Lechia Lwów (full name: ''Lwowski Klub Sportowy "Lechia" Lwów'') was the first

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professional

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club, founded in summer 1903 in

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by students of the 3rd and 4th gymnasiums as well as former members of the

Sokół Sokół (, English: Falcon), or in full the Polskie Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne "Sokół" ( en, "Falcon" Polish Gymnastic Society), is the Poland, Polish offshoot of the Czech lands, Czech Sokol movement, and the oldest youth movement organization o ...

football department. During the

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the club was one of four teams from Lwów that played in the Polish Football First league (season 1931 – 12th). The club became two times champion of Lwów District League (liga okręgowa) where it spent 17 seasons. After invasion of Poland by the Soviet forces in 1939 the club was dissolved and its place was formed FC Lokomotyv Lviv. The club's name comes from Lechia, the original name for Poland. The club's tradition as a Polish club was continued by people expelled from Lwów who moved to

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and created

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

after war in 1945 such as

Ryszard Koncewicz Ryszard Tadeusz Koncewicz (born 12 April 1911 in Lemberg; died 15 March 2001 in Warsaw) was a Polish soccer player as well as a coach. In the interbellum period, Koncewicz played without notable successes for Lechia Lwów (1927–1939). Caught ...

General information

* Full name: Lwowski Klub Sportowy (Lwów's Sports Club) "Lechia" Lwów * Founded: 1903 in Lwów * Hues: White-Green * Sections:

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* Stadium: Sokół Stadium (today

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) and Stadium of the 40th Rifle Regiment (in

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)

Honours

* Promotional play-offs to the

** Winners (1): 1930 ** Runners-up (1): 1929 * Lwów District League ** Winners (2): 1929, 1930 ** Runners-up (2): 1927, 1933 *

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(National League) ** Participant (1):

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Retro league

In 2019, the Lechia Lwów team had been reconstructed by the historical reconstruction association in Poland as part of the Retro Liga project. The players play in carefully recreated costumes and shoes according to the rules of 1938. The teams chosen for the Retro Liga were those forced to disband in 1939 after the outbreak of World War II. The other teams who took part were WKS Kutno, WKS Łowicz, WKS Grodno (Grodno were not reformed as the borders after WWII meant they were now in Belorussian territory), and

Śmigły Wilno Śmigły Wilno was a Polish association football team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno, Second Polish Republic (now Vilnius, Lithuania). Śmigły's full name was ''Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno'' (Military Sports Club "Śmigły" Wilno). The ...

(Śmigły were not reformed as the borders after WWII meant they were now in

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n territory). Lechia Lwów were crowned the inaugural winners of the Retro Liga for the 2019 season.

References

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General information

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Retro league

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