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Special sport issue of Głos Ludu featuring Polonia Karwina, 16-17 July 1949
Special sport issue of Głos Ludu featuring Polonia Karwina, 16-17 July 1949

Polski Klub Sportowy Polonia Karwina (PKS Polonia Karwina) was a Polish sport club, located in the town of Karviná (Karwina), Zaolzie, Czechoslovakia. Głos Ludu (meaning "The Voice of People" is the main and largest Polish newspaper in the Czech Republic. The Polish minority in the Czech Republic (Polska mniejszość narodowa/narodowościowa w Republice Czeskiej Polská národní/národnostní menšina v České republice is a Polish Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Karviná ( pronounced, Polish:, Karwin is a city in Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, on the Olza River. (Zaolší (Zaolží Zaolzie Śląsk zaolziański literally Trans- Olza River Silesia, Olsa-Gebiet is an area in the present-day Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It affiliated nine sport clubs and an amateur theatre group. Most successful and most popular was a football club.

Founded in 1919, as Polski Klub Sportowy Polonia, it was the strongest team of the Polish minority in Czechoslovakia. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Polish minority in the Czech Republic (Polska mniejszość narodowa/narodowościowa w Republice Czeskiej Polská národní/národnostní menšina v České republice is a Polish In the 1920s and 1930s it played in the regional, Těšín league (żupa) of the Czechoslovak Footbal Association. Český Těšín ( Czeski Cieszyn, Tschechisch-Teschen is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Together with such teams from Zaolzie as Siła Trzyniec, Siła Karwina, Siła Orłowa, Siła Frysztat, Siła Karwina-Sowiniec, Polonia in 1922 was co-founder of the Polski Związek Klubów Sportowych w Czechosłowacji (Polish Association of Sport Clubs in Czechoslovakia), which in mid-1930s had some 4,000 members. (Zaolší (Zaolží Zaolzie Śląsk zaolziański literally Trans- Olza River Silesia, Olsa-Gebiet is an area in the present-day Czech Republic, which was Třinec ( pronounced, Polish:, Trzynietz is a town in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. (ˈorlovaː Polish:, Orlau is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. ( Polish:, Freistadt Cieszyn Silesian:) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, now administratively a part of the city Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Also, Polonia was very active on international stage, playing numerous friendly games with several teams from Poland. In 1934 it won the football competition of the first Polonia Games in Warsaw. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was a tournament for Polish ethnic sports organizations existing beyond borders of Poland, its official name was: “Games for Sportsmen from Abroad and The Independent City of Danzig”. After the return of the team to Karwina, 10,000 Poles welcomed the winning team.

In 1936 came the largest success of the team in Czechoslovakia. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. PKS Polonia won the Těšín league (župa) and advanced to the Moravian-Silesian Division, one of the highest leagues in the country. Český Těšín ( Czeski Cieszyn, Tschechisch-Teschen is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

In the fall of 1938 Polonia came to Warsaw, to face the renowned team of Polonia Warszawa. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Polonia Warszawa, ( pron pɔˈlɔɲa varˈʂava is a Polish Sports club with football and Basketball teams This friendly game was connected with celebrations of return of Zaolzie to Poland and the Warsaw crowd enthusiastically welcomed players from Karwina.

In March 1939 Polonia was added to the Silesian A-Class (see: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland), however its results were not impressive. In interbellum Poland there was not a national Second Division as we know it today (although it was on several occasions proposed The 1939 season was not finished due to the outbreak of the World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including During the war many club officials and supporters were murdered by Nazis.

In 1948 it was renamed Sokół-Polonia. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was liquidated in the 1950s by communists when the social, cultural and sport life were curbed into a several organizations controlled by communists.

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