Piotr Rogala

Central Defender - Polonia Bytom
26 Nov 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Piotr Rogala

16 Edition

The Polonia Bytom Herald

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Jakub Łukowski in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Polonia Bytom this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at Polonia Bytom

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jean Franco Sarmiento was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Kamil Wojtyra asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

Kuba Bochniarz is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Piotr Rogala

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Gornik Leczna in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout

The manager makes Jakub Szymański a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Polonia Bytom. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market

The Jean Franco Sarmiento talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Polonia Bytom know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Looking ahead

Polonia Bytom host Gornik Leczna

Next up at home: Gornik Leczna, who go into it in position 9. The kind of fixture a season is quietly built on or quietly loses its shape in.

The dugout

The manager plants his flag on Jakub Łukowski

“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Jakub Łukowski’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Polonia Bytom Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Jakub Arak puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Polonia Bytom, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

Deadline passes with 19 signed and 11 gone

That is the business done at Polonia Bytom until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Squad

Words exchanged at Polonia Bytom

Jakub Łukowski and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Bruk-Bet Termalica tell Polonia Bytom: Eric Topór is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Kacper Michalski falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

Piotr Rogala signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Piotr Rogala commits to Polonia Bytom for another 2 years.

Transfer targets

Polonia Bytom try to borrow Ricardo Visus

Widzew Łódź have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Squad

A place in the month's best eleven for Jakub Łukowski

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Jakub Łukowski has come out of that comparison in the side, and Polonia Bytom have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

The dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting Kacper Michalski's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

In brief

5 Edition

The Polonia Bytom Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Polonia Bytom throw away a 2-goal lead

2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Odra Opole the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Polonia Bytom will enjoy reviewing.

Market

Mikołaj Łabojko hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Polonia Bytom can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Oskar Krzyżak delivers — 7.52

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Oskar Krzyżak scored, was marked 7.52, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Transfer targets

Jagiellonia tell Polonia Bytom: Apostolis Konstantopoulos is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

A falling-out at Polonia Bytom

Wiktor Żytek and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Polonia Bytom are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Player ratings

Both jobs done by Konrad Andrzejczak — 7.00

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 7.00, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Match

Polonia Bytom share the spoils with Odra Opole

A 2‑2 draw with Odra Opole leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Piotr Rogala stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Piotr Rogala and Polonia Bytom agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief