Tarnovia Tarnów
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Tarnovia Tarnów is a Polish
sports club, founded in 1909 in the southern city of Tarnów
. With white and red hues, the club's founders wanted to emphasize their patriotism, during the time when their homeland was divided into three powers (see: Partitions of Poland
).
Tarnovia was based on two smaller teams, which had been created by students of local high schools in 1906 and 1908. These organizations, called Bialo-Czerwoni and Pogon, merged in 1909, creating Tarnovia. In the interbellum period its soccer team played in Kraków's A-Class (see: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland
).
In 1948 Tarnovia was promoted to Polish First Division, but remained there only for one year and was relegated. Tarnovia's most famous player is Antoni Barwinski
, who was capped 16 times for the Polish National Team. Currently, Tarnovia's soccer team plays in the local league of Tarnów.
Apart from soccer Tarnovia also supports other departments - women's volleyball, climbing and table tennis.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
sports club, founded in 1909 in the southern city of Tarnów
Tarnów
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...
. With white and red hues, the club's founders wanted to emphasize their patriotism, during the time when their homeland was divided into three powers (see: Partitions of Poland
Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland for 123 years...
).
Tarnovia was based on two smaller teams, which had been created by students of local high schools in 1906 and 1908. These organizations, called Bialo-Czerwoni and Pogon, merged in 1909, creating Tarnovia. In the interbellum period its soccer team played in Kraków's A-Class (see: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland
Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland
In interbellum Poland, there was not a national, Second Division, as we know it today . For example, on Sunday, September 26, 1937 in Częstochowa, a conference of A-Class teams took place, during which the possibility of creation of the Second League was discussed...
).
In 1948 Tarnovia was promoted to Polish First Division, but remained there only for one year and was relegated. Tarnovia's most famous player is Antoni Barwinski
Antoni Barwinski
Antoni Barwiński was a Polish football player and a member of the Poland national team.He was one of the most famous football players in the history of Tarnów sport. He played the position of right full back...
, who was capped 16 times for the Polish National Team. Currently, Tarnovia's soccer team plays in the local league of Tarnów.
Apart from soccer Tarnovia also supports other departments - women's volleyball, climbing and table tennis.