The 1. FC Katowice is a Polish football club from

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

, Silesian Voivodeship and was founded in 2007 as a reactivation by the

Silesian Autonomy Movement The Silesian Autonomy Movement ( szl, Ruch Autōnōmije Ślōnska, pl, Ruch Autonomii Śląska, german: Bewegung für die Autonomie Schlesiens), abbreviated as RAŚ, is a movement officially declaring its support for the autonomy of Silesia as pa ...

of the 1945 dissolved

1. FC Kattowitz 1. FC Kattowitz ( pl, 1. FC Katowice) was an ethnically German football club playing in what was Kattowitz, Silesia Province in Germany (now Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland) and was active during the inter-war period and World War II when ...

Men's football team

The club was reactivated in 2007, and spent most of his time in the klasa B (eighth league level).

Women's football team

The women's section started in the 3rd tier, but has managed two promotions and won the promotion to the

Ekstraliga Kobiet The Ekstraliga ( en, Extra League) is the top Polish league for women's association football teams. The league's first season was in 1979–80. Initially, it was called ''I liga polska kobiet''. The first title holder was Czarni Sosnowiec. In 20 ...

in 2010–11. As a result of the expansion of the Ekstraliga in 2010–11, a third-place finish in the 2nd division 2009-10 was enough to reach the promotion playoffs, which were won. The women's section played in the top level

in 2010–11, 2011–12 and 2014–15. Before the 2015–16 season, the team withdrew from the second level league. In 2015 the women's section was disbanded citing financial problems. There were plans to transfer the team to GKS Katowice, but eventually GKS re-founded their own women's section.

References

External links

1. FC Katowice (men's football team)'s 90minut.pl profile

1. FC Katowice (women's football team)'s 90minut.pl profile
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