# Ernest Pohl

Ernest Pohl (3 November 1932 – 12 September 1995), a.k.a. Ernst Pol, was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. With 186 goals, he is the Polish top division's record goalscorer.

## Career

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, 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.
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 stadium was named after him.

## Career statistics
### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Poland | 1955 | 1 | 0 |
| Poland | 1956 | 6 | 6 |
| Poland | 1957 | 2 | 0 |
| Poland | 1958 | 1 | 2 |
| Poland | 1959 | 8 | 8 |
| Poland | 1960 | 7 | 8 |
| Poland | 1961 | 5 | 6 |
| Poland | 1962 | 4 | 1 |
| Poland | 1963 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 1964 | 4 | 5 |
| Poland | 1965 | 8 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 46 | 39 |

### International goals

    Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pohl goal.
List of international goals scored by Grzegorz Lato :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 26 August 1956 | Wrocław, Poland | Bulgaria | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 28 October 1956 | Warsaw, Poland | Norway | 1–0 | 5–3 | Friendly |
| 3 | 28 October 1956 | Warsaw, Poland | Norway | 3–0 | 5–3 | Friendly |
| 4 | 28 October 1956 | Warsaw, Poland | Norway | 4–0 | 5–3 | Friendly |
| 5 | 28 October 1956 | Warsaw, Poland | Norway | 5–3 | 5–3 | Friendly |
| 6 | 16 November 1956 | Istanbul, Turkey | Turkey | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 5 October 1958 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 8 | 5 October 1958 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 9 | 28 June 1959 | Chorzów, Poland | Spain | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
| 10 | 30 August 1959 | Warsaw, Poland | Romania | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 11 | 30 August 1959 | Warsaw, Poland | Romania | 2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 12 | 18 October 1959 | Helsinki, Finland | Finland | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1960 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 13 | 8 November 1959 | Chorzów, Poland | Finland | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1960 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 14 | 8 November 1959 | Chorzów, Poland | Finland | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1960 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 15 | 8 November 1959 | Chorzów, Poland | Finland | 4–2 | 6–2 | 1960 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 16 | 29 November 1959 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Israel | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 17 | 4 May 1960 | Glasgow, Scotland | Scotland | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 18 | 19 May 1960 | Moscow, Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 1–4 | 1–7 | Friendly |
| 19 | 26 August 1960 | Rome, Italy | Tunisia | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1960 Summer Olympics |
| 20 | 26 August 1960 | Rome, Italy | Tunisia | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1960 Summer Olympics |
| 21 | 26 August 1960 | Rome, Italy | Tunisia | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1960 Summer Olympics |
| 22 | 26 August 1960 | Rome, Italy | Tunisia | 5–1 | 6–1 | 1960 Summer Olympics |
| 23 | 26 August 1960 | Rome, Italy | Tunisia | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1960 Summer Olympics |
| 24 | 13 November 1960 | Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 1–2 | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 25 | 21 May 1961 | Warsaw, Poland | Soviet Union | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 26 | 22 October 1961 | Wrocław, Poland | East Germany | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 27 | 22 October 1961 | Wrocław, Poland | East Germany | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 28 | 5 November 1961 | Chorzów, Poland | Denmark | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 29 | 5 November 1961 | Chorzów, Poland | Denmark | 3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 30 | 5 November 1961 | Chorzów, Poland | Denmark | 5–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 31 | 11 April 1962 | Paris, France | France | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 32 | 13 September 1964 | Warsaw, Poland | Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 33 | 13 September 1964 | Warsaw, Poland | Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 34 | 27 September 1964 | Istanbul, Turkey | Turkey | 3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 35 | 7 October 1964 | Solna, Sweden | Sweden | 1–2 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 36 | 25 October 1964 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 37 | 16 May 1965 | Kraków, Poland | Bulgaria | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 38 | 13 October 1965 | Glasgow, Scotland | Scotland | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 39 | 24 October 1965 | Szczecin, Poland | Finland | 4–0 | 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
* Ekstraklasa: 1955, 1956
* Polish Cup: 1954–55, 1955–56
Górnik Zabrze
* Ekstraklasa: 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67
* Polish Cup: 1964–65
Individual
* Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1954, 1961, 1963–64