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

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. It is part of the

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CWKS Resovia and is one of the oldest football clubs in Poland. Among the achievements of Resovia's football team are: Championship of

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League in 1937, semifinals of the

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, and runners-up in the

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History

Resovia was officially registered in 1905''Głos Rzeszowski''
in Podkarpacka Biblioteka Cyfrowa in the then

Austrian Poland The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

, 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

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, when most of

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was occupied by the

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, 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 ''

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Regional League'' (see Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland). It 1937, it won the regional championship, qualifying to the first round of the

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playoffs, where it faced

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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

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.

Club names

* 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

Notable coaches

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(until 2010) *

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(interim, 2010) *

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(2010–2011) *

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(2017-2020)

Current squad

Out on loan

Staff

;Head coach: Rafał Kroczek ;Assistant coach: Łukasz Tomczyk ;Goalkeepers coach: Mateusz Wójcik ;Team coordinator: Stanisław Mandela

Notable players

''Internationally capped players'' ; * Ilja Zítka ; * Spirydion Albański * Stanisław Baran * Michał Benkowski * Adrian Bergier * Jarosław Białek * Piotr Chlipała * Piotr Codello *

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* Konrad Domoń * Łukasz Dzierżęga * Oskar Fryc * Sebastian Głaz * Michał Iliński * Witold Jakubowski * Tomasz Jakuszewski ; * Piotr Kamiński * Łukasz Korab * Kamil Kościelny * Tomasz Król * Marek Kusiak * Damian Łanucha * Bartosz Madeja * Piotr Marynowski * Dawid Mastej * Łukasz Morawski * Maciej Nalepa * Jarosław Piątkowski * Marcin Pietrucha * Mateusz Podstolak * Krystian Prymula * Mateusz Siedlarz * Paweł Ślęzak * Waldemar Sotnicki * Szymon Stencel * Sławomir Świst * Piotr Szalacha ; * Mateusz Szyszko * Rafał Turczyn * Jakub Warchoł * Mariusz Wiktor * Rafał Zawiślan ; * Pavol Húšťava * Ján Krupa ; * Chris Lonsdale ; * Lubomir Ivanski