Football Junior Championships of Poland

Football Junior Championships of Poland Under-19 is a competition with a long, 71-year old history, which started in the summer of 1936.

1936

The first, historic Under-19 tournament for the title of the Football Junior Championships of Poland took place in the town of Sieraków

Sieraków

Sieraków is a town in western Poland with 6,022 inhabitants . Located by the Warta River, it has been situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Poznań Voivodeship ....

, in mid-August 1936. Invited were junior champions of all 12 regional districts of Polish Football Association

Polish Football Association

The Polish Football Association is the governing body of football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues , the Polish Cup, the Polish SuperCup, the Polish League Cup, and the Polish national football team...

(PZPN), but for unknown reasons three teams did not show up. These were champions of Wilno, Volhynia

Volhynia

Volhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...

and Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

.

Thus, there were 9 teams, but this uneven number was further reduced to 8, after Gryf Toruń (champion of Pomerania

Pomerania

Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...

) beat Brygada Częstochowa

Brygada Czestochowa

Brygada Częstochowa was a soccer team from Częstochowa, Poland. The team was supported by Częstochowa's garrison of the Polish Army and in the 1930s it played in regional soccer A-Class tournament of the Kielce region. Brygada unsuccessfully tried to get promoted to the Polish Soccer League. Its...

(champion of Zagłębie Dąbrowskie) 5-1 (3-0). Finally, in Sieraków there were these teams:

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...

(junior champion of Poznań),

Lechia Lwów
Lechia Lwów
Lechia Lwów was the first Polish professional football club, founded on summer 1903 in Lwów....

(originally, 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...

had won regional junior championships, but it turned out that one of Pogon's players was too old, thus the whole team was disqualified and replaced by Lechia),

HKS Szopienice
Szopienice
Szopienice-Burowiec is a district of Katowice....

(original champions of Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...

, the junior team of 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...

, was disqualified for unknown reasons),

Polonia Warszawa
Polonia Warszawa
Polonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...

(junior champion of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

),

Wisła Kraków (junior champion of Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

),

Rewera Stanisławów (junior champion of Stanisławów
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....

),

Widzew Łódź (junior champion of Łódź),

Gryf Toruń (junior champion of Pomerania
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...

).

First Round

Warta Poznań - Lechia Lwów 2-0,

HKS Szopienice - Polonia Warszawa 3-0,

Wisła Kraków - Rewera Stanisławów 4-2,

Widzew Łódź - Gryf Toruń 2-1.

Second Round

Warta Poznań - Widzew Łódź 3-0 (3-0),

Wisła Kraków - HKS Szopienice 5-1 (4-0).

1937

Second Junior Championships of Poland took place in Kozienice

Kozienice

Kozienice is a town in central Poland with 21,500 inhabitants . It is the capital of Kozienice County .-Description:...

, in mid-August 1937. As many as 17 teams were invited to the competition, these were:

Wisła Kraków (with Jerzy Jurowicz,

Cracovia,

Warta Poznań,

KPW Poznań (with Edmund Białas),

Pogoń Lwów (with Adam Wolanin
Adam Wolanin
Adam Wolanin was a Polish American soccer forward who was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame....

, Piotr Dreher and Stanislaw Szmyd),

Ruch Chorzów (with Walter Brom
Walter Brom
Walter Henryk Brom was a Polish soccer goalkeeper. Brom, who played for Ruch Chorzów, was a reserve player of Polish team in FIFA World Cup 1938. He was the youngest goalie who has ever been listed in any World Cup finals...

),

Naprzód Lipiny
Naprzód Lipiny
GKS Naprzód Świętochłowice Lipiny - a sports club from Swietochlowice’s district of Lipiny , founded in 1920 by Alfons Maniura, who became Naprzód first chairman. Throughout the years, the club for many times changed name. In 1920-1939 and then in 1945-1965 it was Naprzód Lipiny, in 1939-1945 -...

,

Polonia Bydgoszcz
Polonia Bydgoszcz
ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish speedway team based in Bydgoszcz who currently race in the Speedway Ekstraliga . The club has won the Polish Speedway League Championship seven times, the latest in 2002, and European Team Championship three times, the latest in 2001.- Club history :* 1920 -...

,

Rewera Stanisławów,

Śmigły Wilno,

PWATT Warszawa,

Hasmonea Rowne,

Gryf Toruń,

Widzew Łódź,

CKS Czeladź,

WKS Grodno
WKS Grodno
Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Grodno was a Polish football team, located in Grodno, Poland , on the historic territory of Kresy Wschodnie ....

,

Unia Lublin.

First Round

Wisła Kraków - Ruch Chorzów 6-0,

Pogoń Lwów - Naprzód Lipiny 4-0,

PWATT Warszawa - CKS Czeladź 4-0,

Rewera Stanisławów - Śmigły Wilno 2-1,

KPW Poznań - Cracovia 0-0 (penalties 4-2),

Widzew Łódź - Unia Lublin 3-1,

WKS Grodno - Polonia Bydgoszcz 2-2 (penalties 2-1),

Warta Poznań - Hasmonea Rowne 2-2 (penalties 2-1).

Second Round

Wisła Kraków - PWATT Warszawa 2-0,

KPW Poznań - WKS Grodno 4-0,

Pogoń Lwów - Rewera Stanisławów 4-1,

Widzew Łódź - Warta Poznań 3-2.

Semifinals

Pogoń Lwów - Widzew Łódź 6-1

Katowice, Sunday, October 10. Wisła Kraków - KPW Poznań 2-1.

Final

Warsaw, November 14, 1937. Wisła Kraków - Pogoń Lwów 1-0 (1-0).

CHAMPION - WISLA KRAKOW

1938

The third competition took place in August 1938 in Sieraków. Ten junior teams, representing ten districts of PZPN showed up. These were:

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...

,

PWATT Warszawa,

Widzew Łódź,

Czarni Sosnowiec
Czarni Sosnowiec
KKS Czarni Sosnowiec is a football club from Sosnowiec, Poland.The club was founded in 1924. It is best known for its women's football team, founded 5 September 1974, that holds the Polish record for championship titles won, with 12 titles to its name...

,

Lechia Lwów
Lechia Lwów
Lechia Lwów was the first Polish professional football club, founded on summer 1903 in Lwów....

,

Pogon Równe,

Warta Poznań,

Wisła Kraków,

WKS Grodno,

Unia Lublin.

Final game of the Championships took place a year later, on June 4, 1939 in Warsaw, right before an international friendly Poland - Switzerland.

Unia Lublin - Wisła Kraków 3-2 (0-1).

CHAMPION - UNIA LUBLIN

1953

After 15 years, the idea of Junior Championships of Poland returned. The final tournament took place in mid-August 1953 in Świdnica

Swidnica

Świdnica is a city in south-western Poland in the region of Silesia. It has a population of 60,317 according to 2006 figures. It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, being the seventh largest town in that voivodeship. From 1975–98 it was in the former Wałbrzych Voivodeship...

, with 8 teams: Pomorzanin Toruń, ŁKS Łódź, Darzbor Szczecinek, Pogoń Szczecin, Budowlani Lublin, Resovia Rzeszów, Odra Opole and Unia Szamotuły.
In the first game, Pomorzanin beat Unia Szamotuły 4-2. Then they beat Odra Opole 3-2 and Resovia Rzeszów 3-0. In the second round Pomorzanin tied 1-1 with Darzbor Szczecinek and beat Resovia 3-0 and ŁKS Łódź 1-0. Thus, Toruń's side became the champion, second was ŁKS Łódź, third - Resovia and fourth - Darzbor.

CHAMPION - POMORZANIN TORUN

1954

In June 1954, junior team of Unia Racibórz became the Champion of Opole Voivodeship

Opole Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...

and later - beat 3-2 the champion of Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia ; is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast.Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of the medieval Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy from 1526...

, Polonia Świdnica

Swidnica

.

Finally, in mid-July, there were central Championships, in Wrocław, in which participated 8 teams (Legia Warszawa, Pogoń Szczecin, Resovia Rzeszów

Resovia Rzeszów

Resovia Rzeszow is a Polish sports club, based in Rzeszów, Poland.-Club names:* Cywilno Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Resovia* Fusion with KS Wisłok Rzeszów to Ogniwo Rzeszów* CWKS Resovia...

, Wisła Kraków, Unia Racibórz, Pomorzanin Toruń, ŁKS Łódź, Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom is a Polish football club from Szombierki district of Bytom. Szombierki currently plays at the sixth level of Polish football . Greatest achievement of club was championship of Poland won in 1980.-Honours:...

). Unia Racibórz beat Resovia Rzeszów 3-0, Pogoń Szczecin 5-0, ŁKS Łódź 2-1, Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom

3-0 and 2-0 Gwardia Kraków. Even though Racibórz's young players lost 0-4 to 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...

, they were the Champions of Poland, due to the 5-0 victory with Pomorzanin Toruń in the last game.
finishing the competition ahead of Szombierki Bytom, Gwardia Kraków and Legia Warszawa.

CHAMPION - UNIA RACIBÓRZ

1955

In the final competition, which took place in mid-August 1955 in Wrocław, there were four teams - 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...

, Start Chorzów, Start Rymanow and ŁKS Łódź. The tournament was won by Start Chorzów, second was ŁKS Łódź, third - Garbarnia. Fourth was the team from Rymanow.

Even though Start Rymanow was the last, it was a surprise for the whole country. Ambitious team from a small town in the south Poland on the way to the finals first became champion of Rzeszów Voivodeship

Rzeszów Voivodeship

Rzeszów Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:Rzeszów Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Podkarpackie Voivodeship...

, then beat Lublinianka Lublin 4-3, 1-1 and 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...

4-2, 1-2.

On the way to the top, Chorzów's boys beat Rymanow 5-1, LKS 2-1 and Garbarnia 3-1.

CHAMPION - START CHORZOW

1956

CHAMPION - UNIA RACIBÓRZ

More information about the tournament is not available. It has only been established that Polonia Bytom was second and Arka Gdynia third.

1957

In the final game of the championships, Lechia Gdańsk

Lechia Gdansk

Lechia Gdańsk is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk, Poland. The club's name comes from Lechia, a poetic name for Poland. The club was founded by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Lechia Lwów. Founded in 1945, Lechia was a powerhouse in Polish football during the mid-1950s...

beat in Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

the team of Karpaty Krosno 2-1. Karpaty, on the way to the final, had beaten Dabski Kraków (2-0, 2-0), Victoria Częstochowa (2-1, 1-0) and Sleza Wrocław (1-0).
Third and fourth teams of the competition were Sleza Wrocław and Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki.

CHAMPION - LECHIA GDANSK

1958

In the final game of the championships, Wisła Kraków beat 3-0 Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz is a military-sponsored sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th century knight, Zawisza Czarny...

. The match took place on September 14, 1958 at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów

Chorzów

Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

, just before an international friendly Poland - Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

(1-3) and was watched by some 80,000 fans.

CHAMPION - WISLA KRAKOW

1959

In the final game, which took place in Warsaw, just before an international friendly Poland - Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

2-3 (August 30, 1959), the junior team of Cracovia beat Arka Gdynia

Arka Gdynia

Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish 1 Liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. Its activities were interrupted between 1939–1945 due to the German occupation of Poland...

3-0.

CHAMPION - CRACOVIA KRAKOW

1961

In the final game, at Chorzów's Silesian Stadium, Zryw Chorzów routed Gornik Wałbrzych 10-1. Among most famous Zryw's players, there are such personalities as Antoni Piechniczek

Antoni Piechniczek

Antoni Piechniczek is a retired Polish football player and a football manager. Since 2007 he is a Polish senator.- Player career :...

, Zygfryd Szołtysik and Jan Banaś

Jan Banas

Jan Banaś , nicknamed Bubi, is a Polish footballer, who began his career as a youngster playing for AKS Mikołów before moving to play for Zryw Chorzów in 1959-62, and then for Polonia Bytom and Górnik Zabrze...

. This game took place on September 13, 1961, right before the Górnik Zabrze - Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 match.

CHAMPION - ZRYW CHORZOW

1962

CHAMPION - LKS LODZ

More information about the tournament is not available. It has only been established that the Under-19 team of Legia Warszawa was second.

1963

CHAMPION - POLONIA BYTOM

More information about the tournament is not available. Second was Zagłębie Sosnowiec, third - probably Wisła Kraków.

1964

The final tournament took place in Mielec

Mielec

Mielec is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 60,979 inhabitants, as of June 2009. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Rzeszów Voivodeship...

. The decisive game, between Arkonia Szczecin and Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec is a Polish football club based in Mielec, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. The construction of the club's current stadium, Stadion Stali Mielec at Solskiego 1, was concluded in 1953. Currently the stadium is undergoing a major renovation...

ended in a 2-2 tie. The referee decided to toss a coin and thus Arkonia became the champion.

CHAMPION - ARKONIA SZCZECIN

1965

CHAMPION - RUCH CHORZOW

More information about the tournament is not available. It has only been established that the Under-19 team of Pogoń Szczecin was second.

1966

Final tournament took place in August 1966 in Łódź. Local team, Hala, was first, second was Cracovia Kraków, third - Zryw Chorzów, fourth - Gwardia Warszawa

Gwardia Warszawa

Gwardia Warszawa is a Polish football club based in Warsaw, Poland. The club was founded in 1948 and is currently playing in the Polish A klasa . It participated in the Polish 1st League between 1953–1960 , 1962–1966 , 1967–1968, 1969–1975, 1978–1979 and 1981–1983...

. It has been established that Cracovia beat Zryw 2-1, Gwardia 5-1 and lost to Hala, but the result is unknown.

CHAMPION - MKS HALA LODZ

1967

The final tournament took place in Olsztyn

Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...

. Górnik Zabrze finished first, second was Warmia Olsztyn, third - Zawisza Bydgoszcz and fourth - Stadion Chorzów. For the first time both regular and junior championships of Poland were won by same club.

CHAMPION - GORNIK ZABRZE

1968

The tournament took place in Mielec. Second was Odra Opole

Odra Opole

Odra Opole is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the Polish First League...

, third - Stal Mielec, fourth - Lechia Gdańsk. Results - Odra Opole - Gornik Wałbrzych 0-1, Odra - Stal Mielec 1-0, Odra - Lechia Gdańsk 3-0.

CHAMPION - GORNIK WALBRZYCH.

1969

CHAMPION - LEGIA WARSZAWA.

More information about the tournament is not available. Second was Lublinianka Lublin, third - Stal Mielec.

1970

The tournament took place in Kluczbork

Kluczbork

Kluczbork is a town in southwestern Poland with 26,670 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Kluczbork County and an important railroad junction. In Kluczbork the major rail line from Katowice splits into two directions - westwards to Wroclaw and northwards to Poznań...

in late July 1970. Second was Metal Kluczbork, third - Motor Lublin, fourth - Lechia Gdańsk.

CHAMPION - POLONIA BYTOM

1971

CHAMPION - MOTOR LUBLIN

More information about the tournament is not available. Second was ŁKS Łódź, third - Metal Kluczbork, fourth - Warta Poznań.

1972

The tournament took place in Kraśnik

Krasnik

Kraśnik is a town in eastern Poland with 37,989 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of Kraśnik County.-History:First settled in the 13th century, it received its city charter in 1377....

in the summer of 1972. First was Odra Opole, second - Stal Kraśnik, third Hutnik Kraków

Hutnik Kraków

KS Hutnik Nowa Huta is a Polish football club from the Nowa Huta district of Kraków. The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish Ekstraklasa . The team's greatest success is a third place in the 1995/96 season, as a result of which they qualified for the UEFA Cup...

, fourth - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz is a military-sponsored sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th century knight, Zawisza Czarny...

. Odra was by far the best team of the competition, beating all opponents (Stal 2-1, Hutnik 3-1, Zawisza 4-0).

CHAMPION - ODRA OPOLE

1973

The tournament took place in Wałbrzych in the summer of 1972. First was Gornik Wałbrzych, which beat the teams of ŁKS Łódź, Chemik Kedzierzyn and Ruch Chorzów Gornik was by far the best team of the competition, beating two opponents and drawing one game.

CHAMPION - GORNIK WALBRZYCH

1974

Final game of the Championships took place on August 11, 1974 in Warsaw, right before the Cup of Poland final (Ruch Chorzów - Gwardia Warszawa 2-0). Stomil Olsztyn

OKS 1945 Olsztyn

OKS 1945 Olsztyn is a Polish football club based in Olsztyn, Poland. It was founded in 15 July 1945, as OKS Warmiak. The brightest era of this club were the 1990s when it played in Polish First League, as Stomil Olsztyn.- Before promotions to First League :...

proved its quality over the favorites - the junior team of Szombierki Bytom, winning 2-0.

On the way to the final, Stomil U-19 team won a tournament in Łódź, beating Łódź ianka Łódź 4:0, Gwardia Koszalin 3:0 and drawing 0-0 with Stal Mielec. Then, in the quarterfinals, Stomil twice beat Star Starachowice - 3-1 away and 2-0 at home.

CHAMPION - STOMIL OLSZTYN

1975

That year, the junior team of Wisła Kraków proved its quality, beating Warta Poznań. However, more information about the championships is no available.

CHAMPION - WISLA KRAKOW

1976

In the final game, the U-19 team of Wisła Kraków beat Odra Opole

Odra Opole

Odra Opole is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the Polish First League...

in Kraków 5-1. Wisla was by far the best junior team of the country, with such excellent players as Adam Nawałka, Leszek Lipka

Leszek Lipka

Leszek Lipka is a retired Polish football player, a midfielder, who spent all his active career in Wisła Kraków. Born June 4, 1958 in Kraków, Lipka debuted in Ekstraklasa in late 1970s, and remained in Wisła until 1990, altogether playing in 76 official Wisła games, with three goals scored by him...

, Andrzej Iwan

Andrzej Iwan

Andrzej Iwan is a retired Polish footballer who played as a striker.-Club:He played for a Wisła Kraków, Górnik Zabrze, VfL Bochum and Aris Thessaloniki.-International:...

, Michal Wrobel or Krzysztof Budka. Odra also had a player who made an international career, this was Roman Wójcicki

Roman Wójcicki

Roman Mirosław Wójcicki is a retired Polish football player.He played for a few clubs, including Odra Opole, Śląsk Wrocław, Widzew Łódź, FC Homburg and Hannover 96 ....

.

CHAMPION - WISLA KRAKOW

1977

More information about the tournament is not available. It has only been established that Śląsk Wrocław was second.

CHAMPION - POLONIA WARSZAWA

1978

More information about the tournament is not available. It has only been established that Gwardia Warszawa was second and Śląsk Wrocław third.

CHAMPION - POLONIA BYTOM

1979

In the final game in the summer of 1979, U-19 team of Śląsk Wrocław beat 2-1 Siarka Tarnobrzeg

Siarka Tarnobrzeg

Siarka Tarnobrzeg is a Polish sports club, from the city of Tarnobrzeg . Founded in 1957, it currently has two departments - soccer and men's basketball . Until 1994, Siarka also owned women's table tennis team, which for 16 times was the Champion of Poland...

.

CHAMPION - SLASK WROCLAW

1980

Final game took place in Toruń

Torun

Toruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus....

. U-19 team of Polonia Bydgoszcz

Polonia Bydgoszcz

ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish speedway team based in Bydgoszcz who currently race in the Speedway Ekstraliga . The club has won the Polish Speedway League Championship seven times, the latest in 2002, and European Team Championship three times, the latest in 2001.- Club history :* 1920 -...

beat BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała 2-0 (1-0), thus becoming the champion.

CHAMPION - POLONIA BYDGOSZCZ

1981

Final game took place in Grudziądz

Grudziadz

Grudziądz is a city in northern Poland on the Vistula River, with 96 042 inhabitants . Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , the city was previously in the Toruń Voivodeship .- History :-Early history:...

. U-19 team of Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz is a military-sponsored sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th century knight, Zawisza Czarny...

beat Odra Opole

Odra Opole

Odra Opole is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the Polish First League...

2-1 (2-0), thus becoming the champion.

CHAMPION - ZAWISZA BYDGOSZCZ

1984

CHAMPION - RUCH CHORZOW

More information about the tournament is not available. It has only been established that third was the junior team of Odra Opole, which twice played with Widzew Łódź. In the first game Widzew won 1-0, but in the second leg Odra beat their opponent 2-0.

1985

In the final game, Hutnik Kraków

Hutnik Kraków

U-19 beat young players of Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...

. Among Hutnik's players there were: Krzysztof Bukalski

Krzysztof Bukalski

Krzysztof Bukalski is a retired Polish footballer playing lately for Górnik Zabrze. He was born September 22, 1970 in Kraków, Poland. He is a central midfielder.Krzysztof Bukalski is a former Polish national player.- Clubs :*trainee - Wanda Nowa Huta...

, Marek Koźmiński

Marek Kozminski

Marek Jan Koźmiński is a retired Polish football player.-Club:He played for clubs such as Hutnik Kraków, Udinese , Brescia , AC Ancona , PAOK Thessaloniki and Górnik Zabrze.-National team:...

and Mirosław Waligóra.

1986

CHAMPION - POGON SZCZECIN

More information about the tournament is not available. Second was Zawisza Bydgoszcz.

1988

CHAMPION - JAGIELLONIA BIALYSTOK

More information about the tournament is not available. Hutnik Kraków was third.

1989

CHAMPION - GORNIK ZABRZE.

More information about the tournament is not available. Legia Warszawa was second, Radomiak Radom

Radomiak Radom

RKS Radomiak Radom is a Polish football club based in Radom, Poland.It was founded in 1910.It achieved 2nd place in the 3rd division in season 2003/2004 and was promoted to the 2nd division in season 2004/2005...

- third.

1990

In the final games, junior team of Cracovia twice beat Lechia Gdańsk, 1-0 in Kraków (July 8, 1990) and 2-1 in Gdańsk (July 13, 1990). On the way to the final, Cracovia's U-19 team played quarter-final tournament in Kraków, in which it beat Chemik Police 1-0, ŁKS Łódź 4-1 and Zagłębie Lubin 4-2.

CHAMPION - CRACOVIA KRAKOW

1991

In the final games, junior team of Cracovia beat Polonia Warszawa in Kraków 2-1 (July 14, 1991), in the second leg (Warsaw, July 18, 1991), Cracovia tied 1-1, thus becoming the champion for the second time in a row. Cracovia's best player in these games was Tomasz Rząsa

Tomasz Rzasa

Tomasz Rząsa is a former Polish professional footballer.-Career:During his career, Rząsa represented Sokół Pniewy , Grasshoppers , Lugano , Young Boys , De Graafschap , Feyenoord , Partizan , Heerenveen , ADO Den Haag and Ried .In...

.

On the way to the final games, Cracovia U-19 played a quarter-final tournament in Zabrze

Zabrze

Zabrze is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union is a metropolis with a population of around 2 million...

, beating Lechia Gdańsk 5-1, Górnik Zabrze 1-0 and Piast Nowa Ruda 3-1.

CHAMPION - CRACOVIA KRAKOW

1992

In the final games, U-19 team of Jagiellonia Białystok twice routed Orzel Łódź 4-0 and 8-4. In Jagiellonia there was, among others, Marek Citko

Marek Citko

Marek Citko is a retired Polish football player, who most frequently performed as an offensive midfielder. His first club was Włókniarz Białystok and hist last - Polonia Warsaw...

.

CHAMPION - JAGIELLONIA BIALYSTOK

2001

Final tournament took place in early July 2001 in Wałbrzych. Four teams participated in the competition - LSPM Zielona Góra, Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

, Polonia Warszawa and Gornik Wałbrzych. The champion, the team of LSPM, beat all opponents - Górnik Zabrze 4-2, Gornik Wałbrzych 1-0 and Polonia 2-1. Second was Górnik Zabrze, third Polonia Warszawa, fourth Gornik Wałbrzych .

CHAMPION - Lubuska Szkola Pilkarstwa Mlodziezowego (LSPM) ZIELONA GORA

2002

In the final tournament, in the summer of 2002, there were four teams - Amica Wronki

Amica Wronki

Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland.The history of SSA Amica Sport goes back to 1992 when the Amica company wanted to sponsor a football team in the town of Wronki where their factory was located. The company's increasing profits gave the new team tremendous financial...

, ŁKS Łódź, GKS Katowice

GKS Katowice

GKS Katowice is a Polish football club based in Katowice, Poland. The club currently plays in the Polish First League.-History:In 1963 in Katowice a special organizational committee was called with the purpose of uniting all the clubs and sporting organizations of city into one large club which...

and Górnik Łęczna. The champions, Amica, beat Gornik 6-2 and LKS 3-1 and tied 1-1 with GKS. Second was LKS, third GKS Katowice, fourth - Górnik Łęczna .

CHAMPION - AMICA WRONKI

2003

Final tournament took place in mid-July 2003 in Łódź. There were four teams - Gwarek Zabrze

Gwarek Zabrze

Szkolny Klub Sportowy Gwarek Zabrze is a Polish football club based in Zabrze. The club are three-time youth champions of Poland, in 2002, 2003 and 2006. The club was established on June 12, 1974...

, Wisła Płock, Amica Wronki

Amica Wronki

and SMS Łódź . Gwarek's young players beat all opponents - Amica (2-1), Wisła Płock (4-3) and SMS (3-2). Second was Amica, third - SMS, fourth - Wisła Płock.

CHAMPION - GWAREK ZABRZE

2004

Four teams qualified to the final tournament. These were: Jagiellonia Białystok, Gwarek Zabrze, Górnik Łęczna and Lechia Zielona Góra. Jagiellonia beat all opponents - Gwarek 3-1, Gornik 1-0 and Lechia 2-1. Second was Gwarek, third Gornik, fourth - Lechia Zielona Góra.
CHAMPION - JAGIELLONIA BIALYSTOK

2005

Final tournament took place in early July 2005 in Siemiatycze

Siemiatycze

Siemiatycze is a town in north-eastern Poland, with 15,209 inhabitants . It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship ; previously it was in Białystok Voivodeship . It is the capital of Siemiatycze County....

. To get there, the future champion won championships of the Łódź Voivodeship and then beat Zawisza Bydgoszcz 3-2 and 3-0.
In the tournament there were 4 teams - SMS Łódź, Polonia Warszawa, Górnik Łęczna and Wisła Kraków. SMS beat Polonia 2-0 and Górnik Łęczna 4-2 and tied 1-1 with Wisla. Second was Polonia, third - Gornik, fourth - Wisła Kraków.

CHAMPION - UKS SMS LODZ

2006

The junior team of Gwarek Zabrze

Gwarek Zabrze

Szkolny Klub Sportowy Gwarek Zabrze is a Polish football club based in Zabrze. The club are three-time youth champions of Poland, in 2002, 2003 and 2006. The club was established on June 12, 1974...

, future champions of Poland, firstly won championships of the Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

. Then, Gwarek's junior twice beat Odra Opole (4-2 and 4-0). Next step were games with Korona Kielce

Korona Kielce

Korona Kielce, , is a Polish football club, currently playing in the Ekstraklasa. In the years 2002-2008 Club belonged to Polish holding company Kolporter Holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division...

(8-1 and 0-2), and thus Gwarek qualified to the finals, which took place in early July 2006 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is a town in south-central Poland with 74,211 inhabitants .Main industry is metallurgy. Ostrowiec is the capital city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship .- History:The oldest testimonies of...

. There were four teams in the tournament - Gwarek, Stal Mielec, Tomasovia Tomaszów Lubelski and Piast Białystok. Gwarek beat Tomasovia 2-0 and Stal 4-1 and tied with Piast 1-1, becoming the champion. Second was Tomasovia, third - Stal and fourth - Piast.

CHAMPION - GWAREK ZABRZE

2007

Final tournament in the summer of 2007 gathered four teams: Amica Wronki

Amica Wronki

, Stal Mielec, SMS Łódź and Zagłębie Lubin. Amica's juniors beat Stal 3-1 and Zaglebie 4-0 and tied 1-1 with SMS. Second was Stal, third - SMS and fourth - Zaglebie.

CHAMPION - AMICA WRONKI

U-17

There are Football Junior Championships of Poland Under-17 too.

1992 - Górnik Zabrze
1993 - Lechia Gdańsk
1994 - ŁKS Łódź
1995 - Lechia Gdańsk
1996 - Górnik Zabrze
1997 - Hutnik Kraków
1998 - Amica Wronki
1999 - ŁKS Łódź
2001 - Drukarz Warszawa
2002 - Gwarek Zabrze
2003 - Amica Wronki
2004 - Amica Wronki
2005 - UKS SMS Łódź
2006 - Cracovia
2007 - Stal Mielec

Sources

http://buwcd.buw.uw.edu.pl/e_zbiory/ckcp/p_sportowy/p_sportowy/start.htm
http://www.90minut.pl
http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/polu19champ.html
http://www.ozpn.krosno.net.pl/!nowa/XXXlat.htm
http://strony.aster.pl/pietro/historia.pdf

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