Resovia (football)

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Resovia Rzeszów, formally known as Apklan Resovia Rzeszów for sponsorship reasons, and commonly referred to as Resovia; is a professional Polish association football club from Rzeszów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It is part of the multi-sports club CWKS Resovia and is one of the oldest football clubs in Poland.

Resovia
Full nameResovia Rzeszów[1]
Nickname(s)Resoviacy
Sovia
Wojskowi
Maltańscy Wojownicy
Reska
Short nameResovia
Founded1905; 119 years ago (1905)
StadiumStadion Miejski w Rzeszowie
Capacity3,420
OwnerCWKS Resovia
ChairmanLeszek Bartnicki
ManagerRafał Ulatowski
LeagueI liga
2022–23I liga, 14th of 18
WebsiteClub website

Among the achievements of Resovia's football team are: Championship of Lwów League in 1937, semifinals of the Polish Cup in 1981, and runners-up in the Second Division in 1983.

History edit

Resovia was officially registered in 1905[2] in the then Austrian Poland, but the history of the club dates back to several football teams, formed by students of local high schools in 1905–1907. As a result, in different sources the date of the foundation of Resovia is presented as 1905, 1907 and 1910. During World War I, when most of Austrian Galicia was occupied by the Russian Empire, the activities of Resovia were suspended. The organization was recreated in 1919, and in June 1920, first stadium was opened on Krakowska Street.

Resovia was formed as a football club, but in the 1920s, other departments were added (tennis, track and field, cycling). In 1932, volleyball team was formed, later the departments of boxing, table tennis and basketball were added. On February 12, 1933, Resovia was merged with football team of the 17th Infantry Regiment, which was garrisoned in Rzeszow. As a result of the merger, the organization changed its name into Wojskowo-Cywilne Towarzystwo Sportowe (WCTS, Military-Civilian Sports Association) Resovia.

In the 1930s, Resovia was among top teams of the Lwow Regional League (see Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland). It 1937, it won the regional championship, qualifying to the first round of the Ekstraklasa playoffs, where it faced Unia Lublin, Strzelec Janowa Dolina and Rewera Stanislawow. Resovia finished in the second spot, behind Unia Lublin.

The cooperation with the military ended in 1938, when Resovia received support from Rzeszów branch of the H. Cegielski – Poznań factory (currently: Zelmer Household Appliances). In 1938–1939, Resovia's official name was Sports Club H. Cegielski Poznań Resovia.

League history edit

Resovia is spending now its 19th season in the second tier of Polish football clubs' pyramid and after 20 games it is placed 11th with 27 points.

Name Level Number of seasons
Ekstraklasa 1 -
1. Liga 2 19
2. Liga 3 36
3. Liga 4 15

Club names edit

  • 1909–1933: Cywilno Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Resovia
  • 1933: Fusion with KS Wisłok Rzeszów to Ogniwo Rzeszów
  • 1956–1967: CWKS Resovia
  • 1967: Fusion KS Bieszczady Rzeszów
  • 2003–2004: Resovia Cenowa Bomba Resgraph
  • 2004–2018: CWKS Resovia Rzeszów
  • 2018-currently: "Apklan" Resovia Rzeszów

Current squad edit

As of 4 February, 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SVK Branislav Pindroch
2 DF   POL Mateusz Bondarenko
4 DF   POL Rafał Mikulec
6 MF   POL Bartłomiej Wasiluk
7 MF   POL Kelechukwu Ibe-Torti
8 MF   POL Dawid Pieniazek
9 FW   POL Maciej Gorski
10 MF   POL Adrian Łyszczarz
11 MF   POL Kamil Mazek
14 MF   POL Marcin Urynowicz
17 MF   POL Radosław Adamski
18 DF   POL Łukasz Ostrowski
20 MF   POL Radoslaw Bak
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   FRA Dylan Lempereur
23 DF   POL Jerzy Tomal
24 FW   POL Bartłomiej Eizenchart
28 DF   POL Kornel Osyra
32 MF   POL Kacper Szymkiewicz
35 DF   POL Karol Chuchro
38 DF   UKR Hlib Bukhal
88 GK   POL Michał Gliwa
90 MF   UKR Volodymyr Zastavnyi
92 MF   POL Bartłomiej Ciepiela (on loan from Legia Warsaw)
97 FW   POL Filip Mikrut
99 MF   POL Radoslaw Kanach

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Coaching staff edit

As of 4 December 2023[3]
Manager   Rafał Ulatowski
Assistant manager   Jakub Żukowski
Goalkeeping coach   Łukasz Sapela
Fitness coach   Piotr Kotlarczyk
Team manager   Stanisław Mandela
Physiotherapists   Wojciech Bałut
  Bartłomiej Chwaszcz

Notable players edit

Notable coaches edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Apklan Resovia Rzeszów". 1liga.org (in Polish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ Głos Rzeszowski in Podkarpacka Biblioteka Cyfrowa
  3. ^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 December 2023.

External links edit