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{{short description|Polish footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name = Ernest Pohl
|image =  
|fullname = Ernest Pohl
|birth_date = {{birth date|1932|11|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Ruda Śląska]], Poland
|death_date = {{death date and age|1995|9|12|1932|11|3|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Hausach]], Germany
|position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
|height =  1.73 m
|years1 = 1945–1952
|clubs1 = Slavia Ruda Śląska
|caps1 = 
|goals1 = 
|years2 = 1952–1953
|clubs2 = Orzeł Łódź
|caps2 = 
|goals2 = 
|years3 = 1953–1956
|clubs3 = [[Legia Warsaw|CWKS Warsaw]]
|caps3 = 55
|goals3 = 43
|years4 = 1957–1967
|clubs4 = [[Górnik Zabrze]]
|caps4 = 209
|goals4 = 143
|years5 = 1968–1969
|clubs5 = Polonia Greenpoint New York
|caps5 = 
|goals5 = 
|years6 = 1969–1970
|clubs6 = Vistula Garfield
|caps6 = 
|goals6 = 
|totalcaps = 264
|totalgoals = 186
|nationalyears1 = 1955–1965
|nationalteam1 = [[Poland national football team|Poland]] 
|nationalcaps1 = 46
|nationalgoals1 = 39 
}}
'''Ernest Pohl''' (3 November 1932 – 12 September 1995), a.k.a. '''Ernst Pol''', was a Polish [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]]. With 186 goals, he is the [[Ekstraklasa|Polish top division]]'s record goalscorer.<ref name=Olimp/>

==Career==
[[File:Tablica Ficinus.jpg|thumb|image of Ernest Pohl]]
Pohl scored 39 goals in 46 international matches for [[Poland national football team]] and to this day remains the most prolific [[Ekstraklasa]]. He played for Slavia Ruda Śląska, Orzeł Łódź between 1952 and 1953, [[Legia Warsaw|CWKS Warsaw]] between 1953 and 1956 and [[Górnik Zabrze]] between 1957 and 1967. During the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]], he scored five goals in a 6–1 win against [[Tunisia Olympic football team|Tunisia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26972 |title=Ernest Pohl |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>

Following the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] and [[German reunification]] in 1990, he relocated to Germany, where his wife and daughters had moved earlier.

In 2004, Górnik Zabrze's [[Ernest Pohl Stadium|stadium]] was named after him.

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Poland national football team|Poland]]
|1955||1||0
|-
|1956||6||6
|-
|1957||2||0
|-
|1958||1||2
|-
|1959||8||8
|-
|1960||7||8
|-
|1961||5||6
|-
|1962||4||1
|-
|1963||0||0
|-
|1964||4||5
|-
|1965||8||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!46!!39
|}

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pohl goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Grzegorz Lato
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 26 August 1956 || [[Wrocław]], Poland || {{fb|BUL|1948}} || align="center" |1–1 || align="center" |1–2 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || rowspan="4"|28 October 1956 || rowspan="4"|[[Warsaw]], Poland || rowspan="4"| {{fb|NOR}} || align="center" |1–0 || rowspan="4" align="center" |5–3 || rowspan="4"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|3 || align="center" |3–0
|-
| align="center"|4 || align="center" |4–0
|-
| align="center"|5 || align="center" |5–3
|-
| align="center"|6 || 16 November 1956 || [[Istanbul]], Turkey || {{fb|TUR}} || align="center" |1–0 || align="center" |1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|7 || rowspan="2"|5 October 1958 || rowspan="2"|[[Dublin]], Republic of Ireland || rowspan="2"|{{fb|IRL}} || align="center" |1–0 || align="center" rowspan="2"|2–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|8 || align="center" |2–0
|-
| align="center"|9 || 28 June 1959 || [[Chorzów]], Poland || {{fb|ESP|1945}} || align="center" |1–0 || align="center" |2–4 || [[1960 European Nations' Cup round of 16|1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying]]
|-
|-
| align="center"|10 || rowspan="2"|30 August 1959 || rowspan="2"|[[Warsaw]], Poland || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ROM|1952}} || align="center" |1–1 || align="center" rowspan="2"|2–3 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|11 || align="center" |2–2
|-
| align="center"|12 || 18 October 1959 || [[Helsinki]], Finland || {{fb|FIN}} || align="center" |1–0 || align="center"|3–1 || [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1960 Summer Olympics qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|13 || rowspan="3"|8 November 1959 || rowspan="3"|[[Chorzów]], Poland || rowspan="3"|{{fb|FIN}} || align="center" |1–1 || rowspan="3" align="center"|6–2 || rowspan="3"|1960 Summer Olympics qualification
|-
| align="center"|14 || align="center" |2–1
|-
| align="center"|15 || align="center" |4–2
|-
| align="center"|16 || 29 November 1959 || [[Tel Aviv]], Israel || {{fb|ISR}} || align="center" |1–1 || align="center" |1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|17 || 4 May 1960 || [[Glasgow]], Scotland || {{fb|SCO}} || align="center" |3–2 || align="center" |3–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|18 || 19 May 1960 || [[Moscow]], Soviet Union || {{fb|URS}} || align="center" |1–4 || align="center" |1–7 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|19 || rowspan="5"|26 August 1960 || rowspan="5"|[[Rome]], Italy || rowspan="5"|{{fb|TUN}} || align="center" |1–1 || rowspan="5" align="center"|6–1 || rowspan="5"|[[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Summer Olympics]]
|-
| align="center"|20 || align="center" |2–1
|-
| align="center"|21 || align="center" |3–1
|-
| align="center"|22 || align="center" |5–1
|-
| align="center"|23 || align="center" |6–1
|-
| align="center"|24 || 13 November 1960 || [[Budapest]], Hungary || {{fb|HUN}} || align="center" |1–2 || align="center"|1–4 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|25 || 21 May 1961 || [[Warsaw]], Poland || {{fb|URS}} || align="center" |1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|26 || rowspan="2"|22 October 1961 || rowspan="2"|[[Wrocław]], Poland || rowspan="2"|{{fb|GDR}} || align="center" |2–1 || align="center" rowspan="2"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|27 || align="center" |3–1
|-
| align="center"|28 || rowspan="3"|5 November 1961 || rowspan="3"|[[Chorzów]], Poland || rowspan="3"|{{fb|DEN}} || align="center" |1–0 || align="center" rowspan="3"|5–0 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|29 || align="center" |3–0
|-
| align="center"|30 || align="center" |5–0
|-
| align="center"|31 || 11 April 1962 || [[Paris]], France || {{fb|FRA}} || align="center" |1–1 || align="center" |3–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|32 || rowspan="2"|13 September 1964 || rowspan="2"|[[Warsaw]], Poland || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TCH}} || align="center" |1–0 || align="center" rowspan="2"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|33 || align="center" |2–1
|-
| align="center"|34 || 27 September 1964 || [[Istanbul]], Turkey || {{fb|TUR}} || align="center" |3–1 || align="center" |3–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|35 || 7 October 1964 || [[Solna]], Sweden || {{fb|SWE}} || align="center" |1–2 || align="center" |3–3 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|36 || 25 October 1964 || [[Dublin]], Republic of Ireland || {{fb|IRL}} || align="center" |2–0 || align="center" |2–3 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|37 || 16 May 1965 || [[Kraków]], Poland || {{fb|BUL|1948}} || align="center" |1–0 || align="center" |1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|38 || 13 October 1965 || [[Glasgow]], Scotland || {{fb|SCO}} || align="center" |1–1 || align="center" |2–1 || [[1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8|1966 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|39 || 24 October 1965 || [[Szczecin]], Poland || {{fb|FIN}} || align="center" |4–0 || align="center" |7–0 || 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}

==Names==
The [[German surname]] of the [[Pohl]] family was changed to ''Pol'' in 1952 as a result of the [[polonization]] of names common in [[Communist Poland]]. After moving to Germany, he reverted to using his original name.

==Honours==
'''Legia Warsaw'''<ref name=Olimp>{{cite web |title=Ernest Pohl (1932-1995) |url=https://olimpijski.pl/olimpijczycy/ernest-pohl-pol/ |website=olimpijski.pl |access-date=8 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[Ekstraklasa]]: [[1955 Ekstraklasa|1955]], [[1956 Ekstraklasa|1956]]
* [[Polish Cup]]: 1954–55, 1955–56

'''Górnik Zabrze'''<ref name=Olimp/>
* Ekstraklasa: [[1957 Ekstraklasa|1957]], [[1959 Ekstraklasa|1959]], [[1961 Ekstraklasa|1961]], [[1962–63 Ekstraklasa|1962–63]], [[1963–64 Ekstraklasa|1963–64]], [[1964–65 Ekstraklasa|1964–65]], [[1965–66 Ekstraklasa|1965–66]], [[1966–67 Ekstraklasa|1966–67]]
* Polish Cup: 1964–65

'''Individual'''
* [[Ekstraklasa]] [[Ekstraklasa#Top goalscorers|top scorer]]: [[1954 Ekstraklasa|1954]], [[1961 Ekstraklasa|1961]], [[1963–64 Ekstraklasa|1963–64]]<ref name=Olimp/>
* Ekstraklasa Hall of Fame: 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Gala PKO Ekstraklasy [RELACJA NA ŻYWO] |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/wielka-gala-ekstraklasy-na-zywo-dla-kogo-trofea-relacja-live-ekstraklasa/zt6ks6d |website=przegladsportowy.onet.pl |access-date=26 May 2025 |language=pl |date=27 May 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20111007044142/http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,70989,4632433.html Profile] {{in lang|pl}}
* Exhibition [https://web.archive.org/web/20080608024901/http://www.haus.pl/de/opis/05_06_08.html "Oberschlesier in der deutschen und polnischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft - gestern und heute. Sport und Politik in Oberschlesien im 20. Jahrhundert"]

{{Ekstraklasa top scorers}}
{{Poland Squad 1960 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta]]
[[Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen]]


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