Lech Poznań II is the reserve team of KKS Lech Poznań, the Polish professional football club based in Poznań. As a reserve side, Lech Poznań II does not maintain a separate visual identity. Instead, it uses the same crest as the parent club, appearing in the club’s official blue and white colors. The team currently competes in the Betclic III liga, group II, the fourth tier of Polish football.[1]
Design and History
The current crest of Lech Poznań, used by both the first team and the reserves, is a blue and white shield with wings inscribed in it. It also contains the club name, KKS Lech Poznań, and the founding year, 1922.[2] According to the Polish Football Association’s educational program, this crest has been in use since 2006 and refers to the historical emblem of the Kolejowy Klub Sportowy (Railway Sports Club).[2]
The club’s official website documents the history of the emblem in detail. A blue and white shield with wings served as the symbol of Lech the longest, from 1956 to 1994, nearly 40 years. In 1994, the club’s board introduced a new crest, a shield with white goats on a blue background. On January 4, 2007, the club announced it was returning to the traditional crest with wings after 13 years.[3]
Meaning and Symbolism
The club’s official announcement explains the symbolism of the traditional crest. The shape of the shield resembles a locomotive seen from above, and the wings of Mercury, the god of couriers and transport, refer to the railway tradition of Lech.[3] A club article from 2007 adds that the crest contains what is most essential about Lech: the KKS abbreviation, the club name, the city name, the colors, the railway connections, and an allegory of speed.[4]
For the club’s centenary season in 2021/22, a special anniversary crest was designed by Jakub Malicki, who had also designed the crest for the club’s 90th birthday. Malicki described incorporating the number 100 into the Kolejorz logotype and weaving a symbol of infinity into the lettering, referring to the club’s immortality through its transformations over more than 64 years without losing its name and blue and white colors.[5]
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