 With numerous departments, among them football, ice hockey and track and field, Pogoń was a major force of Polish sports in the interbellum period; its football team was never relegated from the elite Polish Football League.The club ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland.On July 2, 1939, Pogoń played last pre-war official home game, drawing 1–1 with AKS Chorzów.