of the Polish Football League, with 22 goals. During the World War II in 1939–40, Matyas played in Soviet competitions for Naftovyk Boryslav and, for a short while, for FC Dynamo Kyiv in 1941. Soon after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, he returned to Lviv where he played for some local city teams in 1942–44. Following the war, Lviv was secured after the Soviet Union (as part of Soviet Ukraine), together with a group of Pogoń's players and activists, he settled in Bytom, where he played for Polonia Bytom in 1945–48. After finishing his career, he became a coach, in 1950-1952 he was in charge of the national team of Poland. Later, he coached such teams as Stal Mielec and Cracovia. He died on 22 October 1975 in Kraków.

Player

Pogoń Lwów

Ekstraklasa runner-up: 1932, 1933, 1935 Lwów city team

President of Poland Bowl: 1938 Individual

Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1935

Manager

Gwardia Kraków

Ekstraklasa: 1951 Górnik Zabrze

Polish Cup: 1969–70