Lwowski Klub Sportowy Sparta Lwów () was a football club based in

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(presently Lviv,

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History

There were formed in 1910, probably by the Polish soldiers of the 6th Air Regiment stationed in Skniłów (presently Sknyliv, Ukraine). Sparta was a participant of the first

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edition in 1926, in the final game they were defeated 1–2 at

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. The president of Sparta in 1914, Orest Dzułyński, was later the first secretary of the

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. Sparta was disbanded at the start of

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in September 1939, after the

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invaded eastern

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Ground

Sparta did not have their own pitch, playing at various Lwów venues.

Honours

: ** Runners-up (1): 1926

Pre-war players

Sparta Lwów players were Roman Skiera, Marek Meissner, Rafał Porada, Dawid Jakubiak, Mikołaj Simon, Adam Wojna, Waldemar Ropiński, Tomasz Jakubiak, Daniel Konarkowski, Grzegorz Skrzypczak, Tomasz Konieczny, Kamil Makosz, Hubert Lewandowicz, Rafał Bartkowiak, Mateusz Grabny and Krzysztof Pawlak.Skarb – Lwowski Klub Sportowy Sparta Lwów
90minut (in Polish).

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