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Union Touring Łódź was a Polish
soccer club from the city of Łódź. Union Touring was created in 1932 as the result of a merger of Klub Turystow Łódź and SS Union Łódź. In late 1938 the team was promoted to the Polish Soccer League and appeared in the unfinished 1939 season.
Union Touring's promotion was the result of several games. Firstly, in regional tournament, Łódź's side scores were: with Zaglebie Dabrowa Gornicza 5-0 and 2-1, with Legia Warszawa
4-1 and 0-1 and with Unia Lublin 3-0 and 3-1. Then, next stage was a national qualifying tournament. There, in late 1938, Union Touring's results were: with Garbarnia Kraków
1-2 and 3-2, with Śląsk Świętochłowice 4-1 and 3-0 and with Policyjny KS Luck 2-0 and 3-3. This meant that in a 4-team group Łódź's team was placed on second position (after Garbarnia) and was qualified to the League.
Union Touring's lone, unfinished season was a total failure. Łódź's side won only one game (2-1 at home with Garbarnia Kraków
), tied 2-2 with Pogoń Lwów
in Lwów and lost the remaining 10 matches (including lopsided 1-12 game against Ruch Chorzów
as well as defeats 1-7 to AKS Chorzów
and 0-7 to Warta Poznań
).
As for August 31, 1939 Union Touring was the last, 10th team in Polish Soccer League, with only 3 points (goals difference 15-51). Even though the 1939 season never ended (see: Polish September Campaign) and the team played only 12 out of 18 planned games, most probably it would have been relegated to the A-Class.
World War II
meant the end of Union Touring's existence.
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...
soccer club from the city of Łódź. Union Touring was created in 1932 as the result of a merger of Klub Turystow Łódź and SS Union Łódź. In late 1938 the team was promoted to the Polish Soccer League and appeared in the unfinished 1939 season.
Union Touring's promotion was the result of several games. Firstly, in regional tournament, Łódź's side scores were: with Zaglebie Dabrowa Gornicza 5-0 and 2-1, with Legia Warszawa
Legia Warszawa
Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...
4-1 and 0-1 and with Unia Lublin 3-0 and 3-1. Then, next stage was a national qualifying tournament. There, in late 1938, Union Touring's results were: with Garbarnia Kraków
Garbarnia Kraków
RKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor...
1-2 and 3-2, with Śląsk Świętochłowice 4-1 and 3-0 and with Policyjny KS Luck 2-0 and 3-3. This meant that in a 4-team group Łódź's team was placed on second position (after Garbarnia) and was qualified to the League.
Union Touring's lone, unfinished season was a total failure. Łódź's side won only one game (2-1 at home with Garbarnia Kraków
Garbarnia Kraków
RKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor...
), tied 2-2 with Pogoń Lwów
Pogon Lwów
LKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
in Lwów and lost the remaining 10 matches (including lopsided 1-12 game against Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
as well as defeats 1-7 to AKS Chorzów
AKS Chorzów
AKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...
and 0-7 to Warta Poznań
Warta Poznan
Warta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
).
As for August 31, 1939 Union Touring was the last, 10th team in Polish Soccer League, with only 3 points (goals difference 15-51). Even though the 1939 season never ended (see: Polish September Campaign) and the team played only 12 out of 18 planned games, most probably it would have been relegated to the A-Class.
World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
meant the end of Union Touring's existence.