Football Junior Championships of Poland

Football Junior Championships of Poland Under-19 (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski juniorow w pilce noznej) is a competition with a long, 71-year history, which started in the summer of 1936.

The first, historic Under-19 tournament for the title of the Football Junior Championships of Poland took place in the town of Sieraków, in mid-August 1936. Invited were junior champions of all 12 regional districts of Polish Football Association (PZPN), but for unknown reasons three teams did not show up. These were champions of Wilno, Volhynia and Lublin.

Thus, there were 9 teams, but this uneven number was further reduced to 8, after Gryf Toruń (champion of Pomerania) beat (champion of Zagłębie Dąbrowskie) 5-1 (3-0). Finally, in Sieraków there were these teams:

CHAMPION - WISLA KRAKOW

Second Junior Championships of Poland took place in Kozienice, in mid-August 1937. As many as 17 teams were invited to the competition, these were:

CHAMPION - WISLA KRAKOW

The third competition took place in August 1938 in Sieraków. Ten junior teams, representing ten districts of PZPN showed up. These were:

Final game of the Championships took place a year later, on June 4, 1939, in Warsaw, right before an international friendly Poland - Switzerland.

CHAMPION - UNIA LUBLIN

No championships were organized.

After 15 years, the idea of Junior Championships of Poland returned. The final tournament took place in mid-August 1953 in Świdnica, with 8 teams: Pomorzanin Toruń, ŁKS Łódź, Darzbor Szczecinek, Pogoń Szczecin, Budowlani Lublin, Resovia Rzeszów, Odra Opole and Unia Szamotuły. In the first game, Pomorzanin beat Unia Szamotuły 4-2. Then they beat Odra Opole 3-2 and Resovia Rzeszów 3-0. In the second round Pomorzanin tied 1-1 with Darzbor Szczecinek and beat Resovia 3-0 and ŁKS Łódź 1-0. Thus, Toruń's side became the champion, second was ŁKS Łódź, third - Resovia and fourth - Darzbor.

CHAMPION - POMORZANIN TORUN

In June 1954, junior team of Unia Racibórz became the Champion of Opole Voivodeship and later - beat 3-2 the champion of Lower Silesia, Polonia Świdnica.

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