1. FC Katowice is a Polish football club from

Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...

and was founded in 2007 as a reactivation by the

Silesian Autonomy Movement The Silesian Autonomy Movement (, , ), abbreviated as RAŚ, is a movement that seeks the restoration of Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939), interwar Silesian autonomy - including a separate Silesian Treasury, a Silesian Parliament, as well as a S ...

of the 1945 dissolved 1. FC Kattowitz.

Men's football team

The club was reactivated in 2007, and spent most of its time in the

klasa B Klasa B represents the eighth (or ninth in some regions) level of the Polish football hierarchy. Teams promoted from Klasa B move up to Klasa A, whilst relegated teams descend to the Klasa C Klasa C represents the ninth and lowest level of the P ...

(eighth league level).

Women's football team

The women's section started in the 3rd tier, but has managed two promotions and won the promotion to the Ekstraliga in 2010–11. As a result of the expansion of the Ekstraliga in 2010–11, a third-place finish in the 2009–10

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

was enough to reach the promotion play-offs, which they won. The women's section played in the top level Ekstraliga Kobiet in the 2010–11, 2011–12 and 2014–15 season. Before the 2015–16 season, the team withdrew from I liga. In 2015, the women's section was disbanded, citing financial problems. There were plans to transfer the team to

GKS Katowice GKS Katowice (; GKS stands for , ) is a Polish professional football club based in Katowice. They currently compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2024–25 season after gaining promotion from the I liga in 2024. History In 1963 in Katowice a spe ...

, but eventually GKS re-founded their own women's section.

Managers

* Emil Rauchmaul (1928-1929)

References

External links

1. FC Katowice (men's football team)'s 90minut.pl profile

1. FC Katowice (women's football team)'s 90minut.pl profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Katowice, 1. Fc Football clubs in Katowice Women's football clubs in Poland Association football clubs established in 2007 2007 establishments in Poland