KS Lublinianka is a Polish professional

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club based in

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. It was founded in 1921 as WKS Lublin (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Lublin, English: Military Sports Club) and was supported by the Lublin garrison of the

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. In 1923 WKS Lublin was renamed to Klub Sportowy Lublinianka. In 1938 the club won the

Football Junior Championships of Poland Football Junior Championships of Poland Under-19 ( pl, Mistrzostwa Polski juniorow w pilce noznej) is a competition with a long, 71-year history, which started in the summer of 1936. 1936 The first, historic Under-19 tournament for the title of th ...

. They spent eleven seasons in the

Polish First League I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga v ...

and in the 1969–70 season they reached the quarterfinals of the

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. Lublinianka currently plays in the

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. Lublinianka is the oldest sports organization in the city of Lublin, and one of the oldest in the region. It continues the traditions of pre-war Wojskowy Klub Sportowy (Military Sports Club) Unia Lublin. The origins of Lublinianka date back to 1921. At that time, it had two departments: football, and track and field. In 1923, the organization split into WKS Lublin and KS Lublinianka, to be reunited in 1927 as WKS Unia.

Names

* 1921 Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Lublin, * 1923 Klub Sportowy Lublinianka, * 1926 Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Unia Lublin, * 1944 Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Lublinianka, * 1950 Ogniwo Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Lublin, * 1953 Garnizonowy Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Lublin, * 1954 Ogniwo Lublin, * 1955 Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Lublinianka, * 1994 Klub Sportowy Lublinianka, * 2002 Klub Sportowy Lublinianka Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna, * 2011 Klub Sportowy Lublinianka – Wieniawa, * 2013 Klub Sportowy Lublinianka

Timeline

* summer 1921 – Wojskowy Klub Sportowy (WKS, Military Sports Club) Lublin is formed by Colonel Felicjan Sterba of the

* 1923 – Reserve team of WKS Lublin forms Klub Sportowy Lublinianka (KSL) * 1924 – Lublinianka wins regional championship of A Class * 1925 – Lublinianka qualifies to national championship playoffs, losing to the champion,

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* 1926 – Lublinianka qualifies to national championship playoffs, losing to Pogoń Lwów and

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. As a result of these failures, Lublinianka merges with WKS Lublin, forming WKS Unia * 1927, 1928, 1930 – Unia wins regional championship, but fails to qualify to the

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* 1938 – U-19 team of Unia wins the championship of Poland. In the final game (June 4, 1939), it beats

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3–2 * 1944 – end of German occupation of Lublin, and return of WKS Lublinianka * 1946 – WKS Lublinianka wins regional championship * 1949 – Lublinianka qualifies to the Second Division, finishing the season in the second spot, after

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* 1950 – the organization changes the name into Ogniwo Wojskowy Klub Sportowy (OWKS) Lublin * 1951 – OWKS Lublin finishes second in the Second League, behind

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, to be relegated to the Third Division in 1953 * 1953 – the third level of Polish football system is reorganized. The so-called ''Inter-Voivodeship Leagues'' are created. OWKS Lublin is renamed into GWKS Lublin (''Garnizonowy Wojskowy Klub Sportowy'') * 1955 – Ogniwo Lublin is renamed into Lublinianka * 1957, 1958 – Lublinianka wins the regional championship * 1960 – after winning the regional championship, WKS Unia qualifies to the Second Division playoffs. It beats Lotnik Warszawa and Gwardia Białystok, to face

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, and

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. Final game of the competition (November 1960, vs. Górnik Wałbrzych) is attended by 20,000 fans. WKS Unia wins 2–0. Soon afterwards, WKS Lublinianka and WKS Unia merge to form WKS Lublinianka * 1961 – Lublinianka is relegated back to the third level. The U19 team wins bronze medal in Polish Championships * 1961–1962 – Lublinianka loses the playoffs to the local rival,

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* 1963 –

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becomes the manager of Lublinianka. The team wins promotion to the second division, to remain there until 1965 * 1969 – the U19 team wins silver in the Championship of Poland * 1969–1970 – Lublinianka reaches the quarterfinals of the

, to be eliminated by

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(1–1 in Lublin, 2–5 in

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) * 1972–1973 – Lublinianka again reaches the quarterfinals of the Polish Cup, to be eliminated by

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(0–0, 1–5). In June 1973, Lublinianka returns to the second division, to be relegated after one year * 1982–1983, 1994–1995, 1995–1996 – Lublinianka plays in the Second Division, to be relegated after one year

Sources

History of Lublinianka, in Polish. Retrieved December 2, 2015

External links

Lublinianka website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lublinianka KS Lublinianka Football clubs in Lublin Association football clubs established in 1921 1921 establishments in Poland Military association football clubs in Poland

Names

Timeline

See also

Sources

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