Resovia (football)

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 (1905)
StadiumStadion Miejski w Rzeszowie
Capacity3,420
OwnerCWKS Resovia
ChairmanLeszek Bartnicki
ManagerMirosław Hajdo
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

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

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
  • 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

Current squad
As of 30 July, 2023

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 Slovakia SVK Branislav Pindroch
2 DF Poland POL Mateusz Bondarenko
4 DF Poland POL Rafał Mikulec
6 MF Poland POL Bartłomiej Wasiluk
8 MF Poland POL Dawid Pieniazek
9 FW Poland POL Maciej Gorski
10 MF Poland POL Adrian Łyszczarz
11 MF Poland POL Kamil Mazek
13 GK Poland POL Pawel Łakota
14 MF Poland POL Marcin Urynowicz
— GK Poland POL Michał Gliwa
17 MF Poland POL Radosław Adamski
18 DF Poland POL Łukasz Ostrowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Poland POL Radoslaw Bak
22 MF Poland POL Kornel Rebisz
24 FW Poland POL Bartłomiej Eizenchart
28 DF Poland POL Kornel Osyra
32 MF Poland POL Kacper Szymkiewicz
35 DF Poland POL Karol Chuchro
38 DF Ukraine UKR Glib Bukhal
69 GK Poland POL Tadeusz Grabowski
90 MF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Zastavnyi
97 FW Poland POL Filip Mikrut
99 MF Poland POL Radoslaw Kanach

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

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

Notable players

Internationally capped players

See also

References
  1. "Apklan Resovia Rzeszów". 1liga.org (in Polish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. Głos Rzeszowski in Podkarpacka Biblioteka Cyfrowa
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